Being rough and coarse in manner or disposition; overly aggressive and causing irritation.
Producing abrasion; rough enough to wear away the outer surface.
noun
(geology) Rock fragments, sand grains, mineral particles, used by water, wind, and ice to abrade a land surface.
A hard inorganic substance or material consisting in powder or granule form such as sandpaper, pumice, or emery, used for cleaning, smoothing, or polishing.
abreacts
abreacts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abreact
abridges
abridges
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abridge
abristle
abristle
adj
Bristling.
absenter
absenter
adj
(rare) comparative form of absent: more absent
noun
One who stays away; one who absents herself or himself.
abshenry
absolver
absolver
noun
Agent noun of absolve; one who absolves.
absorbed
absorbed
adj
Fully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed.
Something that has been absorbed, taken in, engulfed, imbibed, or assimilated.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of absorb
absorber
absorber
noun
(nuclear physics) A material that absorbs neutrons in a reactor.
A device which causes gas or vapor to be absorbed by a liquid.
A person who absorbs.
Something that absorbs.
absterge
absterge
verb
(transitive, archaic, now rare) To make clean by wiping; to wipe away.
absterse
absterse
verb
(transitive, now rare) To absterge; to cleanse; to purge away.
abstrude
abstrude
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To thrust away.
abstruse
abstruse
adj
(obsolete) Concealed or hidden; secret.
Difficult to comprehend or understand; obscure.
absurder
absurder
adj
comparative form of absurd: more absurd
abutters
abutters
noun
plural of abutter
acerbest
acerbest
adj
superlative form of acerb: most acerb
adsorbed
adsorbed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of adsorb
aerobics
aerobics
noun
A form of exercise, designed to enhance one's cardiovascular fitness, normally performed to music.
airbuses
airbuses
noun
plural of airbus
algebras
algebras
noun
plural of algebra
ambaries
amberies
amberies
noun
plural of ambery
amberous
amberous
adj
amber-coloured
amberson
ambroise
ambusher
ambusher
noun
One who ambushes.
amesbury
amesbury
Proper noun
a town in southern Wiltshire, England.
arabesks
arabesks
noun
plural of arabesk
arabizes
arbalest
arbalest
noun
A crossbow.
A crossbowman.
arbelest
arbinose
arbiters
arbiters
noun
plural of arbiter
arborise
arborise
verb
(intransitive) To develop a tree-like appearance.
(transitive) To cause (something) to develop a tree-like appearance.
(transitive) To penetrate or fill (an area) with a tree-like structure.
arbuscle
arbuscle
noun
(botany) A plant midway in height between a shrub and a tree; a dwarf tree.
(mycology) A branched hypha in some fungi.
(mycology) The site at which a symbiotic fungus attaches to the roots of a plant and exchanges nutrients, etc., with it.
(zoology) A clump of feather-like cilia (hairlike structures).
arbutase
arquebus
arquebus
noun
Alternative form of harquebus (“an obsolete matchlock firearm”).
verb
(transitive, rare) To shoot with an arquebus.
ascribed
ascribed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ascribe
ascribes
ascribes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ascribe
ashberry
asheboro
aslumber
aslumber
adj
(poetic) Asleep.
auberges
auberges
noun
plural of auberge
aumbries
aumbries
noun
plural of aumbrie
babblers
babblers
noun
plural of babbler
backrest
backrest
noun
A guide attached to the slide rest of a lathe, and placed in contact with the work to steady it in turning.
The back piece of a chair, used to support the sitter's back.
backster
backster
noun
(obsolete) A baker.
bafflers
bafflers
noun
plural of baffler
bakeress
bakeress
noun
(dated) A female baker.
bakeries
bakeries
noun
plural of bakery
baleares
balestra
balisier
balister
balister
noun
(obsolete) An arbalister or crossbowman.
ballsier
ballsier
adj
comparative form of ballsy: more ballsy
balsamer
baluster
baluster
noun
(architecture) A short column used in a group to support a rail, as commonly found on the side of a stairway; a banister. [from 17th c.]
bandores
bandores
noun
plural of bandore
bandster
bandster
noun
(historical) A worker who ties corn into sheaves.
bangster
bangster
noun
(archaic, Scotland) A victor.
(archaic, Scotland) A violent, overbearing man; a ruffian, bully or braggart.
banisher
banisher
noun
One who banishes.
banister
banister
noun
One of the vertical supports of a handrail; a baluster.
The handrail on the side of a staircase.
verb
To act as a banister
To construct a banister
barbells
barbells
noun
plural of barbell
barbless
barbless
adj
Lacking a barb.
barbules
barbules
noun
plural of barbule
barbusse
bardiest
bareness
bareness
noun
The state of being bare.
baresark
baresark
noun
(obsolete) A berserker, or Norse warrior who fought without armour.
barflies
barflies
noun
plural of barfly
bargeese
bargeese
noun
plural of bargoose
barghest
barghest
noun
(mythology, Britain) A legendary monstrous black dog, said to possess large teeth and claws, and (sometimes) to be capable of changing form.
(mythology, Britain) Any ghost, wraith, hobgoblin, elf, or spirit.
bargoose
bargoose
noun
(dated, UK, dialect, Southern England) The common shelduck, Tadorna tadorna.
barguest
barkeeps
barkeeps
noun
plural of barkeep
barkiest
barkiest
adj
superlative form of barky: most barky
barkless
barkless
adj
(of a dog) That does not bark.
Without bark (the tree covering).
barksome
barksome
adj
Characterised or marked by barking
barmiest
barmiest
adj
superlative form of barmy: most barmy
barnaise
barnebas
barniest
barniest
adj
superlative form of barny: most barny
barnsley
barnsley
Proper noun
A town in the county of South Yorkshire in the north of England.
baroness
baroness
noun
A woman holding a baronial title in her own right; a female ruler of a barony.
The wife of a baron.
baronets
baronets
noun
plural of baronet
baronies
baronies
noun
plural of barony
baronnes
baroques
baroques
noun
plural of baroque
barquest
barrages
barrages
noun
plural of barrage
barriers
barriers
noun
plural of barrier
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of barrier
bartelso
bartends
bartends
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bartend
barwares
barwares
noun
plural of barware
baseborn
baseborn
adj
Of lowly birth.
bastard, illegitimate
basebred
baselard
baselard
noun
A type of heavy dagger popular in the 14th and 15th centuries.
basifier
basifier
noun
(chemistry) That which converts into a salifiable base.
basketry
basketry
noun
Baskets collectively.
The process of weaving unspun vegetable fibers to make a basket.
basurale
batchers
batchers
noun
plural of batcher
bathorse
bathorse
noun
A horse which carries an officer's baggage during a campaign. Also spelt bat-horse and bat horse.
battlers
battlers
noun
plural of battler
bawdries
bawdries
noun
plural of bawdry
bawhorse
bawhorse
noun
Obsolete form of bathorse.
bayshore
beamster
beamster
noun
A workman engaged in beaming or slicking hides.
bearbush
bearcats
bearcats
noun
plural of bearcat
bearhugs
bearhugs
noun
plural of bearhug
bearings
bearings
noun
plural of bearing
bearship
bearship
noun
The character or personality of a bear.
bearskin
bearskin
noun
(dated) A coarse, shaggy, woollen cloth for overcoats.
A tall ceremonial hat worn by members of some British regiments for ceremonial occasions; a busby.
The pelt of a bear, especially when used as a rug.
beatrisa
beatster
beaupers
beausire
bebeerus
bebeerus
noun
plural of bebeeru
bebryces
becharms
becharms
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of becharm
becoresh
becrawls
becrawls
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of becrawl
becrimes
becrowds
becrowds
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of becrowd
becrusts
becursed
becursed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of becurse
becurses
becurses
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of becurse
bedrails
bedrails
noun
plural of bedrail
bedrapes
bedrapes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedrape
bedrocks
bedrocks
noun
plural of bedrock
bedrolls
bedrolls
noun
plural of bedroll
bedrooms
bedrooms
noun
plural of bedroom
bedrowse
bedrowse
verb
To make drowsy.
bedscrew
bedsores
bedsores
noun
plural of bedsore
bedstraw
bedstraw
noun
(obsolete) straw put into a bed
Any plant of the genus Cruciata.
any plant of herb genus Galium of the madder family with small pointed leaves and hairy stems with small, white or yellow flowers
bedwards
bedwards
adv
Alternative form of bedward
bedwarfs
bedwarfs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedwarf
beeriest
beeriest
adj
superlative form of beery: most beery
beetlers
beetlers
noun
plural of beetler
begrease
begrease
verb
(transitive) To soil or daub with grease or other oily matter.
begrimes
begrimes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of begrime
begroans
begroans
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of begroan
behavers
behavers
noun
plural of behaver
behearse
bejabers
bejabers
noun
Alternative form of bejabbers
belabors
belabors
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of belabor