| ABORTICIDES | • aborticides n. Plural of aborticide. • ABORTICIDE n. the killing of a fetus; abortion. |
| BACKSTROKED | • backstroked v. Simple past tense and past participle of backstroke. • BACKSTROKE v. to swim on the back. |
| BACTERIOIDS | • BACTERIOID n. a swollen bacterium living symbiotically in the root-nodules of beans and other plants, also BACTEROID. |
| BICHROMATED | • BICHROMATED adj. relating to a salt of dichromic acid. |
| BRACHYODONT | • brachyodont adj. Having unusually short teeth. • BRACHYODONT adj. of mammals, such as humans, having teeth with short crowns. |
| BROADCASTED | • broadcasted v. (Sometimes proscribed) simple past tense and past participle of broadcast. • BROADCAST v. to scatter, send out, disseminate. |
| BROADCASTER | • broadcaster n. (Agriculture). • broadcaster n. (Broadcasting). • broadcaster n. (Computing) A piece of equipment used to transmit data over a computer network. |
| BROADCLOTHS | • broadcloths n. Plural of broadcloth. • BROADCLOTH n. dense twilled wool or worsted fabric. |
| CENTERBOARD | • centerboard n. (American spelling, nautical) Alternative spelling of centreboard. • center-board n. Alternative spelling of centreboard. • CENTERBOARD n. a retractable keel used esp. in sailboats, also CENTREBOARD. |
| CENTREBOARD | • centreboard n. (British spelling, nautical) The adjustable keel on a small yacht or dinghy that acts, among other things… • centre-board n. Alternative spelling of centreboard. • CENTREBOARD n. a retractable keel fitted to small racing yachts and dinghies, also CENTERBOARD. |
| CONTRABANDS | • contrabands v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of contraband. • CONTRABAND n. illegal or prohibited traffic in goods. |
| DEBARCATION | • debarcation n. Alternative form of debarkation. • DEBARCATION n. the act of debarking, also DEBARKATION. |
| DECARBONATE | • decarbonate v. To remove carbon dioxide from something. • DECARBONATE v. to remove carbon dioxide or carbonic acid from. |
| 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. |
| NOTICEBOARD | • noticeboard n. Alternative spelling of notice board. • notice␣board n. A board, hanging on a wall, on which notices and announcements are posted. • notice␣board n. (Internet) An online forum where users can post and read messages. |
| OBTRUNCATED | • obtruncated v. Simple past tense and past participle of obtruncate. • OBTRUNCATE v. to cut or lop off the head of. |
| ORBICULATED | • orbiculated adj. Alternative form of orbiculate. • ORBICULATED adj. having the shape of a solid the vertical section of which is oval, and the horizontal section circular, also ORBICULATE. |
| PATCHBOARDS | • patchboards n. Plural of patchboard. • PATCHBOARD n. a panel with multiple electrical terminals. |
| REBROADCAST | • rebroadcast v. To broadcast again. • REBROADCAST v. to broadcast again (a radio or television program being simultaneously received from another source). |
| SWITCHBOARD | • switchboard n. (Telecommunications) The electronic panel that is used to direct telephone calls to the desired recipient. • switchboard n. (Electrical engineering) A large piece of power-distribution equipment that directs electricity to multiple loads. • SWITCHBOARD n. a board or frame bearing apparatus for making or breaking an electric current or circuit. |