| ABSORPTIONS | • absorptions n. Plural of absorption. • ABSORPTION n. the process of absorbing. |
| BOORISHNESS | • boorishness n. The state or characteristic of being a boor or of being boorish; boorish behaviour. • BOORISHNESS n. the state of being boorish. |
| BOURBONISMS | • Bourbonisms n. Plural of Bourbonism. • BOURBONISM n. the principles of those adhering to the house of Bourbon; obstinate conservatism. |
| BRONTOSAURS | • brontosaurs n. Plural of brontosaur. • BRONTOSAUR n. any of a genus of large sauropod dinosaurs of the Jurassic, also BRONTOSAURUS. |
| BROWNNOSERS | • brownnosers n. Plural of brownnoser. • brown-nosers n. Plural of brown-noser. • brown␣nosers n. Plural of brown noser. |
| BROWNSTONES | • brownstones n. Plural of brownstone. • BROWNSTONE n. a dark variety of sandstone, much used for building purposes. |
| CONTRABASSO | • contrabasso n. (Music) The largest kind of bass viol. • CONTRABASSO n. (Italian) the double bass, also CONTRABASS, CONTRABBASSO, COUNTERBASE. |
| CROSSBOWMAN | • crossbowman n. Someone (usually a soldier) equipped with a crossbow. • CROSSBOWMAN n. a person (as a soldier or a hunter) whose weapon is a crossbow. |
| CROSSBOWMEN | • crossbowmen n. Plural of crossbowman. • CROSSBOWMAN n. a person (as a soldier or a hunter) whose weapon is a crossbow. |
| NECROBIOSES | • necrobioses n. Plural of necrobiosis. • NECROBIOSIS n. the natural degeneration and death of a cell in living tissue. |
| NECROBIOSIS | • necrobiosis n. (Pathology) The normal death of cells or tissues because of age-related changes. • NECROBIOSIS n. the natural degeneration and death of a cell in living tissue. |
| SAPROBIONTS | • saprobionts n. Plural of saprobiont. • SAPROBIONT n. any organism, esp. a fungus or bacterium, that lives and feeds on dead organic matter, also SAPROTROPH. |
| SNOWBLOWERS | • snowblowers n. Plural of snowblower. • snow␣blowers n. Plural of snow blower. • SNOWBLOWER n. a machine for clearing snow by blowing it away. |
| SOUNDBOARDS | • soundboards n. Plural of soundboard. • SOUNDBOARD n. a thin resonant board (as the belly of a violin) so placed in an instrument as to reinforce its tones by sympathetic vibration. |
| STONEBORERS | • STONEBORER n. any boring mollusc. |
| STROBOTRONS | • strobotrons n. Plural of strobotron. • STROBOTRON n. a gas-filled electron tube used esp. as a source of bright flashes of light for a stroboscope. |
| STRONGBOXES | • strongboxes n. Plural of strongbox. • STRONGBOX n. a box for holding valuables. |
| TROMBONISTS | • trombonists n. Plural of trombonist. • TROMBONIST n. one who plays the trombone. |