| BEFOREHAND | • beforehand adv. At an earlier or preceding time. • beforehand adj. (Obsolete) In comfortable circumstances as regards property; forehanded. • beforehand adj. (Archaic, often followed by with) In a state of anticipation or preoccupation. |
| BEHOLDINGS | • beholdings n. Plural of beholding. • BEHOLDING n. (Shakespeare) sight, contemplation. |
| BONDHOLDER | • bondholder n. (Finance) The registered owner of a financial bond. • BONDHOLDER n. a person who holds the bonds of a public or private corporation for the payment of money at a certain time. |
| BONEHEADED | • boneheaded adj. (Slang) Resembling or characteristic of a bonehead. • BONEHEADED adj. stupid. |
| BOOZEHOUND | • boozehound n. (Informal) alcoholic, drunkard. • BOOZEHOUND n. (colloquial) an alcoholic. |
| BOUNDERISH | • bounderish adj. Pertaining to or having the characteristics of a bounder; loutish; boorish. • BOUNDERISH adj. like a bounder, caddish. |
| BOUNTYHEDS | • BOUNTYHED n. (Spenser) bounteousness. |
| BUTTONHELD | • BUTTONHOLD v. to detain in talk, also BUTTONHOLE. |
| DEBOUCHING | • debouching v. Present participle of debouche. • DEBOUCH v. to emerge or issue from a narrow area into the open. |
| EARTHBOUND | • earthbound adj. Confined to the Earth; unable to leave Earth, either physically or spiritually. • earthbound adj. (Science fiction) Heading towards Earth. • earthbound adj. (Figuratively) Unimaginative or mundane. |
| HORNBLENDE | • hornblende n. (Mineralogy) A green to black amphibole mineral, of complex structure, formed in the late stages of… • HORNBLENDE n. the common black, or dark green or brown, variety of amphibole. |
| HOUSEBOUND | • housebound adj. Restricted to one’s home, as by physical infirmity. • HOUSEBOUND adj. confined to the house. |
| NEIGHBORED | • neighbored v. Simple past tense and past participle of neighbor. • NEIGHBOR v. to live close by, border on, also NEIGHBOUR. |
| SHELLBOUND | • SHELLBOUND adj. of a baby bird etc., unable to escape from the shell. |
| THUNDERBOX | • thunderbox n. (Slang) A chamber pot enclosed in a box; a portable commode. • thunderbox n. (By extension, chiefly Australia, Britain, slang) Any lavatory or toilet, especially a rudimentary outdoor… • thunderbox n. (Theater) A box of metal balls which is shaken to create a thunder sound effect. |
| UNBEHOLDEN | • unbeholden adj. Not beholden; not obliged or bound by duty or expectations. • unbeholden adj. (Obsolete) Unseen. • UNBEHOLDEN adj. not beholden. |
| UNBISHOPED | • unbishoped v. Simple past tense and past participle of unbishop. • UNBISHOP v. to deprive of the status of bishop. |
| UNBOTHERED | • unbothered adj. Not bothered, serene. |
| UNDERBOUGH | • UNDERBOUGH n. a lower branch of a tree. |