| ABATING | • abating v. Present participle of abate. • abating n. (Rhetoric) Anesis. • ABATE v. to reduce in intensity. |
| ABATTIS | • abattis n. Alternative spelling of abatis. • ABATTIS n. (French) a barrier made of felled trees or branches, also ABATIS. |
| ABSTAIN | • abstain v. (Transitive, reflexive, obsolete) Keep or withhold oneself. • abstain v. (Intransitive) Refrain from (something or doing something); keep from doing, especially an indulgence. • abstain v. (Intransitive, obsolete) Fast (not eat for a period). |
| AIRBOAT | • airboat n. A flat-bottomed boat driven by an in-air propeller and used in shallow water. • AIRBOAT n. a kind of boat driven by an aircraft propeller. |
| ATABRIN | • ATABRIN n. (tradename) a bitter yellow powder, formerly used against malaria, also ATABRINE, ATEBRIN. |
| BALISTA | • balista n. Alternative form of ballista. • BALISTA n. (Latin) a Roman machine for throwing projectiles, also BALLISTA. |
| BARISTA | • barista n. A person who prepares coffee in a coffee shop for customers. • BARISTA n. one who makes and serves coffee to the public. |
| BARTSIA | • Bartsia prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Orobanchaceae – various flowering plants. • BARTSIA n. a wild flower of the family Scrophulariaceae. |
| BASMATI | • basmati n. A variety of long-grain rice, notable for its fragrance. • BASMATI n. (Hindi) a type of long grain rice. |
| BATAVIA | • batavia n. Alternative form of Batavia (“variety of lettuce”). • Batavia prop.n. (Historical) Former name of Jakarta, used during the Dutch East Indies period. • Batavia prop.n. The land of the ancient Batavians or Batavi (part of the modern Netherlands). |
| BIODATA | • biodata n. (Uncountable) Biographical data. • biodata n. (Countable, Asia) A form resembling a curriculum vitae, used by employers to select workers. • BIODATA n. biographical information. |
| HABITAN | • habitan n. Obsolete form of habitant. • HABITAN n. (French) a French native of Louisiana or Carolina, also HABITANT. |
| HABITAT | • habitat n. (Uncountable, biology) Conditions suitable for an organism or population of organisms to live. • habitat n. (Countable, biology) A place or type of site where an organism or population naturally occurs. • habitat n. (Countable, biology) A terrestrial or aquatic area distinguished by geographic, abiotic and biotic features… |
| LABIATE | • labiate adj. Having lips or liplike parts. • labiate adj. (Botany, of flowers such as the snapdragon) Having the corolla divided into two liplike parts. • labiate adj. (Botany) of, or belonging to the mint family (Labiatae, now Lamiaceae). |
| TABANID | • tabanid adj. Of or pertaining to species of the horsefly family, Tabanidae. • tabanid n. A horsefly. • TABANID n. (Latin) a bloodsucking insect of the gadfly genus. |
| TAXICAB | • taxicab n. A vehicle that passengers hire to take them between locations of their choice, the fare being calculated… • taxicab v. (Intransitive) To travel by taxicab. • TAXICAB n. automobile for hire. |