| BOUTONNIERE | • boutonniere n. A small flower or bunch of flowers worn in a buttonhole or pinned to the lapel of a jacket. • boutonnière n. Alternative spelling of boutonniere. • BOUTONNIERE n. (French) a flower for the buttonhole, etc. |
| BULLETPROOF | • bulletproof adj. (Of a material) Capable of withstanding a direct shot by a bullet fired from a gun. • bulletproof adj. (Idiomatic) Reliable, infallible, sturdy or error-tolerant. • bulletproof adj. (Usually of an idea or concept) Unbreakable, very tough. |
| BUMBERSHOOT | • bumbershoot n. (Slang, humorous, US) An umbrella. • BUMBERSHOOT n. (US slang) umbrella. |
| BUTTONHOLER | • buttonholer n. One who detains somebody in conversation against their will. • buttonholer n. An attachment for a sewing machine which automates the side-to-side and forward-and-backward motions… • BUTTONHOLER n. a person or sewing-machine attachment that makes buttonholes. |
| COUNTERBLOW | • counterblow n. A blow delivered in reply to a previous blow by somebody else, such as an opponent in a boxing match. • COUNTERBLOW n. a blow in return. |
| COUNTERBOND | • counterbond n. A bond to secure one who has given bond for another. • COUNTERBOND n. a bond to protect a person who has given bond for another from contingent loss. |
| COUNTERBORE | • counterbore n. A cylindrical recess, typically machined around a hole to admit a screw so that it sits flush with a surface. • counterbore n. The tool with which a counterbore is machined. • counterbore v. (Transitive) To create such a cylindrical recess. |
| DOORBUSTERS | • doorbusters n. Plural of doorbuster. |
| GUTTERBLOOD | • gutterblood n. (Derogatory, archaic) A person of low pedigree; one of the common rabble. • GUTTERBLOOD n. (Scots) a lowborn person. |
| HOUSEBOATER | • houseboater n. One who lives in a houseboat. • HOUSEBOATER n. one who lives on a houseboat. |
| MOTORBUSSES | • motorbusses n. Plural of motorbus. • MOTORBUS n. a bus driven by an internal-combustion engine. |
| OUTREBOUNDS | • outrebounds v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outrebound. • OUTREBOUND v. to rebound more than. |
| OUTTHROBBED | • outthrobbed v. Simple past tense and past participle of outthrob. • OUTTHROB v. to surpass in throbbing. |
| ROUSEABOUTS | • rouseabouts n. Plural of rouseabout. • ROUSEABOUT n. (Australian) an odd-job man on a sheep station, also ROUSTABOUT. |
| TROUBLESHOT | • troubleshot v. Simple past tense and past participle of troubleshoot. • TROUBLESHOOT v. to solve problems. |
| TROUBLESOME | • troublesome adj. Causing trouble or anxiety. • TROUBLESOME adj. causing trouble. |