Anacyclus pyrethrum; bastard pellitory, pellitory of Spain.
bertrum
bespurt
bespurt
verb
(obsolete) To spurt on or over; to asperse.
bestare
besteer
besteer
verb
(transitive) To guide; pilot; direct.
(transitive) To steer; govern; control.
bestirs
bestirs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bestir
bestore
bestorm
bestorm
verb
(transitive) To overtake with a storm; assail with storms.
bestraw
bestrew
bestrew
verb
(transitive) To strew anything upon; strew over or about; cover or partially cover with things strewn; cover with straw or strewing.
(transitive) To strew or scatter about; throw or drop here and there.
bestrid
bestrow
bestrow
verb
Alternative form of bestrew
bestrut
bestrut
verb
(transitive) To distend.
bestuur
bethera
bethorn
betrace
betrail
betrail
verb
(transitive) To trail over or about.
betrays
betrays
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of betray
betread
betread
verb
(transitive) To tread over or walk upon.
betrend
betrend
Verb
To wind or draw around; surround; encompass.
betroth
betroth
verb
To promise to give in marriage.
To promise to take (as a future spouse); to plight one's troth to.
betrunk
betrunk
verb
(transitive) To deprive (a river) of its lower course or trunk by submergence or erosion of the land by the sea.
betrust
betrust
verb
(transitive, archaic) To entrust.
(transitive, archaic) To trust; place confidence in (a person).
betters
betters
noun
plural of better
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of better
bettors
bettors
noun
plural of bettor
betutor
beutler
beutner
bewater
bewater
verb
(transitive) To water about or all over; cover, douse, or fill with water; make wet; water; hydrate.
bewrapt
bewrapt
adj
(archaic, poetic) wrapped
bewrite
bewrite
verb
(transitive) To write about; describe.
(transitive) To write to.
(transitive) To write; write from; copy.
bharata
bharata
Proper noun
A legendary emperor of India, and is referred to in Hindu and Jain theology. He was son of King Dushyanta and Sakuntala.
Younger brother of Rāma in Ramayana.
bickart
biernat
bifront
bifront
adj
Having two fronts, faces or aspects.
bifrost
bifrost
Proper noun
The rainbow bridge that connects Asgard with Midgard.
bigotry
bigotry
noun
(dated) Obstinate prejudice or opinionatedness.
Characteristic qualities of a bigot: (especially religious, anti-religious or racial) intolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance.
bigroot
bigroot
adj
Applied to various kinds of plant characterized by a large root.
noun
Either of the plants Marah fabacea and Marah macrocarpa.
bimotor
bimotor
noun
A twin-engine aircraft.
biotron
biotron
noun
(biology) A chamber in which the effects of climate on organisms can be studied
biparty
biparty
adj
Involving two parties or entities.
birdlet
birdlet
noun
A small bird.
biretta
biretta
noun
A square cap, originally with four ridges across the top, surmounted by a tuft, worn by Roman Catholic clergy (and by some in the Anglican Church). A three-sided biretta is worn by Roman Catholic clergy for liturgical celebrations.
birkett
birthed
birthed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of birth
bisters
bisters
noun
plural of bister
bistort
bistort
noun
Any of several perennial herbs, classified in genera Bistorta, Persicaria, or Polygonum, having spikes of pink flowers.
bistred
bistred
adj
Of a brown colour like the pigment called bistre.
bistres
bistres
noun
plural of bistre
bistros
bistros
noun
plural of bistro
bitburg
bittern
bittern
noun
(archaic) A very bitter compound of quassia, cocculus indicus, etc., used by fraudulent brewers in adulterating beer.
Several bird species in the Botaurinae subfamily of the heron family Ardeidae.
The liquor remaining after halite (common salt) has been harvested from saline water (brine).
The saline substance added to soy milk to coagulate it as a primary step in the production of tofu.
bitters
bitters
noun
A liquid used in mixed drinks or as a tonic into which bitter herbs have been steeped (it can also be found in powdered form for adding to mixed drinks).
plural of bitter
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bitter
bittier
bittier
adj
comparative form of bitty: more bitty
bittner
biurate
biurate
noun
(chemistry) A urate containing twice as much of the uric acid constituent as an ordinary urate.
bizerta
bizerte
blaster
blaster
noun
(golf, slang) A sand wedge.
(science fiction) An unspecified powerful hand weapon, usually one that fires an energy pulse or beam.
A device to detonate an explosive, often consisting of a box with a handle to be pressed down.
Anything that, or anyone who blasts.
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.
blatter
blatter
noun
A hard battering of rain.
A sound of rapid motion.
Blather; foolish talk.
verb
(intransitive) To blather.
(intransitive) To hurry or rush noisily.
blawort
blawort
noun
(Scotland) Centaurea cyanus, the cornflower.
bleater
bleater
noun
agent noun of bleat; one who bleats.
bleriot
blether
blether
noun
(especially Northern England, Scotland, Northern Ireland) Alternative spelling of blather
blinter
blister
blister
noun
(medicine) Something applied to the skin to raise a blister; a vesicatory or other applied medicine.
(roofing) An enclosed pocket of air, which may be mixed with water or solvent vapor, trapped between impermeable layers of felt or between the membrane and substrate.
(uncountable) A form of smelted copper with a blistered surface.
A cause of annoyance.
A small bubble between the layers of the skin that contains watery or bloody fluid and is caused by friction and pressure, burning, freezing, chemical irritation, disease or infection.
A swelling on a plant.
A type of pre-formed packaging made from plastic that contains cavities.
Hyponyms: bulla, vesicle, vesicula.
verb
(cooking, transitive) To sear after blaching.
(intransitive) To break out in blisters.
(intransitive) To have a blister form.
(transitive) To criticise severely.
(transitive) To raise blisters on.
blither
blither
adj
comparative form of blithe: more blithe
verb
to talk foolishly; to blather
blitter
blitter
noun
(computing) A software or hardware mechanism that blits.
bloater
bloater
noun
(Britain) A salted, and lightly smoked herring or mackerel.
(Canada, US) A freshwater fish native to the Great Lakes; the species Coregonus hoyi.
blotter
blotter
noun
(law enforcement) A daily register of arrests and other events in a police station.
(slang) A portion of blotter acid.
A piece of blotting paper in a pad as a piece of desk furniture.
A register of the related events made in the form of the list of times and brief descriptions.
blufter
blunter
blunter
adj
comparative form of blunt: more blunt
blurted
blurted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blurt
blurter
blurter
noun
One who blurts.
bluster
bluster
noun
Fitful noise and violence.
Pompous, officious talk.
verb
To act or speak in an unduly threatening manner.
To blow in strong or sudden gusts.
To speak or protest loudly.
boaster
boaster
noun
A stonemason's broad-faced chisel.
One who boasts; a braggart.
boaters
boaters
noun
plural of boater
boelter
bogatyr
bogatyr
noun
(historical) A medieval heroic warrior in Kievan Rus, akin to the Western European knight-errant.
boggart
boggart
noun
Alternative spelling of boggard
bogtrot
bogwort
bogwort
noun
The bilberry or whortleberry plant.
bolster
bolster
noun
(architecture) The rolls forming the ends or sides of the Ionic capital.
(military, historical) A block of wood on the carriage of a siege gun, upon which the breech of the gun rests when arranged for transportation.
(vehicles, agriculture) A small spacer located on top of the axle of horse-drawn wagons that gives the front wheels enough clearance to turn.
A beam in the middle of a railway truck, supporting the body of the car.
A large cushion or pillow.
A pad, quilt, or anything used to hinder pressure, support part of the body, or make a bandage sit easy upon a wounded part; a compress.
A short, horizontal structural timber between a post and a beam for enlarging the bearing area of the post and/or reducing the span of the beam.
The metallic end of a pocketknife handle.
The part of a knife blade that abuts upon the end of the handle.
The perforated plate in a punching machine on which anything rests when being punched.
verb
(transitive, often figurative) To brace, reinforce, secure, or support.
bolters
bolters
noun
plural of bolter
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bolter
booster
booster
noun
(explosives) A small quantity of a sensitive explosive that is triggered by a detonator and provides the energy needed to detonate a larger quantity of a less-sensitive explosive.
(gaming) A package of cards or figurines designed to add to a player's collection.
(immunology) A booster dose.
(linguistics) A term that serves to amplify or strengthen an utterance, such as "really".
(rail transport) A booster engine fitted to a steam locomotive.
(video games) A power-up item.
A member of a booster club.
A motor-generator set used for voltage regulation in direct current electrical power circuits.
Someone who is a fan or supporter of something.
Someone who promotes a town or business.
Something that boosts.
The first stage of a multistage rocket that provides the thrust for liftoff and the initial flight.
verb
(transitive, medicine) To give a booster shot to; to boost.
bootery
bootery
noun
A shop selling boots.
boother
bopster
borated
borated
adj
Having been treated with borate
borates
borates
noun
plural of borate
boregat
bornite
bornite
noun
(mineralogy) A reddish mineral that tarnishes on exposure to air; it is a mixed sulfide of iron and copper with the chemical formula Cu₅FeS and is an important ore of copper.
borotno
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
borshts
borshts
noun
plural of borsht
borstal
borstal
noun
(Britain, Ireland) Any institution which provides education to young offenders.
(UK) A way up a hill in the South Downs.
(historical) Any of the prisons set up in Britain for delinquent boys from 1895 to 1983.
bortman
bortsch
bortzes
borwort
bostryx
bostryx
noun
(botany) A helicoid cyme.
botargo
botargo
noun
Bottarga; a cake or sausage made from salted mullet roe.
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.
boteler
boterol
bothers
bothers
noun
plural of bother
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bother
bothria
bothria
noun
plural of bothrium
bothroi
bothroi
noun
plural of bothros
bothros
bothros
noun
An artificial hole or depression in the ground, used for washing and libations, etc. in ancient times.
bottger
bottier
bottler
bottler
noun
(Australia, New Zealand, slang, often with "real") a person or thing that is excellent or admirable.
(Britain, slang) A person who or group that fails to meet expectations, especially one prone to such failure.
A Punchman's assistant who collects money ("bottle") from the audience.
A person, company, or thing who bottles, especially in bulk.
A truck used for transporting bottled goods in crates.
bottrop
boulter
boulter
noun
A long, stout fishing line with many hooks attached.
One who boults or sifts.
bourget
bourout
bowwort
boxtree
boxtree
noun
Alternative form of box tree
brabant
brabant
Proper noun
Until 1995, a province of central Belgium; since divided into Flemish Brabant, Brussels-Capital Region and Walloon Brabant.
Duchy of Brabant; a historical region, roughly comprising the area of modern Flemish and Walloon Brabant, Brussels, the Belgian province of Antwerp, and the Dutch province of North Brabant.
brachet
brachet
noun
(obsolete) A female hunting hound that hunts by scent; a brach.
bracket
bracket
noun
(UK) "(" and ")" specifically, the other forms above requiring adjectives for disambiguation.
(US) "[" and "]" specifically - as opposed to the other forms, which have their own technical names.
(algebra) A pair of values that represent the smallest and largest elements of a range.
(engineering) Any intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part, the smaller part typically projecting sideways from the larger part.
(land surveying, 19th century) a mark cut into a stone by land surveyors to secure a bench.
(military) The cheek or side of an ordnance carriage, supporting the trunnions.
(military) Typically of stationary weapons, the zone enclosed by one long and one short shot impact expected to be hit very accurately.
(nautical) A short crooked timber, resembling a knee, used as a support.
(sports) A prediction of the outcome of games in a tournament, used for betting purposes.
(sports) A printed diagram of games in a tournament.
(typography) The small curved or angular corner formed by a serif and a stroke in a letter.
A fixture attached to a wall to hold up a shelf.
Alternative form of bragget (“drink made with ale and honey”)
One of several ranges of numbers.
verb
(military) To gauge the range of a target by firing equally short and long of it and ranging the weapon between the two to achieve a very accurate hit.
(philosophy, phenomenology) In the philosophical system of Edmund Husserl and his followers, to set aside metaphysical theories and existential questions concerning what is real in order to focus philosophical attention simply on the actual content of experience.
(photography) To take multiple images of the same subject, using a range of exposure settings, in order to help ensure that a satisfactory image is obtained.
To bound on both sides, to surround, as enclosing with brackets.
To enclose in typographical brackets.
To mark distinctly for special treatment.
To place in the same category.
To set aside, discount, ignore.
To support by means of mechanical brackets.
bractea
bractea
noun
Alternative form of bract
bracted
bracted
Adjective
Having bracts.
bradsot
bradsot
noun
Synonym of braxy (“inflammatory disease of sheep”)
braggat
bragget
bragget
noun
(obsolete) A liquor made of fermented ale and honey with spices.
bragite
brandtr
brantle
brantle
noun
Alternative form of branle
brasset
brasset
noun
(historical) A casque or armour covering for the head; a helmet.
Alternative form of brassard (“armour for the arm”)
bratina
brattie
brattle
brattle
verb
(intransitive) To rattle; to make a scampering noise.
bratton
bravest
bravest
adj
superlative form of brave: most brave
noun
(informal) Firefighters.
brawest
braxton
braxton
Proper noun
possibly from Branxton in Northumberland.
name, modern transferred use of the surname.
brayton
breadth
breadth
noun
(art) A style in painting in which details are strictly subordinated to the harmony of the whole composition.
(graph theory) The length of the longest path between two vertices in a graph.
A piece of fabric of standard width.
Scope or range, especially of knowledge or skill.
The extent or measure of how broad or wide something is.
breasts
breasts
noun
plural of breast
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of breast
breathe
breathe
verb
(chiefly Evangelical and Charismatic Christianity, with God as agent) To inspire (scripture).
(intransitive) To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases.
(intransitive) To exchange gases with the environment.
(intransitive) To expel air from the lungs, exhale.
(intransitive) To take in needed gases and expel waste gases in a similar way.
(intransitive, figurative) To live.
(intransitive, now rare) To rest; to stop and catch one's breath.
(transitive) To draw something into the lungs.
(transitive) To exercise; to tire by brisk exercise.
(transitive) To exhale or expel (something) in the manner of breath.
(transitive) To give an impression of, to exude.
(transitive) To inhale (a gas) to sustain life.
(transitive) To stop, to give (a horse) an opportunity to catch its breath.
(transitive) To whisper quietly.
(transitive, figurative) To passionately devote much of one's life to (an activity, etc.).
To pass like breath; noiselessly or gently; to emanate; to blow gently.
breaths
breaths
noun
plural of breath
breathy
breathy
adj
Accompanied by audible breathing.
brenton
brethel
bretons
brevete
brevets
brevets
noun
plural of brevet
brevity
brevity
noun
(rare, countable) A short piece of writing.
(uncountable) Succinctness; conciseness.
(uncountable) The quality of being brief in duration.
brewton
brewton
Proper noun
a city in Alabama, USA
bridget
bridget
Noun
An Irish housemaid.
brietta
brights
brights
noun
(US, road transport) The high-beam intensity setting of motor vehicle headlamps.
(colloquial, dated) Household utensils (such as cutlery, ornaments, and plate) made of shiny metal.
Bold or vivid colours; also, clothes, cosmetics, etc., with such colours.