[Ads-l] Words that end in letter "v"

[James Eric Lawson]

I guess that depends on how you define "regular US words", a stipulation 
not mentioned in your request. They're all headwords in OEDO, as I 
mentioned. But hey, it's your game, you can change the rules to suit 
yourself.

On 1/8/23 12:23, Tom Zurinskas wrote:
> I'd say none of these words qualify as a regular US word ending in letter "v" if we exclude foreign words or truncated words.  One I just thought of is "shiv",  which is a jail cell knife.
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> After Google takes the fun, as Fred mentioned, OEDO Advanced Search for
> *v in headword empties the husk:
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> Air Cav
> Av
> bruv
> cab sav
> Cerenkov
> hav
> Kiev
> Krav Maga
> Maariv
> Makarov
> Maksutov
> Markovnikov
> merv
> Molotov
> Oblomov
> pan-Slav
> Pay TV
> plav
> Pray-TV
> pristav
> sharav
> skiv
> tiv
> wiv
> Yishuv
> yom tov
> Yugoslav
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> On 1/5/23 07:04, Tom Zurinskas wrote:
>> Any other words that end in letter "v"?
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>> A.Word.A.Daywith Anu Garg
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>> spiv
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>> PRONUNCIATION:
>> (spiv) [https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwordsmith.org%2Fwords%2Fimages%2Fsound-icon.png&t=1672924991&ymreqid=c4dc0a6e-30ad-4309-1c73-da000101ef00&sig=vzrrsPVIp6yyWoaTWw1.pQ--~D] <https://wordsmith.org/words/spiv.mp3>
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>> MEANING:
>> noun: An unscrupulous person or a petty criminal, especially one who is sharply dressed.
>> verb intr.: To make a living unscrupulously.
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