(nautical) A brush-like pad made of rope, attached to a shroud in order to prevent wear on sails.
bakerly
bakerly
adj
Characteristic of a baker.
bakingly
bakingly
adv
So as to bake.
balkily
balkily
adv
In a balky manner.
balkingly
balkingly
adv
in a balking manner
balky
balky
adj
Refusing to proceed or cooperate.
ballyhack
ballywack
ballywrack
bankability
bankability
noun
The state or condition of being bankable.
bankruptly
bankruptly
adv
In a bankrupt manner.
barkingly
barkingly
adv
With barking sounds.
barkley
barklyite
barklyite
noun
A magenta-coloured turbid variety of ruby from Victoria, Australia.
barleybrake
barleybrake
noun
An ancient rural game, commonly played round stacks of barley or other grain, in which some players attempt to catch others who run from a goal.
barleybreak
barleysick
bashlyk
bashlyk
noun
A protective cone-shaped hood with lappets for wrapping around the neck, used especially by Turks and Cossacks.
bashlyks
bashlyks
noun
plural of bashlyk
bathyplankton
bathyplankton
noun
(biology) plankton living in the bathyal zone
baulky
baulky
adj
Alternative spelling of balky
baylike
baylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bay (body of water mostly surrounded by land).
beckley
beckley
Proper noun
a village in district, East Sussex, England
a hamlet in district, Hampshire, England
a village in district, Oxfordshire, England
a neighbourhood in Kentucky, USA.
a city in West Virginia, USA, and the county seat of Named after
beckoningly
beckoningly
adv
So as to beckon or call near; enticingly.
beknottedly
belikely
belikely
adv
(archaic) Probably.
bellylike
bellylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a belly.
belsky
benkley
berkeley
berkeley
Proper noun
from the words beorce léah meaning birch lea.
name transferred from the surname.
Any of several places, including a city in California.
The University of California in Berkeley
berkeleyism
berkeleyite
berkley
berkly
berrylike
berrylike
adj
Resembling a berry
beylik
beylik
noun
Alternative form of beylic
beyliks
beyliks
noun
plural of beylik
bialystok
bialystoker
billycock
billycock
noun
(dated) A felt hat with a rounded crown, similar to a bowler.
biweekly
biweekly
adj
Occurring once every two weeks; fortnightly.
Occurring twice a week.
adv
Every two weeks.
Twice a week (but see the Usage notes).
noun
Something that is published or released once every two weeks.
blackbelly
blackberry
blackberry
noun
(UK, dialectal) The blackcurrant.
A fruit-bearing shrub of the aggregate species Rubus fruticosus and some hybrids.
The soft fruit borne by this shrub, formed of a black (when ripe) cluster of drupelets.
verb
To gather or forage for blackberries.
blackberrylike
blackberrylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a blackberry.
blackbody
blackbody
noun
(physics) a theoretical body, approximated by a hole in a hollow black sphere, that absorbs all incident electromagnetic radiation and reflects none; it has a characteristic emission spectrum
blackboy
blackboy
noun
(Australia, informal) Any plant in the genus Xanthorrhoea, native to Australia.
(Australia, obsolete, possibly offensive) An Aboriginal boy or servant.
blackboys
blackboys
noun
plural of blackboy
blackey
blackeye
blackeye
noun
A basic coffee drink consisting of any size coffee with two shots of espresso added.
A black-eyed species of white-eye, Zosterops emiliae (syn. Chlorocharis emiliae, mountain blackeye, olive blackeye).
blackeyes
blackeyes
noun
plural of blackeye
blackfly
blackfly
noun
A black or dark green aphid (Aphis fabae) that is a common pest of agricultural crops.
Any of various small black bloodsucking flies of the family Simuliidae.
blackguardly
blackguardly
adj
Characteristic of a blackguard.
blackguardry
blackheartedly
blackishly
blackishly
adv
In a blackish way.
blackleggery
blackly
blackly
adv
Darkly or gloomily.
Wickedly.
With a black appearance.
blacky
blacky
noun
(informal, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) A black person.
blakeberyed
blakeley
blakely
blakely
Proper noun
name transferred from the surname.
blanketry
blankety
blankety
adj
(dated, euphemistic) damnable, damned
Resembling or related to a blanket.
blankly
blankly
adv
in a blank manner, especially showing no emotion or expression.
blanky
blanky
adj
(Australia, slang) A mild intensifier, expressing irritation.
noun
Alternative form of blankie
blavatsky
blayk
bleakly
bleakly
adv
In a bleak manner.
bleaky
bleaky
adj
(obsolete) bleak
blickey
blickey
noun
(dialectal, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, dated) A canister or dinner pail usually of tin.
blickeys
blicky
blicky
noun
(slang, New York, Maryland, MLE) A pistol.
Alternative spelling of blickey (“A small tin canister or cylindrical pail.”)
blinkingly
blinkingly
adv
While blinking, or as if blinking
blinky
blinky
adj
(US, regional) Of milk: turned somewhat sour.
(of lights, shining objects) flickery, prone to flicker
Of eyes or people/animals: blinking repeatedly, prone to blink.
noun
(photography) in digital photography, a flashing pixel.
blockheadedly
blockheadedly
adv
In a blockheaded way.
blockishly
blocklayer
blocklayer
noun
A person employed to lay down blocks of material, for example as a road surface.
blocky
blocky
adj
Resembling a block in shape.
boguslawsky
bookishly
bookishly
adv
In a bookish manner.
boutylka
boylike
boylike
adj
Resembling a boy.
boylikeness
brachyskelic
brachyskelic
adj
Having unusually short legs
brackely
bradyteleokinesis
brailowsky
brainsickly
brainsickly
adv
(obsolete) In a brainsick manner.
breakability
breakability
noun
The state or property of being breakable.
breakably
breakably
adv
In a breakable manner.
breathtakingly
breathtakingly
adv
In a breathtaking manner.
To a degree that causes shock or awe; shockingly.
bricklay
bricklayer
bricklayer
noun
A craftsman who builds walls and suchlike out of bricks.
bricklayers
bricklayers
noun
plural of bricklayer
bricklaying
bricklaying
noun
The act of building a wall by laying bricks, usually with cement between the surfaces of the bricks.
bricklayings
bricklayings
noun
plural of bricklaying
brickly
brickly
adj
(dialect) fragile; brittle
brinkley
briskly
briskly
adv
Fast, quickly, swiftly.
brokenheartedly
brokenheartedly
adv
In a brokenhearted manner.
brokenly
brokenly
adv
(Of speech) with gaps between words so that normal flow or fluency is affected, as due to emotion; disjointedly.
In a broken manner.
brokerly
brokerly
adj
(obsolete) mean; servile
brooklyn
brooklynese
brooklynese
Proper noun
The dialect of American English spoken in the borough of Brooklyn in New York.
brooklynite
brooklynite
Noun
A native or inhabitant of Brooklyn, New York.
bruskly
bruskly
adv
Alternative spelling of brusquely
buckishly
buckishly
adv
In a buckish manner.
buckley
buckleya
bulkily
bulkily
adv
in a bulky manner
bulky
bulky
adj
(bodybuilding) Having excess body mass, especially muscle.
Being large in size, mass, or volume.
Unwieldy.
bullocky
bullocky
noun
(Australia and New Zealand colloquial, now historical) A person (usually a man) who drives a cart pulled by a team of bullocks.
bullyrock
bullyrook
bumpkinly
bumpkinly
adj
Befitting a bumpkin.
burkley
butterflylike
butterflylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a butterfly.
byelostok
byrlakin
bytalk
bytalk
noun
incidental conversation, chit-chat; small talk
bytalks
bywalk
bywalk
noun
a secluded or private walk
bywalker
bywalking
checkerbelly
chelyabinsk
claybank
claybank
noun
(color) Dun; brownish-yellow.
A dun-coloured horse.
claybanks
claybanks
noun
plural of claybank
clydebank
clydebank
Proper noun
a town on the north side of the River in council area, Scotland
corymblike
crackability
crackability
noun
Quality or degree of being crackable.
cymballike
cymballike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cymbal.
drinkability
drinkability
noun
The extent to which something is drinkable.
The state or property of being drinkable.
drinkably
eyeblack
eyeblack
noun
Alternative spelling of eye black
eyeblink
eyeblink
noun
(idiomatic) A moment (a very short period of time).
An act of blinking one's eyelids one time.
farkleberry
farkleberry
noun
(countable) A berry from a shrub of this species.
(uncountable) A species of Vaccinium (Vaccinium arboreum) native to the southeastern United States, from southern Virginia west to southeastern Missouri, and south to Florida and eastern Texas, and taking the form of a shrub (rarely a small tree) growing to 3-5 m (rarely 9 m) tall.
flyback
flyback
noun
A special kind of electrical transformer, originally designed to generate high-voltage sawtooth signals at a relatively high frequency, and now extensively used in switched-mode power supplies.
The movement of the electron beam back to its initial position between scan lines in a cathode-ray tube display.
flybook
flybook
noun
(fishing) A small case for holding fishing flies.
forebackwardly
frankability
frankability
noun
The quality of being frankable.
gobbledygook
gobbledygook
noun
(informal) Nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language.
(informal) Something written in an overly complex, incoherent, or incomprehensible manner.
gobbledygooks
gobbledygooks
noun
plural of gobbledygook
gobylike
gobylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a goby (fish).
heartbreakingly
heartbreakingly
adv
In a heartbreaking manner
heartbrokenly
heartbrokenly
adv
In a heartbroken manner.
huckleberry
huckleberry
noun
(US, slang) The person one is looking for; the right person for the job.
(slang) A person of little consequence.
A shrub growing this fruit.
A small amount, a short distance, as in the phrase huckleberry above a persimmon.
A small round fruit of a dark blue or red color of several plants in the related genera Vaccinium and Gaylussacia.