| ABATTOIRS | • abattoirs n. Plural of abattoir. • ABATTOIR n. (French) a public slaughterhouse. |
| BAROTITIS | • barotitis n. (Pathology) otitic barotrauma. • BAROTITIS n. inflammation and pain in the ear caused by pressure changes, esp. during air travel. |
| BIRTHROOT | • birthroot n. Trillium erectum, a perennial plant of North America with deep-red flowers. • BIRTHROOT n. a herbaceous plant with an astringent rootstock, said to have medicinal properties, also BIRTHWORT. |
| BIRTHWORT | • birthwort n. Any plant species of the genus Aristolochia. • birthwort n. Birthroot, Trillium erectum. • BIRTHWORT n. a plant formerly reputed to help parturition, also BIRTHROOT. |
| BRIOLETTE | • briolette n. An oval or pear-shaped diamond having its entire surface cut in triangular facets. • BRIOLETTE n. (French) a pear-shaped gem. |
| BROTHIEST | • brothiest adj. Superlative form of brothy: most brothy. • BROTHY adj. like broth. |
| BUTTONIER | • BUTTONY adj. ornamented with a large number of buttons. |
| FOREBITTS | • FOREBITT n. a post for fastening cables at a ship's foremast. |
| FROSTBITE | • frostbite n. An injury suffered as a result of freezing of some part of the body, typically fingers, toes or the nose. • frostbite v. (Transitive) To expose to the effect of frost, or a frosty air; to blight or nip with frost. (Can we… • frostbite v. (Intransitive) To engage in winter sailboating. |
| LIBRETTOS | • librettos n. Plural of libretto. • LIBRETTO n. (Italian) the text of an opera. |
| OBSTETRIC | • obstetric adj. Of or relating to obstetrics (the care of women during and after pregnancy). • OBSTETRIC adj. relating to the care of women during pregnancy, also OBSTETRICAL. |
| STIRABOUT | • stirabout n. (Ireland) porridge. • stirabout n. (Ireland) A commotion. • STIRABOUT n. (Anglo-Irish) porridge; a bustle, commotion. |
| THEORBIST | • theorbist n. Someone who plays a theorbo. • THEORBIST n. one who plays on a theorbo, a double-necked lute. |
| TORBANITE | • torbanite n. A variety of coal, derived from colonial algae, that looks like carbonaceous shale. • TORBANITE n. a shale, almost a coal, once mined for oil at Torbane Hill in Scotland. |
| TRILOBATE | • trilobate adj. Having three lobes. • TRILOBATE adj. having three lobes, also TRILOBATED. |
| TRILOBITE | • trilobite n. An extinct arthropod of the class Trilobita, whose body had three large lobes. • TRILOBITE n. any one of numerous species of extinct arthropods belonging to the order Trilobita. |