| BALACLAVAS | • balaclavas n. Plural of balaclava. • BALACLAVA n. a knitted hat which covers the head and neck. |
| BIVALENCES | • bivalences n. Plural of bivalence. • BIVALENCE n. the state of being bivalent, having a valency of two, also BIVALENCY. |
| BOSCHVARKS | • BOSCHVARK n. (South African) another name for the bushpig, an African wild pig, also BOSHVARK. |
| CABDRIVERS | • cabdrivers n. Plural of cabdriver. • cab␣drivers n. Plural of cab driver. • CABDRIVER n. one who drives a cab. |
| CANVASBACK | • canvasback n. A North American wild duck, Aythya valisineria, popular as a game bird. • CANVASBACK n. a species of duck, so named from the markings of the plumage on its back. |
| CURVEBALLS | • curveballs n. Plural of curveball. • CURVEBALL n. a baseball pitch thrown with spin to make it curve. |
| OBSERVANCE | • observance n. The practice of complying with a law, custom, command or rule. • observance n. The custom of celebrating a holiday or similar occasion. • observance n. Observation or the act of watching. |
| OBSERVANCY | • observancy n. Obsolete form of observance. • OBSERVANCY n. the keeping of a customary practice, rite, or ceremony, also OBSERVANCE. |
| SILVERBACK | • silverback n. (Mammalogy) A mature male gorilla, so named from the silver streaking on its back. • silverback n. (Informal, by extension) A dominant older human male. • silverback n. Any of various ferns of the genus Pityrogramma. |
| SUBCLAVIAN | • subclavian adj. (Anatomy) Relating to or denoting an artery or vein which serves the neck and arm on the left or right… • subclavian n. (Anatomy) A subclavian part (such as an artery, vein, or nerve). • SUBCLAVIAN adj. situated or passing under the clavicle. |
| SUBOCTAVES | • suboctaves n. Plural of suboctave. • SUBOCTAVE n. the octave below. |
| SUBVOCALLY | • subvocally adv. In a subvocal manner. • SUBVOCAL adv. of words formed in speech order in the mind with or without (inaudible) movements of the speech organs. |
| VANTBRACES | • vantbraces n. Plural of vantbrace. • VANTBRACE n. (historical) a piece of armour designed to protect the arm from the elbow to the wrist, also VAMBRACE, VANTBRASS. |
| VERBASCUMS | • verbascums n. Plural of verbascum. • VERBASCUM n. another name for the flower mullein. |
| VIBRANCIES | • vibrancies n. Plural of vibrancy. • VIBRANCY n. the state of being vibrant, also VIBRANCE. |
| VOCABULIST | • vocabulist n. The writer or maker of a vocabulary; a lexicographer. • VOCABULIST n. the writer or maker of a vocabulary; a lexicographer. |