Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backstop
backstories
backstories
noun
plural of backstory
backstroke
backstroke
noun
(bellringing) The pull on the tail of the rope that swings the bell through a full circle (compare handstroke)
(swimming) A stroke swum lying on one's back, while rotating both arms through the water as to propel the swimmer backwards.
A backhanded stroke or blow.
verb
To swim the backstroke.
backstroked
backstroked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backstroke
backstrokes
backstrokes
noun
plural of backstroke
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backstroke
backstroking
backstroking
verb
present participle of backstroke
backstromite
backstromite
noun
(mineralogy) Synonym of hydrohausmannite
backsword
backsword
noun
(UK, dated) A stick with a basket handle, used in rustic amusements.
(UK, dated) The game in which the stick is used.
A sword with one sharp edge.
backswording
backswording
noun
Sport or exercise using a backsword or singlestick.
backswordman
backswordman
noun
(historical) One who fights with a backsword or singlestick.
backswordmen
backswordmen
noun
plural of backswordman
backswordsman
backwoods
backwoods
adj
Pertaining to the backwoods.
Rough, uncouth, coarse, or crude in social matters.
noun
A remote or sparsely inhabited region, especially in North America; away from big towns and from the influence of modern life.
Partly or wholly uncleared forest, especially in North America.
backwoodser
backwoodsiness
backwoodsiness
noun
The quality of being backwoodsy.
backwoodsman
backwoodsman
noun
(informal, UK politics) A Peer who is seldom present in the House of Lords of the United Kingdom Parliament, who may be encouraged to attend when a very important vote is expected.
A person who is acclimated to living in a forest area that is far removed from civilization or modern conveniences.
An uncivilized person.
backwoodsmen
backwoodsmen
noun
plural of backwoodsman
backwoodsy
backwoodsy
adj
(US) Typical of something or someone from the backwoods
badderlocks
badderlocks
noun
(Scotland) The edible seaweed Alaria esculenta
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.
bakehouses
bakehouses
noun
plural of bakehouse
bakerstown
bakeshop
bakeshop
noun
A shop where baked goods are made and sold.
bakeshops
bakeshops
noun
plural of bakeshop
bakestone
bakestone
noun
Synonym of Welshcake
Synonym of baking stone
ballocks
ballocks
noun
Alternative form of bollocks
ballstock
ballstock
noun
(printing, historical) The handle of a printer's ball.
baloskion
baloskionaceae
bangkoks
bangkoks
noun
plural of bangkok
bankbooks
bankbooks
noun
plural of bankbook
banknotes
banknotes
noun
plural of banknote
bankrollers
bankrollers
noun
plural of bankroller
bankrolls
bankrolls
noun
plural of bankroll
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bankroll
bankston
bannocks
bannocks
noun
plural of bannock
barksome
barksome
adj
Characterised or marked by barking
barkstone
barnstock
bashibazouk
bashibazouk
noun
Alternative spelling of bashi-bazouk
basilicock
basingstoke
basingstoke
Proper noun
A town in Hampshire, England
basketwoman
basketwoman
noun
(historical) A woman who sells goods from a basket.
basketwood
basketwood
noun
Any of various kinds of wood traditionally used for making baskets.
basketwork
basketwork
noun
Material woven in the style of a basket.
The craft of making such material.
basketworks
basketworks
noun
plural of basketwork
basketworm
basketworm
noun
The larva of a psychid moth.
baskonize
basoko
bawcocks
bawcocks
noun
plural of bawcock
bazookas
bazookas
noun
(slang) breasts
plural of bazooka
beadworks
beadworks
noun
plural of beadwork
becassocked
becassocked
adj
Wearing a cassock.
beckoners
beckoners
noun
plural of beckoner
beckons
beckons
noun
plural of beckon
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beckon
becloaks
becloaks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of becloak
bedrocks
bedrocks
noun
plural of bedrock
bedsock
bedsock
noun
A sock worn in bed, to keep the feet warm.
bedstock
bedstock
noun
(obsolete) The front or back part of the frame of a bedstead.
beetlestock
beknots
beknottedness
beknottedness
noun
(mathematics) The measure or degree to which a knot is complicated, i.e., a knot's complexity; the number of times that it is necessary to pass one part of the curve of the knot projected upon a plane through another in order to untie the knot.
bellowslike
bellowslike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bellows (device for delivering pressurized air).
bellowsmaker
bellowsmaking
belostok
belowdecks
belowdecks
adv
(nautical) Below the main deck of a ship.
bemocks
bemocks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bemock
bergomask
bergomask
noun
(obsolete) A kind of rustic dance.
berkovets
berkovets
noun
(historical) An old Russian unit of weight, approximately 164 kilograms or 10 poods.
berkovtsi
besmoke
besmoke
verb
(transitive) To befoul with smoke.
(transitive) To fill with smoke; act on with smoke; fumigate.
(transitive) To harden or dry in smoke.
besmoked
besmoked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of besmoke
besmokes
besmokes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of besmoke
besmoking
besmoking
verb
present participle of besmoke
bespoke
bespoke
adj
Individually or custom made.
Relating to someone who makes custom-made products, especially clothing items.
verb
(archaic) past participle of bespeak
simple past tense of bespeak
bespoken
bespoken
adj
(obsolete) betrothed or engaged to be married (compare with: spoken for)
verb
past participle of bespeak
bestock
bestock
verb
(transitive) to stock; furnish
betokens
betokens
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of betoken
bialystok
bialystoker
bibcocks
bibcocks
noun
plural of bibcock
bikols
billhooks
billhooks
noun
plural of billhook
biofeedbacks
biofeedbacks
noun
plural of biofeedback
biokinetics
biokinetics
noun
(medical biology) The study of movements of or within organisms
bishoplike
bishoplike
adj
Resembling, or pertaining to a bishop.
biskop
bitstock
bitstock
noun
A hand tool consisting of a crank which holds a fitted rotating drill bit tip, designed to bore holes in rigid materials, by cutting a disc in a spiral fashion.
bitstocks
bitstocks
noun
plural of bitstock
bittocks
bittocks
noun
plural of bittock
bivouacks
bivouacks
noun
plural of bivouack
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bivouack
blackamoors
blackamoors
noun
plural of blackamoor
blackboards
blackboards
noun
plural of blackboard
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blackboard
blackbodies
blackbodies
noun
plural of blackbody
blackboys
blackboys
noun
plural of blackboy
blackcods
blackfellows
blackfellows
noun
plural of blackfellow
blackouts
blackouts
noun
plural of blackout
blackstock
blackstone
blackthorns
blackthorns
noun
plural of blackthorn
blacktops
blacktops
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blacktop
blagoveshchensk
blastodisk
blastodisk
noun
(biology) A round, flattened region of cells from which the embryo of many vertebrates begins to develop in the fertilized ovum; a germinal disk
blauboks
blauboks
noun
plural of blaubok
bleachworks
bleachworks
noun
A factory that manufactures bleach.
blesbok
blesbok
noun
Alternative form of blesbuck
blesboks
blesboks
noun
plural of blesbok
blockaders
blockaders
noun
plural of blockader
blockades
blockades
noun
plural of blockade
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blockade
blockages
blockages
noun
plural of blockage
blockbusted
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
blockbusting
blockbusting
adj
Having the characteristics of a blockbuster; hugely successful.
noun
(US) A technique used to encourage people to sell their property by giving the impression that a neighborhood is changing for the worse, especially by implying a change in its racial makeup.
blockers
blockers
noun
plural of blocker
blockheadedness
blockheadedness
noun
The state or condition of being blockheaded.
blockheadish
blockheadish
adj
stupid
blockheadishness
blockheadism
blockheadism
noun
The character or behaviour of a blockhead; stupidity.
blockheads
blockheads
noun
plural of blockhead
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blockhead
blockhouse
blockhouse
noun
(dated) A temporary wooden fortification with a projecting upper story.
A reinforced building from which to control hazardous operations, such as an explosion or a rocket launch.
A sturdy military fortification, often of concrete, with gunports.
blockhouses
blockhouses
noun
plural of blockhouse
blockiest
blockiest
adj
superlative form of blocky: most blocky
blockiness
blockiness
noun
The state or condition of being blocky.
blockish
blockish
adj
Lacking understanding; stupid; obtuse; dull.
Like a block in shape or nature; coming across as a block.
Rude; clumsy; rough.
blockishly
blockishness
blockishness
noun
The state or quality of being blockish.
blocks
blocks
noun
plural of block
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of block
blocksburg
blockship
blockship
noun
(nautical) A vessel that is deliberately sunk in order to block a waterway (to prevent it being used by an enemy)
blockus
blokes
blokes
noun
plural of bloke
blomkest
bloodstock
bloodstock
noun
(countable) The breeding line of a thoroughbred horse or other animal.
(uncountable) Thoroughbred animals in general, but especially horses.
bloodstocks
bloodstocks
noun
plural of bloodstock
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.
bloodsuck
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
bloodsucking
bloodsucking
adj
(by extension, of a person) parasitic, leechlike or freeloading
(of an insect or animal) That draws off the blood of another animal, or a person.
bloodsuckings
bloubiskop
blouselike
blouselike
adj
Resembling a blouse.
blowbacks
blowbacks
noun
plural of blowback
bluebooks
bluebooks
noun
plural of bluebook
bluestocking
bluestocking
noun
(historical) A member of an 18th-century Blue Stockings Society.
(historical) The English parliament of 1653, more commonly called the Barebones Parliament
(usually derogatory) A scholarly, literary, or cultured woman.
bluestockingish
bluestockingish
adj
Like a bluestocking, or scholarly woman.
bluestockingism
bluestockingism
noun
(colloquial) The character or manner of a bluestocking; female pedantry.
bluestockings
bluestockings
noun
plural of bluestocking
boardwalks
boardwalks
noun
plural of boardwalk.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of boardwalk