| AMOEBAE | • amoebae n. Plural of amoeba. • amœbæ n. Plural of amœba. • AMOEBA n. (Greek) a one-celled animal of ever-changing shape, also AMEBA. |
| BECOMES | • becomes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of become. • BECOME v. to come to be. |
| BEESOME | • beesome n. Obsolete form of besom. • beesome adj. (Obsolete) bisson. • BEESOME adj. (Shakespeare) supposedly for bisson, blind, also BISSON. |
| BESMOKE | • besmoke v. (Transitive) To fill with smoke; act on with smoke; fumigate. • besmoke v. (Transitive) To befoul with smoke. • besmoke v. (Transitive) To harden or dry in smoke. |
| BESOMED | • besomed v. Simple past tense and past participle of besom. • BESOM v. to sweep with a besom. |
| EMBOGUE | • embogue v. (Archaic) To disembogue; to discharge, as a river, its waters into the sea or another river. • EMBOGUE v. to flow out from a river mouth. |
| EMBOWED | • embowed adj. (Heraldry) Bent, curved or arched like a bow. • embowed v. Simple past tense and past participle of embow. • EMBOW v. to bend or arch. |
| EMBOWEL | • embowel v. (Obsolete) To enclose or bury. • embowel v. (Archaic) To remove the bowels; disembowel. • EMBOWEL v. to remove the entrails of, also DISEMBOWEL. |
| EMBOWER | • embower v. (Transitive, poetic) To enclose something or someone as if in a bower; shelter with foliage. • embower v. (Intransitive) To lodge or rest in or as in a bower. • embower v. (Intransitive) To form a bower. |
| EMBOXED | • emboxed v. Simple past tense and past participle of embox. • EMBOX v. to set in a box. |
| EMBOXES | • emboxes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of embox. • EMBOX v. to set in a box. |
| GOMBEEN | • gombeen n. (Archaic) Usury. • gombeen n. (Historical, Ireland) A moneylender during the Great Famine. • gombeen n. (Ireland, slang) A mean, underhanded, corrupt person. Usually applied to politicians. |
| KEMBOED | • KEMBO v. to set akimbo, also KIMBO. |
| MEBOSES | • MEBOS n. (South African) salted or sugared dried apricots. |