(American football) The area behind the line of scrimmage occupied before the snap by the team on offense.
(baseball, rare) Synonym of outfield.
(soccer, US) The area behind either the offensive or defensive line.
The players occupying this area.
backfills
backfills
noun
plural of backfill
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backfill
backfired
backfired
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backfire
backfires
backfires
noun
plural of backfire
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backfire
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.
bailiffry
bairdford
balefires
balefires
noun
plural of balefire
ballfield
ballfield
noun
Baseball playing field.
bandfiled
basifiers
basifiers
noun
plural of basifier
basifixed
basifixed
adj
(botany) Said of anthers that are attached to the filament at the base and pointing away from the filament.
basifugal
basifugal
adj
(botany) Tending or proceeding away from the base.
basifying
basifying
verb
present participle of basify
bassfield
batfishes
batfishes
noun
plural of batfish
beanfield
beanfield
noun
A field where beans are grown.
beardfish
beardfish
noun
Any of various deep-sea fish, of the family Polymixiidae, that have a pair of long hyoid barbels.
beatified
beatified
adj
(Roman Catholicism) Having been recognized and declared, by the church, that a deceased has entered heaven; having attained this step in the process of canonization.
Blissful or supremely blessed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beatify
beatifies
beatifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beatify
beautiful
beautiful
adj
(of the weather) Pleasant; clear.
Attractive and possessing beauty.
Good, admirable.
Well executed.
noun
Someone who is beautiful. Can be used as a term of address.
beccafico
beccafico
noun
A small bird, Sylvia hortensis, the figpecker.
becoiffed
becoiffed
adj
Having the hair arranged in a coif.
beefiness
beefiness
noun
The characteristic of being beefy.
befalling
befalling
adj
(archaic) Appertaining; appropriate; fitting.
noun
A happening; occurrence; chance; event.
verb
present participle of befall
befingers
befingers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of befinger
befitting
befitting
adj
appropriate, becoming
verb
present participle of befit
befleaing
befleaing
verb
present participle of beflea
befogging
befogging
verb
present participle of befog
befooling
befooling
verb
present participle of befool
befoulier
befouling
befouling
verb
present participle of befoul
befreight
befriends
befriends
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of befriend
befrilled
befrilled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of befrill
befringed
befringed
adj
Having a fringe
verb
simple past tense and past participle of befringe
befringes
befringes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of befringe
begulfing
beliefful
beliefful
adj
(rare) Having belief or faith; faithful.
bellyfish
beneficed
beneficed
adj
(Christianity) Having a benefice
verb
simple past tense and past participle of benefice
benefices
benefices
noun
plural of benefice
benefited
benefited
verb
simple past tense and past participle of benefit
benefiter
benefiter
noun
A person who benefits somebody else; benefactor.
A person who receives a benefit.
biddeford
bielbrief
bielefeld
bielefeld
Proper noun
a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
bifarious
bifarious
adj
(botany) In two rows (on opposite sides of a branch etc.)
ambiguous
twofold, double
bifidated
bifidated
adj
Alternative form of bifidate
bifilarly
bifilarly
adv
In a bifilar manner.
biflected
biflorate
biflorate
adj
(botany) Biflorous.
biflorous
biflorous
adj
(botany) Bearing two flowers or blooms.
bifluorid
bifoliate
bifoliate
adj
(botany) Having exactly two leaves. Compare bifoliolate, having two leaflets per leaf.
biforking
biformity
biformity
noun
A double form.
bifrontal
bifrontal
adj
Situated on both sides of the front (of the cranium)
bifronted
bifronted
adj
Having two fronts.
bifurcate
bifurcate
adj
Divided or forked into two; bifurcated.
Having bifurcations.
verb
(intransitive) To divide or fork into two channels or branches.
(transitive) To cause to bifurcate.
bifurcous
bifurcous
adj
bifurcate
billfolds
billfolds
noun
plural of billfold
birchleaf
birdcraft
birdfarms
bishopful
bisulfate
bisulfate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) Any salt containing this anion.
(inorganic chemistry) The univalent anion HSO₄⁻.
verb
To react with a bisulfate
To sulfate with two sulfate groups
bisulfide
bisulfide
noun
(chemistry) The anion HS⁻.
(chemistry, dated) Disulfide, the anion ⁻S–S⁻.
bisulfite
bisulfite
noun
(inorganic chemistry) The univalent group -HSO₃, or any salt containing it.
bitterful
bitterful
adj
Full of bitterness.
blackfins
blackfins
noun
plural of blackfin
blackfire
blackfish
blackfish
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) Any of various dark-coloured fishes of Australasia, especially the luderick, Girella tricuspidata, and a freshwater fish, Gadopsis marmoratus.
(Canada, US) Either of two dark-coloured fish of the west Atlantic, the tautog of New England (Tautoga onitis) and the black sea bass (Centropristis striata).
(chiefly Scotland) The Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, especially a female after spawning.
A pilot whale, genus Globicephalus (occasionally also used for various other whales).
Any of various dark-coloured fish of the Old World, especially the rudderfish (Centrolophus niger).
verb
(Internet slang, derogatory, of a white person) To adopt signifiers of black identity (for example, by darkening the skin, or wearing traditionally black hairstyles).
(fishing) To go fishing for blackfish.
blatiform
blindfast
blindfish
blindfish
noun
Any of various fish, having only rudimentary eyes, that inhabit underground waters.
blindfold
blindfold
adj
Having the eyes covered so as to obscure vision
Thoughtless; reckless.
adv
With the eyes covered so as to obscure vision.
noun
A covering, usually a bandage, for the eyes, blocking light to the eyes.
Something that obscures vision (literally or metaphorically).
verb
To cover the eyes, in order to make someone unable to see.
To obscure understanding or comprehension.
blitheful
blitheful
adj
Full of gaiety; joyous.
bloodfins
bloodfins
noun
plural of bloodfin
blowflies
blowflies
noun
plural of blowfly
bluefield
boilerful
boilerful
noun
Enough to fill a boiler.
bonifaces
bonifaces
noun
plural of boniface
bountiful
bountiful
adj
Having a quantity or amount that is generous or plentiful; ample.
boxfishes
boxfishes
noun
plural of boxfish
boyfriend
boyfriend
noun
A male friend.
A male partner in an unmarried romantic relationship.
briefcase
briefcase
noun
(computing) In Microsoft Windows, a folder that supports file synchronization between itself and another folder.
A case used for carrying documents, especially for business.
briefings
briefings
noun
plural of briefing
briefless
briefless
adj
(law) Lacking briefs (clients)
briefness
briefness
noun
The characteristic of being brief.
brimfield
brimfully
brimfully
adv
In a brimful manner
broadwife
bromfield
bromfield
Proper noun
Either of two villages in England.
brushfire
brushfire
noun
(politics, attributive) A war that does not directly involve the world's superpowers.
A large fire in a scrubland or prairie, as opposed to a forest fire, which happens in forests.
brutified
brutified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brutify
brutifies
brutifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brutify
buckfield
buffering
buffering
verb
present participle of buffer
buffeting
buffeting
noun
(aviation) random, irregular motion of the plane or of one of its parts caused by turbulences in the airflow
A blow or motion that buffets.
verb
present participle of buffet
bufonidae
bufotalin
bufotalin
noun
(organic chemistry) A cardiotoxic bufanolide steroid secreted by the common European toad (Bufo bufo) and other related toads such as Bufo melanostictus.
bufotenin
bufotenin
noun
Alternative spelling of bufotenine
bufotoxin
bufotoxin
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of a family of toxic substances found in toads, other amphibians, and some plants and mushrooms.
bulbiform
bulbiform
adj
Shaped like a bulb.
bullfight
bullfight
noun
A public spectacle, in Spain and some other Latin countries, in which a person baits and often kills a bull.
bullfinch
bullfinch
noun
(UK, archaic, hunting, slang) A large, thick quickset hedge.
Any of various other Old World finches in the genus Pyrrhula.
The Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula).
bulliform
bulliform
adj
(medicine) Having a blistered appearance; bullate.
noun
A bulliform cell
bursiform
bursiform
adj
Shaped like a purse or bag.
bushfires
bushfires
noun
plural of bushfire
cambiform
cambiform
adj
(botany) Resembling the cells of the cambium.
carbonify
carbonify
verb
To convert to carbon; to burn or caramelize.
chiffrobe
cobriform
cobriform
adj
Shaped like a cobra.
cymbiform
cymbiform
adj
(botany) Elongated and having the upper surface decidedly concave, as in the glumes of many grasses.
debriefed
debriefed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of debrief
defilable
defilable
adj
Capable of being defiled.
definable
definable
adj
Able to be defined.
Many words are definable by using other words.
definably
definably
adv
In a definable manner; identifiably.
diabolify
diabolify
verb
(transitive) To ascribe diabolical qualities to; to change into, or represent as, a devil.
disbelief
disbelief
noun
Astonishment.
The loss or abandonment of a belief; cessation of belief.
Unpreparedness, unwillingness, or inability to believe that something is the case.
driftbolt
driftbolt
noun
A bolt for driving out other bolts.
fabianism
fabianism
Noun
The implementation of social reform through a series of gradual and moderate stages rather than sudden revolution.
fabianist
fabrianna
fabrianne
fabricant
fabricant
noun
One who fabricates; a manufacturer.
fabricate
fabricate
verb
(transitive) To form by art and labor; to manufacture; to produce.
(transitive) To form into a whole by uniting its parts; to construct; to build.
(transitive) To invent and form; to forge; to devise falsely.
(transitive, cooking) To cut up an animal as preparation for cooking, particularly used in reference to fowl.
fabricius
fabrienne
fabrikoid
fabritius
fabulists
fabulists
noun
plural of fabulist
fairbanks
fairbanks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fairbank
fanciable
fanciable
adj
(UK, informal) Worthy or likely to be fancied; sexually attractive.
(dated) Able to be fancied (imagined or supposed).
faribault
faribault
Proper noun
a city in Minnesota, USA
fatigable
fatigable
adj
Susceptible to fatigue; able to become physically exhausted.
febricant
febricant
adj
(archaic) Causing fever.
noun
(archaic) A patient who has a fever.
febricide
febricide
noun
(medicine, obsolete) A substance that destroys a fever.
febricity
febricity
noun
feverishness
febricula
febricula
noun
A mild fever of short duration, of indefinite origin, and without any distinctive pathology.
febrifuge
febrifuge
noun
(pharmacology) Synonym of antipyretic (“a fever-reducing medication”)
febrility
febrility
Noun
feverishness
febronian
fencibles
fencibles
noun
plural of fencible
ferberite
ferberite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic black mineral containing iron, oxygen, and tungsten.
fiberfill
fiberfill
noun
(US) A lightweight synthetic fiber used as insulation in clothing