| ALEMBROTH | • alembroth n. (Archaic) The "salt of wisdom" of the alchemists, a double salt composed of the chlorides of ammonium… • ALEMBROTH n. an alchemists' word for mercury ammonium chloride, aka salt of wisdom. |
| AMPHIBOLE | • amphibole n. (Mineralogy) Any of a large group of structurally similar hydrated double silicate minerals, containing… • AMPHIBOLE n. any mineral of a group of dark-coloured, rock-forming silicates. |
| AMPHIBOLY | • amphiboly n. (Grammar) An ambiguous grammatical construction. • AMPHIBOLY n. a grammatically ambiguous phrase or sentence, also AMPHIBOLOGY. |
| BIMONTHLY | • bimonthly adj. Occurring once every two months; bimestrial. • bimonthly adj. Twice every month; semimonthly. • bimonthly adv. Once every two months; bimestrially. |
| BLUEMOUTH | • BLUEMOUTH n. a deepwater fish. |
| BOMBSHELL | • bombshell n. A bomb or artillery shell designed to explode on impact. • bombshell n. (Figurative) Something that is very surprising, shocking, amazing or sensational. • bombshell n. (By extension) Someone who is very attractive; a sex symbol. |
| CHOLIAMBS | • choliambs n. Plural of choliamb. • CHOLIAMB n. (Greek) a verse having an iambus in the fifth place, and a spondee in the sixth or last, also CHOLIAMBIC. |
| HOMEBUILT | • homebuilt adj. Constructed at home, rather than being obtained from a manufacturer etc. • HOMEBUILT adj. built at home. |
| MOBBISHLY | • MOBBISH adv. in the way of a mob. |
| MOTHBALLS | • mothballs n. Plural of mothball. • moth-balls n. Plural of moth-ball. • moth␣balls n. Plural of moth ball. |
| MOUTHABLE | • mouthable adj. That may be taken into the mouth, especially in terms of objects in a house that an infant may suck… • mouthable adj. (Informal) Fine-sounding, of spoken words. • MOUTHABLE adj. lending itself to recitation or oratory. |
| OMBROPHIL | • ombrophil n. Alternative form of ombrophile. • OMBROPHIL n. a plant flourishing in extremely rainy conditions, also OMBROPHILE. |
| RHABDOMAL | • rhabdomal adj. Relating to a rhabdom. • RHABDOMAL adj. of or like a rhabdom, a fourfold rod in the compound eye of an arthropod. |
| RHOMBICAL | • rhombical adj. Rhombic. • RHOMBICAL adj. of or like a rhombus, an equilateral parallelogram, also RHOMBIC. |
| SHAMBOLIC | • shambolic adj. Chaotic, disorganised or mismanaged. • SHAMBOLIC adj. chaotic. |
| THUMBHOLE | • thumbhole n. A hole designed to receive a thumb. • THUMBHOLE n. a hole to insert the thumb in. |
| WHOMBLING | • whombling v. Present participle of whomble. • WHOMBLE v. to overturn; to throw into a state of disorder, also WHEMMLE, WHOMMLE, WHUMMLE. |