| BACKSTORY | • backstory n. The previous life and experiences of a person, especially a character in a dramatic work, but also a real-life person. • backstory n. A fictitious account of a person’s history designed to conceal their actual history and motives. • backstory n. A prequel. |
| BARYTONES | • barytones n. Plural of barytone. • BARYTONE n. a deep male voice, also BARITONE. |
| BAYFRONTS | • bayfronts n. Plural of bayfront. • BAYFRONT n. the shoreline of a bay. |
| BOATYARDS | • boatyards n. Plural of boatyard. • BOATYARD n. a marina, a place for boats. |
| BOSTRYXES | • bostryxes n. Plural of bostryx. • BOSTRYX n. (Greek) a type of inflorescence, a way in which flower stems are arranged. |
| BOYSHORTS | • boyshorts n. A female undergarment that covers the hips like a pair of shorts. • boy-shorts n. Alternative form of boyshorts. • boy␣shorts n. Alternative form of boyshorts. |
| BRIMSTONY | • brimstony adj. Containing or resembling brimstone; sulphurous. • BRIMSTONY adj. containing or resembling brimstone. |
| CORYBANTS | • Corybants n. Plural of Corybant. • CORYBANT n. (Greek) one of the priests of Cybele in Phrygia, whose rites were accompanied by wild music, dancing, etc. |
| EBRIOSITY | • ebriosity n. (Formal) Drunkenness or intoxication from alcohol, especially as a habitual state. • EBRIOSITY n. addiction to drink; habitual drunkenness. |
| OBSCURITY | • obscurity n. (Literary) Darkness; the absence of light. • obscurity n. The state of being unknown; a thing that is unknown. • obscurity n. The quality of being difficult to understand; a thing that is difficult to understand. |
| SAPROBITY | • saprobity n. (Ecology) A measure of the amount of decaying organic material in an environment such as a river. • SAPROBITY n. the state of being a saprobe. |
| STORYBOOK | • storybook n. A book containing stories, especially children’s stories. • storybook adj. As in a story for children; pleasant and idealized, or having a happy conclusion. • STORYBOOK n. a book of tales true or fictitious, esp. one for children. |
| STREETBOY | • STREETBOY n. a boy who lives mainly on the streets. |
| VERBOSITY | • verbosity n. (In composition and rhetoric ) The excess use of words, especially using more than are needed for clarity… • VERBOSITY n. the state of being verbose. |
| YTTERBOUS | • YTTERBOUS adj. containing ytterbium. |