(law, obsolete) One who steals and drives away cattle or beasts by herds or droves; a cattle rustler.
abricot
abroach
abroach
adj
Astir; moving about.
Tapped; broached.
adv
(obsolete) Broached; in a condition for letting out or yielding liquor, as a cask which is tapped.
(obsolete) In a state to be diffused or propagated.
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To set abroach; to let out, as liquor; to broach; to tap.
acrobat
acrobat
noun
An athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination, often as part of a circus performance.
verb
(figurative) To move like an acrobat (with agility, balance, long leaps, etc.).
To practise acrobatics.
aerobic
aerobic
adj
Living or occurring only in the presence of oxygen e.g. aerobic bacteria.
Of exercise, performed while maintaining a sufficient supply of oxygen to meet bodily energy needs.
Of or relating to aerobics.
albarco
arcubos
arecibo
baconer
baconer
noun
A pig raised to produce bacon.
baracoa
barcone
barlock
barocco
barrico
becolor
becolor
verb
Alternative form of becolour
becroak
becross
becross
verb
(transitive) To mark with the sign of the cross.
(transitive) To surround or decorate with crosses.
becrowd
becrowd
verb
(dated) To crowd.
becrown
becrown
verb
(transitive) To place a crown upon; crown.
bedcord
bedcord
noun
A cord or rope interwoven in a bedstead so as to support the bed.
bedrock
bedrock
noun
(figurative) A basis or foundation.
(uncountable, geology, mining, engineering, construction) The solid rock that exists at some depth below the ground surface. Bedrock is rock "in place", as opposed to material that has been transported from another location by weathering and erosion.
verb
(transitive, figurative) To establish on a solid foundation.
bescorn
bescorn
verb
(obsolete) To treat with scorn.
bescour
bichord
bichord
adj
(music, of a musical instrument) Having two strings
noun
(music) A chord of two notes played at the same time.
bicolor
bicolor
adj
(American spelling) Alternative form of bicolour
bicorne
bicorne
noun
Alternative form of bicorn (“two-cornered hat”)
bicrons
bicrons
noun
plural of bicron
blocker
blocker
noun
(card games) A playing card, needed by one player, that is held by another.
(computing) A bug or issue that prevents software from being released.
(computing) An application that stops / impedes unauthorised access to a programme.
(computing) One who prevents another user from contacting them electronically.
(marketing) A gatekeeper who refuses the marketer access to the person they wish to contact.
(poker) A blocker bet.
(sports) One who blocks or impedes the movement of an opponent.
A close-fitting rectangular glove worn by a goalie in multiple forms of hockey.
A person who blocks (stretches or moulds) hats.
A puberty blocker.
bocardo
boccaro
boraces
boracic
boracic
adj
(Cockney rhyming slang) penniless
(dated, inorganic chemistry) Synonym of boric.
Relating to, or impregnated with borax.
borasca
borasco
boronic
boronic
adj
Of or pertaining to the boronic acids or their derivatives
borscht
borscht
noun
A beetroot soup that can be served hot or cold, usually with sour cream.
Any similar sour soup made of other ingredients such as sorrel, cabbage, hogweed
borszcz
bortsch
botcher
botcher
noun
(obsolete) A person who mends things, especially such a cobbler or tailor.
A clumsy or incompetent worker; a bungler.
A young salmon; a grilse.
boucher
bouncer
bouncer
noun
(Internet) An account or server (as with IRC and FTP) that invisibly redirects requests to another, used for anonymity or vanity.
(cricket) A short-pitched ball that bounces up towards, or above the height of the batsman’s head.
(dated) One who bounces; a large, heavy person who makes much noise in moving.
(informal) A member of security personnel employed by bars, nightclubs, etc to maintain order and deal with patrons who cause trouble.
(slang, archaic) A boaster; a bully.
(slang, archaic) A bold lie.
(slang, archaic) A liar.
A bouncy castle.
A kind of seat mounted in a framework in which a baby can bounce up and down.
Something big; a good stout example of the kind.
bourock
boxcars
boxcars
noun
(slang, dice games) Double six in a dice game with two dice.
plural of boxcar
braccio
braccio
noun
An Italian measure of length, varying from half a yard to a yard.
bracero
bracero
noun
(historical) A Mexican national working as an agricultural laborer in the United States from 1942-1964, or similarly a railroad worker from 1942-1945.
bricole
bricole
noun
(billiards) A shot in which the cue ball is initially driven against the cushion.
(military) A kind of traces with hooks and rings, used to drag manoeuvre guns where horses cannot be used.
(military, historical) An ancient kind of military catapult.
In court tennis, the rebound of a ball from a wall of the court; also, the side stroke or play by which the ball is driven against the wall; hence, (figurative) an indirect action or stroke.
brioche
brioche
noun
A knitted cushion for the feet.
A type of light sweet pastry or bun of French origin.
briscoe
brocade
brocade
noun
(countable, uncountable) A thick heavy fabric into which raised patterns have been woven, originally in gold and silver; more recently any cloth incorporating raised, woven patterns.
(metaphoric) A decorative pattern.
An item decorated with brocade.
Any of several species of noctuid moths such as some species in the genera Calophasia and Hadena
verb
To decorate fabric with raised woven patterns.
brocage
brocage
noun
Obsolete form of brokerage.
brocard
brocard
noun
(law) A legal principle usually expressed in Latin, traditionally used to concisely express a wider legal concept or rule.
broccio
brochan
brocked
brocked
adj
(Scotland) variegated, having a mixture of black and white
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brock
brocken
brocket
brocket
noun
A genus, Mazama, of short-horned deer from Brazil.
A stag in its second year, before its horns have started branching.
brockie
brockle
brockle
adj
Of animals: variegated, speckled, multicolored; usually used in the phrase brockle-faced.
Of food odors: malodorous, flatulent, pungent: smelling of sulfur, hydrogen sulfide, or hydrogen disulfide.
brocoli
brocoli
noun
Archaic form of broccoli (“vegetable”).
brocton
bronchi
bronchi
noun
plural of bronchus
broncho
broncho
noun
Alternative spelling of bronco
broncos
broncos
noun
plural of bronco
broucek
buccaro
buceros
burdock
burdock
noun
Any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium.
burrock
burrock
noun
A small weir or dam in a river to direct the stream to gaps where fish traps are placed.
byronic
byronic
Adjective
Of or pertaining to British Romantic poet George Gordon Byron (1788-1824) or his writings.
cabrito
cabrito
noun
(cooking) Meat from a young goat; kid.
carabao
carabao
noun
A domesticated subspecies of water buffalo, Bubalus bubalis carabanesis.
caraboa
carbona
carbone
carbone
noun
Obsolete form of carbon.
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To broil.
carboni
carbons
carbons
noun
plural of carbon
carbora
carbora
noun
(archaic) Synonym of koala
carboxy
carboxy
noun
(organic chemistry) The carboxyl group.
carboys
carboys
noun
plural of carboy
caribou
caribou
noun
Any of several North American subspecies of the reindeer, Rangifer tarandus.
carouba
chabrol
charbon
charbon
noun
A small black spot or mark remaining in the cavity of the corner tooth of a horse after the large spot or mark has become obliterated.
A very contagious and fatal disease of sheep, horses, and cattle; anthrax.
chobdar
chobdar
noun
(India, historical) A frequent attendant of Indian nobles, and formerly also of Anglo-Indian officials of rank, carrying a staff overlaid with silver.
choribi
chrobat
ciboria
clobber
clobber
intj
to beat (someone) severely
noun
(Australia, Britain, slang) Clothing; clothes.
(Britain, slang) Equipment.
(slang) A thumping or beating.
A bash on say the head, typically with a tool or object rather than with fists.
A paste used by shoemakers to hide the cracks in leather.
verb
(transitive, computing, slang) To overwrite (data) or override (an assignment of a value), often unintentionally or unexpectedly.
(transitive, slang) To hit or bash severely; to seriously harm or damage.
clotbur
clotbur
noun
(UK, dialect) The burdock.
The cocklebur.
cobbers
cobbers
noun
plural of cobber
cobbier
cobbier
adj
comparative form of cobby: more cobby
cobbler
cobbler
noun
(Australia, New Zealand, agriculture, slang) A sheep left to the end to be sheared (for example, because its wool is filthy, or because it is difficult to catch).
(US) Condica sutor, an owlet moth native to North America.
(US) Often preceded by a descriptive word as in apple cobbler, peach cobbler, etc.: a kind of pie, usually filled with fruit, originally having a crust at the base but nowadays generally lacking this and instead topped with a thick, cake-like pastry layer.
(US, alcoholic beverages) An (iced) alcoholic drink containing spirit or wine, with lemon juice and sugar.
(games) Synonym of conkers (“a game for two players in which the participants each have a horse-chestnut (known as a cobbler (sense 1.1) or conker) suspended from a length of string, and take turns to strike their opponent's conker with their own with the object of destroying the opponent's conker before their own is destroyed”)
(obsolete) A person who cobbles (“to assemble or mend in an improvised or rough way”); a clumsy workman.
(usually in the plural, slang) A police officer.
A person who repairs, and sometimes makes, shoes.
A roadworker who lays cobbles.
Also river cobbler: the basa (Pangasius bocourti), an edible species of shark catfish native to the Chao Phraya and Mekong river basins in Southeast Asia.
The Pangas catfish (Pangasius pangasius), an edible species of shark catfish native to Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, and Pakistan.
The South Australian catfish (Cnidoglanis macrocephalus), a species of catfish native to Australia which has dorsal and pectoral fins bearing sharp, venomous spines.
The shiny, hard seed of the horse chestnut tree (Aesculus hippocastanum), especially when used in the game of the same name (sense 1.2); a conker, a horse chestnut.
The soldier or South Australian cobbler (Gymnapistes marmoratus), a brown fish native to southern Australian estuaries which is unrelated to Cnidoglanis macrocephalus but also has venemous spines on its dorsal and pectoral fins.
cobiron
cobiron
noun
An andiron with a knob at the top.
cobourg
cobourg
noun
(archaic) A thin worsted fabric for women's dresses.
cobwork
cobwork
noun
construction work made of logs, etc., laid horizontally, with the ends dovetailed together at the corners, and in marine work often surrounding a central space filled with stones
coeburn
cohberg
cohbert
coimbra
colbert
colburn
colibri
coluber
combers
combers
noun
plural of comber
combure
contrib
contrib
noun
Clipping of contribution.
conturb
conturb
verb
(transitive) To disturb or perturb greatly.
corabel
corbans
corbans
noun
plural of corban
corbeau
corbeau
noun
(historical) A man who carts away the dead plague victims.
A very dark shade of green, almost black.
The black vulture, Coragyps atratus.
corbeil
corbeil
noun
(military) A basket filled with earth and set up as a protection from the fire of the enemy.
corbels
corbels
noun
plural of corbel
corbett
corbies
corbies
noun
plural of corbie
plural of corby
corbina
corbina
noun
A marine fish, Menticirrhus undulatus.
corbleu
corbula
cordoba
cordoba
noun
Alternative form of córdoba, currency of Nicaragua
corebel
corebox
cornbin
corncob
corncob
noun
The central cylindrical core of an ear of corn (maize) on which the kernels are attached in rows.
verb
(intransitive, of turbines and rotor blades) To disintegrate by the blades becoming severed from the axis
(transitive, US, Internet slang) To defeat (someone) who then refuses to admit defeat.
corumba
corymbs
corymbs
noun
plural of corymb
courbet
courtby
cowbarn
cowbird
cowbird
noun
Any bird of the genus Molothrus. The cowbirds are brood parasites.
cowbyre
cowherb
cowherb
noun
Vaccaria hispanica, an annual herb with blue-grey waxy herbage and pale pink flowers, native to Eurasia.
crambos
cribose
crombec
crombec
noun
Any of several small passerine birds in the genus Sylvietta.
crowbar
crowbar
noun
A type of cocktail made with only Crown Royal whiskey and lemon lime soda.
An electrical circuit that prevents an overvoltage from causing damage.
An iron or steel bar, often with a flattened end which may also be hook-shaped, to be used as a lever to manually force things apart.
verb
(transitive) To force to move, usually with a crowbar; to prise.
cyborgs
cyborgs
noun
plural of cyborg
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cyborg
erbacon
microbe
microbe
noun
(microbiology) Any microorganism, but especially a harmful bacterium.
nicobar
obrecht
obscura
obscure
obscure
adj
Dark, faint or indistinct.
Hidden, out of sight or inconspicuous.
Not well-known.
Unknown or uncertain; unclear.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To conceal oneself; to hide.
(transitive) To hide, put out of sight etc.
(transitive) To render obscure; to darken; to make dim; to keep in the dark; to hide; to make less visible, intelligible, legible, glorious, beautiful, or illustrious.
obtrect
october
orbical
orbical
adj
Synonym of orbicular
orbicle
orbicle
noun
(obsolete) A small orb or sphere.
orbific
pibcorn
pibroch
pibroch
noun
A series of musical variations for the bagpipes, usually martial or funerary in nature.
plbroch
procbal
reblock
reblock
verb
(transitive) To block, prevent, or hamper again.
(transitive) To remould (a hat) into its original shape.
(transitive, theater) To block, or specify the position of, (actors on the stage) again.
recombs
recombs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of recomb
rheeboc
rhombic
rhombic
adj
Having the characteristics of a rhombus.
ribonic
robotic
robotic
adj
Of, relating to, or resembling a robot; mechanical, lacking emotion or personality, etc.