| AMPHIBRACH | • amphibrach n. (Prosody) A metrical foot in ancient Greek or Latin consisting of two short syllables surrounding one… • amphibrach n. (Prosody) A metrical foot in modern prosody, consisting of three syllables, the middle one of which… • AMPHIBRACH n. a foot of three syllables, the middle one long, the first and last short. |
| ARCHBISHOP | • archbishop n. A senior bishop who is in charge of an archdiocese, and presides over a group of dioceses called a province… • ARCHBISHOP n. a bishop at the head of an ecclesiastical province or one of equivalent honorary rank. |
| BACHARACHS | • BACHARACH n. (German) a wine from Bacharach, on the Rhine. |
| BACKSHEESH | • backsheesh n. Alternative spelling of baksheesh. • backsheesh v. Alternative spelling of baksheesh. • BACKSHEESH n. (Persian) in Eastern countries, a gift or present of money, a tip. |
| BATHYSCAPH | • bathyscaph n. Alternative spelling of bathyscaphe. • BATHYSCAPH n. a submersible observation chamber, also BATHYSCAPHE. |
| BEACHHEADS | • beachheads n. Plural of beachhead. • beach-heads n. Plural of beach-head. • beach␣heads n. Plural of beach head. |
| BUSHWHACKS | • bushwhacks v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bushwhack. • BUSHWHACK v. to shoot from ambush. |
| CHILDBIRTH | • childbirth n. The fact or action of giving birth to a child, as the culmination of pregnancy. • child-birth n. Alternative form of childbirth. • CHILDBIRTH n. the act of giving birth. |
| HATCHBACKS | • hatchbacks n. Plural of hatchback. • HATCHBACK n. a car with a certain type of liftable back. |
| HOMOPHOBIC | • homophobic adj. Exhibiting homophobia; characteristic of homophobes. • homophobic n. A homophobe. • HOMOPHOBIC adj. having a morbid fear of homosexuals. |
| HONEYBUNCH | • honeybunch n. (Informal) A honey, a darling (term of endearment). • HONEYBUNCH n. (colloquial) a term of endearment. |
| HUNCHBACKS | • hunchbacks n. Plural of hunchback. • HUNCHBACK n. a person whose spine is convexly curved to an abnormal degree. |
| SHIBUICHIS | • SHIBUICHI n. (Japanese) an alloy of three parts copper to one part silver, used in Japanese decorative art to give a silver-grey patina. |