| BADMOUTH | • badmouth v. (Informal) To criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully. • bad-mouth v. Alternative spelling of badmouth. • BADMOUTH v. to abuse. |
| BASHMENT | • bashment n. (Slang, countable, especially Jamaican) A party or rave. • bashment n. (Slang, uncountable, music, especially Jamaican) Dancehall music. • BASHMENT n. a large gathering for a Caribbean dance or party. |
| BATHMATS | • bathmats n. Plural of bathmat. • bath␣mats n. Plural of bath mat. • BATHMAT n. a mat used in bathrooms. |
| BATHMISM | • bathmism n. (Obsolete) A supposed "growth force" in vitalism. • BATHMISM n. a theory of directed evolution. |
| BATHROOM | • bathroom n. A room containing a shower and/or bathtub, and (typically but not necessarily) a toilet. • bathroom n. (Chiefly US, South Africa, Canada, euphemistic) A lavatory: a room containing a toilet and (typically… • bath␣room n. (Uncommon) Alternative form of bathroom in its various senses. |
| BOTHYMAN | • bothyman n. (Historical) A laborer living in a bothy. • BOTHYMAN n. one who lives in a bothy. |
| BUSHMEAT | • bushmeat n. Any edible animal from sub-Saharan Africa’s dense forest that is not traditionally regarded as game. • bush␣meat n. Alternative form of bushmeat. • bush␣meat n. (Slang, Nigeria) A shy or innocent young woman considered as a sexual object. |
| EMBATHED | • embathed v. Simple past tense and past participle of embathe. • EMBATHE v. to bathe, also IMBATHE. |
| EMBATHES | • embathes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of embathe. • EMBATHE v. to bathe, also IMBATHE. |
| HECATOMB | • hecatomb n. (Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome) A great feast and public sacrifice to the gods, originally of a hundred oxen. • hecatomb n. (By extension) Any great sacrifice; a great number of people, animals or things, especially as sacrificed… • HECATOMB n. a great public sacrifice. |
| IMBATHED | • imbathed v. Simple past tense and past participle of imbathe. • IMBATHE v. (archaic) to bathe, also EMBATHE. |
| IMBATHES | • imbathes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of imbathe. • IMBATHE v. (archaic) to bathe, also EMBATHE. |
| MASTABAH | • mastabah n. Alternative form of mastaba. • MASTABAH n. (Arabic) an ancient Egyptian tomb, also MASTABA. |
| MATCHBOX | • matchbox n. A small cardboard box in which matches are kept. • matchbox n. Any small die-cast toy car, usually collectible. • MATCHBOX n. a small box. |
| MOTHBALL | • mothball n. (Usually in the plural) A small ball of chemical pesticide (typically naphthalene) and deodorant placed… • mothball v. (Transitive) To store or shelve something no longer used. • mothball v. (Transitive, figuratively) To stop using (something), but keep it in good condition. |
| MUDBATHS | • mudbaths n. Plural of mudbath. • mud␣baths n. Plural of mud bath. • MUDBATH n. a medicinal or therapeutic bath of heated mud used esp. to relieve rheumatism. |