BACKBURN | • backburn n. A controlled burn, lit in the path of a wildfire, in order to deprive it of combustible material. • backburn v. To light a fire for this reason. • back-burn n. Alternative spelling of backburn. |
BARBICAN | • barbican n. A tower at the entrance to a castle or fortified town. • barbican n. A fortress at the end of a bridge. • barbican n. An opening in the wall of a fortress through which the guns are levelled; a narrow loophole through… |
BAREBONE | • barebone n. A very lean person, especially one whose bones show through the skin. • BAREBONE n. (Shakespeare) a very lean person; one whose bones show through the skin. |
BASEBORN | • baseborn adj. Bastard, illegitimate. • baseborn adj. Of lowly birth. • BASEBORN adj. of low birth. |
BEARBINE | • bearbine n. Hedge bindweed, bearbind (Calystegia sepium), certain bindweed found throughout the Northern Hemisphere. • BEARBINE n. a bindweed. |
BRAINBOX | • brainbox n. (Slang) A very intelligent person. • brainbox n. (Slang) The head or skull (which encloses the brain). • BRAINBOX n. a clever person. |
BREADBIN | • breadbin n. Alternative spelling of bread bin. • bread␣bin n. (Britain) A breadbox. • BREADBIN n. a household container for bread, usually quite small. |
BROWBAND | • browband n. Part of a horse’s bridle that runs from just under one ear, across the forehead, to just under the other… • browband n. A band of fur of a contrasting colour on an animal’s brow. • browband n. A band of metal, part of a (person’s) helmet or crown, which covers the brow. |
BURNABLE | • burnable adj. Able to be burned; combustible. • burnable n. Anything that can be burned. • BURNABLE n. something that can be burnt. |
CRABBING | • crabbing v. Present participle of crab. • crabbing n. The act or art of catching crabs. • crabbing n. (Falconry) The fighting of hawks with each other. |
DRABBING | • drabbing v. Present participle of drab. • DRAB v. to associate with prostitutes. |
FRABBING | • frabbing v. Present participle of frab. • FRAB v. (dialect) to worry. |
GRABBING | • grabbing v. Present participle of grab. • grabbing n. The act of one who grabs; a snatching. • GRAB v. to grasp suddenly. |
NABOBERY | • nabobery n. The behaviour of a nabob. • NABOBERY n. (Urdu) the state of being a nabob. |
RABBINIC | • rabbinic adj. Relating to rabbis. • rabbinic adj. Formulated or enacted by rabbis. • RABBINIC adj. (Hebrew) of or pertaining to the rabbins, also RABBINICAL. |
RABBLING | • rabbling n. An uprising; a riot by a mob. • rabbling v. Present participle of rabble. • RABBLING n. (Scots) the mobbing and ousting of the Episcopal 'curates' at the Revolution. |
RABBONIS | • rabbonis n. Plural of rabboni. • RABBONI n. (Hebrew) my great master, a title of respect. |
RIBBANDS | • ribbands n. Plural of ribband. • RIBBAND n. a ribbon, also RIBAND. |
SUBURBAN | • suburban adj. Relating to or characteristic of or situated on the outskirts of a city. • suburban n. A person who lives in a suburb. • suburban n. An automobile with a station wagon body on a truck chassis. |
UNBARBED | • unbarbed adj. Not barbed. • unbarbed v. Simple past tense and past participle of unbarb. • UNBARBED adj. not barbed. |