(historical) A two-cornered hat worn by European and American military and naval officers from the 1790s.
(mathematics) A plane curve having two cusps
bicron
bicron
noun
A billionth of a metre.
bocher
bochur
bomarc
borsch
boruca
boxcar
boxcar
noun
(rail transport, US) An enclosed railway goods wagon, typically with a sliding door.
verb
(mathematics, transitive) To reduce to a boxcar function.
bracon
brecon
brecon
Proper noun
A town in Powys, Wales.
broach
broach
noun
(architecture, UK, dialect) A spire rising from a tower.
(masonry) A broad chisel for stone-cutting.
A series of chisel points mounted on one piece of steel. For example, the toothed stone chisel shown here.
A spit for cooking food.
A spit-like start on the head of a young stag.
Alternative spelling of brooch
An awl; a bodkin; also, a wooden rod or pin, sharpened at each end, used by thatchers.
The pin in a lock which enters the barrel of the key.
The stick from which candle wicks are suspended for dipping.
verb
(intransitive) To be turned sideways to oncoming waves, especially large or breaking waves.
(nautical, intransitive, of a submerged submarine, torpedo, or similar) To break the surface of the water.
(transitive) To cause to turn sideways to oncoming waves, especially large or breaking waves (usually followed by to; also figurative).
(transitive) To make a hole in, especially a cask of liquor, and put in a tap in order to draw the liquid.
(transitive) To open, to make an opening into; to pierce.
(transitive, figuratively) To begin discussion about (something).
broche
broche
noun
Obsolete form of brooch.
verb
Obsolete form of broach.
brocho
brocht
brocks
brocks
noun
plural of brock
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brock
brocky
bromic
bromic
adj
(chemistry) of, or relating to bromine or its compounds, especially those in which it has a valency of five
bronco
bronco
noun
A horse of western North America that is wild or not fully broken.
broncs
broncs
noun
plural of bronc
brooch
brooch
noun
A painting all of one colour, such as a sepia painting.
A piece of ornamental jewellery having a pin allowing it to be fixed to garments worn on the upper body.
verb
(transitive) To adorn as with a brooch.
carbon
carbon
noun
(countable) An atom of this element, in reference to a molecule containing it.
(countable, informal) A carbon copy.
(countable, informal) A sheet of carbon paper.
(ecology, uncountable) carbon dioxide, in the context of climate change.
(informal) Ellipsis of carbon fiber (reinforced polymer)..
(uncountable) The chemical element (symbol C) with an atomic number of 6. It can be found in pure form for example as graphite, a black, shiny and very soft material, or diamond, a colourless, transparent, crystalline solid and the hardest known material.
A carbon rod or pencil used in an arc lamp.
A fossil fuel that is made of impure carbon such as coal or charcoal.
A plate or piece of carbon used as one of the elements of a voltaic battery.
verb
(Internet, transitive, uncommon) To cause (someone) to receive a carbon copy of an email message.
carboy
carboy
noun
A large, rigid bottle, originally made of glass and mainly used for fermentation, and now commonly made of plastic and used to store liquids.
verb
(transitive) To bottle in a carboy.
carbro
carbro
noun
(photography, historical) A print made from carbon tissue coated in pigmented gelatin, which is then selectively hardened by contact with a silver bromide paper print rather than exposure to light.
caroba
carobs
carobs
noun
plural of carob
cibory
cobber
cobber
noun
(Australia) A pal, buddy, mate, friend; often used in direct address by one male to another.
(Australia) A sweet consisting of a small block of hard caramel covered in chocolate.
cobbra
cobbra
noun
(Australia) head, skull
cobras
cobras
noun
plural of cobra
coburg
coburg
Proper noun
An independent city in Bavaria, Germany.
Noun
A thin single-twilled worsted fabric with cotton or silk.
A kind of bread roll.
coburn
comber
comber
noun
A long, curving wave breaking on the shore.
A machine that combs wool, etc.
A person who combs wool, etc.
Serranus cabrilla, the gaper, a fish found in European waters.
combre
corban
corban
noun
An alms basket; a vessel to receive gifts of charity; a treasury of the church, where offerings are deposited.
An offering to God, especially in fulfilment of a vow.
corbed
corbel
corbel
noun
(architecture) A structural member jutting out of a wall to carry a superincumbent weight.
verb
(transitive) To furnish with a corbel or corbels; to support by a corbel; to make in the form of a corbel.
corbet
corbie
corbie
noun
A raven or crow (typically Corvus corax).
Either of two moth species of genus Oncopera, whose larvae feed on grasses, especially Oncopera intricata.
corbin
corymb
corymb
noun
(botany) A cluster of flowers with a flat or convex top.
courbe
crambo
crambo
noun
(countable) A word rhyming with another word.
(uncountable) A guessing game in which players guess words that rhyme with a clue word, seeking a word that is kept secret or concealed.
crosby
crosby
Proper noun
A town near Liverpool, England.
cubero
cyborg
cyborg
noun
(science fiction) A being which is part machine and part organic.
A human, animal or other being with electronic or bionic prostheses.
verb
(science fiction) To convert (something) into a cyborg.
recomb
recomb
verb
(transitive) To comb again.
rehboc
scrobe
scrobe
noun
A groove in the rostrum of weevils, or on the outer side of the mandible.