| ABSORBANT | • absorbant adj. Alternative spelling of absorbent. • absorbant n. Alternative spelling of absorbent. • ABSORBANT adj. able to absorb. |
| ABSORBENT | • absorbent adj. Having the ability or tendency to absorb; able to soak up liquid easily; absorptive. • absorbent n. Anything which absorbs. • absorbent n. (Physiology, pluralized, now rare) The vessels by which the processes of absorption are carried on… |
| ABSORBING | • absorbing adj. Engrossing, that sustains someone’s interest. • absorbing adj. (Statistics, of a state) Allowing a process to enter it, but not to leave it. • absorbing v. Present participle of absorb. |
| BABOONERY | • baboonery n. Baboonish behavior. • BABOONERY n. baboonish behavior. |
| BARBITONE | • barbitone n. Barbital. • BARBITONE n. a sleep-inducing drug, aka veronal, also BARBITAL. |
| BARBOTINE | • barbotine n. A soft clay used for moulding or decorating pottery. • BARBOTINE n. (French) a paste of clay used in decorating coarse pottery in relief. |
| BAREBONED | • bareboned adj. Alternative spelling of bare-boned. • bare-boned adj. (Of a person) slim; not fleshy; very lean; emaciated. • bare-boned adj. (Figurative) Very basic; having only the essentials and nothing else. |
| BAREBONES | • barebones adj. Alternative form of bare-bones. • barebones n. Plural of barebone. • bare-bones adj. Minimalist; lacking that which is not essential. |
| BARNBOARD | • barnboard n. Antique board recovered from old barns, used in construction and the making of furniture. • BARNBOARD n. wide softwood boards that have not been planed, used especially for building barns. |
| BOMBARDON | • bombardon n. (Music) A brass instrument, the bass version of the tuba. • bombardon n. (Music) A bass instrument of the shawm family. • bombardon n. An organ pedal stop at 32’ pitch which imitates the sound of the above mentioned instruments. |
| BREAKBONE | • breakbone n. (Pathology, uncountable) dengue fever. • breakbone n. (US dialect, countable) A chicken’s wishbone. • breakbone adj. Violent; rough and painful. |
| BROADBAND | • broadband adj. (Telecommunications) Of, pertaining to, or carrying a wide band of electromagnetic frequencies. • broadband n. (Telecommunications) A wide band of electromagnetic frequencies. • broadband n. (Internet) An internet connection provisioned over an existing service using alternate signal frequencies… |
| BROADBEAN | • broadbean n. Alternative form of broad bean. • broad␣bean n. An edible bean that has broad seeds, Vicia faba. • BROADBEAN n. a leguminous vegetable. |
| BROWBANDS | • browbands n. Plural of browband. • BROWBAND n. the bridle-strap that goes over a horse's forehead. |
| PHENOBARB | • phenobarb n. (Informal, uncountable) The drug phenobarbital or phenobarbitone. • phenobarb n. (Informal, countable) A tablet of the drug. • PHENOBARB n. (short for) phenobarbitol. |
| TREBBIANO | • trebbiano n. A widely cultivated Italian grape variety of high acidity, used in the production of white wine and brandy. • trebbiano n. A variety of dry white wine made from this grape. • Trebbiano n. Alternative letter-case form of trebbiano. |