| BACKBURNED | • backburned v. Simple past tense and past participle of backburn. • BACKBURN v. to set a fire in order to halt the spread of another fire. |
| BANDOBUSTS | • BANDOBUST n. (Urdu) (in India and Pakistan) an arrangement, also BANDOBAST, BUNDOBUST. |
| BELABOURED | • belaboured v. Simple past tense and past participle of belabour. • BELABOUR v. to buffet, beat, also BELABOR. |
| BLUEBEARDS | • Bluebeards n. Plural of Bluebeard. • BLUEBEARD n. a man who has murdered several wives and concealed their bodies, or has other mysterious or horrible things to conceal. |
| BRASSBOUND | • brassbound adj. Bound with brass. • BRASSBOUND adj. covered with brass e.g. a chest. |
| BREADCRUMB | • breadcrumb n. (Chiefly in the plural) A tiny piece of bread, either one that falls from bread as it is cut or eaten… • breadcrumb n. (Graphical user interface, chiefly in the plural) A single link in a chain indicating the hierarchical… • breadcrumb n. (Figuratively, in the plural) One in a series of clues leading to a person or place. |
| BROADBRUSH | • broad-brush adj. General and sweeping in scope but lacking detail. • broad-brush v. To generalize gratuitously. • BROADBRUSH adj. rough, not worked out in detail. |
| BUBBLEHEAD | • bubblehead n. (Slang) A stupid person. • bubblehead n. (Slang) A submariner; bubble-head. • bubblehead n. (Slang) A navy hard hat or salvage diver (inspired by the shape of the old spun-copper diving helmet). |
| BUCKBOARDS | • buckboards n. Plural of buckboard. • BUCKBOARD n. a light horse-drawn vehicle consisting of a flexible board on four wheels, with a two-person seat. |
| LANDLUBBER | • landlubber n. (Nautical, derogatory) Someone unfamiliar with the sea or seamanship, especially a novice seaman. • LANDLUBBER n. a seaman's derogatory name for a landsman. |
| OBUMBRATED | • obumbrated v. Simple past tense and past participle of obumbrate. • obumbrated adj. (Obsolete, rare) Overshadowed. • OBUMBRATE v. to overshadow. |
| SUBAUDIBLE | • subaudible adj. Below the threshold of hearing. • sub-audible adj. Alternative spelling of subaudible. • SUBAUDIBLE adj. hardly audible. |
| UNABSORBED | • unabsorbed adj. Not having been absorbed. • UNABSORBED adj. not absorbed. |
| UNBARBERED | • unbarbered adj. Not barbered. • UNBARBERED adj. not barbered. |
| UNBENDABLE | • unbendable adj. Not bendable. • UNBENDABLE adj. not capable of bending. |
| UNSCABBARD | • unscabbard v. (Transitive) To remove (a weapon) from its scabbard. • UNSCABBARD v. to withdraw e.g. a sword from a scabbard. |