| ABDICATORS | • abdicators n. Plural of abdicator. • ABDICATOR n. one who abdicates. |
| BACTEROIDS | • bacteroids n. Plural of bacteroid. • BACTEROID n. a swollen bacterium living symbiotically in the root-nodules of beans and other plants, also BACTERIOID. |
| BARRICADOS | • barricados n. Plural of barricado. • BARRICADO n. a barricade. |
| BIRCHWOODS | • birchwoods n. Plural of birchwood. • birch␣woods n. Plural of birch wood. • BIRCHWOOD n. the wood of the birch tree. |
| CARBIDOPAS | • CARBIDOPA n. a drug given to people with Parkinson's disease in order to inhibit peripheral metabolism of levodopa. |
| CARBOLISED | • carbolised v. Simple past tense and past participle of carbolise. • CARBOLISE v. to treat or disinfect with phenol, also CARBOLIZE. |
| CARBONISED | • carbonised adj. Alternative spelling of carbonized. • CARBONISE v. to turn into carbon, also CARBONIZE. |
| CHIPBOARDS | • chipboards n. Plural of chipboard. • CHIPBOARD n. reconstructed wood made from compressed chippings. |
| CLIPBOARDS | • clipboards n. Plural of clipboard. • clip␣boards n. Plural of clip board. • CLIPBOARD n. a portable board with a spring clip for holding papers. |
| COLUBRIADS | • COLUBRIAD n. (Cowper) the epic of a snake. |
| CONSCRIBED | • conscribed v. Simple past tense and past participle of conscribe. • CONSCRIBE v. to enroll; to enlist. |
| CORNBRAIDS | • CORNBRAID v. to braid hair in cornrows, also CORNROW. |
| GOLDBRICKS | • goldbricks n. Plural of goldbrick. • goldbricks v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of goldbrick. • gold-bricks n. Plural of gold-brick. |
| KICKBOARDS | • kickboards n. Plural of kickboard. • kick-boards n. Plural of kick-board. • KICKBOARD n. a buoyant rectangular board held by swimmers to practise kicking technique. |
| MICROBEADS | • microbeads n. Plural of microbead. • MICROBEAD n. a very small plastic particle, numbers of which are used as exfoliating agents in cosmetics. |
| OBDURACIES | • obduracies n. Plural of obduracy. • OBDURACY n. the quality of hardness of heart. |
| PROSCRIBED | • proscribed v. Simple past tense and past participle of proscribe. • PROSCRIBE v. to forbid, esp. by law. |
| SCARABOIDS | • scaraboids n. Plural of scaraboid. • SCARABOID n. a lamellicorn beetle, also SCARAB, SCARABAEID, SCARABEE. |
| SCOMBROIDS | • scombroids n. Plural of scombroid. • SCOMBROID n. any member of the mackerel family, also SCOMBRID. |