(figuratively, colloquial, by extension) A tall, slim person.
The stem of a bean plant, proverbially fast-growing and tall.
beanstalks
beanstalks
noun
plural of beanstalk
beknottedly
beltmaking
beltmaking
noun
The manufacture of belts.
bernkasteler
bespecklement
bibliokleptomania
bibliokleptomania
noun
A mental disorder that produces a compulsion to steal books.
bibliokleptomaniac
bibliokleptomaniac
noun
Someone who suffers from bibliokleptomania.
bickleton
billsticking
billsticking
noun
Synonym of billposting
blackcurrant
blackcurrant
noun
A shrub, Ribes nigrum, that produces small, very dark purple, edible berries.
The berry borne by this shrub.
blackheartedness
blackheartedness
noun
The state or quality of being blackhearted; villainy.
blackington
blacklisting
blacklisting
noun
The act of placing onto a blacklist.
verb
present participle of blacklist
blackprint
blacksmithing
blacksmithing
noun
the business of a blacksmith
verb
present participle of blacksmith
blackstone
blackthorn
blackthorn
noun
A large shrub or small tree, Prunus spinosa, that is native to Europe, western Asia, and north Africa. It has a dark bark and bears thorns.
A stick or staff taken from this tree.
blackthorns
blackthorns
noun
plural of blackthorn
blacktongue
blacktopping
blacktopping
verb
present participle of blacktop
blankest
blankest
adj
superlative form of blank: most blank
blanket
blanket
adj
General; covering or encompassing everything.
noun
A heavy, loosely woven fabric, usually large and woollen, used for warmth while sleeping or resting.
A layer of anything.
A streak or layer of blubber in whales.
A thick rubber mat used in the offset printing process to transfer ink from the plate to the paper being printed.
verb
(transitive) To cover with, or as if with, a blanket.
(transitive) To nullify the impact of (someone or something).
(transitive) To take the wind out of the sails of (another vessel) by sailing to windward of it.
(transitive) To toss in a blanket by way of punishment.
(transitive) To traverse or complete thoroughly.
Of a radio signal: to override or block out another radio signal.
blanketed
blanketed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blanket
blanketeer
blanketer
blanketers
blanketflower
blanketflower
noun
Gaillardia; a plant of the genus Gaillardia.
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
blanketless
blanketless
adj
Without a blanket or blankets.
blanketlike
blanketlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a blanket.
blanketmaker
blanketmaker
noun
A manufacturer of blankets.
blanketmaking
blanketmaking
noun
The manufacture of blankets.
blanketry
blankets
blankets
noun
plural of blanket
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blanket
blanketweed
blanketweed
noun
a filamentous alga often found in ponds
blankety
blankety
adj
(dated, euphemistic) damnable, damned
Resembling or related to a blanket.
blankit
blankite
blitzkrieging
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.
blockton
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
blunket
blunket
adj
(obsolete) Gray; grayish or light blue.
noun
(obsolete) A cloth, or kind of cloth (blanket cloth), generally but not always of this color.
(obsolete) A color, generally a light bluish gray or blue or gray, but sometimes seemingly a dark red or violet.
boltmaking
boltmaking
noun
The manufacture of bolts.
bonnetlike
bonnetlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bonnet (traditional hat).
bootlicking
bootlicking
noun
servile behaviour
verb
present participle of bootlick
bottlemaking
bottlemaking
noun
The manufacture of bottles.
bottleneck
bottleneck
noun
(by extension) The part of a process that is too slow or cumbersome.
(figurative) In traffic, any narrowing of the road, especially resulting in a delay.
The narrow portion that forms the pouring spout of a bottle; the neck of a bottle.
verb
(intransitive) To form a bottleneck.
(transitive) To slow by causing a bottleneck.
bottlenecked
bottlenecked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bottleneck
bottlenecks
bottlenecks
noun
plural of bottleneck
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bottleneck
bradyteleokinesis
breathtakingly
breathtakingly
adv
In a breathtaking manner.
To a degree that causes shock or awe; shockingly.
brokenheartedly
brokenheartedly
adv
In a brokenhearted manner.
brooklynite
brooklynite
Noun
A native or inhabitant of Brooklyn, New York.
brooktondale
bucklandite
bulletmaking
bulletmaking
noun
The manufacture of bullets.
buttonlike
buttonlike
adj
Resembling a button.
constablewick
constablewick
noun
(obsolete) The district to which a constable's power is limited.
counterblockade
counterblockade
noun
A blockade set up in opposition to another blockade.
counterblockades
counterblockades
noun
plural of counterblockade
doublethink
doublethink
noun
The holding of two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously and accepting both of them as true or correct, without realizing the contradiction.
doublethinking
doublethinks
doublethinks
noun
plural of doublethink
drinkability
drinkability
noun
The extent to which something is drinkable.
The state or property of being drinkable.
frankability
frankability
noun
The quality of being frankable.
halterbroken
halterbroken
verb
past participle of halterbreak
heartbreakingly
heartbreakingly
adv
In a heartbreaking manner
heartbrokenly
heartbrokenly
adv
In a heartbroken manner.
inattackable
inkblot
inkblot
noun
(figuratively) A dark, shapeless object.
(psychology) Any of the pictures used as stimuli in the Rorschach inkblot test.
A blot of ink.
inkblots
inkblots
noun
plural of inkblot
interblock
interblock
adj
Between blocks.
noun
A space or interval between two adjacent blocks or cells on a grid.
kathemoglobin
keelboatman
keelboatman
noun
The person who operates a keelboat.
keelboatmen
keelboatmen
noun
plural of keelboatman
kilbrickenite
kilbrickenite
noun
(mineralogy) A mixed sulphide and antimonide of lead.
kimballton
kimbolton
kingbolt
kingbolt
noun
The main bolt of a structure, especially the bolt in a motor vehicle that links the chassis to the axle, providing the steering pivot.
kingbolts
kingbolts
noun
plural of kingbolt
knapbottle
knapbottle
noun
Bladder campion.
kneadability
kneadability
noun
Ability to be kneaded, or worked into a mass.
knebelite
knebelite
noun
(mineralogy) A silicate mineral, a manganese variety of fayalite that forms dark green orthorhombic crystals.
knittable
knittable
adj
That can be knitted or used as material for knitting.
knobbliest
knobbliest
adj
superlative form of knobbly: most knobbly
knowability
knowability
noun
The quality or state of being knowable.
knowledgeability
knowledgeability
noun
The condition of being knowledgeable.
knublet
korenblat
liebknecht
marketableness
marketableness
noun
The state or quality of being marketable.
mistakableness
mountebankly
nonmarketability
nonmarketable
nonmarketable
adj
Not marketable.
outblacken
plankbuilt
pocketableness
pointblank
pointblank
adv
(obsolete or rare) point blank
rackrentable
saltimbank
saltimbank
noun
Alternative form of saltimbanque
saltimbankery
stinkball
stinkball
noun
(military, historical) A composition of substances which in combustion emit a suffocating odour, formerly used in naval warfare.
tablemaking
tablemaking
noun
The construction of tables of data.
The manufacture of tables.
takedownable
telukbetung
thimblemaking
thinkability
thinkability
Noun
The property of being thinkable.
thinkable
thinkable
adj
(rare) Morally acceptable or legal.
Able to be thought or imagined; conceivable.
thinkableness
thinkableness
noun
The property of being thinkable.
thinkably
thinkably
adv
(philosophy) Such that it can be thought.
ticklebrain
ticklebrain
noun
(obsolete) Alcoholic liquor.
ticklenburg
ticklenburg
noun
A coarse, mixed linen fabric made to be sold in the West Indies.
ticklenburgs
ticklenburgs
noun
plural of ticklenburg
transbaikal
transbaikalian
treblinka
treblinka
Proper noun
A Nazi death camp in occupied Poland during World War II, located in a forest north-east of Warsaw.
troublemaking
troublemaking
adj
Causing trouble.
noun
Causing trouble; acting in a disruptive way
turbanlike
turbanlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a turban.
turbinelike
turbinelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a turbine.
turnbuckle
turnbuckle
noun
(nautical) A link threaded on both ends of a short bar which is used to pull objects together. (FM 55-501)
A coupling device consisting of two eyelets or other connection points connected in screw threads. The joint in between can be turned to shorten or lengthen the device with mechanical advantage provided by the screw threads.