Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backbite
backbones
backbones
noun
plural of backbone
backdates
backdates
noun
plural of backdate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backdate
backfires
backfires
noun
plural of backfire
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backfire
backhouse
backhouse
noun
(US, Canada, euphemistic) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
(now dialect) An outbuilding behind the main building.
backrests
backrests
noun
plural of backrest
backropes
backseats
backseats
noun
plural of backseat
backsides
backsides
noun
plural of backside
backslide
backslide
noun
(dance) A dance move in which the feet are alternately slid back and the heels lifted, giving the illusion of walking forwards while actually moving backwards.
A backward regression; a reverting back to a worse state.
verb
(Christianity) To revert back into a life of sin after being saved.
To regress; to slip backwards or revert to a previous, worse state.
To shirk responsibility; to renege on one's obligations or commitments.
backspace
backspace
noun
(computing) A keyboard key used for removing a character behind the cursor, and moving the cursor one position backwards.
(computing) The non-printable text character representing a backspace.
The key on a typewriter that moves the head one position backwards.
verb
(computing) To move a magnetic tape to a previous block.
(computing) To remove a character behind a cursor.
backspear
backspeer
backspeir
backspier
backstage
backstage
adj
Relating to, or situated in the area behind a stage.
Secret, concealed from the public.
adv
Out of view of the public.
Towards the area behind the stage.
noun
The area behind a stage out of view of the audience where performers wait to give their show; especially that of the dressing rooms.
The private portion of the space used by a business or enterprise.
backstein
backstone
backswept
backswept
adj
Swept back.
baedekers
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.
bakemeats
bakemeats
noun
plural of bakemeat
bakerless
bakerless
adj
Without a baker.
bakership
bakership
noun
The role or status of a baker.
bakeshops
bakeshops
noun
plural of bakeshop
bakestone
bakestone
noun
Synonym of Welshcake
Synonym of baking stone
baksheesh
baksheesh
noun
(military slang) A minor wound that is severe enough to get a soldier sent away from the front.
in the Middle East, southwest Asia and Eastern Europe: a bribe or tip.
verb
To bribe with a baksheesh.
balkanise
balkanise
verb
Alternative spelling of balkanize
balkiness
balkiness
noun
The state or quality of being balky or uncooperative.
balklines
balklines
noun
plural of balkline
bankeress
bankeress
noun
(obsolete) A female banker.
banknotes
banknotes
noun
plural of banknote
banksides
banksides
noun
plural of bankside
baresarks
baresarks
noun
plural of baresark
barksdale
barkstone
basinlike
basinlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a basin.
basketful
basketful
noun
The amount that will fit into a basket
basketing
basketing
verb
present participle of basket
baskonize
baudekins
baudekins
noun
plural of baudekin
baulkiest
baulkiest
adj
superlative form of baulky: most baulky
beadworks
beadworks
noun
plural of beadwork
beanstalk
beanstalk
noun
(chiefly science fiction) A space elevator.
(figuratively, colloquial, by extension) A tall, slim person.
The stem of a bean plant, proverbially fast-growing and tall.
bearskins
bearskins
noun
plural of bearskin
beastlike
beastlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a beast.
beckoners
beckoners
noun
plural of beckoner
bedarkens
bedarkens
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedarken
bedmakers
bedmakers
noun
plural of bedmaker
beefcakes
beefcakes
noun
plural of beefcake
beefsteak
beefsteak
noun
(countable) Ellipsis of beefsteak mushroom.
(countable) Ellipsis of beefsteak plant, also known as perilla and shiso (Perilla frutescens var. crispa).
(countable) Ellipsis of beefsteak tomato.
(countable, archaic): A celebratory dinner, commonly held in New York between about 1870 and 1940 involving the consumption of enormous quantities of broiled steak and beer.
(countable, uncountable) (A) steak cut from beef cattle.
(uncountable) The herb prepared from the leaves of the beefsteak plant.
bekissing
bekissing
verb
present participle of bekiss
beknights
beknights
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beknight
benedicks
benedicks
noun
plural of benedick
bengkalis
bentincks
bergamask
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
berkshire
berkshire
Proper noun
A inland county of England, bounded by Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Surrey, Greater London and Wiltshire.
Noun
A breed of pig from Berkshire county.
berserker
berserker
noun
(historical) A Norse warrior who purportedly fought in a trance-like frenzy; a berserk.
(science fiction) A type of von Neumann probe whose mission is to exterminate alien lifeforms.
One who fights as if frenzied, like a berserker.
beshackle
besmoking
besmoking
verb
present participle of besmoke
bespeaker
bespeaker
noun
One who bespeaks.
bespecked
bespeckle
bespeckle
verb
To add speckles.
bewhisker
bewhisker
verb
(transitive) To give or add whiskers to; to put whiskers on.
bickerers
bickerers
noun
plural of bickerer
bidarkees
bidarkees
noun
plural of bidarkee
blackeyes
blackeyes
noun
plural of blackeye
blacklegs
blacklegs
noun
plural of blackleg
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blackleg
blackness
blackness
noun
The experiences and culture of African-American people.
The quality of being evil or dismal.
The state of being of African descent.
The state or quality of being black in colour.
blackseed
blackseed
noun
A spice plant with aromatic black seeds, Nigella sativa
blakeslee
blankness
blankness
noun
The characteristic of being blank.
bleakness
bleakness
noun
The characteristic of being bleak.
blesbucks
blesbucks
noun
plural of blesbuck
blockades
blockades
noun
plural of blockade
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blockade
blockages
blockages
noun
plural of blockage
blockiest
blockiest
adj
superlative form of blocky: most blocky
bluebooks
bluebooks
noun
plural of bluebook
bluejacks
bluejacks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bluejack
bockstein
bogsucker
bogsucker
noun
The American woodcock.
bolshevik
bolshevik
noun
Alternative form of Bolshevik
bonteboks
bonteboks
noun
plural of bontebok
bookcases
bookcases
noun
plural of bookcase
bookiness
bookiness
noun
The quality of being booky.
bookkeeps
bookkeeps
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bookkeep
booklores
booklouse
booklouse
noun
Any of the small insects who feed on bookbindings, especially those of the order Psocoptera.
bookpress
bookrests
bookrests
noun
plural of bookrest
bookshelf
bookshelf
noun
A shelf or shelves for storing books for easy visual reference.
bookstore
bookstore
noun
A store where books are bought and sold.
boskiness
boskiness
noun
The state or quality of being bosky.
boscage
brakeages
brakeless
brakeless
adj
Without brakes (device used to slow or stop a vehicle).
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
brankiest
brasslike
brasslike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of the metal brass.
breakages
breakages
noun
plural of breakage
breakfast
breakfast
noun
(by extension) A meal consisting of food normally eaten in the morning, which may typically include eggs, sausages, toast, bacon, etc.
(largely obsolete outside religion) A meal eaten after a period of (now often religious) fasting.
The celebratory meal served after a wedding (and occasionally after other solemnities e.g. a funeral).
The first meal of the day, usually eaten in the morning.
verb
(intransitive) To eat the morning meal.
(transitive) To serve breakfast to.
breakings
breakings
noun
plural of breaking
breakless
breakless
adj
Without a break; continuous, unbroken.
breaklist
breakouts
breakouts
noun
plural of breakout
breekless
breekless
adj
(Scotland) Not wearing breeks; breechless.
brickiest
brickiest
adj
superlative form of bricky: most bricky
brickwise
brickwise
adj
In the manner of bricks, especially the overlapping way in which they are assembled into a wall.
brinkless
brinkless
adj
Without a brink.
briskened
briskened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brisken
briskness
briskness
noun
The property of being brisk.
brockages
brockages
noun
plural of brockage
brokeress
brokeress
noun
(dated) A female broker (mediator).
brookiest
brookites
brookites
noun
plural of brookite
brookless
brookless
adj
Without a brook.
brooklets
brooklets
noun
plural of brooklet
brookside
brookside
adj
On the side of a brook.
noun
The side of a brook.
brushlike
brushlike
adj
Having the form of a brush.
bruskness
bruskness
noun
The state of being brusk
buckbeans
buckbeans
noun
plural of buckbean
buckeroos
buckeroos
noun
plural of buckeroo
buckshees
buckshees
noun
plural of buckshee
buckstone
bulkheads
bulkheads
noun
plural of bulkhead
bulkiness
bulkiness
noun
The characteristic of being bulky, or of having bulk.
bullnecks
bullnecks
noun
plural of bullneck
bullsnake
bullsnake
noun
Pituophis catenifer sayi, a large non-venomous colubrid snake endemic to the central United States, northern Mexico, and southwestern Canada.
bunkhouse
bunkhouse
noun
A building providing sleeping quarters for workers or guests, especially in a rural setting.
bunkmates
bunkmates
noun
plural of bunkmate
bushmaker
byelostok
casebooks
casebooks
noun
plural of casebook
checkbits
clambakes
clambakes
noun
plural of clambake
codebooks
codebooks
noun
plural of codebook
comebacks
comebacks
noun
plural of comeback
crossbeak
crossbeak
noun
A bird, the crossbill.
daybreaks
daybreaks
noun
plural of daybreak
debunkers
debunkers
noun
plural of debunker
dekabrist
dekabrist
Noun
Decembrist
dembowski
deskbound
deskbound
adj
(of an employee) Whose work confines him or her to a desk.
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
embosking
embosking
verb
present participle of embosk
feedbacks
feedbacks
noun
(proscribed) plural of feedback
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of feedback