| ABSOLUTIONS | • absolutions n. Plural of absolution. • ABSOLUTION n. remission of sins, declared officially by a priest. |
| BLOCKHOUSES | • blockhouses n. Plural of blockhouse. • BLOCKHOUSE n. a wooden or concrete fortification with ports or loopholes for defensive fire, observation, etc. |
| BOURBONISMS | • Bourbonisms n. Plural of Bourbonism. • BOURBONISM n. the principles of those adhering to the house of Bourbon; obstinate conservatism. |
| BOURGEOISES | • bourgeoises n. Plural of bourgeoise. • bourgeoises v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bourgeois. • BOURGEOISE n. (French) a female bourgeois. |
| BRONTOSAURS | • brontosaurs n. Plural of brontosaur. • BRONTOSAUR n. any of a genus of large sauropod dinosaurs of the Jurassic, also BRONTOSAURUS. |
| COMBUSTIONS | • combustions n. Plural of combustion. • COMBUSTION n. an act or instance of burning. |
| COMBUSTIOUS | • combustious adj. Inflammable; combustible. • combustious adj. (Figurative) turbulent. • COMBUSTIOUS adj. (Shakespeare) combustible. |
| COURSEBOOKS | • coursebooks n. Plural of coursebook. • COURSEBOOK n. a book used on an educational course. |
| DOORBUSTERS | • doorbusters n. Plural of doorbuster. |
| MOTORBUSSES | • motorbusses n. Plural of motorbus. • MOTORBUS n. a bus driven by an internal-combustion engine. |
| OBSTRUCTORS | • obstructors n. Plural of obstructor. • OBSTRUCTOR n. one who obstructs, also OBSTRUCTER. |
| OBVIOUSNESS | • obviousness n. The characteristic of being obvious. • OBVIOUSNESS n. the state of being obvious. |
| OUROBOROSES | • ouroboroses n. Plural of ouroboros. • OUROBOROS n. (Greek) a snake eating its own tail, symbolizing totality or completion, also UROBOROS. |
| OVERBLOUSES | • overblouses n. Plural of overblouse. • OVERBLOUSE n. a garment worn over a blouse. |
| ROUSEABOUTS | • rouseabouts n. Plural of rouseabout. • ROUSEABOUT n. (Australian) an odd-job man on a sheep station, also ROUSTABOUT. |
| ROUSTABOUTS | • roustabouts n. Plural of roustabout. • ROUSTABOUT n. a casual or unskilled laborer, esp. on an oil rig, also ROUSEABOUT. |
| SOUNDBOARDS | • soundboards n. Plural of soundboard. • SOUNDBOARD n. a thin resonant board (as the belly of a violin) so placed in an instrument as to reinforce its tones by sympathetic vibration. |
| SOURCEBOOKS | • sourcebooks n. Plural of sourcebook. • SOURCEBOOK n. a book of original documents for (esp. historic) study. |
| SUBCOLONIES | • subcolonies n. Plural of subcolony. • SUBCOLONY n. a subordinate colony. |