An aborted fetus, especially one aborted in early pregnancy.
An abortion.
abought
abought
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aby
aboukir
aboukir
Proper noun
A village on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt which contains several ancient Egyptian, Greek, and Roman structures.
A bay outside this village, at the mouth of the Nile, where on 1 August 1798 a British fleet led by defeated the French in the
aboulia
aboulia
noun
Alternative spelling of abulia
aboulic
aboulic
adj
Alternative form of abulic
abounds
abounds
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abound
aburton
aburton
adv
(nautical) With the length athwartship.
abusion
abusion
noun
(obsolete) Abuse of the truth; deceit, lying.
(obsolete) Catachresis.
(obsolete) Misuse, abuse.
(obsolete) Physical, mental, verbal, or sexual abuse.
(obsolete) Violation of law or propriety; outrage, improper behaviour.
aerobus
aerobus
noun
(dated) airbus; passenger airliner
amebous
amebous
adj
amebic
arbours
arbours
noun
plural of arbour
arcubos
auberon
audubon
ausubos
ausubos
noun
plural of ausubo
autobus
autobus
noun
(by extension, cycle racing) A large group of cyclists who have fallen behind the peloton (“main group of riders”) in a race.
(road transport, dated) A bus that is a motor vehicle, as opposed to earlier horse-drawn buses.
autocab
autocab
noun
(dated) A motor vehicle operating as a cab, as opposed to earlier horse-drawn cabs.
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
caribou
caribou
noun
Any of several North American subspecies of the reindeer, Rangifer tarandus.
carouba
cauboge
chabouk
chabouk
noun
Alternative form of chabuk
chakobu
columba
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
corumba
cumbola
dobruja
dobruja
Proper noun
a historical region shared by Bulgaria and Romania, located between the lower Danube river and the Black Sea
dobuans
euboean
faubion
frabous
goburra
goburra
noun
(obsolete) The laughing kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae).
guahibo
guayabo
guayabo
noun
Obsolete form of guayaba.
gunboat
gunboat
noun
(nautical) Any of the various types of small armed vessels.
harbour
harbour
noun
Commonwealth standard spelling of harbor.
haubois
hautboy
hautboy
noun
(dated, music) An oboe or similar treble double reed instrument.
(music) A reed stop on an organ giving a similar sound.
A tall-growing strawberry, Fragaria elatior, having a musky flavour.
houbara
houbara
noun
a houbara bustard
jacobus
jacobus
Noun
A former English gold coin from the Jacobite period.
joubarb
kubango
labours
labours
noun
plural of labour
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of labour
lobular
lobular
adj
Of or relating to a lobule.
lumbago
lumbago
noun
(countable) An episode of such backache.
(uncountable) Backache of the lumbar region or lower back, which can be caused by muscle strain or a slipped disc.
verb
(transitive) To affect (someone) with lumbago.
marabou
marabou
noun
(dated, US, Louisiana) A person having five-eighths black ancestry; the offspring of a mulatto and a griffe.
A kind of thrown raw silk, naturally nearly white, but capable of being dyed without scouring.
A thin fabric made from this silk, as for scarfs.
Leptoptilos crumeniferus, a large wading bird native to Africa, with a naked head and neck adapted for scavenging.
maunabo
naguabo
obitual
obitual
adj
Of or relating to obits.
obscura
oebalus
ouabain
ouabain
noun
A poisonous cardiac glycoside, g-strophanthin, found in the seeds of certain lianas.
ouabaio
oubangi
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.
outbade
outbake
outbake
verb
(transitive) To heat (equipment) at low pressure to remove adsorbed gas from surfaces.
(transitive) To surpass in baking; to bake better than.
outbark
outbark
verb
(transitive) To surpass in barking.
outbawl
outbawl
verb
(transitive) To bawl louder or longer than.
outbeam
outbeam
verb
(transitive) To beam more brightly than; to outshine.
outbear
outbear
verb
(transitive) To bear out; support.
outbrag
outbrag
verb
(transitive) To surpass in beauty or splendor.
(transitive) To surpass in bragging.
outbray
outbray
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To emit with great noise; bray out.
(obsolete, transitive) To exceed in braying.
(obsolete, transitive) To exhale; outbreathe.
(obsolete, transitive) To take out (e.g. a sword).
pabouch
palumbo
pronuba
rabious
rabious
adj
raging; rabid
ribaudo
roubaix
roubaix
Proper noun
Toponym of an unincorporated community in Lawrence County, South Dakota, United States
rubaboo
rubaboo
noun
A basic stew or porridge based on peas and/or corn.
rubatos
rubatos
noun
plural of rubato
rubeola
rubeola
noun
measles
sambouk
sibucao
subatom
subatom
noun
Any particle that is smaller than an atom.
subcoat
subgoal
subgoal
noun
A lesser goal that forms part of a greater goal.
subiaco
suboral
suboral
adj
underneath the mouth
suboval
suboval
adj
Somewhat or nearly oval.
subvola
tabouli
tabours
tabours
noun
plural of tabour
tambour
tambour
noun
(architecture) Synonym of drum (“cylindrical stone in the shaft of a column”)
(architecture) The capital of a Corinthian column.
(biology) A shallow metallic cup or drum, with a thin elastic membrane supporting a writing lever. Two or more of these are connected by a rubber tube and used to transmit and register the movements of the pulse or of any pulsating artery.
(military) A work usually in the form of a redan, to enclose a space before a door or staircase, or at the gorge of a larger work. It is arranged like a stockade.
(music) A small shallow drum.
(sports) In real tennis, a buttress-like obstruction in the main wall.
A circular frame for embroidery.
A rich kind of gold and silver embroidery.
A rolling top or front (as of a rolltop desk) of narrow strips of wood glued on canvas.
Silk or other material embroidered on a tambour.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To embroider on a tambour (circular frame).
trabuco
tubaron
tugboat
tugboat
noun
A small, powerful boat used to push or pull barges or to help maneuver larger vessels.