In the manner of a bachelor; (as though) living alone as a single man.
backarrow
backarrows
backfurrow
backfurrow
noun
(agriculture) The line of piled soil thrown up beside a furrow when it is created by a plow
verb
(agriculture) To throw or turn the soil in alternating directions for every other row that is plowed, so that every pair of furrows has a single backfurrow with clear areas on the outside.
backsword
backsword
noun
(UK, dated) A stick with a basket handle, used in rustic amusements.
(UK, dated) The game in which the stick is used.
A sword with one sharp edge.
backswording
backswording
noun
Sport or exercise using a backsword or singlestick.
backswordman
backswordman
noun
(historical) One who fights with a backsword or singlestick.
backswordmen
backswordmen
noun
plural of backswordman
backswordsman
backwardation
backwardation
noun
(obsolete) In the London Stock Exchange: a fee paid by a seller on settlement day either to the buyer or to a third party who lends stock, when the seller wishes to defer settlement until the next settlement day.
In full normal backwardation: the situation in a futures market where the price for future delivery of a commodity (the forward price) is lower than the price for immediate delivery (the spot price) or nearer delivery, generally arising from a near-term shortage of the commodity.
The situation in a stock market where the offer price for stock is lower than the bid price.
backwoodser
backword
backword
noun
A contention, retort, or reply.
A contradiction or answer to put off an engagement; a countermand.
A section of commentary at the end of a book.
backworm
backworm
noun
(obsolete) The thread-like worm found in filanders, the disease of hawks.
backwort
bagwork
bagwork
noun
(martial arts) Training with a punching bag.
bagworm
bagworm
noun
(proscribed) The Eastern tent caterpillar.
A member of the family Psychidae of the Lepidoptera.
Fall webworm.
bagworms
bagworms
noun
plural of bagworm
bairnwort
bakerstown
baldcrown
balewort
ballflower
ballflower
noun
Alternative form of ball flower
balloonflower
bandwork
bandwork
noun
(art) Decorative work resembling interlaced bands.
bandworm
banewort
banewort
noun
Atropa belladonna, deadly nightshade.
Ranunculus flammula, spearwort
bardstown
bardstown
Proper noun
a home rule-class city in Kentucky, USA
barleymow
barlow
barlow
Proper noun
The name of several villages in north-eastern England.
originating from one of these villages.
The name of several towns in the United States, either named after one of the English villages or a person bearing the surname.
barlows
baroswitch
baroswitch
noun
Any form of switch that is activated barometrically (by a change in pressure)
barrenwort
barrenwort
noun
A herb, Epimedium alpinum, once thought to prevent conception
barrow
barrow
noun
(Britain) A small vehicle used to carry a load and pulled or pushed by hand.
(chiefly Britain) A hill.
(mining) A heap of rubbish, attle, or other such refuse.
(obsolete except in scientific use and in some dialects) A castrated boar.
(obsolete) A mountain.
(saltworks) A wicker case in which salt is put to drain.
A long sleeveless flannel garment for infants.
A mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves.
barrowcoat
barrowful
barrowful
noun
The amount that can fit in a barrow
barrowist
barrowist
Noun
A follower of (c. 1550–1593), English Puritan and separatist.
barrowman
barrowman
noun
(mining, historical) A putter: one who puts the tubs of coal from the workings to the cranes, flats, or stations, so that they can be conveyed to the surface.
barrows
barrows
noun
plural of barrow
barrytown
barstow
bartholomew
bartholomew
Proper noun
An Apostle, identified with Nathanael.
name of biblical origin.
bartholomewtide
bartow
bartow
Proper noun
a city in Florida, USA
barwood
barwood
noun
The red wood of a leguminous African tree, Baphia nitida, used as a dyewood and for ramrods, violin bows and turner's work.
basketwork
basketwork
noun
Material woven in the style of a basket.
The craft of making such material.
basketworks
basketworks
noun
plural of basketwork
basketworm
basketworm
noun
The larva of a psychid moth.
batfowler
batfowler
noun
One who takes part in batfowling.
bathflower
bathwort
bawdstrot
bawhorse
bawhorse
noun
Obsolete form of bathorse.
beadrow
beadwork
beadwork
noun
Decorative work involving beads.
beadworks
beadworks
noun
plural of beadwork
beamwork
beardstown
bearwood
bearwoods
bearwort
bearwort
noun
A perennial alpine plant, Meum athamanticum.
beavertown
beaverwood
beaverwood
noun
Celtis occidentalis, the common hackberry, a large deciduous tree native to North America.
becoward
becowarded
becowarding
becowards
becrowd
becrowd
verb
(dated) To crowd.
becrowded
becrowded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of becrowd
becrowding
becrowding
verb
present participle of becrowd
becrowds
becrowds
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of becrowd
becrown
becrown
verb
(transitive) To place a crown upon; crown.
bedflower
bedrown
bedrowse
bedrowse
verb
To make drowsy.
bedworth
beeflower
beewort
beewort
noun
The plant Acorus calamus, the sweet flag or calamus.
beflower
beflower
verb
(obsolete) To cover with flowers.
beflowered
beflowered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beflower
beflowering
beflowering
verb
present participle of beflower
beflowers
beflowers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beflower
befurbelowed
befurbelowed
adj
(dated, possibly obsolete) Furbelowed; ornamented with frill.
beggarwoman
beggarwoman
noun
A female beggar.
begrown
belchertown
bellflower
bellflower
noun
A flower of one of these plants, which is shaped like a bell.
Any flowering plant in genus Uvularia.
Any flowering plants in the genus Campanula.
Flowering plants in the genera, Campanulastrum, Codonopsis, or Platycodon, in the family Campanulaceae.
bellflowers
bellflowers
noun
plural of bellflower
bellower
bellower
noun
(obsolete, colloquial) A town crier.
One who bellows.
bellowers
bellowers
noun
plural of bellower
bellowsmaker
bellwort
bellwort
noun
Any of several perennial plants, of the genus Uvularia, that have yellow, bell-shaped flowers.
Any of various plants in the Campanulaceae family.
bellworts
bellworts
noun
plural of bellwort
belowground
belowground
adj
beneath the surface of the ground; underground
belowstairs
belowstairs
adv
Alternative form of below stairs.
benchwork
benchwork
noun
the structure supporting a model railway layout
work performed at a workbench
bepowder
bepowder
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To sprinkle or cover with powder; to powder.
berkow
berkowitz
beshower
bestower
bestower
noun
One who bestows.
bestrow
bestrow
verb
Alternative form of bestrew
bestrowed
bestrowed
verb
simple past tense of bestrow
bestrowing
bestrowing
verb
present participle of bestrow
bestrown
bestrown
verb
(archaic) past participle of bestrew
bestrows
bestrows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bestrow
bethflower
betowered
bewhore
bewhore
verb
(transitive) To make a whore of; prostitute; treat as a whore.
(transitive, archaic) To call or pronounce a whore.
bewonder
bewonder
verb
(archaic, transitive) To fill with wonder or admiration; amaze.
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beworry
beworry
beworry
verb
(transitive) To fill with worry; cause to be worried; beset with cares; trouble; vex; harass.
(transitive) To worry about.
beworrying
beworrying
verb
present participle of beworry
beworship
bewrought
bewrought
adj
(obsolete) embroidered
bijwoner
bijwoner
noun
(South Africa, historical) A member of a class of poor white people who were permitted to inhabit shanties on the property of well-to-do Boers in return for semifeudal payments.
billowier
billowier
adj
comparative form of billowy: more billowy
birchwood
birchwood
noun
(countable) A wood largely populated with birch trees (Betula spp.).
(uncountable) The wood from a birch tree.
birdwoman
birdwoman
noun
(informal) a female aviator.
A mythological creature that is part woman and part bird.
A woman who works with birds.
birdwomen
birdwomen
noun
plural of birdwoman
birnamwood
birthwort
birthwort
noun
Any plant species of the genus Aristolochia.
Birthroot, Trillium erectum
bitterwood
bitterwood
noun
Jamaica quassia Picrasma excelsa, native to the Caribbean
paradise tree Simarouba glauca, native to Florida, the Caribbean and Central America
quassia (Quassia amara)
bitterworm
bitterwort
bitterwort
noun
The great yellow gentian (Gentiana lutea), which has a very bitter taste.
blackwork
blackwork
noun
(obsolete) Work connected with funerals, as an undertaker's assistant or a maker of mourning clothes, etc.
(sewing) A form of counted-thread embroidery that is usually stitched on even-weave fabric with a twisted thread.
blackwort
bladderwort
bladderwort
noun
Any of many aquatic carnivorous plants, of the genus Utricularia, that have open bladders that trap minute insects and crustaceans.
bladderworts
bladderworts
noun
plural of bladderwort
blaewort
blairstown
blameworthiness
blameworthiness
noun
The characteristic of being blameworthy.
blameworthinesses
blameworthy
blameworthy
adj
Deserving blame or censure; reprehensible.
blanketflower
blanketflower
noun
Gaillardia; a plant of the genus Gaillardia.
blawort
blawort
noun
(Scotland) Centaurea cyanus, the cornflower.
bleachworks
bleachworks
noun
A factory that manufactures bleach.
blindworm
blindworm
noun
Anguis fragilis (slowworm), a small species of legless lizard.
blisterwort
bloodflower
bloodflower
noun
A species of milkweed (Asclepias curassavica L.) with blood-red petals, native to the Central and South American tropics
Any plant in the genus Haemanthus, bulbous African plants of the amaryllis family.
bloodworm
bloodworm
noun
Alternative spelling of blood worm
bloodwort
bloodwort
noun
Any of the Haemodoraceae, a family of flowering plants some of whose roots contain a red dye.
(slang, UK, Ireland, historical) A telephone service providing betting odds and commentary, relayed to customers in a bookmaker's shop via loudspeaker.
(slang, chiefly Britain, New Zealand, Australia, Ireland, usually preceded by the) Telephone.
A ducted fan, usually part of a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning system.
A person who blows.
A small fish of the Atlantic coast, Sphoeroides maculatus; the puffer.
Any device that blows.
The whale; so called by seamen, from its habit of spouting up a column of water.
blowers
blowers
noun
plural of blower
blowhard
blowhard
noun
(Canada, US, derogatory) A person who talks too much or too loudly, especially in a boastful or self-important manner.