| ABHORRENCE | • abhorrence n. Extreme aversion or detestation; the feeling of utter dislike or loathing. • abhorrence n. (Obsolete, historical) An expression of abhorrence, in particular any of the parliamentary addresses… • abhorrence n. A person or thing that is loathsome; a detested thing. |
| ABHORRENCY | • abhorrency n. (Obsolete) Aberrancy. • abhorrency n. (Obsolete) Quality of being abhorrent; feeling of abhorrence. • abhorrency n. (Obsolete) something that elicits abhorrence; a detestable thing. |
| BEACHFRONT | • beachfront adj. Of property (real estate): located on a beach. • beachfront n. The portion of land or property that runs alongside and facing a beach. • BEACHFRONT n. a strip of land that fronts a beach. |
| BLACKTHORN | • blackthorn n. A large shrub or small tree, Prunus spinosa, that is native to Europe, western Asia, and north Africa… • blackthorn n. A stick or staff taken from this tree. • Blackthorn prop.n. A village and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP6219). |
| BRONCHIOLE | • bronchiole n. (Anatomy) Any of the small cartilage-less branches of a bronchus. • BRONCHIOLE n. a minute bronchial tube. |
| BRONCHITIC | • bronchitic adj. Of or pertaining to bronchitis. • bronchitic n. A person who has bronchitis. • BRONCHITIC adj. of or pertaining to bronchitis. |
| BRONCHITIS | • bronchitis n. (Uncountable) An inflammation of the bronchi of the lungs, that causes the cilia of the bronchial epithelial… • bronchitis n. (Countable) An occurrence of, a case (patient) of, or a type of bronchitis. • BRONCHITIS n. inflammation, acute or chronic, of the bronchial tubes or any part of them. |
| BUCKTHORNS | • buckthorns n. Plural of buckthorn. • BUCKTHORN n. a shrub of the Rhamnus genus. |
| CHAIRBORNE | • chairborne adj. Employed to work in an office, etc. and not out in the field; having a sedentary job. • CHAIRBORNE adj. carried in a chair. |
| CHAIRBOUND | • chairbound adj. Unable to leave one’s chair, or confined to a wheelchair. • CHAIRBOUND adj. confined to a chair. |
| CROSSBENCH | • crossbench adj. Alternative form of cross-bench. • cross-bench n. (UK politics) A bench placed perpendicular to others, especially certain such benches in the House of… • cross-bench adj. (UK politics) Of or pertaining to the cross-benches in the UK houses of parliament. |
| HALOCARBON | • halocarbon n. (Organic chemistry) any compound formally derived from a hydrocarbon by replacing at least one hydrogen… • HALOCARBON n. a compound consisting of carbon and one or more halogens. |
| NECROPHOBE | • necrophobe n. A person who has a morbid fear of death. • NECROPHOBE n. an organism that eats dead matter. |
| 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. |
| REBLOCHONS | • reblochons n. Plural of reblochon. • Reblochons n. Plural of Reblochon. • REBLOCHON n. a delicately-flavoured soft cheese, made chiefly in the Savoie region of France. |
| THORNBACKS | • thornbacks n. Plural of thornback. • THORNBACK n. a kind of skate having thornlike spines on its back, aka roker. |
| TURNBROACH | • turnbroach n. (Obsolete) A turnspit. • TURNBROACH n. a turnspit. |
| ZYGOBRANCH | • zygobranch n. A zygobranchiate mollusc. • ZYGOBRANCH n. a type of gastropod having paired, symmetrically placed gills, also ZYGOBRANCHIATE. |