ABCOULOMB | • abcoulomb n. A unit of electromagnetic charge equal to ten coulombs. • ABCOULOMB n. the unit of electric charge, equal to ten coulombs. |
BALLROOMS | • ballrooms n. Plural of ballroom. • BALLROOM n. a large room for dancing. |
BAMBOOZLE | • bamboozle v. (Transitive, informal) To con, defraud, trick, to make a fool of, to humbug or impose on someone. • bamboozle v. (Transitive, informal) To confuse, frustrate or perplex. • bamboozle n. (Obsolete, informal) A cheat, hoax, or imposition. |
BOMBLOADS | • bombloads n. Plural of bombload. • BOMBLOAD n. as many bombs as a plane may carry. |
BOOMSLANG | • boomslang n. (South Africa) A highly venomous snake found in sub-Saharan Africa, Dispholidus typus. • BOOMSLANG n. (South African) a highly venomous southern African tree-snake. |
BROADLOOM | • broadloom n. A wide loom. • broadloom n. A carpet woven on a wide loom. • broadloom adj. Woven on a wide loom, and so needing fewer seams. |
BROOMBALL | • broomball n. (Uncountable) A Canadian team sport resembling ice hockey and played with sticks and a ball. • broomball n. (Countable) The ball used in this sport. • BROOMBALL n. (Canadian) a team game played on ice with brooms and a plastic ball. |
COLOBOMAS | • colobomas n. Plural of coloboma. • COLOBOMA n. a lesion of the eye. |
COLOMBARD | • COLOMBARD n. a kind of grape used to make wine. |
LABORSOME | • laborsome adj. Alternative form of laboursome. • LABORSOME adj. requiring hard work, also LABOURSOME. |
LAMBSWOOL | • lambswool n. (Uncountable) Wool from a lamb. • lambswool n. (By extension, countable) Something made of wool from a lamb. • lambswool n. A festive drink of ale mixed with the pulp of roasted apples. |
MOLDBOARD | • moldboard n. A curved piece of metal on a plow or bulldozer that clears the free dirt from the blade. • moldboard n. (Founding) A follow board. • MOLDBOARD n. a curved plate of iron (originally of wood) back of the share of a plow, which turns over the earth in plowing, also MOULDBOARD. |
MOTORABLE | • motorable adj. Which can be traveled on by motor cars. • MOTORABLE adj. of roads, able to be used by motor vehicles. |
OPOBALSAM | • opobalsam n. (Medicine, obsolete) The aromatic resinous juice of Balsamodendron opobalsamum (balm of Gilead). • OPOBALSAM n. balm of Gilead, the resinous exudation of certain trees. |
PSALMBOOK | • psalmbook n. A book of psalms. • PSALMBOOK n. a book of psalms. |
RIBOSOMAL | • ribosomal adj. Of or relating to ribosomes. • RIBOSOMAL adj. relating to a ribosome. |
ROCAMBOLE | • rocambole n. The sand leek, Allium scorodoprasum. • rocambole n. A type of garlic, Allium sativum var. ophioscorodon. • ROCAMBOLE n. (French) a plant closely related to garlic. |
WARMBLOOD | • warmblood n. A horse of a middle-weight classification, between draught horses and thoroughbreds. • WARMBLOOD n. one of a race of horses developed from pedigree bloodlines from native American mares. |