(obsolete) Of, characteristic of, or pertaining to beasts; animal, bestial; brutal.
bemusing
bemusing
verb
present participle of bemuse
benchful
benchful
noun
As much as a bench will hold.
benguela
benkulen
benumbed
benumbed
adj
Lacking emotion or interest; dulled.
Lacking sensation; numb.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of benumb
berglund
bermudan
bermudan
Noun
A person from Bermuda or of Bermudian descent.
Adjective
Of, from, or pertaining to Bermuda, or the Bermudian peoples.
betelnut
betelnut
noun
Alternative form of betel nut
betongue
betongue
verb
(transitive) To assail with the tongue; flout; rally.
bettinus
beuncled
biennium
biennium
noun
A period of two years, particularly for purposes involving intercalation or fiscal calculations.
bienvenu
binnogue
bitumens
bitumens
noun
plural of bitumen
biunique
biunique
adj
(mathematics, of two sets) that have a one-to-one correspondence in each direction
blaunner
blechnum
blendure
bludgeon
bludgeon
noun
A short, heavy club, often of wood, which is thicker or loaded at one end.
verb
(transitive) To coerce someone, as if with a bludgeon.
(transitive) To strike or hit with something hard, usually on the head; to club.
bluefins
bluefins
noun
plural of bluefin
bluegown
bluegown
Noun
One of a class of paupers or pensioners, or licensed beggars, in Scotland, who received certain alms every year on the king's birthday, including a blue gown.
blueings
blueings
noun
plural of blueing
blueline
blueline
noun
A reproduction of the material submitted for printing, computer-generated or printed from film, provided to the customer for approval before the material is printed.
verb
(US, Canada) To designate a certain area as representing one in which investment is risky.
(surgery) To mark on a patient's body where the surgical incision is to be made.
To check the bluelines before printing material.
To create the bluelines for material that is about to be printed.
To edit a legal document.
To veto a portion of a budget.
bluemont
blueness
blueness
noun
Melancholy.
The quality or characteristic of being blue in color.
(US, Australia) A trout cod (Maccullochella macquariensis)
(US, UK, Australia, New Zealand) Antarctic butterfish (Hyperoglyphe antarctica)
(US, naval slang) A person who has crossed the Arctic Circle.
(informal) A prude.
(slang) A follower of Birmingham City Football Club.
(slang) A follower of Everton Football Club.
(slang) A person from Nova Scotia, Canada.
(slang) A variety of potato from Nova Scotia, Canada.
bluesman
bluesman
noun
a male blues musician
bluesmen
bluesmen
noun
plural of bluesman
bluewing
bluewing
noun
(usually in the plural) Torenia (wishbone flower)
Anas discors (syn. Spatula discors), the blue-winged teal.
blunders
blunders
noun
plural of blunder
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blunder
blungers
blungers
noun
plural of blunger
bluntest
bluntest
adj
superlative form of blunt: most blunt
boqueron
bougeron
boughten
boughten
adj
(archaic or regional, West Country, Cornwall, Canada, US) Having been purchased or bought (rather than homemade).
verb
(archaic or regional, chiefly US) past participle of buy
boulogne
boulogne
Proper noun
A commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region
Boulogne-sur-Mer
Boulogne-Billancourt
bouncers
bouncers
noun
plural of bouncer
bouncier
bouncier
adj
comparative form of bouncy: more bouncy
bounders
bounders
noun
plural of bounder
boundure
boundure
noun
Obsolete spelling of bounder; boundary, limit
bountied
bountied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bounty
bounties
bounties
noun
plural of bounty
bountree
bourgeon
bourgeon
verb
Obsolete form of burgeon.
bouvines
braeunig
braunite
braunite
noun
(mineralogy) A silicate mineral containing divalent and trivalent manganese and forming grey-black tetragonal crystals.
breadnut
breadnut
noun
A tree, Brosimum alicastrum, native to Latin America
Artocarpus camansi, a close relative of the breadfruit
The edible fruit of this tree
bronteum
bruceton
brucines
bruckner
bruckner
Proper noun
of German origin. Widely known as the surname of the Austrian composer (1824-96).
brunched
brunched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brunch
brunches
brunches
noun
plural of brunch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brunch
brunella
brunelle
brunette
brunette
adj
(of a person) having brown or black hair and, often, dark eyes and darkish or olive skin.
(of hair, eyes, skin, etc.) of a dark color or tone.
noun
A person, especially female, with brown or black hair and, often, dark eyes and darkish or olive skin.
brunizem
brushmen
brushmen
noun
plural of brushman
bubaline
bubaline
adj
(zoology) Resembling or pertaining to a buffalo.
buccaned
buccaned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of buccan
buccinae
bucentur
buchnera
buckbean
buckbean
noun
Menyanthes trifoliata, a plant with racemes of white or reddish flowers and intensely bitter leaves, sometimes used in medicine.
buckeens
buckeens
noun
plural of buckeen
bucknell
buellton
bufferin
bufonite
bufonite
noun
(paleontology, obsolete) A fossil consisting of the petrified teeth and palatal bones of fishes belonging to the family of pycnodonts, whose remains occur in the oolite and chalk formations.
bugbanes
bugbanes
noun
plural of bugbane
buggymen
buggymen
noun
plural of buggyman
buginese
buginese
Proper noun
A Malayo-Polynesian language spoken in parts of Sulawesi, Indonesia
bulletin
bulletin
noun
A short news report.
A short printed publication, especially one produced by an organization.
A short report, especially one released through official channels to be broadcast or publicized.
verb
To announce something by means of such a report or publication.
bullgine
bullgine
noun
(US, slang, obsolete) A steam locomotive.
bullneck
bullneck
noun
A bull-necked person.
A short and thick neck, like that of a bull.
bullnose
bullnose
noun
(construction) rounded ceramic trim, especially in masonry and ceramic tile
(uncountable) A bacterial disease of suckling or weanling pigs, characterized by sores in the mouth or upon the lips.
bullpens
bullpens
noun
plural of bullpen
bunceton
bunchier
bunchier
adj
comparative form of bunchy: more bunchy
buncombe
buncombe
noun
(archaic) Alternative spelling of bunkum
bundlers
bundlers
noun
plural of bundler
bundweed
bunemost
bungerly
bunghole
bunghole
noun
Alternative spelling of bung-hole
bunglers
bunglers
noun
plural of bungler
bunkered
bunkered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bunker
bunkmate
bunkmate
noun
Especially, one who shares a bunk bed.
One who sleeps in the same area as another person.
buntline
buntline
noun
(nautical) Any, except the outermost, of the ropes extending down to the deck with which a square sail is rolled up to the yard.
A type of revolver with an exceptionally long barrel.
buoyance
buoyance
noun
The state or quality of being buoyant
burdened
burdened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of burden
burdener
burdener
noun
One who burdens; an oppressor.
burganet
burganet
noun
Alternative form of burgonet
burgener
burgeons
burgeons
noun
plural of burgeon
burgonet
burgonet
noun
(historical) A light helmet worn by infantrymen, bearing a crest and hinged cheekpieces, but typically without a visor.
burgoyne
burleson
burleson
Proper noun
a city in and Texas, USA, named after
burnable
burnable
adj
Able to be burned; combustible
noun
Anything that can be burned.
burnbeat
burnewin
burnfire
burnfire
noun
(nonstandard) Bonfire.
burnoose
burnoose
noun
A thick hooded cloak worn by Berbers and Arabs in Northwest Africa.
burnover
burnover
noun
The situation in which a fire overtakes the firefighters who are attempting to deal with it.
burnside
burnside
noun
(especially in plural) A moustache, with whiskers on the cheeks but no beard on the chin.
burnweed
burnwell
burstone
burthens
burthens
noun
plural of burthen
bushment
bushment
noun
(obsolete) A surprise party; a company of soldiers secretly deployed.
(obsolete) An ambush.
(obsolete) The troops concealed in an ambush.
bushnell
bushnell
Proper noun
a city in Florida, USA
a city in Illinois, USA.
an unincorporated community in Missouri, USA.
a village in Nebraska, USA.
a small town in South Dakota, USA.
business
business
adj
Of, to, pertaining to or utilized for purposes of conducting trade, commerce, governance, advocacy or other professional purposes.
Professional, businesslike, having concern for good business practice.
Supporting business, conducive to the conduct of business.
noun
(acting) Action carried out with a prop or piece of clothing, usually away from the focus of the scene.
(countable) A particular situation or activity.
(countable) A person's occupation, work, or trade.
(countable) A specific commercial enterprise or establishment.
(countable) Any activity or objective needing to be dealt with; especially, one of a financial or legal matter.
(countable, rare) The collective noun for a group of ferrets.
(slang, uncountable) The act of defecation, or the excrement itself, particularly that of a non-human animal.
(travel, uncountable) Business class, the class of seating provided by airlines between first class and coach.
(uncountable) Commercial, industrial, or professional activity.
(uncountable) One's dealings; patronage.
(uncountable) Private commercial interests taken collectively.
(uncountable) Something involving one personally.
(uncountable) The management of commercial enterprises, or the study of such management.
(uncountable) The volume or amount of commercial trade.
(uncountable, parliamentary procedure) Matters that come before a body for deliberation or action.
(uncountable, slang) Disruptive shenanigans.
(uncountable, slang, Britain) Something very good; top quality. (possibly from "the bee's knees")
buskined
buskined
adj
Tragic, dignified or serious in style.
Trodden by buskins.
Wearing buskins.
busyness
busyness
noun
The state of being busy.
butanone
butanone
noun
(organic chemistry) A simple aliphatic ketone, CH₃CH₂COCH₃, prepared industrially as a solvent, for use in the manufacture of paints etc.
buttoned
buttoned
adj
with buttons fastened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of button
buttoner
buttoner
noun
(slang, dated) A con man's apprentice.
A manufacturer of buttons.
Any device used to fasten buttons to a garment.
One who buttons something.
butylene
butylene
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of three isomeric aliphatic alkenes containing four carbon atoms and one double bond; their polymers are used as synthetic rubber.
butyrone
butyrone
noun
(organic chemistry) A liquid ketone obtained by heating calcium butyrate.
buzylene
cachunde
caducean
caducean
adj
Of or relating to Mercury's caduceus, or wand.
calanque
cameroun
cameroun
Proper noun
A former French and British territory in Central Africa, occupying the area of the modern-day country of Cameroon.
canicule
canicule
noun
(archaic) Synonym of dog days.
cannulae
canulate
canulate
verb
Alternative form of cannulate
capaneus
capucine
carinule
carinule
noun
Alternative form of carinula
carneous
carneous
adj
(archaic) Consisting of, or like, flesh; fleshy.
caruncle
caruncle
noun
(anatomy) Clipping of lacrimal caruncle: the red prominence at the inner corner of the eye.
(anatomy, zootomy) A small, fleshy excrescence that is a normal part of an animal's anatomy.
(botany) A colored waxy or oily outgrowth near the micropyle of some seeds, attractive to ants which aid the seed's dispersal.
caupones
ceinture
ceinture
noun
A belt or girdle.
cellulin
cellulin
noun
A type of polysaccharide found exclusively within the oomyceteous fungi of the order Leptomitales.
cementum
cementum
noun
(anatomy, dentistry) A bony substance that covers the root of a tooth; cement.
cenchrus
cenobium
cenobium
noun
A monastery, a monastic community.
censured
censured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of censure
censurer
censurer
noun
One who censures.
censures
censures
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of censure
censused
censused
verb
simple past tense and past participle of census
censuses
censuses
noun
plural of census
centauri
centaurs
centaurs
noun
plural of centaur
centaury
centaury
noun
Centaurea, a genus in the Asteraceae containing species sometimes called centaury
Centaurium, sensu stricto
Cheirolophus crassifolius, a species in the Asteraceae commonly known as Maltese centaury
Gyrandra, a genus in Gentianaceae, formerly included in Centaurium, with species commonly called centaury
Sabatia, a New World genus in the Gentianaceae containing species sometimes called centaury
Schenkia, a genus in Gentianaceae, formerly included in Centaurium, with species commonly called centaury
Zeltnera, a New World genus in Gentianaceae, formerly included in Centaurium, with species commonly called centaury
centrums
centuple
centuple
adj
Hundredfold. Multiplied by one hundred.
verb
(intransitive) To increase a hundredfold.
(transitive) To increase or multiply something by a hundred.