| ABHORRENCES | • abhorrences n. Plural of abhorrence. • ABHORRENCE n. the act of abhorring, also ABHORRENCY. |
| BENCHWARMER | • benchwarmer n. Alternative spelling of bench-warmer. • bench-warmer n. (Sports, colloquial) A player who rarely or never gets to play in the games or matches, and is most… • bench␣warmer n. Alternative spelling of bench-warmer. |
| BLENNORRHEA | • blennorrhea n. (Medicine) An inordinate secretion and discharge of mucus. • blennorrhea n. (Medicine) gonorrhea. • BLENNORRHEA n. an excessive discharge of watery mucus, esp. from the urethra or the vagina, also BLENNORRHOEA. |
| BRANCHERIES | • brancheries n. Plural of branchery. • BRANCHERY n. a system of branches. |
| BRIGHTENERS | • brighteners n. Plural of brightener. • BRIGHTENER n. something that brightens. |
| HARBINGERED | • harbingered v. Simple past tense and past participle of harbinger. • HARBINGER v. to foreshadow. |
| HAREBRAINED | • harebrained adj. (Of an idea or plan etc) Absurd, foolish or stupid. • harebrained adj. (Of a person) Frivolous and silly; featherbrained or scatterbrained. • hare-brained adj. Alternative form of harebrained. |
| HEARTBROKEN | • heartbroken adj. Suffering from grief, especially after a failed romance. • HEARTBROKEN adj. having a broken heart. |
| HERRINGBONE | • herringbone n. A bone of a herring. • herringbone n. A zigzag pattern, especially made by bricks, on a cloth, or by stitches in sewing. • herringbone n. (Skiing) A method of climbing a hill by pointing the skis outward in a V-shape to keep from sliding backwards. |
| HINDBERRIES | • hindberries n. Plural of hindberry. • HINDBERRY n. the raspberry. |
| HYPERBOREAN | • hyperborean n. (Greek mythology) One of a race of people living in the extreme north, beyond the north wind. • hyperborean n. (Usually humorous) Any person living in a northern country, or to the north. • hyperborean adj. Pertaining to the extreme north of the earth, or (usually jocular) to a specific northern country or area. |
| OVERBURTHEN | • overburthen n. Archaic form of overburden. • overburthen v. Archaic form of overburden. • OVERBURTHEN v. (archaic) to overburden, also OVERBURDEN. |
| SHARPBENDER | • SHARPBENDER n. an organization that has been underperforming its competitors but suddenly becomes more successful. |
| UNDERBREATH | • underbreath adv. Under one’s breath; inaudibly or in a barely audible manner. • underbreath adj. Vocalized under one’s breath. • underbreath n. An utterance made so as not to be heard by most people in the area. |
| WHINBERRIES | • whinberries n. Plural of whinberry. • WHINBERRY n. the bilberry or whortleberry, so called because it grows on moors among the whins, or furze, also WHIMBERRY. |