| AMOEBEAN | • amoebean adj. Describing a form of prosody featuring alternating responses. • AMOEBEAN adj. alternately answering, responsive, as often in pastoral poetry. |
| ANAEROBE | • anaerobe n. An anaerobic organism; one that does not require oxygen to sustain its metabolic processes. • ANAEROBE n. an organism that lives in absence of free oxygen. |
| BANOFFEE | • banoffee n. A British cream filling made from banana and toffee. • BANOFFEE n. banana and toffee as a pie filling, also BANOFFI. |
| BAREBONE | • barebone n. A very lean person, especially one whose bones show through the skin. • BAREBONE n. (Shakespeare) a very lean person; one whose bones show through the skin. |
| BEACONED | • beaconed v. Simple past tense and past participle of beacon. • BEACON v. to shine like a light on high. |
| BEANPOLE | • beanpole n. A thin pole for supporting bean vines. • beanpole n. (Informal) A tall, thin person. • bean-pole n. Alternative form of beanpole. |
| BEMOANED | • bemoaned v. Simple past tense and past participle of bemoan. • BEMOAN v. to lament. |
| BEMOANER | • bemoaner n. One who bemoans. • BEMOANER n. one who bemoans. |
| BENZOATE | • benzoate n. (Organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of benzoic acid. • BENZOATE n. a salt of benzoic acid. |
| BONEHEAD | • bonehead n. (Slang) Someone who is stubborn, thick-skulled, or stupid. • bone␣head n. Alternative form of bonehead. • BONEHEAD n. a blockhead. |
| BONEMEAL | • bonemeal n. Alternative spelling of bone meal. • bone-meal n. Alternative spelling of bone meal. • bone␣meal n. Ground bones used as a slow-release fertilizer, especially for bulbs. |
| CABEZONE | • cabezone n. Alternative spelling of cabezon. • CABEZONE n. (Spanish) a Californian fish, allied to the sculpin, also CABEZON. |
| NANOBEES | • nanobees n. Plural of nanobee. • NANOBEE n. an artificial nanoparticle containing a toxin found in bee stings, used to target and destroy precancerous cells. |
| OPENABLE | • openable adj. Capable of being opened. • OPENABLE adj. able to be opened. |
| OVENABLE | • ovenable adj. Suitable for use in an oven. • OVENABLE adj. able to be cooked in an oven. |
| SEABORNE | • seaborne adj. Transported on the sea or ocean, especially by floating on the sea. • SEABORNE adj. carried on the sea. |