(alchemy) One of the four major stages of the magnum opus, involving purification of the prima materia.
(botany) The whitish inner portion of the rind of citrus fruits that is a source of pectin, commonly referred to as the pith.
(physics, meteorology, astronomy, optics) The fraction of incident light or radiation reflected by a surface or body, commonly expressed as a percentage.
alcedo
alcove
alcove
noun
(architecture) A small recessed area set off from a larger room.
A shady retreat.
aldose
aldose
noun
(organic chemistry, biochemistry) Any of a class of monosaccharides having an aldehyde or hemiacetal functional group.
alecto
alecto
Proper noun
One of the Furies
alejoa
alepot
alepot
noun
(historical) A drinking-vessel in which ale is served.
aleppo
aleppo
Proper noun
A city now in northern Syria, formerly an important city in the ancient world (Beroea of Seleucid empire).
aleron
alexio
algedo
allose
allose
noun
(biochemistry) An epimer of glucose found in some African shrubs
almelo
almose
almose
noun
(obsolete) alms
alodee
alodie
aloeus
aloise
aloofe
aloose
aloose
adv
(dialect) Free from restraints.
alyose
amoles
amoles
noun
plural of amole
angelo
anoles
anoles
noun
plural of anole
apiole
apiole
noun
(organic chemistry) A phenylpropene found in the essential oil (apiol) of parsley
aplome
aplome
noun
(mineralogy) A brown or green variety of andradite containing manganese.
areola
areola
noun
(anatomy) Any of the small spaces throughout areolar connective tissue.
(anatomy) The colored circle around a nipple, more exactly known as areola mammae.
(by extension, anatomy) Any small circular area that is different from its immediate environment, such as the colored ring around the pupil of the eye (iris) or an inflamed region surrounding a pimple.
areole
areole
noun
(anatomy) An areola.
(botany) Bump on a cactus out of which grow clusters of spines.
(botany) The smallest enclosures created by the veins of a leaf.
(mycology) A tessellation in the thallus of certain lichens.
ariole
aslope
aslope
adj
(archaic) Slanted or sloping.
adv
(archaic, figurative) In an unintended or unfavourable direction.
prep
(archaic) Diagonally over or across.
aveloz
aveloz
noun
The African tree Euphorbia tirucalli.
azoles
azoles
noun
plural of azole
beblot
beblot
verb
(transitive) To blot all over; stain.
beclog
beclog
verb
(transitive) To encumber with a sticky substance; clog.
bedolt
beelol
befool
befool
verb
(transitive, archaic) To make a fool out of (someone); to fool, trick, or deceive (someone).
befoul
befoul
verb
(figuratively) To stain or mar (for example with infamy or disgrace).
(specifically) To defecate on, to soil with excrement.
To entangle or run against so as to impede motion.
To make foul; to soil; to contaminate, pollute.
behold
behold
intj
lo!
look, a call of attention to something
verb
(intransitive) To look.
To contemplate (someone or something).
To look at or see (someone or something), especially appreciatively; to descry, to look upon.
behowl
behowl
verb
(archaic, transitive) To howl at.
belion
belloc
bellon
bellot
bellow
bellow
noun
The deep roar of a large animal, or any similar loud noise.
verb
To make a loud, deep, hollow noise like the roar of an angry bull.
To shout in a deep voice.
beloam
belock
belock
verb
(archaic, transitive) To lock up or lock in place; hold tight; fasten.
beloid
beloit
beloit
Proper noun
A city in Kansas, USA, and the county seat of Mitchell County.
A village in Ohio
A city and town in Wisconsin
belone
belong
belong
prep
(Australian Aboriginal, optionally followed by to) Of, belonging to.
verb
(followed by to) To be a part of a group.
(intransitive) To have its proper place.
(intransitive, followed by to) To be part of, or the property of.
(intransitive, followed by to) To be the spouse or partner of.
(intransitive, set theory) (followed by to) To be an element of (a set). The symbol ∈ means belongs to.
(obsolete, transitive) To be deserved by.
(of a person) To be accepted in a group.
belook
belook
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To look about or around; look over or across; look after; give a look to; look at.
belord
belord
verb
(transitive) To address by the phrase "my lord".
(transitive) To apply the title Lord to.
(transitive, rare) To domineer over; lord over.
belout
belout
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To address or speak of with contemptuous language.
(transitive, obsolete) To call (someone) a lout.
belove
belove
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To please.
(transitive, stative, obsolete) To be pleased with; like.
(transitive, stative, obsolete) To love.
simple past tense of belive
belovo
belows
belton
belton
Proper noun
an unincorporated community in Kentucky, USA.
a city in Missouri, USA.
a city in South Carolina, USA.
a city in Texas, USA
a community in Ontario, Canada.
a village in England
a village in Lincolnshire, England
a village in England
bemoil
bemoil
verb
(obsolete) To soil or dirty
bemole
bemolt
benzol
benzol
noun
(obsolete) Synonym of benzene
(organic chemistry) An impure benzene (mixed with toluene etc), used in the arts as a solvent, and for various other purposes.
(organic chemistry, obsolete) benzyl alcohol
berlon
beroll
beroll
verb
(intransitive) To roll about; roll around; roll over.
beslow
besoil
besoil
verb
(transitive) To cover with or as with soil; stain; sully.
besoul
besoul
verb
(transitive) To imbue or endow with a soul.
betoil
betoil
verb
(transitive) To worry or exercise with toil.
bilobe
bilobe
noun
A pair of lobes
blokes
blokes
noun
plural of bloke
blonde
blonde
adj
(especially of a woman) Alternative form of blond
(especially of a woman, offensive) Stupid, ignorant, naive.
noun
(film, television, theater) A kind of 2,000-watt lamp.
Alternative form of blond (pale golden brown color).
Alternative form of blond (person of fair hair). (Used especially of a woman. See the usage notes in the entry blond.)
blooey
blooey
adj
(dated, slang) Haywire, amiss.
intj
Exclamation representing an explosion or abrupt occurrence.
blooie
blouse
blouse
noun
(India) A short garment worn under a sari.
(fashion) A shirt for women or girls, particularly a shirt with buttons and often a collar; a dress shirt tailored for women.
(fashion, obsolete) A shirt, typically loose and reaching from the neck to the waist.
(military fashion) A loose-fitting uniform jacket.
Alternative form of blouze
Alternative form of blowess
Alternative form of blowze
verb
(military) To tuck one's pants/trousers (into one's boots).
To hang a garment in loose folds.
blowed
blowed
verb
(dialect) simple past tense and past participle of blow
blowen
blowen
Noun
A prostitute; a courtesan.
blower
blower
noun
(dated) A braggart, or loud talker.
(slang, UK, Ireland, historical) A telephone service providing betting odds and commentary, relayed to customers in a bookmaker's shop via loudspeaker.
(slang, chiefly Britain, New Zealand, Australia, Ireland, usually preceded by the) Telephone.
A ducted fan, usually part of a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning system.
A person who blows.
A small fish of the Atlantic coast, Sphoeroides maculatus; the puffer.
Any device that blows.
The whale; so called by seamen, from its habit of spouting up a column of water.
blowie
blowie
noun
(Australia, slang) A blowfly, Lucilia cuprina.
(Australia, slang) The common toadfish, Tetractenos hamiltoni.
(sex, slang) A blow job.
blowse
blowse
noun
(obsolete) A ruddy, fat-faced woman; a wench.
blowze
blowze
Noun
A ruddy, fat-faced woman; a wench.
boatel
boatel
noun
(nautical) A ship, normally moored alongside a quay, used as a hotel
bobble
bobble
noun
(Britain) Elasticated band used for securing hair (for instance in a ponytail), a hair tie
(informal) A pill (a ball formed on the surface of the fabric, as on laundered clothes).
(knitting) A localized set of stitches forming a raised bump.
A furry ball attached on top of a hat.
A wobbling motion.
verb
(US) To make a mistake in.
(intransitive) To bob up and down.
(intransitive) To roll slowly.
boblet
boddle
boddle
noun
Alternative form of bodle
bodley
boelus
boggle
boggle
noun
(dated) A bungle; a botched situation.
(dated) A scruple or objection.
Alternative form of bogle
verb
(US, dialect) To embarrass with difficulties; to palter or equivocate; to bungle or botch.
(intransitive) To be bewildered, dumbfounded, or confused.
(intransitive, obsolete) To dissemble; to play fast and loose (with someone or something).
(intransitive, of a rat) To wiggle the eyes as a result of bruxing.
(transitive or intransitive) Either literally or figuratively to stop or hesitate as if suddenly seeing a bogle.
(transitive) To confuse or mystify; overwhelm.
bogled
bogles
bogles
noun
plural of bogle
boglet
boglet
noun
A kind of supernatural being.
A small patch of boggy ground.
bohlen
boiled
boiled
adj
(colloquial) Angry.
(colloquial) Drunk.
(of water) Having reached the boiling point.
Cooked in boiling water.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of boil
boiler
boiler
noun
(UK, Australia, slang, derogatory) An old woman.
(rare, informal) Boilerplate.
A device consisting of a heat source and a tank for storing hot water, typically for space heating, domestic hot water etc., disregarding the source of heat.
A kitchen vessel for steaming, boiling or heating food.
A person who boils something.
A steam boiler.
A sunken reef, especially a coral reef, on which the sea breaks heavily.
A tough old chicken only suitable for cooking by boiling.
An apparatus for heating circulating water or other heat transferring liquid.
bolded
bolded
verb
past participle of bold
bolden
bolden
verb
To make bold; to embolden.
bolder
bolder
adj
comparative form of bold: more bold
bolero
bolero
noun
(dance) A lively Spanish dance in 3/4 time; also an unrelated slower-tempo dance of Cuban origin, in 2/4 time.
(fashion) A type of short, buttonless jacket or blouse, open or tied in front and ending at the diaphragm.
verb
(intransitive) To dance the bolero.
bolete
bolete
noun
A type of fruiting body produced by certain fungus species in the order Boletales, especially those of genus Boletus, many of which are prized for their flavour; any species of said order that produces such a fruiting body.
boleti
boleti
noun
plural of boletus
boleyn
bolger
bolide
bolide
noun
A fireball.
An extremely bright meteor.
Any extraterrestrial body that collides with Earth.
bolled
bolled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of boll
bollen
bollen
adj
Alternative form of boln
boller
boloed
boloed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bolo
bolted
bolted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bolt
boltel
boltel
noun
Alternative form of boultel
bolten
bolter
bolter
noun
(Australia, horseracing) A horse that wins at long odds.
(Australia, sports) An obscure athlete who wins an upset victory.
(New Zealand, sports) In team sports, a relatively little-known or inexperienced player who inspires the team to greater success.
(US, politics) A member of a political party who does not support the party's nominee.
(botany, horticulture) A plant that grows larger and more rapidly than usual.
(flour milling) A machine or mechanism that automatically sifts milled flour.
(military, aviation) A missed landing on an aircraft carrier; an aircraft that has made a missed landing.
(petroleum refining) A filter mechanism.
A kind of fishing line; a boulter.
A person or thing that bolts, or runs suddenly.
A person who sifts flour or meal.
verb
(dialect) To smear or become smeared with a grimy substance.
(military, aviation) To miss a landing on an aircraft carrier by failing to catch the arresting gear wires with the aircraft's tailhook.
(of a whale) To swim or turn sideways while eating.
To fish using a bolter.
To pound rapidly.
To sift or filter through a sieve or bolter.
bomble
bonlee
boodle
boodle
noun
(US, dialect) The whole collection or lot; caboodle.
(slang) Money, especially when acquired or spent illegally or improperly; swag.
verb
(slang) To engage in bribery.
booley
bootle
bootle
noun
Alternative spelling of boodle
bordel
bordel
noun
(now rare) A brothel.
boreal
boreal
adj
Of, relating to, or coming from the north.
borele
borele
noun
(dated) The black rhinoceros; (Diceros bicornis).
borley
borrel
borrel
adj
(obsolete) ignorant, unlearned; belonging to the laity, a mean fellow.
noun
A sort of pear with a smooth soft pulp; the red butter pear.
bosler
botels
botels
noun
plural of botel
bottle
bottle
noun
(Britain, informal) (originally "bottle and glass" meaning "ass") Nerve, courage.
(UK, dialectal or obsolete) A dwelling; habitation.
(UK, dialectal) A building; house.
(attributive, of a person with a particular hair color) A container of hair dye, hence with one’s hair color produced by dyeing.
(figurative) Intoxicating liquor; alcohol.
(obsolete) A bundle, especially of hay; something tied in a bundle.
A container with a rubber nipple used for giving liquids to infants, a baby bottle.
A container, typically made of glass or plastic and having a tapered neck, used primarily for holding liquids.
The contents of such a container.
verb
(Britain, slang) To pelt (a musical act on stage, etc.) with bottles as a sign of disapproval.
(Britain, slang) To refrain from doing (something) at the last moment because of a sudden loss of courage.
(Britain, slang) To strike (someone) with a bottle.
(Britain, slang, sports) To throw away a leading position.
(printing, intransitive) Of pages printed several on a sheet: to rotate slightly when the sheet is folded two or more times.
(transitive) To seal (a liquid) into a bottle for later consumption. Also fig.
(transitive, Britain) To feed (an infant) baby formula.
boucle
boucle
noun
Alternative spelling of bouclé
boules
boules
noun
bowls; a game played with metal balls.
plural of boule
bouley
boulez
boulle
boutel
bowdle
bowell
bowels
bowels
noun
(obsolete) The body as the source of offspring.
Compassion, sympathy.
The concept or quality that defines something at its very core.
The deepest or innermost part.
The intestines.
plural of bowel
bowled
bowled
adv
(cricket) (Dismissed) by the bowled ball hitting and breaking the batsman's wicket.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bowl
bowleg
bowleg
noun
A leg that curves outward at the knee. It might refer to the leg of a human, animal or even a piece of furniture.
bowler
bowler
noun
(baseball, slang, 1800s) The pitcher.
(bowling) One who engages in the sport of bowling.
(cricket) A player selected mainly for his bowling ability.
(cricket) The player currently bowling.
A bowler hat; a round black hat formerly popular among British businessmen.
bowles
bowles
noun
plural of bowle
bowtel
brogle
brotel
cajole
cajole
noun
The act of cajoling
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To persuade someone to do something which they are reluctant to do, especially by flattery or promises; to coax.
calore
canelo
carole
cedrol
cedrol
noun
(organic chemistry) A sesquiterpene alcohol found in the essential oil of conifers (cedar oil), especially in the cypress and juniper.