| AMBUSHED | • ambushed v. Simple past tense and past participle of ambush. • ambushed adj. Having been the target of an ambush. • ambushed adj. (Figurative) Having been subjected to a shock for which one is unprepared. |
| BERMUDAS | • Bermudas n. Bermuda shorts. • Bermudas prop.n. The islands of Bermuda. • BERMUDAS n. knee-length walking shorts. |
| BESMUDGE | • besmudge v. To smudge. • BESMUDGE v. to cover with smudges. |
| DRUMBLES | • drumbles v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of drumble. • DRUMBLE v. (dialect) to move slowly. |
| DUMBNESS | • dumbness n. (Dated) The state of being mute: that is, of not communicating vocally, whether from selective mutism… • dumbness n. (Dated) Muteness, silence; abstention from speech. • dumbness n. (Dated) Show or gesture without words; pantomime; dumb-show. |
| DUMBSIZE | • dumbsize v. (Informal) To reduce the number of employees in a business without regard to organizational efficiency… • DUMBSIZE v. to reduce the size of a workforce so low that the work cannot be done effectively. |
| EMBOUNDS | • embounds v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of embound. • EMBOUND v. (Shakespeare) to enclose. |
| EMBUSIED | • embusied v. Simple past tense and past participle of embusy. • EMBUSY v. (Spenser) to employ. |
| EMBUSSED | • embussed v. Simple past tense and past participle of embus. • EMBUS v. to board a bus. |
| IMBURSED | • imbursed v. Simple past tense and past participle of imburse. • IMBURSE v. to put in a purse. |
| NIMBUSED | • nimbused adj. Furnished with a nimbus, or halo. • NIMBUSED adj. surrounded with a nimbus, a halo. |
| SCUMBLED | • scumbled v. Simple past tense and past participle of scumble. • SCUMBLE v. to soften the outlines by rubbing lightly. |
| STUMBLED | • stumbled v. Simple past tense and past participle of stumble. • STUMBLE v. to trip when walking or running. |
| SUBLIMED | • sublimed v. Simple past tense and past participle of sublime. • SUBLIME v. to sublimate. |
| SUBSUMED | • subsumed v. Simple past tense and past participle of subsume. • SUBSUME v. to classify within a larger category. |