(organic chemistry) An indole alkaloid found in the seeds of the tree Picralima nitida.
akutagawa
aleukemic
aleukemic
adj
Relating to aleukemia.
anukabiet
anukabiet
noun
An old Thai unit of length, approximately 2.6 centimetres.
archdukes
archdukes
noun
plural of archduke
areskutan
arguslike
arkabutla
arksutite
arksutite
noun
(mineralogy) chiolite
artukovic
aufklrung
autarkies
autarkies
noun
plural of autarky
autarkist
autarkist
noun
A proponent of autarky.
automaker
automaker
noun
One who manufactures automobiles; typically used to refer to a large corporation such as General Motors.
autotruck
awestruck
awestruck
adj
Filled or overcome with awe or wonder.
babushkas
babushkas
noun
plural of babushka
backcourt
backcourt
noun
(basketball) A team's defensive half of the court; the part of the court where the other team's basket is located, or the guards playing in that area.
(chiefly Scotland) A courtyard behind a housing block or tenement building.
backhauls
backhauls
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backhaul
backhouse
backhouse
noun
(US, Canada, euphemistic) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
(now dialect) An outbuilding behind the main building.
bakehouse
bakehouse
noun
(UK dialectal) Bakery.
A building or an apartment used for the preparing and baking of bread and other baked goods.
A building principally containing ovens.
bankrupcy
bankrupcy
noun
Misspelling of bankruptcy.
bankrupts
bankrupts
noun
plural of bankrupt
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bankrupt
barkbound
barkbound
adj
Prevented from growing, by having the bark too firm or close.
baronduki
basketful
basketful
noun
The amount that will fit into a basket
baudekins
baudekins
noun
plural of baudekin
baulkiest
baulkiest
adj
superlative form of baulky: most baulky
beakerful
beakerful
noun
The amount that a beaker will hold.
beauclerk
beothukan
berkelium
berkelium
noun
A transuranic chemical element (symbol Bk) with an atomic number of 97.
bhaktapur
bikukulla
bivouacks
bivouacks
noun
plural of bivouack
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bivouack
blackbuck
blackbuck
noun
An Indian antelope, Antilope cervicapra
blackburn
blackburn
Proper noun
A town in Lancashire, England
blackbush
blackbutt
blackbutt
noun
(chiefly Australia) Any of several Australian eucalyptus trees with a dark fibrous bark towards the base of the trunk, especially Eucalyptus pilularis.
blackduck
blackgums
blackgums
noun
plural of blackgum
blackouts
blackouts
noun
plural of blackout
blesbucks
blesbucks
noun
plural of blesbuck
bloodsuck
blueblack
bluebooks
bluebooks
noun
plural of bluebook
bluejacks
bluejacks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bluejack
bogsucker
bogsucker
noun
The American woodcock.
bontebuck
bontebuck
noun
Alternative form of bontebok (“South African antelope”)
booklouse
booklouse
noun
Any of the small insects who feed on bookbindings, especially those of the order Psocoptera.
boulework
boulework
noun
(woodworking) Obsolete form of buhl work.
bousoukia
bousoukis
bousoukis
noun
plural of bousouki
bouzoukia
bouzoukia
noun
A Greek nightclub playing traditional Greek music.
Alternative form of bouzouki (“musical instrument”)
bouzoukis
bouzoukis
noun
plural of bouzouki
breakouts
breakouts
noun
plural of breakout
brunswick
brunswick
Proper noun
A city in Germany; Braunschweig.
Any of several towns in the United States and elsewhere.
A suburb of Melbourne, Australia.
brushback
brushback
noun
(baseball) Synonym of brushback pitch
brushlike
brushlike
adj
Having the form of a brush.
brushwork
brushwork
noun
(painting) The technique or practice of applying and manipulating paint (usually oil or gouache) in a painting.
bruskness
bruskness
noun
The state of being brusk
brutelike
brutelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a brute.
buckaroos
buckaroos
noun
plural of buckaroo
buckayros
buckayros
noun
plural of buckayro
buckbeans
buckbeans
noun
plural of buckbean
buckberry
buckberry
noun
The deerberry, Vaccinium stamineum.
The huckleberry, Gaylussacia ursina, found in the Southern United States.
The silver buffaloberry, Shepherdia argentea.
buckboard
buckboard
noun
A simple, distinctively American four-wheeled horse-drawn wagon designed for personal transport as well as for transporting animal fodder and domestic goods, often with a spring-mounted seat for the driver.
buckbrush
buckbrush
noun
Ceanothus spp.
Phyllanthopsis phyllanthoides, maidenbrush
Purshia spp.
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus
buckeroos
buckeroos
noun
plural of buckeroo
bucketeer
bucketeer
noun
The operator of a bucket shop; a fraudulent or deceptive trader.
bucketful
bucketful
noun
(by extension) A large quantity.
The quantity contained in a bucket.
bucketing
bucketing
noun
A heavy pouring down of liquid; a deluge.
Synonym of binning (“data pre-processing technique”)
The act of moving material using a bucket.
verb
present participle of bucket
bucketman
buckfield
buckholts
buckhound
buckhound
noun
(UK) A hound for deer hunting.
buckishly
buckishly
adv
In a buckish manner.
bucklered
bucklered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of buckler
buckplate
buckramed
buckramed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of buckram
buckshees
buckshees
noun
plural of buckshee
buckshots
buckshots
noun
plural of buckshot
buckskins
buckskins
noun
trousers and other clothing made from buckskin
bucksport
buckstall
buckstall
noun
(archaic) A net used for catching deer.
buckstone
bucktails
bucktails
noun
plural of bucktail
buckteeth
buckteeth
noun
plural of bucktooth
buckthorn
buckthorn
noun
Hippophae (family Elaeagnaceae), the sea buckthorn.
also genus Frangula, especially Frangula alnus, the alder buckthorn.
especially genus Rhamnus,
especially the common buckthorn or purging buckthorn; Rhamnus cathartica.
bucktooth
bucktooth
noun
An upper tooth that protrudes further than the bottom teeth.
buckwagon
buckwagon
noun
(South Africa) A strong wagon with a frame over the wheels used for hauling goods.
(US) A buckboard; a wagon for personal transport as well as transporting goods.
buckwheat
buckwheat
noun
(Western US) Any of the wild buckwheats in the genus Eriogonum.
(cooking) The fruit of this plant used as a pseudocereal.
(derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur, US) Curly hair of a black person.
(slang) A slow and painful murder by the Mafia as a warning to others.
(slang) Pubic hair.
An Asian plant, of the species Fagopyrum esculentum. [from 16th c.]
buhlworks
bulkheads
bulkheads
noun
plural of bulkhead
bulkiness
bulkiness
noun
The characteristic of being bulky, or of having bulk.
bullnecks
bullnecks
noun
plural of bullneck
bullocker
bullsnake
bullsnake
noun
Pituophis catenifer sayi, a large non-venomous colubrid snake endemic to the central United States, northern Mexico, and southwestern Canada.
bullwhack
bullwhack
verb
(US) To work as a bullwhacker, driving a bullock team.
bullyrock
bullyrook
bulwarked
bulwarked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bulwark
bumpkinet
bumpkinly
bumpkinly
adj
Befitting a bumpkin.
bungmaker
bunkerage
bunkerage
noun
(nautical) Oil or coal used for the engine of a vessel
(nautical) The act of bunkering (loading a vessel with oil or coal)
bunkering
bunkering
noun
(chiefly Nigeria) The illicit removal of oil from a pipeline or other distribution system.
(nautical) The taking on board of bunker fuel.
verb
present participle of bunker
bunkerman
bunkerman
noun
(historical) A man in charge of an industrial coal storage bunker.
bunkermen
bunkermen
noun
plural of bunkerman
bunkhouse
bunkhouse
noun
A building providing sleeping quarters for workers or guests, especially in a rural setting.
bunkmates
bunkmates
noun
plural of bunkmate
burkhardt
burkundaz
burkundaz
noun
(India, now historical) An armed guard or watchman.
burkville
bushbucks
bushbucks
noun
plural of bushbuck
bushmaker
bushwhack
bushwhack
verb
to ambush
to fight, as a guerilla, especially in wooded country
to travel through thick wooded country, cutting away scrub to make progress
busyworks
buttinski
buttinski
noun
(telecommunications) A robust portable one-piece telephone instrument with clips, used by technicians and lines staff for testing telephone circuits or making a temporary connection to a telephone line.
Alternative spelling of buttinsky
buttinsky
buttinsky
noun
(derogatory) One who is prone to butt in, interrupt, or get involved where they are not welcome; a busybody.
(telecommunications) Alternative spelling of buttinski (“a robust portable one-piece telephone instrument with clips, used by technicians and lines staff for testing telephone circuits or making a temporary connection to a telephone line”)
buttocked
buttocked
adj
(in combination) Having some specific type of buttocks
buttocker
buttocker
noun
(mining, historical) A worker who gets coal off at a longwall face.
(wrestling) One who uses the cross-buttock throw.
buttstock
buttstock
noun
The stock in a firearm located in the rear of the firing mechanism where one's shoulder is held when shooting
buzzgloak
cakehouse
cakehouse
noun
(archaic) A place for the storage of cakes of material, such as seedcake.
(archaic) A place where cakes are sold.
cankerous
cankerous
adj
Causing canker; ulcerating.
Infected with canker; ulcerous.
caudebeck
caulkings
caulkings
noun
plural of caulking
chalukyan
checkouts
checkouts
noun
plural of checkout
checksums
checksums
noun
plural of checksum
cheekfuls
chemakuan
chempaduk
chimakuan
chipmucks
chipmucks
noun
plural of chipmuck
chipmunks
chipmunks
noun
plural of chipmunk
chockfull
chuckchis
chuckfull
chuckhole
chuckhole
noun
(US) A pothole.
chucklers
chucklers
noun
plural of chuckler
chuckling
chuckling
noun
(gerund of chuckle) An instance in which someone chuckles
verb
present participle of chuckle
chukchees
chungking
chunkhead
chunkiest
chunkiest
adj
superlative form of chunky: most chunky
churnmilk
churnmilk
noun
Synonym of buttermilk
cloudlike
cloudlike
adj
Resembling a cloud or clouds; thus, often, fluffy
clumplike
clumplike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a clump.
cocklebur
cocklebur
noun
Any of the coarse composite weeds of the genus Xanthium, with a prickly fruit.