| ABUTMENT | • abutment n. The point of junction between two things, in particular a support, that abuts. • abutment n. (Engineering, architecture) The solid portion of a structure that supports the lateral pressure of an arch or vault. • abutment n. (Engineering) A construction that supports the ends of a bridge; a structure that anchors the cables… |
| AMBULANT | • ambulant adj. Able to walk. • ambulant adj. Designed for use by somebody with a disability that impairs, but does not prevent, walking. • ambulant n. A patient who is able to walk. |
| BITUMENS | • bitumens n. Plural of bitumen. • BITUMEN n. (Latin) naturally occurring asphalt from the Middle East, used as mortar etc. |
| BUNKMATE | • bunkmate n. One who sleeps in the same area as another person. • bunkmate n. Especially, one who shares a bunk bed. • BUNKMATE n. one who shares sleeping quarters. |
| BUTMENTS | • butments n. Plural of butment. • BUTMENT n. the base of an architectural arch. |
| BUTTYMAN | • buttyman n. (Mining) Synonym of butty (“miner who works under contract”). • BUTTYMAN n. a comrade in a coalmine. |
| BUTTYMEN | • buttymen n. Plural of buttyman. • BUTTYMAN n. a comrade in a coalmine. |
| 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. |
| NUMBNUTS | • numbnuts n. (Chiefly US, slang, derogatory, sometimes humorous, often as a term of address) A slow-witted, unresponsive… • NUMBNUTS n. an idiot. |
| RAMBUTAN | • rambutan n. A tree, Nephelium lappaceum, of Southeast Asia. • rambutan n. The fruit of this tree. • RAMBUTAN n. (Malay) a tree of the same family as the lychee; its edible fruit. |
| SUBMENTA | • submenta n. Plural of submentum. • SUBMENTUM n. the basal part of the labium of insects. |
| TAMBURIN | • tamburin n. Obsolete form of tambourine. • TAMBURIN n. (Spenser) a tambourine. |
| THUMBING | • thumbing v. Present participle of thumb. • thumbing n. The act by which something is thumbed. • THUMB v. to leaf through with the short, thick digit of the hand. |
| THUMBKIN | • thumbkin n. An instrument of torture for compressing the thumb; a thumbscrew. • THUMBKIN n. (Scots) an instrument of torture for compressing the thumb; a thumbscrew, also THUMBIKINS. |
| THUMBNUT | • thumbnut n. (Engineering) A nut with a knurled rim which can be turned with thumb and forefinger. • thumbnut n. Synonym of wingnut. • THUMBNUT n. a nut that is turned by the thumb and fingers. |
| TUMBLING | • tumbling v. Present participle of tumble. • tumbling n. The act of something that tumbles. • TUMBLING n. the sport of gymnastics. |
| 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. |