An old Thai unit of length, approximately 2.6 centimetres.
backhauling
backhauling
verb
present participle of backhaul
baikonur
baikonur
Proper noun
A city in Kazakhstan, rented and administered by Russia, constructed to service Baikonur Cosmodrome, since 1995 also called Baikonur.
bakunin
bakuninism
bakuninist
bakuninist
Adjective
Relating to, or supporting the revolutionary anarchism of
bankruptcies
bankruptcies
noun
plural of bankruptcy
bankrupting
bankrupting
verb
present participle of bankrupt
bankruptism
bankruptism
noun
(obsolete) bankruptcy
bankruptlike
bankruptlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bankrupt.
bankruptship
baronduki
bathukolpian
bathukolpian
adj
Alternative spelling of bathykolpian
baudekin
baudekins
baudekins
noun
plural of baudekin
baulking
baulking
noun
Alternative form of balking
verb
present participle of baulk
bhikkuni
binukau
biscuitmaking
bivouacking
bivouacking
verb
present participle of bivouac
blockaderunning
blockbusting
blockbusting
adj
Having the characteristics of a blockbuster; hugely successful.
noun
(US) A technique used to encourage people to sell their property by giving the impression that a neighborhood is changing for the worse, especially by implying a change in its racial makeup.
bloodsucking
bloodsucking
adj
(by extension, of a person) parasitic, leechlike or freeloading
(of an insect or animal) That draws off the blood of another animal, or a person.
bloodsuckings
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
brankursine
brankursine
noun
A plant, the acanthus.
brunswick
brunswick
Proper noun
A city in Germany; Braunschweig.
Any of several towns in the United States and elsewhere.
A suburb of Melbourne, Australia.
brushmaking
brushmaking
noun
The manufacture of brushes.
bucketing
bucketing
noun
A heavy pouring down of liquid; a deluge.
Synonym of binning (“data pre-processing technique”)
The act of moving material using a bucket.
verb
present participle of bucket
bucketmaking
bucketmaking
noun
The manufacture of buckets.
bucking
bucking
noun
(forestry) The process of cutting a felled and delimbed tree into logs.
The act of a quadruped kicking both hind legs upward at once.
The act or process of soaking or boiling cloth in an alkaline liquid in the operation of bleaching.
The liquid used in this process.
The process of breaking up or pulverizing ores.
verb
present participle of buck
buckingham
buckingham
Proper noun
A place name:
A town in Buckinghamshire, England.
A former city in Quebec, Canada, merged into Gatineau in 2002.
An unincorporated community in Colorado, USA, named after a railroad official.
A census-designated place in Florida, USA.
A village in Illinois, USA.
An unincorporated community in Iowa, USA, named after Buckingham County, VA.
A former city in Texas, USA, now part of Richardson, Texas.
A census-designated place and county seat of Buckingham County in Virginia, USA.
A dukedom in the English peerage.
An English habitational surname derived from the place name.
buckinghamshire
buckinghamshire
Proper noun
An inland county of England bounded by Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Greater London, Berkshire and Oxfordshire.
buckishness
buckishness
noun
The quality of being buckish.
bucklandite
bucklering
bucklering
verb
present participle of buckler
bucklin
buckling
buckling
adj
Wavy; curly, as hair.
noun
(geology) A folding into hills and valleys.
A young male domestic goat of between one and two years.
Smoked herring.
The act of fastening a buckle.
The action of collapsing under pressure or stress.
verb
present participle of buckle
buckraming
buckraming
verb
present participle of buckram
buckskin
buckskin
adj
Of a grayish yellow in colour.
noun
A grayish yellow in colour.
A person clothed in buckskin, particularly an American soldier of the Revolutionary war.
A soft strong leather, usually yellowish or grayish in color, made of deerskin.
Breeches made of buckskin.
Clothing made from buckskin.
The skin of a male deer, a buck.
buckskinned
buckskinned
adj
Wearing clothes made from buckskin.
buckskins
buckskins
noun
trousers and other clothing made from buckskin
buckwashing
bukharin
bukidnon
bukittinggi
bukovina
bulkheading
bulkheading
noun
bulkheads in general
bulkin
bulkiness
bulkiness
noun
The characteristic of being bulky, or of having bulk.
bulkinesses
bulkinesses
noun
plural of bulkiness
bulking
bulking
noun
(bodybuilding) A period of intentional weight gain.
verb
present participle of bulk
bulletmaking
bulletmaking
noun
The manufacture of bullets.
bullskin
bulwarking
bulwarking
verb
present participle of bulwark
bumkin
bumkin
noun
(nautical) A short outrigger projecting from the side of the aft part of a square-rigged sailing ship, used as an attachment point for a rope (brace) used to set a yard-arm at different angles to a mast so to allow the ship to sail at different angles to the wind.
bumkins
bumkins
noun
plural of bumkin
bumpkin
bumpkin
noun
(nautical) A short boom or spar used to extend a sail or secure a stay.
A clumsy, unsophisticated person; a yokel.
Dance, a series of reels, Scottish.
bumpkinet
bumpkinish
bumpkinish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bumpkin.
bumpkinly
bumpkinly
adj
Befitting a bumpkin.
bumpkins
bumpkins
noun
plural of bumpkin
bumsucking
bunkering
bunkering
noun
(chiefly Nigeria) The illicit removal of oil from a pipeline or other distribution system.
(nautical) The taking on board of bunker fuel.
verb
present participle of bunker
bunkerville
bunkie
bunkie
noun
Familiar term of address.
a small cabin with a bunk or bed(s), a free-standing bedroom or sleeping area separate from the main house or cottage, which may or may not have other facilities (a fully outfitted outbuilding with a kitchen or bathroom would be a guest house and not a bunkie)
bunkmate, someone with which one shares a bunk bed.
bunking
bunking
verb
present participle of bunk
bunkoing
bunkoing
verb
present participle of bunko
burbankian
burbankism
burking
burking
verb
present participle of burke
bushmaking
bushwalking
bushwalking
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) The activity of hiking or backpacking.
verb
present participle of bushwalk
bushwhacking
bushwhacking
noun
criticizing, by someone or a person(s), on policies and stances by George W. Bush, in forums and discussions
fighting, as a guerilla, especially in wooded country
travelling through thick wooded country, cutting away scrub to make progress
verb
present participle of bushwhack
businesslike
businesslike
adj
Earnest and practical without being distracted or enthusiastic.
Methodical and efficient, in a way that would be advantageous to a business or businessperson.
businesslikeness
businesslikeness
noun
The state or condition of being businesslike.
buskin
buskin
noun
(by extension) Tragic drama; tragedy.
(historical) A half-boot.
(historical) A type of half-boot with a high heel, worn by the ancient Athenian tragic actors.
An instrument of torture for the foot; bootikin.
buskined
buskined
adj
Tragic, dignified or serious in style.
Trodden by buskins.
Wearing buskins.
busking
busking
noun
(obsolete) Clothing; dress; ornaments worn.
verb
present participle of busk
buskins
buskins
noun
plural of buskin
buttermaking
buttinski
buttinski
noun
(telecommunications) A robust portable one-piece telephone instrument with clips, used by technicians and lines staff for testing telephone circuits or making a temporary connection to a telephone line.
Alternative spelling of buttinsky
buttinskies
buttinsky
buttinsky
noun
(derogatory) One who is prone to butt in, interrupt, or get involved where they are not welcome; a busybody.
(telecommunications) Alternative spelling of buttinski (“a robust portable one-piece telephone instrument with clips, used by technicians and lines staff for testing telephone circuits or making a temporary connection to a telephone line”)
buttonlike
buttonlike
adj
Resembling a button.
cherubikon
debunking
debunking
noun
The act of showing something to be false (or bunkum)
verb
present participle of debunk
doublethink
doublethink
noun
The holding of two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously and accepting both of them as true or correct, without realizing the contradiction.
doublethinking
doublethinks
doublethinks
noun
plural of doublethink
dubinsky
dubrovnik
dubrovnik
Proper noun
A city and port in southern Croatia on the Adriatic Sea.
duckblind
dumbstricken
ekaterinburg
embuskin
finksburg
grubstaking
grubstaking
verb
present participle of grubstake
gulbenkian
housebreaking
housebreaking
noun
The act of breaking into another person's house with unlawful intent.
verb
(animal training) present participle of housebreak
hubmaking
husbandlike
husbandlike
adj
Resembling a husband.
inkbush
inkbush
noun
The plant Cestrum laevigatum.
The plant Forestiera eggersiana.
The plant Suaeda torreyana.
innsbruck
innsbruck
Proper noun
A city in western Austria, and the capital of the federal state of Tyrol.
jenkinsburg
kashubian
kasubian
keraunophobia
keraunophobia
Noun
An abnormal fear of thunder and lightning.
kibbutznik
kibbutznik
noun
A member of a kibbutz.
kibbutzniks
kibbutzniks
noun
plural of kibbutznik
kilbourne
kimbundu
kinabalu
kinabulu
kingsburg
kingsbury
kingsbury
Proper noun
a suburb in the London Borough of England
a village in district, Warwickshire, England
a suburb of Victoria, Australia.
a village municipality in region, Quebec, Canada.
a town in Indiana, USA.
a CDP in Nevada, USA.
a town in New York, USA.
a small city in Texas, USA.
kinksbush
knubbier
knubbiest
koeberliniaceous
kubuklion
kuebbing
kunbi
kurbashing
kurbashing
verb
present participle of kurbash
lieberkuhn
lubiniezky
mecklenburgian
mountebankeries
mountebankeries
noun
plural of mountebankery
mountebankish
mountebankish
adj
Like a mountebank; using or suggesting quackery.
mountebankism
mountebankism
noun
The practices of a mountebank; mountebankery.
muehlenbeckia
muehlenbeckia
noun
(botany) Any of the genus Muehlenbeckia of maidenhairs.
neighbourlike
neighbourlike
adj
(Britain, Canada) Synonym of neighbourly
outbaking
outbaking
verb
present participle of outbake
outbarking
outbarking
verb
present participle of outbark
outbreaking
outbreaking
noun
That which bursts forth.
The act of breaking out.
verb
present participle of outbreak
overbulkiness
parbuckling
parbuckling
verb
present participle of parbuckle
plankbuilt
purbeckian
quarterbacking
quarterbacking
noun
(American football) The act of playing as a quarterback
(US) The action of making criticisms after the event
verb
present participle of quarterback
quickborn
quickborn
adj
(archaic) born alive; not stillborn
quickenbeam
rebuckling
rebuckling
verb
present participle of rebuckle
rebuking
rebuking
noun
The act of giving a rebuke.
verb
present participle of rebuke
rebukingly
rebukingly
adv
In a rebuking manner.
rubbernecking
rubbernecking
noun
Generally, any act of observation in a manner considered unduly overt or otherwise unseemly.
The act of slowing down whilst driving a vehicle, in order to see the scene of an accident.
verb
present participle of rubberneck
shubunkin
shubunkin
noun
A Japanese variety of goldfish
skinbound
skinbound
adj
Having the skin adhering closely and rigidly to the flesh; hidebound.
skunkbill
springbuck
springbuck
noun
Alternative form of springbok
steinbuck
stinkbug
stinkbug
noun
(Southwestern US) A pinacate beetle or stink beetle (genus Eleodes) that releases a pungent odor when threatened.
(entomology) Any of various insects of the Hemiptera order (the "true bugs"), in the Heteroptera suborder, principally in the superfamilies Pentatomoidea and Coreoidea.
Any of several insects, usually shield-shaped, possessing a gland that produces a foul-smelling liquid, usually containing aldehydes which they use to discourage predators.