The social and artistic ideas associated with beatniks
beaverskin
beaverskin
noun
The pelt of a beaver.
bechalking
bechalking
verb
present participle of bechalk
becloaking
becloaking
verb
present participle of becloak
bedarkened
bedarkened
adj
Dim, dark, or obscure
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bedarken
bedticking
beekeeping
beekeeping
noun
The practice or profession of keeping and caring for bees.
beermaking
beermaking
noun
The making of beer.
beflecking
beflecking
verb
present participle of befleck
beknighted
beknighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beknight
beknotting
bellmaking
bellmaking
noun
The manufacture of bells.
beltmaking
beltmaking
noun
The manufacture of belts.
benchmarks
benchmarks
noun
plural of benchmark
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of benchmark
benediktov
berkeleian
berkeleian
Adjective
Of or relating to or his system of idealism.
bespeaking
bespeaking
verb
present participle of bespeak
besprinkle
besprinkle
verb
(archaic, transitive) To sprinkle.
besticking
besticking
verb
present participle of bestick
bethanking
bethanking
verb
present participle of bethank
bethinking
bethinking
noun
The act of thinking, thinking about, considering, reflecting, or remembering.
verb
present participle of bethink
betokening
betokening
verb
present participle of betoken
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.
blackeners
blackeners
noun
plural of blackener
blackening
blackening
noun
(countable) The result or an instance of such an act or process; a black stain or mark.
(uncountable) The act or process of turning (becoming) black in colour.
Any of various (dark-colored) surface treatments for metal substrates, to inhibit corrosion; on steel, generally, synonym of bluing.
The act of defaming or sullying.
verb
present participle of blacken
blacksnake
blacksnake
noun
(US) A long, tapering whip.
(chiefly vulgar, slang) A penis, especially a black penis.
Alternative form of black snake: any of several relatively harmless North American snakes.
verb
To whip with a long, tapering whip.
blackstone
blanketeer
blanketers
blanketing
blanketing
noun
(countable) A layer of something that covers like a blanket.
(nautical, slang) A manoeuvre in which one vessel covers or becalms another with its sails.
(rail transport) Provision of a layer under the trackbed to prevent clay subsoil and water being forced to the surface by the weight of trains.
(uncountable, countable) Cloth for making blankets.
(uncountable, countable) The act or punishment of tossing in a blanket.
verb
present participle of blanket
blinkering
blinkering
verb
present participle of blinker
blockiness
blockiness
noun
The state or condition of being blocky.
bodkinwise
boneshaker
boneshaker
noun
A velocipede (the bicycle of the late 1860s).
Something jolty.
bonnetlike
bonnetlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bonnet (traditional hat).
bontebucks
bontebucks
noun
plural of bontebuck
bookbinder
bookbinder
noun
A person whose profession is binding pages together to form books.
bookmonger
bookmonger
noun
(archaic) A bookseller.
boondocker
boondocker
noun
A kind of combat boot worn in the US Marine Corps.
bottleneck
bottleneck
noun
(by extension) The part of a process that is too slow or cumbersome.
(figurative) In traffic, any narrowing of the road, especially resulting in a delay.
The narrow portion that forms the pouring spout of a bottle; the neck of a bottle.
verb
(intransitive) To form a bottleneck.
(transitive) To slow by causing a bottleneck.
bounceback
bounceback
noun
(Internet) An automated response to an email, indicating that it could not be delivered.
(marketing) A customized order form sent out with previously ordered goods, encouraging the customer to make a further order, perhaps motivated by a discount or free gift.
A rebound.
An economic recovery.
bracketing
bracketing
noun
(architecture) A series or group of brackets; brackets, collectively.
The act of enclosing (text, etc.) in brackets.
verb
present participle of bracket
branchlike
branchlike
adj
resembling a branch of a tree
breakbones
breakbones
noun
Alternative form of break-bones
plural of breakbone
breakdowns
breakdowns
noun
plural of breakdown
breakerman
breakermen
breakfront
breakfront
noun
(chiefly attributive) Any piece of furniture (especially a bookcase or cabinet) that has a central section that projects farther forward than the other sections.
breakpoint
breakpoint
noun
(meteorology) A location referred to when issuing watches, warnings, or advisories for specific areas.
(physics) The point where surface water waves are breaking in, e.g., oceans or lakes.
(programming) A point in a program at which operation may be interrupted during debugging so that the state of the program at that point can be investigated.
(web development) A particular size at which a web page is designed to switch to a different layout.
verb
(programming, transitive) To flag with a breakpoint.
breakstone
breakstone
noun
Burnet saxifrage (Pimpinella saxifraga)
Parsley piert (Aphanes arvensis)
Pearlwort (Sagina spp.)
Saxifrage (Saxifraga spp.)
brickliner
briskening
briskening
verb
present participle of brisken
brokenness
brokenness
noun
The characteristic of being broken.
bronzelike
bronzelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of bronze.
brookeland
brookhaven
brookhaven
Proper noun
Any of several towns and cities in the United States and Canada:
a city in Mississippi, USA, and the county seat of Named after Brookhaven, New York.
bucklering
bucklering
verb
present participle of buckler
budennovsk
bullnecked
bullnecked
adj
Having a thick, muscular neck
bunkhouses
bunkhouses
noun
plural of bunkhouse
buttonlike
buttonlike
adj
Resembling a button.
byeworkman
canebrakes
canebrakes
noun
plural of canebrake
cankerbird
chainbreak
cheekbones
cheekbones
noun
plural of cheekbone
cherubikon
cornerback
cornerback
noun
(American football, Gaelic football, hurling) Any of the defensive players who are in position on each side farthest laterally from the ball and whose principal responsibility is to defend against passes.
debarkment
deblocking
deblocking
verb
present participle of deblock
debunkment
debunkment
noun
Synonym of debunking
donkeyback
donkeyback
noun
(with on, upon, etc.) The back of a donkey.
drinkables
drinkables
noun
plural of drinkable
embankment
embankment
noun
a long mound of earth, stone, or similar material, usually built for purposes such as to hold back or store water, for protection from weather or enemies, or to support a road or railway.
embarkment
embarkment
noun
embarkation; the act of setting out
fernambuck
goldenback
goldenback
noun
(regional) The natterjack.
Any of a group of large woodpeckers that are resident breeders in tropical southern Asia.
greenbacks
greenbacks
noun
plural of greenback
gulbenkian
handbanker
hollenbeck
honeybrook
hucklebone
hucklebone
noun
Alternative form of huckle bone
imbarkment
inbreaking
inbreaking
noun
The act of breaking in; incursion; invasion; inroad.
inkberries
inkberries
noun
plural of inkberry
interblock
interblock
adj
Between blocks.
noun
A space or interval between two adjacent blocks or cells on a grid.
kapfenberg
keenesburg
kenophobia
kenophobia
noun
An abnormal fear of empty spaces.
kibblerman
klangfarbe
knackebrod
knapbottle
knapbottle
noun
Bladder campion.
knifeboard
knifeboard
noun
(historical, by extension) An early bus with narrow, restrictive seating; a knifeboard bus.
(historical, chiefly attributive) A way of arranging benches back to back, resembling a knifeboard; common on the open upper deck of early double-deck omnibuses and trams.
A board on which knives are cleaned or polished.
knobbiness
knobbiness
noun
The state or condition of being knobby.
knobbliest
knobbliest
adj
superlative form of knobbly: most knobbly
knobkerrie
knobkerrie
noun
Alternative form of knobkerry
knobnoster
konigsberg
kummerbund
kummerbund
noun
Dated form of cummerbund.
lieberkuhn
liebknecht
limberneck
limberneck
noun
A flaccid paralysis of the neck of poultry afflicted with botulism.
linebacker
linebacker
noun
(American football) The defensive players who are in position behind the defensive linemen and in front of the safeties and cornerbacks and whose principal responsibilities are to tackle runners and to defend against shorter passes.
lockbourne
lubiniezky
mackaybean
mossbanker
mossbanker
noun
A fish; a menhaden.
mossbunker
mossbunker
noun
Alternative form of mossbanker
mountebank
mountebank
noun
(obsolete) An acrobat.
Any boastful, false pretender.
One who sells by deception; a con artist.
One who sells dubious medicines.
verb
(intransitive) To act as a mountebank.
(transitive) To cheat by boasting and false pretenses.
nebraskans
needlebook
needlebook
noun
A book-shaped needlecase, having leaves of cloth into which the needles are stuck.
nutbreaker
nutbreaker
noun
The nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocatactes).
obelisking
outblacken
overbaking
overbaking
verb
present participle of overbake
overbanked
overbanked
adj
Furnished with too many banks (financial institutions).
pawnbroker
pawnbroker
noun
A person who makes monetary loans at interest, taking personal property as security – which may be sold if not redeemed.
pennebaker
pikeblenny
purbeckian
rackabones
rackabones
noun
(informal, derogatory) A very lean person or animal, especially a lean horse.