| ABHORRENT | • abhorrent adj. (Archaic) Inconsistent with, or far removed from, something; strongly opposed. • abhorrent adj. Contrary to something; discordant. • abhorrent adj. Abhorring; detesting; having or showing abhorrence; loathing. |
| ABHORRING | • abhorring n. Detestation. • abhorring n. A detested thing. • abhorring v. Present participle of abhor. |
| BOARHOUND | • boarhound n. A large dog, descended from breeds originally used to hunt boars. • Boarhound n. Synonym of Great Dane. • BOARHOUND n. a dog used to hunt boar. |
| BROACHING | • broaching v. Present participle of broach. • BROACH v. to pierce (a cask). |
| BRONCHIAL | • bronchial adj. Of or relating to the bronchi or bronchioles. • BRONCHIAL adj. belonging to the bronchi and their ramifications in the lungs. |
| CORNBRASH | • cornbrash n. (Geology) A coarse calcareous sandstone in various parts of England. • CORNBRASH n. a coarse, shelly limestone whose presence in the soil affords good growth for cereal crops. |
| EARTHBORN | • earthborn adj. Born or produced on the planet Earth. • EARTHBORN adj. born from or on the earth. |
| HABANEROS | • habaneros n. Plural of habanero. • habañeros n. Plural of habañero Alternative spelling of habaneros. • HABANERO n. (Spanish) a hot chili pepper. |
| HABERGEON | • habergeon n. (Historical) A sleeveless or short-sleeved coat of mail armour (a shorter hauberk). • habergeon n. (Historical) The quilted undergarment worn under a hauberk. • habergeon n. (Loosely) A hauberk, any coat of (chain or scale) mail. |
| HARBORING | • harboring v. Present participle of harbor. • HARBOR v. to shelter, also HARBOUR. |
| HARDBOUND | • hardbound adj. (Of a book) Having a hardcover; hardback. • HARDBOUND adj. bound in hard covers. • HARDBOUND n. a book bound in hard covers. |
| HONORABLE | • honorable adj. Worthy of respect; respectable. • honorable adj. (Politics) A courtesy title, given in Britain and the Commonwealth to a cabinet minister, minister of… • honorable n. A politician or other person who bears the title of "honorable". |
| HONORABLY | • honorably adv. US standard spelling of honourably. • HONORABLE adv. (US) honourable, also HONOURABLE. |
| HORNBEAKS | • hornbeaks n. Plural of hornbeak. • HORNBEAK n. a dialect name for the garfish. |
| HORNBEAMS | • hornbeams n. Plural of hornbeam. • HORNBEAM n. a small hardwood tree, also HARDBEAM. |
| HORSEBEAN | • horsebean n. Alternative form of horse bean. • horse␣bean n. Broad bean (Vicia faba var. equina). • HORSEBEAN n. a variety of broad bean. |
| INHABITOR | • inhabitor n. One who inhabits. • INHABITOR n. one who inhabits, also INHABITER. |
| PHENOBARB | • phenobarb n. (Informal, uncountable) The drug phenobarbital or phenobarbitone. • phenobarb n. (Informal, countable) A tablet of the drug. • PHENOBARB n. (short for) phenobarbitol. |
| THORNBACK | • thornback n. Any animal with a thorny back, especially marine animals, such as… • thornback n. (Archaic) A woman over a certain age (variously 26 or 30) who has never married, older than a spinster. • THORNBACK n. a kind of skate having thornlike spines on its back, aka roker. |
| UNHARBOUR | • unharbour v. (Transitive) To drive from harbour or shelter. • UNHARBOUR v. to dislodge from shelter. |