| AMBERINA | • Amberina n. (Historical) A kind of two-toned glassware manufactured mainly in New England in the late 19th century. • AMBERINA n. (tradename) a type of clear glassware. |
| BARGEMAN | • bargeman n. A member of the crew of a barge. • bargeman n. A barge owner, maintainer, or captain of a barge. • bargeman n. (Nautical, slang) A large white maggot that frequently infested ship’s biscuits; most likely a larva… |
| BARGEMEN | • bargemen n. Plural of bargeman. • BARGEMAN n. a man who manages a barge, or one of the crew of a barge. |
| BEMOANER | • bemoaner n. One who bemoans. • BEMOANER n. one who bemoans. |
| BOARDMEN | • boardmen n. Plural of boardman. • BOARDMAN n. a board member. |
| BRAKEMAN | • brakeman n. (US, rail transport) A railroad employee responsible for a train’s brakes, couplings etc. • brakeman n. (Mining, historical) A person employed to work the steam engine or other machinery that raises the coal from the mine. • brakeman n. (Sports) A person who pulls the brake lever in the sport of bobsleigh. |
| BRAKEMEN | • brakemen n. Plural of brakeman. • BRAKEMAN n. a man in charge of a brake or brakes. |
| BREAMING | • breaming v. Present participle of bream. • BREAM v. to clean a ship's bottom by burning off seaweed. |
| BRIDEMAN | • brideman n. Alternative form of bridesman. • BRIDEMAN n. a groom's attendant at a wedding. |
| BROMANCE | • bromance n. (Informal) A close but non-sexual relationship between men. • BROMANCE n. a close but not romantic or sexual relationship between two men. |
| EMBANKER | • embanker n. One who embanks. • EMBANKER n. one who makes banks or dikes. |
| HORNBEAM | • hornbeam n. A tree of the genus Carpinus, having a smooth gray bark and a ridged trunk, the wood being white and… • hornbeam n. A hop hornbeam (Ostrya virginiana). • hornbeam n. The wood of these trees. |
| MEMBRANE | • membrane n. (Anatomy, zootomy) A flexible enclosing or separating tissue forming a plane or film and separating two environments. • membrane n. A piece of parchment forming part of a roll. • MEMBRANE n. a thin, pliable layer of tissue. |
| MIRBANES | • MIRBANE n. an apparently meaningless word used in perfumery, as in oil of mirbane, a name for nitrobenzene, also MYRBANE. |
| MYRBANES | • MYRBANE n. an apparently meaningless word used in perfumery, as in oil of myrbane, a name of nitrobenzene, also MIRBANE. |
| PENUMBRA | • penumbra n. A partially shaded area around the edges of a shadow, especially an eclipse. • penumbra n. (Astronomy) A region around the edge of a sunspot, darker than the sun’s surface but lighter than the… • penumbra n. (Figuratively) An area of uncertainty or intermediacy between two mutually exclusive states or categories. |