ABUSIVE | • abusive adj. Prone to treat someone badly by coarse, insulting words or other maltreatment; vituperative; reproachful; scurrilous. • abusive adj. (Obsolete) Tending to deceive; fraudulent. • abusive adj. (Archaic) Tending to misuse; practising or containing abuse. |
BATAVIA | • batavia n. Alternative form of Batavia (“variety of lettuce”). • Batavia prop.n. (Historical) Former name of Jakarta, used during the Dutch East Indies period. • Batavia prop.n. The land of the ancient Batavians or Batavi (part of the modern Netherlands). |
BAVINED | • bavined v. Simple past tense and past participle of bavin. • BAVIN v. to tie brushwood into bundles. |
BIVALVE | • bivalve n. Any mollusc belonging to the taxonomic class Bivalvia, characterized by a shell consisting of two hinged… • bivalve n. (Botany) A pericarp in which the seed case opens or splits into two parts or valves. • BIVALVE n. a mollusc having a shell in two valves or parts. |
BIVOUAC | • bivouac n. An encampment for the night, usually without tents or covering. • bivouac n. Any temporary encampment. • bivouac n. A temporary shelter constructed generally for a few nights. |
BOLIVAR | • bolivar n. Alternative spelling of bolívar. • Bolivar prop.n. A city, the county seat of Polk County, Missouri, United States. • Bolivar prop.n. A village in Ohio. |
BOLIVIA | • bolivia n. (Uncountable, card games) A card game similar to rummy and canasta. • bolivia n. (Card games) A meld of seven wild cards in said card game. • Bolivia prop.n. A country in South America. Official name: Plurinational State of Bolivia. |
BRAVING | • braving v. Present participle of brave. • braving n. A bravado; a boast. • BRAVE v. to face with courage. |
GIVABLE | • givable adj. Capable of being given. • GIVABLE adj. able to be given, also GIVEABLE. |
LIVABLE | • livable adj. Endurable, survivable, suitable for living in, inhabitable. • LIVABLE adj. suitable for living in, also LIVEABLE. |
OBVIATE | • obviate v. (Transitive) To anticipate and prevent or bypass (something which would otherwise have been necessary or required). • obviate v. (Transitive) To avoid (a future problem or difficult situation). • obviate n. (Linguistics) Synonym of obviative. |
VIBRANT | • vibrant adj. Pulsing with energy or activity. • vibrant adj. Lively and vigorous. • vibrant adj. Vibrating, resonant or resounding. |
VIBRATE | • vibrate v. (Intransitive) To shake with small, rapid movements to and fro. • vibrate v. (Intransitive) To resonate. • vibrate v. (Transitive) To brandish; to swing to and fro. |
VIBRATO | • vibrato n. (Music) The musical effect or technique where the pitch or frequency of a note or sound is quickly and… • VIBRATO n. (Italian) a tremulous or pulsating musical effect. |