| BLADDERNOSES | • BLADDERNOSE n. the hooded seal. |
| BLOCKHEADEDNESS | • blockheadedness n. The state or condition of being blockheaded. • BLOCKHEADEDNESS n. the state of being blockheaded. |
| BODDHISATTVAS | • boddhisattvas n. Plural of boddhisattva. • BODDHISATTVA n. one who gives up Nirvana out of compassion for others, also BODHISATTVA. |
| BONEHEADEDNESS | • boneheadedness n. The state or quality of being boneheaded. • BONEHEADEDNESS n. the state of being boneheaded. |
| BROADSIDES | • broadsides n. Plural of broadside. • broadsides v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of broadside. • BROADSIDE n. all the guns on one side of a ship of war; their simultaneous discharge. |
| 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. |
| CROSSBANDED | • crossbanded v. Simple past tense and past participle of crossband. • cross-banded adj. Alternative spelling of crossbanded. • CROSSBANDED adj. of a handrail, having the grain of the veneer run across that of the rail. |
| DASHBOARDS | • dashboards n. Plural of dashboard. • DASHBOARD n. the instrument panel of a motor vehicle or small aircraft. |
| DODECASYLLABLES | • dodecasyllables n. Plural of dodecasyllable. • DODECASYLLABLE n. a line of twelve syllables. |
| SADDLEBOWS | • saddlebows n. Plural of saddlebow. • saddle-bows n. Plural of saddle-bow. • saddle␣bows n. Plural of saddle bow. |
| SIDEBOARDS | • sideboards n. Plural of sideboard. • sideboards n. (Chiefly Britain) Sideburns. • sideboards v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sideboard. |
| SOUNDBOARDS | • soundboards n. Plural of soundboard. • SOUNDBOARD n. a thin resonant board (as the belly of a violin) so placed in an instrument as to reinforce its tones by sympathetic vibration. |