| BEETROOT | • beetroot n. (UK, New Zealand, Australia) A normally deep-red-coloured root vegetable usually cooked or pickled before… • beetroot n. (Usually uncountable) The edible part of the root of a beet plant, raw or prepared. • beetroot v. (Intransitive, informal) To turn a bright red or purple colour. |
| BISCOTTO | • biscotto n. Alternative form of biscotti. • BISCOTTO n. (Italian) a crisp, anise-flavored cookie. |
| BOATPORT | • BOATPORT n. an enclosure for boats. |
| BOOTLAST | • BOOTLAST n. a footlike last on which boots or shoes are made. |
| BORLOTTI | • BORLOTTI adj. (Italian) as in borlotti bean, a variety of kidney bean. |
| BOTTOMED | • bottomed adj. (In combination) Having some specified type of bottom. • bottomed v. Simple past tense and past participle of bottom. • BOTTOM v. to reach the lowest point before stabilising or improving. |
| BOTTOMER | • bottomer n. A person who makes the seat part of a chair. • bottomer n. (Mining) A person employed to attend to the bottom of the shaft. • Bottomer prop.n. A surname. |
| BOTTOMRY | • bottomry n. (Nautical) An early form of maritime contract in which the owner of a ship could borrow money using… • BOTTOMRY n. the use of a ship as collateral to finance a sea voyage. |
| BOYCOTTS | • boycotts n. Plural of boycott. • boycotts v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of boycott. • BOYCOTT v. to refuse to have dealings with. |
| BOZZETTO | • bozzetto n. (Art) A small scale model used to make a larger sculpture. • BOZZETTO n. (Italian) a small sketch of a projected sculpture. |
| FOOTBATH | • footbath n. The act of soaking or washing the feet. • footbath n. A small basin or bath designed for soaking or washing the feet. • footbath n. A liquid mixture, often medicinal, for soaking or washing the feet with. |
| KOTTABOS | • kottabos n. Alternative form of cottabus. • KOTTABOS n. (Greek) an ancient Greek game of throwing wine into a vessel, also COTTABUS. |
| OUTBOAST | • outboast v. (Transitive) To boast better than another, to make greater claims about oneself than another makes or is able to make. • OUTBOAST v. to surpass in boasting. |
| OUTTHROB | • outthrob v. (Transitive) To throb more than. • OUTTHROB v. to surpass in throbbing. |
| TEXTBOOK | • textbook n. A coursebook, a formal manual of instruction in a specific subject, especially one for use in schools or colleges. • textbook adj. Of or pertaining to textbooks or their style, especially in being dry and pedagogical; textbooky, textbooklike. • textbook adj. Having the typical characteristics of some class of phenomenon, so that it might be included as an example… |
| TOLBOOTH | • tolbooth n. Archaic form of toll booth. • TOLBOOTH n. (Scots) a town hall, a prison, also TOLLBOOTH. |
| TOWBOATS | • towboats n. Plural of towboat. • TOWBOAT n. a vessel constructed for being towed, as a canal boat. |