(obsolete) Alternative form of advoutry (“adultery”)
azonium
azotous
azotous
adj
(obsolete) Nitrous
azulejo
azulejo
noun
A painted tin-glazed ceramic tile of a kind found in Spain and Portugal, often arranged to form geometric patterns.
azurous
azurous
adj
(poetic) Azure.
azygous
azygous
adj
(biology) odd; not one of a pair; single
azymous
azymous
adj
unleavened, unfermented.
babudom
babudom
noun
Administrative bureaucracy, or red tape, in India.
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).
badious
badious
adj
(formal) Chestnut-coloured.
badious:
baguios
baguios
noun
plural of baguio
bailout
bailout
noun
(underwater diving) A backup supply of air in scuba diving.
A rescue, especially a financial rescue.
The process of exiting an aircraft while in flight.
bakeout
bakeout
noun
The act of heating a material in a vacuum in order to drive off volatile components
balfour
balfour
Proper noun
A town/village in New Zealand.
A in North Carolina.
A city/village in North Dakota.
One of two villages in Scotland.
One of two towns in South Africa.
balough
bambuco
bambuco
noun
(music) A traditional music genre from Colombia, formed in the 19th and 20th centuries as a blend of Basque folk music and the European waltz.
barbour
barbudo
barbuto
baroque
baroque
adj
(figuratively) Overly and needlessly complicated.
Characteristic of Western art music of about the same period.
Chiseled from stone, or shaped from wood, in a garish, crooked, twisted, or slanted sort of way, grotesque.
Complex and beautiful, despite an outward irregularity.
Embellished with figures and forms such that every level of relief gives way to more details and contrasts.
Ornate, intricate, decorated, laden with detail.
noun
An ornate, detailed style.
barouni
barthou
basutos
battuto
baudoin
bausond
bausond
adj
Alternative form of bawsunt
bivouac
bivouac
noun
(dated) The watch of a whole army by night, when in danger of surprise or attack.
(zoology) A structure formed by migratory ants out of their own bodies to protect the queen and larvae.
A temporary shelter constructed generally for a few nights.
An encampment for the night, usually without tents or covering.
Any temporary encampment.
verb
To encamp for the night without tents or covering.
To set up camp.
To watch at night or be on guard, as a whole army.
blaubok
blaubok
noun
(archaic) The bluebuck.
blautok
boatful
boatful
noun
Enough of something to fill a boat, or a boat filled with the thing in question
boileau
bonaqua
bonasus
bonasus
noun
A bonnacon.
bonneau
bouchal
bourage
bourkha
bourlaw
bourran
boutade
boutade
noun
A sudden outbreak or outburst; a caprice, a whim.
bouvard
boxhaul
boxhaul
verb
(nautical, transitive, intransitive) To bring (a square-rigged ship) onto a new tack by hauling back the foresails whilst steering hard round.
broadus
broadus
noun
(Southern US, African-American Vernacular) Alternative form of brotus
brotula
brotula
noun
A family of ophidiiform fishes, of the taxonomic family Bythitidae, who bear live young.
buccaro
buffalo
buffalo
noun
(US slang) A nickel.
A related North American animal, the American bison, Bison bison.
Any of the Old World mammals of the family Bovidae, such as the Cape buffalo, Syncerus caffer, or the water buffalo Bubalus bubalis.
Ellipsis of buffalo robe.
The buffalo fish (Ictiobus spp.).
verb
(US, slang, transitive) To outwit, confuse, deceive, or intimidate.
(archaic, transitive) To pistol-whip.
(transitive) To hunt buffalo.
bugaboo
bugaboo
noun
Alternative spelling of bug-a-boo
bumaloe
bumboat
bumboat
noun
(nautical) A small boat used for carrying provisions to ships lying at anchor in a harbour.
bummalo
bummalo
noun
Bombay duck (flesh of the edible lizardfish)
buoyage
buoyage
noun
(nautical) Any of several codes of practice under which buoys of various shapes and colours are used for the same navigational purpose.
A series of buoys or floating beacons to mark the course for vessels.
buoyant
buoyant
adj
(figuratively) Lighthearted and lively.
(of an economy, business etc.) Involving or engaged in much successful trade or activity.
Having buoyancy; able to float.
busload
busload
noun
The amount that can fit on a bus.
butanol
butanol
noun
1,1-dimethyl-ethanol or tert-butanol - (CH₃)₃C-OH
2-methyl-propan-1-ol or iso-butanol - (CH₃)₂CHCH₂-OH
butan-1-ol or n-butanol or butyl alcohol - CH₃(CH₂)₃-OH
butan-2-ol or sec-butanol - CH₃CH₂CH(CH₃)-OH
buttaro
cabouca
cachous
cachous
noun
plural of cachou
cagoule
cagoule
noun
(Britain) A lightweight waterproof parka.
calhoun
calhoun
Proper noun
An Irish surname, variant of the Scottish Colquhoun.
A city in that is the of
A village in
A city in that is the county seat of
A city in
The former name of until it was in 1943.
A town in
An in
callous
callous
adj
(figurative) Emotionally hardened; unfeeling and indifferent to the suffering/feelings of others.
(literally) Having calluses, or relating to calluses.
noun
Alternative form of callus
callout
callout
noun
(US) A meeting or rally held in order to find interested participants, e.g. for an activity or sports team.
(communication) An outgoing telephone call.
(idiomatic) A form of verbal abuse with the intention to make the victim feel guilty.
(slang) An invitation to fight.
(typography, graphic layout) A pull quote: an excerpt from an article (such as in a news magazine) that is duplicated in a large font alongside the article so as to grab a reader's attention and indicate the article's topic.
A request for people to join or take part.
An annotation that pertains to a specific location in a body of text or a graphic, and that is visually linked to that location by a mark or a matching pair of marks.
An instance of being summoned to visit a certain place in order to provide assistance; an instance of summoning someone who is on call.
The act of calling out from work, i.e. announcing that one cannot attend; the act of calling in sick.
calvous
calvous
adj
(botany, rare) Lacking bristles or pappuses.
(formal, medicine, rare) Lacking most or all of one's hair; bald, hairless.
camauro
camauro
noun
A cap, of crimson velvet, trimmed with ermine, worn by the pope.
campout
campout
noun
A gathering or event at which people sleep outdoors or camp.
canalou
candour
candour
noun
British spelling and Canada standard spelling of candor.
canezou
canopus
canopus
Proper noun
A yellowish-white supergiant star in the constellation Carina; Alpha (α) Carinae. It is the second brightest star in the night sky.
The pilot of King Menelaus's ship in the Iliad.
An ancient city in northern Egypt, known for extravagance.
capouch
capouch
noun
Alternative form of capoch
caputto
capuzzo
carfour
carfour
noun
Synonym of carfax
caribou
caribou
noun
Any of several North American subspecies of the reindeer, Rangifer tarandus.
carious
carious
adj
Having caries (bone or tooth decay); decayed, rotten.
carnous
carnous
adj
(rare or obsolete) Fleshy.
carolus
carolus
Noun
An old English gold coin, worth 20 (or later 23) shillings.
carouba
carouse
carouse
noun
A drinking bout; a carousal.
A large draught of liquor.
verb
(intransitive) To drink to excess.
(intransitive) To engage in a noisy or drunken social gathering.
caseous
caseous
Adjective
Resembling cheese.
catouse
cauboge
caulome
caulome
noun
(botany) A stem structure or stem axis of a plant, viewed as a whole.
caulote
causson
caution
caution
noun
(dated) One who draws attention or causes astonishment by their behaviour.
(law) A formal warning given as an alternative to prosecution in minor cases.
(soccer) A yellow card.
A careful attention to the probable effects of an act, in order that failure or harm may be avoided.
Prudence when faced with, or when expecting to face, danger; care taken in order to avoid risk or harm.
Security; guaranty; bail.
verb
(soccer) To give a yellow card
(transitive) To warn; to alert, advise that caution is warranted.
cautivo
cavuoto
cayucos
cayucos
noun
plural of cayuco
chabouk
chabouk
noun
Alternative form of chabuk
chakobu
chanoyu
chanoyu
noun
A traditional Japanese tea ceremony in which matcha is prepared and presented.
chaouia
chaoush
cholula
choteau
churoya
clamour
clamour
noun
British spelling and Canadian spelling spelling of clamor
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To repeat the strokes quickly on (bells) so as to produce a loud clang.
(transitive, obsolete) To salute loudly.
(transitive, obsolete) To stun with noise.
Britain and Canada spelling of clamor
claudio
coagula
coagula
noun
plural of coagulum
coagule
cocalus
cocause
cocteau
cocuisa
cocuiza
coequal
coequal
adj
Equal to each other in size, rank or position.
noun
An equal person or thing.
cohutta
colauxe
collaud
collaud
verb
(obsolete) To join in praising.
columba
columna
colunar
colutea
comarum
communa
conatus
conatus
noun
A force or impulse; a nisus.
An effort, an endeavour, a striving.
copulae
copular
copular
adj
(grammar) Being or relating to a copula.
copulas
copulas
noun
plural of copula
coquina
coquina
noun
(countable) Any of several small marine clams, of the species Donax variabilis, common in United States coastal waters.
(uncountable, geology) A soft form of limestone made of fragments of shells, sometimes used as a building or road paving material.
coquita
corbeau
corbeau
noun
(historical) A man who carts away the dead plague victims.
A very dark shade of green, almost black.
The black vulture, Coragyps atratus.
corbula
cordeau
cordeau
noun
(archaic) A detonating cord.
cordula
coriaus
cornual
cornual
adj
(anatomy) Located near, or relating to, an animal's horns.
corumba
corunna
corunna
Proper noun
La Coruña
corupay
cosaque
cosaque
noun
(dated) A cracker bonbon.
costula
costula
noun
(zoology) A little rib or ridge.
coteaux
coteaux
noun
plural of coteau
cotulla
cougars
cougars
noun
plural of cougar
cougnar
couhage
couhage
noun
Obsolete form of cowage.
coulage
couldna
couldna
abbrev
(chiefly slang) Contraction of could not have.
coumara
coupage
coupage
noun
The blending (or cutting) of wine.
courage
courage
noun
The ability to maintain one's will or intent despite either the experience of fear, frailty, or frustration; or the occurrence of adversity, difficulty, defeat or reversal. Moral fortitude.
The ability to overcome one's fear, do or live things which one finds frightening.
The quality of being confident, not afraid or easily intimidated, but without being incautious or inconsiderate.
verb
(obsolete) To encourage.
courant
courant
adj
(heraldry) Represented as running.
noun
A circulating gazette of news; a newspaper.
A lively dance; a coranto.
A piece of music in triple time.
courida
courlan
courlan
noun
Limpkin.
courtal
couteau
couteau
noun
(obsolete) A knife; a dagger.
couvade
couvade
noun
A practice among some peoples, such as the Basques, of the husband of a woman in the last stages of pregnancy taking to bed, avoiding certain foods, or imitating other behaviours of a pregnant woman.
Sympathetic pregnancy: the involuntary sympathetic experience of the husband of symptoms of his wife's pregnancy, such as weight gain or morning sickness.
crocuta
crocuta
noun
Alternative spelling of crocotta
croteau
croupal
croupal
Adjective
Of, pertaining to, suggestive of, or caused by croup.
crusado
crusado
noun
Crusade
Obsolete spelling of cruzado
cruzado
cruzado
noun
An old monetary unit of Castile in the 14th century.
An old monetary unit of Portugal in the 17th and 18th centuries.