| ABSORBANT | • absorbant adj. Alternative spelling of absorbent. • absorbant n. Alternative spelling of absorbent. • ABSORBANT adj. able to absorb. |
| ABSORBATE | • absorbate n. Any substance that has been absorbed. • ABSORBATE n. an absorbed substance. |
| BABIRUSAS | • babirusas n. Plural of babirusa. • BABIRUSA n. (Malay) a large hoglike quadruped of the East Indies, also BABIROUSSA, BABIRUSSA. |
| BABIRUSSA | • babirussa n. Alternative form of babiroussa. • BABIRUSSA n. (Malay) a large hoglike quadruped of the East Indies, also BABIROUSSA, BABIRUSA. |
| BARBARISE | • barbarise v. Alternative form of barbarize. • BARBARISE v. to reduce to a state of barbarism, also BARBARIZE. |
| BARBARISM | • barbarism n. A barbaric act. • barbarism n. The condition of existing barbarically. • barbarism n. A word hybridizing Ancient Greek and Latin or other heterogeneous roots. |
| BARBAROUS | • barbarous adj. (Said of language) Not classical or pure. • barbarous adj. Uncivilized, uncultured. • barbarous adj. Mercilessly or impudently violent or cruel, savage. |
| BARBASCOS | • barbascos n. Plural of barbasco. • BARBASCO n. (Spanish) any of a variety of South American plants, the roots of which are used to make fish-poison etc. |
| BARBASTEL | • barbastel n. Alternative form of barbastelle (“type of bat”). • BARBASTEL n. (French) a long-eared species of bat with hairy lips, also BARBASTELLE. |
| BARBICANS | • barbicans n. Plural of barbican. • BARBICAN n. an outer defensive work; esp. a tower at a gate or bridge. |
| BARBITALS | • barbitals n. Plural of barbital. • BARBITAL n. (US) a derivative of barbituric acid used as a sedative, also BARBITONE. |
| BAREBACKS | • barebacks v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bareback. • BAREBACK v. to have unprotected sex. |
| BAREBOATS | • BAREBOAT n. a pleasure-boat rented without personnel. |
| BASEBOARD | • baseboard n. (US, finish carpentry, interior decorating) A panel or molding between the floor and the interior wall of a structure. • baseboard n. (US) A similar panel at the base of a piece of furniture or equipment. • BASEBOARD n. a board which forms a base for something; a skirting-board. |
| BOSBERAAD | • bosberaad n. (South Africa) A bush meeting; a strategy meeting held outdoors, for example in a game reserve. • BOSBERAAD n. (South African) a meeting in an isolated venue to break a political deadlock. |
| SCABBARDS | • scabbards n. Plural of scabbard. • scabbards v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of scabbard. • SCABBARD v. to sheathe, as a sword. |