(grammar, also attributive) A type of nominal compound in which the first part modifies the second and neither part alone conveys the intended meaning.
bahuvrihis
bahuvrihis
noun
plural of bahuvrihi
behaviour
behaviour
noun
Britain standard spelling of behavior.
behavioural
behavioural
adj
(British spelling) Of or pertaining to behaviour.
behaviourally
behaviourally
adv
With respect to behaviour
behaviourism
behaviourism
noun
(British spelling) Standard spelling of behaviorism.
(medicine) The combination of conjunctivitis and blepharitis.
bohuslav
bravuraish
bronchocavernous
bronchovesicular
bronchovesicular
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the bronchus and vesicles.
bushveld
bushveld
noun
(South Africa) A terrain of thick scrubby trees and bush in dense thickets, with grassy groundcover between.
evenblush
feverbush
feverbush
noun
Alternative form of fever bush
harvestbug
harveysburg
herbivorous
herbivorous
adj
Feeding chiefly on plants.
herbivorously
herbivorously
adv
in a herbivorous manner
herbivorousness
herbivorousness
noun
The state or quality of being herbivorous.
hubbardsville
hyperobtrusive
hyperobtrusive
adj
Extremely obtrusive.
hyperobtrusively
hyperobtrusiveness
kuibyshev
lautverschiebung
misbehaviour
misbehaviour
noun
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of misbehavior
overbashful
overbashful
adj
Excessively bashful.
overbashfully
overbashfulness
overbashfulness
noun
Excessive bashfulness.
overbought
overbought
adj
(finance) Of a stock or commodity market condition: where there has been significant trading bidding up prices to higher levels, levels which seem overextended or excessive on a short-term basis.
overbrush
overbrush
verb
to brush excessively
overburthen
overburthen
noun
Archaic form of overburden.
overhumble
overhumbleness
overhumbly
rhabdovirus
rhabdovirus
noun
Any of the rod-shaped viruses belonging to the family Rhabdoviridae.
riverbush
silverbush
silverbush
noun
Argythamnia spp., found from Texas to Colombia
Convolvulus cneorum, of the Mediterranean
Sophora tomentosa subsp. australis, of Australia
stovebrush
subgovernorship
subvicarship
unachievability
unachievability
noun
The property of being impossible to achieve.
unachievable
unachievable
adj
That cannot be achieved (or only with great difficulty)
unavouchable
unavouchableness
unavouchably
unbehaving
unbehaving
adj
(rare, nonstandard) Not behaving in an acceptable or appropriate way; misbehaving.
unbehoveful
unbehoving
unbehoving
adj
Not fitting; inappropriate.
uninhibitive
unprohibitive
unprohibitive
adj
Not prohibitive.
unprohibitively
unshavable
unshavable
adj
(rare) Not capable of being shaved.
unshaveable
unshaveable
adj
Rare form of unshavable.
unvanquishable
unvanquishable
adj
That cannot be vanquished; undefeatable, inconquerable.
