| AEROBUS | • aerobus n. (Dated) airbus; passenger airliner. • AEROBUS n. a type of monorail that is suspended by an overhead cable. |
| AUTOBUS | • autobus n. (Road transport, dated) A bus that is a motor vehicle, as opposed to earlier horse-drawn buses. • autobus n. (By extension, cycle racing) A large group of cyclists who have fallen behind the peloton (“main group… • AUTOBUS n. a motorbus. |
| COLOBUS | • colobus n. (Zoology) Any of several large arboreal African monkeys of the genus Colobus. • Colobus prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Cercopithecidae – the black-and-white colobuses. • COLOBUS n. (Greek) a long-tailed monkey. |
| DATABUS | • databus n. Alternative form of data bus. • data␣bus n. (Computing) A hardware subsystem that transfers data between components inside a computer, or between computers. • DATABUS n. path for transferring computer data. |
| EPHEBUS | • EPHEBUS n. (Latin) a young man of ancient Greece, also EPHEBE, EPHEBOS. |
| FIDIBUS | • fidibus n. A piece of paper used for lighting a pipe, etc. • FIDIBUS n. a paper spill for lighting a pipe. |
| HELIBUS | • helibus n. A large, passenger-carrying helicopter. • HELIBUS n. a scheduled helicopter service. |
| INCUBUS | • incubus n. (Mediaeval folklore) An evil spirit supposed to oppress people while asleep, especially to have sex… • incubus n. A feeling of oppression during sleep, sleep paralysis; night terrors, a nightmare. • incubus n. (By extension) Any oppressive thing or person; a burden. |
| JACOBUS | • Jacobus n. (Historical) A former English gold coin from the Jacobite period. • JACOBUS n. (historical) an English gold coin, struck in the reign of James I. |
| MIDIBUS | • midibus n. A single-decker bus, generally smaller than a traditional bus but larger than a minibus. • MIDIBUS n. a single-decker bus of medium size, typically with seats for between 20 and 30 passengers. |
| MINIBUS | • minibus n. A small bus, especially one used as transport for small groups. • minibus n. (South Africa) A sixteen-seater vehicle used as a taxi. • minibus n. (Historical) A small four-wheeled carriage. |
| OMNIBUS | • omnibus n. (Dated) A vehicle set up to carry many people (now usually called a bus). • omnibus n. An anthology of previously released material linked together by theme or author, especially in book form. • omnibus n. A broadcast programme consisting of all of the episodes of a serial that have been shown in the previous week. |
| PHOEBUS | • Phoebus prop.n. (Greek mythology) An epithet and synonym for Helios; Phoebus Helios, after his maternal aunt, Phoebe. • Phoebus prop.n. (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) An epithet and synonym for Apollo; Phoebus Apollo. • Phœbus prop.n. Obsolete spelling of Phoebus. |
| PLAYBUS | • playbus n. A bus that provides mobile entertainment and education facilities for young children. • PLAYBUS n. a mobile playground. |
| POSTBUS | • postbus n. A mail delivery vehicle that also serves as a bus for passengers, typically in areas with limited public transport. • POSTBUS n. a small bus for mail and passengers. |
| RAILBUS | • railbus n. (Rail transport) A lightweight passenger railway vehicle, similar in appearance to a bus. • RAILBUS n. a passenger bus on rails. |
| RHOMBUS | • rhombus n. (Geometry) A parallelogram having all sides of equal length. • rhombus n. In early Greek religion, an instrument whirled on the end of a string similar to a bullroarer. • rhombus n. (Zoology, now rare) Any of several flatfishes, including the brill and turbot, once considered part… |
| YNAMBUS | • ynambus n. Plural of ynambu. • YNAMBU n. (Tupi) a South American bird, a large tinamou. |