| BACKGROUNDERS | • backgrounders n. Plural of backgrounder. • BACKGROUNDER n. an off the record briefing for reporters. |
| BLADDERWRACKS | • bladderwracks n. Plural of bladderwrack. • bladder␣wracks n. Plural of bladder wrack. • BLADDERWRACK n. a common brown seaweed with air-bladders. |
| BREECHLOADERS | • breechloaders n. Plural of breechloader. • breech-loaders n. Plural of breech-loader. • BREECHLOADER n. a firearm that loads at the breech. |
| CANDLEBERRIES | • candleberries n. Plural of candleberry. • CANDLEBERRY n. a shrub, the wax myrtle. |
| CARBOHYDRASES | • carbohydrases n. Plural of carbohydrase. • CARBOHYDRASE n. any of a group of enzymes (as amylase) that promote hydrolysis or synthesis of a carbohydrate (as a disaccharide). |
| CARBOHYDRATES | • carbohydrates n. Plural of carbohydrate. • CARBOHYDRATE n. a compound of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen; extended to similar compounds, the sugars and starches which form the main source of energy in food. |
| CARDBOARDIEST | • CARDBOARDY adj. like cardboard. |
| CHECKERBOARDS | • checkerboards n. Plural of checkerboard. • CHECKERBOARD n. a board used in various games (as checkers) with usually 64 squares in 2 alternating colors. |
| CHEQUERBOARDS | • chequerboards n. Plural of chequerboard. • CHEQUERBOARD n. a board for playing chequers. |
| CLAPPERBOARDS | • clapperboards n. Plural of clapperboard. • clapper␣boards n. Plural of clapper board. • CLAPPERBOARD n. a hinged board (or a set of hinged boards) clapped together in front of the camera before or after shooting a piece of film, to help synchronize sound and vision. |
| DECARBONATORS | • DECARBONATOR n. an apparatus or removing carbon dioxide. |
| DECARBONISERS | • DECARBONISER n. an apparatus or removing carbon, also DECARBONIZER. |
| DECARBONIZERS | • decarbonizers n. Plural of decarbonizer. • DECARBONIZER n. something that decarbonizes, also DECARBONISER. |
| DECARBURISING | • decarburising v. Present participle of decarburise. • DECARBURISE v. to remove carbon or carbon dioxide from, also DECARBURIZE. |
| HARDSCRABBLES | • HARDSCRABBLE n. a great effort made in the face of difficulties. |
| REBROADCASTED | • rebroadcasted v. Simple past tense and past participle of rebroadcast. • REBROADCAST v. to broadcast again (a radio or television program being simultaneously received from another source). |
| RHABDOMANCERS | • rhabdomancers n. Plural of rhabdomancer. • RHABDOMANCER n. one who practises rhabdomancy. |
| SCRAPERBOARDS | • scraperboards n. Plural of scraperboard. • SCRAPERBOARD n. a clay-surface board on which drawings can be made by scraping tints off as well as applying them. |
| SCRATCHBOARDS | • scratchboards n. Plural of scratchboard. • SCRATCHBOARD n. a scraperboard. |
| SCRIEVEBOARDS | • scrieve␣boards n. Plural of scrieve board. • SCRIEVEBOARD n. a shipbuilder's drawing board, also SCRIVEBOARD. |