(music) A secondary, weaker half of a musical beat.
afterblow
afterbody
afterbody
noun
(astronautics) A section or piece of a launch vehicle, rocket, or spacecraft that enters the atmosphere unprotected behind the nose cone or other body that is protected for entry.
(astronomy) A companion body that trails a satellite or spacecraft.
(nautical) The part of a vessel abaft midships.
The afterpart of a vehicle.
backshift
backshift
noun
(grammar) The changing of the tense of a verb from present to past in reported speech.
(statistics) A function on a stochastic process whose value on any random variable is the preceding random variable in the process.
verb
(grammar, transitive) To change the tense of a verb from present to past in reported speech.
backstaff
backstaff
noun
(nautical) An early navigational instrument for measuring the altitude of the sun and hence calculating latitude.
banecroft
bardcraft
bardcraft
noun
The poetic arts of a bard.
basketful
basketful
noun
The amount that will fit into a basket
batfishes
batfishes
noun
plural of batfish
batfowled
batfowler
batfowler
noun
One who takes part in batfowling.
battleful
battleful
adj
Full of battles or conflicts.
beanfeast
beanfeast
noun
(chiefly Britain) A dinner party given to the employees of a firm.
(chiefly Britain) Any similar social occasion.
bearfoots
beatified
beatified
adj
(Roman Catholicism) Having been recognized and declared, by the church, that a deceased has entered heaven; having attained this step in the process of canonization.
Blissful or supremely blessed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beatify
beatifies
beatifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beatify
beautiful
beautiful
adj
(of the weather) Pleasant; clear.
Attractive and possessing beauty.
Good, admirable.
Well executed.
noun
Someone who is beautiful. Can be used as a term of address.
beefeater
beefeater
noun
(historical) A kind of hat worn by women resembling the headwear of a Beefeater (Yeoman Warder).
(obsolete) One who eats beef; a large, plump person; a well-fed servant.
Alternative letter-case form of Beefeater
An African bird of the genus Buphagus, which feeds on the larvae of botflies hatched under the skin of oxen, antelopes, etc.
beefsteak
beefsteak
noun
(countable) Ellipsis of beefsteak mushroom.
(countable) Ellipsis of beefsteak plant, also known as perilla and shiso (Perilla frutescens var. crispa).
(countable) Ellipsis of beefsteak tomato.
(countable, archaic): A celebratory dinner, commonly held in New York between about 1870 and 1940 involving the consumption of enormous quantities of broiled steak and beer.
(countable, uncountable) (A) steak cut from beef cattle.
(uncountable) The herb prepared from the leaves of the beefsteak plant.
befeather
befeather
verb
(transitive) To deck or cover with feathers.
befitting
befitting
adj
appropriate, becoming
verb
present participle of befit
beflatter
beflatter
verb
(transitive) To flatter greatly or excessively.
befluster
befortune
befortune
verb
(poetic, dated, transitive) To befall.
befraught
befraught
adj
(rare) fraught
befreight
befretted
belafonte
belfather
benefited
benefited
verb
simple past tense and past participle of benefit
benefiter
benefiter
noun
A person who benefits somebody else; benefactor.
A person who receives a benefit.
bereareft
bifidated
bifidated
adj
Alternative form of bifidate
biflected
biflorate
biflorate
adj
(botany) Biflorous.
bifoliate
bifoliate
adj
(botany) Having exactly two leaves. Compare bifoliolate, having two leaflets per leaf.
biformity
biformity
noun
A double form.
bifrontal
bifrontal
adj
Situated on both sides of the front (of the cranium)
bifronted
bifronted
adj
Having two fronts.
bifurcate
bifurcate
adj
Divided or forked into two; bifurcated.
Having bifurcations.
verb
(intransitive) To divide or fork into two channels or branches.
(transitive) To cause to bifurcate.
birdcraft
bisulfate
bisulfate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) Any salt containing this anion.
(inorganic chemistry) The univalent anion HSO₄⁻.
verb
To react with a bisulfate
To sulfate with two sulfate groups
bisulfite
bisulfite
noun
(inorganic chemistry) The univalent group -HSO₃, or any salt containing it.
bitterful
bitterful
adj
Full of bitterness.
blackfeet
blackfoot
blackfoot
noun
A tropical American bush of the genus Melampodium
blastoffs
blastoffs
noun
plural of blastoff
blatiform
blindfast
blitheful
blitheful
adj
Full of gaiety; joyous.
boarstaff
boatfalls
bookcraft
bookcraft
noun
(archaic) Authorship; literary skill.
bottleful
bottleful
noun
as much as a bottle will hold
bouffante
bouffants
bouffants
noun
plural of bouffant
bountiful
bountiful
adj
Having a quantity or amount that is generous or plentiful; ample.
brantford
brantford
Proper noun
A city in Ontario, Canada
breakfast
breakfast
noun
(by extension) A meal consisting of food normally eaten in the morning, which may typically include eggs, sausages, toast, bacon, etc.
(largely obsolete outside religion) A meal eaten after a period of (now often religious) fasting.
The celebratory meal served after a wedding (and occasionally after other solemnities e.g. a funeral).
The first meal of the day, usually eaten in the morning.
verb
(intransitive) To eat the morning meal.
(transitive) To serve breakfast to.
breastful
breastful
noun
The amount that a breast will carry or hold.
breathful
breathful
adj
(obsolete) Full of odour; fragrant.
Characteristic of a breath; breath-like.
Focused on control of one's breathing.
Full of breath; breathy.
Not breathless; breathing easily.
Relaxed and quiet.
That breathes.
noun
A quantity that is exhaled in one breath.
A quantity that is inhaled in one breath.
That which is smelled or sensed in one breath.
The amount spoken on one breath.
brentford
brentford
Proper noun
a town in west London, England, on the north side of the River Thames and within the London Borough of Hounslow.
brutified
brutified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brutify
brutifies
brutifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brutify
bucketful
bucketful
noun
(by extension) A large quantity.
The quantity contained in a bucket.
budgetful
buffeters
buffeters
noun
plural of buffeter
buffeting
buffeting
noun
(aviation) random, irregular motion of the plane or of one of its parts caused by turbulences in the airflow
A blow or motion that buffets.
verb
present participle of buffet
bufotalin
bufotalin
noun
(organic chemistry) A cardiotoxic bufanolide steroid secreted by the common European toad (Bufo bufo) and other related toads such as Bufo melanostictus.
bufotenin
bufotenin
noun
Alternative spelling of bufotenine
bufotoxin
bufotoxin
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of a family of toxic substances found in toads, other amphibians, and some plants and mushrooms.
bullfeast
bullfeast
noun
(obsolete) A bullfight.
bullfight
bullfight
noun
A public spectacle, in Spain and some other Latin countries, in which a person baits and often kills a bull.
bushcraft
bushcraft
noun
The skills needed to survive in the bush, and by extension in any natural environment.
butterfat
butterfat
noun
The fatty components of milk and other dairy products.
butterfly
butterfly
noun
(alternate history) A random change in an aspect of the timeline seemingly unrelated to the primary point of divergence, resulting from the butterfly effect.
(finance) A combination of four options of the same type at three strike prices giving limited profit and limited risk.
(in the plural) A sensation of excited anxiety felt in the stomach.
(medicine, attributive) A use of surgical tape, cut into thin strips and placed across an open wound to hold it closed.
(now rare) Someone seen as being unserious and (originally) dressed gaudily; someone flighty and unreliable.
(sports) A type of stretch in which one sits on the ground with the legs folded into a shape like that of a butterfly's wings, slightly rocking them up and down, resembling the wings fluttering.
(swimming) The butterfly stroke.
A flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from moths by their diurnal activity and generally brighter colouring.
A person who changes partners frequently.
Any of several plane curves that look like a butterfly; see Butterfly curve (transcendental) and Butterfly curve (algebraic).
verb
(transitive) To cut (food) almost entirely in half and spread the halves apart, in a shape suggesting the wings of a butterfly.
(transitive) To cut strips of surgical tape or plasters into thin strips, and place across (a gaping wound) to close it.
(transitive, of the point of divergence of an alternate history scenario) To cause events after the point of divergence to not happen as they did in real history, and people conceived after the point of divergence to not exist in recognizable form, due to the random variations introduced by the butterfly effect.
daftberry
debateful
debateful
adj
(obsolete) Contentious, argumentative, full of strife.
doftberry
draftable
draftable
adj
Capable of being drafted.
driftbolt
driftbolt
noun
A bolt for driving out other bolts.
fabianist
fabricant
fabricant
noun
One who fabricates; a manufacturer.
fabricate
fabricate
verb
(transitive) To form by art and labor; to manufacture; to produce.
(transitive) To form into a whole by uniting its parts; to construct; to build.
(transitive) To invent and form; to forge; to devise falsely.
(transitive, cooking) To cut up an animal as preparation for cooking, particularly used in reference to fowl.
fabritius
fabulists
fabulists
noun
plural of fabulist
faltboats
faltboats
noun
plural of faltboat
faribault
faribault
Proper noun
a city in Minnesota, USA
fastbacks
fastbacks
noun
plural of fastback
fastballs
fastballs
noun
plural of fastball
fatigable
fatigable
adj
Susceptible to fatigue; able to become physically exhausted.
febricant
febricant
adj
(archaic) Causing fever.
noun
(archaic) A patient who has a fever.
febricity
febricity
noun
feverishness
febrility
febrility
Noun
feverishness
ferberite
ferberite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic black mineral containing iron, oxygen, and tungsten.
ferryboat
ferryboat
noun
(nautical) A boat used to ferry passengers, vehicles, or goods across open water, especially one that runs to a regular schedule
fibration
fibration
noun
(algebraic topology) A continuous mapping satisfying the homotopy lifting property with respect to any space.
fibrinate
fibrocyst
fibrocyte
fibrocyte
noun
An inactive connective tissue cell that is capable of forming collagen
fibrolite
fibrolite
Noun
Sillimanite.
fibromata
fibromata
noun
plural of fibroma
fibrosity
fibrosity
noun
The quality of being fibrous.
fightable
fightable
adj
(military) Capable in combat.
Able to be fought.
filtrable
filtrable
adj
Alternative form of filterable
fimbriate
fimbriate
adj
(biology) Fringed, e.g. where the ends of a petal are split into two or more divisions.
verb
(transitive) To fringe; to hem.
fireboats
fireboats
noun
plural of fireboat
firebrats
firebrats
noun
plural of firebrat
firstborn
firstborn
adj
Born as the first one in a family, flock or the like.
Most excellent; most distinguished or exalted.
noun
The first child to be born to a parent or family.
fishboats
fishboats
noun
plural of fishboat
fishbolts
fishbolts
noun
plural of fishbolt
fitchburg
flabbiest
flabbiest
adj
superlative form of flabby: most flabby
flashtube
flashtube
noun
Synonym of flashlamp
flatboats
flatboats
noun
plural of flatboat
flatbread
flatbread
noun
A thin, flat bread, often made from unleavened dough.
fleabites
fleabites
noun
plural of fleabite
flebotomy
flirtable
flirtable
adj
Suitable for flirting with.
floatable
floatable
adj
That may be floated.
noun
(usually in the plural) Anything that floats.
flutebird
foldboats
foldboats
noun
plural of foldboat
footballs
footballs
noun
plural of football
footbaths
footbaths
noun
plural of footbath
footboard
footboard
noun
A board or small raised platform on which to support or rest the feet, such as that found in a carriage.
A board serving as a step on a vehicle.
A place to stand on a scooter or skateboard.
An upright board across the foot of a bedstead.
forbesite
forbesite
noun
(mineralogy) A hydrated arsenate of nickel and cobalt found in the Atacama desert
fractable
fractable
noun
(architecture) A decorative coping on a gable wall that rises up to obscure the roof line.
freeboots
freeboots
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of freeboot
freebooty
freebooty
noun
(obsolete) freebootery
frithborh
frithborh
noun
(obsolete) A frankpledge.
frostbird
frostbird
noun
The golden plover.
frostbite
frostbite
noun
An injury suffered as a result of freezing of some part of the body, typically fingers, toes or the nose.
verb
(intransitive) To engage in winter sailboating.
(transitive) To expose to the effect of frost, or a frosty air; to blight or nip with frost.
frostburg
frostburg
Proper noun
A city in Maryland
fulbright
futabatei
futurable
futurable
adj
Capable of existing or occurring in the future: possible.
gobletful
gobletful
noun
As much as a goblet will hold.
hoofbeats
hoofbeats
noun
plural of hoofbeat
lifeboats
lifeboats
noun
plural of lifeboat
lobefoots
obfuscate
obfuscate
adj
(obsolete) Obfuscated; darkened; obscured.
verb
(computing) To alter code while preserving its behavior but concealing its structure and intent.
Before leaving the scene, the murderer set a fire in order to obfuscate any evidence of their identity.
To deliberately make more confusing in order to conceal the truth.
To make dark; to overshadow.
obfuscity
obfuscity
noun
obfuscation
objectify
objectify
verb
To make (something, such as an abstract idea) possible to be perceived by the senses.
To treat (someone) as a mere object, denying (their) dignity.
To treat (something) as objectively real.
obstupefy
obstupefy
verb
(obsolete) To stupefy.
obtusifid
outbluffs
outbluffs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outbluff
outfabled
outfabled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outfable
outfables
outfables
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outfable