A method of catching birds at night, by holding a torch or other light, and beating the bush or perch where they roost so that the birds fly towards the light.
beachfront
beachfront
adj
Of property (real estate): located on a beach.
noun
The portion of land or property that runs alongside and facing a beach.
beeftongue
befoolment
befoolment
noun
The condition of being befooled.
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.
beforeness
beforeness
noun
The state or quality of being before.
befoulment
befoulment
noun
That which makes or has been made soiled.
The act of befouling; soiling; making dirty.
bellefonte
bellefonte
Proper noun
a ghost town in Alabama, USA, and the former county seat.
a town in Arkansas, USA.
a town in Delaware, USA.
a small city in Kentucky, USA.
a borough in Pennsylvania, USA
benefactor
benefactor
noun
Somebody who gives a gift, often money to a charity.
Someone who performs good or noble deeds.
benzofuran
benzofuran
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of a class of bicyclic heterocycles consisting of a benzene ring fused with one of furan.
benzofuryl
bernstorff
bettendorf
biflecnode
biflecnode
noun
(geometry) A fleflecnode
blindfolds
blindfolds
noun
plural of blindfold
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blindfold
boldfacing
boldfacing
verb
present participle of boldface
bonefishes
bonefishes
noun
plural of bonefish
boneflower
bonhoeffer
boonfellow
boyfriends
boyfriends
noun
plural of boyfriend
brantsford
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.
brownfield
brownfield
adj
(software engineering) Being a development that has to integrate with legacy systems.
noun
(often attributive) A site, to be used for housing or commerce, that has been previously used for industry and may be contaminated or need extensive clearing
buffaloing
buffaloing
verb
present participle of buffalo
bufflehorn
buffoonery
buffoonery
noun
The behaviour expected of a buffoon; foolishness, silliness.
buffoonish
buffoonish
adj
Characteristic of a buffoon.
buffoonism
buffoonism
noun
(rare, archaic) The practices of a buffoon; buffoonery.
bufotenine
bufotenine
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid, found in the skins of some toads, related to serotonin.
confabbing
confabbing
verb
present participle of confab
confabular
confabular
adj
Of or pertaining to confabulation.
confinable
confinable
adj
Able to be confined
confusable
confusable
adj
Able to be confused.
noun
A word or phrase that is easily confused with another
confusably
confusably
adv
In a confusable way; such that they may be confused.
confutable
confutable
adj
(archaic or formal) That can be confuted, i.e. shown to be false; disprovable.
dumbfounds
dumbfounds
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dumbfound
enforcible
enforcible
Adjective
Capable of being enforced.
falconbill
februation
februation
noun
Purification, rejuvenation, or renewal, especially ritual or ceremonial.
The object of such purification; a sacrifice.
ferroboron
ferroboron
noun
An alloy of iron and boron used in the production of specialist steels
fibrinogen
fibrinogen
noun
A protein that in humans plays a part in the forming of clots.
fibrinosis
flamboyant
flamboyant
adj
(architecture) Referring to the final stage of French Gothic architecture from the 14th to the 16th centuries.
Of a blade: forged in a wavy, undulating pattern, like a flame-bladed sword or a kris.
Showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.
noun
The royal poinciana (Delonix regia), a showy tropical tree.
floribunda
floribunda
noun
A rose cultivar, having large sprays of small flowers, made by crossing polyantha and hybrid tea rose varieties.
flyblowing
flyblowing
verb
present participle of flyblow
follansbee
forbearant
forbearant
adj
forbearing
forbearing
forbearing
adj
Characterized by patience and indulgence; long-suffering
noun
forbearance; restraint
verb
present participle of forbear
forbestown
forbidding
forbidding
adj
Appearing to be threatening, unfriendly or potentially unpleasant.
noun
The act by which something is forbidden; a prohibition.
verb
present participle of forbid
forebemoan
forebitten
forebitten
adj
Bitten in front.
foreboding
foreboding
adj
Of ominous significance; serving as an ill omen; foretelling of harm or difficulty.
noun
A sense of evil to come.
An evil omen.
verb
present participle of forebode
foreburton
forthbring
forthbring
verb
(obsolete) To bring forth; bring out; produce.
frenchboro
froebelian
frostbound
frostbound
adj
Bound or confined by frost.
funebrious
funebrious
adj
Obsolete form of funebrial.
informable
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.
neofabraea
nonfebrile
nonfebrile
adj
Not febrile.
nonfibrous
nonfibrous
adj
Not fibrous
nonflyable
nonfusible
notifiable
notifiable
adj
(medicine, of a disease) About which the authorities must be notified.
That may be notified.
nubiferous
nubiferous
adj
Bringing, or producing, clouds; cloudy.
offendable
offendable
adj
Capable of being offended.
offendible
offensible
offensible
adj
(obsolete) That may give offense.
outfabling
outfabling
verb
present participle of outfable
profanable
profanable
adj
Able to be profaned.
profanably
ribbonfish
ribbonfish
noun
Any of several lampriform fish, of the family Trachipteridae, having long, ribbon-like bodies.
riboflavin
riboflavin
noun
(biochemistry) Yellow or orange-yellow water-soluble compound, a member of the vitamin B complex, that acts as a growth-promoting factor in humans and other animals.