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. |
BATTLEDORES | • battledores n. Plural of battledore. • BATTLEDORE n. a light bat for striking a shuttlecock, also BATTLEDOOR. |
BESOTTEDLY | • besottedly adv. In a besotted manner. • BESOTTED adv. BESOT, to infatuate. |
BIODESTRUCTIBLE | • biodestructible adj. Capable of being destroyed by natural biological processes. • BIODESTRUCTIBLE adj. biodegradable. |
BLOODLETTER | • bloodletter n. One who performs bloodletting (the removal of blood in the hope of curing illness). • BLOODLETTER n. one who lets blood. |
BLOODLETTERS | • bloodletters n. Plural of bloodletter. • BLOODLETTER n. one who lets blood. |
BOTTLENECKED | • bottlenecked v. Simple past tense and past participle of bottleneck. • BOTTLENECK v. to slow down or impede by creating an obstruction. |
DETONABILITIES | • detonabilities n. Plural of detonability. • DETONABILITY n. the state of being detonable. |
DETONATABLE | • detonatable adj. (Of an explosive, or ordnance) That can be detonated or is liable to detonate; detonable. • DETONATABLE adj. able to be detonated, also DETONABLE. |
GLOBETROTTED | • globetrotted v. Simple past tense and past participle of globetrot. • GLOBETROT v. to travel the world. |
LETTERBOXED | • letterboxed v. Simple past tense and past participle of letterbox. • LETTERBOXED adj. having a letterbox. |
OBLITERATED | • obliterated v. Simple past tense and past participle of obliterate. • obliterated adj. Destroyed, broken beyond repair. • obliterated adj. (Slang) Very drunk, intoxicated, wasted. |
OUTBLEATED | • outbleated v. Simple past tense and past participle of outbleat. • OUTBLEAT v. to surpass in bleating. |
OUTBLUSTERED | • outblustered v. Simple past tense and past participle of outbluster. • OUTBLUSTER v. to surpass in bluster. |
REBOTTLED | • rebottled v. Simple past tense and past participle of rebottle. • REBOTTLE v. to bottle again. |
TABLETOPPED | • tabletopped adj. (Of natural terrain) Having a flat top. • TABLETOPPED adj. having a tabletop. |