Any of various aquatic insects, of the family Notonectidae, that swim on their backs.
backswordman
backswordman
noun
(historical) One who fights with a backsword or singlestick.
backswordmen
backswordmen
noun
plural of backswordman
backswordsman
backworm
backworm
noun
(obsolete) The thread-like worm found in filanders, the disease of hawks.
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
bandworm
barleymow
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.
bartholomew
bartholomew
Proper noun
An Apostle, identified with Nathanael.
name of biblical origin.
bartholomewtide
basementward
basementward
adv
Toward a basement.
basketworm
basketworm
noun
The larva of a psychid moth.
beamwork
bedwarmer
bedwarmer
noun
(historical) A covered metal pan attached to a long handle, holding live coals and used to warm a bed.
beggarwoman
beggarwoman
noun
A female beggar.
bellowsmaker
benchwarmer
benchwarmer
noun
Alternative spelling of bench-warmer
benchwarmers
benchwarmers
noun
plural of benchwarmer
bestrewment
beswarm
beswarm
verb
(transitive) To swarm over; to envelop in a swarm.
beswarmed
beswarmed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beswarm
beswarming
beswarming
verb
present participle of beswarm
beswarms
beswarms
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beswarm
bewilderment
bewilderment
noun
A confusing or perplexing situation.
The state of being bewildered.
bewilderments
bewilderments
noun
plural of bewilderment
beworm
bewormed
beworming
beworms
bewrayment
bewrayment
noun
The act or process of bewraying; betrayal
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
bitterworm
blameworthiness
blameworthiness
noun
The characteristic of being blameworthy.
blameworthinesses
blameworthy
blameworthy
adj
Deserving blame or censure; reprehensible.
blindworm
blindworm
noun
Anguis fragilis (slowworm), a small species of legless lizard.
bloodworm
bloodworm
noun
Alternative spelling of blood worm
bohmerwald
bollworm
bollworm
noun
The larvae of any of various species of moth that are pests to cotton.
bollworms
bollworms
noun
plural of bollworm
bookworm
bookworm
noun
(figurative) An avid book reader.
Any of various insects that infest books.
bookworms
bookworms
noun
plural of bookworm
borowolframic
bowdlerism
bowdlerism
noun
A policy of bowdlerization, or censorship by removing what is considered indecent.
bowermaiden
bowerman
bowermay
bowerwoman
bowerwoman
noun
(historical) A female servant who waits upon a lady in her bedroom.
bowlmaker
bowlmaker
noun
A manufacturer of bowls.
bowmaker
bowmaker
noun
Alternative form of bow maker
bramwell
brawlsome
brawlsome
adj
Inclined to brawl; quarrelsome.
bretwaldadom
brewmaster
brewmaster
noun
A person in charge of beer production at a brewery
brimstonewort
brimstonewort
noun
Rosa canina, the dog rose.
broomstraw
broomweed
broomweed
noun
Any of various plants of the genus Gutierrezia.
broomwood
broomwort
browman
browman
noun
(mining, historical) The worker in charge of the cages at the pithead.
brownism
brownism
Proper noun
The political ideology attributed to the former British Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown, characterised by, among other things, allegedly prudent economics.
The doctrines of the Brunonian system of medicine.
Proper noun
The beliefs of the Brownists, or followers of
brynmawr
budworm
budworm
noun
Any of various moth caterpillars.
budworms
budworms
noun
plural of budworm
butterwoman
butterwoman
noun
(dated) A woman who makes or sells butter.
byeworkman
byrewoman
byrlawman
byrlawmen
cabbageworm
cabbageworm
noun
Alternative form of cabbage worm
cabbageworms
cabbageworms
noun
plural of cabbageworm
camberwell
chamberfellow
chamberwoman
chamberwoman
noun
Synonym of chambermaid
combflower
combwright
counterembowed
counterembowed
adj
(heraldry) Bent, curved or arched in two directions, both to the left and to the right, or both upwards and downwards.
crossbowman
crossbowman
noun
Someone (usually a soldier) equipped with a crossbow.
crossbowmen
crossbowmen
noun
plural of crossbowman
cumberworld
cumberworld
noun
(derogatory, obsolete) Someone who, or something which, is an encumbrance on the world; a useless person or thing.
cwmbran
cwmbran
Proper noun
A Welsh town.
disembower
dombrowski
drawbeam
dumbwaiter
dumbwaiter
noun
(obsolete) A lazy Susan.
(obsolete) A table or set of trays on rollers used for serving food.
A small elevator used to move food etc. from one floor of a building to another.
dumbwaiters
dumbwaiters
noun
plural of dumbwaiter
elbowroom
elbowroom
noun
Alternative form of elbow room
emboweler
emboweller
embower
embower
verb
(intransitive) To form a bower.
(intransitive) To lodge or rest in or as in a bower.
(transitive, poetic) To enclose something or someone as if in a bower; shelter with foliage.
embowered
embowered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of embower
embowering
embowering
verb
present participle of embower
embowerment
embowerment
noun
An enclosure like a bower.
The act of enclosing something in a bower (a shady, leafy shelter or recess).
embowers
embowers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of embower
embrawn
embrew
embrowd
embrown
embrown
verb
To become or make brown; to brown.
To become or make dark or dusky; to brown, to darken.
To make (something) brown; to brown.
To make (something) dark or dusky (“having a rather dark shade of colour”); to brown, to darken.
embrowned
embrowned
adj
Made brown; browned.
Made dark or dusky (“having a rather dark shade of colour”); darkened.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of embrown
embrowning
embrowning
verb
present participle of embrown
embrowns
embrowns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of embrown
gimberjawed
grubworm
grubworm
noun
A grub.
grubworms
grubworms
noun
plural of grubworm
hebrewdom
hebrewdom
Noun
The Hebreish community.
The spirit or quality of the Hebrew people.
hebrewism
hebrewism
Noun
A word or phrase characteristic of Hebrew.
herbwoman
herbwoman
noun
A woman who sells herbs.
highbrowism
highbrowism
noun
highbrow attitudes and policies generally
highbrowisms
highbrowisms
noun
plural of highbrowism
homebrew
homebrew
noun
(Canada, sports, countable) A player who plays for the team named after their own native town.
(informal) Anything created by enthusiasts rather than commercial entities (especially video games or amateur radio equipment).
A beer brewed by enthusiasts rather than commercially.
verb
(informal) To create something as an enthusiast, rather than using a commercial option.
To brew one's beer or other alcoholic beverage at home.
homebrewed
homebrewed
adj
(by extension) Homemade.
(of a beverage) Brewed at home.
noun
Drink brewed at home.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of homebrew
imbower
imbower
verb
Archaic form of embower.
imbowered
imbowered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of imbower
imbowering
imbowering
verb
present participle of imbower
imbowers
imbowers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of imbower
imbrown
imbrown
verb
Archaic spelling of embrown.
imbrowned
imbrowned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of imbrown
imbrowning
imbrowning
verb
present participle of imbrown
imbrowns
imbrowns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of imbrown
jimberjaw
jimberjawed
jobbernowlism
lobworm
lobworm
noun
The lugworm.
lobworms
lobworms
noun
plural of lobworm
lowbrowism
lowbrowism
noun
lowbrow attitudes and policies generally
marblewood
marblewood
noun
The Australian tree Acacia bakeri.
The ebony Diospyros marmorata.
marrowbone
marrowbone
noun
(humorous, chiefly in the plural) The shins or knees, chiefly in references to kneeling.
A bone containing edible marrow.
marrowbones
marrowbones
noun
plural of marrowbone
meadowbrook
meadowbur
megaweber
micawber
micawber
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Micawber; a person of modest income or background who remains optimistic that their situation will improve.
micawberish
micawberism
micawberism
Noun
optimism in the face of financial adversity
micawbers
micawbers
noun
plural of micawber
microbrewer
microbrewer
noun
The person or company that operates a microbrewery.
microbrewers
microbrewers
noun
plural of microbrewer
microbrewery
microbrewery
noun
A small commercial brewery, often one serving a single pub at which it is physically located; in the United States, often used to indicate a brewery that produces fewer than 15,000 barrels of beer annually.
microbrewing
microbrewing
noun
Small-scale commercial brewing, as carried out in a microbrewery.
microwavable
microwavable
adj
suitable for heating in a microwave oven; said of food and non-food items, especially containers.
microweber
microweber
noun
A unit equal to one millionth of a weber.
middlebrow
middlebrow
adj
(derogatory) Neither highbrow or lowbrow, but somewhere in between.
noun
A person or thing that is neither highbrow nor lowbrow, but in between.
middlebrowism
middlebrowism
noun
middlebrow attitudes generally
middlebrows
middlebrows
noun
plural of middlebrow
milliweber
milliweber
noun
A unit of magnetic flux, one thousandth of a weber.
mindblower
mindblower
noun
(slang) Anything mind-blowing.
mindblowers
mindblowers
noun
plural of mindblower
misbrew
misbrew
verb
To brew incorrectly.
mowbray
mowburn
mowburn
noun
(agriculture, obsolete) Damage caused to hay in this manner.
verb
(agriculture, obsolete, transitive) To stack (hay) before it is sufficiently dry, leading to excessive fermentation and sometimes toxicity.
mowburnt
mowburnt
adj
(obsolete) Of hay: stacked before it is sufficiently dry, leading to excessive fermentation and sometimes toxicity.