Any of several large food and game yellowtail fishes of the genus Seriola, found in warm waters of all oceans.
amberjacks
amberjacks
noun
plural of amberjack
amberlike
amberlike
adj
Resembling the resin amber.
backcourtman
backcourtman
noun
(basketball) A backcourt player.
backcourtmen
backcourtmen
noun
plural of backcourtman
backframe
backstromite
backstromite
noun
(mineralogy) Synonym of hydrohausmannite
backswimmer
backswimmer
noun
Any of various aquatic insects, of the family Notonectidae, that swim on their backs.
backswordman
backswordman
noun
(historical) One who fights with a backsword or singlestick.
backswordmen
backswordmen
noun
plural of backswordman
backswordsman
backworm
backworm
noun
(obsolete) The thread-like worm found in filanders, the disease of hawks.
bagmaker
bagmaker
noun
A manufacturer of bags.
bakemeier
bakerdom
bakerdom
noun
The realm or sphere of bakers; the world of baking.
bakerman
bandkeramik
bankerdom
bankerdom
noun
The world of bankers and finance.
bankruptism
bankruptism
noun
(obsolete) bankruptcy
baramika
barkometer
barkometer
noun
A hydrometer calibrated to test the strength of tanning liquors used in tanning leather.
barksome
barksome
adj
Characterised or marked by barking
barmbrack
barmbrack
noun
An Irish yeasted bread with sultanas and raisins.
barmkin
barmkin
noun
(obsolete) The battlement on the exterior fortification of a castle in northern England and parts of Scotland; a barbican.
barmskin
barmskin
noun
(UK, dialect, obsolete) A blacksmith's leather apron.
barrelmaker
barrelmaker
noun
A maker of barrels, especially a cooper or a container manufacturer.
barrelmaking
barrelmaking
noun
The manufacture of barrels.
basketmaker
basketmaker
noun
A person who weaves baskets.
basketworm
basketworm
noun
The larva of a psychid moth.
beakerman
beakermen
beamwork
beckerman
bedmaker
bedmaker
noun
(Cambridge University, formal or historical) A bedder.
someone who manufactures beds
bedmakers
bedmakers
noun
plural of bedmaker
beermaker
beermaker
noun
One who makes beer; a brewer.
beermaking
beermaking
noun
The making of beer.
bellmaker
bellmaker
noun
someone who makes bells
bellowsmaker
beltmaker
beltmaker
noun
Someone who makes belts.
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
bergamask
bergomask
bergomask
noun
(obsolete) A kind of rustic dance.
berkeleianism
berkman
betsimisaraka
bhaktimarga
bikram
biometrika
birthmark
birthmark
noun
A mark on the skin formed before birth.
birthmarks
birthmarks
noun
plural of birthmark
biscuitmaker
bismarck
bismarck
noun
(Alberta, Saskatchewan, Northern US, Midwestern US) A jelly doughnut: a doughnut filled with jam and coated with sugar.
(Manitoba) A doughnut filled with cream, often with chocolate icing.
(Midland US) A fried cruller, or a sort of pancake.
bismarckian
bismarckian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to (1815-1898), German statesman associated with antisocialism, complex diplomacy and the creation of the welfare state.
bismarckianism
bismark
blackamoor
blackamoor
noun
(archaic, often offensive) A person with dark skin, especially one from north Africa.
(heraldry) A stylized Negro.
A blackamoor slave, a blackamoor servant; and hence any slave, servant, inferior, or child.
blackamoors
blackamoors
noun
plural of blackamoor
blackarm
blackguardism
blackguardism
noun
Blackguardly behaviour or language.
blackmailer
blackmailer
noun
Someone who blackmails.
blackmailers
blackmailers
noun
plural of blackmailer
blackmore
blackmur
blakemore
blanketmaker
blanketmaker
noun
A manufacturer of blankets.
blockmaker
blockmaker
noun
A manufacturer of blocks for use in printing.
A manufacturer of nautical blocks.
bodicemaker
bodymaker
bodymaker
noun
a craftsman
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.
bokmakierie
bokmakierie
noun
A shrike endemic to Southern Africa, with olive upper parts, a yellow underside, and a deep black gorget.
boltmaker
boltmaker
noun
A machine that manufactures bolts.
A manufacturer of bolts.
bookmaker
bookmaker
noun
(gambling) A person (or a business) who calculates odds and accepts bets, especially on horse racing; a bookie.
A person who compiles books from the writings of others.
A person who prints or binds books.
bookmakers
bookmakers
noun
plural of bookmaker
bookmark
bookmark
noun
(computing) A record of the address of a file or Internet page, serving as a shortcut to it.
(databases) A pointer found in a nonclustered index to a row in a clustered index or a table heap
A strip of material used to mark a place in a book.
verb
(computing, transitive) To create a bookmark.
bookmarker
bookmarker
noun
A slip of paper, card, etc. used to mark one's place in reading a book; a bookmark.
bookmarkers
bookmarkers
noun
plural of bookmarker
bookmarking
bookmarking
verb
present participle of bookmark
bookmarks
bookmarks
noun
plural of bookmark
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bookmark
bootmaker
bootmaker
noun
A maker of boots; a cobbler.
bordermark
bottlemaker
bottlemaker
noun
A manufacturer of bottles.
bowlmaker
bowlmaker
noun
A manufacturer of bowls.
bowmaker
bowmaker
noun
Alternative form of bow maker
boxmaker
boxmaker
noun
A manufacturer of boxes.
brackmard
brackmard
noun
Alternative form of braquemard (“type of sword”)
bradmaker
brahmaloka
brakemaker
brakemaker
noun
A manufacturer of brakes.
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
brambrack
breadmaker
breadmaker
noun
(dated) One who makes bread; a baker.
Alternative form of bread maker
breadmaking
breadmaking
noun
The making of bread.
breakerman
breakermen
breastmark
brickmaker
brickmaker
noun
A maker of bricks.
brickmaking
brickmaking
noun
The manufacture of bricks.
brickmason
bridgemaker
bridgemaker
noun
(figuratively) A person who connects others.
A person who designs and/or constructs bridges.
bridgemaking
brinkema
brinkmanship
brinkmanship
noun
(chiefly politics) The pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink (for example, by risking a dangerous policy) rather than to concede a point.
brinksmanship
brinksmanship
noun
Alternative form of brinkmanship
broommaker
broommaking
broomshank
brushmaker
brushmaker
noun
A person who makes brushes.
brushmaking
brushmaking
noun
The manufacture of brushes.
bucketmaker
bucketmaker
noun
A manufacturer of buckets.
buckinghamshire
buckinghamshire
Proper noun
An inland county of England bounded by Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Greater London, Berkshire and Oxfordshire.
buckram
buckram
noun
A coarse cloth of cotton, linen or hemp, stiffened with size or glue, used in bookbinding to cover and protect the books, in garments to keep them in the form intended, and for wrappers to cover merchandise.
A plant, Allium ursinum, also called ramson, wild garlic, or bear garlic.
verb
(transitive) To stiffen with or as if with buckram.
buckramed
buckramed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of buckram
buckraming
buckraming
verb
present participle of buckram
buckrams
buckrams
noun
Alternative form of buckram ("ramson").
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of buckram
bulletmaker
bulletmaker
noun
A manufacturer of bullets.
bungmaker
bunkerman
bunkerman
noun
(historical) A man in charge of an industrial coal storage bunker.
burbankism
bushmaker
buttermaker
buttermaking
byeworkman
cabinetmaker
cabinetmaker
noun
A skilled woodworker who makes high-quality wooden furniture
cabinetmakers
cabinetmakers
noun
plural of cabinetmaker
combmaker
combmaker
noun
A manufacturer of combs.
comebacker
comebacker
noun
(baseball) A batted ball that travels toward the pitcher.
debarkment
demibuckram
disembark
disembark
verb
(intransitive) To go ashore out of a ship or boat; to leave a train or aircraft.
(transitive) To remove from on board a vessel; to put on shore
disembarkation
disembarkation
noun
The act of disembarking.
disembarkations
disembarkations
noun
plural of disembarkation
disembarked
disembarked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disembark
disembarking
disembarking
noun
A disembarkation.
verb
present participle of disembark
disembarkment
disembarkment
noun
disembarkation
disembarks
disembarks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disembark
embark
embark
verb
(transitive) To cause to go on board a vessel or boat; to put on shipboard.
(transitive) To engage, enlist, or invest (as persons, money, etc.) in any affair.
To get on a boat or ship or (outside the USA) an aeroplane.
To start, begin.
embarkation
embarkation
noun
(obsolete) A vessel.
The act of embarking.
The process of loading military personnel and vehicles etc into ships or aircraft.
embarkations
embarkations
noun
plural of embarkation
embarked
embarked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of embark
embarking
embarking
noun
An embarkation.
verb
present participle of embark
embarkment
embarkment
noun
embarkation; the act of setting out
embarkments
embarkments
noun
plural of embarkment
embarks
embarks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of embark