(astronautics) The use of atmospheric drag to reduce the velocity of a spacecraft, especially so as to establish a stable orbit and to reduce fuel consumption.
verb
present participle of aerobrake
akenbold
akenobeite
alanbrooke
alkylbenzenesulfonate
alkylbenzenesulfonates
anklebone
anklebone
noun
The bone of the ankle, forming the lower part of the ankle joint and joining with the tibia and fibula.
anklebones
anklebones
noun
plural of anklebone
ankyloblepharon
ankyloblepharon
noun
(pathology) fusion of the margins of the eyelids
backbone
backbone
noun
(figuratively) Any fundamental support, structure, or infrastructure.
(figuratively) Courage, fortitude, or strength.
The series of vertebrae, separated by disks, that encloses and protects the spinal cord, and runs down the middle of the back in vertebrate animals.
backboned
backboned
adj
Having a spine.
backboneless
backboneless
adj
Cowardly, spineless.
Without a backbone; invertebrate.
backbonelessness
backbonelessness
noun
cowardice; spinelessness
backbones
backbones
noun
plural of backbone
backcourtmen
backcourtmen
noun
plural of backcourtman
backgrounded
backgrounded
adj
(computing) (of a task) Made non-interactive
Moved to the background
verb
simple past tense and past participle of background
backgrounder
backgrounder
noun
(chiefly US) A briefing or document typically provided prior to a meeting or other event that gives basic details on subjects that are likely to be mentioned.
A cattle farmer or rancher who runs a backgrounding operation.
A person employed to draw backgrounds for a comic or cartoon.
backpointer
backpointers
backstone
backswordmen
backswordmen
noun
plural of backswordman
backwoodsiness
backwoodsiness
noun
The quality of being backwoodsy.
backwoodsmen
backwoodsmen
noun
plural of backwoodsman
bakeoven
bakerstown
bakerton
bakestone
bakestone
noun
Synonym of Welshcake
Synonym of baking stone
balloonlike
balloonlike
adj
Resembling a balloon in form
baloskionaceae
bankerdom
bankerdom
noun
The world of bankers and finance.
banknote
banknote
noun
(now historical) A promissory note issued by a bank, payable at a given time to a specific beneficiary.
A piece of paper currency.
banknotes
banknotes
noun
plural of banknote
bankrolled
bankrolled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bankroll
bankroller
bankroller
noun
One who bankrolls; usually an individual who has enough seed capital to launch a venture; one who can fund a project; angel investor.
bankrollers
bankrollers
noun
plural of bankroller
barkstone
basingstoke
basingstoke
Proper noun
A town in Hampshire, England
basketwoman
basketwoman
noun
(historical) A woman who sells goods from a basket.
baskonize
bazookamen
beakiron
beakiron
noun
Alternative form of beak-iron
beckiron
beckon
beckon
noun
A children's game similar to hide and seek in which children who have been "caught" may escape if they see another hider beckon to them.
A sign made without words; a beck.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To seem attractive and inviting
(transitive, intransitive) To wave or nod to somebody with the intention to make the person come closer.
beckoned
beckoned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beckon
beckoner
beckoner
noun
One who, or that which, beckons.
beckoners
beckoners
noun
plural of beckoner
beckoning
beckoning
adj
That beckons.
noun
Such a wave or similar action.
verb
present participle of beckon
beckoningly
beckoningly
adv
So as to beckon or call near; enticingly.
beckons
beckons
noun
plural of beckon
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beckon
becloaking
becloaking
verb
present participle of becloak
beekmantown
beknot
beknots
beknotted
beknotted
adj
Knotted again and again; covered with knots.
beknottedly
beknottedness
beknottedness
noun
(mathematics) The measure or degree to which a knot is complicated, i.e., a knot's complexity; the number of times that it is necessary to pass one part of the curve of the knot projected upon a plane through another in order to untie the knot.
beknotting
beknow
beknow
verb
(transitive) To acknowledge; own; confess.
(transitive) To know about; have knowledge of; recognise; understand; be aware (of); be knowledgeable about.
beknown
beknown
adj
(obsolete) known
verb
past participle of beknow
bellowsmaking
bemocking
bemocking
verb
present participle of bemock
benbrook
benchwork
benchwork
noun
the structure supporting a model railway layout
work performed at a workbench
benediktov
beothukan
besmoking
besmoking
verb
present participle of besmoke
bespoken
bespoken
adj
(obsolete) betrothed or engaged to be married (compare with: spoken for)
verb
past participle of bespeak
betoken
betoken
verb
(transitive) To foreshow by present signs; indicate something future by that which is seen or known.
(transitive) To signify by some visible object; show by signs or tokens.
betokened
betokened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of betoken
betokener
betokener
noun
That which betokens.
betokening
betokening
verb
present participle of betoken
betokenment
betokens
betokens
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of betoken
bibliokleptomania
bibliokleptomania
noun
A mental disorder that produces a compulsion to steal books.
bibliokleptomaniac
bibliokleptomaniac
noun
Someone who suffers from bibliokleptomania.
bickleton
bikhaconitine
bikhaconitine
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid found in bikh (Aconitum spicatum).
biokinetics
biokinetics
noun
(medical biology) The study of movements of or within organisms
blackstone
blacktongue
blagoveshchensk
blanketflower
blanketflower
noun
Gaillardia; a plant of the genus Gaillardia.
blockaderunning
blockheadedness
blockheadedness
noun
The state or condition of being blockheaded.
blockheadishness
blockiness
blockiness
noun
The state or condition of being blocky.
blockishness
blockishness
noun
The state or quality of being blockish.
blockline
bluestocking
bluestocking
noun
(historical) A member of an 18th-century Blue Stockings Society.
(historical) The English parliament of 1653, more commonly called the Barebones Parliament
(usually derogatory) A scholarly, literary, or cultured woman.
bluestockingish
bluestockingish
adj
Like a bluestocking, or scholarly woman.
bluestockingism
bluestockingism
noun
(colloquial) The character or manner of a bluestocking; female pedantry.
bluestockings
bluestockings
noun
plural of bluestocking
bockstein
bodicemaking
bodken
bodkinwise
bodychecking
bodychecking
verb
present participle of bodycheck
boilermaking
boilermaking
noun
The manufacture of boilers.
boilinglike
bolingbroke
bolshevikian
bombernickel
boneblack
boneblack
noun
Alternative form of bone black
bonebreaker
bonelike
bonelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of bone.
boneshaker
boneshaker
noun
A velocipede (the bicycle of the late 1860s).
Something jolty.
bonework
bonework
noun
The art or process of making objects from bone.
bonked
bonked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bonk
bonkers
bonkers
adj
(informal) Mad; crazy.
noun
plural of bonker
bonnetlike
bonnetlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bonnet (traditional hat).
bontebok
bontebok
noun
A South African antelope of genus Damaliscus
bonteboks
bonteboks
noun
plural of bontebok
bontebuck
bontebuck
noun
Alternative form of bontebok (“South African antelope”)
bontebucks
bontebucks
noun
plural of bontebuck
bookbinder
bookbinder
noun
A person whose profession is binding pages together to form books.
bookbinderies
bookbinderies
noun
plural of bookbindery
bookbinders
bookbinders
noun
plural of bookbinder
bookbindery
bookbindery
noun
A building where books are assembled and bound.
bookend
bookend
noun
(figurative) Something that comes before, after, or at both sides of something else.
A heavy object or moveable support placed at one or both ends of a row of books for the purpose of keeping them upright.
verb
(transitive) To come before and after, or at both sides of.
bookends
bookends
noun
(poker, slang) An ace and a ten as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.
plural of bookend
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bookend
bookiness
bookiness
noun
The quality of being booky.
bookishness
bookishness
noun
The property of being bookish.
bookkeeping
bookkeeping
noun
(accounting) The skill or practice of keeping books or systematic records of financial transactions, e.g. income and expenses.
(computing) General tasks for maintaining a system.
verb
present participle of bookkeep
bookkeepings
bookkeepings
noun
plural of bookkeeping
bookmen
bookmen
noun
plural of bookman
bookmonger
bookmonger
noun
(archaic) A bookseller.
bookselling
bookselling
noun
The sale of books.
booksellings
boondocker
boondocker
noun
A kind of combat boot worn in the US Marine Corps.
boskiness
boskiness
noun
The state or quality of being bosky.
boscage
boskinesses
bottekin
bottlemaking
bottlemaking
noun
The manufacture of bottles.
bottleneck
bottleneck
noun
(by extension) The part of a process that is too slow or cumbersome.
(figurative) In traffic, any narrowing of the road, especially resulting in a delay.
The narrow portion that forms the pouring spout of a bottle; the neck of a bottle.
verb
(intransitive) To form a bottleneck.
(transitive) To slow by causing a bottleneck.
bottlenecked
bottlenecked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bottleneck
bottlenecks
bottlenecks
noun
plural of bottleneck
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bottleneck
bounceback
bounceback
noun
(Internet) An automated response to an email, indicating that it could not be delivered.
(marketing) A customized order form sent out with previously ordered goods, encouraging the customer to make a further order, perhaps motivated by a discount or free gift.
A rebound.
An economic recovery.
boydekyn
boylikeness
bradyteleokinesis
brainworker
breakbone
breakbone
adj
Violent; rough and painful.
noun
(US dialect, countable) A chicken's wishbone.
(pathology, uncountable) dengue fever
breakbones
breakbones
noun
Alternative form of break-bones
plural of breakbone
breakdown
breakdown
noun
(US) Any rapid bluegrass dance tune, especially featuring a five-string banjo.
(US, dated) A noisy, rapid, shuffling dance engaged in competitively by a number of persons or pairs in succession, common in traditional African American music from the Southern United States.
(US, dated) Any noisy dance performed by shuffling the feet, usually by one person at a time.
(chemistry) Breaking of chemical bonds within a compound to produce simpler compounds or elements.
(film, television) A detailed description of a forthcoming project, including the characters and roles required.
(music) The percussion break of songs chosen by a DJ for use in hip-hop music.
(physics) The sudden transition of an electrical insulator to a conductor when subjected to a sufficiently strong voltage, caused by the partial or complete ionization of the insulator.
(sports) A loss of organization (of the parts of a system).
A failure, particularly mechanical in nature.
A musical technique by which the music is stripped down, becoming simpler, varying in heaviness depending on the genre.
A physical collapse or lapse of mental stability.
Listing, division or categorization in great detail.
Something that has experienced a mechanical failure.
breakdowns
breakdowns
noun
plural of breakdown
breakfront
breakfront
noun
(chiefly attributive) Any piece of furniture (especially a bookcase or cabinet) that has a central section that projects farther forward than the other sections.
breakfronts
breakfronts
noun
plural of breakfront
breakpoint
breakpoint
noun
(meteorology) A location referred to when issuing watches, warnings, or advisories for specific areas.
(physics) The point where surface water waves are breaking in, e.g., oceans or lakes.
(programming) A point in a program at which operation may be interrupted during debugging so that the state of the program at that point can be investigated.
(web development) A particular size at which a web page is designed to switch to a different layout.
verb
(programming, transitive) To flag with a breakpoint.
breakpoints
breakpoints
noun
plural of breakpoint
breakstone
breakstone
noun
Burnet saxifrage (Pimpinella saxifraga)
Parsley piert (Aphanes arvensis)
Pearlwort (Sagina spp.)
Saxifrage (Saxifraga spp.)
brecknockshire
brecknockshire
Proper noun
An inland traditional county of Wales, bordered by Monmouthshire, Herefordshire, Radnorshire, Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire and Glamorganshire.
brideknot
brocken
brodekin
brodekin
noun
Alternative form of brodequin
broken
broken
adj
(colloquial, US, of a situation) Not having gone in the way intended; saddening.
(meteorology, of the sky) Five-eighths to seven-eighths obscured by clouds; incompletely covered by clouds.
(of a bone or body part) Fractured; having the bone in pieces.
(of a line) Dashed; made up of short lines with small gaps between each one and the next.
(of a melody) Having periods of silence scattered throughout; not regularly continuous.
(of a person) Completely defeated and dispirited; shattered; destroyed.
(of a promise, etc) Breached; violated; not kept.
(of an electronic connection) Disconnected, no longer open or carrying traffic.
(of land) Uneven.
(of language) Grammatically non-standard, especially as a result of being produced by a non-native speaker.
(of skin) Split or ruptured.
(of sleep) Interrupted; not continuous.
(software, informal) Badly designed or implemented.
(sports and gaming, of a tactic or option) Overpowered; overly powerful; too powerful.