(music, historical) A modification of the aeolodicon, having wooden reeds or springs, and a pedal which triggered a set of bellows (one for each note) and produced a soft and ethereal sound.
aeroplankton
aeroplankton
noun
The tiny lifeforms that float and drift in the air, carried by the current of the wind.
afterknowledge
afterknowledge
noun
Knowledge acquired later, or after the event.
akroterial
alanbrooke
aleksandropol
aleksandrov
aleksandrovac
aleksandrovsk
alkaliferous
alkaliferous
adj
Yielding alkalis.
alkalometry
alkylarylsulfonate
alpenstocker
alpenstocker
noun
A mountain-climber, especially one that uses an alpenstock.
anchorlike
anchorlike
adj
Resembling an anchor.
ankerhold
ankylenteron
ankyloblepharon
ankyloblepharon
noun
(pathology) fusion of the margins of the eyelids
ankylomerism
apronlike
apronlike
adj
Resembling an apron.
arrowlike
arrowlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of an arrow.
avalokitesvara
bachelorlike
bachelorlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bachelor.
backlotter
badderlocks
badderlocks
noun
(Scotland) The edible seaweed Alaria esculenta
bankrolled
bankrolled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bankroll
bankroller
bankroller
noun
One who bankrolls; usually an individual who has enough seed capital to launch a venture; one who can fund a project; angel investor.
bankrollers
bankrollers
noun
plural of bankroller
bellbrook
bellowsmaker
bialystoker
blackmore
blakemore
blanketflower
blanketflower
noun
Gaillardia; a plant of the genus Gaillardia.
bleachworks
bleachworks
noun
A factory that manufactures bleach.
blockader
blockader
noun
A person who blockades
A ship used in blockading
blockaders
blockaders
noun
plural of blockader
blockaderunning
blockbuster
blockbuster
noun
(US) One who engages in blockbusting (technique encouraging people to sell property).
(informal) Something, especially an event or a film, book or other creative work, that is intended to achieve high sales (perhaps indicated by large budgets or high advertising spending) or that is conceived on a large or epic scale
(informal) Something, such as a film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales, as opposed to a box office bomb.
(slang) Anything very large or powerful; a whopper.
A high-explosive bomb used for the purposes of demolishing extensive areas, such as a city block.
A large firework of the firecracker type; an M-80.
blockbusters
blockbusters
noun
plural of blockbuster
blocker
blocker
noun
(card games) A playing card, needed by one player, that is held by another.
(computing) A bug or issue that prevents software from being released.
(computing) An application that stops / impedes unauthorised access to a programme.
(computing) One who prevents another user from contacting them electronically.
(marketing) A gatekeeper who refuses the marketer access to the person they wish to contact.
(poker) A blocker bet.
(sports) One who blocks or impedes the movement of an opponent.
A close-fitting rectangular glove worn by a goalie in multiple forms of hockey.
A person who blocks (stretches or moulds) hats.
A puberty blocker.
blockers
blockers
noun
plural of blocker
blockholer
blockier
blockier
adj
comparative form of blocky: more blocky
blocklayer
blocklayer
noun
A person employed to lay down blocks of material, for example as a road surface.
blockmaker
blockmaker
noun
A manufacturer of blocks for use in printing.
A manufacturer of nautical blocks.
bloodstroke
bloodstroke
noun
(medicine, obsolete) Loss of sensation and motion from hemorrhage or congestion in the brain.
A stroke or blow with a weapon that draws blood.
bloodsucker
bloodsucker
noun
(by extension) Any parasite.
(by extension) One who attempts to take as much from others as possible; a leech.
A vampire.
An animal that drinks the blood of others, especially by sucking blood through a puncture wound; a hemovore.
The changeable lizard (Calotes versicolor).
bloodsuckers
bloodsuckers
noun
plural of bloodsucker
boardlike
boardlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a board.
bockerel
boilermaker
boilermaker
noun
(US) A whiskey with a beer chaser.
A person qualified to make or repair boilers.
boilermakers
boilermakers
noun
plural of boilermaker
boilermaking
boilermaking
noun
The manufacture of boilers.
boilerworks
bolingbroke
bolsterwork
boltmaker
boltmaker
noun
A machine that manufactures bolts.
A manufacturer of bolts.
boltstrake
bombernickel
bookdealer
bookdealer
noun
One who trades in books.
bookholder
bookholder
noun
(obsolete) A prompter at a theatre.
A support for a book, holding it open for reading or copying.
booklear
booklore
booklore
noun
Factual information concerning books, for example regarding such matters as authors and the history of publication and printing.
Synonym of book-learning
booklores
booklover
booklover
noun
Alternative form of book lover.
bookseller
bookseller
noun
A business that sells books.
A person engaged in the business of selling books.
booksellerish
booksellerish
adj
(rare) Characteristic of a bookseller.
booksellerism
booksellers
booksellers
noun
plural of bookseller
bootlicker
bootlicker
noun
(by extension, derogatory) Anyone who is seen as supporting authoritarianism.
(derogatory) A person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner; a toady
bootlickers
bootlickers
noun
plural of bootlicker
bottlemaker
bottlemaker
noun
A manufacturer of bottles.
boulework
boulework
noun
(woodworking) Obsolete form of buhl work.
boullework
bowerlike
bowlmaker
bowlmaker
noun
A manufacturer of bowls.
bradyteleokinesis
brakeload
brakeload
noun
Enough to fill a brake (type of carriage).
breechblock
breechblock
noun
(firearms) The metal block that closes the breech of a breech-loading gun after insertion of the cartridge.
breechblocks
breechblocks
noun
plural of breechblock
brockle
brockle
adj
Of animals: variegated, speckled, multicolored; usually used in the phrase brockle-faced.
Of food odors: malodorous, flatulent, pungent: smelling of sulfur, hydrogen sulfide, or hydrogen disulfide.
brockwell
brokenheartedly
brokenheartedly
adv
In a brokenhearted manner.
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.
brokerly
brokerly
adj
(obsolete) mean; servile
bronzelike
bronzelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of bronze.
brookable
brookdale
brookeland
brookeville
brookfield
brookflower
brooklandville
brookless
brookless
adj
Without a brook.
brooklet
brooklet
noun
A little brook.
brooklets
brooklets
noun
plural of brooklet
brooklike
brooklike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a brook.
brooklime
brooklime
noun
American brooklime (Veronica americana)
European brooklime (Veronica beccabunga)
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.
brooklynite
brooklynite
Noun
A native or inhabitant of Brooklyn, New York.
brookneal
brooksville
brooktondale
brookville
brothellike
brothellike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a brothel.
brotherlike
brotherlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a brother.
bullocker
cankerflower
cantankerously
cantankerously
adv
In a cantankerous manner.
cartoonlike
cartoonlike
adj
Resembling a cartoon
chalkosideric
chalkworker
chariotlike
chariotlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a chariot.
checkerbloom
checkerbloom
noun
Any of the flowering plants in the genus Sidalcea.
checkroll
checkroll
noun
A list of servants in a household, or slaves on a plantation.
chockler
choirlike
choirlike
adj
Resembling a choir or its sound.
chondroskeleton
chondroskeleton
noun
A skeleton (of some fish and of mammal embryos) composed of hyaline cartilage
choruslike
choruslike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a chorus.
clearbrook
clerkdom
clerkdom
noun
The role or status of clerk.
clerkdoms
clerkdoms
noun
plural of clerkdom
clerkhood
clerkhood
noun
The role or status of a clerk.
cloakmaker
cloakmaker
noun
Someone who makes cloaks.
clocker
clocker
noun
(Scotland, dated) A clucking hen.
(slang) A low-level drug dealer who operates on the streets.
A person who clocks (illegally winds back the milometer of) a motor car
clockers
clockers
noun
plural of clocker
clockkeeper
clockmaker
clockmaker
noun
A person who makes clocks.
clockwatcher
clockwatcher
noun
Alternative form of clock-watcher
clockworked
clodbreaker
clodknocker
clodknocker
noun
Synonym of clodhopper
clogmaker
clogmaker
noun
A manufacturer of clogs (type of shoe).
cloisterlike
cloisterlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cloister.
clothmaker
clothmaker
noun
A person who makes cloth.
clothworker
clothworker
noun
A textile worker.
coalrake
coalrake
noun
A rake used to stir the coals / ashes in a furnace or oven
cockerel
cockerel
noun
A young male chicken.
cockerels
cockerels
noun
plural of cockerel
cocklebur
cocklebur
noun
Any of the coarse composite weeds of the genus Xanthium, with a prickly fruit.
cockler
cockler
noun
One who finds and sells cockles.
cocksurely
cocksurely
adv
In a cocksure manner.
cofferlike
cofferlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a coffer.
coldturkey
colebrook
colicker
colormaker
colormaker
noun
(American spelling) A maker of paints or dyes; a colorman.
