| AIRBURST | • airburst n. The explosion of a bomb (or similar weapon) or large meteorite in the air rather than on the ground. • airburst v. To explode in this manner. • air-burst n. Alternative spelling of airburst. |
| BAILOUTS | • bailouts n. Plural of bailout. • bail-outs n. Plural of bail-out. • BAILOUT n. the act of parachuting from an aircraft. |
| BAUXITES | • bauxites n. Plural of bauxite. • BAUXITE n. an ore of aluminium, also BEAUXITE. |
| BEAUTIES | • beauties n. Plural of beauty. • beauties v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beauty. • BEAUTY v. (Shakespeare) to make beautiful. |
| DAUBIEST | • daubiest adj. Superlative form of dauby: most dauby. • DAUBY adj. smeary. |
| FABULIST | • fabulist n. A person who writes or tells fables. • fabulist n. (Figurative) A liar. • FABULIST n. one who invents fables. |
| HABITUES | • habitues n. Plural of habitue. • habitués n. Plural of habitué. • HABITUE n. (French) one who habitually frequents a place. |
| HALIBUTS | • halibuts n. Plural of halibut. • HALIBUT n. a kind of large flatfish, also HOLIBUT. |
| HAUTBOIS | • hautbois n. Any of a family of organ stops that contain reeds. • hautbois n. Any of the (now obsolete) predecessors of the oboe or cor anglais. • HAUTBOIS n. (French) a large kind of strawberry, also HAUBOIS, HAUTBOY. |
| MITUMBAS | • MITUMBA n. (Swahili) used clothes from wealthy countries imported to Africa. |
| SUBTIDAL | • subtidal adj. Below the level of the tide. • SUBTIDAL adj. of a subordinate tide. |
| SUBTOPIA | • subtopia n. Sprawling suburbs, collectively. • SUBTOPIA n. the suburbs of a city. |
| SUITABLE | • suitable adj. Having sufficient or the required properties for a certain purpose or task; appropriate to a certain occasion. • SUITABLE adj. appropriate. |
| SUITABLY | • suitably adv. In a suitable manner; with propriety. • SUITABLE adv. appropriate. |
| TABOULIS | • taboulis n. Plural of tabouli. • TABOULI n. (Arabic) a kind of Lebanese salad, also TABBOULEH, TABBOULI, TABOOLEY, TABOULEH, TABULI. |
| TUBAISTS | • tubaists n. Plural of tubaist. • TUBAIST n. a tuba player, also TUBIST. |
| URBANIST | • urbanist n. A person who studies cities and their growth. • urbanist n. An urban planner. • Urbanist n. (Catholicism) A Poor Clare who follows or advocates the use of revised codes of conduct in place of… |
| ZAIBATSU | • zaibatsu n. (Economics) A Japanese ‘money clique’ or conglomerate; (by extension) in the United States, any large corporation. • ZAIBATSU n. (Japanese) a powerful, family-controlled Japanese combine. |