The state of being allowable; legitimacy; permissibleness.
arrowbush
assemblywoman
assemblywoman
noun
A female member of an assembly.
assemblywomen
assemblywomen
noun
plural of assemblywoman
avowableness
avowableness
noun
The state or quality of being avowable.
bachelorwise
bachelorwise
adv
In the manner of a bachelor; (as though) living alone as a single man.
backarrows
backsword
backsword
noun
(UK, dated) A stick with a basket handle, used in rustic amusements.
(UK, dated) The game in which the stick is used.
A sword with one sharp edge.
backswording
backswording
noun
Sport or exercise using a backsword or singlestick.
backswordman
backswordman
noun
(historical) One who fights with a backsword or singlestick.
backswordmen
backswordmen
noun
plural of backswordman
backswordsman
backwoods
backwoods
adj
Pertaining to the backwoods.
Rough, uncouth, coarse, or crude in social matters.
noun
A remote or sparsely inhabited region, especially in North America; away from big towns and from the influence of modern life.
Partly or wholly uncleared forest, especially in North America.
backwoodser
backwoodsiness
backwoodsiness
noun
The quality of being backwoodsy.
backwoodsman
backwoodsman
noun
(informal, UK politics) A Peer who is seldom present in the House of Lords of the United Kingdom Parliament, who may be encouraged to attend when a very important vote is expected.
A person who is acclimated to living in a forest area that is far removed from civilization or modern conveniences.
An uncivilized person.
backwoodsmen
backwoodsmen
noun
plural of backwoodsman
backwoodsy
backwoodsy
adj
(US) Typical of something or someone from the backwoods
bagworms
bagworms
noun
plural of bagworm
bakerstown
ballgowns
ballgowns
noun
plural of ballgown
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ballgown
balsawood
balsawood
noun
The wood of the balsa tree.
bandwagons
bandwagons
noun
plural of bandwagon
baptistown
bardstown
bardstown
Proper noun
a home rule-class city in Kentucky, USA
barlows
baroswitch
baroswitch
noun
Any form of switch that is activated barometrically (by a change in pressure)
barrowist
barrowist
Noun
A follower of (c. 1550–1593), English Puritan and separatist.
barrows
barrows
noun
plural of barrow
barstow
bashawdom
basketwoman
basketwoman
noun
(historical) A woman who sells goods from a basket.
basketwood
basketwood
noun
Any of various kinds of wood traditionally used for making baskets.
basketwork
basketwork
noun
Material woven in the style of a basket.
The craft of making such material.
basketworks
basketworks
noun
plural of basketwork
basketworm
basketworm
noun
The larva of a psychid moth.
basswood
basswood
noun
(US) Any of several trees of the genus Tilia; the lindens, especially Tilia americana, the American basswood.
basswoods
basswoods
noun
plural of basswood
batfowls
battlewagons
battlewagons
noun
plural of battlewagon
bawcocks
bawcocks
noun
plural of bawcock
bawdstrot
bawdyhouse
bawdyhouse
noun
Alternative spelling of bawdy-house
bawdyhouses
bawdyhouses
noun
plural of bawdyhouse
bawhorse
bawhorse
noun
Obsolete form of bathorse.
baywoods
beaconwise
beaconwise
adv
Like a beacon; in the manner of a beacon.
beadswoman
beadswoman
noun
A female beadsman.
beadswomen
beadswomen
noun
plural of beadswoman
beadworks
beadworks
noun
plural of beadwork
beardstown
bearwoods
beclowns
beclowns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beclown
becowards
becrowds
becrowds
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of becrowd
bedeswoman
bedeswoman
noun
Alternative form of beadswoman
bedeswomen
bedeswomen
noun
plural of bedeswoman
bedfellows
bedfellows
noun
plural of bedfellow
bedfellowship
bedfellowship
noun
The state or role of being bedfellows.
bedgowns
bedgowns
noun
plural of bedgown
bedrowse
bedrowse
verb
To make drowsy.
beechwoods
beechwoods
noun
plural of beechwood
beefwoods
beefwoods
noun
plural of beefwood
beflowers
beflowers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beflower
behowls
behowls
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of behowl
bellflowers
bellflowers
noun
plural of bellflower
bellowers
bellowers
noun
plural of bellower
bellows
bellows
noun
(figurative) That which fans the fire of hatred, jealousy, etc.
(informal or archaic) The lungs.
(photography) Flexible, light-tight enclosures connecting the lensboard and the camera back.
A device for delivering pressurized air in a controlled quantity to a controlled location. At its most simple terms a bellows is a container which is deformable in such a way as to alter its volume which has an outlet or outlets where one wishes to blow air.
Any flexible container or enclosure, as one used to cover a moving joint.
plural of bellow
verb
(intransitive, figuratively) To expand and contract like a bellows.
(intransitive, transitive) To operate a bellows; to direct air at (something) using a bellows.
(transitive) To fold up like a bellows; to accordion.
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bellow
bellowsful
bellowsful
noun
Enough to fill a bellows.
bellowslike
bellowslike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bellows (device for delivering pressurized air).
bellowsmaker
bellowsmaking
bellowsman
bellworts
bellworts
noun
plural of bellwort
belowdecks
belowdecks
adv
(nautical) Below the main deck of a ship.
belows
belowstairs
belowstairs
adv
Alternative form of below stairs.
bentwoods
bentwoods
noun
plural of bentwood
beshadow
beshadow
verb
(transitive) To cast a shadow around, about, or over; overshadow.
beshadowed
beshadowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beshadow
beshadowing
beshadowing
verb
present participle of beshadow
beshadows
beshadows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beshadow
beshow
beshow
noun
A large food fish (Anoplopoma fimbria) of the north Pacific coast; the candlefish or sablefish.
beshower
beslow
besnow
besnow
verb
To scatter like snow, or as if like snow.
To snow on; to cover with snow, or as if with snow.
To whiten with snow, or as with snow.
besnowed
besnowed
adj
Covered or laden with snow.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of besnow
besnowing
besnowing
verb
present participle of besnow
besnows
besnows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of besnow
bestow
bestow
verb
(transitive) To apply; make use of; use; employ.
(transitive) To dispose of.
(transitive) To give in marriage.
(transitive) To give; confer; impart gratuitously; present (something) to someone or something, especially as a gift or honour.
(transitive) To lay up in store; to deposit for safe keeping; to stow or place; to put (something) somewhere.
(transitive) To lodge, or find quarters for; to provide with accommodation.
(transitive, obsolete) To behave or deport.
bestowable
bestowable
adj
Capable of being bestowed.
bestowage
bestowage
noun
(obsolete) Stowage.
bestowal
bestowal
noun
The act of bestowing.
bestowals
bestowals
noun
plural of bestowal
bestowed
bestowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bestow
bestower
bestower
noun
One who bestows.
bestowing
bestowing
verb
present participle of bestow
bestowment
bestowment
noun
Something, such as an honour, that is bestowed.
The act of bestowing or conferring something, especially an honour; bestowal
bestows
bestows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bestow
bestrow
bestrow
verb
Alternative form of bestrew
bestrowed
bestrowed
verb
simple past tense of bestrow
bestrowing
bestrowing
verb
present participle of bestrow
bestrown
bestrown
verb
(archaic) past participle of bestrew
bestrows
bestrows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bestrow
beworms
beworries
beworries
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beworry
beworship
billowiest
billowiest
adj
superlative form of billowy: most billowy
billowiness
billowiness
noun
The state or quality of being billowy.
billows
billows
noun
plural of billow
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of billow
bishopweed
bishopweed
noun
Alternative form of bishopsweed
blackfellows
blackfellows
noun
plural of blackfellow
bladderworts
bladderworts
noun
plural of bladderwort
blairstown
blameworthiness
blameworthiness
noun
The characteristic of being blameworthy.
blameworthinesses
bleachworks
bleachworks
noun
A factory that manufactures bleach.
blisterwort
blountstown
blowbacks
blowbacks
noun
plural of blowback
blowballs
blowballs
noun
plural of blowball
blowbys
blowbys
noun
plural of blowby
blowcase
blowers
blowers
noun
plural of blower
blowess
blowess
noun
(obsolete, vulgar) A prostitute; a courtesan.
blowfish
blowfish
noun
A delicacy popular in Japan, consisting of the fish served raw as sushi or perhaps fried. It may, if improperly prepared, contain considerably deadly levels of neurotoxins.
Any species of fish of the family Tetraodontidae that have the ability to inflate themselves to a globe several times their normal size by swallowing water or air when threatened.
blowfishes
blowfishes
noun
plural of blowfish
blowflies
blowflies
noun
plural of blowfly
blowguns
blowguns
noun
plural of blowgun
blowhards
blowhards
noun
plural of blowhard
blowholes
blowholes
noun
plural of blowhole
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blowhole
blowiest
blowiest
adj
superlative form of blowy: most blowy
blowiness
blowinesses
blowings
blowings
noun
plural of blowing
blowjobs
blowjobs
noun
plural of blowjob
blowoffs
blowoffs
noun
plural of blowoff
blowouts
blowouts
noun
plural of blowout
blowpipes
blowpipes
noun
plural of blowpipe
blows
blows
noun
plural of blow
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blow
blowse
blowse
noun
(obsolete) A ruddy, fat-faced woman; a wench.
blowsed
blowsier
blowsier
adj
comparative form of blowsy: more blowsy
blowsiest
blowsiest
adj
superlative form of blowsy: most blowsy
blowsily
blowsily
adv
In a blowsy manner.
blowspray
blowsy
blowsy
adj
(chiefly of a woman's hair or dress) Slovenly or unkempt, in the manner of a beggar or slattern.
Having a reddish, coarse complexion, especially with a pudgy face.
Unrefined, countrified.
blowtorches
blowtorches
noun
plural of blowtorch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blowtorch
blowtubes
blowtubes
noun
plural of blowtube
blowups
blowups
noun
plural of blowup
blowziest
blowziest
adj
superlative form of blowzy: most blowzy
blowziness
blowziness
noun
Alternative form of blowsiness.
bluewoods
bluewoods
noun
plural of bluewood
blushwort
blushwort
noun
Any of various plants of the genus Aeschynanthus.
boardwalks
boardwalks
noun
plural of boardwalk.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of boardwalk