Any of the genus Anableps of "four-eyed" fishes (having eyes raised above the top of the head and divided into two parts) found in brackish waters in northern South America and Trinidad.
apoblast
baaskaap
baaskaap
noun
Alternative form of baasskap
babeship
babeship
noun
(archaic) Infancy; babyhood.
(archaic, with "my", "his", "her", or (plural) "their" or "our") A baby.
babyship
babyship
noun
The quality of being a baby; the personality of an infant.
backslap
backslap
verb
To enthusiastically affirm or congratulate a person, especially by patting them on the back.
backspin
backspin
noun
(music) Synonym of spinback
Spin applied to a ball in order to slow it, change its flight, or stop it when it lands.
verb
(music) To play a section of a record in reverse, as a disc jockey; to apply spinback.
(transitive) To spin (a ball) with this motion.
backstop
backstop
noun
(baseball) A wall or fence behind home plate.
(baseball, slang) A catcher; the position of catcher.
(cricket, dated) The longstop.
(cricket, dated) The wicket-keeper.
(espionage) Something serving to bolster or support a cover story etc.
(rounders) The player who stands immediately behind the striking base.
A default arrangement that holds if all else fails.
A thing or a person put in the rear or in the back of something to reinforce, hold, support.
verb
(transitive) To bolster, support.
(transitive) To serve as backstop for.
bagpipes
bagpipes
noun
A musical wind instrument of Celtic origin, possessing a flexible bag inflated by bellows, a double-reed melody pipe and up to four drone pipes; any aerophone that produces sound using air from a reservoir to vibrate enclosed reeds.
bakeshop
bakeshop
noun
A shop where baked goods are made and sold.
balanops
bandpass
bandpass
adj
Alternative spelling of band-pass
noun
A bandpass filter
bandstop
bandstop
adj
Alternative spelling of band-stop
bapparts
baptised
baptised
adj
(of a person) Who has been baptised.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of baptise
baptises
baptises
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of baptise
baptisia
baptisia
noun
(horticulture) Any of various ornamental plants of the genus Baptisia
baptisms
baptisms
noun
plural of baptism
baptista
baptiste
baptists
baptists
noun
plural of baptist
baptizes
baptizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of baptize
baptlsta
bardship
bardship
noun
The state of being a bard.
barkeeps
barkeeps
noun
plural of barkeep
barspoon
baseplug
basophil
basophil
noun
(cytology, immunology) A white blood cell responsible for inflammatory reactions during immune response.
One of the endocrine basophilic cells of the adenohypophysis, including gonadotrophs and thyrotrophs.
bawdship
bawdship
noun
The employment or office of a bawd
baypines
bearship
bearship
noun
The character or personality of a bear.
beaupers
beauship
beauship
noun
(dated, humorous) The state of being a beau; the personality of a beau.
beclasps
beclasps
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beclasp
bedlamps
bedlamps
noun
plural of bedlamp
bedrapes
bedrapes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedrape
bepaints
bepaints
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bepaint
bephrase
bepraise
bepraise
verb
(transitive) To praise greatly or extravagantly.
bescrape
bescrape
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To scrape all over; scrape excessively.
bespeaks
bespeaks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bespeak
besplash
besplash
verb
(transitive) To splash all over; to wet by splashing.
bespread
bespread
verb
(transitive) To spread over; to cover with.
bioplasm
bioplasm
noun
(biology) Any living matter, but especially germinal or forming matter; matter possessing reproductive vitality; protoplasm, especially in its relation to living processes and development.
bioplast
bioplast
noun
(biology) a mass or cell of bioplasm that is a unit of living matter; an independently existing mass of living matter
biparous
biparous
adj
producing two offspring from one pregnancy; twinning
biphasic
biphasic
adj
Having two phases.
biplanes
biplanes
noun
plural of biplane
bluecaps
bluecaps
noun
plural of bluecap
boarship
boatshop
bosporan
bradypus
breakups
breakups
noun
plural of breakup
budapest
buphagus
bypassed
bypassed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bypass
bypasser
bypasser
noun
Alternative form of passer-by (“one who passes by”)
one who or that which bypasses
bypasses
bypasses
noun
plural of bypass
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bypass
copaibas
copaibas
noun
plural of copaiba
epibasal
epibatus
epiblast
epiblast
noun
(biology, embryology) The outer layer of a blastula that, after gastrulation, becomes the ectoderm.
haphsiba
hapsburg
hepsibah
ipsambul
lapsable
lapsable
adj
Alternative form of lapsible
lapsible
lapsible
adj
Liable to lapse.
pabulous
pabulous
adj
(obsolete) nourishing
pabulums
pageboys
pageboys
noun
plural of pageboy
palabras
palabras
noun
plural of palabra
panabase
panabase
noun
(mineralogy) tetrahedrite
parables
parables
noun
plural of parable
parboils
parboils
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of parboil
parsable
parsable
adj
(grammar, computing) able to be parsed
passable
passable
adj
(sociology) able to "pass", or be accepted as a member of a race, sex or other group to which society would not otherwise regard one as belonging.
That may be passed or traversed.
Tolerable; adequate; no more than satisfactory.
passably
passably
adv
In a passable fashion; moderately; adequately.
passback
passback
noun
circumvention of an access restriction to a physical site by passing one's access card to another person after having entered
passband
passband
noun
The range of frequencies or wavelengths that can pass through a filter without being reduced in amplitude.
passbook
passbook
noun
(South Africa, historical) A kind of internal passport used during apartheid to limit the movements of citizens outside of their homelands or designated areas.
(banking) A customer's record of deposits and withdrawals from a savings account at a bank, typically recorded in a small booklet. The bank keeps its own record, which is final in any dispute.
(dated) A book that passes between a trader and a customer, used to record credit purchases.
passerby
passerby
noun
Alternative spelling of passer-by
passible
passible
adj
(chiefly theology) Able to suffer, or feel pain.
Able to feel emotion.
Capable of suffering injury or detriment.
Liable to experience change or decay.
patrisib
pausably
payables
payables
noun
debts and liabilities owed by a business
paybacks
paybacks
noun
plural of payback
pedicabs
pedicabs
noun
plural of pedicab
pembinas
pembinas
noun
plural of pembina
phoebads
piasabas
piassaba
piebalds
piebalds
noun
plural of piebald
pigboats
pigboats
noun
plural of pigboat
pinballs
pinballs
noun
plural of pinball
pissabed
pissabed
noun
(dialect) Any of various other wild plants with diuretic properties; bluet, oxeye daisy, etc.
The dandelion, formerly much used for its diuretic properties.
placebos
playboys
playboys
noun
plural of playboy
poisable
polabish
postable
postable
adj
Capable of being posted (in various senses).
postbags
postbags
noun
plural of postbag
postbase
postbase
noun
(linguistics) A morpheme used as a suffix following either a base or another postbase.
potables
potables
noun
Beverages.
Potable liquids.
prebasal
prebasal
adj
(anatomy) anterior to the base
preboast
prisable
probands
probands
noun
plural of proband
probangs
probangs
noun
plural of probang
probates
probates
noun
plural of probate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of probate
pushball
pushball
noun
(countable) The large ball used for this game.
(uncountable) A team game where players attempt to push a large inflatable lightweight ball into the opponent's goal.
ribspare
ribspare
noun
(rare, modern uses dialectal) Sparerib.
saprobes
saprobes
noun
plural of saprobe
saprobic
saprobic
adj
(biology) Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a saprobe or saprobes; that feeds on dead or decaying organic matter.
(ecology) That contains dead or decaying organic material (and therefore also saprobes).
shapable
shapable
adj
Capable of being shaped.
slipback
slipband
snapback
snapback
noun
(slang) An adjustable, flat-brimmed baseball cap with snap fasteners on the back.
The reimposition of an earlier and usually higher tariff.
soapbark
soapbark
noun
The bark of the evergreen tree, Quillaja saponaria, which when pulverised forms a lather with water.
The tree Quillaja saponaria.
soapbush
spaebook
sparable
sparable
adj
Alternative form of spareable
noun
A small headless nail used in making shoes (especially the heels).
sparerib
sparerib
noun
A cut of meat including the rib bones.
sperable
sperable
adj
(obsolete) Within the range of hope; proper to be hoped for.
spirable
spirable
adj
(obsolete) Capable of being breathed; respirable.
spitball
spitball
noun
(baseball) A pitch of a baseball that has been partly covered with saliva, illegal at most levels.
A balled-up piece of paper, moistened with saliva (by chewing) and shot through a drinking straw.
verb
(baseball) To moisten the ball with saliva before pitching it.
To brainstorm ideas.
stopback
stopband
stopband
noun
A band of frequencies in which an electronic filter will not let signals pass through.
stopbank
stopbank
noun
levee, dyke
subgaped
subgraph
subgraph
noun
(graph theory) A graph or network that makes up part of a larger graph or network.
subpanel
subpanel
noun
A subsection of a panel
subparts
subparts
noun
plural of subpart
subparty
subparty
noun
A party (group of people, as in politics or the military) forming part of a larger party.
subpenas
subpenas
noun
plural of subpena
subphase
subphase
noun
(chemistry) The liquid upon which a film or layer floats
A subsection of a phase
subphyla
subphyla
noun
plural of subphylum
subplant
subplate
subplate
noun
A layer of cells lying below the cortical plate of the cerebral cortex.
subpoena
subpoena
noun
(law) A writ requiring someone to appear in court to give testimony.
(law, historical) A writ requiring a defendant to appear in court to answer a plaintiff's claim.
verb
(transitive) To summon with a subpoena.
subpolar
subpolar
adj
Situated below the poles
subspace
subspace
noun
(BDSM) The psychological state of the submissive or "bottom" during sadomasochistic activity.
(countable, mathematics) A subset of a space which is a space in its own right.
(uncountable, science fiction) An alternative dimension or universe, access to or use of which permits faster-than-light travel or communications; hyperspace.
(uncountable, science fiction) Any (often unspecified) method of communicating or travelling faster than light speed.
subtopia
subtopia
noun
Sprawling suburbs, collectively.
superbad
superbad
adj
(slang) Fine, excellent.
Very bad; villainous.
superbia
suppable
tabstops
typebars
typebars
noun
plural of typebar
upbraids
upbraids
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of upbraid