| 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. |
| BESCATTERED | • bescattered v. Simple past tense and past participle of bescatter. • BESCATTER v. (archaic) to scatter over. |
| BIRDWATCHES | • birdwatches v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of birdwatch. • BIRDWATCH v. to watch birds as a hobby. |
| BREADSTICKS | • breadsticks n. Plural of breadstick. • bread-sticks n. Plural of bread-stick. • BREADSTICK n. a stick of bread. |
| 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. |
| CONTRABANDS | • contrabands v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of contraband. • CONTRABAND n. illegal or prohibited traffic in goods. |
| DISTURBANCE | • disturbance n. The act of disturbing, being disturbed. • disturbance n. Something that disturbs. • disturbance n. A noisy commotion that causes a hubbub or interruption. |
| HUDIBRASTIC | • hudibrastic adj. Alternative spelling of Hudibrastic. • Hudibrastic adj. Of, or relating to a style of English verse that mocks heroic verse. • HUDIBRASTIC adj. boastful. |
| 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. |
| REBROADCAST | • rebroadcast v. To broadcast again. • REBROADCAST v. to broadcast again (a radio or television program being simultaneously received from another source). |
| SUBSTRACTED | • substracted v. Simple past tense and past participle of substract. • SUBSTRACT v. to subtract; to withdraw, also SUBTRACT. |
| 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. |
| TRANSCRIBED | • transcribed v. Simple past tense and past participle of transcribe. • transcribed adj. Having undergone transcription. • transcribed adj. (Radio) Prerecorded for later broadcasting. |