A pit, especially one at Athens into which criminals were thrown.
The abyss, hell.
bardulph
bargehouse
barouche
barouche
noun
A four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage with collapsible half-hood, two double seats facing each other, and an outside seat for the driver.
barouches
barouches
noun
plural of barouche
barouchet
barouchet
noun
Alternative spelling of barouchette
barouchette
barouchette
noun
A light barouche.
barrelhouse
barrelhouse
noun
(music) A loud, percussive type of blues piano suitable for noisy bars or taverns.
A rough and tumble drinking establishment.
barrelhouses
barrelhouses
noun
plural of barrelhouse
bartholomeus
barthou
baruch
barukhzy
barytosulphate
bashful
bashful
adj
Indicating bashfulness.
Shy; not liking to be noticed; socially timid.
bashfully
bashfully
adv
In a bashful manner.
bashfulness
bashfulness
noun
The quality or property of being bashful
bashfulnesses
bashfulnesses
noun
plural of bashfulness
bashibazouk
bashibazouk
noun
Alternative spelling of bashi-bazouk
bashmuric
bashuk
basiophthalmous
basommatophorous
basophilous
basophilous
adj
Alternative form of basophilic
bathhouse
bathhouse
noun
A building where swimmers can change clothes.
A building with baths for communal use.
A business with bath-like facilities, which chiefly serves as a place for sexual encounters, especially among men.
bathhouses
bathhouses
noun
plural of bathhouse
bathtub
bathtub
noun
A large container for holding water in which a person may bathe (take a bath).
bathtubful
bathtubful
noun
As much as a bathtub will hold.
bathtubs
bathtubs
noun
plural of bathtub
bathukolpian
bathukolpian
adj
Alternative spelling of bathykolpian
bathukolpic
bathukolpic
adj
(rare) Deep-bosomed.
bathulda
bathurst
bathurst
Proper noun
a regional city in New South Wales, Australia.
bathybius
bathybius
Noun
A gelatinous substance found in mud dredged from the Atlantic and once supposed to be a free living protoplasm, later found to be the result of precipitation.
bathycurrent
batrachium
batrachophagous
batrachophagous
adj
Feeding on frogs.
batrachospermum
bauch
bauchi
bauchle
bauchle
noun
(Scotland) A bungled or muddled situation; a mess.
(Scotland) A fool.
(Scotland, chiefly in the plural) An old shoe.
verb
(Scotland) To insult, to upbraid, to make a fool of someone.
(Scotland) To misuse, to bungle.
baugh
baugh
intj
Archaic form of bah.
baughman
bauhaus
bauhaus
Proper noun
a style in modernist architecture and modern design, from "Staatliches Bauhaus" in Weimar, Germany
bauhinia
bauhinia
noun
Any of flowering plants of the Bauhinia genus, some of which are known as orchid trees.
bauhinias
bauhinias
noun
plural of bauhinia
bauleah
baumbaugh
baumhauerite
baumhauerite
noun
(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing arsenic, lead, and sulfur.
bausch
bawdyhouse
bawdyhouse
noun
Alternative spelling of bawdy-house
bawdyhouses
bawdyhouses
noun
plural of bawdyhouse
baybush
bayreuth
beadflush
beadhouse
beadhouse
noun
(historical) An almshouse for poor people who pray daily for their benefactors.
beadhouses
beadhouses
noun
plural of beadhouse
beamhouse
bearbush
bearhound
bearhound
noun
A dog for baiting or hunting bears.
bearhug
bearhug
noun
Alternative spelling of bear hug
verb
(transitive) To embrace in a bear hug.
bearhugs
bearhugs
noun
plural of bearhug
beauchamp
beauchamp
Proper noun
The name of several places in Northern France
of Norman origin
beauharnais
beauish
beauish
adj
Like a beau; characteristic of a beau; foppish; fine.
beaumarchais
beauship
beauship
noun
(dated, humorous) The state of being a beau; the personality of a beau.
beautihood
beautyship
bechauffeur
bechuana
bechuana
Noun
A member of the Tswana people.
bechuanaland
bechuanaland
Proper noun
A former name of what is now Botswana, used until 1966
bechuanas
befraught
befraught
adj
(rare) fraught
behaviour
behaviour
noun
Britain standard spelling of behavior.
behavioural
behavioural
adj
(British spelling) Of or pertaining to behaviour.
behaviourally
behaviourally
adv
With respect to behaviour
behaviourism
behaviourism
noun
(British spelling) Standard spelling of behaviorism.
behaviourist
behaviourist
noun
Britain standard spelling of behaviorist.
behaviours
behaviours
noun
plural of behaviour
behlau
behusband
bellarthur
bellyflaught
belshazzaresque
benzothiofuran
beothukan
bequeath
bequeath
verb
(law) To give or leave by will; to give by testament.
To give; to offer; to commit.
To hand down; to transmit.
bequeathable
bequeathable
adj
Capable of being bequeathed.
bequeathal
bequeathal
noun
The act of bequeathing; bequeathment; bequest.
bequeathals
bequeathals
noun
plural of bequeathal
bequeathed
bequeathed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bequeath
bequeather
bequeather
noun
One who bequeaths.
bequeathing
bequeathing
verb
present participle of bequeath
bequeathment
bequeathment
noun
The act of bequeathing, or the state of being bequeathed; a bequest.
bequeaths
bequeaths
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bequeath
bestraught
bestraught
adj
(obsolete) Distracted; mad, distraught.
beulah
bhagalpur
bhaktapur
bhalu
bhaunagar
bhavabhuti
bhubaneswar
bhubaneswar
Proper noun
State capital of Odisha, India.
bhudan
bhumidar
bhutan
bhutanese
bhutani
bhutani
Proper noun
A Baloch tribe residing in Balochistan, Pakistan.
The language of the aforementioned people.
bhutatathata
bhutatathata
noun
(Buddhism) The unchanging essence of all things.
bhutia
bibliophagous
bibliophagous
adj
Book-consuming.
bibliotherapeutic
bibliotherapeutic
adj
Relating to bibliotherapy.
bicephalous
bicephalous
adj
(zoology) Having two heads.
biddulphia
biddulphiaceae
biologicohumanistic
biophagous
biophagous
adj
That feeds on living creatures.
bishydroxycoumarin
bishydroxycoumarin
noun
(organic chemistry) Synonym of dicumarol
bismuthal
bismuthal
adj
Containing bismuth.
bismuthate
bismuthate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) The anion BiO₃⁻ of pentavalent bismuth; any salt containing this anion
bismutosphaerite
bisulphate
bisulphate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) Alternative spelling of bisulfate
blabbermouth
blabbermouth
noun
(aviation) A kind of foam-dispensing nozzle used in firefighting at airports.
(informal) A gossip.
(informal) A person who talks excessively.
blabbermouths
blabbermouths
noun
plural of blabbermouth
blabmouth
blackbrush
blackbrush
noun
A shrub of the genus Coleogyne
blackbush
blahlaut
blanchinus
blasphemous
blasphemous
adj
Lacking piety or respect for the sacred. Resembling blasphemy.
blasphemously
blasphemously
adv
In blasphemous manner.
blasphemousness
blasphemousness
noun
The state or quality of being blasphemous.
blastophyllum
bleachground
bleachhouse
blepharoclonus
blepharoclonus
noun
(medicine) An increase in the frequency or duration of blinking.
blepharoconjunctivitis
blepharoconjunctivitis
noun
(medicine) The combination of conjunctivitis and blepharitis.
blepharoncus
blubberhead
blubberhead
noun
(colloquial, dated) A fool.
bluehead
bluehead
noun
The blunt-headed wrasse or blue-headed wrasse, a fish of the species Thalassoma amblycephalum or Thalassoma bifasciatum.
blueheads
blueheads
noun
plural of bluehead
bluehearted
bluehearts
bluethroat
bluethroat
noun
A small Old World passerine bird, Luscinia svecica, the male in spring having a bright blue throat.