| AITCHBONE | • aitchbone n. A cut of beef lying above the rump bone. • aitchbone n. The rump bone itself. • aitch-bone n. Alternative form of aitchbone. |
| BENCHIEST | • BENCHY adj. (New Zealand) of a hillside, hollowed out in bench shapes. |
| BENTHONIC | • benthonic adj. Synonym of benthic. • BENTHONIC adj. living on the sea bottom, also BENTHAL, BENTHIC, BENTHOAL. |
| BLEACHING | • bleaching v. Present participle of bleach. • bleaching n. The process of removing stains or of whitening fabrics, especially by the use of chemical agents. • bleaching n. The loss or removal of part of the (semantic, grammatical, etc) content or a word or morpheme. |
| BLENCHING | • blenching v. Present participle of blench. • blenching n. The act of one who blenches. • BLENCH v. to shrink or flinch. |
| BRANCHIAE | • branchiae n. Plural of branchia. • BRANCHIA n. (Latin) a gill. |
| BRANCHIER | • branchier adj. Comparative form of branchy: more branchy. • BRANCHY adj. having many branches. |
| BREACHING | • breaching v. Present participle of breach. • breaching n. The act by which something is breached. • BREACH v. to break through. |
| BREECHING | • breeching n. (Historical) The ceremony of dressing a boy in trousers for the first time. • breeching n. A conduit through which exhaust gases are conducted to a chimney. • breeching n. (Nautical) A rope used to secure a cannon. |
| BUNCHIEST | • bunchiest adj. Superlative form of bunchy: most bunchy. • BUNCHY adj. clustered. |
| CHERUBINS | • cherubins n. Plural of cherubin. • CHERUBIN n. (Shakespeare) a cherub. |
| CHINBONES | • chinbones n. Plural of chinbone. • CHINBONE n. the lower jaw. |
| NEOPHOBIC | • neophobic n. (Psychology) A person or animal that fears or dislikes new or novel experiences or food. • neophobic adj. Afflicted by neophobia; fearing or disliking what is new. • NEOPHOBIC adj. hating novelty. |
| PINCHBECK | • pinchbeck n. An alloy of copper and zinc once used as imitation gold for cheap jewelry. • pinchbeck adj. (Not comparable) Made of pinchbeck. • pinchbeck adj. Sham; spurious, artificial; being a cheap substitution; only superficially attractive. |
| PITCHBEND | • PITCHBEND n. a device that enables a player to bend the pitch of a note on a synthesiser. |
| SUBNICHES | • subniches n. Plural of subniche. • SUBNICHE n. a subdivision of a habitat. |