BAWNEENS | • bawneens n. Plural of bawneen. • BAWNEEN n. (Irish) a white, close-woven woollen material used for making jackets, also BAININ. |
BEDEWING | • bedewing v. Present participle of bedew. • BEDEW v. to cover with dew. |
BEESWING | • beeswing n. A filmy, translucent crust found in port and other old wines which have been bottled-aged for a long time. • beeswing n. Cream of tartar; potassium bitartrate; the residual salt of tartaric acid. • BEESWING n. a crust that forms on old wines. |
BEGNAWED | • begnawed v. Simple past tense and past participle of begnaw. • BEGNAW v. to gnaw. |
BENDWISE | • bendwise adv. (Heraldry) Diagonally; placed like a bend, i.e. running from the dexter chief to the sinister base. • BENDWISE adv. diagonally, also BENDWAYS. |
BESNOWED | • besnowed adj. Covered or laden with snow. • besnowed v. Simple past tense and past participle of besnow. • BESNOW v. to cover with snow. |
BESTREWN | • bestrewn v. Past participle of bestrew. • BESTREW v. to strew, scatter. |
BETWEENS | • betweens n. Plural of between. • BETWEEN n. a needle of middling size. |
BEWINGED | • bewinged adj. Having, or equipped with wings. • BEWINGED adj. having wings. |
BINDWEED | • bindweed n. Trailing vine-like plants in the family Convolvulaceae with funnel-shaped flowers. • bindweed n. Plants of species in other families with similar appearance. • BINDWEED n. any of various weeds that trail along the ground and twine themselves around other plants. |
ENWOMBED | • enwombed adj. (Archaic) Pregnant. • ENWOMB v. to enclose as if in a womb. |
INTERWEB | • interweb n. (Internet slang, humorous, often in the plural) The Internet. • INTERWEB n. a facetious name for the Internet, used to imply that the speaker has little understanding of or interest in the subject. |
NEWSBEAT | • NEWSBEAT n. a news source that a reporter is assigned to cover. |
UNWEBBED | • unwebbed adj. Not webbed. • UNWEBBED adj. not webbed. |
WANNABEE | • wannabee n. Alternative form of wannabe. • WANNABEE n. someone who tries to be associated with an admired person or set of people, also WANNABE. |
WEBZINES | • webzines n. Plural of webzine. • WEBZINE n. a magazine published on the Internet. |
WOBEGONE | • wobegone adj. Archaic spelling of woebegone. • WOBEGONE adj. sad, dejected, also WOEBEGONE. |