| BALLONET | • ballonet n. Any of several small balloons, inside a dirigible, that can be inflated or deflated to control buoyancy during flight. • BALLONET n. in a balloon or dirigible, a small bag into which air is force or released. |
| BALLOTED | • balloted v. Simple past tense and past participle of ballot. • BALLOT v. to vote by ballot. |
| BALLOTEE | • BALLOTEE n. a candidate in a ballot. |
| BALLOTER | • balloter n. One who votes by ballot. • BALLOTER n. one who votes by ballot. |
| BOATBILL | • boatbill n. A form of heron, Cochlearius cochlearius, native to Central and South America. • boatbill n. Either of two species of passerine birds in the genus Machaerirhynchus. • BOATBILL n. a bird of the heron family (from the shape of its bill). |
| BORSTALL | • borstall n. Alternative form of borstal (“way up a hill”). • BORSTALL n. an establishment for the detention of young adult delinquents, also BORSTAL. |
| FOOTBALL | • football n. (General) A sport played on foot in which teams attempt to get a ball into a goal or zone defended by the other team. • football n. (UK, uncountable) Association football: a game in which two teams each contend to get a round ball into… • football n. (US, uncountable) American football: a game played on a field of 100 yards long and 53 1/3 yards wide… |
| LOBATELY | • lobately adv. As a lobe; so as to make a lobe; in a lobate manner. • LOBATE adv. having lobes, also LOBATED. |
| LOBTAILS | • lobtails v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lobtail. • LOBTAIL v. of a whale, to slap its tail against the surface of the water. |
| LOBULATE | • lobulate adj. Synonym of lobulated. • LOBULATE adj. having lobules, also LOBULATED, LOBULOSE. |
| MOTHBALL | • mothball n. (Usually in the plural) A small ball of chemical pesticide (typically naphthalene) and deodorant placed… • mothball v. (Transitive) To store or shelve something no longer used. • mothball v. (Transitive, figuratively) To stop using (something), but keep it in good condition. |
| OBLATELY | • oblately adv. In an oblate manner. • OBLATE adv. flattened at the poles. |
| ROOTBALL | • rootball n. The mass of roots and associated soil that comes up with a plant lifted from the soil or from a container. • ROOTBALL n. the mass of a plant's roots and surrounding soil. |
| SOFTBALL | • softball n. A game similar to baseball but played with a larger and softer ball which can be thrown overhand or underhand. • softball n. The ball used to play the sport. • softball n. (By analogy) A question designed to be easy to answer. |
| TALLBOYS | • tallboys n. Plural of tallboy. • Tallboys n. Plural of Tallboy. • TALLBOY n. a high chest of drawers. |
| TOLLABLE | • tollable adj. Subject to the payment of a toll. • TOLLABLE adj. subject to toll. |
| TOLLBARS | • tollbars n. Plural of tollbar. • toll-bars n. Plural of toll-bar. • TOLLBAR n. a movable bar across a road to stop travellers passing before they have paid a toll. |
| TRILOBAL | • trilobal adj. Having three sides. • TRILOBAL adj. having three lobes, also TRILOBED. |