| AMBUSHERS | • ambushers n. Plural of ambusher. • AMBUSHER n. one who ambushes. |
| BARATHRUM | • barathrum n. A pit, especially one at Athens into which criminals were thrown. • barathrum n. The abyss, hell. • BARATHRUM n. (Latin) an insatiable extortioner or glutton; (historical) a pit in Athens into which condemned criminals were thrown. |
| BOTHRIUMS | • BOTHRIUM n. (Latin) a groove on a tapeworm. |
| BRACHIUMS | • BRACHIUM n. (Latin) the upper arm; the segment of the fore limb between the shoulder and the elbow. |
| BRONCHIUM | • bronchium n. (Anatomy, usually in the plural) A bronchial tube; a subdivision of the bronchus. • BRONCHIUM n. (Latin) a small branch of the windpipe. |
| BROUGHAMS | • broughams n. Plural of brougham. • BROUGHAM n. a one-horse closed carriage. |
| BRUSHMARK | • brushmark n. (Painting) A visible mark on a painted surface left by the bristles of a paintbrush. • BRUSHMARK n. an indented line left by a brush. |
| CHERUBIMS | • cherubims n. (Irregular) plural of cherub. • cherubims n. Plural of cherubim. • CHERUB n. (Hebrew) an angel. |
| HAMBURGER | • hamburger n. A hot sandwich consisting of a patty of cooked ground beef or a meat substitute, in a sliced bun, sometimes… • hamburger n. The patty used in such a sandwich. • hamburger n. (Uncountable) Ground beef, especially that intended to be made into hamburgers. |
| HERBARIUM | • herbarium n. A collection of dried plants or parts of plants. • herbarium n. A building or institution where such a collection is kept. • HERBARIUM n. a collection of preserved plants and herbs. |
| HOMEBUYER | • homebuyer n. A person who buys or plans to buy a house. • HOMEBUYER n. one who is buying a home. |
| HUMBUCKER | • humbucker n. (Music) A pickup, on an electric guitar, that has a pair of coils of reverse polarity connected in series… • HUMBUCKER n. a twin-coil guitar pickup. |
| HUMBUGGER | • humbugger n. (Dated) One who humbugs; a cheat or swindler. • HUMBUGGER n. one who humbugs, deceives. |
| KACHUMBER | • kachumber n. An Indian salad of chopped tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, and sometimes chili peppers. • KACHUMBER n. (Hindi) a salad of chopped onion, tomato, cucumber, and (sometimes) other vegetables. |
| LAMPBRUSH | • lampbrush n. (Rare) A form of brush, containing loops of material, used for dusting light fittings. • lampbrush n. (Genetics) Used attributively to refer to lampbrush chromosomes. • LAMPBRUSH adj. as in lampbrush chromosome, a chromosome observed during the early stages of meiosis in many eukaryotes. |
| MARSHBUCK | • marshbuck n. Alternative form of marsh buck. • marsh␣buck n. A swamp-dwelling antelope found throughout Central Africa, Tragelaphus spekii. • marsh␣buck n. An antelope found in forests throughout sub-Saharan Africa, Tragelaphus scriptus. |
| RHIZOBIUM | • rhizobium n. (Biology) Any of various bacteria, of the genus Rhizobium, that form nodules on the roots of legumes and fix nitrogen. • rhizobium n. (Biology, by extension) Any diazotrophic bacterium that can fix nitrogen and form root nodules in legumes. • Rhizobium prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Rhizobiaceae – soil bacteria that fix nitrogen in association with… |
| RHOMBUSES | • rhombuses n. Plural of rhombus. • RHOMBUS n. (Greek) a type of geometric figure, also RHOMB. |
| RHUMBAING | • rhumbaing v. Present participle of rhumba. • RHUMBA v. (Spanish) to dance a lively Spanish dance, also RUMBA. |