| BATOLOGIST | • batologist n. A botanist who studies the genus Rubus, i.e. brambles. • batologist n. (Colloquial or humorous) Someone who studies bats (the flying mammal). • BATOLOGIST n. one who studies batology, the science of brambles. |
| BATTLEDOOR | • battledoor n. Alternative form of battledore. • BATTLEDOOR n. (obsolete) a light bat for striking a shuttlecock, also BATTLEDORE. |
| BOTTLENOSE | • bottlenose n. Bottlenose dolphin. • bottlenose n. Bottlenose whale. • bottlenose n. Bottlenose skate. |
| BOTTOMLAND | • bottomland n. (Chiefly US) Flat land along a river, lying a few feet above normal high water, often consisting of… • BOTTOMLAND n. (US) alluvial deposits. |
| BOTTOMLESS | • bottomless adj. Having no bottom. • bottomless adj. Extremely deep. • bottomless adj. Having no bounds; limitless. |
| BOUILLOTTE | • bouillotte n. (Card games) A card game resembling poker. • BOUILLOTTE n. (French) a card game resembling poker. |
| BUTTONHOLD | • BUTTONHOLD v. to detain in talk, also BUTTONHOLE. |
| 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. |
| GLOBETROTS | • globetrots v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of globetrot. • globe-trots n. Plural of globe-trot. • GLOBETROT v. to travel the world. |
| OSTEOBLAST | • osteoblast n. (Biology, cytology) A mononucleate cell from which bone develops. • OSTEOBLAST n. one of the protoplasmic cells from or around which the matrix of the bone is developed. |
| TELEROBOTS | • telerobots n. Plural of telerobot. • TELEROBOT n. a robot under continuous human control), for example as used to perform a task in an area unsafe for the human operator such as in nuclear decommissioning. |
| THOLOBATES | • tholobates n. Plural of tholobate. • THOLOBATE n. the substructure of a dome or cupola. |
| TOLLBOOTHS | • tollbooths n. Plural of tollbooth. • toll␣booths n. Plural of toll booth. • TOLLBOOTH n. (Scots) a town hall, a prison, also TOLBOOTH. |
| WOOLLYBUTT | • woollybutt n. (Australia) Any of several types of eucalyptus that have a wooly or stringy bark. • WOOLLYBUTT n. a kind of eucalyptus with fibrous bark. |