| ABEYANCE | • abeyance n. (Law) Expectancy; a condition when an ownership of real property is undetermined; lapse in succession… • abeyance n. Suspension; temporary suppression; dormant condition. • abeyance n. (Heraldry) Expectancy of a title, its right in existence but its exercise suspended. |
| ABEYANCY | • abeyancy n. (Rare) Abeyance. • ABEYANCY n. a state of suspension or temporary inactivity, also ABEYANCE. |
| ABJECTLY | • abjectly adv. In an abject fashion; with great shame; desperately. • ABJECT adv. humble; miserable; craven. |
| ACERBITY | • acerbity n. Sourness of taste, with bitterness and astringency, like that of unripe fruit. • acerbity n. Harshness, bitterness, or severity. • acerbity n. (Countable) Something harsh (e.g. a remark, act or experience). |
| BACKSEYS | • BACKSEY n. (Scots) sirloin. |
| BEACHBOY | • beachboy n. A male who is a lifeguard or other worker at a beach. • beachboy n. A young male who frequently goes to the beach, especially in sunny climates. • BEACHBOY n. a male beach attendant. |
| BIACETYL | • BIACETYL n. a chemical flavor enhancer. |
| BUOYANCE | • buoyance n. The state or quality of being buoyant. • BUOYANCE n. the tendency to float, also BUOYANCY. |
| BYPLACES | • by-places n. Plural of by-place. • BYPLACE n. a secluded place. |
| CABBAGEY | • cabbagey adj. Alternative form of cabbagy. • CABBAGEY adj. like a cabbage, also CABBAGY. |
| CABLEWAY | • cableway n. A system of suspended cables from which cable cars are hung. • CABLEWAY n. a structure for transport of material in cars, suspended from a cable. |
| CARBOYED | • carboyed v. Simple past tense and past participle of carboy. • CARBOYED adj. having a carboy. |
| CELIBACY | • celibacy n. Abstaining from marriage; the state of being unmarried. • celibacy n. (By extension) Abstinence from sexual relations. • CELIBACY n. abstention from sexual intercourse. |
| COPYABLE | • copyable adj. Alternative form of copiable. • COPYABLE adj. that can be copied, also COPIABLE. |
| CYBERWAR | • cyberwar n. (Uncountable) Cyberwarfare. • cyberwar n. (Countable) A cyberwarfare war. • CYBERWAR n. crippling an enemy state's computer communication. |
| CYMBALER | • CYMBALER n. one who plays the cymbals. |
| EYEBLACK | • eyeblack n. Alternative spelling of eye black. • eye␣black n. (US) a grease smeared under the eyes of sports players to reduce glare from sunlight or stadium lights. • EYEBLACK n. a dark pigment applied under the eyes. |
| GREYBACK | • greyback n. (Historical, US, colloquial) A Confederate soldier during the US Civil War (because of the grey uniforms). • greyback n. (Dated) A louse. • greyback n. (Regional) Any of various grey birds. |
| LAMBENCY | • lambency n. The property of being lambent, brightness. • LAMBENCY n. the quality of being lambent. |
| ROCKABYE | • rockabye v. (Transitive, intransitive) To rock soothingly. • rockabye n. A soothing rocking motion. • ROCKABYE n. a song used to lull children to sleep, also ROCKABY. |