| BARQUANTINE | • BARQUANTINE n. a three-masted vessel, also BARKANTINE, BARKENTINE, BARQUENTINE. |
| BARQUENTINE | • barquentine n. (Nautical) A sailing vessel similar to a barque, but fore-and-aft (schooner) rigged on the mainmast. • BARQUENTINE n. a three-masted vessel, with the foremast square-rigged, and the mainmast and mizzenmast fore-and-aft-rigged, also BARKANTINE, BARKENTINE, BARQUANTINE. |
| BEFORTUNING | • befortuning v. Present participle of befortune. • BEFORTUNE v. (Shakespeare) to befall. |
| BOUTONNIERE | • boutonniere n. A small flower or bunch of flowers worn in a buttonhole or pinned to the lapel of a jacket. • boutonnière n. Alternative spelling of boutonniere. • BOUTONNIERE n. (French) a flower for the buttonhole, etc. |
| BREUNNERITE | • BREUNNERITE n. an iron-containing type of magnesite used in the manufacture of refractory bricks. |
| BURNISHMENT | • burnishment n. Burnishing. • BURNISHMENT n. the act of burnishing. |
| CONTUBERNAL | • contubernal adj. (Rare) Living in close proximity (as though sharing a tent); intimate, familiar. • contubernal adj. (Historical) Of a relationship between a male and female slave: sexual in nature and somewhat similar… • CONTUBERNAL adj. living or messing together; intimate, also CONTUBERNYAL. |
| 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. |
| EBURNATIONS | • eburnations n. Plural of eburnation. • EBURNATION n. an abnormal change of bone by which it becomes very hard and dense. |
| GUBERNATION | • gubernation n. The act of governing; government. • GUBERNATION n. control, rule. |
| REBUTTONING | • rebuttoning v. Present participle of rebutton. • REBUTTON v. to button again. |
| UNABSORBENT | • unabsorbent adj. Not absorbent. • UNABSORBENT adj. not absorbent. |
| UNBREATHING | • unbreathing adj. Not breathing. • UNBREATHING adj. not breathing. |
| UNBURTHENED | • unburthened v. Simple past tense and past participle of unburthen. • UNBURTHEN v. (archaic) to unburden; to unload. |
| UNDERBITING | • underbiting v. Present participle of underbite. • UNDERBITE v. to bite insufficiently with acid, as in etching. |
| UNDERBITTEN | • underbitten v. Past participle of underbite. • underbitten adj. Having had insufficient acid used in an etching process, so that the result is too shallow. • UNDERBITE v. to bite insufficiently with acid, as in etching. |
| UNOBSERVANT | • unobservant adj. Not observant. • UNOBSERVANT adj. not observant. |
| UNPRINTABLE | • unprintable adj. Not printable; obscene, or unable to be displayed textually. • unprintable n. Something that is not printable. • UNPRINTABLE adj. that cannot be printed. |
| UNTREMBLING | • untrembling adj. Not trembling; staunch, unafraid. • UNTREMBLING adj. not trembling. |