| ABSTERGENTS | • abstergents n. Plural of abstergent. • ABSTERGENT n. an abstergent substance. |
| BIRTHSTONES | • birthstones n. Plural of birthstone. • BIRTHSTONE n. a gemstone associated symbolically with the month of one's birth. |
| BONESETTERS | • bonesetters n. Plural of bonesetter. • BONESETTER n. one who sets broken or dislocated bones. |
| BRITTLENESS | • brittleness n. The property by virtue of which a material is fractured without appreciable deformation by the application of load. • brittleness n. The state of being brittle; aptness to break; fragility. • BRITTLENESS n. the state of being brittle. |
| BURNETTISES | • BURNETTISE v. to subject (wood, fabrics, etc.) to a process of saturation in a solution of chloride of zinc, to prevent decay, also BURNETTIZE. |
| BUTTERINESS | • butteriness n. The state or quality of being buttery. • BUTTERINESS n. the state of being buttery. |
| BUTTRESSING | • buttressing v. Present participle of buttress. • BUTTRESS v. to prop up. |
| CROSSBITTEN | • crossbitten v. Past participle of crossbite. • cross-bitten v. Past participle of cross-bite. • CROSSBITE v. to swindle. |
| DISTURBANTS | • disturbants n. Plural of disturbant. • DISTURBANT n. that which disturbs. |
| 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. |
| STUBBORNEST | • stubbornest adj. Superlative form of stubborn: most stubborn. • STUBBORN adj. obstinate. |
| TANKBUSTERS | • tankbusters n. Plural of tankbuster. • TANKBUSTER n. a plane that specialises in attacking tanks. |
| TROMBONISTS | • trombonists n. Plural of trombonist. • TROMBONIST n. one who plays the trombone. |