| ABSENCE | • absence n. A state of being away or withdrawn from a place or from companionship.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. |
| BACONER | • baconer n. A pig raised to produce bacon. • BACONER n. a pig suitable for bacon. |
| BALANCE | • balance n. (Uncountable) A state in which opposing forces harmonise; equilibrium. • balance n. (Uncountable) Mental equilibrium; mental health; calmness, a state of remaining clear-headed and unperturbed. • balance n. (Literally or figuratively) Something of equal weight used to provide equilibrium; counterweight. |
| BEACONS | • beacons n. Plural of beacon. • beacons v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beacon. • BEACON v. to shine like a light on high. |
| BLACKEN | • blacken v. (Transitive, causative) To cause to be or become black. • blacken v. (Intransitive, ergative) To become black. • blacken v. (Transitive, causative) To make dirty. |
| BRACKEN | • bracken n. (Uncountable, countable) Any of several coarse ferns, of the genus Pteridium, that form dense thickets;… • bracken n. (Uncountable) An area of countryside heavily populated by this fern. • Bracken prop.n. A surname. |
| BRECHAN | • BRECHAN n. (Scots) a horse-collar, also BRECHAM. |
| CABEZON | • cabezon n. A California fish (Scorpaenichthys marmoratus), allied to the sculpin. • CABEZON n. (Spanish) a Californian fish, allied to the sculpin, also CABEZONE. |
| CABINED | • cabined adj. Confined at close quarters. • cabined adj. Circumscribed; restricted; having a narrow scope. • cabined v. Simple past tense and past participle of cabin. |
| CABINET | • cabinet n. A storage closet either separate from, or built into, a wall. • cabinet n. A cupboard. • cabinet n. The upright assembly that houses a coin-operated arcade game, a cab. |
| 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. |
| CARBINE | • carbine n. A rifle with a short barrel. • CARBINE n. a rifle with a relatively short barrel, also CARABIN, CARABINE. |
| COWBANE | • cowbane n. Any of several related poisonous plants of the genus Cicuta. • cowbane n. Cicuta virosa, type species of this genus. • COWBANE n. the water hemlock, often poisonous to cattle. |
| CUBANES | • cubanes n. Plural of cubane. • CUBANE n. a hydrocarbon with CH groups arranged as a cube. |
| UNBRACE | • unbrace v. (Transitive) To undo, unfasten; to relax, loosen. • UNBRACE v. to free from braces. |