| 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. |
| ASBESTOUS | • asbestous adj. Relating to, or resembling, asbestos. • ASBESTOUS adj. of or like asbestos, also ASBESTIC, ASBESTINE. |
| BOSBERAAD | • bosberaad n. (South Africa) A bush meeting; a strategy meeting held outdoors, for example in a game reserve. • BOSBERAAD n. (South African) a meeting in an isolated venue to break a political deadlock. |
| CICISBEOS | • cicisbeos n. Plural of cicisbeo. • CICISBEO n. (Italian) a lover of a married woman. |
| CROSSBEAM | • crossbeam n. A horizontal structural beam that runs perpendicular to the primary support beams; a girder. • crossbeam n. (Nautical) A beam laid across the bitts, to which the cable is fastened when riding at anchor. • CROSSBEAM n. a beam joining other beams. |
| DISBELIEF | • disbelief n. Unpreparedness, unwillingness, or inability to believe that something is the case. • disbelief n. Astonishment. • disbelief n. The loss or abandonment of a belief; cessation of belief. |
| GROSBEAKS | • grosbeaks n. Plural of grosbeak. • GROSBEAK n. any of various finches or finch-like birds with heavy bills. |
| JARLSBERG | • JARLSBERG n. (tradename) a Norwegian cheese. |
| MISBECAME | • misbecame v. Simple past tense of misbecome. • MISBECOME v. (archaic) to be unbecoming to. |
| MISBECOME | • misbecome v. (Transitive, obsolete) To be unsuitable for; not to befit. • MISBECOME v. (archaic) to be unbecoming to. |
| MISBEGINS | • MISBEGIN v. to begin wrongly. |
| MISBEHAVE | • misbehave v. (Intransitive or reflexive) To act or behave in an inappropriate, improper, incorrect, or unexpected manner. • MISBEHAVE v. to behave wrongly. |
| MISBELIEF | • misbelief n. An erroneous belief. • misbelief n. (Religion) a heresy; an unorthodox belief. • misbelief n. (Obsolete) doubt; an erroneous lack of belief. |
| MISBESEEM | • misbeseem v. (Archaic, transitive) To be unseemly on or from; to fail to suit. • MISBESEEM v. (archaic) to be unsuited to. |
| MISBESTOW | • misbestow v. (Transitive) To bestow improperly. • MISBESTOW v. to bestow improperly. |
| NEESBERRY | • neesberry n. Alternative spelling of naseberry. • NEESBERRY n. an edible fruit, aka sapodilla, also NASEBERRY, NISBERRY. |
| NEWSBEATS | • NEWSBEAT n. a news source that a reporter is assigned to cover. |