AUTHORISABLE | • authorisable adj. Alternative spelling of authorizable. • AUTHORISABLE adj. capable of being authorised, also AUTHORIZABLE. |
BEHAVIOURIST | • behaviourist n. Britain standard spelling of behaviorist. • BEHAVIOURIST n. an adherent of behaviourism. |
BREASTPLOUGH | • breastplough n. A kind of plough, worked by handles near the worker’s breast, and in some types by pushing with the… • BREASTPLOUGH n. a kind of spade for cutting turf, with a crossbar against which the breast is pressed. |
BREECHCLOUTS | • breechclouts n. Plural of breechclout. • BREECHCLOUT n. a loincloth. |
BRUSHSTROKES | • brushstrokes n. Plural of brushstroke. • BRUSHSTROKE n. a stroke with a brush. |
BUMBERSHOOTS | • bumbershoots n. Plural of bumbershoot. • BUMBERSHOOT n. (US slang) umbrella. |
BUTTERSCOTCH | • butterscotch n. A hard candy made from butter, brown sugar, syrup and vanilla. • butterscotch n. A sauce or syrup made of similar ingredients. • butterscotch n. A light brown colour, like that of butterscotch candy. |
BUTTONHOLERS | • buttonholers n. Plural of buttonholer. • BUTTONHOLER n. a person or sewing-machine attachment that makes buttonholes. |
HOUSEBOATERS | • houseboaters n. Plural of houseboater. • HOUSEBOATER n. one who lives on a houseboat. |
OVERBURTHENS | • overburthens n. Plural of overburthen. • OVERBURTHEN v. (archaic) to overburden, also OVERBURDEN. |
SUBARRHATION | • subarrhation n. (Historical) The ancient custom of betrothal by gift of pledges. • SUBARRHATION n. an ancient form of betrothal in which pledges of money, rings, etc. were given by the man to the woman, also SUBARRATION. |
SUBTHRESHOLD | • subthreshold adj. Describing a stimulus that is not strong enough to elicit a response. • subthreshold adj. Below a threshold. • subthreshold adj. (Medicine) subsyndromal. |
THARBOROUGHS | • THARBOROUGH n. (Shakespeare) a mispronunciation of thirdborough, also FARBOROUGH. |
THOROUGHBASS | • thoroughbass n. (Music) Synonym of figured bass. • THOROUGHBASS n. esp. in baroque music, a bass part underlying a piece. |
THUNDERBOLTS | • thunderbolts n. Plural of thunderbolt. • THUNDERBOLT n. a flash of lightning conceived as a bolt hurled from the heavens. |
THUNDERBOXES | • thunderboxes n. Plural of thunderbox. • thunder-boxes n. Plural of thunder-box (alternative form of thunderboxes). • thunder␣boxes n. Plural of thunder box (alternative form of thunderboxes). |
TOOTHBRUSHED | • toothbrushed v. Simple past tense and past participle of toothbrush. |
TOOTHBRUSHES | • toothbrushes n. Plural of toothbrush. • TOOTHBRUSH n. a brush for cleaning the teeth. |
TROUBLESHOOT | • troubleshoot v. (Transitive, intransitive) To analyze or diagnose (a problem, or something faulty) to the point of determining… • TROUBLESHOOT v. to solve problems. |
TURNBROACHES | • turnbroaches n. Plural of turnbroach. • TURNBROACH n. a turnspit. |