| AMBUSHED | • ambushed v. Simple past tense and past participle of ambush. • ambushed adj. Having been the target of an ambush. • ambushed adj. (Figurative) Having been subjected to a shock for which one is unprepared. |
| BERHYMED | • berhymed v. Simple past tense and past participle of berhyme. • BERHYME v. to compose in rhyme, also BERIME. |
| BESHAMED | • beshamed v. Simple past tense and past participle of beshame. • BESHAME v. (archaic) to put to shame. |
| DUMBHEAD | • dumbhead n. (Informal, derogatory) A stupid person. • DUMBHEAD n. a stupid person. |
| EMBATHED | • embathed v. Simple past tense and past participle of embathe. • EMBATHE v. to bathe, also IMBATHE. |
| HABENDUM | • habendum n. (Law, dated) The part of a deed that formally defines the extent of ownership or tenancy granted. • HABENDUM n. the part of a deed that limits the extent of ownership. |
| HAMBONED | • hamboned v. Simple past tense and past participle of hambone. • hamboned adj. Extremely drunk. • HAMBONE v. to overact, also HAM. |
| HARDBEAM | • hardbeam n. A tree, the hornbeam. • HARDBEAM n. a small hardwood tree of compact, horny texture, also HORNBEAM. |
| HEBDOMAD | • hebdomad n. (Obsolete) A group of seven. • hebdomad n. (Historical or Christianity) A period of seven days; a week. • hebdomad n. (Gnosticism) A group of seven world-creating archons (supernatural beings) often regarded as somewhat… |
| HOMEBIRD | • homebird n. (UK, informal) A person who is unwilling to leave their childhood home or area. • HOMEBIRD n. a person who is reluctant to leave their hometown or their childhood home. |
| HOMEBODY | • homebody n. (North American, informal) A person who prefers to remain at home, rather than participate in social events elsewhere. • HOMEBODY n. one who likes to stay at home. |
| HOMEBRED | • homebred adj. Born or raised in one’s own home or country; native, indigenous. • homebred adj. Homely or rustic; plain, unpolished. • homebred n. A person or animal raised at home. |
| IMBATHED | • imbathed v. Simple past tense and past participle of imbathe. • IMBATHE v. (archaic) to bathe, also EMBATHE. |
| NUMBHEAD | • NUMBHEAD n. a stupid person, a blockhead. |
| RHABDOME | • rhabdome n. In sponges, the shaft of a cladose rhabdus, bearing the cladome. • RHABDOME n. (Greek) a rodlike structure in the retinula, also RHABDOM. |
| RHUMBAED | • rhumbaed v. Simple past tense and past participle of rhumba. • RHUMBA v. (Spanish) to dance a lively Spanish dance, also RUMBA. |
| SHAMBLED | • shambled v. Simple past tense and past participle of shamble. • SHAMBLE v. to walk awkwardly. |
| THIMBLED | • thimbled adj. Of a finger: having a thimble (“cup-shaped cap used in sewing to push the needle through material”)… • thimbled adj. (Nautical, technology) Of a cable or rope, or a piece of machinery or other device: having a thimble… • thimbled v. Simple past tense and past participle of thimble. |
| WHOMBLED | • whombled v. Simple past tense and past participle of whomble. • WHOMBLE v. to overturn; to throw into a state of disorder, also WHEMMLE, WHOMMLE, WHUMMLE. |