| ABATTISES | • abattises n. Plural of abattis. • ABATTIS n. (French) a barrier made of felled trees or branches, also ABATIS. |
| ABATTOIRS | • abattoirs n. Plural of abattoir. • ABATTOIR n. (French) a public slaughterhouse. |
| ARBITRATE | • arbitrate v. To make a judgment (on a dispute) as an arbitrator or arbiter. • arbitrate v. To submit (a dispute) to such judgment. • arbitrate v. (Mathematics, rare) To assign an arbitrary value to, or otherwise determine arbitrarily. |
| BATTALIAS | • battalias n. Plural of battalia. • BATTALIA n. (Italian) the main body of an army. |
| BATTALION | • battalion n. (Military) An army unit having two or more companies, etc. and a headquarters. Traditionally forming… • battalion n. (US, military) an army unit having two or more companies, etc. and a headquarters; forming part of a brigade. • battalion n. Any large body of troops. |
| BOATTAILS | • boattails n. Plural of boattail. • BOATTAIL n. a North American bird, aka grackle. |
| BRITTANIA | • BRITTANIA n. an alloy of tin and antimony with a low melting point, also BRITANNIA. |
| CATABATIC | • catabatic adj. Alternative form of katabatic. • CATABATIC adj. moving downhill, sinking (of winds), also KATABATIC. |
| CIABATTAS | • ciabattas n. Plural of ciabatta. • CIABATTA n. (Italian) a kind of bread made with olive oil. |
| HABITANTS | • habitants n. Plural of habitant. • HABITANT n. (French) a French native of Louisiana or Carolina, also HABITAN. |
| HABITUATE | • habituate v. To make accustomed; to accustom; to familiarize. • habituate v. (Obsolete) To settle as an inhabitant. • HABITUATE v. to accustom to. |
| KATABATIC | • katabatic adj. (Meteorology, of airflow) Downslope on a mountainside. • katabatic n. Short for katabatic wind. • KATABATIC adj. moving downhill, sinking (of winds), also CATABATIC. |
| METABATIC | • metabatic adj. Relating to metabasis. • METABATIC adj. transitional. |
| RABATTING | • rabatting v. Present participle of rabat. • rabatting v. Present participle of rabatte. • RABATTING n. rotation in coincidence with another plane. |
| RIBATTUTA | • ribattuta n. (Music) A musical ornament consisting of a trill on a long-short dotted rhythm accelerating to end on… • RIBATTUTA n. (Italian) the slow beginning of a trill. |
| STABILATE | • stabilate n. (Biology) A collection of living organisms, typically microbes, preserved for a particular use. • STABILATE n. a population preserved in a viable state though subject to extraordinary conditions e.g. microorganisms in deep freeze. |