| BACKWORD | • backword n. A contention, retort, or reply. • backword n. A contradiction or answer to put off an engagement; a countermand. • backword n. A section of commentary at the end of a book. |
| BARNWOOD | • barnwood n. Wood used to build a barn. • barnwood n. Aged or weathered wood, especially from a dismantled barn. • Barnwood prop.n. A suburb of Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8518). |
| BARWOODS | • barwoods n. Plural of barwood. • BARWOOD n. a hard red African dyewood. |
| BEADWORK | • beadwork n. Decorative work involving beads. • BEADWORK n. decorative work done with beads. |
| BEARWOOD | • BEARWOOD n. a small tree of the genus buckthorn. |
| BECOWARD | • BECOWARD v. to accuse of cowardice. |
| BLOWDART | • blowdart n. A dart fired from a blowpipe or blowgun. • BLOWDART n. a dart shot from a blowpipe. |
| BLOWHARD | • blowhard n. (Canada, US, derogatory) A person who talks too much or too loudly, especially in a boastful or self-important manner. • blow-hard n. Alternative spelling of blowhard. • BLOWHARD n. a boaster. |
| BROADWAY | • broadway n. An esplanade. • broadway n. (Poker slang) A straight from ace to ten in Texas hold ’em. • Broadway prop.n. A street name, typically for a wide road; a broad way. |
| BROWBAND | • browband n. Part of a horse’s bridle that runs from just under one ear, across the forehead, to just under the other… • browband n. A band of fur of a contrasting colour on an animal’s brow. • browband n. A band of metal, part of a (person’s) helmet or crown, which covers the brow. |
| CRABWOOD | • crabwood n. A flowering plant of the genus Carapa in the mahogany family, Meliaceae. • CRABWOOD n. a tropical American tree. |
| DRAWBORE | • drawbore n. (Joinery) A hole bored through a tenon nearer to the shoulder than the holes through the cheeks are… • drawbore v. To make a drawbore in. • drawbore v. To enlarge the bore of a gun barrel by drawing, instead of thrusting, a revolving tool through it. |
| RAWBONED | • rawboned adj. (Of a person) thin and bony; having prominent bones; gaunt. • raw-boned adj. Not plump or muscular; thin so that the outline of bones may be seen; gaunt. • RAWBONED adj. having little flesh. |
| SOWBREAD | • sowbread n. Cyclamen, plant of the genus Cyclamen. • sow-bread n. Alternative form of sowbread. • sow␣bread n. Alternative form of sowbread. |
| WARDROBE | • wardrobe n. (Obsolete) A room for keeping clothes and armor safe, particularly a dressing room or walk-in closet beside a bedroom. • wardrobe n. (Figuratively) A governmental office or department in a monarchy which purchases, keeps, and cares for royal clothes. • wardrobe n. (Figuratively) The building housing such a department. |
| WAYBOARD | • wayboard n. (Geology, mining) A thin layer or band of rock that separates or defines the boundaries of thicker strata. • WAYBOARD n. a thin geological seam separating larger strata, also WEIGHBOARD. |