(chemistry) Relating to the common wormwood or to an acid obtained from it.
archbancs
athabasca
athabasca
Proper noun
A town in Alberta, Canada.
bacchants
bacchants
noun
plural of bacchant
baccharis
bacchides
bachelors
bachelors
noun
plural of bachelor
backaches
backaches
noun
plural of backache
backchats
backchats
noun
plural of backchat
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backchat
backflash
backflash
noun
Synonym of flashback (“dramatic device”)
The hazardous situation where the flame propagates backward down the hose of an oxyfuel welding and cutting system.
backhands
backhands
noun
plural of backhand
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backhand
backhauls
backhauls
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backhaul
backhouse
backhouse
noun
(US, Canada, euphemistic) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
(now dialect) An outbuilding behind the main building.
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.
backshish
backshish
noun
Alternative spelling of baksheesh
backsight
backsight
noun
(surveying) A measurement of a previously shot point, used to set the angle to zero when occupying a new position.
(surveying) A measurement or reading taken back towards a point of known elevation, used to calculate the height of the surveying instrument (theodolite, transit, total station).
The rear sight of a firearm.
verb
(surveying) To shoot a backsight.
backslash
backslash
noun
(computing, rare, proscribed) Used erroneously in reference to, or in reading out, the ordinary slash, that is, the punctuation mark /.
The punctuation mark \.
|passage= […] I was trying to find a web-site for which I had been given the following address: http://www.isop.ucla.edu/pacrim/pubs/korjournal.htm. […] I began to work backwards, removing first the last part of the address following the last backslash (/korjournal.htm).}}
verb
(computing, transitive) To escape (a metacharacter) by prepending a backslash that serves as an escape character, thereby forming an escape sequence.
barouches
barouches
noun
plural of barouche
bashalick
bashmuric
beachboys
beachboys
noun
plural of beachboy
beachiest
beachiest
adj
superlative form of beachy: most beachy
beachless
beachless
adj
Without a beach or beaches.
beachside
beachside
adj
(rare) Bordering a beach
noun
The land bordering a beach.
bechamels
bechamels
noun
plural of bechamel
bechances
bechances
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bechance
bechuanas
beclothes
beclothes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beclothe
bedchairs
bedchairs
noun
plural of bedchair
beduchess
beechiest
beechiest
adj
superlative form of beechy: most beechy
beechnuts
beechnuts
noun
plural of beechnut
benchless
benchless
adj
Without a bench or benches.
berdaches
berdaches
noun
plural of berdache
bermensch
bescratch
bescratch
verb
(transitive) To scratch; scratch about; scratch all over.
beseeched
beseecher
beseecher
noun
A person who beseeches.
beseeches
beseeches
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beseech
beshackle
bewitches
bewitches
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bewitch
bioethics
bioethics
noun
(ethics) The branch of ethics that studies the implications of biological and biomedical advances.
biophysic
bipaschal
bipaschal
adj
Including two Passovers.
bishopric
bishopric
noun
A diocese or region of a church which a bishop governs.
The office or function of a bishop.
bismuthic
bismuthic
adj
(chemistry) Of, or containing bismuth in its higher valence.
bitchiest
bitchiest
adj
superlative form of bitchy: most bitchy
blackbush
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.
blackwash
blackwash
noun
(chiefly politics) A villainization campaign.
(medicine) A lotion made by mixing calomel and limewater.
(slang, New Zealand) A whitewash victory for any New Zealand national sporting team.
(slang, cricket) A whitewash victory for the West Indies cricket team. Started in the 1984–86 "Blackwash" series of the West Indian cricket team in England in 1984.
(slang, mining) Public campaigns and advertising funded by the coal industry to draw attention away from environmentally unsustainable practices or to justify exclusion from carbon taxes.
verb
(transitive) To blacken, to cover with a black color.
(transitive) To portray in a revisionist fashion as belonging to a black race of people.
(transitive) To villainize, to present in a damaging light.
blanchers
blanchers
noun
plural of blancher
bleachers
bleachers
noun
plural of bleacher
blenchers
blenchers
noun
plural of blencher
blockship
blockship
noun
(nautical) A vessel that is deliberately sunk in order to block a waterway (to prevent it being used by an enemy)
boschboks
boschboks
noun
plural of boschbok
boschvark
boschveld
boscovich
botchiest
botchiest
adj
superlative form of botchy: most botchy
boychicks
boychicks
noun
plural of boychick
brachials
brachials
noun
plural of brachial
brachinus
breachers
breachers
noun
plural of breacher
brechites
broachers
broachers
noun
plural of broacher
brochures
brochures
noun
plural of brochure
brushback
brushback
noun
(baseball) Synonym of brushback pitch
bsarcheng
bschmusic
bsmedtech
buccheros
bucharest
bucharest
Proper noun
The capital city of Romania.
buckbrush
buckbrush
noun
Ceanothus spp.
Phyllanthopsis phyllanthoides, maidenbrush
Purshia spp.
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus
buckholts
buckishly
buckishly
adv
In a buckish manner.
buckshees
buckshees
noun
plural of buckshee
buckshots
buckshots
noun
plural of buckshot
bunchiest
bunchiest
adj
superlative form of bunchy: most bunchy
bushbucks
bushbucks
noun
plural of bushbuck
bushcraft
bushcraft
noun
The skills needed to survive in the bush, and by extension in any natural environment.
bushwhack
bushwhack
verb
to ambush
to fight, as a guerilla, especially in wooded country
to travel through thick wooded country, cutting away scrub to make progress
cabbalahs
cabochons
cabochons
noun
plural of cabochon
caperbush
caperbush
noun
Alternative form of caper bush
cashbooks
cashbooks
noun
plural of cashbook
cashboxes
cashboxes
noun
plural of cashbox
chabasite
chabasite
noun
Alternative form of chabazite
chambrays
chambrays
noun
plural of chambray
chapbooks
chapbooks
noun
plural of chapbook
charybdis
charybdis
Proper noun
A dangerous whirlpool on the coast of Sicily opposite Scylla on the Italian coast.
A personification of the above whirlpool as a female monster.
A general term for any dangerous whirlpool
chaseable
chaseburg
chasubled
chasubled
adj
Dressed in a chasuble.
chasubles
chasubles
noun
plural of chasuble
checkbits
cheesebox
cheesebox
noun
A box for holding cheese
chemisorb
chemisorb
verb
(transitive, chemistry) To adsorb a substance on the surface or another by chemical bonding.
chemosorb
chemosorb
verb
(transitive) to chemisorb
childbeds
childbeds
noun
plural of childbed
chimbleys
chimbleys
noun
plural of chimbley
chimblies
chimblies
noun
plural of chimbly
chinbones
chinbones
noun
plural of chinbone
choirboys
choirboys
noun
plural of choirboy
choosable
choosable
adj
Able to be chosen or selected.
noun
(religion) chosen one
Something that may be chosen; an option or alternative.
choriambs
choriambs
noun
plural of choriamb
chubascos
chubascos
noun
plural of chubasco
chubbiest
chubbiest
adj
superlative form of chubby: most chubby
clubhands
clubhands
noun
plural of clubhand
clubhauls
clubhauls
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clubhaul
clubhouse
clubhouse
noun
(Internet, social media, neologism) A type of social network app based on voice, where people can communicate in audio chat rooms with a group of people.
(golf) A building at a golf course that houses various activities associated with golf.
A locker room and possibly associated rooms used by an athletic team.
Any building used by a club for meetings or social activities.
cohesible
cohesible
adj
Capable of cohesion
cohobates
cohobates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cohobate
cohusband
copublish
copublish
verb
(transitive) To jointly with another publisher publish (a work).
(transitive, music business) To have credit as a publisher of (a work published by another).
coralbush
coralbush
noun
The plant Jatropha multifida.
cornbrash
cornbrash
noun
(geology) A coarse calcareous sandstone in various parts of England
creambush
creambush
noun
Holodiscus discolor, a North American shrub.
crushable
crushable
adj
(informal) On whom one may form a crush, or romantic attachment.
(informal, of beer) Easy-drinking or sessionable.
That can be crushed.
cubbishly
cubbishly
adv
In a cubbish manner.
dabchicks
dabchicks
noun
plural of dabchick
debauches
debauches
noun
plural of debauch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of debauch
debouches
debouches
noun
plural of debouch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of debouch
disbranch
disbranch
verb
(intransitive) To tear away; to break off.
(transitive) To remove a branch or branches.
fischbein
fishyback
flashback
flashback
noun
(authorship) A dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative.
(databases) A query that operates against data from an earlier time, before it was changed.
(psychology) A vivid mental image of a past trauma or other sensation that the trauma is happening in the present, especially one that recurs.
A similar recurrence of the effects of a hallucinogenic drug.
The condition of the flame propagating down the hose of an oxy-fuel welding system.
verb
(intransitive) To undergo a flashback; to experience a vivid mental image from the past.
flashcube
flashcube
noun
(photography) A rotating cube containing a flashbulb in each of four sides
halfbacks
halfbacks
noun
plural of halfback
hansomcab
hardbacks
hardbacks
noun
plural of hardback
hecatombs
hecatombs
noun
plural of hecatomb
hexabasic
hexabasic
adj
(chemistry, of a salt) having six atoms of a univalent metal
(chemistry, of an acid) containing six replaceable hydrogen atoms
holdbacks
holdbacks
noun
plural of holdback
horseback
horseback
adv
On the back of a horse.
noun
(countable) A ridge of sand, gravel, and boulders.
(usually with on, upon, etc.) The back of a horse.
hubristic
hubristic
adj
Displaying hubris (as a personality characteristic).
Of, or relating to hubris; overly arrogant.
humpbacks
humpbacks
noun
plural of humpback
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of humpback
hybristic
isobathic
isobathic
adj
Of or relating to an isobath.
Of the same depth.
jacobsohn
machabees
marshbuck
marshbuck
noun
Alternative form of marsh buck
pibroches
pinchbugs
rockbrush
sadachbia
schonbein
schonberg
schoolbag
schoolbag
noun
A satchel used to carry supplies for school; a bookbag.
schoolboy
schoolboy
adj
characteristic of a schoolboy, especially being cheeky, clumsy and socially unaware.
noun
A boy attending school.
schrebera
schreiber
schreiber
Proper noun
of origin.
schulberg
schwalbea
schynbald
schynbald
noun
(historical) A piece of plate armor (from the 1200s to the 1400s) for the lower leg (shin): a metal plate, often strapped over mail or padding, now especially one which did not completely enclose the lower leg like a greave might.