| BLOCKHOUSE | • blockhouse n. A sturdy military fortification, often of concrete, with gunports. • blockhouse n. A reinforced building from which to control hazardous operations, such as an explosion or a rocket launch. • blockhouse n. (Dated) A temporary wooden fortification with a projecting upper story. |
| BOATHOUSES | • boathouses n. Plural of boathouse. • BOATHOUSE n. a place for keeping boats. |
| BOOZEHOUND | • boozehound n. (Informal) alcoholic, drunkard. • BOOZEHOUND n. (colloquial) an alcoholic. |
| BUTTONHOLE | • buttonhole n. A hole through which a button is pushed to secure a garment or some part of one. • buttonhole n. (Chiefly Britain) A flower worn in a buttonhole for decoration. • buttonhole n. (Surgery) A small slot-like cut or incision, made for example by an accident with the scalpel. |
| CHEQUEBOOK | • chequebook n. A folder or booklet containing preprinted cheques for use by the holder of a bank account. • cheque␣book n. Alternative spelling of chequebook. • CHEQUEBOOK n. a book containing cheques. |
| EUROPHOBIA | • Europhobia n. A dislike of Europe or its culture or inhabitants. • Europhobia n. Euroscepticism. • EUROPHOBIA n. an irrational fear of Europe and things European. |
| EUROPHOBIC | • Europhobic adj. Disliking Europe or the European Union. • EUROPHOBIC adj. suffering from europhobia, an irrational fear of Europe and things European. |
| HONOURABLE | • honourable adj. Britain standard spelling of honorable. • honourable n. Britain standard spelling of honorable. • Honourable adj. Alternative letter-case form of honourable. |
| HOUSEBOATS | • houseboats n. Plural of houseboat. • HOUSEBOAT n. a boat moored and used as a permanent residence. |
| HOUSEBOUND | • housebound adj. Restricted to one’s home, as by physical infirmity. • HOUSEBOUND adj. confined to the house. |
| HOUSEBROKE | • housebroke v. Simple past tense of housebreak. • HOUSEBREAK v. to train a pet not to relieve itself indoors. |
| OVERBOUGHT | • overbought adj. (Finance) Of a stock or commodity market condition: where there has been significant trading bidding… • OVERBUY v. to buy too much. |
| PHOTOTUBES | • phototubes n. Plural of phototube. • PHOTOTUBE n. an electron tube with a photoemissive cathode. |