| AEROBOMB | • aerobomb n. (Dated) A bomb dropped from an aircraft. • AEROBOMB n. a bomb for dropping from aircraft. |
| BACKCOMB | • backcomb v. To hold hair and comb it towards the head, thus giving it a bushier look. • backcomb n. The hairstyle produced by backcombing. • backcomb n. (Dated) A decorative comb worn as an ornament and to secure a hairstyle. |
| CATACOMB | • catacomb n. (Often plural) An underground system of tunnels and chambers with recesses for graves, used (in former… • CATACOMB n. an underground cemetery. |
| CHOLIAMB | • choliamb n. (Poetry) A limping iamb. • CHOLIAMB n. (Greek) a verse having an iambus in the fifth place, and a spondee in the sixth or last, also CHOLIAMBIC. |
| CHORIAMB | • choriamb n. A choriambus. • CHORIAMB n. (Greek) a metrical foot comprising a trochee and an iambus, also CHORIAMBIC, CHORIAMBUS. |
| DIVEBOMB | • divebomb v. (Of an aircraft) To bomb whilst in a steep dive. • divebomb v. (Of a bird) To attack (especially the head of) a person or animal that strays into their territory. • divebomb v. (Auto racing) To attempt an overtake by braking very late on corner entry. |
| DOORJAMB | • doorjamb n. Either of the upright posts on either side of a door, which together support a lintel. • DOORJAMB n. one of the two vertical members forming the sides of a doorframe, aka doorpost. |
| FIREBOMB | • firebomb n. A weapon that causes fire; an incendiary weapon. • firebomb v. (Transitive) To attack with a firebomb. • FIREBOMB v. to attack with incendiary bombs. |
| FORELIMB | • forelimb n. The anterior limb (or equivalent appendage) of an animal. • FORELIMB n. a front limb e.g. of a horse. |
| HECATOMB | • hecatomb n. (Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome) A great feast and public sacrifice to the gods, originally of a hundred oxen. • hecatomb n. (By extension) Any great sacrifice; a great number of people, animals or things, especially as sacrificed… • HECATOMB n. a great public sacrifice. |
| OUTCLIMB | • outclimb v. (Transitive) To climb better or farther than. • OUTCLIMB v. to surpass in climbing. |
| OUTCLOMB | • OUTCLIMB v. to surpass in climbing. |
| RINGWOMB | • RINGWOMB n. a complication in lamb birthing when the cervix fails to open. |
| TIMEBOMB | • timebomb n. Alternative spelling of time bomb. • time-bomb n. Alternative spelling of time bomb. • time␣bomb n. A bomb that has a mechanism such that detonation can be preset to a particular time. |