| disbandment | (noun) the act of disbanding | - |
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| disturbance | (noun) the act of disturbing something or someone; setting something in motion | - |
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| (noun) a noisy fight | Synonyms: affray, fray, ruffle |
| (noun) activity that is a malfunction, intrusion, or interruption | Synonyms: perturbation |
| (noun) electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication | Synonyms: interference, noise |
| (noun) a disorderly outburst or tumult | Synonyms: commotion, disruption, flutter, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, hurly burly, kerfuffle, to-do |
| (noun) (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness | Synonyms: folie, mental disorder, mental disturbance, psychological disorder |
| (noun) an unhappy and worried mental state | Synonyms: perturbation, upset |
| dogbane | (noun) any of several poisonous perennial plants of the genus Apocynum having acrid milky juice and bell-shaped white or pink flowers and a very bitter root | - |
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| embank | (verb) enclose with banks, as for support or protection | - |
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| embankment | (noun) a long artificial mound of stone or earth; built to hold back water or to support a road or as protection | - |
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| endband | (noun) a part of a book, most often found with hardcover bindings, that consists of a small cord or strip of material affixed near the spine to provide structural reinforcement and sometimes decorative effect. | - |
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| fleabane | (noun) hairy perennial Eurasian herb with yellow daisylike flowers reputed to destroy or drive away fleas | Synonyms: feabane mullet, Pulicaria dysenterica |
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| (noun) any of several North American plants of the genus Erigeron having daisylike flowers; formerly believed to repel fleas | - |
| (noun) common North American weed with linear leaves and small discoid heads of yellowish flowers; widely naturalized throughout temperate regions; sometimes placed in genus Erigeron | Synonyms: Canadian fleabane, Conyza canadensis, Erigeron canadensis, horseweed |
| fogbank | (noun) a large mass of fog on the sea (as seen from a distance) | - |
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| galbanum | (noun) a bitter aromatic gum resin that resembles asafetida | Synonyms: gum albanum |
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| garbanzo | (noun) large white roundish Asiatic legume; usually dried | Synonyms: chickpea |
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| (noun) the seed of the chickpea plant | Synonyms: chickpea |
| guanabana | (noun) large spiny tropical fruit with tart pulp related to custard apples | Synonyms: soursop |
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| habanera | (noun) a Cuban dance in duple time | - |
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| (noun) music composed in duple time for dancing the habanera | - |
| hatband | (noun) a band around the crown of a hat just above the brim | - |
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| headband | (noun) a band worn around or over the head | - |
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| henbane | (noun) poisonous fetid Old World herb having sticky hairy leaves and yellow-brown flowers; yields hyoscyamine and scopolamine | Synonyms: black henbane, Hyoscyamus niger, stinking nightshade |
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| househusband | (noun) a husband who keeps house while his wife earns the family income | Synonyms: house husband |
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| husband | (noun) a married man; a woman's partner in marriage | Synonyms: hubby, married man |
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| (verb) use cautiously and frugally | Synonyms: conserve, economise, economize |
| husbandly | (adjective) befitting or characteristic of a husband | - |
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| (adjective) related to or suited to a husband | - |
| husbandman | (noun) a person who operates a farm | Synonyms: farmer, granger, sodbuster |
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| husbandry | (noun) the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock | Synonyms: agriculture, farming |
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| leopardbane | (noun) any of several herbs of the genus Doronicum having alternate often clasping stem leaves cultivated for their long stalks of yellow flower heads | Synonyms: leopard's-bane |
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| mountebank | (noun) a flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes | Synonyms: charlatan |
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| neckband | (noun) a band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over | Synonyms: collar |
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| (noun) necklace that fits tightly around a woman's neck | Synonyms: choker, collar, dog collar |
| (noun) a band around the collar of a garment | - |
| noseband | (noun) a strap that is the part of a bridle that goes over the animal's nose | Synonyms: nosepiece |
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| olibanum | (noun) an aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees; formerly valued for worship and for embalming and fumigation | Synonyms: frankincense, gum olibanum, thus |
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| ratsbane | (noun) a white powdered poisonous trioxide of arsenic; used in manufacturing glass and as a pesticide (rat poison) and weed killer | Synonyms: arsenic, arsenic trioxide, arsenous anhydride, arsenous oxide, white arsenic |
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| riband | (noun) a ribbon used as a decoration | Synonyms: ribband |
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| ribband | (noun) a ribbon used as a decoration | Synonyms: riband |
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| riverbank | (noun) the bank of a river | Synonyms: riverside |
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| sandbank | (noun) a submerged bank of sand near a shore or in a river; can be exposed at low tide | - |
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| saraband | (noun) a stately court dance of the 17th and 18th centuries; in slow time | - |
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| (noun) music composed for dancing the saraband | - |
| sesbania | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Sesbania having pinnate leaves and large showy pea-like flowers | - |
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| shebang | (noun) an entire system; used in the phrase `the whole shebang' | - |
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| snowbank | (noun) a mound or heap of snow | Synonyms: snow bank |
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| sowbane | (noun) herb considered fatal to swine | Synonyms: Chenopodium hybridum, red goosefoot |
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| suburban | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of or situated in suburbs | - |
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| suburbanise | (verb) make suburban in character | Synonyms: suburbanize |
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| (verb) take on suburban character | Synonyms: suburbanize |
| suburbanised | (adjective) surrounded by many suburbs | Synonyms: suburbanized |
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| suburbanite | (noun) a resident of a suburb | - |
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| suburbanize | (verb) make suburban in character | Synonyms: suburbanise |
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| (verb) take on suburban character | Synonyms: suburbanise |
| suburbanized | (adjective) surrounded by many suburbs | Synonyms: suburbanised |
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| sweatband | (noun) a band of fabric or leather sewn inside the crown of a hat | - |
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| (noun) a band of material tied around the forehead or wrist to absorb sweat | - |
| tailband | (noun) an endband along the bottom edge of the book (as a book is standing upright). | - |
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| trainband | (noun) a company of militia in England or America from the 16th century to the 18th century | - |
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| trainbandsman | (noun) a member of a trainband | - |
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| turban | (noun) a traditional Muslim headdress consisting of a long scarf wrapped around the head | - |
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| (noun) a small round woman's hat | Synonyms: pillbox, toque |
| turbaned | (adjective) wearing a turban | - |
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| unbanded | (adjective) not identified with a band | - |
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| urban | (adjective) located in or characteristic of a city or city life | - |
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| (adjective) relating to or concerned with a city or densely populated area | - |
| urbane | (adjective) showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience | Synonyms: polished, refined |
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| urbanely | (adverb) in an urbane manner | - |
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| urbanisation | (noun) the social process whereby cities grow and societies become more urban | Synonyms: urbanization |
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| (noun) the condition of being urbanized | Synonyms: urbanization |
| urbanise | (verb) make more industrial or city-like | Synonyms: urbanize |
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| (verb) impart urban habits, ways of life, or responsibilities upon | Synonyms: urbanize |
| urbanised | (adjective) made urban in nature; taking on urban characteristics | Synonyms: urbanized |
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| urbanity | (noun) polished courtesy; elegance of manner | - |
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| (noun) the quality or character of life in a city or town | - |
| urbanization | (noun) the social process whereby cities grow and societies become more urban | Synonyms: urbanisation |
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| (noun) the condition of being urbanized | Synonyms: urbanisation |
| urbanize | (verb) make more industrial or city-like | Synonyms: urbanise |
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| (verb) impart urban habits, ways of life, or responsibilities upon | Synonyms: urbanise |
| urbanized | (adjective) made urban in nature; taking on urban characteristics | Synonyms: urbanised |
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| waistband | (noun) a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers | Synonyms: cincture, girdle, sash, waistcloth |
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| watchband | (noun) a band of cloth or leather or metal links attached to a wristwatch and wrapped around the wrist | Synonyms: bracelet, watch bracelet, watchstrap, wristband |
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| waveband | (noun) a band of adjacent radio frequencies (e.g., assigned for transmitting radio or television signals) | Synonyms: frequency band |
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| whizbang | (noun) a firecracker that (like the whizbang shell) makes a whizzing sound followed by a loud explosion | Synonyms: whizzbang |
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| (noun) a small high-velocity shell; it makes a whizzing sound followed by a bang when it hits | Synonyms: whizbang shell, whizzbang |
| whizzbang | (noun) a firecracker that (like the whizbang shell) makes a whizzing sound followed by a loud explosion | Synonyms: whizbang |
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| (noun) a small high-velocity shell; it makes a whizzing sound followed by a bang when it hits | Synonyms: whizbang, whizbang shell |
| wideband | (adjective) responding to or operating at a wide band of frequencies | Synonyms: broadband |
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| wolfbane | (noun) poisonous Eurasian perennial herb with broad rounded leaves and yellow flowers and fibrous rootstock | Synonyms: Aconitum lycoctonum, wolf's bane, wolfsbane |
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| wolfsbane | (noun) poisonous Eurasian perennial herb with broad rounded leaves and yellow flowers and fibrous rootstock | Synonyms: Aconitum lycoctonum, wolf's bane, wolfbane |
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| wristband | (noun) band consisting of a part of a sleeve that covers the wrist | - |
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| (noun) a band of cloth or leather or metal links attached to a wristwatch and wrapped around the wrist | Synonyms: bracelet, watch bracelet, watchband, watchstrap |