| 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. |
| BACKBURNS | • backburns n. Plural of backburn. • back-burns n. Plural of back-burn. • back␣burns n. Plural of back burn. |
| BARBICANS | • barbicans n. Plural of barbican. • BARBICAN n. an outer defensive work; esp. a tower at a gate or bridge. |
| BAREBONES | • barebones adj. Alternative form of bare-bones. • barebones n. Plural of barebone. • bare-bones adj. Minimalist; lacking that which is not essential. |
| BEARBINES | • BEARBINE n. a bindweed. |
| BREADBINS | • breadbins n. Plural of breadbin. • bread␣bins n. Plural of bread bin. • BREADBIN n. a household container for bread, usually quite small. |
| BROWBANDS | • browbands n. Plural of browband. • BROWBAND n. the bridle-strap that goes over a horse's forehead. |
| BURNABLES | • burnables n. Plural of burnable. • BURNABLE n. something that can be burnt. |
| RABBINICS | • RABBINICS n. the study of rabbinic literature of the post-Talmudic period. |
| RABBINISM | • Rabbinism n. (Dated) Rabbinic Judaism. • Rabbinism n. A characteristically rabbinical word or phrase. • RABBINISM n. a rabbinic expression or phraseology; a peculiarity of the language of the rabbins. |
| RABBINIST | • rabbinist n. (Judaism) One who adheres to the Talmud and traditions of the rabbis. • RABBINIST n. a person who adheres to the Talmud and traditions of the rabbis, also RABBINITE. |
| RABBLINGS | • rabblings n. Plural of rabbling. • RABBLING n. (Scots) the mobbing and ousting of the Episcopal 'curates' at the Revolution. |
| SCRABBING | • scrabbing v. Present participle of scrab. • SCRAB v. (dialect) to scratch, also SCRAT, SCRATCH, SCRATTLE, SCRAWM. |
| SUBBRANCH | • subbranch n. A branch that is itself an offshoot of a branch of something. • subbranch n. Part of a branch. • SUBBRANCH n. a subdivision of a branch. |
| SUBURBANS | • suburbans n. Plural of suburban. • SUBURBAN n. one who lives in a suburb. |