| BATTLEDORE | • battledore n. A game played with a shuttlecock and rackets (properly battledore and shuttlecock); a forerunner of badminton. • battledore n. The racket used in this game. • battledore n. (Obsolete) A child’s hornbook for learning the alphabet. |
| BEDCLOTHES | • bedclothes n. Sheets, blankets, quilts or other coverings used on a bed. • bedclothes n. Clothing worn to bed. • bed-clothes n. Alternative form of bedclothes. |
| BESOTTEDLY | • besottedly adv. In a besotted manner. • BESOTTED adv. BESOT, to infatuate. |
| BOOTLEGGED | • bootlegged v. Simple past tense and past participle of bootleg. • BOOTLEG v. to smuggle illicit goods. |
| DECOCTIBLE | • decoctible adj. Able to be decocted, or boiled down. • DECOCTIBLE adj. capable of being boiled or digested. |
| DEPORTABLE | • deportable adj. Able to be deported. • deportable n. (Rare, sometimes offensive) Someone who is deportable. • DEPORTABLE adj. that can be deported. |
| DORBEETLES | • dorbeetles n. Plural of dorbeetle. • DORBEETLE n. a dung-beetle. |
| DOUBLETREE | • doubletree n. A device that connects two horses to a wagon or other implement. The tugs of a harness are connected… • double-tree n. Alternative spelling of doubletree. • double␣tree n. Alternative spelling of doubletree. |
| ELABORATED | • elaborated adj. (Rhetoric) expanded. • elaborated v. Simple past tense and past participle of elaborate. • ELABORATE v. to produce by labour. |
| GOLDBEATER | • goldbeater n. A craftsman who creates gold leaf by hammering gold bars. • gold-beater n. A person whose trade is to beat gold into gold leaf. • GOLDBEATER n. one who beats gold into gold leaf. |
| OBEDIENTLY | • obediently adv. In an obedient manner. • OBEDIENT adv. obeying or willing to obey. |
| OUTBLEATED | • outbleated v. Simple past tense and past participle of outbleat. • OUTBLEAT v. to surpass in bleating. |
| OUTBLESSED | • outblessed v. Simple past tense and past participle of outbless. • OUTBLESS v. to surpass in blessing. |
| POTBELLIED | • potbellied adj. Having a potbelly. • pot-bellied adj. Alternative form of potbellied. • POTBELLIED adj. having a potbelly. |