| BORDERLANDS | • borderlands n. Plural of borderland. • BORDERLAND n. territory at or near a border. |
| BREADBOARDS | • breadboards n. Plural of breadboard. • BREADBOARD v. to make an experimental version of (an electronic circuit). |
| BROADSWORDS | • broadswords n. Plural of broadsword. • broad␣swords n. Plural of broad sword. • BROADSWORD n. a large heavy sword with a broad blade for cutting rather than thrusting. |
| CARDHOLDERS | • cardholders n. Plural of cardholder. • CARDHOLDER n. one who possesses a card and esp. a credit card. |
| DEHYDRATORS | • dehydrators n. Plural of dehydrator. • DEHYDRATOR n. a dehydrating agent, also DEHYDRATER. |
| DENDROGRAMS | • dendrograms n. Plural of dendrogram. • DENDROGRAM n. a branching diagram to show e.g. evolutionary descent. |
| DEPREDATORS | • depredators n. Plural of depredator. • DEPREDATOR n. one who plunders or pillages. |
| DOLLARBIRDS | • dollarbirds n. Plural of dollarbird. • DOLLARBIRD n. a bird of the roller family, found in S and SE Asia and Australia, with a round white spot on each wing. |
| DRAINBOARDS | • drainboards n. Plural of drainboard. • DRAINBOARD n. a sloping grooved board or surface, on which washed dishes are left to drain, typically into a sink. |
| DREAMWORLDS | • dreamworlds n. Plural of dreamworld. • dream-worlds n. Plural of dream-world. • dream␣worlds n. Plural of dream world. |
| DREARIHOODS | • DREARIHOOD n. (Spenser) affliction; dreariness, also DREARIHEAD, DRERIHEAD. |
| DROMEDARIES | • dromedaries n. Plural of dromedary. • dromedaries n. Plural of dromedarie (“obsolete spelling of dromedary”). • DROMEDARY n. the Arabian camel, having one hump or protuberance on the back, in distinction from the Bactrian camel, which has two humps, also DROMEDARE. |
| RITARDANDOS | • ritardandos n. Plural of ritardando. • RITARDANDO n. (Italian) a musical passage with a gradual slackening of tempo, also RITARD. |
| ROADHEADERS | • ROADHEADER n. a tunnelling machine used in mining that excavates with a combination of cutting blades and high-pressure water jets. |
| ROADMENDERS | • roadmenders n. Plural of roadmender. • ROADMENDER n. one whose job is to repair roads. |
| STARBOARDED | • starboarded v. Simple past tense and past participle of starboard. • STARBOARD v. to put or turn (the helm) to the starboard side of the vessel. |
| SURFBOARDED | • surfboarded v. Simple past tense and past participle of surfboard. • SURFBOARD v. to surf on a surfboard. |