ABSTRUSER | • abstruser adj. (Rare) comparative form of abstruse: more abstruse. • ABSTRUSE adj. difficult to understand. |
ARBOREOUS | • arboreous adj. (Of a plant) Having the characteristics of a tree. • arboreous adj. Covered or filled with trees. • arboreous adj. (Obsolete) Growing on trees. |
BARRIQUES | • barriques n. Plural of barrique. • BARRIQUE n. a wine barrel, also BARRICO. |
BARRULETS | • barrulets n. Plural of barrulet. • BARRULET n. (French) a thin horizontal heraldic band. |
BURGRAVES | • burgraves n. Plural of burgrave. • BURGRAVE n. (historical) the commander of a German town or castle. |
BURSARIES | • bursaries n. Plural of bursary. • BURSARY n. a college treasury. |
CARBURETS | • carburets v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of carburet. • CARBURET v. to combine with carbon, also CARBURATE. |
CARBURISE | • carburise v. Non-Oxford British spelling standard spelling of carburize. • CARBURISE v. to combine with carbon, also CARBURIZE. |
EMBRASURE | • embrasure n. (Architecture, military) Any of the indentations between the merlons of a battlement; an opening in… • embrasure n. (Figurative) Any small protected space. • embrasure n. The slanting indentation in a wall for a door or window, such that the space is larger on the inside than the outside. |
LABOURERS | • labourers n. Plural of labourer. • LABOURER n. one who labours, also LABORER. |
REBURIALS | • reburials n. Plural of reburial. • REBURIAL n. a second burial. |
SUPERBRAT | • superbrat n. (Informal, chiefly derogatory) A bratty superstar, especially one who plays professional sport. • SUPERBRAT n. a very brattish child. |
TABOURERS | • tabourers n. Plural of tabourer. • TABOURER n. one who tabors, also TABORER. |
TURBARIES | • turbaries n. Plural of turbary. • TURBARY n. a place where peat can be dug. |
UPBEARERS | • upbearers n. Plural of upbearer. • UPBEARER n. one who bears up. |