BIMANOUS | • bimanous adj. (Biology) Having two hands (rather than any other distal part of a forelimb). • BIMANOUS adj. two-handed, also BIMANAL. |
BUNCOMBE | • buncombe n. (Archaic) Alternative spelling of bunkum. • Buncombe prop.n. A surname. • Buncombe prop.n. A village in Johnson County, Illinois, United States. |
EMBOUNDS | • embounds v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of embound. • EMBOUND v. (Shakespeare) to enclose. |
MAWBOUND | • MAWBOUND adj. constipated by impaction of the rumen. |
MISBOUND | • misbound v. Simple past tense and past participle of misbind. • MISBIND v. to bind imperfectly. |
MOORBURN | • moorburn n. The controlled burning of moorland vegetation to encourage new growth (either heather or grassland)… • MOORBURN n. the seasonal burning of heather on moorland to promote new growth, also MUIRBURN. |
MORIBUND | • moribund adj. Approaching death; about to die; dying; expiring. • moribund adj. Almost obsolete, nearing an end. • moribund n. A person who is near to dying. |
MOWBURNS | • mowburns v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mowburn. • MOWBURN v. to heat and ferment. |
MOWBURNT | • mowburnt adj. (Obsolete) Of hay: stacked before it is sufficiently dry, leading to excessive fermentation and sometimes toxicity. • MOWBURN v. to heat and ferment. |
NELUMBOS | • nelumbos n. Plural of nelumbo. • NELUMBO n. (Tamil) a plant of the Nelumbium genus of waterlilies that includes the sacred lotus, also NELUMBIUM. |
NIOBIUMS | • niobiums n. Plural of niobium. • NIOBIUM n. a metallic element, formerly called columbium. |
NOBELIUM | • nobelium n. A transuranic chemical element (symbol No) with an atomic number of 102. • NOBELIUM n. a name given to transuranic element 102. |
NUBIFORM | • nubiform adj. Cloud-shaped. • NUBIFORM adj. cloudlike. |
OLIBANUM | • olibanum n. A gum resin from trees of the genus Boswellia, formerly used as a medicine and now mainly as incense. • OLIBANUM n. an aromatic gum from a North African tree, formerly used in medicine but now chiefly as incense. |
UMBONATE | • umbonate adj. (Mycology, of a mushroom etc) Having an umbo. • UMBONATE adj. of the nature of an umbo. |
UNBOSOMS | • unbosoms v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of unbosom. • UNBOSOM v. to pour out; to tell freely. |
UNCOMBED | • uncombed adj. Not combed. • uncombed v. Simple past tense and past participle of uncomb. • UNCOMBED adj. not combed. |
UNTOMBED | • untombed v. Simple past tense and past participle of untomb. • untombed adj. Having never been placed in a tomb, or having been removed from it. • UNTOMB v. to remove from a tomb. |