A miniature, handheld paint sprayer, powered by compressed air or other gas, used for delicate, artistic painting, or sometimes retouching of photographs.
verb
To paint using an airbrush.
To touch up or enhance a photograph or person, often with intent to mislead.
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
ambusher
ambusher
noun
One who ambushes.
ambushes
ambushes
noun
plural of ambush
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ambush
ashbaugh
babushka
babushka
noun
(By association) A stereotypical, Eastern European peasant grandmother-type figure.
A traditional floral headscarf worn by an Eastern European woman, tied under the chin.
An old woman, especially one of Eastern European descent.
Russian doll, matryoshka
bacchius
bacchius
noun
(prosody) A metrical foot composed of a short syllable and two long ones; according to some, two long and a short.
backhaus
backrush
backrush
noun
A rushing backward; a retreat.
baghouse
baghouse
noun
A fabric filter; an air pollution control device that removes particulates out of air or gas released from commercial processes or combustion for electricity generation.
bahadurs
bahadurs
noun
plural of bahadur
baltheus
baluchis
balushai
balushai
noun
Alternative form of balushahi
bathtubs
bathtubs
noun
plural of bathtub
bathurst
bathurst
Proper noun
a regional city in New South Wales, Australia.
bearbush
bearhugs
bearhugs
noun
plural of bearhug
beauship
beauship
noun
(dated, humorous) The state of being a beau; the personality of a beau.
bohuslav
boxhauls
boxhauls
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of boxhaul
branchus
brauhaus
brushman
brushman
noun
(informal) A male painter.
A man employed to clean with a brush.
buckwash
buphagus
bushbaby
bushbaby
noun
An small, nocturnal, African primate, similar to a lemur.
bushgoat
bushland
bushland
noun
(chiefly Australia) An area of land in a natural, uncultivated state; wilderness, open forest.
(Christianity) The outermost liturgical vestment worn by clergy for celebrating Eucharist or Mass.
chubasco
chubasco
noun
(nautical) A violent squall with thunder and lightning, encountered during the rainy season along the Pacific coast of Central America and South America.
courbash
dayblush
dschubba
dschubba
Proper noun
A star in the constellation Scorpio.
dushanbe
dushanbe
Proper noun
The capital of Tajikistan.
enambush
enambush
verb
(obsolete) To ambush.
flaxbush
flaxbush
noun
The bush (genus Phormium) bearing New Zealand flax.
gallbush
goatbush
habitues
habitues
noun
plural of habitue
habsburg
hackbush
hackbuts
hackbuts
noun
plural of hackbut
halibuts
halibuts
noun
plural of halibut
hamburgs
hapsburg
harbours
harbours
noun
plural of harbour
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of harbour
hatbrush
hatbrush
noun
A kind of clothesbrush for use on hats.
hauberks
hauberks
noun
plural of hauberk
hautbois
hautbois
noun
Any of a family of organ stops that contain reeds.
Any of the (now obsolete) predecessors of the oboe or cor anglais.
hautboys
hautboys
noun
plural of hautboy
hudibras
husbands
husbands
noun
plural of husband
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of husband
hushable
hushable
adj
Capable of being hushed.
ketubahs
ketubahs
noun
plural of ketubah
kourbash
kourbash
noun
Alternative spelling of kurbash
pushball
pushball
noun
(countable) The large ball used for this game.
(uncountable) A team game where players attempt to push a large inflatable lightweight ball into the opponent's goal.
rashbuss
rhubarbs
rhubarbs
noun
plural of rhubarb.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rhubarb
sagebush
saltbush
saltbush
noun
Any of the genus Atriplex of plants, especially Atriplex hortensis or Atriplex patula, found in dry habitats, that have edible leaves resembling spinach, including many desert and seashore plants and halophytes.
Sarcobatus vermiculatus
sambhurs
sambhurs
noun
plural of sambhur
shabeque
shabuoth
shadbush
shadbush
noun
Any plant in the genus Amelanchier.
shagbush
sharnbud
sharnbug
snagbush
soapbush
squabash
squabash
verb
(Scotland, slang, dated, transitive) To crush; to quash; to squash.
stagbush
subahdar
subahdar
noun
Alternative form of subadar
subchela
subgraph
subgraph
noun
(graph theory) A graph or network that makes up part of a larger graph or network.
subhalid
subheads
subheads
noun
plural of subhead
subhuman
subhuman
adj
Less than human; lacking characteristics of a human.
noun
Anything which is less than human.
subphase
subphase
noun
(chemistry) The liquid upon which a film or layer floats
A subsection of a phase
subphyla
subphyla
noun
plural of subphylum
subshaft
subshaft
noun
(architecture) A secondary or subsidiary shaft.
sunbathe
sunbathe
noun
A sunbathing session: a sunbath.
verb
(intransitive) To expose one's body to the sun in order to relax or to obtain a suntan.
sunbaths
sunbaths
noun
plural of sunbath
tarbrush
tarbrush
noun
A brush used for applying tar
trumbash
tshiluba
tshiluba
Proper noun
A Bantu language spoken by about 6.3 million people in the Kasaï Occidental and Kasaï Oriental provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.