ABYSMS | • abysms n. Plural of abysm. • ABYSM n. (archaic) an abyss, a bottomless chasm. |
AMBARY | • ambary n. A valuable East Indian fiber plant (Hibiscus cannabinus), or its fiber, used throughout India for making… • AMBARY n. (Hindi) a fibre-yielding plant of East Indies, also AMBARI. |
AMBERY | • ambery adj. Like or resembling amber. • ambery n. Obsolete form of ambry. • AMBERY adj. like amber. |
AUMBRY | • aumbry n. Alternative form of ambry. • AUMBRY n. a cupboard for sacred vessels, also AMBRY, ALMERY, AMBERY, AWMRIE, AWMRY. |
BAYAMO | • bayamo n. A violent storm in the Caribbean. • bayamo n. (Figuratively) A violent force. (Can we add an example for this sense?) • Bayamo prop.n. A city in Granma, Cuba. |
BAYMAN | • bayman n. (Historical) One of the earliest European settlers of the eventual colony of British Honduras, modern-day Belize. • bayman n. (US, naval) A sickbay nurse. • bayman n. (Newfoundland) A rural Newfoundlander, as opposed to a townie (city dweller). |
BAYMEN | • baymen n. Plural of bayman. • BAYMAN n. a person who works about a bay. |
BELAMY | • BELAMY n. (Spenser) a good friend. |
BIGAMY | • bigamy n. The state of having two (legal or illegal) spouses simultaneously. • bigamy n. (Ecclesiastical law, historical) A second marriage after the death of a spouse. • BIGAMY n. the crime of being married to two people at once. |
BYNAME | • byname n. (Archaic, historical) A secondary name for a person or thing; a person’s surname. • byname n. (Archaic, historical) A nickname. • byname n. (UK dialectal, Scotland) A pseudonym; nom-de-plume. |
CYMBAL | • cymbal n. (Music) A concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck: played… • CYMBAL n. a percussion instrument, also SYMBOLE. |
EMBAYS | • embays v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of embay. • EMBAY v. to enclose in a bay. |
GYMBAL | • gymbal n. Alternative form of gimbal. • GYMBAL n. a contrivance with self-aligning bearings for keeping e.g. ship's instruments horizontal, also GIMBAL. |
MARBLY | • marbly adj. Characteristic of marble. • MARBLY adj. mottled. |
MAYBES | • maybes n. Plural of maybe. • MAYBE n. an uncertainty. |
TYMBAL | • tymbal n. Alternative spelling of timbal. • tymbal n. (Entomology) One of a pair of specialised sound-producing structures located below each side of the… • TYMBAL n. (archaic) a kind of kettledrum, also TIMBAL. |
WAMBLY | • wambly adj. (Dialect) Shaky, unsteady, dizzy, queasy, nauseous. • WAMBLY adj. affected with, or causing, sickness; unsteady. |
YNAMBU | • ynambu n. A bird of South America, Rhynchotus rufescens, the red-winged tinamou. • YNAMBU n. (Tupi) a South American bird, a large tinamou. |