| BUTTONHOLERS | • buttonholers n. Plural of buttonholer. • BUTTONHOLER n. a person or sewing-machine attachment that makes buttonholes. |
| BUTTONHOLING | • buttonholing v. Present participle of buttonhole. • buttonholing n. The act of detaining someone in conversation against his or her will. • BUTTONHOLE v. to detain in talk, also BUTTONHOLD. |
| COPUBLISHING | • copublishing v. Present participle of copublish. • co-publishing v. Present participle of co-publish. • COPUBLISH v. to publish in collaboration with someone else. |
| DOUBLEHANDED | • doublehanded adj. (Sailing) Requiring or using a crew consisting of two people. • doublehanded adj. Alternative form of double-handed. • doublehanded adv. With two hands. |
| DOUBLETHINKS | • doublethinks n. Plural of doublethink. • DOUBLETHINK n. thought marked by the acceptance of gross contradictions and falsehoods, esp. when used as a technique of self-indoctrination. |
| LEATHERBOUND | • leatherbound adj. Bound in leather. • LEATHERBOUND adj. of a book, bound in leather. |
| LUCKENBOOTHS | • LUCKENBOOTH n. (Scots) a shop or booth esp. in 18th century Edinburgh. |
| NONCRUSHABLE | • noncrushable adj. Not crushable. • NONCRUSHABLE adj. not crushable. |
| PULMOBRANCHS | • PULMOBRANCH n. a lung-book. |
| THUNDERBOLTS | • thunderbolts n. Plural of thunderbolt. • THUNDERBOLT n. a flash of lightning conceived as a bolt hurled from the heavens. |
| UNFATHOMABLE | • unfathomable adj. Impossible to fathom or understand. • unfathomable adj. Difficult to penetrate. • UNFATHOMABLE adj. not capable of being fathomed. |
| UNFATHOMABLY | • unfathomably adv. In an unfathomable manner; beyond understanding. • UNFATHOMABLE adv. not capable of being fathomed. |
| UNHOSPITABLE | • unhospitable adj. Not hospitable. • UNHOSPITABLE adj. not hospitable, also INHOSPITABLE. |
| UNNEIGHBORLY | • unneighborly adj. Alternative spelling of unneighbourly. • UNNEIGHBORLY adj. not neighborly, also UNNEIGHBOURLY. |
| UNPOLISHABLE | • unpolishable adj. Not polishable. • UNPOLISHABLE adj. not polishable. |
| UNSHADOWABLE | • unshadowable adj. Not shadowable. • UNSHADOWABLE adj. that cannot be shadowed. |
| UNTOUCHABLES | • untouchables n. Plural of untouchable. • UNTOUCHABLE n. one that is untouchable, esp. a Hindu of very low caste. |