Obeah

Definition: Obeah

Obeah

Noun

1. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery; practiced in parts of the West Indies and tropical Americas.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonym: Obeah

Obeah (1935)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• ABIA Book One: The Key to Black Obeah Voodoo (reference)

• Obeah (reference)

• Obeah, Christ, and Rastaman. Jamaica and Its Religion (reference)

• Sacred Possessions: Voodoo, Santeria, Obeah, and the Caribbean (reference)

• The Obeah Man (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• 1934-40-Shango Shouter & Obeah (reference)

• Obeah [IMPORT] (reference)

• Obeah Peace & Love (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Russian 

заколдовывать колдовство;талисман;оби. (various references)

Turkish

zenci büyüsü (obe, obi, voodoo). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "obeah": obeahism, obeahisms, obeahs. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Obeah" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: bouzah, Hobyah, Obbia, obea, O'bear, O'beath, obeay, Obeche, obee, Obein, obesh, o'beugh, obia, oboh, Odberht, Osberht. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: bohea.

-2 letters: abo, bah, boa, hae, hao, hob, hoe, obe.

-3 letters: ab, ae, ah, ba, be, bo, eh, ha, he, ho, oe, oh.

+1 letter: boheas, obeahs.

+2 letters: backhoe, begorah, bohemia, bowhead, hambone.

+3 letters: abhorred, abhorrer, bachelor, backhoes, baghouse, bakeshop, barouche, bathoses, bathrobe, beachboy, begorrah, behavior, beshadow, bohemian, bohemias, bolthead, bonehead, bowheads, broached, broacher, broaches, caboched, caboshed, cohobate, hamboned, hambones, harbored, harborer, hatboxes, hebdomad, hecatomb, holdable, hoofbeat, hornbeam, obeahism, rehoboam, rhabdome, rheobase, showable.

+4 letters: abhorrent, abhorrers, abolished, abolisher, abolishes, acrophobe, aitchbone, amphibole, bachelors, backhouse, baghouses, bakeshops, barhopped, barouches, basophile, bathhouse, bathrobes, beachboys, beachcomb, beachgoer, behaviors, behaviour, beshadows, betrothal, blockhead, boathouse, bohemians, boltheads, boneheads, boxhauled, broachers, cashboxes, coachable, cohabited, cohobated, cohobates, deathblow, earthborn, euphorbia, habergeon, harborage, harborers, harboured, headboard, hebdomads, hecatombs, hereabout, hobnailed, honorable, hoofbeats, hornbeams, horseback, horsebean, houseboat, hyperbola, obeahisms, quebracho, rehoboams, rhabdomes, rheobases, seborrhea, shockable, shoeblack, showbread, tabbouleh, touchable, whaleboat, whalebone.

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