(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
barhamsville
beaverish
beaverish
adj
Characteristic of a beaver.
behaver
behaver
noun
(psychology) An individual whose behaviour is being monitored or studied.
Someone or something that behaves.
behavers
behavers
noun
plural of behaver
behavior
behavior
noun
(countable) An instance of the way a living creature behaves.
(countable, uncountable, biology, psychology) Observable response produced by an organism.
(uncountable) Human conduct relative to social norms.
(uncountable) The way a device or system operates.
(uncountable) The way a living creature behaves or acts generally.
(uncountable, informal) A state of probation about one's conduct.
behavioral
behavioral
adj
(American spelling) Of or relating to behavior.
behaviorally
behaviorally
adv
With respect to behavior.
behaviored
behaviorism
behaviorism
noun
An approach to psychology focusing on observable behavior which, generally assuming that behavior is determined by the environment and denying any independent significance for mind, largely ignores any pathophysiological processes which may, or may not, underlie subjective, behavioral phenomena.
behaviorisms
behaviorisms
noun
plural of behaviorism
behaviorist
behaviorist
noun
One who studies behavior of humans or animals.
behavioristic
behavioristic
adj
Of or pertaining to behaviorism, especially B. F. Skinner’s school of radical behaviorism.
behavioristically
behavioristically
adv
In a behavioristic manner
behaviorists
behaviorists
noun
plural of behaviorist
behaviors
behaviors
noun
plural of behavior
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.
behaviourist
behaviourist
noun
Britain standard spelling of behaviorist.
behaviours
behaviours
noun
plural of behaviour
berdichev
berdichev
Proper noun
a city in the Zhitomir oblast of Ukraine
beshiver
beshivered
beshivering
beshivers
beshrivel
bhairava
bhairavi
bhavnagar
birchrunville
blanchardville
blepharoconjunctivitis
blepharoconjunctivitis
noun
(medicine) The combination of conjunctivitis and blepharitis.
boerhavia
boschvark
boshvark
boshvarks
branchville
bravehearted
bravish
bravuraish
bremerhaven
breshkovsky
brezhnev
brodheadsville
bronchoalveolar
bronchoalveolar
adj
Relating to both the bronchi and the alvioli of the lungs
bronchocavernous
bronchovesicular
bronchovesicular
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the bronchus and vesicles.
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.
calciovolborthite
calciovolborthite
noun
(mineralogy) A mineral with chemical formula CaCuVO₄(OH), closely related to volborthite.
cervicobrachial
cervicobrachial
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the neck and the arm.
chambersville
feverbush
feverbush
noun
Alternative form of fever bush
harvestable
harvestable
adj
Capable of, or suitable for, being harvested.
harvestbug
harveysburg
hebbronville
herbivora
herbivore
herbivore
noun
An organism that feeds chiefly on plants; an animal that feeds on herbage or vegetation as the main part of its diet.
herbivores
herbivores
noun
plural of herbivore
herbivories
herbivorism
herbivority
herbivority
noun
herbivorousness
herbivorous
herbivorous
adj
Feeding chiefly on plants.
herbivorously
herbivorously
adv
in a herbivorous manner
herbivorousness
herbivorousness
noun
The state or quality of being herbivorous.
hereinabove
hereinabove
adv
Above this, in this document.
Earth and heaven (here and above).
hubbardsville
hyperobtrusive
hyperobtrusive
adj
Extremely obtrusive.
hyperobtrusively
hyperobtrusiveness
interinhibitive
ischiovertebral
ischiovertebral
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the ischium and vertebrae.
khabarovo
khabarovsk
khabarovsk
Proper noun
A large city in the far East of Russia, administrative centre of Khabarovsk krai.
lautverschiebung
malbehavior
misbehaver
misbehaver
noun
One who misbehaves.
misbehavers
misbehavers
noun
plural of misbehaver
misbehavior
misbehavior
noun
(American spelling) Action or conduct that is inappropriate, improper, incorrect, or unexpected.
misbehaviors
misbehaviors
noun
plural of misbehavior
misbehaviour
misbehaviour
noun
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of misbehavior
nonprohibitive
nonprohibitive
adj
not prohibitive
nonprohibitively
novemberish
novemberish
Adjective
Resembling or characteristic of the month of November.
obrenovich
observership
observership
noun
The office or work of an observer.
overbarish
overbashful
overbashful
adj
Excessively bashful.
overbashfully
overbashfulness
overbashfulness
noun
Excessive bashfulness.
overbepatched
overblanch
overbleach
overbleach
verb
(transitive) To bleach too much.
overbleached
overbleached
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overbleach
overbleaches
overbleaches
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overbleach
overblithe
overblithe
adj
Excessively blithe.
overbookish
overbookish
adj
Excessively bookish.
overbookishly
overbookishness
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.
overbranch
overbreathe
overbreathe
verb
(intransitive) To hyperventilate.
overbright
overbright
adj
Too bright
overbrightly
overbrightly
adv
Too brightly.
overbrightness
overbrightness
noun
Excessive brightness.
overbrush
overbrush
verb
to brush excessively
overburthen
overburthen
noun
Archaic form of overburden.
overcharitable
overcharitable
adj
Excessively charitable.
overcharitableness
overcharitably
overcharitably
adv
In an overcharitable manner.
overembellish
overembellish
verb
To embellish excessively.
overembellished
overembellished
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overembellish
overembellishes
overembellishes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overembellish
overembellishing
overembellishing
verb
present participle of overembellish
overembellishment
overembellishment
noun
Excessive embellishment.
overhumble
overhumbleness
overhumbly
overinhibit
overinhibited
overinhibited
adj
(psychology) Excessively inhibited.
overthrowable
overthrowable
adj
Capable of being overthrown.
ovorhomboid
ovorhomboidal
prohibitive
prohibitive
adj
(Of a contender in a competition): presumptive winner, likely winner.
Costly to the extreme; beyond budget.
Tending to prohibit, preclude, or disallow.
noun
(grammar) A negative imperative.
prohibitively
prohibitively
adv
In a prohibitive manner.
To a prohibitive extent.
prohibitiveness
prohibitiveness
noun
The quality of being prohibitive.
rehabilitative
rehabilitative
adj
For the purpose of rehabilitation.
Tending to rehabilitate.
rhabdovirus
rhabdovirus
noun
Any of the rod-shaped viruses belonging to the family Rhabdoviridae.
rhombovate
riverbush
shcherbakov
shovelboard
shovelboard
noun
Alternative form of shuffleboard
silverbush
silverbush
noun
Argythamnia spp., found from Texas to Colombia
Convolvulus cneorum, of the Mediterranean
Sophora tomentosa subsp. australis, of Australia
stovebrush
subgovernorship
subvicarship
svarabhakti
svarabhakti
noun
(linguistics, phonology) Epenthesis of a vowel, as in the football chant Engerland for England; anaptyxis.
svarabhaktic
svarabhaktic
adj
Of or relating to svarabhakti.
thereabove
unprohibitive
unprohibitive
adj
Not prohibitive.
unprohibitively
vambrash
vanbrugh
varicoblepharon
vasoinhibitor
vasoinhibitor
noun
vasodilator
vasoinhibitory
vasoinhibitory
Adjective
vasodilatory
venereophobia
venereophobia
noun
A morbid fear of venereal disease.
vermiphobia
vermiphobia
noun
An abnormal or irrational fear of worms or being infected by worms.
vertebrochondral
vertebrochondral
adj
Of or relating to ribs (specifically, the eighth, ninth, and tenth ribs) connected to vertebrae at one end and at the other with costal cartilages of other ribs; vertebrocostal, but not vertebrosternal.