(archaic, thieves' cant) The illegitimate child of an unmarried woman and a married man.
abolish
abolish
verb
(archaic) To put an end to or destroy, as a physical object; to wipe out.
To end a law, system, institution, custom or practice.
abshier
absinth
absinth
noun
Alternative form of absinthe
abthain
abthain
noun
Alternative form of abthane
adhibit
adhibit
verb
To affix.
To allow in; to admit.
To apply or administer (something, such as a remedy).
baalish
babiche
babiche
noun
(Canada, US) Thong(s) of rawhide or sinew used as cord, lacing, or webbing, in the manufacture of snowshoes, braided straps and tumplines, fishing and harpoon lines, knit bags, etc.
babyish
babyish
adj
For a young man, he has the most babyish voice I've heard.
Like or suitable for a baby or a young child; childish
bacchic
bacchic
adj
(prosody) Relating to a bacchius.
Of or relating to Bacchus; hence, jovial, or riotous, with intoxication; bacchanalian.
bacchii
bacchii
noun
plural of bacchius
baching
baching
verb
present participle of bach
baddish
baddish
adj
Somewhat bad; of a quality between mediocre and bad.
bagheli
bahaism
bahaist
bahisti
bahisti
noun
(India, historical) A water carrier (person who carries water).
bahmani
bahrain
bahrain
Proper noun
country in the Middle East. Official name: Kingdom of Bahrain.
bahrein
baisakh
bajochi
bakshis
baldish
baldish
adj
Somewhat bald; balding.
balkish
balkish
adj
(obsolete, rare) uneven; ridgy
balochi
baluchi
banshie
banshie
noun
Dated form of banshee.
bardish
bardish
adj
Pertaining to, or written by, a bard or bards.
barfish
barfish
noun
A black crappie, Pomoxis nigromaculatus
A white bass, Morone chrysops
A yellow bass, Morone mississippiensis
barimah
bashing
bashing
noun
An instance of bashing; a physical or verbal attack.
verb
present participle of bash
bashkir
bashlik
bashlik
noun
Alternative spelling of bashlyk
baskish
batfish
batfish
noun
Any of several anglerfish of the family Ogcocephalidae
Any of several spade-shaped, laterally compressed, reef-dwelling tropical fish of the genus Platax.
bathing
bathing
noun
The act of swimming.
The act of taking a bath.
verb
present participle of bath
present participle of bathe
bathmic
bathmic
adj
Relating to bathmism.
battish
battish
adj
(zoological) Of, pertaining to, or resembling a bat.
beachie
beachie
noun
A beach break.
beamish
beamish
adj
(nonce word) Radiantly beaming; happy; cheerful.
bearish
bearish
adj
(by extension) Pessimistic about the future.
(stock market, of the price of financial instruments) Characterized by falling prices.
Resembling or likened to a bear, typically in being rough, surly, or clumsy.
beauish
beauish
adj
Like a beau; characteristic of a beau; foppish; fine.
bechirp
bedight
bedight
adj
(archaic) That has been equipped or bedecked.
verb
(archaic) To equip or bedeck.
bedikah
bedikah
noun
(Judaism) A ritual inspection or examination.
beefish
beefish
adj
resembling beef
beehive
beehive
noun
(cellular automata) In Conway's Game of Life, a particular still life configuration with a rounded appearance.
(figuratively) Any place full of activity, or in which people are very busy.
(nonstandard, New Zealand) Alternative form of Beehive
A man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey.
A particular style of hat.
A type of anti-personnel ammunition round containing flechettes, and characterised by the buzzing sound made as they fly through the air.
A women's hairstyle, popular in the 1960s, in which long hair is styled into a hive-shaped form on top of the head and usually held in place with lacquer.
An enclosed structure in which some species of honey bees (genus Apis) live and raise their young.
verb
(rare, transitive) To fill (a place) with busy activity.
beerish
beerish
adj
Tasting of beer, beery
beevish
beevish
adj
Archaic form of beefish.
befilch
befilth
befilth
verb
(transitive, rare) To cover with filth; make filthy; begrime.
beheira
behenic
behenic
adj
Of or pertaining to behenic acid or its derivatives.
behight
behight
verb
(dialectal, Northern England) To be designated.
(obsolete) To call; to name; to address.
(obsolete) To command; to order.
(obsolete) To consider or esteem to be; to declare to be.
(obsolete) To mean, or intend.
(obsolete, transitive) To give in trust; to commit; to entrust.
(obsolete, transitive) To vow, promise (someone).
behinds
behinds
noun
plural of behind
behring
belight
belight
verb
(intransitive, rare, dialectal) To become lit up; shine up; dawn.
(transitive, rare, dialectal) To light up; illuminate.
belshin
beluchi
benight
benight
verb
(chiefly in passive) To overtake (a traveller etc) with the darkness of night, especially before shelter is reached.
To darken; to shroud or obscure.
To plunge or be overwhelmed in moral or intellectual darkness.
benisch
benthic
benthic
adj
Pertaining to the benthos; living on the seafloor, as opposed to floating in the ocean.
noun
Any organism that lives on the seafloor
bepinch
bepinch
verb
(transitive, archaic) To pinch, or mark with pinches.
(transitive, dialectal) To pinch all over.
beshine
beshine
verb
(transitive, dialectal) To give light to.
(transitive, obsolete) To shine around or upon.
beshlik
beshlik
noun
(historical) A silver coin of the Ottoman Empire.
bethina
bethink
bethink
verb
(intransitive) To meditate, ponder; to consider.
(obsolete, transitive) To think about, to recollect.
(reflexive) To think of (something or somebody) or that (followed by clause); to remind oneself, to consider, to reflect upon.
To determine, resolve.
bewhite
bewitch
bewitch
verb
(transitive) To astonish, amaze.
(transitive) To cast a spell upon.
(transitive) To fascinate or charm.
beyship
beyship
noun
The role or status of a bey.
bhaktis
bhaktis
noun
plural of bhakti
bhavani
bhavani
Proper noun
A Hindu goddess, consort of Shiva.
bhayani
bhikshu
bhikshu
noun
(Buddhism) A bhikkhu.
bhishti
bhishti
noun
Alternative form of bheestie
bhistie
bhotiya
bhowani
bhudevi
bhutani
bhutani
Proper noun
A Baloch tribe residing in Balochistan, Pakistan.
The language of the aforementioned people.
biancha
bianchi
biarchy
biarchy
noun
An alliance of two countries.
Synonym of diarchy: rule by two people.
biblheb
bicched
bichord
bichord
adj
(music, of a musical instrument) Having two strings
noun
(music) A chord of two notes played at the same time.
biggish
biggish
adj
Somewhat big.
bighead
bighead
noun
(countable, colloquial) Any of several species of fish having a large head.
(countable, colloquial, especially used by children) A person having an inflated opinion of himself; a conceited or arrogant person.
(uncountable, colloquial) Any of several animal diseases that cause swelling of the head.
bighorn
bighorn
Noun
Either of two North American species of sheep, Ovis canadensis and Ovis dalli, having large, curving horns.
bighted
bighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bight
bihalve
bimorph
bimorph
noun
A cantilever that consists of two active layers: piezoelectric and metal.
bingham
bioherm
bioherm
noun
(geology) A mass of rock constructed from the remains of marine organisms such as coral or algae
(geology) A massive, unlayered, mound-shape body in discordant relationship to the surrounding layered facies which drape over it; thus either a reef or a bank (after Asquith, 1979, p.73).
biolith
biolith
noun
(petrology) A rock or other geological feature formed by living organisms.
biophor
biophor
noun
(obsolete, genetics) A supposed supramolecular unit of heredity
biotech
biotech
noun
(countable) A company specializing in biotechnology, or stock in such a company.
(uncountable) Biotechnology.
biphase
biphase
adj
Consisting of two phases, such as a liquid and a solid.
noun
A method of transmitting binary data that avoids problems associated with long strings of ones or zeros.
birched
birched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of birch
birchen
birchen
adj
Made from birch wood.
bircher
bircher
name
Misspelling of Bircher, especially when in combination with muesli
noun
A person who flogs using a birch rod.
birches
birches
noun
plural of birch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of birch
birthed
birthed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of birth
bishari
bishops
bishops
noun
plural of bishop
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bishop
bismuth
bismuth
noun
A chemical element (symbol Bi) with an atomic number of 83: a brittle silvery-white metal.