| BATHOPHILOUS | • bathophilous adj. (Biology) That inhabits very deep water. • BATHOPHILOUS adj. of an organism, living in very deep water. |
| BREAKTHROUGH | • breakthrough adj. Characterized by major progress or overcoming some obstacle. • breakthrough adj. (Immunology) Involving the contraction of a disease by a person with a decreased susceptibility, such… • breakthrough adj. (Medicine) The emergence or one or more symptoms of a condition despite medication or other medical treatment. |
| BUCKSHISHING | • BUCKSHISH v. to give a tip, also BACKSHEESH, BACKSHISH, BAKHSHISH, BAKSHEESH, BAKSHISH. |
| BUSHBASHINGS | • BUSHBASHING n. the process of forcing a path through the bush. |
| BUSHFIGHTING | • bushfighting n. Fighting in the bush, or from behind bushes, trees, or thickets. • BUSHFIGHTING n. fighting in the bush. |
| BUSHMANSHIPS | • BUSHMANSHIP n. the craft of the bushman. |
| BUSHWHACKERS | • bushwhackers n. Plural of bushwhacker. • BUSHWHACKER n. a guerrilla fighter; a bumpkin. |
| BUSHWHACKING | • bushwhacking n. Travelling through thick wooded country, cutting away scrub to make progress. • bushwhacking n. Fighting, as a guerilla, especially in wooded country. • bushwhacking n. Criticizing, by someone or a person(s), on policies and stances by George W. Bush, in forums and discussions. |
| HEADBOROUGHS | • headboroughs n. Plural of headborough. • HEADBOROUGH n. (historical) the head of a frankpledge, tithing, or decennary; a petty constable. |
| HOBBLEBUSHES | • hobblebushes n. Plural of hobblebush. • hobble-bushes n. Plural of hobble-bush. • HOBBLEBUSH n. a low American bush having long, straggling branches and handsome flowers. |
| HONEYBUNCHES | • honeybunches n. Plural of honeybunch. • HONEYBUNCH n. (colloquial) a term of endearment. |
| HOUSEHUSBAND | • househusband n. A man who tends to his home as a housekeeper or homemaker; the male equivalent of a housewife. • house␣husband n. Alternative form of househusband. • HOUSEHUSBAND n. a husband who does housekeeping usually while his wife earns the family income. |
| HYDROPHOBOUS | • hydrophobous adj. Hydrophobic. • HYDROPHOBOUS adj. (obsolete) water-repellent. |
| SUBTHRESHOLD | • subthreshold adj. Describing a stimulus that is not strong enough to elicit a response. • subthreshold adj. Below a threshold. • subthreshold adj. (Medicine) subsyndromal. |
| THARBOROUGHS | • THARBOROUGH n. (Shakespeare) a mispronunciation of thirdborough, also FARBOROUGH. |
| THIRDBOROUGH | • thirdborough n. (Obsolete) The head of a frankpledge. • thirdborough n. (Obsolete) The constable of a tithing or township. • THIRDBOROUGH n. (historical) an under-constable. |
| THOROUGHBASS | • thoroughbass n. (Music) Synonym of figured bass. • THOROUGHBASS n. esp. in baroque music, a bass part underlying a piece. |
| THOROUGHBRED | • thoroughbred adj. Bred from pure stock. • thoroughbred adj. Well-bred and properly educated. • thoroughbred n. Alternative letter-case form of Thoroughbred (“horse bred for racing”). |
| TOOTHBRUSHED | • toothbrushed v. Simple past tense and past participle of toothbrush. |
| TOOTHBRUSHES | • toothbrushes n. Plural of toothbrush. • TOOTHBRUSH n. a brush for cleaning the teeth. |