| BENIGHTMENT | • benightment n. The state or condition of being benighted. • BENIGHTMENT n. the state of being benighted. |
| BETROTHMENT | • betrothment n. The act of betrothing, or the state of being betrothed. • BETROTHMENT n. the state of being betrothed. |
| BEWITCHMENT | • bewitchment n. The characteristic of being bewitched. • BEWITCHMENT n. the state of being bewitched. |
| BIRTHSTONES | • birthstones n. Plural of birthstone. • BIRTHSTONE n. a gemstone associated symbolically with the month of one's birth. |
| BOTHERATION | • botheration interj. A mild expression of annoyance or exasperation: bother! • botheration n. (Uncountable) The state of being bothered; annoyance, vexation. • botheration n. (Countable) An act of bothering or annoying. |
| BUTTERHORNS | • butterhorns n. Plural of butterhorn. |
| BUTTONHOLED | • buttonholed v. Simple past tense and past participle of buttonhole. • BUTTONHOLE v. to detain in talk, also BUTTONHOLD. |
| BUTTONHOLER | • buttonholer n. One who detains somebody in conversation against their will. • buttonholer n. An attachment for a sewing machine which automates the side-to-side and forward-and-backward motions… • BUTTONHOLER n. a person or sewing-machine attachment that makes buttonholes. |
| BUTTONHOLES | • buttonholes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of buttonhole. • button-holes n. Plural of button-hole. • button␣holes n. Plural of button hole. |
| ETHNOBOTANY | • ethnobotany n. (Botany, sociology) The scientific study of the relationships between people and plants. • ethnobotany n. (Pharmacology) The scientific study of traditional medicinal plants used by various ethnic groups. • ETHNOBOTANY n. the plant lore of indigenous cultures. |
| HEBETATIONS | • HEBETATION n. the act of making blunt, dull, or stupid. |
| STENOBATHIC | • stenobathic adj. (Zoology) Able to live only within a limited range of depths (of water). • STENOBATHIC adj. able to live only within a narrow range of depth of water. |
| TECTIBRANCH | • tectibranch n. (Zoology) One of the order Tectibranchiata. • TECTIBRANCH n. any member of the Tectibranchiata, molluscs including sea-slugs. |
| THUNDERBOLT | • thunderbolt n. A flash of lightning accompanied by a crash of thunder. • thunderbolt n. (Figuratively) An event that is terrible, horrific or unexpected. • thunderbolt n. Vehement threatening or censure; especially, ecclesiastical denunciation; fulmination. |
| WEBCHATTING | • webchatting v. Present participle of webchat. • WEBCHAT v. to communicate in real time over the Internet. |