(nautical) Hanging at the cathead, ready to let go, as an anchor.
(nautical) Topped up; having one yardarm higher than the other.
aktiebolag
amoebalike
amoebalike
adj
Having the characteristics of an amoeba.
ankylophobia
ankylophobia
noun
The fear of ankylosis.
antiblock
bachelorlike
bachelorlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bachelor.
backflowing
backflowing
adj
flowing backwards
verb
present participle of backflow
backloading
backloading
noun
(transport) The transportation of cargo or shipment on a return trip, using the space already paid for and used for the outward leg.
verb
present participle of backload
backlogging
backlogging
verb
present participle of backlog
balkanization
balkanization
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Balkanization
balloonlike
balloonlike
adj
Resembling a balloon in form
baloskion
baloskionaceae
bankrolling
bankrolling
verb
present participle of bankroll
basilicock
bathukolpian
bathukolpian
adj
Alternative spelling of bathykolpian
bathukolpic
bathukolpic
adj
(rare) Deep-bosomed.
beckoningly
beckoningly
adv
So as to beckon or call near; enticingly.
becloaking
becloaking
verb
present participle of becloak
bellowslike
bellowslike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bellows (device for delivering pressurized air).
bellowsmaking
bialystok
bialystoker
bibliokelpt
biblioklept
biblioklept
noun
A person who steals books
bibliokleptomania
bibliokleptomania
noun
A mental disorder that produces a compulsion to steal books.
bibliokleptomaniac
bibliokleptomaniac
noun
Someone who suffers from bibliokleptomania.
bibliotheke
bibliotheke
noun
Alternative form of bibliotheque
bickleton
bikol
bikols
bilcock
bilcock
noun
The European water rail.
billbroking
billhook
billhook
noun
(ornithology) Written as bill hook: a sharply pointed spike growing from the tip of the upper mandible of the hatchlings of honeyguides, used to destroy the eggs and kill the chicks of the host species.
(weaponry) A medieval polearm, fitted to a long handle, sometimes with an L-shaped tine or a spike protruding from the side or the end of the blade for tackling the opponent; a bill
An agricultural implement often with a curved or hooked end to the blade used for pruning or cutting thick, woody plants.
Written as bill hook: a spiked hook used in offices and shops for hanging bills or other small papers such as receipts.
Written as bill-hook: a part of the knotting mechanism in a reaper-binder or baler (agricultural machinery).
verb
To use a billhook
billhooks
billhooks
noun
plural of billhook
billycock
billycock
noun
(dated) A felt hat with a rounded crown, similar to a bowler.
bishoplike
bishoplike
adj
Resembling, or pertaining to a bishop.
blackbodies
blackbodies
noun
plural of blackbody
blackington
blacktopping
blacktopping
verb
present participle of blacktop
blastodisk
blastodisk
noun
(biology) A round, flattened region of cells from which the embryo of many vertebrates begins to develop in the fertilized ovum; a germinal disk
blockaderunning
blockading
blockading
verb
present participle of blockade
blockbusting
blockbusting
adj
Having the characteristics of a blockbuster; hugely successful.
noun
(US) A technique used to encourage people to sell their property by giving the impression that a neighborhood is changing for the worse, especially by implying a change in its racial makeup.
blockheadish
blockheadish
adj
stupid
blockheadishness
blockheadism
blockheadism
noun
The character or behaviour of a blockhead; stupidity.
blockier
blockier
adj
comparative form of blocky: more blocky
blockiest
blockiest
adj
superlative form of blocky: most blocky
blockiness
blockiness
noun
The state or condition of being blocky.
blocking
blocking
noun
(computing) A feature that prevents a keyboard from registering multiple simultaneous keypresses that would cause ghosting.
Blocks used to support (a building, etc.) temporarily.
The act by which something is blocked; an obstruction.
The precise movement and positioning of actors in order to facilitate a performance (originally planned using miniature blocks).
verb
present participle of block
blockish
blockish
adj
Lacking understanding; stupid; obtuse; dull.
Like a block in shape or nature; coming across as a block.
Rude; clumsy; rough.
blockishly
blockishness
blockishness
noun
The state or quality of being blockish.
blocklike
blocklike
adj
Having an oblong shape
blockline
blockmaking
blockmaking
noun
The manufacture of blocks for use in printing.
The manufacture of nautical blocks.
blockship
blockship
noun
(nautical) A vessel that is deliberately sunk in order to block a waterway (to prevent it being used by an enemy)
bloodlike
bloodlike
adj
Resembling blood.
bloodsucking
bloodsucking
adj
(by extension, of a person) parasitic, leechlike or freeloading
(of an insect or animal) That draws off the blood of another animal, or a person.
bloodsuckings
bloomkin
bloubiskop
blouselike
blouselike
adj
Resembling a blouse.
bluestocking
bluestocking
noun
(historical) A member of an 18th-century Blue Stockings Society.
(historical) The English parliament of 1653, more commonly called the Barebones Parliament
(usually derogatory) A scholarly, literary, or cultured woman.
bluestockingish
bluestockingish
adj
Like a bluestocking, or scholarly woman.
bluestockingism
bluestockingism
noun
(colloquial) The character or manner of a bluestocking; female pedantry.
bluestockings
bluestockings
noun
plural of bluestocking
boardlike
boardlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a board.
boatlike
boatlike
adj
Resembling a boat
bobolink
bobolink
noun
An American migratory songbird, Dolichonyx oryzivorus, resembling a blackbird with the bill of a finch.
bobolinks
bobolinks
noun
plural of bobolink
boilermaker
boilermaker
noun
(US) A whiskey with a beer chaser.
A person qualified to make or repair boilers.
boilermakers
boilermakers
noun
plural of boilermaker
boilermaking
boilermaking
noun
The manufacture of boilers.
boilerworks
boilinglike
bokeelia
bolelike
bolingbroke
bolshevik
bolshevik
noun
Alternative form of Bolshevik
bolsheviki
bolshevikian
bolshevikism
bolsheviks
bolsheviks
noun
plural of bolshevik
boltlike
boltlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bolt (mechanical fastener).
Resembling or characteristic of a bolt, as of lightning.
boltmaking
boltmaking
noun
The manufacture of bolts.
bombernickel
bonelike
bonelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of bone.
bonnetlike
bonnetlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bonnet (traditional hat).
bookishly
bookishly
adv
In a bookish manner.
booklice
booklice
noun
plural of booklouse
booklift
booklike
booklike
adj
Resembling a book
bookling
bookling
noun
A short-length or compact book, typically under one hundred pages.
booklists
booklists
noun
plural of booklist
bookmobile
bookmobile
noun
A mobile library; especially, a large van designed to transport a portion of some library's collection.
bookmobiles
bookmobiles
noun
plural of bookmobile
booksellerish
booksellerish
adj
(rare) Characteristic of a bookseller.
booksellerism
bookselling
bookselling
noun
The sale of books.
booksellings
bootlick
bootlick
noun
(US) A toady or sycophant.
verb
(intransitive) To engage in fawning, servile behavior.
(transitive) To seek favor from by fawning, servile behavior.
bootlicked
bootlicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bootlick
bootlicker
bootlicker
noun
(by extension, derogatory) Anyone who is seen as supporting authoritarianism.
(derogatory) A person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner; a toady
bootlickers
bootlickers
noun
plural of bootlicker
bootlicking
bootlicking
noun
servile behaviour
verb
present participle of bootlick
bootlicks
bootlicks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bootlick
bothlike
bottlelike
bottlelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bottle.
bottlemaking
bottlemaking
noun
The manufacture of bottles.
bouckville
bowellike
bowerlike
bowkail
bowlike
bowlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bow (bent frame for firing arrows).
bowllike
bowllike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bowl.
boxlike
boxlike
adj
similar to a box
boylike
boylike
adj
Resembling a boy.
boylikeness
bradyteleokinesis
brailowsky
brinklow
brocklin
bronzelike
bronzelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of bronze.
brookeville
brookfield
brooklandville
brooklike
brooklike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a brook.
brooklime
brooklime
noun
American brooklime (Veronica americana)
European brooklime (Veronica beccabunga)
brooklin
brookline
brookline
Proper noun
a town in Massachusetts, USA, which is an exclave of
a former village in Missouri, USA, now part of the city of
a town in New Hampshire, USA.
a neighbourhood in Pennsylvania, USA.
a town in Vermont, USA.
brooklynite
brooklynite
Noun
A native or inhabitant of Brooklyn, New York.
brooksville
brookville
brothellike
brothellike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a brothel.
brotherlike
brotherlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a brother.
bullockite
buttonlike
buttonlike
adj
Resembling a button.
calicoback
clockbird
clockbird
noun
Synonym of laughing kookaburra
cobleskill
cockbill
cockbill
verb
(nautical, transitive) To suspend (the anchor) from the cathead preparatory to letting it go.
(nautical, transitive) To tilt up one end of, so as to make almost vertical.
cockbilled
cockbilled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cockbill
cockbilling
cockbilling
verb
present participle of cockbill
cockbills
cockbills
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cockbill
comblike
comblike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a comb.
constablewick
constablewick
noun
(obsolete) The district to which a constable's power is limited.
corymblike
crookbill
crookbill
noun
A New Zealand plover (Anarhynchus frontalis), remarkable for having the end of the beak abruptly bent to the right.
crookbilled
deblocking
deblocking
verb
present participle of deblock
doublethink
doublethink
noun
The holding of two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously and accepting both of them as true or correct, without realizing the contradiction.