BALCONETTE | • balconette n. (Architecture) A false balcony, or railing at the outer plane of a window-opening reaching to the floor… • balconette n. (Rare) A small balcony. • balconette n. Synonym of balcony bra. |
BATTLEDORE | • battledore n. A game played with a shuttlecock and rackets (properly battledore and shuttlecock); a forerunner of badminton. • battledore n. The racket used in this game. • battledore n. (Obsolete) A child’s hornbook for learning the alphabet. |
BESOTTEDLY | • besottedly adv. In a besotted manner. • BESOTTED adv. BESOT, to infatuate. |
BLOTTESQUE | • blottesque adj. (Art) Characterized by blots or heavy touches; coarsely depicted; lacking delineation. • blottesque n. (Art) An artwork characterized by blots or heavy touches. • BLOTTESQUE adj. characterized by blots or heavy touches; coarsely depicted. |
BLUEBOTTLE | • bluebottle n. Any of various blowflies of the genus Calliphora that have an iridescent metallic-blue body and make… • bluebottle n. A marine jellyfish of the genus Physalia, which includes Physalia physalis, the Portuguese man-of-war… • bluebottle n. A cornflower, a plant that grows in grain fields, Centaurea cyanus, with blue flowers resembling bottles. |
BOTTLENECK | • bottleneck n. The narrow portion that forms the pouring spout of a bottle; the neck of a bottle. • bottleneck n. (Figurative) In traffic, any narrowing of the road, especially resulting in a delay. • bottleneck n. (By extension) The part of a process that is too slow or cumbersome. |
BOTTLENOSE | • bottlenose n. Bottlenose dolphin. • bottlenose n. Bottlenose whale. • bottlenose n. Bottlenose skate. |
BRIOLETTES | • briolettes n. Plural of briolette. • BRIOLETTE n. (French) a pear-shaped gem. |
CUTTLEBONE | • cuttlebone n. Cuttlefish bone. • CUTTLEBONE n. the internal shell of the cuttlefish, used for making tooth-powder, for polishing the softer metals and for cage-birds to sharpen their beaks on. |
METABOLITE | • metabolite n. Any substance produced by, or taking part in, a metabolic reaction. • METABOLITE n. a product of metabolism; a substance produced by metabolic action, as urea. |
OBLITERATE | • obliterate v. To remove completely, leaving no trace; to wipe out; to destroy. • OBLITERATE v. to erase or blot out. |
OUBLIETTES | • oubliettes n. Plural of oubliette. • OUBLIETTE n. (French) a dungeon with an opening only at the top. |
OUTBLEATED | • outbleated v. Simple past tense and past participle of outbleat. • OUTBLEAT v. to surpass in bleating. |
SEABOTTLES | • SEABOTTLE n. a translucent inflated seaweed; bladderwrack. |
TELEROBOTS | • telerobots n. Plural of telerobot. • TELEROBOT n. a robot under continuous human control), for example as used to perform a task in an area unsafe for the human operator such as in nuclear decommissioning. |