| AFTERBIRTH | • afterbirth n. The placenta and other material expelled via the birth canal following childbirth or parturition in mammals. • AFTERBIRTH n. the placenta and fetal membranes that are expelled after delivery. |
| BETROTHING | • betrothing v. Present participle of betroth. • BETROTH v. to engage to marry. |
| BIRTHDATES | • birthdates n. Plural of birthdate. • birth␣dates n. Plural of birth date. • BIRTHDATE n. the date on which a person was born. |
| BIRTHRATES | • birthrates n. Plural of birthrate. • birth␣rates n. Plural of birth rate. • BIRTHRATE n. the proportion of live births to population. |
| BIRTHSTONE | • birthstone n. Any of twelve gemstones traditionally associated with the month of one’s birth. • birthstone n. Any of a similar list of less costly substitutes. • BIRTHSTONE n. a gemstone associated symbolically with the month of one's birth. |
| BRATTISHED | • brattished v. Simple past tense and past participle of brattish. • BRATTISH v. to provide with a brattish. |
| BRATTISHES | • brattishes n. Plural of brattish. • BRATTISH v. to provide with a brattish. |
| BREATHIEST | • breathiest adj. Superlative form of breathy: most breathy. • BREATHY adj. marked by loud breathing. |
| BUTTERFISH | • butterfish n. Any of various species of fish having a slippery mucous coating, especially. • butterfish n. (Informal) The sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria) (the sablefish is not a true butterfish; but is called such informally). • BUTTERFISH n. a name given to several different fishes, in allusion to their slippery coating of mucus. |
| HARDBITTEN | • hardbitten adj. Alternative spelling of hard-bitten. • hard-bitten adj. Callous and toughened by experience. |
| TEREBINTHS | • terebinths n. Plural of terebinth. • TEREBINTH n. a small Mediterranean tree yielding a resinous liquid. |
| THEORBISTS | • theorbists n. Plural of theorbist. • THEORBIST n. one who plays on a theorbo, a double-necked lute. |