| BARCODE | • barcode n. Any set of machine-readable parallel bars or concentric circles, varying in width, spacing, or height… • barcode n. (Genetics) A portion of a gene that identifies a particular species. • bar␣code n. Alternative spelling of barcode. |
| BECROWD | • becrowd v. (Dated) To crowd. • BECROWD v. to press closely together. |
| BEDROCK | • bedrock n. (Uncountable, geology, mining, engineering, construction) The solid rock that exists at some depth below… • bedrock n. (Figurative) A basis or foundation. • bedrock v. (Transitive, figurative) To establish on a solid foundation. |
| BIRCHED | • birched v. Simple past tense and past participle of birch. • BIRCH v. to flog. |
| BRACTED | • bracted adj. (Botany) Having bracts. • BRACTED adj. having a bract. |
| BRICKED | • bricked v. Simple past tense and past participle of brick. • BRICK v. to build with blocks of clay. |
| BROCADE | • brocade n. (Countable, uncountable) A thick heavy fabric into which raised patterns have been woven, originally… • brocade n. An item decorated with brocade. • brocade n. Any of several species of noctuid moths such as some species in the genera Calophasia and Hadena. |
| BROCHED | • broched v. Simple past tense and past participle of broche. • BROCH v. to broach, to pierce. |
| BROCKED | • brocked v. Simple past tense and past participle of brock. • brocked adj. (Scotland) variegated, having a mixture of black and white. • BROCKED adj. (Scots) variegated, esp. black and white, also BROCKIT. |
| CARBIDE | • carbide n. (Chemistry) Any binary compound of carbon and a more electropositive element. • carbide n. (Chemistry) The polyatomic ion C22-, or any of its salts. • carbide n. (Chemistry) The monatomic ion C4-, or any of its salts. |
| COURBED | • courbed v. Simple past tense and past participle of courb. • COURB v. (archaic) to bend or stoop. |
| CRABBED | • crabbed adj. Bad-tempered or cantankerous. • crabbed adj. Cramped, bent. • crabbed adj. (Of handwriting) Crowded together and difficult to read. |
| CRIBBED | • cribbed v. Simple past tense and past participle of crib. • cribbed adj. Placed in a crib. • CRIB v. to confine closely. |
| CROMBED | • CROMB v. to draw by a crook, also CROME. |
| CRUMBED | • crumbed v. Simple past tense and past participle of crumb. • CRUMB v. to break into small pieces. |
| CUDBEAR | • cudbear n. A violet-red powder, difficult to moisten with water, prepared from certain lichens, especially Ochrolechia… • cudbear n. A rim lichen, crabseye lichen (Ochrolechia tartarea, syn. Lecanora tartarea), from which the powder is obtained. • CUDBEAR n. a purple or reddish dyestuff obtained from various lichens. |
| DECARBS | • decarbs v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decarb. • DECARB v. to decarbonise. |
| REDBACK | • redback n. (Australia) A venomous spider, Latrodectus hasselti, endemic to Australia. • redback n. (US) A brown and white sandpiper, Calidris alpina, native to the Northern Hemisphere; the dunlin. • redback n. (Slang) the yuan (CNY), the currency of the People’s Republic of China (Red Chinese money). |
| SCRIBED | • scribed v. Simple past tense and past participle of scribe. • SCRIBE v. to mark with a pointed instrument. |