| AMPHIBIOUS | • amphibious adj. Capable of functioning on land or in water. • amphibious adj. Occurring on both land and water. • AMPHIBIOUS adj. adapted for both land and water. |
| BAHUVRIHIS | • bahuvrihis n. Plural of bahuvrihi. • bahuvrīhis n. Plural of bahuvrīhi. • Bahuvrīhis n. Plural of Bahuvrīhi. |
| BHIKKHUNIS | • bhikkhunis n. Plural of bhikkhuni. • BHIKKHUNI n. (Pali) a fully ordained Buddhist monk, also BHIKHU. |
| BISULPHIDE | • bisulphide n. Alternative spelling of bisulfide. • BISULPHIDE n. a sulphide having two atoms of sulphur in the molecule, also BISULFIDE. |
| BISULPHITE | • bisulphite n. (Inorganic chemistry, Britain) Alternative spelling of bisulfite. • BISULPHITE n. a salt or ester of sulphurous acid containing the monovalent group, also BISULFITE. |
| BUMPKINISH | • bumpkinish adj. Resembling or characteristic of a bumpkin. • BUMPKINISH adj. like a bumpkin, also BUMPKINLY. |
| BURNISHING | • burnishing v. Present participle of burnish. • burnishing n. A polishing. • BURNISHING n. the act of creating a burnish. |
| CHERUBIMIC | • cherubimic adj. Of or relating to cherubim. • CHERUBIMIC adj. like a cherub. |
| FURBISHING | • furbishing v. Present participle of furbish. • furbishing n. The act by which something is furbished. • FURBISH v. to rub or scour to brightness. |
| HIBISCUSES | • hibiscuses n. Plural of hibiscus. • HIBISCUS n. (Latin) any of numerous chiefly tropical herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees of the genus Hibiscus. |
| PUBLISHING | • publishing n. The industry of publishing, including the production and distribution of books, magazines, web sites, newspapers, etc. • publishing n. Something published; a publication. • publishing v. Present participle of publish. |
| RUBBISHIER | • RUBBISHY adj. like rubbish, also RUBBISHLY. |
| RUBBISHING | • rubbishing v. Present participle of rubbish. • rubbishing adj. (Dated) trashy; paltry. • RUBBISH v. to criticize. |
| 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. |
| THUMBIKINS | • thumbikins n. An instrument of torture for compressing the thumb; a thumbkin or thumbscrew. • thumbikins n. Plural of thumbikin. • THUMBIKINS n. (Scots) an instrument of torture for compressing the thumb; a thumbscrew, also THUMBKIN. |
| TIBOUCHINA | • tibouchina n. Any of various species of myrtalean trees of the genus Tibouchina, native to tropical America, many… • Tibouchina prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Melastomataceae – certain flowering plants. • TIBOUCHINA n. a plant of the Tibouchina genus of shrubs, with purple flowers. |