The construction of baskets, especially by traditional means.
basketweaving
basketweaving
noun
(figurative) Any useless, unproductive, or lightweight activity.
The act of weaving baskets, as for example from grasses, wicker, or rope.
baskin
basking
basking
noun
The act of one who basks.
verb
present participle of bask
baskonize
bathukolpian
bathukolpian
adj
Alternative spelling of bathykolpian
batiking
batiking
verb
present participle of batik
battakhin
baudekin
baudekins
baudekins
noun
plural of baudekin
baulking
baulking
noun
Alternative form of balking
verb
present participle of baulk
beakiron
beakiron
noun
Alternative form of beak-iron
beanlike
beanlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bean.
bearskin
bearskin
noun
(dated) A coarse, shaggy, woollen cloth for overcoats.
A tall ceremonial hat worn by members of some British regiments for ceremonial occasions; a busby.
The pelt of a bear, especially when used as a rug.
bearskins
bearskins
noun
plural of bearskin
beatnik
beatnik
noun
A person associated with the Beat Generation of the 1950s and 1960s or its style.
A person who dresses in a manner that is not socially acceptable and is supposed to reject conventional norms of thought and behavior; nonconformist in dress and behavior.
beatnikism
beatnikism
noun
The social and artistic ideas associated with beatniks
beatniks
beatniks
noun
plural of beatnik
beaverkin
beaverkin
noun
(diminutive) A small or young beaver.
A small hat made of beaver fur.
beaverskin
beaverskin
noun
The pelt of a beaver.
bechalking
bechalking
verb
present participle of bechalk
becking
becking
verb
present participle of beck
beckiron
beckoning
beckoning
adj
That beckons.
noun
Such a wave or similar action.
verb
present participle of beckon
beckoningly
beckoningly
adv
So as to beckon or call near; enticingly.
becloaking
becloaking
verb
present participle of becloak
bedarkening
bedarkening
verb
present participle of bedarken
bedecking
bedecking
noun
An ornament.
verb
present participle of bedeck
bedmaking
bedmaking
noun
The skill or act of making beds (arranging the sheets, etc.).
bedticking
beekeeping
beekeeping
noun
The practice or profession of keeping and caring for bees.
beekeepings
beermaking
beermaking
noun
The making of beer.
beflecking
beflecking
verb
present participle of befleck
beinked
beinked
adj
Covered in ink.
beking
bekinkinite
bekissing
bekissing
verb
present participle of bekiss
beknight
beknight
verb
(transitive, rare) To make a knight of.
beknighted
beknighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beknight
beknighting
beknighting
verb
present participle of beknight
beknights
beknights
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beknight
beknit
beknit
verb
(transitive) To girdle or encircle.
(transitive) To knit.
beknived
beknotting
bellmaking
bellmaking
noun
The manufacture of bells.
bellowsmaking
beltmaking
beltmaking
noun
The manufacture of belts.
bemocking
bemocking
verb
present participle of bemock
benchmarking
benchmarking
noun
A performance measurement according to a benchmark.
verb
present participle of benchmark
bendick
benedick
benedick
noun
A recently married man, especially one who has long held out against marriage.
benedicks
benedicks
noun
plural of benedick
benedikt
benedikta
benediktov
bengkalis
bennink
bentinck
bentincks
beraking
berezniki
berkeleian
berkeleian
Adjective
Of or relating to or his system of idealism.
berkeleianism
berkin
berrypicking
berskin
besmoking
besmoking
verb
present participle of besmoke
bespeaking
bespeaking
verb
present participle of bespeak
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
besticking
besticking
verb
present participle of bestick
bestink
beswink
beswink
verb
(obsolete) to labour, toil; belabour
betaking
betaking
verb
present participle of betake
bethanking
bethanking
verb
present participle of bethank
bethankit
bethink
bethink
verb
(intransitive) To meditate, ponder; to consider.
(obsolete, transitive) To think about, to recollect.
(reflexive) To think of (something or somebody) or that (followed by clause); to remind oneself, to consider, to reflect upon.
To determine, resolve.
bethinking
bethinking
noun
The act of thinking, thinking about, considering, reflecting, or remembering.
verb
present participle of bethink
bethinks
bethinks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bethink
betokening
betokening
verb
present participle of betoken
betrinket
bhikkuni
bianka
bibliokleptomania
bibliokleptomania
noun
A mental disorder that produces a compulsion to steal books.
bibliokleptomaniac
bibliokleptomaniac
noun
Someone who suffers from bibliokleptomania.
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.
bickiron
bickleton
bicknell
biforking
bikaner
bikhaconitine
bikhaconitine
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid found in bikh (Aconitum spicatum).
biking
biking
noun
The practice of riding a motorcycle.
The sport of riding a bicycle.
verb
present participle of bike
bikini
bikini
noun
A brief bathing suit worn by men.
A brief two-piece bathing suit worn by girls and women, especially one that exposes the midriff and navel.
bikinied
bikinied
adj
Wearing a bikini.
bikinis
bikinis
noun
Brief underpants that reach to the hips rather than the waist.
plural of bikini
bilking
bilking
noun
The act of one who bilks (in any sense).
verb
present participle of bilk
billbroking
billiken
billiken
noun
Alternative form of Billiken
billikin
billsticking
billsticking
noun
Synonym of billposting
bilskirnir
bink
bink
noun
(UK, Northern England, Scotland, dialect) A bench.
binky
binky
noun
(US, informal, childish) A baby's pacifier.
(informal, childish) A stuffed animal, pillow, blanket, or toy that a small child is more attached to than any other, and often sleeps with.
A high hop that a rabbit may perform when happy.
verb
(intransitive, rabbit behavior) To perform a high hop, as when happy.
binukau
biokinetics
biokinetics
noun
(medical biology) The study of movements of or within organisms
birdikin
birdikin
Noun
A young bird.
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
biscuitmaking
bismarckian
bismarckian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to (1815-1898), German statesman associated with antisocialism, complex diplomacy and the creation of the welfare state.
bismarckianism
bivouacking
bivouacking
verb
present participle of bivouac
blackballing
blackballing
noun
An instance, or action, of a person being blackballed
verb
present participle of blackball
blackbine
blackbirding
blackbirding
noun
(UK, Australia) The practice of kidnapping Pacific Islanders, or kanakas, for sale as cheap labour.
verb
present participle of blackbird
blackening
blackening
noun
(countable) The result or an instance of such an act or process; a black stain or mark.
(uncountable) The act or process of turning (becoming) black in colour.
Any of various (dark-colored) surface treatments for metal substrates, to inhibit corrosion; on steel, generally, synonym of bluing.
The act of defaming or sullying.
verb
present participle of blacken
blackenings
blackenings
noun
plural of blackening
blackfin
blackfin
noun
bluefin tuna
blackfins
blackfins
noun
plural of blackfin
blackfishing
blackfishing
noun
(slang, of a non-black person) The practice of appropriating signifiers of black identity, such as darkening the skin, or wearing traditionally black hairstyles.
verb
present participle of blackfish
blacking
blacking
noun
A boycott, usually as part of an industrial dispute.
A preparation, containing lampblack, used to produce a shiny black coating.
Shoe polish.
verb
present participle of black
blackings
blackings
noun
plural of blacking
blackington
blackishness
blackishness
noun
The quality of being blackish, somewhat black.
blackjacking
blackjacking
verb
present participle of blackjack
blacklegging
blacklegging
noun
The practice of working in place of those who are engaged in a strike.
verb
present participle of blackleg
blacklisting
blacklisting
noun
The act of placing onto a blacklist.
verb
present participle of blacklist
blackmailing
blackmailing
noun
The act of one who blackmails.
verb
present participle of blackmail
blackprint
blacksmithing
blacksmithing
noun
the business of a blacksmith
verb
present participle of blacksmith
blacktopping
blacktopping
verb
present participle of blacktop
blackwashing
blackwashing
noun
(derogatory) The revisionist portrayal of something as belonging to a black race of people.
(derogatory) The revisionist portrayal of something as evil.
The application of a coating of blackwash.
verb
present participle of blackwash
blankenship
blanketing
blanketing
noun
(countable) A layer of something that covers like a blanket.
(nautical, slang) A manoeuvre in which one vessel covers or becalms another with its sails.
(rail transport) Provision of a layer under the trackbed to prevent clay subsoil and water being forced to the surface by the weight of trains.
(uncountable, countable) Cloth for making blankets.
(uncountable, countable) The act or punishment of tossing in a blanket.
verb
present participle of blanket
blanketlike
blanketlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a blanket.
blanketmaking
blanketmaking
noun
The manufacture of blankets.
blanking
blanking
noun
(television) The reduction of the brightness of the scanning beam to zero when it needs to be moved without updating the picture.
A metalworking process to form the rough shape of a sheet-metal workpiece.
An instance of something being blanked out.
verb
present participle of blank
blankish
blankish
adj
Somewhat blank; more or less blank.
blankit
blankite
blankminded
blankmindedness
blink
blink
noun
(UK, dialect) gleam; glimmer; sparkle
(computing) A text formatting feature that causes text to disappear and reappear as a form of visual emphasis.
(figuratively) The time needed to close and reopen one's eyes.
(nautical) The dazzling whiteness about the horizon caused by the reflection of light from fields of ice at sea; iceblink
(sports, in the plural) Boughs cast where deer are to pass, in order to turn or check them.
(video games) An ability that allows teleporting, mostly for short distances
A glimpse or glance.
The act of quickly closing both eyes and opening them again.
verb
(Tyneside, obsolete) To glance.
(hyperbolic) To perform the smallest action that could solicit a response.
(intransitive) To close and reopen both eyes quickly.
(science fiction, video games) To teleport, mostly for short distances.
(transitive) To close and reopen one's eyes to remove (something) from on or around the eyes.
(transitive) To shut out of sight; to evade; to shirk.
To flash headlights on a car at.
To flash on and off at regular intervals.
To see with the eyes half shut, or indistinctly and with frequent winking, as a person with weak eyes.
To send a signal with a lighting device.
To shine, especially with intermittent light; to twinkle; to flicker; to glimmer, as a lamp.
To turn slightly sour, or blinky, as beer, milk, etc.