(obsolete) Alternative form of abelmosk in its various senses.
adultlike
adultlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of an adult
aguelike
aguelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of an ague.
akule
akule
noun
(Hawaii) The bigeye scad, Selar crumenophthalmus.
aleikoum
aleikum
aleukaemic
aleukaemic
adj
Relating to aleukaemia.
aleukemic
aleukemic
adj
Relating to aleukemia.
alkaliferous
alkaliferous
adj
Yielding alkalis.
alkaligenous
alkaligenous
adj
Producing or generating alkali.
alkylarylsulfonate
alkylbenzenesulfonate
alkylbenzenesulfonates
ambushlike
ankylurethria
ankylurethria
noun
(biology, medicine) Impaired patency of the urethra owing to any sort of fusion that either partially or completely obstructs its lumen (for example, stricture due to adhesions).
antileukemic
antileukemic
adj
(oncology, pharmacology) Preventing or countering leukemia.
noun
Any drug that prevents or counters leukemia.
arbuckle
arguslike
arumlike
auchinleck
auklet
auklet
noun
Any of several small seabirds in the genera Aethia, Cerorhinca and Ptychoramphus of the auk family Alcidae.
auklets
auklets
noun
plural of auklet
auldfarrantlike
auntlike
auntlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of an aunt.
automatonlike
automatonlike
adj
Like an automaton; robotic.
autoskeleton
autoskeleton
noun
(zoology) The true skeleton of a sponge, composed of elements secreted by the sponge itself.
bacchuslike
backhauled
backhauled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backhaul
bankruptlike
bankruptlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bankrupt.
bareknuckle
bareknuckled
basketful
basketful
noun
The amount that will fit into a basket
basketfuls
basketfuls
noun
plural of basketful
baulked
baulked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of baulk
baulkier
baulkier
adj
comparative form of baulky: more baulky
baulkiest
baulkiest
adj
superlative form of baulky: most baulky
bazluke
beakerful
beakerful
noun
The amount that a beaker will hold.
beakful
beakful
noun
As much (food) as a creature's beak will hold or carry.
beauclerk
bellbuckle
belouke
belucki
benkulen
berkelium
berkelium
noun
A transuranic chemical element (symbol Bk) with an atomic number of 97.
biscuitlike
biscuitlike
Adjective
Resembling a biscuit or some aspect of one.
blackfigured
blackguarded
blackguarded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blackguard
blackguardize
blackguardize
verb
To make blackguardly.
blacktongue
blakesburg
blesbuck
blesbuck
noun
A type of damalisk (Damaliscus pygargus phillipsi), an African antelope closely related to the hartebeest.
blesbucks
blesbucks
noun
plural of blesbuck
blockaderunning
blockbusted
blockbuster
blockbuster
noun
(US) One who engages in blockbusting (technique encouraging people to sell property).
(informal) Something, especially an event or a film, book or other creative work, that is intended to achieve high sales (perhaps indicated by large budgets or high advertising spending) or that is conceived on a large or epic scale
(informal) Something, such as a film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales, as opposed to a box office bomb.
(slang) Anything very large or powerful; a whopper.
A high-explosive bomb used for the purposes of demolishing extensive areas, such as a city block.
A large firework of the firecracker type; an M-80.
blockbusters
blockbusters
noun
plural of blockbuster
blockhouse
blockhouse
noun
(dated) A temporary wooden fortification with a projecting upper story.
A reinforced building from which to control hazardous operations, such as an explosion or a rocket launch.
A sturdy military fortification, often of concrete, with gunports.
blockhouses
blockhouses
noun
plural of blockhouse
bloodsucker
bloodsucker
noun
(by extension) Any parasite.
(by extension) One who attempts to take as much from others as possible; a leech.
A vampire.
An animal that drinks the blood of others, especially by sucking blood through a puncture wound; a hemovore.
The changeable lizard (Calotes versicolor).
bloodsuckers
bloodsuckers
noun
plural of bloodsucker
blouselike
blouselike
adj
Resembling a blouse.
blueback
blueback
noun
A blueback herring or blueback shad (Alosa aestivalis, syn. Clupea aestivalis) similar to the alewife
A lake trout (Salmo oquassa).
A salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka).
blueblack
bluebook
bluebook
noun
A blank booklet of lined paper used in the administration of examinations, so named because of its pale blue front and back covers.
verb
(law) To format a document, particularly a legal document including citations, according to the rules of the Bluebook, a US style guide.
bluebooks
bluebooks
noun
plural of bluebook
bluebuck
bluebuck
noun
An extinct mammal, Hippotragus leucophaeus, the first large African mammal to become extinct in historical times (circa 1800).
The nilgai.
bluejack
bluejack
verb
(transitive) To send messages to (a device) anonymously using Bluetooth.
bluejacket
bluejacket
noun
(nautical) A seaman of a British warship
(nautical) An enlisted man in the US Navy.
A uniformed policeman.
bluejackets
bluejackets
noun
plural of bluejacket
bluejacks
bluejacks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bluejack
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
bluetick
bluetick
noun
A coonhound of a certain breed originating in the United States,
verb
(Internet slang) To ignore (a message) sent via a social messaging app, especially one where a reply is expected or requested.
blunker
blunket
blunket
adj
(obsolete) Gray; grayish or light blue.
noun
(obsolete) A cloth, or kind of cloth (blanket cloth), generally but not always of this color.
(obsolete) A color, generally a light bluish gray or blue or gray, but sometimes seemingly a dark red or violet.
booklouse
booklouse
noun
Any of the small insects who feed on bookbindings, especially those of the order Psocoptera.
bouckville
boulework
boulework
noun
(woodworking) Obsolete form of buhl work.
boullework
bruckle
bruckle
adj
(dialectal) Frail, weak, fragile.
bruckled
bruckleness
brushlike
brushlike
adj
Having the form of a brush.
brutelike
brutelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a brute.
bubblelike
bubblelike
adj
Having the characteristics of a bubble.
bubukle
bubukle
noun
(obsolete, nonce word) A red pimple.
buckels
bucketful
bucketful
noun
(by extension) A large quantity.
The quantity contained in a bucket.
bucketfull
bucketfuls
bucketfuls
noun
plural of bucketful
bucketsful
buckfield
bucklandite
buckle
buckle
noun
(Canada, heraldry) The brisure of an eighth daughter.
(US, baking) A cake baked with fresh fruit and a streusel topping.
(countable) A clasp used for fastening two things together, such as the ends of a belt, or for retaining the end of a strap.
(roofing) An upward, elongated displacement of a roof membrane frequently occurring over insulation or deck joints. A buckle may be an indication of movement with the roof assembly.
A contorted expression, as of the face.
A curl of hair, especially a kind of crisp curl formerly worn; also, the state of being curled.
A distortion, bulge, bend, or kink, as in a saw blade or a plate of sheet metal.
verb
(Scotland) To unite in marriage.
(intransitive) To distort or collapse under physical pressure; especially, of a slender structure in compression.
(intransitive) To yield; to give way; to cease opposing.
(intransitive, figuratively) To give in; to react suddenly or adversely to stress or pressure (of a person).
(obsolete, intransitive) To enter upon some labour or contest; to join in close fight; to contend.
(transitive) To fasten using a buckle.
(transitive) To make bend; to cause to become distorted.
To buckle down; to apply oneself.
buckled
buckled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of buckle
buckleless
buckleless
adj
Without a buckle.
buckler
buckler
noun
(nautical) A block of wood or plate of iron made to fit a hawse hole, or the circular opening in a half-port, to prevent water from entering when the vessel pitches.
(obsolete) A shield resembling the Roman scutum. In modern usage, a smaller variety of shield is usually implied by this term.
(zoology) One of the large, bony, external plates found on many ganoid fishes.
(zoology) The anterior segment of the shell of a trilobite.
A kind of shield, of various shapes and sizes, held in the hand or worn on the arm (usually the left), for protecting the front of the body. In the sword and buckler play of the Middle Ages in England, the buckler was a small shield, used not to cover the body but to stop or parry blows.
One who buckles something.
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To shield; to defend.
bucklered
bucklered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of buckler
bucklering
bucklering
verb
present participle of buckler
bucklers
bucklers
noun
plural of buckler
buckles
buckles
noun
plural of buckle
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of buckle
buckley
buckleya
bucknell
buckplate
buckwheatlike
buckwheatlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of buckwheat.
budlike
budlike
adj
Resembling a bud (newly formed leaf or flower, not yet unfolded).
bulblike
bulblike
adj
Resembling a bulb.
bulkage
bulkage
noun
bulk
bulkages
bulkages
noun
plural of bulkage
bulked
bulked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bulk
bulker
bulker
noun
(nautical) A bulk dry goods cargo ship.
(nautical) A person employed to ascertain the bulk or size of goods, in order to fix the amount of freight or dues payable on them.
A person who bulks (gains body mass).
Anything, such as a dietary supplement or an exercise, that helps a person to gain body mass.
bulkhead
bulkhead
noun
(nautical) A vertical partition dividing the hull into separate compartments; often made watertight to prevent excessive flooding if the ship's hull is breached.
A pressure-resistant sealed barrier to any fluid in a large structure.
A retaining wall along a waterfront.
A similar partition in an aircraft or spacecraft.
Mechanically, a partition or panel through which connectors pass, or a connector designed to pass through a partition.
bulkheaded
bulkheaded
adj
Furnished with a bulkhead or bulkheads.
bulkheading
bulkheading
noun
bulkheads in general
bulkheads
bulkheads
noun
plural of bulkhead
bulkier
bulkier
adj
comparative form of bulky: more bulky
bulkiest
bulkiest
adj
superlative form of bulk: most bulk
bulkiness
bulkiness
noun
The characteristic of being bulky, or of having bulk.
bulkinesses
bulkinesses
noun
plural of bulkiness
bulletlike
bulletlike
adj
Resembling a bullet or the path of a bullet.
bulletmaker
bulletmaker
noun
A manufacturer of bullets.
bulletmaking
bulletmaking
noun
The manufacture of bullets.
bulllike
bulllike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bull.
adv
In a manner similar to a bull.
bullneck
bullneck
noun
A bull-necked person.
A short and thick neck, like that of a bull.
bullnecked
bullnecked
adj
Having a thick, muscular neck
bullnecks
bullnecks
noun
plural of bullneck
bullocker
bullockite
bullsnake
bullsnake
noun
Pituophis catenifer sayi, a large non-venomous colubrid snake endemic to the central United States, northern Mexico, and southwestern Canada.
bullsticker
bullsucker
bullwhacker
bullwhacker
noun
(US) The driver of a bullock team.
bulrushlike
bulrushlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bulrush.
bulwarked
bulwarked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bulwark
bumblekite
bundelkhand
bunkerville
burkesville
burkettsville
burkeville
burkittsville
burkle
burkley
burkville
burlesk
burlesk
noun
Obsolete form of burlesque.
burlesks
burlesks
noun
plural of burlesk
bushelbasket
bushlike
bushlike
adj
Resembling a bush; bushly.
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.
buskle
buskle
verb
(transitive, intransitive, often reflexive) To prepare or equip; make ready; set out; hurry about; bustle