(southern Africa) Backward and unsophisticated rural areas.
bandhava
beavered
beavered
adj
(historical) Having or wearing a beaver (part of a helmet covering the lower face).
Covered with, or wearing, a beaver or hat.
Synonym of bearded.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beaver
bedcover
bedcover
noun
A decorative cover for a bed; a bedspread or counterpane
bedevils
bedevils
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedevil
bedivere
bedravel
bedrivel
bedrivel
verb
(transitive) to drivel on, to put or spill saliva on
behooved
behooved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of behoove
beknived
believed
believed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of believe
beloveds
beloveds
noun
plural of beloved
berdyaev
bereaved
bereaved
adj
having suffered the death of a loved one
beslaved
beslaved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beslave
bevelled
bevelled
adj
Having a bevel, especially at an edge
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bevel
bevilled
bevilled
adj
(heraldry) Notched with an angle like that enclosed by a carpenter's bevel; said of a partition line of a shield.
bevoiled
bivalved
bivalved
adj
Having two valves.
bovicide
bovicide
noun
One who kills cows.
The killing of a cow.
bravados
breveted
breveted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brevet
breviped
breviped
adj
(zoology) Having short feet or legs.
bushveld
bushveld
noun
(South Africa) A terrain of thick scrubby trees and bush in dense thickets, with grassy groundcover between.
deverbal
deverbal
adj
(grammar, linguistics) Derived from a verb.
noun
(grammar, linguistics) A word, especially a substantive, that is derived from a verb.
deviable
divebomb
divebomb
verb
(auto racing) To attempt an overtake by braking very late on corner entry.
(of a bird) To attack (especially the head of) a person or animal that strays into their territory.
(of a motorist) To overtake slower traffic by way of a more circuitous route, such as a pair of freeway exit and entrance ramps.
(of an aircraft) To bomb whilst in a steep dive.
dobrovir
drivable
drivable
adj
Capable of being driven (as a vehicle).
Capable of being driven on safely or successfully (as a road or other surface).
evadable
evadable
Adjective
That can be evaded.
evadible
evadible
adj
That can be evaded.
lovebird
lovebird
noun
(figurative, usually in the plural) One of the members of an openly affectionate couple.
Any small parrot from one of the nine species within the genus Agapornis. Sometimes they are kept as cage birds and are noted for their affection towards each other.
verb
(intransitive) To express romantic affection openly.
observed
observed
verb
(of a holiday) Exceptionally celebrated on a date other than the usual date.
simple past tense and past participle of observe
obverted
obverted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of obvert
obviated
obviated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of obviate
ovenbird
ovenbird
noun
An American warbler, Seiurus aurocapilla, that builds such a nest of vegetation.
Any bird of the Central and South America family Furnariidae.
Originally, any of several small European birds that build dome-shaped nests; such as the long-tailed tit, willow warbler and chiffchaff.
overbade
overbend
overbend
verb
To bend over.
To bend to excess; to bend too far.
overbide
overbide
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To outlive; survive.
overbids
overbids
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overbid
overbody
overbody
noun
(archaic) A garment worn over the body.
(fishing) The upper portion of a jig or lure.
verb
(transitive) To give too much body to.
overbold
overbold
adj
Too bold; impertinent or overreaching.
overbred
overbred
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overbreed
overdubs
overdubs
noun
plural of overdub
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overdub
reverbed
reverbed
adj
Having had a reverb effect added.
riverbed
riverbed
noun
(hydrology) The path where a river runs, or where a river once ran; the bottom earthen part of a river, not including the riverbanks.
subdevil
subdevil
noun
A lesser devil.
subovoid
subovoid
adj
(mycology) Somewhat ovoid.
subvened
subvened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of subvene
svalbard
svedberg
svedberg
noun
A non-SI unit of sedimentation rate (symbol S or Sv), the rate at which particles of a given size and shape travel to the bottom of a tube under centrifugal force.
tadbhava
tadbhava
noun
(lexicography) A word inherited from Old Indo-Aryan through a Prakrit used in a modern Indo-Aryan language.
unbraved
unbraved
adj
Not braved.
vacabond
vacabond
noun
(obsolete) Alternative form of vagabond
vagabond
vagabond
adj
Floating about without any certain direction; driven to and fro.
noun
A person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time.
One who usually wanders from place to place, having no fixed dwelling, or not abiding in it, and usually without the means of honest livelihood.
verb
To roam, as a vagabond
vartabed
vartabed
noun
Alternative form of vardapet
vendable
vendable
adj
Alternative form of vendible
vendible
vendible
adj
Salable; able to be bought, sold, or traded.
noun
Anything that can be bought and sold.
vendibly
vibrated
vibrated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of vibrate
vibrioid
vibrioid
adj
Having the curved commalike shape characteristic of the genus Vibrio of gram-negative bacteria.
voidable
voidable
adj
capable of being voided or made void.
vombatid
vombatid
noun
(zoology) Any wombat of the family Vombatidae
waveband
waveband
noun
(physics) A range of electromagnetic wavelengths or frequencies; for example shortwave or mediumwave radio.