| ABBOT | • abbot n. The superior or head of an abbey or monastery. • abbot n. The pastor or administrator of an order, including minor and major orders starting with the minor order of porter. • abbot n. A layman who received the abbey’s revenues, after the closing of the monasteries. |
| ABORT | • abort n. (Military, aeronautics) An early termination of a mission, action, or procedure in relation to missiles… • abort n. (Computing) The function used to abort a process. • abort n. (Computing) An event in which a process is aborted. |
| ABOUT | • about prep. In a circle around; all round; on every side of; on the outside of. • about prep. Over or upon different parts of; through or over in various directions; here and there in; to and fro in; throughout. • about prep. Indicates that something will happen very soon; indicates a plan or intention to do something. |
| ADBOT | • adbot n. (Computing) A bot (automated software agent) that displays advertisements. • ADBOT n. a specialized computer program that inflicts ads on users. |
| BASTO | • basto n. The ace of clubs in quadrille and omber. • Basto prop.n. A surname. • BASTO n. (Spanish) the ace of clubs in the game of quadrille. |
| BATON | • baton n. A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes. • baton n. (Music) The stick of a conductor in musical performances. • baton n. (Sports) An object transferred by runners in a relay race. |
| BIOTA | • biota n. (Ecology) The living organisms of a region. • biota n. The coniferous tree Platycladus orientalis (syn. Biota orientalis, Oriental arborvitae). • BIOTA n. (Greek) the flora and fauna of a region. |
| BLOAT | • bloat v. To cause to become distended. • bloat v. (Intransitive, veterinary medicine) To get an overdistended rumen, talking of a ruminant. • bloat v. To fill soft substance with gas, water, etc.; to cause to swell. |
| BOART | • boart n. Alternative spelling of bort. • BOART n. diamond dust or fragments, also BORT, BORTZ. |
| BOAST | • boast n. A brag; ostentatious positive appraisal of oneself. • boast n. Something that one brags about. • boast n. (Squash) A shot where the ball is driven off a side wall and then strikes the front wall. |
| BOATS | • boats n. Plural of boat. • boats v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of boat. • BOAT v. to travel on a watercraft. |
| BOTAS | • BOTA n. (Spanish) a leather bottle for wine. |
| BOWAT | • BOWAT n. (Scots) a lantern, also BOWET, BUAT. |
| JABOT | • jabot n. A cascading or ornamental frill down the front of a blouse, shirt, etc. • JABOT n. (French) a lace frill worn on shirt or dress front. |
| SABOT | • sabot n. A wooden shoe. • sabot n. A carrier around a projectile in a firearm, cannon or other type of artillery piece that precisely holds… • sabot v. (Transitive) To enclose (a projectile) in a sabot. |
| TABOO | • taboo n. An inhibition or ban that results from social custom or emotional aversion. • taboo n. (In Polynesia) Something which may not be used, approached or mentioned because it is sacred. • taboo adj. Excluded or forbidden from use, approach or mention. |
| TABOR | • tabor n. A small drum. • tabor v. (Transitive) To make (a sound) with a tabor. • tabor v. To strike lightly and frequently. |