| BANDWIDTH | • bandwidth n. The width, usually measured in hertz, of a frequency band. • bandwidth n. (Of a signal) The width of the smallest frequency band within which the signal can fit. • bandwidth n. (Networking, informal) The rate of data flow in digital networks typically measured in bits per second; the bitrate. |
| BEECHWOOD | • beechwood n. The wood of beech trees (Fagus spp.). • beechwood n. A wood largely populated with beech trees. • Beechwood prop.n. A suburb of Runcorn, Halton borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5380). |
| BESHADOWS | • beshadows v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beshadow. • BESHADOW v. to cast a shadow on. |
| BESHREWED | • beshrewed v. Simple past tense and past participle of beshrew. • BESHREW v. (archaic) to wish evil on, to curse. |
| BEWITCHED | • bewitched adj. Under a spell; subject to an act of witchcraft. • bewitched adj. (Of a person) entranced, charmed, fascinated, as though subject to a magical influence. • bewitched v. Simple past tense and past participle of bewitch. |
| BIRCHWOOD | • birchwood n. (Countable) A wood largely populated with birch trees (Betula spp.). • birchwood n. (Uncountable) The wood from a birch tree. • Birchwood prop.n. A civil parish of Warrington, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6491). |
| BIRDWATCH | • birdwatch v. (Intransitive) To take part in birdwatching; to observe and identify birds. • birdwatch n. A session of observing and identifying birds. • BIRDWATCH v. to watch birds as a hobby. |
| BLOWHARDS | • blowhards n. Plural of blowhard. • blow-hards n. Plural of blow-hard. • BLOWHARD n. a boaster. |
| BOWHUNTED | • BOWHUNT v. to hunt with a bow and arrow. |
| BRUSHWOOD | • brushwood n. Branches and twigs fallen from trees and shrubs. • brushwood n. Small trees and shrubs. • BRUSHWOOD n. loppings and broken branches; underwood or stunted wood. |
| DEATHBLOW | • deathblow n. A strike or blow that leads to death, especially a coup de grace. • deathblow n. Something that prevents the completion, or ends the existence, of a project etc.; a fatal setback. • death␣blow n. Alternative form of deathblow. |
| DUMBSHOWS | • dumb-shows n. Plural of dumb-show. • dumb␣shows n. Plural of dumb show. • DUMBSHOW n. gesture without words; pantomime. |
| HANDBLOWN | • handblown adj. (Glassmaking) Blown by hand, without the use of machinery. • HANDBLOWN adj. made by glassblowing and moulded by hand. |
| SHADBLOWS | • shadblows n. Plural of shadblow. • SHADBLOW n. an American rosaceous bush flowering at shad spawning time, also SHADBUSH. |
| SHADOWBOX | • shadowbox n. A diorama or shallow display case, usually with a glass front. • shadowbox n. A rectangular display area that is set off with a frame or drop shadow. • shadowbox n. A box with a light inside used for reading X-ray images. |
| SHEWBREAD | • shewbread n. Twelve loaves of bread placed on the altar in Jewish Temples and renewed periodically. See showbread. • shew-bread n. Twelve loaves of bread placed on the altar in Jewish Temples and renewed periodically. See showbread. • shew␣bread n. Alternative form of showbread. |
| SHOWBREAD | • showbread n. (Religion) The twelve loaves of bread placed daily by the Jewish priests in the Holy Place on the table. • show␣bread n. Alternative form of showbread. • SHOWBREAD n. twelve loaves placed every Sabbath beside the altar in the Jewish Temple and eaten by the priests at the end of the week, also SHEWBREAD. |
| WASHBOARD | • washboard n. A board with a corrugated surface against which laundry may be rubbed. • washboard n. (Music) Such a board used as a simple percussion instrument. • washboard n. (Nautical) A board fastened along a ship’s gunwale to prevent splashing; a splashboard. |
| WATCHBAND | • watchband n. A band of leather, metal etc that fastens a wristwatch to the wrist; a watchstrap. • WATCHBAND n. a band on which a watch is worn. |
| WHIPBIRDS | • whipbirds n. Plural of whipbird. • WHIPBIRD n. the coachwhip bird. |