| ABDUCTIONS | • abductions n. Plural of abduction. • ABDUCTION n. the act of abducing or abducting. |
| BACKGROUND | • background adj. Less important or less noticeable in a scene or system. • background n. One’s social heritage, or previous life; what one did in the past. • background n. A part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject; context. |
| BECLOUDING | • beclouding v. Present participle of becloud. • beclouding n. The process of becoming clouded or obscured. • BECLOUD v. to make dim, cloud. |
| BOUNCEDOWN | • bouncedown n. (Australian rules football) The throwing of the ball down onto the ground by the umpire, after which… • BOUNCEDOWN n. in Australian rules football, an occasion of restarting play by the umpire by bouncing the ball. |
| BUCKHOUNDS | • buckhounds n. Plural of buckhound. • BUCKHOUND n. a hound for hunting deer. |
| CHAIRBOUND | • chairbound adj. Unable to leave one’s chair, or confined to a wheelchair. • CHAIRBOUND adj. confined to a chair. |
| CLOTHBOUND | • clothbound adj. (Publishing) Bound with cloth, as opposed to other bindings such as paper or leather. • CLOTHBOUND adj. bound with cloth e.g. of a book. |
| CONDUCIBLE | • conducible adj. Conducive; tending; contributing. • CONDUCIBLE adj. conducive; tending; contributing. |
| COUNTERBID | • counterbid n. (Business) A bid made in response to a previous bid by another party. • counterbid v. To make a counterbid. • COUNTERBID n. a bid made in opposition to another bid. |
| DEBOUCHING | • debouching v. Present participle of debouche. • DEBOUCH v. to emerge or issue from a narrow area into the open. |
| PUNCHBOARD | • punchboard n. A board, having a number of holes filled with slips of paper, once used as a form of lottery. • PUNCHBOARD n. a practice board used in the martial arts. |
| 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. |
| SUBDUCTION | • subduction n. The action of being pushed or drawn beneath another object. • subduction n. (Geology) The process of one tectonic plate moving beneath another and sinking into the mantle at a… • subduction n. The act of subducting or taking away. |
| UNCOMBINED | • uncombined adj. Not combined with another. • UNCOMBINE v. (Dickens) to separate. |
| UNOBSCURED | • unobscured adj. Not obscured. • UNOBSCURED adj. not obscured. |