| BRONTOSAURS | • brontosaurs n. Plural of brontosaur. • BRONTOSAUR n. any of a genus of large sauropod dinosaurs of the Jurassic, also BRONTOSAURUS. |
| BURROWSTOWN | • burrowstown n. (Scotland, obsolete) A town that is a burgh. • BURROWSTOWN n. (Scots) a town that is a burgh. |
| BUTTERHORNS | • butterhorns n. Plural of butterhorn. |
| CARBURATION | • carburation n. Alternative spelling of carburetion. • CARBURATION n. combination with carbon. |
| CARBURETION | • carburetion n. The process, as occurs in a carburetor, of mixing fuel with oxygen or air in appropriate proportion for combustion. • CARBURETION n. the process of carburetting. |
| CONTRIBUTOR | • contributor n. A benefactor; someone who donates to charity or some cause. • contributor n. A person who backs, supports or champions a cause, activity or institution. • contributor n. A person (or thing) instrumental in the creation or growth of something. |
| COUNTERBORE | • counterbore n. A cylindrical recess, typically machined around a hole to admit a screw so that it sits flush with a surface. • counterbore n. The tool with which a counterbore is machined. • counterbore v. (Transitive) To create such a cylindrical recess. |
| GROUNDBURST | • groundburst n. The explosion of a bomb dropped from the air when it hits the ground. • GROUNDBURST n. the detonation of a nuclear warhead at ground level. |
| GUBERNATORS | • gubernators n. Plural of gubernator. • GUBERNATOR n. (Latin) a powerful man in government. |
| OVERBURTHEN | • overburthen n. Archaic form of overburden. • overburthen v. Archaic form of overburden. • OVERBURTHEN v. (archaic) to overburden, also OVERBURDEN. |
| PROTUBERANT | • protuberant adj. Swelling or bulging outward. • PROTUBERANT adj. thrusting out from a surrounding or adjacent surface often as a rounded mass. |
| RETRIBUTION | • retribution n. Punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance. • RETRIBUTION n. retaliation, punishment. |
| RHUMBATRONS | • RHUMBATRON n. a cavity resonator. |
| RUBRICATION | • rubrication n. A form of calligraphy, in medieval manuscripts, in which added text was coloured in red. • RUBRICATION n. the act of rubricating. |
| SABURRATION | • saburration n. A sand bath (immersion of the body in hot sand). • SABURRATION n. the application of hot sand as medical treatment. |
| SUBARRATION | • subarration n. The ancient custom of betrothing by the bestowal, on the part of the man, of marriage gifts or tokens… • SUBARRATION n. an ancient form of betrothal in which pledges of money, rings, etc. were given by the man to the woman, also SUBARRHATION. |
| SUBCONTRARY | • subcontrary adj. Contrary in an inferior degree. • subcontrary n. (Logic) Either of a pair of propositions at least one of which must be true. • SUBCONTRARY n. a proposition so related to another that though both may be true they cannot both be false. |
| UNBROTHERLY | • unbrotherly adj. Not brotherly; not befitting a brother. • UNBROTHERLY adj. not brotherly. |