(countable, uncountable) sounds produced by infant during the babbling period
(uncountable) a stage in child language acquisition, during which an infant appears to be experimenting with uttering sounds of language, but not yet producing any recognizable words
verb
present participle of babble
backings
backings
noun
plural of backing
badigeon
badigeon
noun
A cement or paste (as of plaster and freestone, or of sawdust and glue or lime) used by sculptors and builders to fill holes, cover defects, or finish a surface.
badinage
badinage
noun
Playful raillery; banter.
verb
To engage in badinage or playful banter.
badoglio
baffling
baffling
adj
Puzzling, perplexing, bewildering.
frustrating
noun
An act of foiling or thwarting.
verb
present participle of baffle
bagatine
baggiest
baggiest
adj
superlative form of baggy: most baggy
baggings
baggings
noun
plural of bagging
bagpiped
bagpiped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bagpipe
bagpiper
bagpiper
noun
One who plays the bagpipes.
bagpipes
bagpipes
noun
A musical wind instrument of Celtic origin, possessing a flexible bag inflated by bellows, a double-reed melody pipe and up to four drone pipes; any aerophone that produces sound using air from a reservoir to vibrate enclosed reeds.
bagpuize
bagtikan
baiginet
bakingly
bakingly
adv
So as to bake.
baldling
balibago
balinger
balinger
noun
(nautical, historical) A small medieval sea-going ship with oars and sails.
balliage
baloghia
bandying
bandying
noun
gerund of bandy (“the act of one who bandies”)
verb
present participle of bandy
bangling
bangling
noun
Contention; squabbling
verb
present participle of bangle
bangtail
bangtail
noun
(US) A racehorse.
(marketing) An envelope with a perforated flap on which promotional material is printed; the flap on such an envelope.
The tail of a horse or cow, allowed to grow out and then trimmed horizontally so as to form a tassel; a horse or cow having such a tail.
verb
To shear off the hair horizontally at the end of a cow or horse's tail.
bankings
bankings
noun
plural of banking
bantings
bantling
bantling
noun
(archaic) A bastard-child.
(archaic, UK dialectal) An infant or young child.
(archaic, derogatory) A brat.
banxring
banxring
noun
(zoology) An East Indian insectivorous mammal of the genus Tupaia
bardings
bardings
noun
plural of barding
bardling
bardling
noun
An inferior bard.
bargains
bargains
noun
plural of bargain
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bargain
bargelli
bargelli
noun
plural of bargello
basigamy
bastings
bastings
noun
plural of basting
batching
batching
verb
present participle of batch
batiking
batiking
verb
present participle of batik
batswing
batswing
noun
(historical) A kind of gas burner with a slit at the top that causes the flame to take the shape of a bat's wing.
battings
battings
noun
plural of batting
battling
battling
adj
Fertile.
Nourishing; fattening.
noun
A growing fat, or the process of causing to grow fat; a fattening.
That which nourishes or fattens, as food, or feed for animals, or manure for soil.
verb
present participle of battle
baubling
baubling
adj
Obsolete form of bawbling.
baulking
baulking
noun
Alternative form of balking
verb
present participle of baulk
beaching
beaching
noun
An event in which a marine animal beaches itself.
verb
present participle of beach
beadings
beadings
noun
plural of beading
beagling
beagling
verb
present participle of beagle
bearding
bearding
noun
(television) An undesirable video artifact whereby darker parts of a signal bleed across horizontally into the brighter parts.
verb
present participle of beard
bearings
bearings
noun
plural of bearing
beatings
beatings
noun
plural of beating
becoming
becoming
adj
decent, respectable
pleasingly suitable; fit; congruous; beautiful
noun
(chiefly philosophy) The act or process by which something becomes.
verb
present participle of become
beddings
beddings
noun
plural of bedding
bedewing
bedewing
verb
present participle of bedew
bedights
bedights
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedight
bedlight
bedlight
noun
A bedside light.
bedright
bedright
noun
Alternative form of bedrite
beesting
beesting
noun
Alternative form of bee sting
Alternative form of beestings (“The first milk drawn from an animal (especially a cow) after it has given birth”)
beeswing
beeswing
noun
A filmy, translucent crust found in port and other old wines which have been bottled-aged for a long time.
Cream of tartar; potassium bitartrate; the residual salt of tartaric acid.
beetling
beetling
adj
Jutting or protruding, especially of a person's brows.
noun
The process by which fabrics, etc. are beetled, or beaten with a mallet.
verb
present participle of beetle
befinger
befinger
verb
(transitive) To finger all over.
befringe
befringe
verb
To furnish or adorn with a fringe.
begazing
begazing
verb
present participle of begaze
begiggle
beginger
beginner
beginner
noun
(theater) An actor who is present on stage in the first moments of a play.
Someone who is just starting at something, or has only recently started.
Someone who sets something in motion.
begirded
begirdle
begirdle
verb
To encircle or surround, as with a girdle.
begonias
begonias
noun
plural of begonia
begrimed
begrimed
adj
Dirty, soiled, grimy.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of begrime
begrimer
begrimer
noun
One who, or that which, begrimes.
begrimes
begrimes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of begrime
beguiled
beguiled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beguile
beguiler
beguiler
noun
A person who beguiles
beguiles
beguiles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beguile
beguines
beguines
noun
plural of beguine
behaving
behaving
noun
Behaviour.
verb
present participle of behave
behoving
behoving
verb
present participle of behove
beignets
beignets
noun
plural of beignet
bejeling
beknight
beknight
verb
(transitive, rare) To make a knight of.
belating
belating
verb
present participle of belate
belaying
belaying
verb
present participle of belay
belching
belching
noun
The act of producing a belch.
verb
present participle of belch
belgians
belgique
belitong
belitung
bellying
bellying
adj
Bulging or billowing.
noun
A bulging, swelling or billowing shape; the act or state of bulging, swelling or billowing.
verb
present participle of belly
beltings
beltings
noun
plural of belting
belugite
bemingle
bemingle
verb
(transitive, rare) To mingle; mix.
bemiring
bemiring
verb
present participle of bemire
bemixing
bemixing
verb
present participle of bemix
bemusing
bemusing
verb
present participle of bemuse
benaming
benaming
verb
present participle of bename
benching
benching
noun
An instance of a person being removed temporarily from an active role in a group or team activity.
verb
present participle of bench
bengalic
benghazi
benghazi
Proper noun
A Mediterranean sea port in Libya.
benignly
benignly
adv
In a benign manner.
beraking
berating
berating
verb
present participle of berate
berigora
beriming
beriming
verb
present participle of berime
beringed
beringed
adj
Wearing a ring or rings.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bering
berrigan
berrying
berrying
noun
An expedition to pick berries.
verb
present participle of berry
berthing
berthing
noun
(nautical) An instance of a ship being brought to be berthed, to rest at some docking facility.
(obsolete, nautical) The planking outside of a vessel, above the sheer strake.
A berth, especially figuratively, a place to sleep.
verb
present participle of berth
besieged
besieged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of besiege
besieger
besieger
noun
A person who besieges
besieges
besieges
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of besiege
beslings
bespring
beswinge
beswinge
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To scourge; beat.
betaking
betaking
verb
present participle of betake
betiding
betiding
verb
present participle of betide
bevaring
beveling
beveling
noun
Alternative spelling of bevelling
bewaring
bewaring
verb
(archaic or nonstandard) present participle of beware