| ABSCONDERS | • absconders n. Plural of absconder. • ABSCONDER n. one who absconds. |
| AMBUSCADES | • ambuscades v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ambuscade. • ambuscades n. Plural of ambuscade. • AMBUSCADE v. (French) to lay an ambush, also AMBUSCADO. |
| BACKSLIDES | • backslides v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backslide. • backslides n. Plural of backslide. • BACKSLIDE v. to fall back. |
| BOSCHVELDS | • BOSCHVELD n. (South African) veld made up largely of woodland, also BUSHVELD. |
| CHESSBOARD | • chessboard n. (Chess) The square board used in the game of chess, subdivided into eight rows of eight squares each… • chessboard n. (Topology) A mathematical construction based on this pattern of squares. • chess␣board n. Alternative form of chessboard. |
| CROSSBREDS | • crossbreds n. Plural of crossbred. • CROSSBRED n. an animal produced by crossbreeding; wool from a crossbred sheep. |
| CROSSBREED | • crossbreed v. (Transitive) To produce (an organism) by the mating of individuals of different breeds, varieties, or… • crossbreed v. (Intransitive) To mate so as to produce a hybrid; interbreed. • crossbreed v. (Transitive) To mate (an organism) with another organism so as to produce a hybrid. |
| DESCRIBERS | • describers n. Plural of describer. • DESCRIBER n. one who describes. |
| DISBENCHES | • disbenches v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disbench. • DISBENCH v. to drive from a bench. |
| DISCUMBERS | • discumbers v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discumber. • DISCUMBER v. (archaic) to free of encumbrance, also DISENCUMBER. |
| MOSSBACKED | • mossbacked adj. (Informal) Having old-fashioned views; very conservative or reactionary. • MOSSBACKED adj. conservative of opinion. |
| OBSOLESCED | • obsolesced v. Simple past tense and past participle of obsolesce. • OBSOLESCE v. to grow obsolescent. |
| SPACEBANDS | • spacebands n. Plural of spaceband. • SPACEBAND n. a wedge for justifying the line in mediaeval typesetting. |
| SUBCLASSED | • subclassed v. Simple past tense and past participle of subclass. • SUBCLASS v. to place in a subdivision of a class. |
| SUBDEACONS | • subdeacons n. Plural of subdeacon. • sub-deacons n. Plural of sub-deacon (alternative spelling of subdeacons). • SUBDEACON n. a minister of an order next below that of deacon. |
| SUBINCISED | • subincised v. Simple past tense and past participle of subincise. • SUBINCISE v. to perform subincision, the formation of an opening into the urethra by the incision of the underside of the penis, a puberty rite practised by some tribal people. |
| SUBINDICES | • subindices n. Plural of subindex. • SUBINDEX n. a distinguishing symbol written below another character. |
| SUBSCRIBED | • subscribed v. Simple past tense and past participle of subscribe. • SUBSCRIBE v. to write underneath, as one's name; to sign (one's name) to a document. |
| SUBSIDENCE | • subsidence n. The process of becoming less active or severe. • subsidence n. (Geology) A sinking of something to a lower level, especially of part of the surface of the Earth due… • SUBSIDENCE n. the act of subsiding, also SUBSIDENCY. |
| SUBSIDENCY | • subsidency n. Archaic form of subsidence. • SUBSIDENCY n. the act of subsiding, also SUBSIDENCE. |