| BETROTHMENT | • betrothment n. The act of betrothing, or the state of being betrothed. • BETROTHMENT n. the state of being betrothed. |
| 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. |
| BUTTONHOLDS | • BUTTONHOLD v. to detain in talk, also BUTTONHOLE. |
| 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. |
| BUTTONHOOKS | • buttonhooks n. Plural of buttonhook. • buttonhooks v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of buttonhook. • BUTTONHOOK n. a hook for drawing small buttons through buttonholes. |
| COHABITANTS | • cohabitants n. Plural of cohabitant. • COHABITANT n. one who dwells with another, or in the same place or country. |
| 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. |
| HABITATIONS | • habitations n. Plural of habitation. • HABITATION n. the act of inhabiting. |
| HABITUATION | • habituation n. The act of habituating, or accustoming; the state of being habituated. • habituation n. (Psychology) The process of becoming accustomed to an internal or external stimulus, such as a noxious… • HABITUATION n. the process of habituating. |
| HEBETATIONS | • HEBETATION n. the act of making blunt, dull, or stupid. |
| KATABOTHRON | • KATABOTHRON n. (Modern Greek) an underground water channel, also KATAVOTHRON. |
| OUTBITCHING | • outbitching v. Present participle of outbitch. • OUTBITCH v. to surpass in bitching, complaining. |
| 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. |
| 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. |