(southern Africa) Backward and unsophisticated rural areas.
backvelder
backvelder
noun
A native or inhabitant of the backveld.
bakeoven
bakersville
bakersville
Proper noun
an unincorporated community in Mercer County, New Jersey, USA.
a town in North Carolina, USA, and the county seat of Mitchell County.
an unincorporated community in Coshocton County, Ohio, USA.
baklava
baklava
noun
A popular sweet pastry found in many cuisines of the Middle East and the Balkans, made of chopped nuts layered with phyllo pastry. [since c. 1650; modern spelling since 1800s]
baklavas
baklavas
noun
plural of baklava
balakirev
balaklava
barkevikite
barkevikite
noun
(mineralogy) A particular hornblende mineral.
barkevikitic
barkevikitic
adj
Of or relating to the mineral barkevikite.
barrackville
barvick
baskerville
baskerville
Proper noun
A serif typeface from the 18th century.
basketweaving
basketweaving
noun
(figurative) Any useless, unproductive, or lightweight activity.
The act of weaving baskets, as for example from grasses, wicker, or rope.
beaverbrook
beaverkill
beaverkin
beaverkin
noun
(diminutive) A small or young beaver.
A small hat made of beaver fur.
beaverlike
beaverlike
adj
Having physical or temperamental characteristics like those of a beaver.
beaverskin
beaverskin
noun
The pelt of a beaver.
beknave
beknave
verb
(transitive, rare) To call (someone) a knave.
(transitive, rare) To treat as a knave.
bivouacked
bivouacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bivouac
bivouacking
bivouacking
verb
present participle of bivouac
bivouacks
bivouacks
noun
plural of bivouack
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bivouack
blacksville
blackville
blagoveshchensk
blavatsky
bolshevikian
borodankov
boschvark
boshvark
boshvarks
bovgazk
brackettville
breakover
brookhaven
brookhaven
Proper noun
Any of several towns and cities in the United States and Canada:
a city in Mississippi, USA, and the county seat of Named after Brookhaven, New York.
brooklandville
bukavu
bukovina
canvasback
canvasback
noun
A North American wild duck, Aythya valisineria, popular as a game bird.
canvasbacks
canvasbacks
noun
plural of canvasback
cuddebackville
giveback
giveback
noun
A rebate.
A reduction in pay or conditions as a result of unfavourable economic conditions.
greenbackville
heavyback
kabalevsky
kasavubu
khabarovo
khabarovsk
khabarovsk
Proper noun
A large city in the far East of Russia, administrative centre of Khabarovsk krai.
kirovabad
kobenhavn
lobachevskian
lobachevskian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky (1792–1856), Russian mathematician.
Of or related to hyperbolic geometry, which was developed by Nikolai Lobachevsky.
lobachevsky
nabokov
nonrevokable
nonrevokable
adj
Not revokable.
overbake
overbake
verb
(transitive) To bake for too long.
overbaked
overbaked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overbake
overbakes
overbakes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overbake
overbaking
overbaking
verb
present participle of overbake
overbank
overbank
adj
(geology) Describing sediments deposited on a floodplain from suspensions in floodwaters
verb
(of an aircraft) To bank excessively
overbanked
overbanked
adj
Furnished with too many banks (financial institutions).
overbark
overblack
overbrake
overbrake
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To brake (a vehicle) excessively; to apply the brake too much.
overbraked
overbraked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overbrake
overbraking
overbraking
verb
present participle of overbrake
overbreak
overbreak
noun
(civil engineering, geology) Rock or earth excavated beyond the planned extent; caving in of material near the edge of an excavation.
verb
(intransitive) To cave in near the edge of an excavation.
(transitive, UK dialectal) To get over; recover from.
overbreakage
overtakable
overtakable
adj
That can be overtaken
provokable
provokable
adj
That may be provoked.
revokable
revokable
adj
Alternative spelling of revocable
riverbank
riverbank
noun
A sloped side of a river acting as a barrier between the water and level ground to either side.
riverbanks
riverbanks
noun
plural of riverbank
sevenbark
sevenbark
noun
The flowering plant Hydrangea arborescens.
shcherbakov
silverback
silverback
noun
(informal, by extension) A dominant older human male.
(mammalogy) A mature male gorilla, so named from the silver streaking on its back.
Any of various ferns of the genus Pityrogramma.
silverbacks
silverbacks
noun
plural of silverback
skkvabekk
svarabhakti
svarabhakti
noun
(linguistics, phonology) Epenthesis of a vowel, as in the football chant Engerland for England; anaptyxis.