| BANDOLIER | • bandolier n. An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges. • BANDOLIER n. (French) a shoulder belt for carrying ammunition, also BANDELIER, BANDOLEER. |
| BONETIRED | • bone-tired adj. Very tired; so tired one feels it in one’s bones. • bone␣tired adj. Alternative spelling of bone-tired. • BONETIRED adj. extremely tired. |
| BORDERING | • bordering v. Present participle of border. • bordering adj. Having a common boundary or border. • bordering n. A pattern or ornament forming a border. |
| BOYFRIEND | • boyfriend n. A male partner in an unmarried romantic relationship. • boyfriend n. A male friend. • boy-friend n. Alternative form of boyfriend. |
| BROADLINE | • broadline adj. (Business) Selling a wide range of groceries. • broadline adj. (Archaeology) Having a broad line inscribed or drawn. • broadline adj. (Chemistry) Designating a technique in nuclear magnetic resonance. (Can we add an example for this sense?) |
| BRODEKINS | • brodekins n. Plural of brodekin. • BRODEKIN n. a high boot worn by classical actors, also BRODKIN. |
| DEBONAIRE | • debonaire adj. Alternative spelling of debonair. • DEBONAIRE adj. of good appearance, elegant, also DEBONAIR, DEBONNAIRE. |
| DESORBING | • desorbing v. Present participle of desorb. • DESORB v. to release a sorbed substance, compare ABSORB, ADSORB, SORB. |
| FORBIDDEN | • forbidden adj. Not allowed; specifically disallowed. • forbidden v. Past participle of forbid. • FORBID v. to command not to do something. |
| IMBROWNED | • imbrowned v. Simple past tense and past participle of imbrown. • IMBROWN v. to make brown, also EMBROWN. |
| OVENBIRDS | • ovenbirds n. Plural of ovenbird. • OVENBIRD n. an American songbird. |
| RAINBOWED | • rainbowed adj. Resembling, involving, or illuminated with a rainbow; patterned with the colours of the rainbow. • rainbowed adj. (Chiefly US, rare) Made up of several races or ethnicities; rainbow. • rainbowed v. Simple past tense and past participle of rainbow. |
| REBODYING | • rebodying v. Present participle of rebody. • REBODY v. to renew the body of. |
| RUBICONED | • rubiconed v. Simple past tense and past participle of rubicon. • RUBICON v. to win at piquet in this way. |
| TINDERBOX | • tinderbox n. (Historical) A small container containing flint, steel, and tinder (dry, finely-divided fibrous matter)… • tinderbox n. (By extension) A place that is so dry and hot that there is danger of fire. • tinderbox n. (Figurative) A potentially dangerous situation. |
| UNBROILED | • unbroiled adj. Not broiled. • UNBROILED adj. not broiled. |
| WINDBORNE | • windborne adj. Carried by the wind. • wind-borne adj. Alternative form of windborne. • WINDBORNE adj. carried on the wind e.g. of seeds. |