| BLOWING | • blowing v. Present participle of blow. • blowing n. The act of one who blows, or that which blows. • BLOWING n. the act of blowing, as in dry blowing, the use of a current of air to separate particles of mineral (esp. gold) from the material in which it is found. |
| BOWFINS | • bowfins n. Plural of bowfin. • BOWFIN n. a voracious ganoid fish found in the fresh waters of the United States. |
| BOWINGS | • bowings n. Plural of bowing. • BOWING n. the technique of playing a stringed instrument with a bow. |
| BOWLINE | • bowline n. (Nautical) A rope fastened near the middle of the leech or perpendicular edge of the square sails. • bowline n. (Nautical) A knot tied so as to produce an eye or loop in the end of a rope that will not slip or jam. • BOWLINE n. a simple knot which makes a loop that will not slip at the end of a rope. |
| BOWLING | • bowling v. Present participle of bowl. • bowling n. A game played by rolling a ball down an alley and trying to knock over a triangular group of ten pins;… • bowling n. (New England) Candlepin bowling. |
| BOWNING | • bowning v. Present participle of bowne. • BOWNE v. to prepare, also BOUN. |
| BOWSING | • bowsing v. Present participle of bowse. • BOWSE v. to haul with tackle, also BOUSE. |
| BROWNIE | • brownie n. (Cooking) A small square piece of rich cake, usually made with chocolate. • brownie n. (Folklore) A mythical creature, a helpful elf who would secretly do people’s housework for them. • brownie n. (Paganism) A household spirit or revered ancestor. |
| COWBIND | • cowbind n. The white bryony, Bryonia alba. • COWBIND n. a species of bryony. |
| IMBROWN | • imbrown v. Archaic spelling of embrown. • IMBROWN v. to make brown, also EMBROWN. |
| RAINBOW | • rainbow n. A multicoloured arch in the sky, produced by prismatic refraction of light within droplets of rain in the air. • rainbow n. Any prismatic refraction of light showing a spectrum of colours. • rainbow n. (Often used with “of”) A wide assortment; a varied multitude. |
| UNIBROW | • unibrow n. A pair of eyebrows which meet in the middle. • UNIBROW n. a derogatory word for eyebrows that meet, also MONOBROW. |
| WINGBOW | • WINGBOW n. a mark on the wing of a domestic fowl. |
| WOMBING | • wombing v. Present participle of womb. • WOMB v. (Shakespeare) to enclose as in a womb. |
| WOODBIN | • woodbin n. A bin in which wood is stored. • WOODBIN n. a container for firewood, also WOODBOX. |