| 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. |
| BIVIOUS | • bivious adj. (Rare) Having, or leading, two ways. • BIVIOUS adj. (obsolete) offering a choice; splitting between two directions. |
| 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. |
| BOUVIER | • Bouvier prop.n. A surname from French, equivalent to English Coward or Cowherd. • BOUVIER n. (French) a large rough-coated dog originally bred in Flanders to herd and guard cattle. |
| BRAVURA | • bravura n. (Music) A highly technical or difficult piece, usually written for effect. • bravura n. A display of daring. • bravura adj. Overly showy; ostentatious. |
| BRAVURE | • bravure n. Plural of bravura. • BRAVURA n. (Italian) a brilliant display of musical technique. |
| BUVETTE | • BUVETTE n. (obsolete) in France, a small refreshment bar at the roadside. |
| LOVEBUG | • lovebug n. An insect, the honeymoon fly (Plecia nearctica, family Biblionidae). • lovebug n. (Informal) A person who is in love; a sweetheart. • LOVEBUG n. a small black fly that swarms along highways. |
| OBVIOUS | • obvious adj. Easily discovered, seen, or understood; self-explanatory. • OBVIOUS adj. easily understood. |
| OVERBUY | • overbuy v. To buy excessively, especially to buy more than one needs or can afford. • overbuy v. To buy at an inflated price. • OVERBUY v. to buy too much. |
| OVERDUB | • overdub v. (Sound engineering) To record a part along with an already recorded part or parts. • overdub n. (Sound engineering) An overdubbed part. • OVERDUB v. to add sound to a recording. |
| SUBOVAL | • suboval adj. Somewhat or nearly oval. • SUBOVAL adj. nearly oval. |
| SUBVENE | • subvene v. (Intransitive) To arrive or happen so as to help or support. • SUBVENE v. to arrive or occur as a support or relief. |
| SUBVERT | • subvert v. (Transitive) To overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly. • subvert v. (Transitive) To pervert, as the mind, and turn it from the truth; to corrupt; to confound. • subvert v. (Transitive) To upturn convention from the foundation by undermining it (literally, to turn from beneath). |
| VOLUBIL | • VOLUBIL adj. (Milton) flowing smoothly, voluble. |
| VOLUBLE | • voluble adj. (Of a person or a manner of speaking) Fluent or having a ready flow of speech. • voluble adj. Of thoughts, feelings, or something that is expressed: expressed readily or at length and in a fluent manner. • voluble adj. Easily rolling or turning; having a fluid, undulating motion. |
| VOLUBLY | • volubly adv. In a voluble manner. • VOLUBLE adv. fluent in speech; too fluent or glib, also VOLUBIL. |