| ABOLISHED | • abolished v. Simple past tense and past participle of abolish. • ABOLISH v. to put an end to. |
| BLOCKHEAD | • blockhead n. (Colloquial) A stupid person. • blockhead n. A sideshow performer who hammers nails or similar items through his or her nostril into the nasal cavity;… • blockhead v. To perform as a human blockhead. |
| BLOODBATH | • bloodbath n. Indiscriminate killing or slaughter; a massacre. • bloodbath n. (Sports) An aggressive or very violent contest or confrontation. • bloodbath n. (Figuratively) An upset (as of a game with unexpected results, or a national presidential convention) or heavy defeat. |
| BLOWHARDS | • blowhards n. Plural of blowhard. • blow-hards n. Plural of blow-hard. • BLOWHARD n. a boaster. |
| BOLTHEADS | • boltheads n. Plural of bolthead. • BOLTHEAD n. a straight-necked distillation vessel or flask. |
| BOXHAULED | • boxhauled v. Simple past tense and past participle of boxhaul. • BOXHAUL v. to put (a vessel) on the other tack by veering her short round on her heel. |
| DEATHBLOW | • deathblow n. A strike or blow that leads to death, especially a coup de grace. • deathblow n. Something that prevents the completion, or ends the existence, of a project etc.; a fatal setback. • death␣blow n. Alternative form of deathblow. |
| DOUGHBALL | • doughball n. A ball of dough, prepared as food or as fishing bait. • DOUGHBALL n. a kind of bait used in carp fishing. |
| HANDBLOWN | • handblown adj. (Glassmaking) Blown by hand, without the use of machinery. • HANDBLOWN adj. made by glassblowing and moulded by hand. |
| HOBNAILED | • hobnailed adj. Having hobnails. • hob-nailed adj. Alternative spelling of hobnailed. • HOBNAIL v. to furnish with broad headed short nails. |
| HOLDBACKS | • holdbacks n. Plural of holdback. • HOLDBACK n. a restraining device. |
| HOLDERBAT | • holderbat n. A device used to secure a pipe to a wall by means of an enclosing ring. • HOLDERBAT n. a clamp fixed around the sides of a pipe. |
| RHABDOMAL | • rhabdomal adj. Relating to a rhabdom. • RHABDOMAL adj. of or like a rhabdom, a fourfold rod in the compound eye of an arthropod. |
| SHADBLOWS | • shadblows n. Plural of shadblow. • SHADBLOW n. an American rosaceous bush flowering at shad spawning time, also SHADBUSH. |