(carpentry) The short upright pieces between the floor beams and rafters in garrets.
Ashlar when in thin slabs and made to serve merely as a case to the body of the wall.
The act of bedding ashlar in mortar.
ashlering
ashlering
noun
Alternative form of ashlaring
aufklrung
aureoline
aureoling
aurinasal
aurinasal
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the ear and the nose.
auslander
avirulent
avirulent
Adjective
Not virulent.
avuncular
avuncular
adj
(by extension) Kind, genial, benevolent, or tolerant.
In the manner of an uncle, pertaining to an uncle.
bairnlier
balancers
balancers
noun
plural of balancer
balbinder
baldcrown
balearian
ballerina
ballerina
noun
(less common, nonstandard) A male ballet dancer; Synonym of ballerino
(often) A female ballet dancer.
A ballet flat shoe.
Ellipsis of ballerina roll.
Ellipsis of prima ballerina. The star female ballet performer in the company.
ballerine
ballerine
noun
plural of ballerina
ballinger
ballinger
noun
Alternative spelling of balinger
ballooner
ballooner
noun
A balloon sail.
A balloonist.
balzarine
balzarine
noun
A lightweight fabric made from cotton and wool, used for summer dresses.
bandalore
bandalore
noun
(historical) A yo-yo.
bandarlog
banderlog
banderole
banderole
noun
(architecture) A flat band with an inscription, common in Renaissance buildings.
A little banner, flag, or streamer.
banderols
banderols
noun
plural of banderol
bandoleer
bandoleer
noun
Alternative form of bandolier
bandolero
bandolero
noun
An outlaw or bandit, especially in Spain or Mexico.
bandolier
bandolier
noun
An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
bangalore
bangalore
Proper noun
The state capital of Karnataka (India).
Verb
To outsource (an employee, position, or function) to India, especially to Bangalore.
bankrolls
bankrolls
noun
plural of bankroll
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bankroll
bannerole
bannerols
bannerols
noun
plural of bannerol
barbaloin
barbaloin
noun
(organic chemistry) aloin
barcelona
bardolino
baritonal
baritonal
adj
Pertaining to or having the character of a baritone
barkingly
barkingly
adv
With barking sounds.
barnacled
barnacled
adj
(figurative, by extension) Thickly covered in something, as if with barnacles.
(figuratively) Encumbered with something unnecessary or undesirable, especially through a slow, gradual process of accumulation.
(figuratively) Marked by personal experiences; worldly.
Crusted with barnacles.
Familiar with the ocean and/or seafaring.
Old and weathered, particularly with respect to persons or things associated with the ocean.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of barnacle
barnacles
barnacles
noun
plural of barnacle
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of barnacle
barneveld
barnsdall
barreling
barreling
noun
(mechanical engineering) A defect in which a testpiece is deformed into a barrel-like shape.
Synonym of barrel distortion
baseliner
baseliner
noun
(tennis) A player who plays from the baseline, seldom moving to the net.
begruntle
begruntle
verb
(transitive) To make or render uneasy; disconcert.
belinurus
benarnold
berliners
berlinite
berlinite
noun
(mineralogy) A trigonal-trapezohedral mineral containing aluminum, oxygen, and phosphorus.
berlinize
bernicles
bernicles
noun
plural of bernicle
bernoulli
bernville
bertillon
berylline
berylline
adj
Beryl-like; having a light blue-green colour.
noun
(countable and uncountable) The berylline color.
(countable) berylline hummingbird
biangular
biangular
adj
Having two angles or corners.
bicentral
bicentral
adj
Having, or affecting two centres
bidiurnal
bidiurnal
adj
Every other day.
bifrontal
bifrontal
adj
Situated on both sides of the front (of the cranium)
bilaminar
bilaminar
adj
Formed of, or having, two laminae, or thin plates.
bilanders
bilanders
noun
plural of bilander
bilinguar
bilinguar
adj
Obsolete form of bilingual.
bilirubin
bilirubin
noun
(biochemistry) A bile pigment that is a product of the breakdown of the heme portion of hemoglobin (which occurs within macrophages as they digest red blood cells), and which is responsible for the yellowish color seen in bruises. Extremely high levels of bilirubin may cause jaundice.
binocular
binocular
adj
Using two eyes or viewpoints; especially, using two eyes or viewpoints to ascertain distance.
noun
(dated) Any binocular glass, such as an opera glass, telescope, or microscope.
A pair of binoculars.
attributive form of binoculars
binuclear
binuclear
adj
having two nuclei; binucleate
biordinal
biordinal
adj
(mathematics, music) Of the second order
noun
(mathematics) A second-order equation
birlieman
birthland
birthland
noun
The land of one's birth, or where one was born.
bisantler
biventral
biventral
adj
Having two bellies
digastric
bjoerling
blackburn
blackburn
Proper noun
A town in Lancashire, England
blackener
blackener
noun
One who blackens.
blairsden
blanchard
blanchard
Proper noun
A village in Iowa, US.
A town in Louisiana, US.
A city in Oklahoma, US.
A town in Wisconsin, US.
blanchers
blanchers
noun
plural of blancher
blandarch
blandburg
blandford
blanketer
blanketry
blarneyed
blarneyed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blarney
blarneyer
blarneyer
noun
One who blarneys.
blateroon
blazoners
blazoners
noun
plural of blazoner
blearness
blearness
noun
The quality of being blear.
blenchers
blenchers
noun
plural of blencher
blendcorn
blennuria
blindworm
blindworm
noun
Anguis fragilis (slowworm), a small species of legless lizard.
blinkards
blinkards
noun
plural of blinkard
blinkered
blinkered
adj
(figuratively) Having tunnel vision; unable to see what is happening around one.
Wearing blinkers or blinders.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blinker
bluenoser
bluenoser
Noun
A person from Nova Scotia, Canada.
blueprint
blueprint
noun
(architecture, engineering, by extension) A detailed technical drawing (now often in some electronically storable and transmissible form).
(informal, by extension) Any detailed plan, whether literal or figurative.
A print produced with this process.
A type of paper-based reproduction process producing white-on-blue images, used primarily for technical and architecture's drawings, now largely replaced by other technologies.
verb
To make a blueprint for.
To make a detailed operational plan for.
blundered
blundered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blunder
blunderer
blunderer
noun
One who blunders.
boglander
boglander
noun
One who lives in the bogland.
boilerman
boilerman
noun
A person who tends the fire for a steam engine
bolderian
bollinger
borsalino
borsalino
Noun
A type of wide-brimmed felt hat.
boulanger
boulanger
noun
(Guyana) eggplant; aubergine
bournless
bournless
adj
(obsolete) Without a bourn or limit.
brabbling
brabbling
verb
present participle of brabble
bracingly
bracingly
adv
In a bracing manner
bracknell
bracknell
Proper noun
a town in Berkshire, England.
brailling
brailling
noun
(colloquial) A form of cheating in the board game Scrabble, where a player drawing tiles from the bag attempts to feel their raised surfaces so as to choose specific letters.
brainless
brainless
adj
(comparable) Unintelligent, with little common sense.
(not comparable) Having no brain.
brainlike
brainlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a brain.
brambling
brambling
noun
A finch, Fringilla montifringilla of northern Eurasia, the male having a black head in summer and an orange breast with white belly and a long white rump.
verb
present participle of bramble
branchful
branchful
noun
As much as a branch can hold.
branchial
branchial
adj
Of, pertaining to, or resembling gills or the embryonic branchial arches and clefts.
noun
A branchial arch
branchlet
branchlet
noun
A small branch; a twig or sprig.
brandless
brandless
adj
(marketing) Without a brand; unbranded, generic.
brandling
brandling
noun
A small, red earthworm, Eisenia fetida, used for bait in freshwater fishing.
The young or parr of the salmon, so named from its markings being, as it were, branded.
brangling
brangling
noun
A quarrel.
verb
present participle of brangle
brantails
brantails
noun
plural of brantail
braselton
brasilein
brasilein
noun
Alternative form of brazilein
brasilins
brattling
brattling
noun
(in the plural, UK, East Anglia, Northamptonshire) Loppings from felled trees.
A rattling or scampering noise.
verb
present participle of brattle
braunfels
brazilein
brazilein
noun
A neoflavanoid that is the main colouring matter in the red dye derived from brazilwood.
brazilian
brazilins
breadline
breadline
noun
(figurative) Subsistence level.
A line of people waiting to receive food from a charity.
breedling
brickkiln
brickkiln
noun
A kiln in which bricks are baked.
bridleman
brillante
brilliant
brilliant
adj
(Britain) Magnificent or wonderful.
(Britain) Of surpassing excellence.
(of a colour) Both bright and saturated.
(of a voice or sound) Having a sharp, clear tone.
Highly intelligent.
Shining brightly.
noun
(uncountable, printing, dated) The size of type between excelsior and diamond, standardized as 4-point.
A finely cut gemstone, especially a diamond, cut in a particular form with numerous facets so as to maximize light return through the top (called "table") of the stone.
A kind of cotton goods, figured on the weaving.
Most hummingbird species of the genus Heliodoxa.
brillouin
brindlish
brineless
brineless
adj
Not having any brine.
brinkless
brinkless
adj
Without a brink.
brislings
brislings
noun
plural of brisling
bristling
bristling
adj
Having bristles.
Showing anger.
noun
The act of one who bristles.
verb
present participle of bristle
brittling
brittling
verb
present participle of brittle
broadling
bromelins
bromelins
noun
plural of bromelin
bronchial
bronchial
adj
Of or relating to the bronchi or bronchioles.
bronislaw
broodling
broodling
noun
(science fiction) a member of a brood in science fiction
a member of a brood, as of animals
brookland
brooklawn
brookline
brookline
Proper noun
a town in Massachusetts, USA, which is an exclave of
a former village in Missouri, USA, now part of the city of