| ABSENCE | • absence n. A state of being away or withdrawn from a place or from companionship. • absence n. The period of someone being away. • absence n. Failure to be present where one is expected, wanted, or needed; nonattendance; deficiency. |
| ACERBER | • acerber adj. Comparative form of acerb: more acerb. • ACERB adj. bitter and sour, also ACERBIC. |
| BEACHED | • beached adj. (Archaic, literary) Having a beach. • beached v. Simple past tense and past participle of beach. • beached adj. Run or brought ashore. |
| BEACHES | • beaches n. Plural of beach. • beaches v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beach. • BEACH v. to drive onto the shore by a lake or the sea. |
| BECASSE | • BECASSE n. (French) a woodcock. |
| BECAUSE | • because adv. (Archaic) For the reason (that). • because adv. On account (of), for sake (of). • because adv. (By ellipsis) Used alone to refuse to provide a full answer a question begun with "why", usually taken… |
| BELACED | • belaced adj. Bordered or adorned with lace. • belaced v. Simple past tense and past participle of belace. • BELACE v. to adorn with lace. |
| BELACES | • belaces v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of belace. • BELACE v. to adorn with lace. |
| BERCEAU | • BERCEAU n. (French) a cradle, a covered walk. |
| CARBEEN | • carbeen n. An Australian eucalyptus (Eucalyptus tessellaris). • CARBEEN n. (Native Australian) an Australian eucalyptus with drooping branches and grey bark. |
| CARBENE | • carbene n. (Organic chemistry) Any short-lived, reactive species R2C:, especially the parent compound CH2: (also… • CARBENE n. a neutral divalent free radical. |
| CEREBRA | • cerebra n. Plural of cerebrum. • CEREBRUM n. (Latin) a part of the brain. |
| DEBACLE | • debacle n. An event or enterprise that ends suddenly and disastrously, often with humiliating consequences. • debacle n. (Ecology) A breaking up of a natural dam, usually made of ice, by a river and the ensuing rush of water. • debâcle n. Alternative form of debacle. |
| EBAUCHE | • ebauche n. Alternative spelling of ébauche used particularly for a partially built watch. • ébauche n. A sketch. • ébauche n. A maquette. |
| EMBACES | • EMBACE v. (Spenser) to lower, also EMBASE, IMBASE. |
| EMBRACE | • embrace v. (Transitive) To clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug. • embrace v. (Transitive, figuratively) To seize (something) eagerly or with alacrity; to accept or take up with… • embrace v. (Transitive, figuratively) To submit to; to undergo. |
| REBRACE | • rebrace v. To brace again. • REBRACE v. to brace again. |