| BATOLOGIST | • batologist n. A botanist who studies the genus Rubus, i.e. brambles. • batologist n. (Colloquial or humorous) Someone who studies bats (the flying mammal). • BATOLOGIST n. one who studies batology, the science of brambles. |
| BATTLEDOOR | • battledoor n. Alternative form of battledore. • BATTLEDOOR n. (obsolete) a light bat for striking a shuttlecock, also BATTLEDORE. |
| BOOTSTRAPS | • bootstraps n. Plural of bootstrap. • BOOTSTRAP v. to prepare (a computer) for operation by causing an operating system to be loaded into its memory. |
| BOTTOMLAND | • bottomland n. (Chiefly US) Flat land along a river, lying a few feet above normal high water, often consisting of… • BOTTOMLAND n. (US) alluvial deposits. |
| KOTTABOSES | • KOTTABOS n. (Greek) an ancient Greek game of throwing wine into a vessel, also COTTABUS. |
| MOTORBOATS | • motorboats n. Plural of motorboat. • motorboats v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of motorboat. • motor␣boats n. Plural of motor boat. |
| OBTURATION | • obturation n. The act of stopping up, or closing, an opening. • obturation n. (Firearms) The process of a bullet expanding under pressure to fit the bore of the firearm, or a cartridge… • OBTURATION n. an obstruction. |
| OBTURATORS | • obturators n. Plural of obturator. • OBTURATOR n. a structure or device that closes a cavity. |
| OSTEOBLAST | • osteoblast n. (Biology, cytology) A mononucleate cell from which bone develops. • OSTEOBLAST n. one of the protoplasmic cells from or around which the matrix of the bone is developed. |
| OUTBOASTED | • outboasted v. Simple past tense and past participle of outboast. • OUTBOAST v. to surpass in boasting. |
| POTATOBUGS | • potato␣bugs n. Plural of potato bug. • POTATOBUG n. the Colorado beetle. |
| ROUSTABOUT | • roustabout n. (Chiefly US) an unskilled laborer, especially at an oilfield, at a circus or on a ship, 19th c. • ROUSTABOUT n. a casual or unskilled laborer, esp. on an oil rig, also ROUSEABOUT. |
| STONEBOATS | • stoneboats n. Plural of stoneboat. • STONEBOAT n. (US) a low sledge for carrying rocks or other heavy objects. |
| STRABOTOMY | • strabotomy n. (Surgery) The surgical procedure of cutting or making an incision in a muscle or tendon of the eye to… • STRABOTOMY n. surgical removal of a squint. |
| THOLOBATES | • tholobates n. Plural of tholobate. • THOLOBATE n. the substructure of a dome or cupola. |
| WITGATBOOM | • WITGATBOOM n. (South African) a South African evergreen tree with edible roots used as a coffee substitute when roasted, also WITGAT. |