| BACKHANDER | • backhander n. A glass of wine given out of turn, the bottle having been handed backwards. • backhander n. A blow with the back of the hand. • backhander n. (Informal) A bribe, a secret payment. |
| BALDERDASH | • balderdash n. Senseless talk or writing; nonsense. • balderdash n. (Archaic) A worthless mixture, especially of liquors. • balderdash n. (Obsolete) Obscene language or writing. |
| BAREHANDED | • barehanded adj. Having no covering on the hands. • barehanded adj. (By extension) With no tool or weapon. • barehanded adv. With no covering on the hands. |
| BAREHEADED | • bareheaded adj. Having no covering on the head. • bareheaded adv. With no covering on the head. • bare-headed adj. Alternative form of bareheaded. |
| BARRELHEAD | • barrelhead n. The head of a barrel, especially when the barrel has been stood vertically and its head thus serves… • barrel-head n. Alternative form of barrelhead. • barrel␣head n. Alternative form of barrelhead. |
| BRACHIATED | • brachiated v. Simple past tense and past participle of brachiate. • BRACHIATE v. to progress by swinging hand over hand, like a gibbon. |
| BREADHEADS | • breadheads n. Plural of breadhead. • BREADHEAD n. a drug-dealer who is not an addict, but is motivated by money alone. |
| HANDBALLER | • handballer n. A handball player. • HANDBALLER n. one who plays handball. |
| HANDBRAKES | • handbrakes n. Plural of handbrake. • hand␣brakes n. Plural of hand brake. • HANDBRAKE n. a brake applied by a hand-operated lever. |
| HANDLEBARS | • handlebars n. Plural of handlebar. • HANDLEBAR n. the steering-bar of a cycle, or one half of it. |
| HARDBACKED | • hardbacked adj. (Of a book) Having a solid binding; hardback. • hardbacked adj. Having a hard back. • HARDBACKED adj. of a book, having hard covers. |
| HARDENABLE | • hardenable adj. Capable of being hardened. |
| HAWKSBEARD | • hawksbeard n. Any of various annual and perennial flowering plants of the genus Crepis, superficially resembling the dandelion. • hawksbeard n. Any of several plants of the genus Youngia, of Asia. • HAWKSBEARD n. a flower of the dandelion family. |
| HAZARDABLE | • hazardable adj. Liable to chance or hazard; exposed to dangers; risky or uncertain. • hazardable adj. Capable of being hazarded or risked. • HAZARDABLE adj. liable to hazard or chance; uncertain; risky. |
| HEADBANGER | • headbanger n. One who dances by violently shaking the head in time to the music. • headbanger n. (By extension) One who enjoys heavy metal (rock) music, to which this sort of dance is usually performed. • headbanger n. A mad or eccentric person. (Can we add an example for this sense?) |
| HEADBOARDS | • headboards n. Plural of headboard. • HEADBOARD n. a board at the head of a bed. |
| HEBDOMADAR | • HEBDOMADAR n. in Scottish universities, a senior member appointed weekly for the supervision of student discipline, also HEBDOMADER. |
| THREADBARE | • threadbare adj. (Of cloth) shabby, frayed and worn to an extent that warp threads show. • threadbare adj. Damaged or shabby. • threadbare adj. (Of a person) wearing clothes of threadbare material. |