| ADUMBRATION | • adumbration n. (Uncountable) The state of being in shadow or shade; (countable) a shadow. • adumbration n. (Countable) A faint sketch; a brief representation, an outline. • adumbration n. (Countable, uncountable, figuratively) A rough or symbolic representation; a vague indication of what… |
| BADMOUTHING | • badmouthing v. Present participle of badmouth. • bad-mouthing v. Present participle of bad-mouth. • BADMOUTH v. to abuse. |
| BEARDTONGUE | • beardtongue n. A flowering plant in the genus Penstemon with a prominent, often hairy, staminode. • BEARDTONGUE n. a name for the flower penstemon. |
| DEMOUNTABLE | • demountable adj. Able to be removed from its mount; designed to be dismantled. • demountable adj. (Computing, of a hard drive, dated) Designed to be removed from the read mechanism. • demountable n. (Australia) A temporary and portable building, especially a portable classroom in a school. |
| DUBITATIONS | • dubitations n. Plural of dubitation. • DUBITATION n. the act of doubting. |
| GROUNDBAITS | • groundbaits n. Plural of groundbait. • GROUNDBAIT n. bait dropped to the bottom to bring fish to the neighbourhood. |
| OBDURATIONS | • obdurations n. Plural of obduration. • OBDURATION n. a hardening of the heart. |
| OBNUBILATED | • obnubilated adj. (Literally and figuratively) Obscured; dimmed or hidden with or as if with a cloud. • obnubilated v. Simple past tense and past participle of obnubilate. • OBNUBILATE v. (obsolete) to darken, cloud over. |
| OBTRUNCATED | • obtruncated v. Simple past tense and past participle of obtruncate. • OBTRUNCATE v. to cut or lop off the head of. |
| OUTBALANCED | • outbalanced v. Simple past tense and past participle of outbalance. • OUTBALANCE v. to outweigh; to exceed in weight or effect. |
| OUTBRAZENED | • outbrazened v. Simple past tense and past participle of outbrazen. • OUTBRAZEN v. to be more brazen than. |
| OUTDEBATING | • outdebating v. Present participle of outdebate. • OUTDEBATE v. to surpass in debating. |
| ROUNDABOUTS | • roundabouts n. Plural of roundabout. • ROUNDABOUT v. to go round and round. |
| ROUNDTABLES | • roundtables n. Plural of roundtable. • round␣tables n. Plural of round table. • ROUNDTABLE n. a meeting or conference at which the participants meet on equal terms. |
| SUBAUDITION | • subaudition n. The act of understanding, or supplying, something not expressed. • subaudition n. That which is understood or supplied from that which is expressed. • SUBAUDITION n. understanding of something not expressed. |
| SUBDOMINANT | • subdominant n. (Music) The fourth tone of a scale. • subdominant n. (Music) The triad built on the subdominant tone. • SUBDOMINANT n. the fourth degree of the diatonic scale, e.g. F in the scale of C. |
| SUBORDINATE | • subordinate adj. Placed in a lower class, rank, or position. • subordinate adj. Submissive or inferior to, or controlled by authority. • subordinate adj. (Grammar, of a clause, not comparable) dependent on and either modifying or complementing the main clause. |
| UNABROGATED | • unabrogated adj. Which has not been abrogated. • UNABROGATED adj. not abrogated. |
| UNADOPTABLE | • unadoptable adj. That cannot be adopted; unsuitable for adoption. • UNADOPTABLE adj. not adoptable. |
| UNDOUBTABLE | • undoubtable adj. (Rare) Incapable of being doubted; undoubted; indubitable. • UNDOUBTABLE adj. that cannot be doubted. |