BEHAVIOURAL | • behavioural adj. (British spelling) Of or pertaining to behaviour. • BEHAVIOURAL adj. relating to behaviour, also BEHAVIORAL. |
DUCKSHOVERS | • DUCKSHOVER n. (Australian) one who duckshoves, jumps a queue; cheats. |
EAVESTROUGH | • eavestrough n. (Canada and Northern US) A trough under the eaves of a building for draining water from the roof; gutter. • eaves␣trough n. (Chiefly US) Alternative form of eavestrough. • EAVESTROUGH n. (Canadian) a gutter at the eaves of a building. |
ECHOVIRUSES | • echoviruses n. Plural of echovirus. • ECHOVIRUS n. any of a group of viruses that cause respiratory or intestinal diseases. |
FOREVOUCHED | • forevouched adj. Avowed or affirmed in advance. • FOREVOUCHED adj. (Shakespeare) affirmed or held before. |
HERBIVOROUS | • herbivorous adj. Feeding chiefly on plants. • HERBIVOROUS adj. eating plants. |
HIRCOCERVUS | • hircocervus n. (Mythology) A mythical creature, half goat, half stag. • HIRCOCERVUS n. a fabulous creature, half goat, half stag. |
OVERBURTHEN | • overburthen n. Archaic form of overburden. • overburthen v. Archaic form of overburden. • OVERBURTHEN v. (archaic) to overburden, also OVERBURDEN. |
OVERDRAUGHT | • overdraught n. (Chiefly Britain) An overdraft. • OVERDRAUGHT n. a current of air passing over, or coming from above, a fire in a furnace, kiln, etc. |
OVERFLUSHES | • overflushes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overflush. • OVERFLUSH n. superfluity. |
OVERFRAUGHT | • overfraught v. Past participle of overfreight. • overfraught adj. Full of distress; overloaded with cares or worries. • OVERFREIGHT v. to overload. |
OVERHAULING | • overhauling v. Present participle of overhaul. • overhauling n. The act by which something is overhauled. • OVERHAUL v. to examine carefully for needed repairs. |
OVERHONOURS | • OVERHONOUR v. to honour excessively, also OVERHONOR. |
OVERHUNTING | • overhunting n. Hunting at unsustainable levels. • OVERHUNTING n. hunting to excess. |
OVERNOURISH | • overnourish v. (Transitive) To nourish excessively. • OVERNOURISH v. to nourish excessively. |
OVERSLAUGHS | • overslaughs n. Plural of overslaugh. • OVERSLAUGH v. to pass over someone in favor of another, as in a promotion. |
OVERTHOUGHT | • overthought v. Simple past tense and past participle of overthink. • overthought n. Excessive thought or thinking. • OVERTHINK v. to think to excess. |
OVERTHRUSTS | • overthrusts n. Plural of overthrust. • overthrusts v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overthrust. • OVERTHRUST n. a fault at a low angle from the horizontal in which the rocks on the upper side of the fault plane have moved upwards in relation to the rocks on the lower side of the fault plane. |
OVERWROUGHT | • overwrought adj. Excessively nervous, excited, tense, angry, anxious, or upset; overemotional; very uneasy. • overwrought adj. Elaborate; overdone. • OVERWORK v. to cause to work too hard. |