| ABRANCHIATE | • abranchiate adj. (Zoology) Without gills. • abranchiate n. (Zoology) An organism that does not have gills. • ABRANCHIATE adj. lacking gills, also ABRANCHIAL. |
| ANTECHAMBER | • antechamber n. A small room used as an entryway or reception area to a larger room. • ANTECHAMBER n. a chamber or room leading to a more important apartment. |
| ASTRAPHOBIC | • astraphobic adj. (Rare) Morbidly afraid of thunderstorms. • ASTRAPHOBIC adj. suffering from astraphobia, a morbid fear of thunder and lightning, also ASTROPHOBIC. |
| BACKDRAUGHT | • backdraught n. (Firefighting, chiefly British spelling) Alternative spelling of backdraft. • BACKDRAUGHT n. a reverse movement of air, also BACKDRAFT. |
| BACKSCRATCH | • backscratch n. A scratch on the back. • backscratch v. To scratch one’s or another’s back. • backscratch v. (Business, politics, slang) To engage in a reciprocal action. |
| BATRACHIANS | • batrachians n. Plural of batrachian. • BATRACHIAN n. a frog or toad. |
| BLACKHEARTS | • blackhearts n. Plural of blackheart. • BLACKHEART n. a heart-shaped cherry with a very dark-colored skin. |
| 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. |
| BRACHIATORS | • brachiators n. Plural of brachiator. • BRACHIATOR n. an animal, such as a gibbon, that progresses by brachiation. |
| LEATHERBACK | • leatherback n. A large sea turtle, Dermochelys coriacea, with a leathery back. • LEATHERBACK n. a kind of large sea turtle. |
| MATCHBOARDS | • matchboards n. Plural of matchboard. • MATCHBOARD n. one of a number of boards with a tongue cut along one edge and a groove in the opposite edge, fitted one into the next to make a wall-facing, etc. |
| PATCHBOARDS | • patchboards n. Plural of patchboard. • PATCHBOARD n. a panel with multiple electrical terminals. |
| SABRETACHES | • sabretaches n. Plural of sabretache. • SABRETACHE n. (French) a satchel suspended from a cavalry officer's belt. |
| SCRATCHBACK | • scratchback n. (UK, dated) A toy which imitates the sound of tearing cloth, used by drawing it across the back of unsuspecting… • SCRATCHBACK n. a backscratcher. |
| TETRABRACHS | • TETRABRACH n. in classical prosody, a word or metrical foot composed of four short syllables. |
| TRIBRACHIAL | • TRIBRACHIAL adj. of or like a tribrach, also TRIBRACHIC. |