Phrase Hound found 3 phrases and 45 compound words that contain aves. The most common are listed below. Open aves in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 3
- Pro-Avesplural of Pro-Avis: Any of various hypothetical extinct species or taxa that were coined in the early 20th century in an attempt to support and explain the hypothetical evolutionary steps and anatomical adaptations leading from non-avian …
- rarae avesplural of rara avis: A rare species or type of bird.
- raræ avesplural of rara avis (alternative form of rarae aves)
Compound words 45
- greavesThe unmeltable residue left after animal fat has been rendered.
- AvestanAn ancient Eastern Old Iranian language that was used to compose the sacred hymns and canon of the Zoroastrian Avesta.
- enclavesplural of enclave: A political, cultural or social entity or part thereof that is completely surrounded by another.
- sheavesplural of sheave: A wheel having a groove in the rim for a rope to work in, and set in a block, mast, or similar; the wheel of a pulley.
- octavesplural of octave: An interval of twelve semitones spanning eight degrees of the diatonic scale, representing a doubling or halving in pitch frequency.
- cleavesthird-person singular simple present indicative of cleave: To split or sever something with, or as if with, a sharp instrument.
- Zouavesplural of Zouave: One of a body of soldiers in the French service, originally Kabyle, but now composed of Frenchmen who wear the Kabyle dress.
- autosavesplural of autosave: A software facility that saves an open document (or progress in a game, etc.) periodically to avoid the risk of data loss.
- belavesthird-person singular simple present indicative of belave: To lave or wash about; wash all over; wash.
- bereavesthird-person singular simple present indicative of bereave: To deprive by or as if by violence; to rob; to strip.