| BACKHANDING | • backhanding v. Present participle of backhand. • back-handing v. Present participle of back-hand. • BACKHAND v. to strike with the back of the hand. |
| BALDACHINOS | • baldachinos n. Plural of baldachino. • BALDACHINO n. a rich embroidered material, originally woven with woof of silk and warp of gold thread, also BALDACHIN, BALDAQUIN, BAUDEKIN, BAWDKIN. |
| BAREHANDING | • bare␣handing v. Present participle of bare hand. • BAREHAND v. to field the ball in baseball with bare hands rather than with gloves. |
| BODHISATTVA | • bodhisattva n. (Buddhism) A person who has taken specific lay or monastic vows and who is on the road to perfect knowledge;… • bodhisattva n. (Buddhism) An enlightened being existing in a form of existence beyond the ordinary forms of physical… • BODHISATTVA n. one who gives up Nirvana out of compassion for others, also BODDHISATTVA. |
| BRAINWASHED | • brainwashed v. Simple past tense and past participle of brainwash. • BRAINWASH v. to indoctrinate. |
| CHAMBERMAID | • chambermaid n. A maid who handles the chores in a bedroom. • CHAMBERMAID n. a maid who makes beds and does general cleaning of bedrooms (as in a hotel). |
| HABILITATED | • habilitated v. Simple past tense and past participle of habilitate. • HABILITATE v. to endow with ability or capacity. |
| HABITUDINAL | • HABITUDINAL adj. (obsolete) related to habitude. |
| HAIRBRAINED | • hairbrained adj. Misspelling of harebrained. • HAIRBRAINED adj. crazy, crackpot, also HAREBRAINED. |
| HAIRBREADTH | • hairbreadth n. The width of a hair, a very short distance or a very small amount. • HAIRBREADTH n. the breadth of a hair; a minute distance, also HAIRSBREADTH. |
| HANDBAGGING | • handbagging v. Present participle of handbag. • handbagging n. (UK, humorous) A verbal attack or criticism. • HANDBAGGING n. an attack with a handbag. |
| HANDBALLING | • handballing v. Present participle of handball. • handballing n. (Sexuality, slang) The act of inserting a hand into a partner’s anus. • HANDBALL v. to handle the ball in football. |
| HAREBRAINED | • harebrained adj. (Of an idea or plan etc) Absurd, foolish or stupid. • harebrained adj. (Of a person) Frivolous and silly; featherbrained or scatterbrained. • hare-brained adj. Alternative form of harebrained. |
| HEADBANGING | • headbanging n. A type of dance associated with hard rock or heavy metal music, in which the head is shaken violently… • headbanging v. Present participle of headbang. • HEADBANGING n. the act of shaking the head vigorously in time with loud rock music. |
| HYBRIDOMATA | • hybridomata n. Plural of hybridoma. • HYBRIDOMA n. a hybrid cell produced by the fusion of an antibody-producing lymphocyte with a tumor cell. |
| SUBAHDARIES | • subahdaries n. Plural of subahdary. • SUBAHDARY n. the office of a subahdar. |
| VAGABONDISH | • vagabondish adj. Like a vagabond. • VAGABONDISH adj. like a vagabond. |