| BUTCHERBIRD | • butcherbird n. Any of the magpie-like birds in the genus Cracticus, family Artamidae, of Australia and New Guinea. • butcherbird n. (US) Any of the shrikes in the genus Lanius. • butcherbird n. (South Africa) The fiscal shrike, Lanius collaris. |
| BUTTERDOCKS | • BUTTERDOCK n. a wild plant, butterbur. |
| CARBURETTED | • carburetted v. Simple past tense and past participle of carburet. • CARBURET v. to combine with carbon, also CARBURATE. |
| CONTRIBUTED | • contributed v. Simple past tense and past participle of contribute. • CONTRIBUTE v. to give or supply in common with others. |
| COUNTERBIDS | • counterbids n. Plural of counterbid. • counterbids v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of counterbid. • COUNTERBID n. a bid made in opposition to another bid. |
| COUNTERBOND | • counterbond n. A bond to secure one who has given bond for another. • COUNTERBOND n. a bond to protect a person who has given bond for another from contingent loss. |
| DECUMBITURE | • decumbiture n. (Obsolete) The fact of lying down, specifically of a person due to illness. • decumbiture n. (Astrology, now historical) The time one takes to one’s bed during an illness, as used for astrological… • DECUMBITURE n. the time spent by an invalid in bed. |
| DISTURBANCE | • disturbance n. The act of disturbing, being disturbed. • disturbance n. Something that disturbs. • disturbance n. A noisy commotion that causes a hubbub or interruption. |
| ELUCUBRATED | • elucubrated v. Simple past tense and past participle of elucubrate. • ELUCUBRATE v. to work out or express by studious effort; to burn the midnight oil. |
| OBTRUNCATED | • obtruncated v. Simple past tense and past participle of obtruncate. • OBTRUNCATE v. to cut or lop off the head of. |
| ORBICULATED | • orbiculated adj. Alternative form of orbiculate. • ORBICULATED adj. having the shape of a solid the vertical section of which is oval, and the horizontal section circular, also ORBICULATE. |
| RESUBJECTED | • resubjected v. Simple past tense and past participle of resubject. • RESUBJECT v. to subject again. |
| SUBCULTURED | • subcultured v. Simple past tense and past participle of subculture. • SUBCULTURE v. to create a subculture e.g. of bacteria. |
| SUBDIRECTOR | • subdirector n. (Business) A director who reports to another director. • SUBDIRECTOR n. one below a director. |
| SUBSTRACTED | • substracted v. Simple past tense and past participle of substract. • SUBSTRACT v. to subtract; to withdraw, also SUBTRACT. |
| SUBSTRUCTED | • substructed v. Simple past tense and past participle of substruct. • SUBSTRUCT v. to build beneath; to lay as a foundation. |
| TUBERCULOID | • tuberculoid adj. Of, pertaining to, or resembling a tubercule. • tuberculoid adj. Of or pertaining to tuberculosis. • TUBERCULOID adj. resembling tuberculosis esp. in the presence of tubercles. |
| UNBRACKETED | • unbracketed adj. Not bracketed. • UNBRACKETED adj. not bracketed. |