| BUTTERSCOTCH | • butterscotch n. A hard candy made from butter, brown sugar, syrup and vanilla. • butterscotch n. A sauce or syrup made of similar ingredients. • butterscotch n. A light brown colour, like that of butterscotch candy. |
| BUTTONBUSHES | • buttonbushes n. Plural of buttonbush. • BUTTONBUSH n. a North American shrub of the madder family with globular flower heads. |
| 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. |
| BUTTONHOOKED | • buttonhooked v. Simple past tense and past participle of buttonhook. • BUTTONHOOK v. to make a kind of offensive play in American football. |
| HABITUATIONS | • habituations n. Plural of habituation. • HABITUATION n. the process of habituating. |
| OUTBREATHING | • outbreathing v. Present participle of outbreathe. • outbreathing n. A breathing out; an exhalation. • OUTBREATHE v. to breathe forth. |
| OUTTHROBBING | • outthrobbing v. Present participle of outthrob. • OUTTHROB v. to surpass in throbbing. |
| SUBHASTATION | • subhastation n. (Archaic) A public sale or auction. • SUBHASTATION n. (historical) sale by public auction. |
| THUNDERBOLTS | • thunderbolts n. Plural of thunderbolt. • THUNDERBOLT n. a flash of lightning conceived as a bolt hurled from the heavens. |
| TOOTHBRUSHED | • toothbrushed v. Simple past tense and past participle of toothbrush. |
| TOOTHBRUSHES | • toothbrushes n. Plural of toothbrush. • TOOTHBRUSH n. a brush for cleaning the teeth. |
| TROUBLESHOOT | • troubleshoot v. (Transitive, intransitive) To analyze or diagnose (a problem, or something faulty) to the point of determining… • TROUBLESHOOT v. to solve problems. |
| WHATABOUTERY | • whataboutery n. Protesting at hypocrisy; responding to criticism by accusing one’s opponent of similar or worse faults. • whataboutery n. Protesting at inconsistency; refusing to act in one instance unless similar action is taken in other… • WHATABOUTERY n. (of two communities in conflict) the practice of repeatedly blaming the other side and referring to events from the past. |
| WHATABOUTISM | • whataboutism n. A propaganda technique where criticisms are deflected by raising corresponding criticisms of the opposite side. • WHATABOUTISM n. (Of two communities in conflict) the practice of repeatedly raising grievances from the past during negotiations. |