(botany) The swollen basal part of an inflorescence axis at the onset of fruit development; it bears leaves whose axillary buds differentiate and may grow out as shoots.
(figuratively) Any place, real or imagined, where the value of a thing is settled.
(philately) A meeting of stamp collectors and/or dealers, where stamps and covers are sold or exchanged.
A stock exchange.
bouser
bouser
noun
Obsolete form of boozer.
bowers
bowers
noun
plural of bower
bowser
bowser
noun
(Britain) A mobile water tank deployed to distribute fresh water in emergency situations where the normal system of piped distribution has broken down or is insufficient.
(Ireland, slang, used in the vocative) A buffoon or imbecile.
(now chiefly Australia and New Zealand) A fuel metering/delivery pump at a filling station.
A road vehicle (often a trailer) for the transport of liquid fuel, particularly aviation fuel at an airfield.
boxers
boxers
noun
(informal) Boxer shorts.
plural of boxer
boyers
boyers
noun
plural of boyer
braces
braces
noun
(Britain) A pair of straps crossing one's shoulders and extending down to one's trousers, where a clip or button arrangement allows them to affix to the trousers, ensuring that they will not fall off.
(dated) Handcuffs.
(orthodontics) A device worn on the teeth to straighten them.
plural of brace
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brace
braies
braies
noun
braccae, breeches; an undergarment worn in medieval Europe
(cooking) To cook in a small amount of liquid, in a covered pan, somewhere between steaming and boiling.
Alternative spelling of braze (joining non-ferrous metal using a molten filler metal)
brakes
brakes
noun
plural of brake
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brake
brasen
brasen
adj
Archaic form of brazen.
brasse
brasse
noun
A spotted European freshwater fish Sander lucioperca, resembling a perch.
brause
braves
braves
noun
plural of brave
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brave
brazes
brazes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of braze
breads
breads
noun
plural of bread
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bread
breaks
breaks
noun
plural of break
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of break
breams
breams
noun
plural of bream
breast
breast
noun
(anatomy) Either of the two organs on the front of a female human's chest, which contain the mammary glands; also the analogous organs in males.
(anatomy) The chest, or front of the human thorax.
(mining) The face of a coal working.
(mining) The front of a furnace.
(obsolete) The power of singing; a musical voice.
(swimming) The breaststroke.
A choice cut of poultry, especially chicken or turkey, taken from the bird’s breast; also a cut of meat from other animals, breast of mutton, veal, pork.
A section of clothing covering the breast area.
The figurative seat of the emotions, feelings etc.; one's heart or innermost thoughts.
The front or forward part of anything.
The ventral portion of an animal's thorax.
verb
(transitive, cooking) To debreast.
(transitive, often figurative) To push against with the breast; to meet full on, oppose, face.
To reach the top (of a hill).
bredes
bredes
noun
plural of brede
breeds
breeds
noun
plural of breed
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of breed
breeks
breeks
noun
(Scotland) Pants, breeches.
breese
breese
noun
Obsolete spelling of breeze (all three distinct nouns).
brents
brents
noun
plural of brent
bresee
breves
breves
noun
plural of breve
brevis
brewis
brewis
noun
(obsolete or dialectal) a kind of broth thickened with bread or meal
brewst
bribes
bribes
noun
plural of bribe
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bribe
brides
brides
noun
plural of bride
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bride
briefs
briefs
noun
(usually in the plural) A very short, close-fitting type of underpants.
plural of brief
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brief
briers
briers
noun
plural of brier
brimse
brines
brines
noun
plural of brine
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brine
brises
brises
noun
plural of brise
brokes
brokes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of broke
bromes
bromes
noun
plural of brome
broose
broose
noun
(Scotland, historical) A race from the church to the bridegroom's house, part of wedding festivities.
broses
broses
noun
plural of brose
brosse
browse
browse
noun
(countable) That which one browses through; something to read.
(uncountable) Fodder for cattle and other animals.
(uncountable) Young shoots and twigs.
verb
(archaic, transitive) To feed on, as pasture; to pasture on; to graze.
(intransitive, of an animal) To move about while eating parts of plants, especially plants other than pasture, such as shrubs or trees.
(transitive, computing) To navigate through hyperlinked documents on a computer, usually with a browser.
To move about while sampling, such as with food or products on display.
To scan, to casually look through in order to find items of interest, especially without knowledge of what to look for beforehand.
bruges
bruise
bruise
noun
A dark mark on fruit or vegetables caused by a blow to the surface.
A purplish mark on the skin due to leakage of blood from capillaries under the surface that have been damaged by a blow.
verb
(intransitive) Of fruit or vegetables, to gain bruises through being handled roughly.
(intransitive) To become bruised.
(intransitive) To fight with the fists; to box.
(transitive) To damage the skin of (fruit or vegetables), in an analogous way.
(transitive) To impair (gin) by shaking rather than stirring.
(transitive) To strike (a person), originally with something flat or heavy, but now specifically in such a way as to discolour the skin without breaking it.
(transitive, figurative) To harm or injure.
brules
brumes
brumes
noun
plural of brume
brutes
brutes
noun
plural of brute
burets
burets
noun
plural of buret
buries
buries
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bury
burkes
burkes
noun
plural of burke
bursae
bursae
noun
plural of bursa
burses
burses
noun
plural of burse
busera
busher
busher
noun
(US, baseball, slang) A major league baseball player who has recently come from a small league.
busier
busier
adj
comparative form of busy: more busy
busker
busker
noun
(Australia, New Zealand, Britain, Canada, US) A person who makes money by passing the hat (soliciting donations) while entertaining the public (often by playing a musical instrument) on the streets or in other public area such as a park or market.
busser
busser
noun
(US) Assistant waiter; one who busses.
(historical) A mid-sized horse used to pull a bus.
buster
buster
noun
(Australia and New Zealand) A heavy fall; (also performing arts) a staged fall, a pratfall.
(US, in particular, dated, slang) A broncobuster.
(US, regional) A molting crab.
(chiefly colloquial, with 'of') Someone who or something that bursts, breaks, or destroys a specified thing.
(chiefly law enforcement slang) Forming compounds denoting an agent or agency tasked with reducing or eliminating the first element.
(chiefly military slang) Forming compounds denoting a team, weapon, or device specialized in the destruction of the first element.
(colloquial, variously expressing familiarity, admiration, or hostility) A form of address, particularly of men: guy, dude, fella, mack, buddy, loser. (Originally as 'old buster'.)
(dated, slang) A gale, a strong wind; (especially Australia) a southerly buster.
(dated, slang) Someone or something remarkable, especially for being loud, large, etc..
(gambling, slang) A cheat's die whose sides bear only certain combinations of spots, so that undesirable values can never be rolled.
(obsolete, slang) A drinking spree, a binge.
(obsolete, slang) A loaf of bread.
buyers
buyers
noun
plural of buyer
byrnes
bziers
cabers
cabers
noun
plural of caber
cubers
cubers
noun
plural of cuber
debars
debars
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of debar
debris
debris
noun
(geology) Large rock fragments left by a melting glacier etc.
Litter and discarded refuse.
Rubble, wreckage, scattered remains of something destroyed.
The ruins of a broken-down structure.
desorb
desorb
verb
(of a substance) To remove (or be removed) from a surface onto which it was adsorbed or through which it was absorbed
elbrus
elbrus
Proper noun
An inactive volcano located in the western Caucasus mountain range, in Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia, Russia, near the border of Georgia. Mt. Elbrus's highest peak is the highest mountain in the Caucasus, in Russia.
embars
embars
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of embar
embers
embers
noun
The smoldering or glowing remains of a fire, smoldering ash.
plural of ember
erebus
erebus
Proper noun
One of the Greek primordial deities who was the personification of darkness and shadow, brother-husband of Nyx and son of Chaos.
A volcano in Antarctica, named after HMS Erebus.
exurbs
exurbs
noun
plural of exurb
febres
febris
fibers
fibers
noun
plural of fiber
fibres
fibres
noun
plural of fibre
forbes
forbes
Proper noun
A ghost town in California
A town in New South Wales, Australia.
A city in North Dakota, USA
gibers
gibers
noun
plural of giber
grebes
grebes
noun
plural of grebe
herbst
iberes
iberis
iberis
noun
(botany) Any plant of the genus Iberis; a candytuft.
jabers
jibers
jibers
noun
plural of jiber
kebars
libers
libers
noun
plural of liber
nebris
nebris
noun
(Greek mythology) The skin of a fawn, as worn by Dionysus, and as worn in his honor by his male followers and female followers (maenads) and other votaries in Ancient Greece. It has also been shown as a panther or fox skin in different contexts.
olbers
ombers
ombres
ombres
noun
plural of ombre
osbert
probes
probes
noun
plural of probe
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of probe
rabies
rabies
noun
(pathology) An infectious disease caused by species of Lyssavirus that causes acute encephalitis in warm-blooded animals and people, characterised by abnormal behaviour such as biting, excitement, aggressiveness, and dementia, followed by paralysis and death.
rebase
rebase
verb
(computing) To modify core data from which other data is derived in such a way that the final meaning is unchanged.
(computing, source control) To integrate changes by appending them to another commit or branch, rather than pulling or merging in changes from a branch.
(computing, transitive) To change the base address of.
(dentistry) To replace the base of a denture.
rebbes
rebbes
noun
plural of rebbe
rebecs
rebecs
noun
plural of rebec
rebels
rebels
noun
plural of rebel
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rebel