(transitive) To reject with solemnity; to abandon forever; to repudiate; to disclaim.
(transitive) To renounce upon oath; to forswear; to disavow.
(transitive, obsolete, historical) To cause one to renounce or recant.
abraum
abraum
noun
A red ocher used to darken mahogany and for making chloride of potassium.
abrupt
abrupt
adj
(botany) Suddenly terminating, as if cut off; truncate.
(obsolete) Broken off.
(obsolete, rare) Broken away (from restraint).
Curt in manner.
Extremely steep or craggy as if broken up; precipitous.
Having sudden transitions from one subject or state to another; unconnected; disjointed.
Without notice to prepare the mind for the event; sudden; hasty; unceremonious.
noun
(poetic) Something which is abrupt; an abyss.
verb
(transitive, archaic) To tear off or asunder.
To interrupt suddenly.
absurd
absurd
adj
(obsolete) Inharmonious; dissonant.
Contrary to reason or propriety; obviously and flatly opposed to manifest truth; inconsistent with the plain dictates of common sense; logically contradictory; nonsensical; ridiculous; silly.
Dealing with absurdism.
Having no rational or orderly relationship to people's lives; meaningless; lacking order or value.
noun
(obsolete) An absurdity.
(philosophy, often preceded by the) The opposition between the human search for meaning in life and the inability to find any; the state or condition in which man exists in an irrational universe and his life has no meaning outside of his existence.
abukir
aburst
aburst
adj
In a bursting condition.
abuser
abuser
noun
(obsolete) One who uses in an illegal or wrongful use.
One who abuses someone or something.
airbus
airbus
noun
A subsonic jet airliner, especially a wide-bodied one.
alburg
alburn
alburn
noun
The bleak, a small European fish with silvery scales.
albury
ambury
ambury
noun
Alternative form of anbury
anbury
anbury
noun
(archaic) A wen or spongy wart on the legs or flanks of a horse.
A disease in turnips, produced by one of the slime-fungi, and usually the result of improper cultivation.
arbour
arbour
noun
UK standard spelling of arbor.
arbust
arbust
noun
(not attested in dictionaries) a bush, shrub
arbute
arbute
noun
(archaic, countable) The strawberry tree.
(archaic, uncountable) The wood of the strawberry tree.
asbury
aubert
aubree
aubrey
aubrey
Proper noun
An English patronymic surname.
name from the same source, or transferred from the surname.
name of American usage since the 1970s.
aubrie
auburn
auburn
adj
Of a reddish-brown colour.
noun
A dark reddish-brown colour, often used to describe hair colour.
aumbry
baburd
bacury
bajour
bajury
balbur
baldur
bandur
barbur
barbut
barbut
noun
Alternative form of barbute (“helmet”)
barcus
barful
barful
adj
(archaic) Full of obstructions.
noun
Enough people to fill a bar.
barium
barium
noun
(medicine) barium sulfate suspension.
The chemical element (symbol Ba) with an atomic number of 56. It is a soft, reactive, silvery alkaline earth metal.
barnum
barque
barque
noun
(archaic) Any small sailing vessel.
A sailing vessel of three or more masts, with all masts but the sternmost square-rigged, the sternmost being fore-and-aft-rigged
barrus
baruch
batruk
bauera
becurl
becurl
verb
(transitive) To cover or deck out with curls.
(transitive, archaic) To curl; make curly.
bedrug
bedrug
verb
(transitive) To drug abundantly or excessively.
beirut
beirut
Proper noun
The capital city of Lebanon.
The drinking game of beer pong.
benhur
bergut
beroun
berust
beslur
besour
besour
Verb
To make sour.
beurre
bibiru
bibiru
noun
A tropical South American tree, Chlorocardium rodiei, the greenheart.
birgus
birrus
birrus
noun
A coarse kind of thick woollen cloth, worn by the poor in the Middle Ages.
A woollen cap or hood worn over the shoulders or head.
biurea
biuret
biuret
noun
(organic chemistry) The compound formed by condensation of two molecules of urea with the loss of a molecule of ammonia, (NH₂-CO)₂NH or any of its derivatives.
Chemical compound with the chemical formula C₂H₅N₃O₂ that is also known as carbamylurea and is an impurity in urea-based fertilizers.
blurbs
blurbs
noun
plural of blurb
blurry
blurry
adj
(figuratively) Not clear; lacking well-defined boundaries.
(of an image) Not clear, crisp, or focused; having fuzzy edges.
blurts
blurts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blurt
bochur
bordun
boreum
boreus
boruca
bougar
bougar
noun
(chiefly in the plural) A rafter or cross spar of a roof especially of a cottage.
bourgs
bourgs
noun
plural of bourg
bourke
bourne
bourne
noun
(archaic) A goal or destination.
(countable) A stream or brook in which water flows only seasonally; a small stream or brook.
(countable, archaic) A boundary; a limit.
bourns
bourns
noun
plural of bourn
bourre
bourse
bourse
noun
(botany) The swollen basal part of an inflorescence axis at the onset of fruit development; it bears leaves whose axillary buds differentiate and may grow out as shoots.
(figuratively) Any place, real or imagined, where the value of a thing is settled.
(philately) A meeting of stamp collectors and/or dealers, where stamps and covers are sold or exchanged.
A stock exchange.
bouser
bouser
noun
Obsolete form of boozer.
boutre
brahui
brahui
Proper noun
a pastoral people of Eastern Baluchistan
the Dravidian language of this people
braque
braula
brauna
brause
breuer
brieux
brigue
brigue
noun
(obsolete) Intrigue; secretive machinations.
verb
(obsolete) To achieve or obtain by underhand methods.
brique
brogue
brogue
noun
(dated) A heavy shoe of untanned leather.
A strong Oxford shoe, with ornamental perforations and wing tips.
A strong dialectal accent. In Ireland it used to be a term for Irish spoken with a strong English accent, but gradually changed to mean English spoken with a strong Irish accent as English control of Ireland gradually increased and Irish waned as the standard language.
verb
(dialect) to fish for eels by disturbing the waters.
(intransitive) To walk.
(transitive) To kick.
(transitive) To punch a hole in, as with an awl.
(transitive, intransitive) To speak with a brogue (accent).
bromus
brough
brouze
brouze
noun
Obsolete form of browse.
bruang
bruang
noun
The Malayan sun bear.
bruant
brubru
brubru
noun
Also more fully as brubru shrike: a bird in the bushshrike family found in sub-Saharan Africa (Nilaus afer).
brucia
brucie
brucin
brucin
noun
Archaic form of brucine.
bruell
bruges
brugge
brughs
bruins
bruins
noun
plural of bruin
bruise
bruise
noun
A dark mark on fruit or vegetables caused by a blow to the surface.
A purplish mark on the skin due to leakage of blood from capillaries under the surface that have been damaged by a blow.
verb
(intransitive) Of fruit or vegetables, to gain bruises through being handled roughly.
(intransitive) To become bruised.
(intransitive) To fight with the fists; to box.
(transitive) To damage the skin of (fruit or vegetables), in an analogous way.
(transitive) To impair (gin) by shaking rather than stirring.
(transitive) To strike (a person), originally with something flat or heavy, but now specifically in such a way as to discolour the skin without breaking it.
(transitive, figurative) To harm or injure.
bruits
bruits
noun
plural of bruit
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bruit
brujas
brujos
brulee
brules
brulot
brumal
brumal
adj
Belonging to winter; winterlike; wintry.
Occurring in winter.
brumby
brumby
noun
(Australia) A wild or feral horse.
brumes
brumes
noun
plural of brume
brummy
brunch
brunch
noun
A meal eaten later in the day than breakfast and earlier than lunch, and often consisting of typical foods from both of those meals.
verb
To eat brunch.
brunei
brunel
bruner
brunet
brunet
adj
(rare) Of a man or boy, having brown or black hair.
(rare) Of a man's or boy's hair: brown or black.
noun
(rare) A man or boy with brown or black hair.
brunts
brunts
noun
plural of brunt
brushy
brushy
adj
Having a similar texture to a fox’s tail; brushlike, bushy.
Of the countryside: having thick vegetation, taller than grass but shorter than trees; having abundant brush; shrubby.
brusly
brutal
brutal
adj
(music, figuratively) In extreme metal, to describe the speed of the music and the density of riffs.
Crude or unfeeling in manner or speech.
Direct and without attempt to disguise unpleasantness.
Disagreeably precise or penetrating.
Harsh; unrelenting.
Savagely violent, vicious, ruthless, or cruel.
bruted
bruted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brute
brutes
brutes
noun
plural of brute
brutus
bubber
bubber
noun
(obsolete) A drinking bowl.
(obsolete) A person who drinks a lot of alcohol.
(obsolete) A person who steals plate from public houses.
bucare
bucher
bucker
bucker
noun
(mining) A broad-headed hammer used in bucking ore.
(mining) One who bucks ore.
A horse or other animal that bucks.
buckra
buckra
adj
(African-American Vernacular, archaic) White.
noun
(Caribbean) A white person.
(dated, now rare, African-American Vernacular, derogatory) A poor white person.
bucure
budder
budder
noun
(horticulture) A person who practices budding (a form of grafting).
(horticulture) A tool used for budding.
(slang) Synonym of honey oil (“form of cannabis”)
A plant that buds.
budger
budger
noun
One who budges.
buffer
buffer
adj
Comparative form of buff: more buff.
noun
(UK, nautical, slang) The chief boatswain's mate.
(chemistry) A solution used to stabilize the pH (acidity) of a liquid.
(colloquial) A good-humoured, slow-witted fellow, usually an elderly man.
(computing) A portion of memory set aside to temporarily store data, often before it is sent to an external device or as it is received from an external device.
(figurative) A gap that isolates or separates two things.
(mechanical) Anything used to maintain slack or isolate different objects.
(politics, international relations) A buffer zone (such as a demilitarized zone) or a buffer state.
(rail transport) A device on trains and carriages designed to cushion the impact between them.
(rail transport) The metal barrier to help prevent trains from running off the end of the track.
(telecommunications) A routine or storage medium used to compensate for a difference in rate of flow of data, or time of occurrence of events, when transferring data from one device to another.
A machine for polishing shoes and boots.
A machine with rotary brushes, passed over a hard floor to clean it.
An isolating circuit, often an amplifier, used to minimize the influence of a driven circuit on the driving circuit.
verb
(chemistry) To maintain the acidity of a solution near a chosen value by adding an acid or a base.
(computing) To store data in memory temporarily.
To use a buffer or buffers; to isolate or minimize the effects of one thing on another.
buford
bugara
bugger
bugger
intj
(slang, Britain, Australia, New Zealand, vulgar) An expression of annoyance or displeasure.
noun
(Britain law) Someone who commits buggery; a sodomite.
(obsolete) A heretic.
(slang, Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) Someone who is very fond of something
(slang, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii, South Africa) A situation that causes dismay.
(slang, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii, South Africa) Someone viewed with affection; a chap.
(slang, US) A whippersnapper, a tyke.
(slang, dated) A damn, anything at all.
(slang, derogatory, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii, South Africa) A foolish or worthless person or thing; a despicable person.
One who sets a bug (surveillance device); one who bugs.
verb
(slang, Britain, Australia, New Zealand) To feel frustration with something, or to consider that something is futile.
(slang, Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) To be fatigued.
(slang, Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) To be surprised.
(slang, Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) To feel contempt for some person or thing.
(slang, vulgar in, Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) To break or ruin.
(vulgar, Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) To have anal sex with, sodomize.
bugler
bugler
noun
Someone who plays a bugle.
buhler
buiron
bulbar
bulbar
adj
Relating to, or having the form of a bulb; used especially of the medulla oblongata.
bulder
bulder
noun
Obsolete form of boulder.
bulgar
bulgar
noun
Alternative spelling of bulgur
bulger
bulger
noun
(dated, slang) Anything very large; a whopper.
(electronics) A capacitor with a bulging top.
(golf) A driver or a brassy with a convex face.
bulgur
bulgur
noun
Wheat grains that have been steamed, dried, and crushed; a staple of Middle Eastern cooking.
bulker
bulker
noun
(nautical) A bulk dry goods cargo ship.
(nautical) A person employed to ascertain the bulk or size of goods, in order to fix the amount of freight or dues payable on them.
A person who bulks (gains body mass).
Anything, such as a dietary supplement or an exercise, that helps a person to gain body mass.
buller
buller
noun
(Caribbean, Jamaica, derogatory) A homosexual man.
A steer that allows itself to be mounted by bulls when in the crowded conditions of a feedlot.
The bubbling or seething of a torrent.
verb
To boil or seethe.
To force one's way; to be pushy.
To make a lot of noise.
bulmer
bulter
bulwer
bummer
bummer
adj
comparative form of bum: more bum
intj
(colloquial) Exclamation of annoyance or frustration at a bummer (disappointment).
noun
(UK, slang, derogatory, offensive) A gay man.
(US, slang, dated) An idle, worthless fellow, without any visible means of support; a dissipated sponger.
(colloquial) A disappointment, a pity, a shame.
(obsolete, historical) A forager, especially in Sherman's March to the Sea of November to December 1864.
A lamb (typically the smallest of a multiple birth) which has been abandoned by its mother or orphaned, and as a consequence is raised in part or in whole by humans.
bumper
bumper
adj
(colloquial) Large; (as if) filled to the bumpers at the top of a silo.
noun
(Australia, slang) A cigarette butt.
(automotive) Parts at the front and back of a vehicle which are meant to absorb the impact of a collision; fender.
(billiards) A side wall of a pool table.
(broadcasting) A short ditty or jingle used to separate a show from the advertisements.
(colloquial, now chiefly attributive) Anything large or successful.
(cricket) A bouncer.
(music) An extra musician (not notated in the score) who assists the principal French horn by playing less-exposed passages, so that the principal can save their 'lip' for difficult solos. Also applied to other sections of the orchestra.
(obsolete) A drinking vessel filled to the brim.
(pinball) An object on a playfield that applies force to the pinball when hit, often giving a minor increase in score.
(slang, Caribbean, Jamaica) A woman's posterior, particularly one that is considered full and desirable.
(slang, dated) A covered house at a theatre, etc., in honour of some favourite performer.
A cylindrical object used (as a substitute for birds) to train dogs to retrieve.
Any mechanical device used to absorb an impact, soften a collision, or protect against impact.
Someone or something that bumps.
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To drink from the vessels called bumpers.
bunder
bunder
noun
A type of surf boat used in India.
A unit of measurement for land area used in the Low Countries.
bunger
bunger
noun
(Australia) A cigarette.
(Australia) A firecracker.
bunker
bunker
noun
(Britain, chiefly historical) A large bin or container for storing coal, often built outdoors in the yard of a house.
(Britain, slang) One who bunks off; a truant from school.
(US, regional) The menhaden, any of several species of fish in the genera Brevoortia and Ethmidium.
(golf) A hazard on a golf course consisting of a sand-filled hollow.
(military) A hardened shelter, often partly buried or fully underground, designed to protect the inhabitants from falling bombs or other attacks.
(nautical) A container for storing coal or fuel oil for a ship's engine; (by extension) the quantity of fuel needed to replenish that container.
(paintball) An obstacle used to block an opposing player's view and field of fire.
(rail transport) The coal compartment on a tank engine.
(slang) A kitchen worktop.
A sort of box or chest, as in a window, the lid of which serves as a seat.
verb
(Nigeria) To steal bunker fuel by illicitly siphoning it off.
(by extension, Britain, informal) To place (someone) in a position that is difficult to get out of; to hinder.
(golf) To hit (a golf ball) into a bunker; (chiefly passive) to place (a golfer) in the position of having a golf ball in a bunker.
(nautical) Of a vessel: to take a load of coal or fuel oil for its engine.
(paintball) To fire constantly at (an opponent hiding behind an obstacle), trapping them and preventing them from firing at other players; also, to eliminate (an opponent behind an obstacle) by rushing to the position and firing at extremely close range as the player becomes exposed.
Often followed by down: to take shelter in a bunker or other place.
To load (a vessel) with coal or fuel oil for the engine.
bunter
bunter
noun
(archaic) A female prostitute.
(archaic) A woman who picks up rags in the streets.
(archaic, by extension) A low, vulgar woman.
(baseball) One who bunts.
burack
burans
burble
burble
noun
A bubbling, gurgling sound, as of a creek.
A gush of rapid speech.
The turbulent boundary layer about a moving streamlined body.
Trouble; disorder.
verb
(transitive) To trouble or confuse.
To babble; to speak in an excited rush.
To bubble; to gurgle.
burbly
burbly
adj
burbling, bubbling
burbot
burbot
noun
A freshwater fish, taxonomic name Lota lota, which is similar to the ling and the cusk and spawns in the winter.