(now rare) The common wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), an intensely bitter herb used in the production of absinthe and vermouth, and as a tonic.
The dried leaves and flowering tops of the wormwood plant.
absinthe oil
ambushment
ambushment
noun
(obsolete) An ambush
anabathrum
ashburnham
autobahnen
beshouting
beshouting
verb
present participle of beshout
bethumping
bethumping
verb
present participle of bethump
bismuthine
bismuthine
noun
(chemistry) any hydrocarbyl derivative of bismuthane
blanchinus
bloodhound
bloodhound
noun
(archaic) A bloodthirsty person.
(figurative) A detective or other person skilled at finding people or clues.
A large scenthound famed for its ability to follow a scent many days old, over vast distances. This dog is often used as a police dog to track missing people, fleeing suspects, or escaped prisoners.
bluishness
bluishness
noun
The quality of being bluish.
blumenthal
blushiness
blushiness
noun
The quality of being blushy.
blushingly
blushingly
adv
In an blushing manner; in a manner that evokes a blush.
boethusian
boozehound
boozehound
noun
(informal) alcoholic, drunkard
bouchaleen
bounderish
bounderish
adj
Pertaining to or having the characteristics of a bounder; loutish; boorish.
bountihead
bountihead
noun
Bounteousness.
boxhauling
boxhauling
verb
present participle of boxhaul
brachyuran
brachyuran
adj
Of or pertaining to crabs.
noun
(zoology) A crab.
branchipus
branchiura
brinehouse
bringhurst
brunanburh
brunnhilde
brunnichia
brushiness
brushiness
noun
The state or condition of being brushy.
buchbinder
buchenwald
buchmanism
buchmanite
buchnerite
buckhannon
buckhannon
Proper noun
a city in West Virginia, USA
buckhounds
buckhounds
noun
plural of buckhound
buckingham
buckingham
Proper noun
A place name:
A town in Buckinghamshire, England.
A former city in Quebec, Canada, merged into Gatineau in 2002.
An unincorporated community in Colorado, USA, named after a railroad official.
A census-designated place in Florida, USA.
A village in Illinois, USA.
An unincorporated community in Iowa, USA, named after Buckingham County, VA.
A former city in Texas, USA, now part of Richardson, Texas.
A census-designated place and county seat of Buckingham County in Virginia, USA.
A dukedom in the English peerage.
An English habitational surname derived from the place name.
bufflehorn
buffoonish
buffoonish
adj
Characteristic of a buffoon.
bumpkinish
bumpkinish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bumpkin.
bunchberry
bunchberry
noun
Cornus canadensis - Canadian bunchberry or eastern bunchberry.
Cornus suecica - Eurasian bunchberry or northern bunchberry.
The fruit of either of these plants.
bunchiness
bunchiness
noun
The quality or condition of being bunchy.
bundesrath
bunkhouses
bunkhouses
noun
plural of bunkhouse
bunnymouth
burhinidae
burlingham
burnishers
burnishers
noun
plural of burnisher
burnishing
burnishing
noun
A polishing.
verb
present participle of burnish
burthening
burthening
verb
present participle of burthen
burthenman
bushelling
bushelling
noun
Alternative form of busheling
bushmaking
bushranger
bushranger
noun
(Australia, historical) A convict or outlaw who escapes to the bush to avoid capture; a roving bandit who lives in the bush.
(Australia, obsolete) A person skilled in bushcraft.
butchering
butchering
noun
The act by which someone or something is butchered; a slaughter or killing.
verb
present participle of butcher
buttonbush
buttonbush
noun
(US) Cephalanthus occidentalis, the common buttonbush
Any of the genus Cephalanthus of flowering plants in the madder family.
Any of the genus Conocarpus of two species of tropical flowering plants; a mangrove.
buttonhold
buttonhole
buttonhole
noun
(attributive) So shaped that it can be worn on a buttonhole or it is similar to a buttonhole.
(chiefly Britain) A flower worn in a buttonhole for decoration.
(lightly vulgar) anus, batty hole.
(obsolete) vagina, coin slot.
(surgery) A small slot-like cut or incision, made for example by an accident with the scalpel.
A hole through which a button is pushed to secure a garment or some part of one.
The mouth and/or nose and/or eyes if appearing tiny.
verb
(intransitive, archaic, rare) To attain buttonhole-like formations on cutting.
(transitive) To sew by buttonhole stitch.
(transitive, colloquial) To detain (a person) in conversation against their will.
(transitive, intransitive) To cut one or more buttonholes (in).
(transitive, rare) To apply a flowery formation in.
(transitive, surgery, chiefly archaic) To make a small slot-like incision in (intentionally or unintentionally).
buttonhook
buttonhook
noun
(American football) A play in which the receiver runs straight downfield, then turns back toward the line of scrimmage.
(sewing) A hook used to pull thread through the holes of a button.
A hook for pulling the buttons of gloves and shoes through the buttonholes.
verb
(American football) To perform the buttonhook play.
chadbourne
chebulinic
chebulinic
adj
(organic chemistry) Relating to chebulinic acid or its derivatives
cherubicon
cherubikon
chosunilbo
chubbiness
chubbiness
noun
the state or quality of being chubby
clothbound
clothbound
adj
(publishing) Bound with cloth, as opposed to other bindings such as paper or leather.
cottonbush
crunchable
crunchable
adj
That can be crunched.
debauching
debauching
verb
present participle of debauch
debouching
debouching
verb
present participle of debouche
disburthen
disburthen
verb
(obsolete) disburden
doublehung
earthbound
earthbound
adj
(figuratively) Unimaginative or mundane.
(science fiction) Heading towards Earth.
Confined to the Earth; unable to leave Earth, either physically or spiritually.
euphorbine
euphorbine
noun
Alternative form of euphorbin
frenchburg
furbishing
furbishing
noun
The act by which something is furbished.
verb
present participle of furbish
glenbeulah
gothenburg
gothenburg
Proper noun
It is the second-largest city in Sweden.
grannybush
harbouring
harbouring
verb
present participle of harbour
haubergeon
haubergeon
noun
Alternative form of habergeon
heartburns
heartburns
noun
plural of heartburn
hebegynous
hemalbumen
hennebique
hindenburg
hindenburg
Proper noun
The German commercial passenger-carrying rigid airship that was destroyed by fire on May 6, 1937.
hobhouchin
hobhouchin
noun
(Britain, obsolete) An owl
hogansburg
honeybunch
honeybunch
noun
(informal) A honey, a darling (term of endearment).
honourable
honourable
adj
Britain standard spelling of honorable.
honourably
honourably
adv
In an honourable manner.
hopperburn
hopperburn
noun
damage to plants as a result of infestation by planthoppers
houndsbane
housebound
housebound
adj
Restricted to one's home, as by physical infirmity.
hucklebone
hucklebone
noun
Alternative form of huckle bone
humbleness
humbleness
noun
Modesty, humility; the property of being humble.
humblingly
humblingly
adv
In a humbling way.
humbugging
humbugging
noun
An act of one who humbugs (in all senses, for example, swindling, fighting, etc.).
verb
present participle of humbug.
hunchbacks
hunchbacks
noun
plural of hunchback
husbandage
husbandage
noun
(nautical) The commission or compensation allowed to a ship's manager, or "husband".
husbanding
husbanding
verb
present participle of husband
husbandman
husbandman
noun
a person who raises crops and tends animals; a farmer
husbandmen
husbandmen
noun
plural of husbandman
kurbashing
kurbashing
verb
present participle of kurbash
launchable
launchable
adj
Capable of being launched
lieberkuhn
minniebush
minniebush
noun
The shrub Rhododendron pilosum.
muhlenberg
needlebush
needlebush
noun
The plant Hakea sericea.
neighbours
neighbours
noun
plural of neighbour
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of neighbour
nightclubs
nightclubs
noun
plural of nightclub
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of nightclub
northbound
northbound
adj
Heading or moving in a northerly direction.
adv
Towards the north.
northumber
nudibranch
nudibranch
noun
A sea slug belonging to the order Nudibranchia.
nudophobia
numbfishes
numbfishes
noun
plural of numbfish
oberhausen
paintbrush
paintbrush
noun
A thin brush for applying paint.
poisonbush
publishing
publishing
noun
Something published; a publication.
The industry of publishing, including the production and distribution of books, magazines, web sites, newspapers, etc.
verb
present participle of publish
punchboard
punchboard
noun
A board, having a number of holes filled with slips of paper, once used as a form of lottery
punishable
punishable
adj
Subject to punishment; appropriate for punishment.
punishably
punishably
adv
In a punishable manner; in a manner that merits punishment.
pushbutton
pushbutton
adj
Alternative spelling of push-button
quenchable
quenchable
adj
Able to be quenched.
rhinobatus
rhumbatron
rubbishing
rubbishing
adj
(dated) trashy; paltry
verb
present participle of rubbish
schoenburg
shellbound
snowbushes
snowbushes
noun
plural of snowbush
snubbishly
snubbishly
adv
In a snubbish manner.
southbound
southbound
adj
Which is (or will be) travelling south.
adv
Toward the south.
subchancel
subchannel
subchannel
noun
(computing) A distinct part of an I/O channel associated with a specific device.
(radio) A distinct division of a channel or frequency band.
subchanter
subchanter
noun
An underchanter; a precentor's deputy in a cathedral; a succentor.
subchronic
subchronic
adj
That repeats over a relatively short period.
subheading
subheading
noun
a heading or caption subordinate to a main headline, heading, or title especially when inserted as a divider between sections (as of a newspaper or periodical article or story or text of a book)
any of the headings under which each of the main divisions of a subject may be subdivided
subhumanly
subhumanly
adv
In a subhuman way, or to a subhuman extent.
subhyaline
subhyaline
adj
Partly or imperfectly hyaline.
submachine
submachine
adj
Of or pertaining to a submachine gun
noun
(computer science) A part of a real or virtual machine which acts as a machine in its own right.
A machine forming part of a larger machine.
subphrenic
subphrenic
adj
(anatomy) Below the diaphragm
subtrahend
subtrahend
noun
(arithmetic) A number or quantity to be subtracted from another.
sunbathers
sunbathers
noun
plural of sunbather
sunbathing
sunbathing
noun
The act of lying outdoors exposed to the sun, usually wearing little or no clothing, especially in order to get a tan.
verb
present participle of sunbathe
thenabouts
thenabouts
adv
(obsolete) about then
thingumbob
thumbelina
thumbikins
thumbikins
noun
An instrument of torture for compressing the thumb; a thumbkin or thumbscrew.
plural of thumbikin
thumbnails
thumbnails
noun
plural of thumbnail
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of thumbnail
thumbprint
thumbprint
noun
A print, mark or impression made by a thumb.
thunbergia
thunbergia
noun
(botany) Any member of the genus Thunbergia of flowering plants.
thunderbox
thunderbox
noun
(by extension, chiefly Australia, Britain, slang) Any lavatory or toilet, especially a rudimentary outdoor latrine or toilet, or an outhouse.
(military, obsolete) A blunderbuss; also, a cannon.
(slang) A chamber pot enclosed in a box; a portable commode.
(theater) A box of metal balls which is shaken to create a thunder sound effect.
tibouchina
tibouchina
noun
Any of various species of myrtalean trees of the genus Tibouchina, native to tropical America, many of which are used as garden ornamentals.