| ABSTERGENT | • abstergent adj. Cleansing, detergent. • abstergent n. A substance used to cleanse; a detergent. • ABSTERGENT adj. serving to cleanse, detergent. |
| AUBERGISTE | • aubergiste n. An innkeeper or landlord in French-speaking countries. • AUBERGISTE n. (French) an innkeeper. |
| BENIGHTERS | • benighters n. Plural of benighter. • BENIGHTER n. one who benights. |
| BESTREWING | • bestrewing v. Present participle of bestrew. • BESTREW v. to strew, scatter. |
| BETTERINGS | • betterings n. Plural of bettering. • BETTERING n. improvement. |
| BUDGETEERS | • budgeteers n. Plural of budgeteer. • BUDGETEER n. one who prepares a budget, also BUDGETER. |
| BUTLERAGES | • butlerages n. Plural of butlerage. • BUTLERAGE n. the department of a domestic butler. |
| EGGBEATERS | • eggbeaters n. Plural of eggbeater. • egg␣beaters n. Plural of egg beater. • EGGBEATER n. a utensil for beating eggs. |
| EYEBRIGHTS | • eyebrights n. Plural of eyebright. • EYEBRIGHT n. a small annual plant, formerly much used as a remedy for diseases of the eye. |
| GREENBELTS | • greenbelts n. Plural of greenbelt. • green␣belts n. Plural of green belt. • GREENBELT n. a strip of open land surrounding a town. |
| GRUBSTREET | • Grubstreet prop.n. Alternative form of Grub Street. • Grub␣Street prop.n. The home or state of impoverished writers and literary hacks. • GRUBSTREET adj. relating to or characteristic of hack literature. |
| HAGBUTEERS | • HAGBUTEER n. one who uses a hagbut, also HACKBUTEER, HACKBUTTER, HAGBUTTER. |
| PREBUDGETS | • PREBUDGET n. a preliminary budget. |
| SUBTERFUGE | • subterfuge n. (Countable) An indirect or deceptive device or stratagem; a blind. Refers especially to war and diplomatics. • subterfuge n. (Uncountable) Deception; misrepresentation of the true nature of an activity. • SUBTERFUGE n. deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal or evade. |
| ZEITGEBERS | • zeitgebers n. Plural of zeitgeber. • ZEITGEBER n. (German) an environmental cue, such as light, that helps to regulate the biological clock in an organism. |