| ABHORRENCE | • abhorrence n. Extreme aversion or detestation; the feeling of utter dislike or loathing. • abhorrence n. (Obsolete, historical) An expression of abhorrence, in particular any of the parliamentary addresses… • abhorrence n. A person or thing that is loathsome; a detested thing. |
| ABHORRENCY | • abhorrency n. (Obsolete) Aberrancy. • abhorrency n. (Obsolete) Quality of being abhorrent; feeling of abhorrence. • abhorrency n. (Obsolete) something that elicits abhorrence; a detestable thing. |
| BEACHFRONT | • beachfront adj. Of property (real estate): located on a beach. • beachfront n. The portion of land or property that runs alongside and facing a beach. • BEACHFRONT n. a strip of land that fronts a beach. |
| BEFOREHAND | • beforehand adv. At an earlier or preceding time. • beforehand adj. (Obsolete) In comfortable circumstances as regards property; forehanded. • beforehand adj. (Archaic, often followed by with) In a state of anticipation or preoccupation. |
| BONESHAKER | • boneshaker n. A velocipede (the bicycle of the late 1860s). • boneshaker n. Something jolty. • bone-shaker n. Alternative spelling of boneshaker. |
| CHAIRBORNE | • chairborne adj. Employed to work in an office, etc. and not out in the field; having a sedentary job. • CHAIRBORNE adj. carried in a chair. |
| EARTHBOUND | • earthbound adj. Confined to the Earth; unable to leave Earth, either physically or spiritually. • earthbound adj. (Science fiction) Heading towards Earth. • earthbound adj. (Figuratively) Unimaginative or mundane. |
| HABERGEONS | • habergeons n. Plural of habergeon. • HABERGEON n. (historical) a sleeveless mail coat, shorter than a hauberk, also HAUBERGEON. |
| HAUBERGEON | • haubergeon n. Alternative form of habergeon. • HAUBERGEON n. a sleeveless mail coat, shorter than a hauberk, also HABERGEON. |
| HIBERNATOR | • hibernator n. Something that hibernates. • HIBERNATOR n. one who hibernates. |
| HONOURABLE | • honourable adj. Britain standard spelling of honorable. • honourable n. Britain standard spelling of honorable. • Honourable adj. Alternative letter-case form of honourable. |
| HORSEBEANS | • horsebeans n. Plural of horsebean. • horse␣beans n. Plural of horse bean. • HORSEBEAN n. a variety of broad bean. |
| HYPERBATON | • hyperbaton n. (Grammar) An inversion of the usual or logical order of words or phrases, for emphasis or poetic effect. • hyperbaton n. (Rhetoric) Adding a word or thought to a sentence that is already semantically complete, thus drawing… • HYPERBATON n. the use, esp. for emphasis, of a word order other than the expected or usual one, as in 'Bird thou never wert'. |
| PHENOBARBS | • phenobarbs n. Plural of phenobarb. • PHENOBARB n. (short for) phenobarbitol. |
| STONEBRASH | • stonebrash n. A subsoil made up of small stones or finely broken rock. • stone␣brash n. (Soil science) A soil made up of finely broken rock. • STONEBRASH n. a subsoil made up of small stones or finely-broken rock. |
| VIBRAPHONE | • vibraphone n. A percussion instrument with a double row of tuned metal bars, each above the tubular resonator containing… • VIBRAPHONE n. an instrument having metal bars under which are electrically-operated resonators, played by striking the bars with small hammers, also VIBRAHARP. |