| ABSCONDERS | • absconders n. Plural of absconder. • ABSCONDER n. one who absconds. |
| AMBUSCADOS | • ambuscados n. Plural of ambuscado. • AMBUSCADO n. an ambuscade, also AMBUSCADE. |
| BACKSWORDS | • backswords n. Plural of backsword. • BACKSWORD n. an archaic, edged, unpointed sword used in prizefighting. |
| BLASTODISC | • blastodisc n. Alternative form of blastodisk. • BLASTODISC n. the embryo-forming portion of an egg with discoid cleavage. |
| BOSCHVELDS | • BOSCHVELD n. (South African) veld made up largely of woodland, also BUSHVELD. |
| BROADCASTS | • broadcasts n. Plural of broadcast. • broadcasts v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of broadcast. • BROADCAST v. to scatter, send out, disseminate. |
| 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. |
| CROSSBANDS | • crossbands n. Plural of crossband. • CROSSBAND n. a horizontal bar e.g. across goalposts. |
| 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. |
| DISCOBOLOS | • DISCOBOLOS n. a discus thrower, also DISCOBOLUS. |
| DISCOBOLUS | • discobolus n. A discus thrower. • discobolus n. A statue of a discus thrower. • DISCOBOLUS n. (historical) a discus thrower, also DISCOBOLOS. |
| 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. |
| SCARABOIDS | • scaraboids n. Plural of scaraboid. • SCARABOID n. a lamellicorn beetle, also SCARAB, SCARABAEID, SCARABEE. |
| SCOMBROIDS | • scombroids n. Plural of scombroid. • SCOMBROID n. any member of the mackerel family, also SCOMBRID. |
| 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. |