Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedarken
beermaking
beermaking
noun
The making of beer.
benbrook
benchmark
benchmark
noun
(computing) A computer program that is executed to assess the performance of the runtime environment.
A standard by which something is evaluated or measured.
A surveyor's mark made on some stationary object and shown on a map; used as a reference point.
verb
(intransitive, followed by at) To give certain results in a benchmark test.
(transitive, intransitive, followed by against) To use something (e.g., a competitor's product) as a standard to improve one's own thing.
benchmarked
benchmarked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of benchmark
benchmarking
benchmarking
noun
A performance measurement according to a benchmark.
verb
present participle of benchmark
benchmarks
benchmarks
noun
plural of benchmark
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of benchmark
benchwork
benchwork
noun
the structure supporting a model railway layout
work performed at a workbench
beprank
bepranked
beraking
berezniki
berkeleian
berkeleian
Adjective
Of or relating to or his system of idealism.
berkeleianism
berkin
berkman
bernkasteler
berrypicking
berskin
besprinkle
besprinkle
verb
(archaic, transitive) To sprinkle.
besprinkled
besprinkled
adj
Sprinkled.
besprinkler
besprinkler
noun
One who or that which besprinkles.
besprinkles
besprinkles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of besprinkle
besprinkling
besprinkling
verb
present participle of besprinkle
betokener
betokener
noun
That which betokens.
betrinket
betrunk
betrunk
verb
(transitive) To deprive (a river) of its lower course or trunk by submergence or erosion of the land by the sea.
bickering
bickering
noun
Petty quarreling. Usually considered a childish behaviour, although often applied to adults.
verb
present participle of bicker
bickern
bickern
noun
An anvil with two projecting taper ends.
bikaner
birken
birken
adj
(obsolete or dialectal, Scotland and Northern England) Made of birch; birchen.
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.
birkenia
birkeniidae
birkner
blackener
blackener
noun
One who blackens.
blackeners
blackeners
noun
plural of blackener
blackhander
blackhanders
blackhanders
noun
plural of blackhander
blackheartedness
blackheartedness
noun
The state or quality of being blackhearted; villainy.
blanker
blanker
adj
comparative form of blank: more blank
noun
(computing) An early form of screensaver that blanked out the screen display when it was not in use.
blanketeer
blanketer
blanketers
blanketflower
blanketflower
noun
Gaillardia; a plant of the genus Gaillardia.
blanketmaker
blanketmaker
noun
A manufacturer of blankets.
blanketry
blenker
blinker
blinker
noun
(cellular automata) In Conway's Game of Life, an arrangement of three cells in a row that switches between horizontal and vertical orientations in each generation.
(informal, US, automotive) Anything that blinks, such as the turn signal of an automobile.
(rare) The eyelid.
(slang) A black eye.
Eye shields attached to a hood for horses, to prevent them from seeing backwards and partially sideways.
Whatever obstructs sight or discernment.
verb
(transitive) To put blinkers on.
blinkered
blinkered
adj
(figuratively) Having tunnel vision; unable to see what is happening around one.
Wearing blinkers or blinders.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blinker
blinkering
blinkering
verb
present participle of blinker
blinkers
blinkers
noun
(plural only) A kind of goggles, used to protect the eyes from glare, dust, etc.
(plural only, slang) Spectacles.
A pair of leather or rubber eye cups attached to a horse hood in order to impede the rear vision of racehorses and harness horses; blinders in (USA).
plural of blinker
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blinker
blitzkrieging
blockaderunning
blunker
boilermaking
boilermaking
noun
The manufacture of boilers.
bolingbroke
bombernickel
bonebreaker
boneshaker
boneshaker
noun
A velocipede (the bicycle of the late 1860s).
Something jolty.
bonework
bonework
noun
The art or process of making objects from bone.
bonkers
bonkers
adj
(informal) Mad; crazy.
noun
plural of bonker
bookbinder
bookbinder
noun
A person whose profession is binding pages together to form books.
bookbinderies
bookbinderies
noun
plural of bookbindery
bookbinders
bookbinders
noun
plural of bookbinder
bookbindery
bookbindery
noun
A building where books are assembled and bound.
bookmonger
bookmonger
noun
(archaic) A bookseller.
boondocker
boondocker
noun
A kind of combat boot worn in the US Marine Corps.
bracken
bracken
noun
(uncountable) An area of countryside heavily populated by this fern.
(uncountable, countable) Any of several coarse ferns, of the genus Pteridium, that form dense thickets; often poisonous to livestock.
brackened
brackenridge
brackens
brackens
noun
plural of bracken
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
brackishness
brackishness
noun
distastefulness; unpleasantness
bracknell
bracknell
Proper noun
a town in Berkshire, England.
brackney
bradykinesia
bradykinesia
noun
(medicine) Slowness of movement.
bradykinesis
bradykinesis
noun
Alternative form of bradykinesia
bradykinetic
bradykinetic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting bradykinesia
bradyteleokinesis
brainlike
brainlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a brain.
brainsickness
brainsickness
noun
The quality of being brainsick; mental confusion or giddiness
brainworker
brakehand
brakemaking
brakeman
brakeman
noun
(US, rail transport) A railroad employee responsible for a train's brakes, couplings etc.
(mining, historical) A person employed to work the steam engine or other machinery that raises the coal from the mine.
(sports) A person who pulls the brake lever in the sport of bobsleigh.
brakemen
brakemen
noun
plural of brakeman
brakesman
brakesman
noun
A brakeman; a railroad employee responsible for a train's brakes, couplings etc.
Someone who operates the winch in a mine.
brakesmen
brakesmen
noun
plural of brakesman
branchlike
branchlike
adj
resembling a branch of a tree
brankie
brankier
brankiest
brankursine
brankursine
noun
A plant, the acanthus.
breadmaking
breadmaking
noun
The making of bread.
breakableness
breakableness
noun
breakability
breakbone
breakbone
adj
Violent; rough and painful.
noun
(US dialect, countable) A chicken's wishbone.
(pathology, uncountable) dengue fever
breakbones
breakbones
noun
Alternative form of break-bones
plural of breakbone
breakdown
breakdown
noun
(US) Any rapid bluegrass dance tune, especially featuring a five-string banjo.
(US, dated) A noisy, rapid, shuffling dance engaged in competitively by a number of persons or pairs in succession, common in traditional African American music from the Southern United States.
(US, dated) Any noisy dance performed by shuffling the feet, usually by one person at a time.
(chemistry) Breaking of chemical bonds within a compound to produce simpler compounds or elements.
(film, television) A detailed description of a forthcoming project, including the characters and roles required.
(music) The percussion break of songs chosen by a DJ for use in hip-hop music.
(physics) The sudden transition of an electrical insulator to a conductor when subjected to a sufficiently strong voltage, caused by the partial or complete ionization of the insulator.
(sports) A loss of organization (of the parts of a system).
A failure, particularly mechanical in nature.
A musical technique by which the music is stripped down, becoming simpler, varying in heaviness depending on the genre.
A physical collapse or lapse of mental stability.
Listing, division or categorization in great detail.
Something that has experienced a mechanical failure.
breakdowns
breakdowns
noun
plural of breakdown
breakerman
breakermen
breakfasting
breakfasting
noun
The act of eating breakfast.
verb
present participle of breakfast
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.
breakfronts
breakfronts
noun
plural of breakfront
breaking
breaking
noun
(linguistics) A change of a vowel to a diphthong.
(music) A form of ornamentation in which groups of short notes are used instead of long ones.
Breakdancing.
The act by which something is broken.
verb
present participle of break
breakings
breakings
noun
plural of breaking
breakneck
breakneck
adj
Dangerously fast; hell-for-leather.
noun
A dangerous steep place from which one could fall badly.
A fall that breaks the neck.
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.
breakpoints
breakpoints
noun
plural of breakpoint
breakstone
breakstone
noun
Burnet saxifrage (Pimpinella saxifraga)
Parsley piert (Aphanes arvensis)
Pearlwort (Sagina spp.)
Saxifrage (Saxifraga spp.)
breakwind
breakwind
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) A windbreak.
breathtaking
breathtaking
adj
Very surprising or shocking; to such a degree as to cause astonishment.
stunningly beautiful; amazing
breathtakingly
breathtakingly
adv
In a breathtaking manner.
To a degree that causes shock or awe; shockingly.
brecken
breckenridge
breckenridge
Proper noun
A town in Colorado, USA
an unincorporated community in Indiana, in the United States
A village/town in Michigan, US.
A city and county seat in Minnesota, US.
A city/town in Missouri, US.
A town in Oklahoma, US.
A city in Texas, USA
breckinridge
brecknockshire
brecknockshire
Proper noun
An inland traditional county of Wales, bordered by Monmouthshire, Herefordshire, Radnorshire, Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire and Glamorganshire.
brenk
breskin
bribetaking
bribetaking
noun
The acceptance of bribes.
bricken
bricken
adj
(archaic) Made of brick.
brickleness
brickleness
noun
(obsolete) brittleness
brickliner
brideknot
bridgemaking
brinkema
brinkless
brinkless
adj
Without a brink.
brinkley
brisken
brisken
verb
(transitive) To become, or make, brisk; to hasten.
briskened
briskened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brisken
briskening
briskening
verb
present participle of brisken
briskness
briskness
noun
The property of being brisk.
brisknesses
brisknesses
noun
plural of briskness
brocken
brodekin
brodekin
noun
Alternative form of brodequin
broken
broken
adj
(colloquial, US, of a situation) Not having gone in the way intended; saddening.
(meteorology, of the sky) Five-eighths to seven-eighths obscured by clouds; incompletely covered by clouds.
(of a bone or body part) Fractured; having the bone in pieces.
(of a line) Dashed; made up of short lines with small gaps between each one and the next.
(of a melody) Having periods of silence scattered throughout; not regularly continuous.
(of a person) Completely defeated and dispirited; shattered; destroyed.
(of a promise, etc) Breached; violated; not kept.
(of an electronic connection) Disconnected, no longer open or carrying traffic.
(of land) Uneven.
(of language) Grammatically non-standard, especially as a result of being produced by a non-native speaker.
(of skin) Split or ruptured.
(of sleep) Interrupted; not continuous.
(software, informal) Badly designed or implemented.
(sports and gaming, of a tactic or option) Overpowered; overly powerful; too powerful.
Fragmented; in separate pieces.
Having no money; bankrupt, broke.
Non-functional; not functioning properly.
verb
past participle of break
brokenbow
brokenhearted
brokenhearted
adj
Grieved and disappointed, especially with the loss of a beloved person or thing, such as the repudiation of a romantic relationship.
brokenheartedly
brokenheartedly
adv
In a brokenhearted manner.
brokenheartedness
brokenheartedness
noun
The quality of being brokenhearted.
brokenly
brokenly
adv
(Of speech) with gaps between words so that normal flow or fluency is affected, as due to emotion; disjointedly.
In a broken manner.
brokenness
brokenness
noun
The characteristic of being broken.
brokennesses
brokennesses
noun
plural of brokenness
bromeikon
bromoketone
bromoketone
noun
(organic chemistry) Any brominated derivative of a ketone
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.
brooklandville
brookline
brookline
Proper noun
a town in Massachusetts, USA, which is an exclave of
a former village in Missouri, USA, now part of the city of
a town in New Hampshire, USA.
a neighbourhood in Pennsylvania, USA.
a town in Vermont, USA.
brooklynese
brooklynese
Proper noun
The dialect of American English spoken in the borough of Brooklyn in New York.