Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abduct
abjunct
abjunct
adj
(obsolete) detached, disconnected
autocab
autocab
noun
(dated) A motor vehicle operating as a cab, as opposed to earlier horse-drawn cabs.
backout
backout
noun
(aerospace) A reversed countdown (i.e. ascending numbers) in response to problems leading up to a launch.
A reversal or undoing of tasks previously done (often in reverse order).
bacquet
beclout
beclout
verb
(transitive) To cover with a clout or cloth.
(transitive, figuratively) To dress up.
becrust
becurst
bestuck
bestuck
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bestick
biscuit
biscuit
noun
(UK, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, sometimes Canada, rare in the US) A small, flat, baked good which is either hard and crisp or else soft but firm; a cookie.
(UK, Philippines) A cracker.
(US, slang) A plastic card bearing the codes for authorizing a nuclear attack.
(US, slang, hiphop) A handgun, especially a revolver.
(chiefly Canada, US, rare in Scotland and Guernsey) A small, usually soft and flaky bread, generally made with baking soda, which is similar in texture to a scone but which is usually not sweet.
(ice hockey, shuffleboard) A puck (hockey puck).
(nautical) The "bread" formerly supplied to naval ships, which was made with very little water, kneaded into flat cakes, and slowly baked, and which often became infested with weevils.
(woodworking) A thin oval wafer of wood or other material inserted into mating slots on pieces of material to be joined to provide gluing surface and strength in shear.
A form of unglazed earthenware.
A light brown colour.
brucite
brucite
noun
(mineralogy) A mineral form of magnesium hydroxide, Mg(OH)₂, often found in thin foliated plates, but may be fibrous (see nemalite), of a white or greenish color and vitreous to pearly luster.
buccate
buchite
buchtel
buckets
buckets
noun
plural of bucket
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bucket
buckety
buckety
adj
Resembling a bucket.
buckpot
bustics
bustics
noun
plural of bustic
butcher
butcher
adj
comparative form of butch: more butch
noun
(Cockney rhyming slang, from butcher's hook) A look.
(colloquial, archaic, card games) A king playing card.
(figurative) A brutal or indiscriminate killer.
(informal, obsolete) A person who sells candy, drinks, etc. in theatres, trains, circuses, etc.
A person who prepares and sells meat (and sometimes also slaughters the animals).
verb
(transitive) To kill brutally.
(transitive) To mess up hopelessly; to botch.
(transitive) To ruin (something), often to the point of defamation.
(transitive) To slaughter (animals) and prepare (meat) for market.
(transitive) To work as a butcher.
butches
butches
noun
plural of butch
buttock
buttock
noun
(nautical) The convexity of a ship behind, under the stern.
(usually in the plural) Each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body between the base of the back, the perineum and the top of the legs.
butylic
butylic
noun
(organic chemistry) Synonym of butyl
butyric
butyric
adj
(organic chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or derived from butyric acid or any of the isomeric univalent radicals of formula C₃H₇CO₂-
(rare) Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of butter
cattabu
cattabu
noun
An animal that is a cross between the zebu and American cattle.
clotbur
clotbur
noun
(UK, dialect) The burdock.
The cocklebur.
cobnuts
cobnuts
noun
plural of cobnut
combust
combust
adj
(astrology) In close conjunction with the sun (so that its astrological influence is "burnt up"), sometimes specified to be within 8 degrees 30'.
(obsolete) Burnt.
noun
(obsolete) That which undergoes burning.
verb
(intransitive, figuratively) To erupt with enthusiasm or boisterousness.
To burn; to catch fire.
conturb
conturb
verb
(transitive) To disturb or perturb greatly.
cottbus
cottbus
Proper noun
An independent city in Brandenburg, Germany
courbet
courtby
cubelet
cubelet
noun
A small cube, or one making up part of a larger cube or structure.
cubists
cubists
noun
plural of cubist
cubital
cubital
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the cubit or ulna.
(entomology) Of or pertaining to the cubitus and/or the areas of the wing next to it.
Measured in cubits.
Of the length of a cubit.
noun
(entemology) Synonym of cubitus
cubited
cubitus
cubitus
noun
(anatomy) The elbow, or the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped.
(anatomy) The forearm; the arm from the elbow to fingertip, or the corresponding portion of a jointed limb of an animal that uses the limb for locomotion or grasping.
(archaic) The ulna.
(entomology) One of the major veins of the insect wing, between the media and the postcubitus; the vein running along the dorsal edge of the discal cell.
culbert
culbute
cumbent
cumbent
adj
lying down, recumbent
cutback
cutback
noun
(roofing) Solvent-thinned bitumen used in cold process roofing adhesives, cements and coatings.
(soccer) An offensive pass played into a position further from the attacking goal line.
(surfing) Maneuver where the surfer turns and surfs back towards where the wave is breaking.
A reduction of some sort in an existing program or service.
cutbank
cutbank
noun
(Canada, US) The outer edge of the bend in a stream or river, where the water cuts into the bank leaving the opposite side flat.
hackbut
outback
outback
adj
Characteristic of the most remote and desolate areas of Australia; very remote from urban areas.
adv
To or towards the most remote and desolate areas of Australia.
noun
(Australia) The most remote and desolate areas of Australia; the desert and areas too arid for growing crops.
putback
putback
noun
(basketball) A move in which a player scores a basket immediately after securing an offensive rebound
sacbuts
sacbuts
noun
plural of sacbut
sackbut
sackbut
noun
(music) A brass instrument from the Renaissance and Baroque Eras, and an ancestor of the modern trombone. It was derived from the medieval slide trumpet.
subcast
subcity
subcity
noun
A subdivision of a city.
subcoat
subduct
subduct
verb
(intransitive) To move downwards underneath something.
(rare) To remove; to deduct; to take away; to disregard.
(transitive) To push under or below.
subject
subject
adj
Conditional upon something; used with to.
Likely to be affected by or to experience something.
Placed or situated under; lying below, or in a lower situation.
Placed under the power of another; owing allegiance to a particular sovereign or state.
noun
(grammar) In a clause: the word or word group (usually a noun phrase) about whom the statement is made. In active clauses with verbs denoting an action, the subject and the actor are usually the same.
(logic) That of which something is stated.
(mathematics) The variable in terms of which an expression is defined.
(music) The main theme or melody, especially in a fugue.
(philosophy) A being that has subjective experiences, subjective consciousness, or a relationship with another entity.
A citizen in a monarchy.
A human, animal or an inanimate object that is being examined, treated, analysed, etc.
A particular area of study.
A person ruled over by another, especially a monarch or state authority.
An actor; one who takes action.
The main topic of a paper, work of art, discussion, field of study, etc.
verb
(transitive) To make subordinate or subservient; to subdue or enslave.
(transitive, construed with to) To cause (someone or something) to undergo a particular experience, especially one that is unpleasant or unwanted.