| AMBITION | • ambition n. (Uncountable, countable) Eager or inordinate desire for some object that confers distinction, as preferment… • ambition n. (Countable) An object of an ardent desire. • ambition n. A desire, as in (sense 1), for another person to achieve these things. |
| BATWOMAN | • batwoman n. (UK, military) A female batman (servant). • BATWOMAN n. an officer's female attendant. |
| BATWOMEN | • batwomen n. Plural of batwoman. • BATWOMAN n. an officer's female attendant. |
| BOATSMAN | • boatsman n. A boatman. • BOATSMAN n. a man who works on a boat, also BOATMAN. |
| BOATSMEN | • boatsmen n. Plural of boatsman. • BOATSMAN n. a man who works on a boat, also BOATMAN. |
| BODEMENT | • bodement n. (Obsolete) An omen; a prognostic. • BODEMENT n. a prediction or prophecy, also ABODEMENT. |
| BOOMTOWN | • boomtown n. Alternative form of boom town. • boom␣town n. A town that experienced (or is experiencing) a period of rapid growth due to some temporary activity. • BOOMTOWN n. a town which has expanded rapidly and prospered. |
| BOTHYMAN | • bothyman n. (Historical) A laborer living in a bothy. • BOTHYMAN n. one who lives in a bothy. |
| BOTHYMEN | • bothymen n. Plural of bothyman. • BOTHYMAN n. one who lives in a bothy. |
| ENTOMBED | • entombed v. Simple past tense and past participle of entomb. • ENTOMB v. to place in a tomb, also INTOMB. |
| INTOMBED | • intombed v. Simple past tense and past participle of intomb. • INTOMB v. to place in a tomb, also ENTOMB. |
| MOWBURNT | • mowburnt adj. (Obsolete) Of hay: stacked before it is sufficiently dry, leading to excessive fermentation and sometimes toxicity. • MOWBURN v. to heat and ferment. |
| SYMBIONT | • symbiont n. (Ecology) An organism that lives in a symbiotic relationship. • SYMBIONT n. (Greek) an organism living in close association with another, also SYMBION, SYMBIOT, SYMBIOTE. |
| THROMBIN | • thrombin n. (Biochemistry) An enzyme in blood that facilitates blood clotting by converting fibrinogen to fibrin… • THROMBIN n. an enzyme that causes the blood to clot. |
| TROMBONE | • trombone n. A musical instrument in the brass family, having a cylindrical bore, and usually a sliding tube (but… • trombone n. The common European bittern. • trombone n. (Film, television) A kind of extendable support for attaching lighting elements to a set. |
| UMBONATE | • umbonate adj. (Mycology, of a mushroom etc) Having an umbo. • UMBONATE adj. of the nature of an umbo. |
| UNTOMBED | • untombed v. Simple past tense and past participle of untomb. • untombed adj. Having never been placed in a tomb, or having been removed from it. • UNTOMB v. to remove from a tomb. |