(usually in the plural) Grass and sprigs beaten or trampled down by a stag passing through them.
abducts
abducts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abduct
abiuret
abiuret
adj
Not giving the biuret reaction; showing that it does not contain biuret.
abjunct
abjunct
adj
(obsolete) detached, disconnected
ablauts
ablauts
noun
plural of ablaut
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ablaut
abluent
abluent
adj
(pharmacology) Washing away; carrying off impurities; detergent.
noun
(pharmacology) A detergent.
abluted
abluted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ablute
abortus
abortus
noun
An aborted fetus, especially one aborted in early pregnancy.
An abortion.
abought
abought
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aby
abtruse
aburton
aburton
adv
(nautical) With the length athwartship.
abuttal
abuttal
noun
(rare, plural only) The butting or boundary of land, particularly at the end; buttals.
An abutment.
The act of abutting.
verb
(transitive) To describe a piece of land in terms of its abuttals.
abutted
abutted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abut
abutter
abutter
noun
One who, or that which, abuts, specifically, the owner of a contiguous estate.
ambitus
ambitus
noun
(botany, zoology) The exterior edge or border of a thing, such as a leaf or shell.
(historical, Roman antiquity) A canvassing for votes.
(music) the range of a melody, especially those of ecclesiastical chants
antabus
antibug
antibug
adj
Serving to counteract bugs (surveillance devices).
Serving to kill or repel bugs (insects).
arbusta
arbutes
arbutes
noun
plural of arbute
arbutin
arbutin
noun
(organic chemistry) A glycoside of hydroquinone, found in bearberry, that is used to treat some diseases of the urinary tract
arbutus
arbutus
noun
Any flowering plant in the genus Arbutus: the strawberry tree.
Arbute; the wood of the strawberry tree.
Epigaea repens, the mayflower, the trailing arbutus.
atumble
atumble
adj
Set in a tumbling motion.
aubarta
auberta
aubrite
aubrite
noun
An achondrite composed mostly of enstatite
auburta
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.
ayubite
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).
bacquet
baetuli
baetuli
noun
plural of baetulus
baguets
baguets
noun
plural of baguet
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
bakhmut
ballute
ballute
noun
A parachute that incorporates a toroidal balloon
balmuth
balteus
balteus
noun
(architecture) An Ionic ornamental band encircling the pulvinus, or bolster of the capital.
(historical) A swordbelt worn by Roman legionaries.
(historical) The girdle of a biblical Jewish priest.
The subcinctorium, a papal garment.
bambute
banquet
banquet
noun
(archaic) A dessert; a course of sweetmeats.
A ceremonial dinner party for many people.
A large celebratory meal; a feast.
verb
(intransitive) To participate in a banquet; to feast.
(obsolete) To have dessert after a feast.
(transitive) To treat with a banquet or sumptuous entertainment of food; to feast.
barbute
barbute
noun
A type of visorless helmet, of 15th-century Italian design, including a T or Y shaped opening for the eyes and mouth.
barbuto
barbuts
barbuts
noun
plural of barbut
barthou
basutos
bateaux
bateaux
noun
plural of bateau
bateful
bateful
adj
(obsolete) Exciting contention; contentious.
bathtub
bathtub
noun
A large container for holding water in which a person may bathe (take a bath).
batteau
batteau
noun
Alternative form of bateau
battues
battues
noun
plural of battue
batture
batture
noun
A sea bed or a river bed that has been raised or elevated.
battuta
battuta
noun
(music) beat
battute
battuto
batuque
batussi
bautain
bautram
bautzen
bautzen
Proper noun
A city in Germany.
bauxite
bauxite
noun
The principal ore of aluminium; a clay-like mineral, being a mixture of hydrated oxides and hydroxides.
bawsunt
bawsunt
adj
(archaic, rare, literary, or dialectal) Having white streaks or spots on a black or bay background (especially of an animal's or a mountain's face).
beatuti
beaufet
beaufet
noun
(archaic) A counter for refreshments; a buffet.
(archaic) A niche, cupboard, or sideboard for plate, china, glass, etc.
beclout
beclout
verb
(transitive) To cover with a clout or cloth.
(transitive, figuratively) To dress up.
becrust
becurst
beennut
beflout
bemoult
bemouth
bemouth
verb
(transitive) To mouth the praises of (a person); talk grandiloquently; declaim.
(transitive) To place in the mouth; to put one's mouth on; (by extension) to eat.
beothuk
beothuk
Noun
A member of one of the historical aboriginal peoples of Canada.
Proper noun
The extinct language of these people.
bequest
bequest
noun
A person's inheritance; an amount of property given by will.
That which has been handed down or transmitted.
That which is left by will; a legacy.
The act of bequeathing or leaving by will.
The transfer of property upon the owner's death according to the will of the deceased.
verb
(transitive) To give as a bequest; bequeath.
bequote
bequote
verb
(transitive) To quote frequently or much.
bertaud
bertrum
beshout
beshout
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To shout at.
besluit
besmuts
besmuts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of besmut
besouth
bespout
bespout
verb
(transitive) To pester with excessive oratory or spouting.
(transitive) To spout about; recite in a pompous or affected manner.
bespurt
bespurt
verb
(obsolete) To spurt on or over; to asperse.
bestrut
bestrut
verb
(transitive) To distend.
bestuck
bestuck
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bestick
bestuds
bestuds
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bestud
bestuur
bethuel
bethumb
bethumb
verb
(transitive) To take hold of or mark with the thumbs; soil or mark with frequent thumbing.
bethump
bethump
verb
(transitive) To thump soundly.
bethune
betrunk
betrunk
verb
(transitive) To deprive (a river) of its lower course or trunk by submergence or erosion of the land by the sea.
betrust
betrust
verb
(transitive, archaic) To entrust.
(transitive, archaic) To trust; place confidence in (a person).
betulin
betulin
noun
(biochemistry) A naturally-abundant triterpene, commonly isolated from the bark of birch trees, that can be converted to betulinic acid
betutor
beuthel
beuthen
beutler
beutner
bhutani
bhutani
Proper noun
A Baloch tribe residing in Balochistan, Pakistan.
The language of the aforementioned people.
bidault
biscuit
biscuit
noun
(UK, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, sometimes Canada, rare in the US) A small, flat, baked good which is either hard and crisp or else soft but firm; a cookie.
(UK, Philippines) A cracker.
(US, slang) A plastic card bearing the codes for authorizing a nuclear attack.
(US, slang, hiphop) A handgun, especially a revolver.
(chiefly Canada, US, rare in Scotland and Guernsey) A small, usually soft and flaky bread, generally made with baking soda, which is similar in texture to a scone but which is usually not sweet.
(ice hockey, shuffleboard) A puck (hockey puck).
(nautical) The "bread" formerly supplied to naval ships, which was made with very little water, kneaded into flat cakes, and slowly baked, and which often became infested with weevils.
(woodworking) A thin oval wafer of wood or other material inserted into mating slots on pieces of material to be joined to provide gluing surface and strength in shear.
A form of unglazed earthenware.
A light brown colour.
bisitun
bismuth
bismuth
noun
A chemical element (symbol Bi) with an atomic number of 83: a brittle silvery-white metal.
bisutun
bitburg
bittium
bitumed
bitumed
adj
(obsolete) Smeared with bitumen.
bitumen
bitumen
noun
(Australia, colloquial) Roads sealed with bitumen, as opposed to dirt roads.
(Canada) Canadian deposits of extremely heavy crude oil.
(by extension) Any one of the natural hydrocarbons, including the hard, solid, brittle varieties called asphalt, the semisolid maltha and mineral tars, the oily petrolea, and even the light, volatile naphthas.
A sticky, black, highly viscous liquid or semi-solid form of petroleum, burning with a bright flame. It occurs as an abundant natural product in many places, as on the shores of the Dead and Caspian Seas. It is used in cements, in the construction of pavements, etc.; Mineral pitch.
verb
To cover or fill with bitumen.
biunity
biunity
noun
The quality of being biune.
biurate
biurate
noun
(chemistry) A urate containing twice as much of the uric acid constituent as an ordinary urate.
blautok
bleaunt
bleaunt
noun
(historical) A short tunic or blouse worn in the Middle Ages
blowout
blowout
noun
(Australia) An extreme and unexpected increase in costs, such as in government estimates for a project.
(geology) A sandy depression in a sand dune ecosystem caused by the removal of sediments by wind.
(slang) A large or extravagant meal.
(slang) A social function, especially one with large quantities of food.
(slang) An argument; an altercation.
(slang, sports) A sporting contest that is decidedly one-sided and whose outcome is no longer in doubt.
A sudden puncturing of a pneumatic tyre/tire.
A sudden release of oil and gas from a well.
An instance of having one's hair blow-dried and styled.
An unsightly flap of skin caused by an ear piercing that is too large.
The cleaning of the flues of a boiler from scale, etc., by a blast of steam.
bluetit
bluetit
noun
Alternative spelling of blue tit
bluetop
bluetop
noun
(US, construction) A stake or other marker set into the subgrade to indicate the desired grade elevation.
blufter
blunket
blunket
adj
(obsolete) Gray; grayish or light blue.
noun
(obsolete) A cloth, or kind of cloth (blanket cloth), generally but not always of this color.
(obsolete) A color, generally a light bluish gray or blue or gray, but sometimes seemingly a dark red or violet.
blunted
blunted
adj
(slang) high on cannabis
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blunt
blunter
blunter
adj
comparative form of blunt: more blunt
bluntie
bluntly
bluntly
adv
In a blunt manner; without delicacy, or the usual forms of civility.
blurted
blurted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blurt
blurter
blurter
noun
One who blurts.
blushet
blushet
noun
(obsolete) A modest girl.
bluster
bluster
noun
Fitful noise and violence.
Pompous, officious talk.
verb
To act or speak in an unduly threatening manner.
To blow in strong or sudden gusts.
To speak or protest loudly.
boatful
boatful
noun
Enough of something to fill a boat, or a boat filled with the thing in question
boeotus
boetius
boletus
boletus
noun
An edible mushroom of genus Boletus.
bootful
bootful
noun
As much as a boot will hold.
bosquet
bosquet
noun
Alternative spelling of bosket
bossuet
botulin
botulin
noun
An extremely potent nerve toxin produced by the anaerobic bacteria Clostridium botulinum. Ingesting botulin results in the serious medical condition of botulism.
boultel
boultel
noun
(architecture) A moulding with quarter-circle convexity, found just below the abacus in the Tuscan and Roman Doric capital; a torus; an ovolo.
(architecture) One of the shafts of a clustered column.
boulter
boulter
noun
A long, stout fishing line with many hooks attached.
One who boults or sifts.
bouquet
bouquet
noun
(card games) The reserve of cards in the game of Flower Garden and variations.
(cartomancy) The ninth Lenormand card, sometimes called Flowers instead.
(mathematics) A bouquet of circles.
A bunch of cut flowers.
A compliment or expression of praise.
A decoratively arranged bunch of something.
The heart note of a perfume.
The scent of a particular wine.
bourget
bourout
boutade
boutade
noun
A sudden outbreak or outburst; a caprice, a whim.
boutell
boutons
boutons
noun
plural of bouton
briquet
briquet
noun
(dated) Synonym of lighter in reference to any device used to light cigarettes.
Alternative form of briquette in all its senses.
verb
Alternative form of briquette
brotula
brotula
noun
A family of ophidiiform fishes, of the taxonomic family Bythitidae, who bear live young.
brought
brought
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bring
brucite
brucite
noun
(mineralogy) A mineral form of magnesium hydroxide, Mg(OH)₂, often found in thin foliated plates, but may be fibrous (see nemalite), of a white or greenish color and vitreous to pearly luster.
bruited
bruited
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bruit
bruiter
bruiter
noun
(archaic) agent noun of bruit: a person who disseminates, promulgates, or spreads news, rumours, etc.
brulots
brunets
brunets
noun
plural of brunet
brusett
brushet
brustle
brustle
noun
(obsolete or dialect) A bristle.
verb
To crackle; to rustle.
To make a show of fierceness or defiance; to bristle.
brutage
brutely
brutely
adv
In a rude or violent manner.
brutify
brutify
verb
(transitive) To make like a brute; to make senseless or unfeeling; to brutalize.