| ABETMENT | • abetment n. (Chiefly law) The act of abetting or assisting in a crime, wrongdoing etc. • abetment n. Encouragement or assistance. • ABETMENT n. the act of abetting, also ABETTAL. |
| ABUTMENT | • abutment n. The point of junction between two things, in particular a support, that abuts. • abutment n. (Engineering, architecture) The solid portion of a structure that supports the lateral pressure of an arch or vault. • abutment n. (Engineering) A construction that supports the ends of a bridge; a structure that anchors the cables… |
| BATEMENT | • batement n. Abatement; diminution. • BATEMENT n. reduction. |
| BATHMATS | • bathmats n. Plural of bathmat. • bath␣mats n. Plural of bath mat. • BATHMAT n. a mat used in bathrooms. |
| BIMBETTE | • bimbette n. (Slang, derogatory) A bimbo; a foolish, ditzy woman. • BIMBETTE n. (offensive) a very dumb female bimbo. |
| BOTTOMED | • bottomed adj. (In combination) Having some specified type of bottom. • bottomed v. Simple past tense and past participle of bottom. • BOTTOM v. to reach the lowest point before stabilising or improving. |
| BOTTOMER | • bottomer n. A person who makes the seat part of a chair. • bottomer n. (Mining) A person employed to attend to the bottom of the shaft. • Bottomer prop.n. A surname. |
| BOTTOMRY | • bottomry n. (Nautical) An early form of maritime contract in which the owner of a ship could borrow money using… • BOTTOMRY n. the use of a ship as collateral to finance a sea voyage. |
| BUTMENTS | • butments n. Plural of butment. • BUTMENT n. the base of an architectural arch. |
| BUTTYMAN | • buttyman n. (Mining) Synonym of butty (“miner who works under contract”). • BUTTYMAN n. a comrade in a coalmine. |
| BUTTYMEN | • buttymen n. Plural of buttyman. • BUTTYMAN n. a comrade in a coalmine. |
| EMBATTLE | • embattle v. (Transitive) To arrange in order of battle; to array for battle. • embattle v. To prepare or arm for battle; to equip as for battle. • embattle v. (Intransitive) To be arrayed for battle. |
| EMBITTER | • embitter v. To cause to be bitter. • EMBITTER v. to make bitter, also IMBITTER. |
| GAMBETTA | • GAMBETTA n. (Italian) a red-legged wading bird, the redshank, also GAMBET. |
| IMBITTER | • imbitter v. Obsolete spelling of embitter. • IMBITTER v. to make bitter, also EMBITTER. |
| TABLEMAT | • tablemat n. (Rare) A cushion or stiff material placed on top of a table, underneath a tablecloth. • table␣mat n. Alternative form of tablemat. • TABLEMAT n. a small mat used on a table to protect the surface of the table from the plate and from food. |
| THUMBNUT | • thumbnut n. (Engineering) A nut with a knurled rim which can be turned with thumb and forefinger. • thumbnut n. Synonym of wingnut. • THUMBNUT n. a nut that is turned by the thumb and fingers. |
| THUMBPOT | • thumbpot n. A very small pot used by florists for starting slips or seedlings. • THUMBPOT n. a very small flowerpot. |
| TRIMTABS | • trimtabs n. Plural of trimtab. • trim␣tabs n. Plural of trim tab. • TRIMTAB n. a tab on an aircraft or boat. |
| UMBRETTE | • umbrette n. Synonym of hammerkop (Scopus umbretta, a bird). • UMBRETTE n. the hammerhead, a brown bird related to the storks, also UMBRE. |