| ABSORBANT | • absorbant adj. Alternative spelling of absorbent. • absorbant n. Alternative spelling of absorbent. • ABSORBANT adj. able to absorb. |
| BACKBANDS | • backbands n. Plural of backband. • BACKBAND n. the band which passes over the back of a horse and holds up the shafts of a carriage. |
| BANDBRAKE | • BANDBRAKE n. a brake or clutch in the form of a flexible band. |
| BANDOBAST | • bandobast n. Alternative form of bundobust. • BANDOBAST n. (Urdu) an organisation, also BANDOBUST, BUNDOBUST. |
| BARBARIAN | • barbarian adj. Relating to people, countries, or customs perceived as uncivilized or inferior. • barbarian n. (Historical) A non-Greek or a non-Roman. • barbarian n. An uncivilized or uncultured person, originally compared to the hellenistic Greco-Roman civilisation;… |
| BARBICANS | • barbicans n. Plural of barbican. • BARBICAN n. an outer defensive work; esp. a tower at a gate or bridge. |
| BARNBOARD | • barnboard n. Antique board recovered from old barns, used in construction and the making of furniture. • BARNBOARD n. wide softwood boards that have not been planed, used especially for building barns. |
| BARNBRACK | • BARNBRACK n. (Irish) a currant bun, also BARMBRACK. |
| BASEBANDS | • basebands n. Plural of baseband. • BASEBAND n. a communication device operating over limited frequencies. |
| BEANBALLS | • beanballs n. Plural of beanball. • bean␣balls n. Plural of bean ball. • BEANBALL n. a baseball thrown at the head. |
| BLACKBAND | • blackband n. (Mineralogy) An earthy carbonate of iron containing considerable carbonaceous matter, valuable as an iron ore. • BLACKBAND n. iron ore containing enough coal to calcine it. |
| BOBBEJAAN | • BOBBEJAAN n. (South African) a baboon; a large black spider. |
| BROADBAND | • broadband adj. (Telecommunications) Of, pertaining to, or carrying a wide band of electromagnetic frequencies. • broadband n. (Telecommunications) A wide band of electromagnetic frequencies. • broadband n. (Internet) An internet connection provisioned over an existing service using alternate signal frequencies… |
| BROADBEAN | • broadbean n. Alternative form of broad bean. • broad␣bean n. An edible bean that has broad seeds, Vicia faba. • BROADBEAN n. a leguminous vegetable. |
| CABBAGING | • cabbaging v. Present participle of cabbage. • cabbaging n. (Slang, UK) Being lazy or in a state of boredom. • cabbaging n. (Slang) The stealing of offcuts of material by a tailor making a garment with a customer’s fabric. |
| GRANDBABY | • grandbaby n. (Informal) A young grandchild. • GRANDBABY n. an infant grandchild. |
| KABABBING | • KABAB v. to cook on a skewer, also CABOB, KABOB, KEBAB, KEBOB. |
| RABBINATE | • rabbinate n. The office or function of a rabbi. • rabbinate n. Rabbis collectively. • RABBINATE n. the office of a rabbi. |
| SABBATINE | • Sabbatine adj. Of or relating to an indulgence granted to the Carmelite order in 1322 which promised liberation from… • Sabbatine adj. Relating to the Sabbath. • SABBATINE adj. relating to Saturday. |