(mineralogy) An evaporite, consisting of magnesium chloride with the chemical formula MgCl₂·6H₂O, found with potash deposits in Saxony.
bismuthiferous
bismuthiferous
adj
Containing or producing bismuth.
blackfisher
blackfishes
blackfishes
noun
plural of blackfish
bleachfield
bleachfield
noun
(now chiefly historical) A field where cloth or clothing is laid out to be bleached by the sun or water.
blindfishes
blindfishes
noun
plural of blindfish
blitheful
blitheful
adj
Full of gaiety; joyous.
blithefully
blithefully
adv
In a blitheful manner.
blowfishes
blowfishes
noun
plural of blowfish
bluefish
bluefish
noun
(Bermuda) The puddingwife wrasse (Halichoeres radiatus).
(Canada) An Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus).
(Malaysia) Kyphosus vaigiensis.
(UK) A sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria).
A New Zealand bluefish (Girella cyanea).
A voracious fish (Pomatomus saltatrix) found in waters of the Atlantic and Indian Ocean.
bluefishes
bluefishes
noun
plural of bluefish
blueshifted
blueshifted
adj
Whose frequency/wavelength has been changed by a blueshift
blushfulness
blushfulness
noun
The quality of being blushful.
boarfishes
boarfishes
noun
plural of boarfish
bonchief
bonefish
bonefish
noun
(New England) A doctorfish, common dogfish, Squalus acanthias.
A surgeonfish of the family Acanthuridae, especially genus Acanthurus.
Albula vulpes, the type of the genus and family.
Any of various game fish, of the family Albulidae, found in shallow, tropical waters.
bonefishes
bonefishes
noun
plural of bonefish
bonefishing
bonefishing
noun
Angling for bonefish.
bonefishings
bonhoeffer
bookshelf
bookshelf
noun
A shelf or shelves for storing books for easy visual reference.
bookshelfs
boxfishes
boxfishes
noun
plural of boxfish
brachiferous
branchiferous
branchiferous
adj
(anatomy) Having gills; branchiate.
breachful
breachful
adj
(rare) Involving or characterized by a violation of law, of legal rights, or of other rules governing conduct.
breathful
breathful
adj
(obsolete) Full of odour; fragrant.
Characteristic of a breath; breath-like.
Focused on control of one's breathing.
Full of breath; breathy.
Not breathless; breathing easily.
Relaxed and quiet.
That breathes.
noun
A quantity that is exhaled in one breath.
A quantity that is inhaled in one breath.
That which is smelled or sensed in one breath.
The amount spoken on one breath.
breechesflower
brushfire
brushfire
noun
(politics, attributive) A war that does not directly involve the world's superpowers.
A large fire in a scrubland or prairie, as opposed to a forest fire, which happens in forests.
brushfires
brushfires
noun
plural of brushfire
buffalofishes
bufflehead
bufflehead
noun
(obsolete) One who has a large head; a heavy, stupid fellow.
A duck in the goldeneye genus, Bucephala albeola.
buffleheaded
buffleheads
buffleheads
noun
plural of bufflehead
bufflehorn
buffoonishness
bullfighter
bullfighter
noun
One who engages in bullfighting; a toreador or matador.
bullfighters
bullfighters
noun
plural of bullfighter
bullfinches
bullfinches
noun
plural of bullfinch
bumblebeefish
bumblebeefishes
bunchflower
bunchflower
noun
A perennial herb, Melanthium virginicum, having a branched cluster of pale flowers
burchfield
burrfishes
burrfishes
noun
plural of burrfish
burschenschaft
burschenschaften
bushelful
bushelful
noun
Enough to fill a bushel.
bushelfuls
bushfighter
bushfighter
noun
One who takes part in bushfighting.
bushfire
bushfire
noun
(Australia) An uncontrolled fire in a wooded or grassy area; a wildfire.
bushfires
bushfires
noun
plural of bushfire
bushwife
butterfish
butterfish
noun
(informal) The sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria) (the sablefish is not a true butterfish; but is called such informally)
(obsolete) The Murray perch, Oligorus mitchelli; an Australian perciform fish of Murray river, now known as trout cod, Maccullochella macquariensis http://www.fishbase.org/Nomenclature/SynonymsList.php?ID=6308&SynCode=26048&GenusName=Maccullochella&SpeciesName=macquariensis, http://www.fishbase.org/summary/Maccullochella-macquariensis.html.
A rock gunnel, Pholis gunnellus, an eel-like fish found in the intertidal and subtidal zones of the North Atlantic.
Perciform fish of the family Stromateidae, including the genera Pampus, Peprilus and Stromateus.
The New Zealand fish Odax pullus, also known as greenbone.
butterfishes
butterfishes
noun
plural of butterfish
butterflyfish
butterflyfish
noun
Any of a group of conspicuous tropical marine fish of the family Chaetodontidae; the bannerfish and coralfish are also included in this group. Butterflyfish are fairly small, mostly from 12 to 22 cm (c.7-9 in) in length.
butterflyfishes
butterflyfishes
noun
plural of butterflyfish
cafeneh
cafeneh
noun
Alternative form of cafenet
candlefish
candlefish
noun
An oily edible fish, Thaleichthys pacificus, from the northern Pacific, that was once dried and used as a candle or torch by the Chinook Indians.
candlefishes
candlefishes
noun
plural of candlefish
candleshrift
capsheaf
capsheaf
noun
(by extension) A crowning point
The top sheaf of a stook of wheat etc
cardinalfishes
cardinalfishes
noun
plural of cardinalfish
catchflies
catchflies
noun
plural of catchfly
catfishes
catfishes
noun
plural of catfish
cathodofluorescence
cavefish
cavefish
noun
Any fish in the family Amblyopsidae
Any of various fish, typically blind and lacking pigment, that inhabit subterranean waters.
cavefishes
cavefishes
noun
plural of cavefish
cephalofacial
cephalofacial
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the head and face.
chaetifera
chaetiferous
chaetiferous
adj
(zoology) Bearing chaetae.
chafe
chafe
noun
(archaic) An expression of opinionated conflict.
Heat excited by friction.
Injury or wear caused by friction.
Vexation; irritation of mind; rage.
verb
(intransitive) To be worn by rubbing.
(intransitive) To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated.
(intransitive) To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction.
(transitive) To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.
(transitive) To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.
(transitive) To fret and wear by rubbing.
chafed
chafed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chafe
chafee
chafer
chafer
noun
A vessel for heating water; hence, a dish or pan.
A vessel for holding burning coals or hot water used as a warmer.
Any of several scarab beetles, including the cockchafer, leaf chafer, and rose chafer.
One who chafes.
chaferies
chaferies
noun
plural of chafery
chafers
chafers
noun
plural of chafer
chafery
chafery
noun
An open furnace or forge, in which blooms are heated before being wrought into bars.
chafes
chafes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chafe
chafewax
chafewax
noun
Alternative form of chaffwax
chafeweed
chafeweed
noun
Cudweed (Gnaphalium), used to prevent or cure chafing.
chaffcutter
chaffed
chaffed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chaff
chaffee
chaffer
chaffer
noun
(agriculture) The upper sieve of a cleaning shoe in a combine harvester, where chaff is removed
bargaining; merchandise
verb
(intransitive) To haggle or barter.
(transitive) To buy.
To talk much and idly; to chatter.
chaffered
chaffered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chaffer
chafferer
chafferer
noun
One who chaffers; a bargainer.
chafferers
chafferers
noun
plural of chafferer
chaffering
chaffering
noun
The act of one who chaffers.
verb
present participle of chaffer
chaffers
chaffers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chaffer
chaffery
chaffery
noun
(obsolete) traffic; bargaining; buying and selling
chaffier
chaffier
adj
comparative form of chaffy: more chaffy
chaffiest
chaffiest
adj
superlative form of chaffy: most chaffy
chaffinches
chaffinches
noun
plural of chaffinch
chaffiness
chaffiness
noun
Quality of being chaffy.
chaffless
chaffless
adj
Without chaff.
chafflike
chafflike
adj
Resembling chaff.
chaffseed
chaffweed
chaffweed
noun
A low glabrous weedy branching herb (Centunculus minimus) of the family Primulaceae, having short dry chaff-like leaves.
chafted
chalaziferous
chalaziferous
adj
Having or bearing chalazas.
challengeful
challengeful
adj
Full of challenge.
chamberfellow
chamfer
chamfer
noun
An obtuse-angled relief or cut at an edge added for a finished appearance and to break sharp edges.
verb
(transitive) To cut a groove in something.
(transitive) To cut off the edge or corner of something.
chamfered
chamfered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chamfer
chamferer
chamfering
chamfering
noun
A chamfer.
verb
present participle of chamfer
chamfers
chamfers
noun
plural of chamfer
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chamfer
chanceful
chanceful
adj
(obsolete) hazardous
chancefully
chancefully
adv
by chance or coincidence
chancefulness
changeful
changeful
adj
(rare) Changing frequently; very susceptible to change
changefully
changefully
adv
In a changeful manner.
changefulness
changefulness
noun
Propensity to change.
chantefable
chantefable
noun
A form of Medieval French literature with alternative spoken and sung passages.
chapfallen
chapfallen
adj
Crestfallen, dejected.
chapfallenly
chapterful
chapterful
noun
As much as fills a chapter.
characterful
characterful
adj
Full of character.
charadriiformes
chargeful
chargeful
adj
(obsolete) costly; expensive
chargfaires
charmfulness
charmfulness
noun
The state of being charmful.
chatfield
chaufer
chaufers
chauffage
chauffer
chauffer
noun
(chemistry) A table stove or small furnace, usually a cylindrical box of sheet iron, with a grate at the bottom, and an open top.
A chafing dish
A small, portable stove
Misspelling of chauffeur.
chauffers
chauffers
noun
plural of chauffer
chauffeur
chauffeur
noun
(firefighting) The driver of a fire truck.
A person employed to drive a private motor car or a hired car of executive or luxury class (like a limousine).
verb
(intransitive) To be, or act as, a chauffeur (driver of a motor car).
(transitive) To transport (someone) in a motor vehicle.
chauffeured
chauffeured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chauffeur
chauffeuring
chauffeuring
verb
present participle of chauffeur
chauffeurs
chauffeurs
noun
plural of chauffeur
chauffeurship
chauffeurship
noun
The condition of being, or employment as, a chauffeur.