(literary) Not disconcerted or embarrassed; not concealed; not eliciting shame.
abashment
abashment
noun
The state of being abashed; embarrassment from shame.
abbotship
abbotship
noun
The state, term, or office of an abbot; abbacy.
abhenries
abhenries
noun
plural of abhenry
abhorrers
abhorrers
noun
plural of abhorrer
abkhasian
abolished
abolished
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abolish
abolisher
abolisher
noun
Agent noun of abolish; one who abolishes.
abolishes
abolishes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abolish
abrachias
abrachias
noun
plural of abrachia
absinthes
absinthes
noun
plural of absinthe
absinthic
absinthic
adj
(chemistry) Relating to the common wormwood or to an acid obtained from it.
absinthin
absinthin
noun
(organic chemistry) The principal compound found in wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), having a bitter taste: C₁₅H₂₀O₄
absinthol
absinthol
noun
(organic chemistry) A monoterpene ketone that is a major constituent of the essential oil of wormwood, C₁₀H₁₆O; thujone.
alphabets
alphabets
noun
plural of alphabet
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of alphabet
amberfish
amberfish
noun
An amberjack.
ambushers
ambushers
noun
plural of ambusher
ambushing
ambushing
verb
present participle of ambush
archbancs
arrowbush
ashburton
ashburton
Proper noun
a small town on the edge of Dartmoor, Devon, England.
a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria.
a river in Western Australia, which flows into the Indian Ocean.
a large town in Canterbury, New Zealand.
a river (with two branches) in Canterbury which flows past the town to the Pacific Ocean.
a town in Natal, South Africa.
a neighbourhood in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
ashkhabad
ashtabula
athabasca
athabasca
Proper noun
A town in Alberta, Canada.
athabaska
autobahns
autobahns
noun
plural of autobahn
babbishly
baboonish
baboonish
adj
Like a baboon.
babushkas
babushkas
noun
plural of babushka
babyhoods
babyhoods
noun
plural of babyhood
babyhouse
babyhouse
Noun
A doll's house.
babyishly
babyishly
adv
In a babyish manner.
bacchants
bacchants
noun
plural of bacchant
baccharis
bacchides
bachelors
bachelors
noun
plural of bachelor
backaches
backaches
noun
plural of backache
backchats
backchats
noun
plural of backchat
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backchat
backflash
backflash
noun
Synonym of flashback (“dramatic device”)
The hazardous situation where the flame propagates backward down the hose of an oxyfuel welding and cutting system.
backhands
backhands
noun
plural of backhand
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backhand
backhauls
backhauls
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backhaul
backhouse
backhouse
noun
(US, Canada, euphemistic) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
(now dialect) An outbuilding behind the main building.
backshift
backshift
noun
(grammar) The changing of the tense of a verb from present to past in reported speech.
(statistics) A function on a stochastic process whose value on any random variable is the preceding random variable in the process.
verb
(grammar, transitive) To change the tense of a verb from present to past in reported speech.
backshish
backshish
noun
Alternative spelling of baksheesh
backsight
backsight
noun
(surveying) A measurement of a previously shot point, used to set the angle to zero when occupying a new position.
(surveying) A measurement or reading taken back towards a point of known elevation, used to calculate the height of the surveying instrument (theodolite, transit, total station).
The rear sight of a firearm.
verb
(surveying) To shoot a backsight.
backslash
backslash
noun
(computing, rare, proscribed) Used erroneously in reference to, or in reading out, the ordinary slash, that is, the punctuation mark /.
The punctuation mark \.
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verb
(computing, transitive) To escape (a metacharacter) by prepending a backslash that serves as an escape character, thereby forming an escape sequence.
baddishly
badmouths
badmouths
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of badmouth
bahamians
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.
bakership
bakership
noun
The role or status of a baker.
bakeshops
bakeshops
noun
plural of bakeshop
bakshaish
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.
baldheads
baldheads
noun
plural of baldhead
ballhawks
ballhawks
noun
plural of ballhawk
ballyhoos
ballyhoos
noun
plural of ballyhoo
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ballyhoo
balthasar
banishers
banishers
noun
plural of banisher
banishing
banishing
noun
A magical ritual intended to remove negative spiritual influences.
verb
present participle of banish
bankshall
bankshall
noun
(India, historical) A warehouse.
(India, historical) The office of a harbormaster or other port authority.
baraithas
baratheas
baratheas
noun
plural of barathea
barberish
barberish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a barber.
barghests
barghests
noun
plural of barghest
baronship
baronship
noun
The rank or position of a baron.
barouches
barouches
noun
plural of barouche
bashalick
bashawdom
bashawism
bashawism
noun
The behaviour of a bashaw.
bashemath
bashemeth
bashfully
bashfully
adv
In a bashful manner.
bashkiria
bashkiria
Proper noun
A republic of Russia in the south of the country, with capital Ufa.
bashmuric
basihyoid
basihyoid
noun
(anatomy) The central tongue bone.
basophile
basophile
noun
Alternative form of basophil
basophils
basophils
noun
plural of basophil
batfishes
batfishes
noun
plural of batfish
bathhouse
bathhouse
noun
A building where swimmers can change clothes.
A building with baths for communal use.
A business with bath-like facilities, which chiefly serves as a place for sexual encounters, especially among men.
bathrobes
bathrobes
noun
plural of bathrobe
bathrooms
bathrooms
noun
plural of bathroom
bathsheba
bathsheba
Proper noun
In the Old Testament, the wife of Uriah and later of David.
name of biblical origin.
bathsheeb
bathybius
bathybius
Noun
A gelatinous substance found in mud dredged from the Atlantic and once supposed to be a free living protoplasm, later found to be the result of precipitation.
bathysmal
bauhinias
bauhinias
noun
plural of bauhinia
beachboys
beachboys
noun
plural of beachboy
beachiest
beachiest
adj
superlative form of beachy: most beachy
beachless
beachless
adj
Without a beach or beaches.
beachside
beachside
adj
(rare) Bordering a beach
noun
The land bordering a beach.
beadflush
beadhouse
beadhouse
noun
(historical) An almshouse for poor people who pray daily for their benefactors.
beamhouse
beamishly
beamishly
adv
In a beamish manner.
beardfish
beardfish
noun
Any of various deep-sea fish, of the family Polymixiidae, that have a pair of long hyoid barbels.
bearishly
bearishly
adv
In a bearish manner.
beasthood
beasthood
noun
The property or state of being a beast.
beastship
beastship
noun
The quality of being a beast, or beastly.
beaverish
beaverish
adj
Characteristic of a beaver.
bechamels
bechamels
noun
plural of bechamel
bechances
bechances
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bechance
bechuanas
beclothes
beclothes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beclothe
bedchairs
bedchairs
noun
plural of bedchair
bedehouse
bedehouse
noun
Alternative form of beadhouse
bednights
bedsheets
bedsheets
noun
plural of bedsheet
beduchess
beechiest
beechiest
adj
superlative form of beechy: most beechy
beechnuts
beechnuts
noun
plural of beechnut
beerhouse
beerhouse
noun
A tavern that sells beer.
beerishly
beerishly
adv
In a beerish manner.
beersheba
begarnish
behaviors
behaviors
noun
plural of behavior
behemoths
behemoths
noun
plural of behemoth
behmenism
behmenist
behmenist
Adjective
Pertaining to the ideas of seventeenth-century German mystic
Noun
A supporter or adherent of such theosophical ideas.
beholders
beholders
noun
plural of beholder
behusband
beknights
beknights
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beknight
bellhouse
bellhouse
noun
A structure housing a bell or bells; bell tower; belfry
bellyfish
benchless
benchless
adj
Without a bench or benches.
benthoses
benthoses
noun
plural of benthos
bequeaths
bequeaths
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bequeath
berdaches
berdaches
noun
plural of berdache
bereshith
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.
bermensch
berrybush
bescratch
bescratch
verb
(transitive) To scratch; scratch about; scratch all over.
beseeched
beseecher
beseecher
noun
A person who beseeches.
beseeches
beseeches
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beseech
beshackle
beshadows
beshadows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beshadow
beshaming
beshaming
verb
present participle of beshame
beshawled
beshawled
adj
Wearing a shawl.
beshivers
beshouted
beshouted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beshout
beshrewed
beshrewed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beshrew
beshrivel
beshrouds
beshrouds
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beshroud
beslushed
besmooths
besmooths
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of besmooth
besmother
besoothed
besoothed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of besoothe
besoothes
besoothes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of besoothe
bethesdas
bethsabee
bethsaida
bewhisker
bewhisker
verb
(transitive) To give or add whiskers to; to put whiskers on.