(basketball) A team's defensive half of the court; the part of the court where the other team's basket is located, or the guards playing in that area.
(chiefly Scotland) A courtyard behind a housing block or tenement building.
bacterium
bacterium
noun
(microbiology) A single-celled organism with cell walls but no nucleus or organelles.
bankrupcy
bankrupcy
noun
Misspelling of bankruptcy.
barbecued
barbecued
adj
Cooked on a barbecue.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of barbecue
barbecuer
barbecuer
noun
One who (or a device which) barbecues.
barbecues
barbecues
noun
plural of barbecue
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of barbecue
barleducs
barouches
barouches
noun
plural of barouche
barouchet
barouchet
noun
Alternative spelling of barouchette
barracuda
barracuda
noun
(figuratively) One who uses harsh or predatory means to compete.
Any large marine fish of the genus Sphyraena that have elongated bodies, a projecting lower jaw, displaying prominent fang-shaped teeth, and are aggressive predators.
basecourt
basecourt
noun
Alternative form of base court
bashmuric
beauclerc
beauclerk
beclamour
beclamour
verb
Alternative form of beclamor
becluster
becquerel
becquerel
noun
In the International System of Units, the derived unit of radioactive activity; the activity of a quantity of radioactive material in which one nucleus decays per second. Symbol: Bq
becrusted
becrusted
adj
Covered with, or as if with, a crust; encrusted.
becursing
becursing
verb
present participle of becurse
befrounce
belecture
belecture
verb
(transitive) To vex with lectures; to lecture frequently.
bepicture
berceuses
berceuses
noun
plural of berceuse
bescoured
bescourge
biarcuate
biarcuate
adj
(botany) Having two arcuate curves
bicolours
bicolours
noun
plural of bicolour
bicornous
bicornous
adj
Having two horns; bicorn.
bicornute
bicornute
adj
Synonym of bicornuate
bicycular
bicycular
adj
(archaic) Relating to bicycling.
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.
bifurcous
bifurcous
adj
bifurcate
bilocular
bilocular
adj
Having two chambers, cells or compartments
binocular
binocular
adj
Using two eyes or viewpoints; especially, using two eyes or viewpoints to ascertain distance.
noun
(dated) Any binocular glass, such as an opera glass, telescope, or microscope.
A pair of binoculars.
attributive form of binoculars
binuclear
binuclear
adj
having two nuclei; binucleate
biscuitry
biscuitry
noun
(countable) An individual business that manufactures biscuits and similar items; a biscuit factory.
(uncountable) A form of unglazed earthenware.
(uncountable) A mass or collection of baked goods such as biscuits and bread.
(uncountable) The baking of biscuits, bread, and similar items.
(uncountable) The business of manufacturing biscuits.
(woodworking, uncountable) The process of inserting biscuits (thin ovals of wood or other material) into mating slots in order to provide a gluing surface.
blackburn
blackburn
Proper noun
A town in Lancashire, England
bluecurls
bluecurls
noun
Any plant in Trichostema, a genus of flowering plants, with blue flowers.
bogsucker
bogsucker
noun
The American woodcock.
bonsecour
boucharde
bourbonic
bourbonic
adj
(humorous, very rare) Containing bourbon, or having the flavour of bourbon.
brachinus
brachyura
brachyure
branchful
branchful
noun
As much as a branch can hold.
breachful
breachful
adj
(rare) Involving or characterized by a violation of law, of legal rights, or of other rules governing conduct.
brochures
brochures
noun
plural of brochure
bromauric
bronchium
bronchium
noun
(anatomy, usually in the plural) A bronchial tube; a subdivision of the bronchus.
brucellae
brucellae
noun
plural of brucella
brucellas
brucetown
bruchidae
brunching
brunching
verb
present participle of brunch
brunistic
brunswick
brunswick
Proper noun
A city in Germany; Braunschweig.
Any of several towns in the United States and elsewhere.
A suburb of Melbourne, Australia.
brushback
brushback
noun
(baseball) Synonym of brushback pitch
bryaceous
bryaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Bryaceae.
buccaneer
buccaneer
noun
(nautical) Any of a group of seamen who cruised on their own account on the Spanish Main and in the Pacific in the 17th century, who were similar to pirates but did not prey on ships of their own nation.
A pirate.
verb
To engage in piracy against any but one's own nation's ships.
buccheros
bucentaur
bucentaur
noun
A Venetian barge modelled on the state barge (called Bucentaur) used annually on Ascension Day in the ancient ceremony of the marriage of the state with the Adriatic.
A supposed mythical monster, half ox, half man.
bucerotes
buchalter
bucharest
bucharest
Proper noun
The capital city of Romania.
buckaroos
buckaroos
noun
plural of buckaroo
buckayros
buckayros
noun
plural of buckayro
buckberry
buckberry
noun
The deerberry, Vaccinium stamineum.
The huckleberry, Gaylussacia ursina, found in the Southern United States.
The silver buffaloberry, Shepherdia argentea.
buckboard
buckboard
noun
A simple, distinctively American four-wheeled horse-drawn wagon designed for personal transport as well as for transporting animal fodder and domestic goods, often with a spring-mounted seat for the driver.
buckbrush
buckbrush
noun
Ceanothus spp.
Phyllanthopsis phyllanthoides, maidenbrush
Purshia spp.
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus
buckeroos
buckeroos
noun
plural of buckeroo
bucketeer
bucketeer
noun
The operator of a bucket shop; a fraudulent or deceptive trader.
bucklered
bucklered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of buckler
buckramed
buckramed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of buckram
bucksport
buckthorn
buckthorn
noun
Hippophae (family Elaeagnaceae), the sea buckthorn.
also genus Frangula, especially Frangula alnus, the alder buckthorn.
especially genus Rhamnus,
especially the common buckthorn or purging buckthorn; Rhamnus cathartica.
bucranium
bucranium
noun
The head of an ox.
bucuresti
bullocker
bullyrock
burgensic
burleycue
burleycue
noun
Alternative form of burlecue
burntcorn
bushcraft
bushcraft
noun
The skills needed to survive in the bush, and by extension in any natural environment.
butchered
butchered
adj
(by extension) Taken apart, destroyed or (figurative) distorted beyond recognition.
(of an animal) Taken apart professionally, as a butcher might.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of butcher
butcherer
butcherer
noun
One who butchers; a brutal or indiscriminate killer.
butcherly
butcherly
adj
Like a butcher; characterised by slaughter, savage.
adv
(obsolete) Like a butcher; cruelly, brutally.
buttercup
buttercup
noun
Affectionate or ironic term of address.
Any flower of the genus Narcissus; a daffodil.
Any of many herbs, of the genus Ranunculus, having yellow flowers; the crowfoot.
buttocker
buttocker
noun
(mining, historical) A worker who gets coal off at a longwall face.
(wrestling) One who uses the cross-buttock throw.
byproduct
byproduct
noun
Alternative form of by-product
cabureiba
cabureiba
noun
Synonym of quinquino (“tree of genus Myroxylon”)
calambour
calambour
noun
A species of agalloch, or aloes wood, of a dusky or mottled colour, of a light, friable texture, and less fragrant than calambac; used by cabinetmakers.
calembour
calembour
noun
A pun.
caliburno
caperbush
caperbush
noun
Alternative form of caper bush
carbonium
carbonium
noun
(dated, chemistry, deprecated) Any of several organic cations; carbocation or carbenium.
carbonous
carbonous
adj
Of, relating to, or containing carbon.
carbuncle
carbuncle
noun
(archaic) A deep-red or fiery colored garnet or other dark red precious stone, especially when cut cabochon.
(heraldry) A charge or bearing supposed to represent the precious stone, with eight sceptres or staves radiating from a common centre; an escarbuncle.
(pathology) An abscess larger than a boil, usually with one or more openings draining pus onto the skin. It is usually caused by staphylococcal infection.
An unpopular or ugly building; an eyesore.
carburant
carburate
carburate
verb
Alternative form of carburet
carburets
carburets
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of carburet
carburise
carburise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of carburize.
carburize
carburize
verb
To carbonize
To treat or react with carbon
carnaubas
carnaubas
noun
plural of carnauba
carnaubic
carnaubyl
caroubier
caroubier
noun
carob (tree)
cedarburg
cerebrums
cerebrums
noun
plural of cerebrum
chadbourn
chaseburg
cherbourg
cherbourg
Proper noun
A coastal town in Normandy, France
cherubini
churnable
churnable
adj
able to be churned
cibarious
cibarious
adj
(obsolete) Relating to food.
(obsolete, rare) Relating to eating or digestion.
(rare) Edible.
claysburg
clubrooms
clubrooms
noun
plural of clubroom
clubroots
clubroots
noun
plural of clubroot
clubstart
clubstart
noun
Alternative form of clubster (“stoat”)
coatsburg
coburgess
coburgher
cocklebur
cocklebur
noun
Any of the coarse composite weeds of the genus Xanthium, with a prickly fruit.
colesburg
colubaria
colubrids
colubrids
noun
plural of colubrid
colubrina
colubrine
colubrine
adj
Relating to snakes.
Snakelike.
noun
Any snake of the subfamily Colubrinae
colubroid
columbary
columbary
noun
A pigeon house or dovecot.
columbier
combretum
combretum
noun
Any of a number of tropical trees and shrubs in the genus Combretum.
comburent
combustor
combustor
noun
A chamber acting as the furnace in a jet engine or turbine engine, where intense combustion is induced.
conchubar
concurbit
cooksburg
coralbush
coralbush
noun
The plant Jatropha multifida.
corbicula
corbicula
noun
(entomology) A bee's pollen basket; in honeybees and close relatives, the corbiculae are located on the outer (lateral) surface of the hind tibia.
plural of corbiculum
corbusier
corymbous
corymbous
adj
In the form of a corymb.
courbache
courbaril
courbaril
noun
(uncountable, dated) Animé, the resin of the tree, used in varnishes.
Hymenaea courbaril, a South American tree.
courbette
courbette
noun
A movement in dressage in which the horse makes a series of jumps on the hind legs with the forelegs in the air.
courtbred
courtbred
adj
Bred or educated at court; polished; courtly.
creambush
creambush
noun
Holodiscus discolor, a North American shrub.
crembalum
cribellum
cribellum
noun
(zoology) A spinning organ having many fine pores, situated in front of the spinners in some araneomorph spiders.