| ABRANCHIATE | • abranchiate adj. (Zoology) Without gills. • abranchiate n. (Zoology) An organism that does not have gills. • ABRANCHIATE adj. lacking gills, also ABRANCHIAL. |
| ANTIBACCHII | • ANTIBACCHIUS n. (Latin) a foot of two long (or stressed) syllables followed by a short (or unstressed) one. |
| BACCHANALIA | • bacchanalia n. Any wild, orgiastic party or celebration. • Bacchanalia n. (Greek mythology) A feast or an orgy in honor of Bacchus. • Bacchanalia n. (By extension) A drunken feast; drunken revels; an orgy. |
| BACKHANDING | • backhanding v. Present participle of backhand. • back-handing v. Present participle of back-hand. • BACKHAND v. to strike with the back of the hand. |
| BACKHAULING | • backhauling v. Present participle of backhaul. • BACKHAUL v. to return after delivering a cargo. |
| BACKLASHING | • backlashing v. Present participle of backlash. • BACKLASH v. to cause a reaction. |
| BACKWASHING | • backwashing n. A form of water treatment in which water is pumped backwards through the filter media, sometimes with… • back␣washing v. Present participle of back wash. • BACKWASH v. to affect with receding water. |
| BALDACHINOS | • baldachinos n. Plural of baldachino. • BALDACHINO n. a rich embroidered material, originally woven with woof of silk and warp of gold thread, also BALDACHIN, BALDAQUIN, BAUDEKIN, BAWDKIN. |
| BATRACHIANS | • batrachians n. Plural of batrachian. • BATRACHIAN n. a frog or toad. |
| BRACHIATING | • brachiating adj. That moves by the use of limbs; especially by swinging through the trees using the arms. • brachiating v. Present participle of brachiate. • BRACHIATE v. to progress by swinging hand over hand, like a gibbon. |
| BRACHIATION | • brachiation n. (Zoology) Movement by swinging the arms from one hold to the next. • BRACHIATION n. the act of swinging by one's arms from place to place. |
| CANOPHOBIAS | • CANOPHOBIA n. a morbid fear of dogs. |
| CHAINBRAKES | • CHAINBRAKE n. a cutoff safety device on a chainsaw. |
| CHAMBERLAIN | • chamberlain n. A senior royal official in charge of superintending the arrangement of domestic affairs and often charged… • chamberlain n. A high officer of state, as currently with the papal camerlengo, but normally now a mainly honorary title. • chamberlain n. (Obsolete) An upper servant of an inn. |
| COHABITANTS | • cohabitants n. Plural of cohabitant. • COHABITANT n. one who dwells with another, or in the same place or country. |
| HABITAUNCES | • HABITAUNCE n. (Spenser) dwelling-place. |
| HIBERNACULA | • hibernacula n. Plural of hibernaculum. • HIBERNACULUM n. (Latin) a shelter occupied during the winter by a dormant animal (as an insect or reptile). |
| INHABITANCE | • inhabitance n. Alternative form of inhabitancy. • INHABITANCE n. the act of inhabiting, also INHABITANCY. |
| INHABITANCY | • inhabitancy n. The condition of inhabiting or of being inhabited; occupancy. • INHABITANCY n. the act of inhabiting, also INHABITANCE. |
| MACHINEABLE | • machineable adj. Alternative form of machinable. • MACHINEABLE adj. that can be machined, also MACHINABLE. |