| 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. |
| BUTTONHOOK | • buttonhook n. (Sewing) A hook used to pull thread through the holes of a button. • buttonhook n. A hook for pulling the buttons of gloves and shoes through the buttonholes. • buttonhook n. (American football) A play in which the receiver runs straight downfield, then turns back toward the… |
| BUTTONWOOD | • buttonwood n. The common name given to at least three species of shrub or tree. • BUTTONWOOD n. the American plane tree, a large tree, producing rough balls, from which it is named, also BUTTONBALL. |
| OBSTRUCTOR | • obstructor n. Alternative form of obstructer. • OBSTRUCTOR n. one who obstructs, also OBSTRUCTER. |
| OBTURATION | • obturation n. The act of stopping up, or closing, an opening. • obturation n. (Firearms) The process of a bullet expanding under pressure to fit the bore of the firearm, or a cartridge… • OBTURATION n. an obstruction. |
| OBTURATORS | • obturators n. Plural of obturator. • OBTURATOR n. a structure or device that closes a cavity. |
| OUTBOASTED | • outboasted v. Simple past tense and past participle of outboast. • OUTBOAST v. to surpass in boasting. |
| PHOTOTUBES | • phototubes n. Plural of phototube. • PHOTOTUBE n. an electron tube with a photoemissive cathode. |
| POTATOBUGS | • potato␣bugs n. Plural of potato bug. • POTATOBUG n. the Colorado beetle. |
| ROUSTABOUT | • roustabout n. (Chiefly US) an unskilled laborer, especially at an oilfield, at a circus or on a ship, 19th c. • ROUSTABOUT n. a casual or unskilled laborer, esp. on an oil rig, also ROUSEABOUT. |
| TOOTHBRUSH | • toothbrush n. A brush, used with toothpaste, for cleaning the teeth. • toothbrush v. (Transitive) To clean or scrub with a toothbrush. • TOOTHBRUSH n. a brush for cleaning the teeth. |
| UNBOTTOMED | • unbottomed adj. (Dated) bottomless. • UNBOTTOMED adj. deprived of a bottom. |
| 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. |