Relating to the ocean bottom, between the sublittoral and abyssal zones, at a depth of between 200 and 2000 metres
bechtel
befilth
befilth
verb
(transitive, rare) To cover with filth; make filthy; begrime.
beghtol
belight
belight
verb
(intransitive, rare, dialectal) To become lit up; shine up; dawn.
(transitive, rare, dialectal) To light up; illuminate.
benthal
benthal
adj
benthic
bethels
bethels
noun
plural of bethel
bethuel
betthel
beuthel
biolith
biolith
noun
(petrology) A rock or other geological feature formed by living organisms.
blather
blather
noun
(derogatory) Nonsensical or foolish talk.
Obsolete form of bladder.
verb
(intransitive, derogatory) To talk rapidly without making much sense.
(transitive, derogatory) To say (something foolish or nonsensical); to say (something) in a foolish or overly verbose way.
blether
blether
noun
(especially Northern England, Scotland, Northern Ireland) Alternative spelling of blather
blights
blights
noun
plural of blight
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blight
blighty
blighty
noun
Alternative form of Blighty
blithen
blithen
verb
(intransitive) To become glad or blithe; gladden.
(transitive) To make glad or blithe; gladden.
blither
blither
adj
comparative form of blithe: more blithe
verb
to talk foolishly; to blather
blotchy
blotchy
adj
Covered in blotches.
blushet
blushet
noun
(obsolete) A modest girl.
bolitho
bothell
brethel
brothel
brothel
noun
(obsolete) A wretch; a depraved or lewd person.
A house of prostitution.
buchtel
bushlet
bushlet
noun
A little bush.
elsbeth
hagbolt
halbert
halbert
noun
Alternative form of halberd
halibut
halibut
noun
A large flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus, which sometimes leaves the ocean floor and swims vertically.
hatable
hatable
adj
Capable of being hated.
Deserving hatred; detestable.
herblet
herblet
noun
A small herb.
hilbert
holibut
holibut
noun
Archaic form of halibut.
hulbert
hulburt
hurlbat
hurlbat
noun
A lightweight medieval throwing-axe
hurlbut
lambeth
lambeth
Proper noun
A district in central London, England.
The name of a London Borough within Greater London.
lebhaft
lisbeth
lizbeth
lizbeth
Proper noun
name, variant of Elizabeth.
talahib
talahib
noun
Grass of species Saccharum spontaneum (wild sugarcane).
talthib
thimble
thimble
noun
(games) A thimble or similar object used in thimblerig (“a game of skill which requires the bettor to guess under which of three thimbles or small cups a pea-sized object has been placed after the person operating the game rapidly rearranges them”).
(nautical) A metal ring which a cable or rope intended for attaching to other things is looped around as a protection against chafing.
(sewing) A pitted, now usually metal, cup-shaped cap worn on the tip of a finger, which is used in sewing to push the needle through material.
(technology) A ring- or tube-shaped component such as a ferrule.
(technology) A socket in machinery shaped like a thimble.
As much as fills a thimble (sense 1); a thimbleful.