Insincere, sarcastic, ironic, or self-contradictory.
Involving a backward flip of the hand.
Retrospective, occurring after the fact rather than in advance.
Self-serving, corrupt, slipshod, or neglectful.
With the back of the hand.
adv
In a backhanded manner.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backhand
backhander
backhander
noun
(informal) A bribe, a secret payment.
(racquet sports) A player who plays a backhand shot.
(racquet sports) A shot played backhand, a backhand stroke.
(surfing) A surfer who approaches a swell with the wave behind them ("on their backhand") rather than facing the wave ("on their forehand").
A blow with the back of the hand.
A glass of wine given out of turn, the bottle having been handed backwards.
badakhshan
badakhshan
Proper noun
A region comprising parts of what is now northeastern Afghanistan and southeastern Tajikistan.
A province of Afghanistan, Badakhshan Province.
Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province, or Kūhistoni Badakhshon, a province of Tajikistan.
baldachini
baldachino
baldachins
baldachins
noun
plural of baldachin
bandwidths
bandwidths
noun
plural of bandwidth
bangladesh
barehanded
barehanded
adj
(by extension) With no tool or weapon.
Having no covering on the hands.
adv
(by extension) Without using a tool or weapon.
With no covering on the hands.
bedighting
bedighting
verb
present participle of bedight
bednighted
bedrenched
bedrenched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bedrench
bedrenches
bedrenches
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedrench
beforehand
beforehand
adj
(archaic, often followed by with) In a state of anticipation or preoccupation.
(obsolete) In comfortable circumstances as regards property; forehanded.
adv
At an earlier or preceding time.
behindhand
behindhand
adj
(archaic) Behind (someone or something moving, a trend, etc.), lagging behind, not keeping up.
(archaic) Behind in paying a debt; in arrears.
(archaic) Not having enough of, lacking (in something).
(archaic, of a person) Late, tardy, overdue, behind (in accomplishing a task, etc.).
(archaic, of a task or the object of a task) Not at the expected point of completion.
(dated) Inferior, less advanced (compared with someone in something).
adv
(archaic) Belatedly, tardily.
(archaic) In debt, or in arrears.
beknighted
beknighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beknight
benchboard
benzhydrol
benzhydrol
noun
diphenylmethanol
birdinhand
birkenhead
birkenhead
Proper noun
An English topographic surname
Either of F. E. Smith, Frederick Smith or Frederick Smith the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Earls of Birkenhead
the town itself.
bisphenoid
blandished
blandished
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blandish
blandisher
blandisher
noun
Flatterer.
blandishes
blandishes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blandish
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.
bondholder
bondholder
noun
(finance) The registered owner of a financial bond.
boneheaded
boneheaded
adj
(slang) Resembling or characteristic of a bonehead.
bonnethead
bonnethead
noun
A form of hammerhead shark (Sphyrna tiburo)
boozehound
boozehound
noun
(informal) alcoholic, drunkard
bounderish
bounderish
adj
Pertaining to or having the characteristics of a bounder; loutish; boorish.
bountihead
bountihead
noun
Bounteousness.
bowdoinham
brachydont
brachydont
adj
Having low-crowned, short teeth.
noun
(zoology) Any organism with brachydont teeth.
bradenhead
brainchild
brainchild
noun
A creation, original idea, or innovation, usually used to indicate the originators
verb
(transitive, rare) To think up; to come up with.
branchdale
branchland
brandished
brandished
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brandish
brandisher
brandisher
noun
One who brandishes.
brandishes
brandishes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brandish
brigandish
brigandish
adj
like a brigand or robber
brightened
brightened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brighten
brunnhilde
buchbinder
buchenwald
buckhounds
buckhounds
noun
plural of buckhound
bundesrath
burhinidae
buttonhold
chadbourne
charybdian
clothbound
clothbound
adj
(publishing) Bound with cloth, as opposed to other bindings such as paper or leather.
debauching
debauching
verb
present participle of debauch
deboshment
deboshment
noun
Obsolete form of debauchment.
debouching
debouching
verb
present participle of debouche
dibranchia
disbenched
disbenched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disbench
disburthen
disburthen
verb
(obsolete) disburden
disinhabit
dobzhansky
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.
esbenshade
halberdman
halberdman
noun
A man armed with a halberd.
handballer
handballer
noun
A handball player.
handbanker
handbarrow
handbarrow
noun
A frame, supported by poles, used for carrying things
handleable
handleable
adj
Capable of being handled
handlebars
handlebars
noun
plural of handlebar
handybilly
hardenable
hardenable
adj
Capable of being hardened.
hardenberg
headbander
headbander
noun
A person or machine that fits the headband to the spine of a book.
hellbender
hellbender
noun
A giant salamander (genus Cryptobranchus) of North America that inhabits large, swiftly flowing streams with rocky bottoms.
hibernated
hibernated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hibernate
highbinder
highbinder
noun
(US, dated) A swindler, especially a corrupt politician.
(US, obsolete) A member of one of several Chinese criminal gangs associated with illegal immigration and prostitution.
(US, obsolete) A ruffian, especially one of a gang.
hildebrand
hindenburg
hindenburg
Proper noun
The German commercial passenger-carrying rigid airship that was destroyed by fire on May 6, 1937.
hornblende
hornblende
noun
(mineralogy) A green to black amphibole mineral, of complex structure, formed in the late stages of cooling in igneous rock.
hotbrained
houndsbane
housebound
housebound
adj
Restricted to one's home, as by physical infirmity.
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
inbreathed
inbreathed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of inbreathe
monohybrid
monohybrid
noun
A hybrid between two species that only have a difference of one gene.
needlebush
needlebush
noun
The plant Hakea sericea.
neighbored
neighbored
verb
simple past tense and past participle of neighbor
northbound
northbound
adj
Heading or moving in a northerly direction.
adv
Towards the north.
notchboard
notchboard
noun
(carpentry) The board that receives the ends of the steps in a staircase.
nudibranch
nudibranch
noun
A sea slug belonging to the order Nudibranchia.
nudophobia
podobranch
podobranch
noun
(zoology) One of the branchiae attached to the bases of the legs in crustaceans.
punchboard
punchboard
noun
A board, having a number of holes filled with slips of paper, once used as a form of lottery
rebranched
rebranched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of rebranch
rebrandish
shellbound
shoebinder
southbound
southbound
adj
Which is (or will be) travelling south.
adv
Toward the south.
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
subtrahend
subtrahend
noun
(arithmetic) A number or quantity to be subtracted from another.
throatband
throatband
noun
A throatlatch.
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.
unabhorred
unabhorred
adj
Not abhorred.
unbanished
unbanished
adj
Not banished.
unbedashed
unbeheaded
unbeheaded
adj
Not beheaded.
unbeholden
unbeholden
adj
(obsolete) Unseen.
Not beholden; not obliged or bound by duty or expectations.
unbirthday
unbirthday
noun
A day that is not one's birthday but is celebrated as though it were.
unbishoped
unbishoped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unbishop
unblanched
unblanched
adj
Not blanched
unbleached
unbleached
adj
Not bleached.
unblenched
unblenched
adj
Not blenched.
unblighted
unblighted
adj
Not having been blighted.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unblight
unbothered
unbothered
adj
not bothered, serene
unbranched
unbranched
adj
(organic chemistry) straight-chain
Having no branches
unbreached
unbreached
adj
Not breached; intact.
unbreathed
unbreathed
adj
Not having been breathed.
unbreeched
unbreeched
adj
Not wearing breeches.
unbroached
unbroached
adj
Not broached.
underbough
underbrush
underbrush
noun
The small trees and other plants that clutter the floor of a forest.
verb
(intransitive) To work among the underbrush.
(transitive) To clear (an area) of underbrush.
underhabit
undershrub
undershrub
noun
A low-growing shrub.
underthrob
unharbored
unharbored
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unharbor
unhideable
unhideable
adj
Alternative form of unhidable
unhideably
unshrubbed
unshrubbed
Adjective
Without shrubs.
watchbands
watchbands
noun
plural of watchband
whaleboned
whaleboned
adj
Reinforced with whalebone.
windbroach
witherband
witherband
noun
(obsolete) A piece of iron fixed in a saddle near a horse's withers, to strengthen the bow.