| ABSENTEES | • absentees n. Plural of absentee. • ABSENTEE n. one who is not present. |
| ABSENTERS | • absenters n. Plural of absenter. • ABSENTER n. one who keeps away. |
| ASBESTINE | • asbestine adj. Resembling or relating to asbestos. • asbestine n. A type of fibrous talc used primarily as a filler or extender. • ASBESTINE adj. of or like asbestos, also ASBESTIC, ASBESTOUS. |
| BASEMENTS | • basements n. Plural of basement. • BASEMENT n. the part of the building below ground level. |
| BEESTINGS | • beestings n. The first milk drawn from an animal (especially a cow) after it has given birth. • beestings n. Plural of beesting. • bee␣stings n. Plural of bee sting. |
| BENTHOSES | • benthoses n. Plural of benthos. • BENTHOS n. (Greek) the flora and fauna of the ocean floor, also BENTHON. |
| BRUTENESS | • bruteness n. The state or quality of being brute. • BRUTENESS n. the quality of being a brute. |
| EBENISTES | • ébénistes n. Plural of ébéniste. • EBENISTE n. (French) a cabinetmaker. |
| NEWSBEATS | • NEWSBEAT n. a news source that a reporter is assigned to cover. |
| OBSCENEST | • obscenest adj. Superlative form of obscene: most obscene. • OBSCENE adj. offensive, disgusting. |
| SEBESTENS | • sebestens n. Plural of sebesten. • SEBESTEN n. (Arabic) an oriental tree; its edible plumlike fruit. |
| STEENBOKS | • steenboks n. Plural of steenbok. • STEENBOK n. (South African) a small antelope, also STEENBUCK, STEINBOCK, STEINBOK, STEMBOK, STEMBUCK. |
| STEENBRAS | • steenbras n. Any of various fish of the sparid genus Lithognathus. • STEENBRAS n. (South African) an edible estuarine South African fish. |
| STILBENES | • stilbenes n. Plural of stilbene. • STILBENE n. a crystalline hydrocarbon, used in dye manufacture. |
| SUBTENSES | • subtenses n. Plural of subtense. • SUBTENSE n. a line subtending, or stretching across; a chord; as, the subtense of an arc. |
| TUBENOSES | • tubenoses n. Plural of tubenose. • TUBENOSE n. a bird with tubular nostrils. |