Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adhibit
ambushed
ambushed
adj
(figurative) Having been subjected to a shock for which one is unprepared.
Having been the target of an ambush.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ambush
archbald
archband
archbold
babehood
babehood
noun
Babyhood.
babished
babished
verb
simple past tense and past participle of babish
babyhood
babyhood
noun
The state or period of infancy.
backhand
backhand
adj
(ice hockey) Of a play that uses the back side of the hockey stick
(of handwriting) Slanting to the left.
(of strokes or throws) In the backhand style
noun
(Ultimate Frisbee) the standard throw; a throw during which the disc begins on the off-hand side and travels across the chest to be released from the opposite side.
(surfing) the hand towards the back of the board.
(tennis) a stroke made across the chest from the off-hand side to the racquet hand side; a stroke during which the back of the hand faces the shot.
Handwriting that leans to the left
The reverse side of the human hand.
verb
to execute a backhand stroke or throw
to slap with the back of one's hand
badarrah
badmouth
badmouth
verb
(informal) To criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully.
bahadurs
bahadurs
noun
plural of bahadur
bahawder
bahawder
noun
Obsolete form of bahadur.
bahmanid
bakehead
bakehead
noun
(rail transport, informal) A fireman (person who keeps the fire going underneath a steam boiler on a railroad locomotive).
baldhead
baldhead
noun
(Rastafari) A person who is not Rastafarian.
A person whose head is bald.
A white-headed variety of pigeon.
bandfish
bandfish
noun
Any of many perciform fish of the family Cepolidae
bandhava
bandhook
banished
banished
adj
Having been subject to banishment; kicked out and forbidden from returning; forbidden and prohibited.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of banish
bankhead
bardolph
bardship
bardship
noun
The state of being a bard.
bardulph
barehead
barnhard
barthold
bathelda
bathesda
bathilda
bathulda
bawdship
bawdship
noun
The employment or office of a bawd
beakhead
beakhead
noun
(archaeology) An ornament used in rich Norman doorways, resembling a head with a beak.
(nautical) A protruding part of the foremost section of a sailing ship.
bearherd
bearherd
noun
(archaic) A man who tends a bear.
bearhide
bedchair
bedchair
noun
A chair with adjustable back to enable an invalid to sit up in bed.
beefhead
beefhead
noun
(US, slang) A Texan.
behatted
behatted
adj
Wearing a hat.
beheadal
beheadal
noun
beheading
beheaded
beheaded
adj
Having had one's head cut off.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of behead
beheader
beheader
noun
One who beheads or decapitates.
berdache
berdache
noun
(anthropology, dated, now offensive) Among Native Americans, a person who identifies with any of a variety of gender identities which are not exclusively those of their biological sex; a transgender person.
bernhard
beshadow
beshadow
verb
(transitive) To cast a shadow around, about, or over; overshadow.
beshamed
beshamed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beshame
bethesda
bethesda
Proper noun
A pool in Jerusalem mentioned in the New Testament.
Noun
Any location whose waters are supposed to have curative properties.
bhadgaon
bhandari
bhumidar
bigheads
bigheads
noun
plural of bighead
billhead
billhead
noun
A printed form used by merchants in making out bills or rendering accounts.
birchard
birdbath
birdbath
noun
A shallow basin, sometimes ornamental, filled with water for wild birds to drink from or bathe in.
Random, inconsequential amounts of residual water on a roof membrane.
birthday
birthday
noun
A birthday party.
The anniversary of the day on which someone is born.
The anniversary of the day on which something is created.
The date on which someone is born or something is created, more commonly called birthdate or date of birth.
verb
(intransitive, informal) To celebrate one's birthday.
bitthead
blanched
blanched
adj
bleached
lacking complexion or color
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blanch
blandish
blandish
verb
(transitive) To persuade someone by using flattery; to cajole.
(transitive) To praise someone dishonestly; to flatter or butter up.
bleached
bleached
adj
Faded or washed out by weather and strong sunlight.
Having the hair lightened by bleaching.
Whitened; made white using bleach
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bleach
blowhard
blowhard
noun
(Canada, US, derogatory) A person who talks too much or too loudly, especially in a boastful or self-important manner.
bluehead
bluehead
noun
The blunt-headed wrasse or blue-headed wrasse, a fish of the species Thalassoma amblycephalum or Thalassoma bifasciatum.
boathead
bodewash
bodhisat
bodhisat
noun
Synonym of bodhisattva
bolthead
bolthead
noun
(chemistry) A round-bottomed flask with a long neck (used especially for distillation)
The head of a bolt.
bonehead
bonehead
noun
(slang) Someone who is stubborn, thick-skulled, or stupid.
bouchard
bowheads
bowheads
noun
plural of bowhead
bradshaw
bradshaw
Proper noun
The name of several places in Northern England.
derived from these places.
Noun
A former railway guide and timetable published by George Bradshaw
braehead
branched
branched
adj
Having branches.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of branch
brandish
brandish
noun
The act of flourishing or waving.
verb
(transitive) To bear something with ostentatious show.
(transitive) To move or swing a weapon back and forth, particularly if demonstrating anger, threat or skill.
breached
breached
verb
simple past tense and past participle of breach
breadths
breadths
noun
plural of breadth
breathed
breathed
adj
(in combination) Having a specified kind of breath.
(phonetics, of a consonant or vowel) voiceless, contrasting with voiced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of breathe
broached
broached
verb
simple past tense and past participle of broach
broadish
broadish
adj
Somewhat broad.
brodhead
buchwald
buckhead
bulkhead
bulkhead
noun
(nautical) A vertical partition dividing the hull into separate compartments; often made watertight to prevent excessive flooding if the ship's hull is breached.
A pressure-resistant sealed barrier to any fluid in a large structure.
A retaining wall along a waterfront.
A similar partition in an aircraft or spacecraft.
Mechanically, a partition or panel through which connectors pass, or a connector designed to pass through a partition.
bullhead
bullhead
noun
(Canada, US) The black bullhead, Ameiurus melas.
(Canada, US) The brown bullhead, Ameiurus nebulosus.
(Canada, US) The yellow bullhead, Ameiurus natalis.
(Europe, Asia) Any of various sculpins of the suborder Scorpaenoidei
(Europe, Asia) The European bullhead, Cottus gobio.
(New Zealand) A fish of species Gobiomorphus gobioides.
(horology) A chronograph (watch or stopwatch) with two push buttons arranged like the horns of a bull on the top end of the case, typically with the crown between them.
(rail transport) A bullhead rail.
(rare) An obstinate person.
A bullhead shark (Heterodontus spp.).
buraydah
burchard
burkhard
burrhead
burrhead
noun
(derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) A black person.
bushland
bushland
noun
(chiefly Australia) An area of land in a natural, uncultivated state; wilderness, open forest.
(heraldry, of an animal) Shown face-on, showing the full face, but cut off immediately behind the ears and hence showing nothing of the neck.
chadburn
chambord
chinband
chinband
noun
A band of fabric worn around the chin.
clubhand
clubhand
noun
(medicine) A short, distorted hand.
cubehead
dabchick
dabchick
noun
a small grebe, the little grebe, Tachybaptus ruficollis.
daberath
dahabeah
dahabeah
noun
Alternative form of dahabieh
dahabiah
dahabieh
dahabieh
noun
A traditional Egyptian sailing-boat.
dahabiya
dayblush
deathbed
deathbed
noun
The bed on which someone dies.
The last hours before death.
debarath
deborath
demibath
dibranch
dishabit
dishable
dishable
verb
(obsolete) To disparage.
Obsolete form of disable.
drabbish
drabbish
adj
(archaic) Having the character of a drab or low wench.
Somewhat drab in colour.
dschubba
dschubba
Proper noun
A star in the constellation Scorpio.
dubhgall
dumbhead
dumbhead
Noun
A stupid person.
dushanbe
dushanbe
Proper noun
The capital of Tajikistan.
dzhambul
eberhard
fahlband
fahlband
noun
(geology) A stratum in crystalline rock that contains metallic sulfides.
gebhardt
godthaab
habdalah
habendum
habendum
noun
(law, dated) The part of a deed that formally defines the extent of ownership or tenancy granted.
habitude
habitude
noun
(archaic) Habitual disposition; normal or characteristic mode of behaviour, whether from habit or from nature
(archaic) The essential character of one's being or existence; native or normal constitution; mental or moral constitution; bodily condition; native temperament.
(obsolete) Behaviour or manner of existence in relation to something else; relation; respect.
(obsolete) In full habitude: fully, wholly, entirely; in all respects.
(obsolete) an associate; an acquaintance; someone with whom one is familiar.
(obsolete, chemistry, in the plural) The various ways in which one substance reacts with another; chemical reaction.
Habit; custom; usage.
hairband
hairband
noun
a hair tie
a headband
hairbird
hairbird
noun
A bird, Spizella passerina, the chipping sparrow.
halberds
halberds
noun
plural of halberd
hamboned
hamboned
adj
Extremely drunk
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hambone
handbags
handbags
intj
(Britain, slang) Said jocularly in response to a particularly derogatory, bitchy or catty dialogue; calm down; cool it.
noun
(UK, slang) An insignificant fight or argument.
plural of handbag
handball
handball
noun
(countable) The medium-sized inflated ball used in this sport.
(countable, Australian Rules Football) An act of passing a football by holding it with one hand and hitting it with the other.
(countable, US) The small rubber ball used in this sport.
(countable, soccer) The offence of a player other than the goalkeeper touching the ball with the hand or arm on the field during play.
(uncountable) A team sport where two teams of seven players each (six players and a goalkeeper) pass and bounce a ball trying to throw it in the goal of the opposing team.
(uncountable, Australia) A schoolyard game in which a tennis ball is struck with the hand, played on a improvised court on the asphalt or pavement.
(uncountable, US, Ireland) A sport in which players alternately strike the ball against a wall with their hand. Irish and American variants have slightly different rules.
verb
(Australian rules football) To (legally) pass a football by holding it with one hand and hitting it with the other.
(sexuality, slang) To insert a hand into someone's anus.
(soccer) To illegally touch the ball with the hand or arm.
To manually load or unload a container, trailer, or to otherwise manually move bulk goods (often on pallets) from one type of transport receptacle to another.
handbank
handbell
handbell
noun
(music) A small bell designed to be rung by hand.
handbill
handbill
noun
A chopping instrument; billhook.
A loose printed sheet, to be distributed by hand.
A pruning hook.
handblow
handblow
noun
A blow struck with the hand.
handbolt
handbook
handbook
noun
(US, gambling) A place where illicit bets can be placed.
A topically organized book of reference on a certain field of knowledge, regardless of size.
hangbird
hangbird
noun
The Baltimore oriole (Icterus galbula), whose nest is suspended from the limb of a tree.
harbored
harbored
verb
simple past tense and past participle of harbor
hardback
hardback
adj
(of a book) Having a solid binding.
noun
A book with a solid binding.
hardbake
hardbake
noun
A sweetmeat of boiled brown sugar or molasses with almonds, flavoured with orange or lemon juice.
hardball
hardball
adj
Being or exhibiting tough or ruthless behavior, especially in combat, politics or business.
noun
(ball games) In baseball, a type of ball and baseball game, as opposed to softball.
Tough or ruthless behavior, especially in combat, politics or business.
verb
(transitive) To exhibit tough and ruthless behavior towards.
hardbeam
hardbeam
noun
A tree, the hornbeam.
hardboot
hatbands
hatbands
noun
plural of hatband
headband
headband
noun
(printing) A thin slip of iron on the tympan of a printing-press.
A hair-accessory, made of a flexible material and curved like a horseshoe, for holding one's hair back.
A strip of fabric attached to the top of the spine of a book; used as decoration and reinforcement.
A strip of fabric worn around the head.
heathbrd
hebdomad
hebdomad
noun
(Gnosticism) A group of seven world-creating archons (supernatural beings) often regarded as somewhat hostile; also, a term of address for the Demiurge (“a being sometimes seen as the creator of evil”).
(historical or Christianity) A period of seven days; a week.
(obsolete) A group of seven.
heelband
herbaged
herbaged
Adjective
Covered with grass.
holabird
holdable
holdable
adj
That may be held.
holdback
holdback
noun
The projection or loop, on the thill of a vehicle, to which a strap of the harness is attached, to hold back a carriage when going downhill, or in backing.
The strap or part of the harness so used.
restraint (act or result of holding back, device that restrains)
hudibras
husbands
husbands
noun
plural of husband
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of husband