(figuratively, by extension) Power to control or heavily influence something or someone.
A wrestling move in which the opponent's arm is held immobile.
Any of several distinct attacks against an opponent’s arm in martial arts.
verb
(transitive) To hold in an armlock.
armlocks
armlocks
noun
plural of armlock
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of armlock
armonk
armrack
armrack
noun
A frame, generally vertical, for holding small arms.
arsmetik
arsmetrik
arsmetrike
artemovsk
arumlike
ashkenazim
ashkum
asmack
asmoke
asmoke
adj
Smoking; giving off steam or fog.
attackman
attackman
noun
(sports) A player in a position whose primary responsibility is offense.
aumakua
automaker
automaker
noun
One who manufactures automobiles; typically used to refer to a large corporation such as General Motors.
automatonlike
automatonlike
adj
Like an automaton; robotic.
avikom
awakenment
awakenment
noun
An awakening.
axmaker
axmaking
backcomb
backcomb
noun
(dated) A decorative comb worn as an ornament and to secure a hairstyle.
The hairstyle produced by backcombing.
verb
To hold hair and comb it towards the head, thus giving it a bushier look.
backcourtman
backcourtman
noun
(basketball) A backcourt player.
backcourtmen
backcourtmen
noun
plural of backcourtman
backframe
backgame
backgame
noun
(backgammon) A game in which a player blocks the opponent's progress by forming two or more points in the opponent's home board.
An indirect strategy in which one attempts to achieve one's goals by maneuvering behind the scenes.
backgammon
backgammon
noun
A board game for two players in which each has 15 stones which move between 24 triangular points according to the roll of a pair of dice; the object is to move all of one's pieces around, and bear them off the board.
{{lb|en|backgammon}} A victory in the game when the loser has not borne off a stone, and still has one or more stones in the winner's inner home row or on the bar.
verb
To win at a backgammon game with the opponent having one or more pieces in the winner’s inner home row or on the bar.
backgammons
backgammons
noun
plural of backgammon
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backgammon
backmost
backmost
adj
farthest back
backstamp
backstamped
backstamping
backstromite
backstromite
noun
(mineralogy) Synonym of hydrohausmannite
backswimmer
backswimmer
noun
Any of various aquatic insects, of the family Notonectidae, that swim on their backs.
backswordman
backswordman
noun
(historical) One who fights with a backsword or singlestick.
backswordmen
backswordmen
noun
plural of backswordman
backswordsman
backwoodsman
backwoodsman
noun
(informal, UK politics) A Peer who is seldom present in the House of Lords of the United Kingdom Parliament, who may be encouraged to attend when a very important vote is expected.
A person who is acclimated to living in a forest area that is far removed from civilization or modern conveniences.
An uncivilized person.
backwoodsmen
backwoodsmen
noun
plural of backwoodsman
backworm
backworm
noun
(obsolete) The thread-like worm found in filanders, the disease of hawks.
bagmaker
bagmaker
noun
A manufacturer of bags.
bagmaking
bagmaking
noun
The manufacture of bags.
bakeman
bakemeat
bakemeat
noun
(obsolete) Any baked product (such as a pie)
bakemeats
bakemeats
noun
plural of bakemeat
bakemeier
bakerdom
bakerdom
noun
The realm or sphere of bakers; the world of baking.
bakerman
bakhmut
bakuninism
balkanism
balkanism
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Balkanism
balmlike
balmlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a balm; soothing, healing.
bamako
bamako
Proper noun
The capital city of Mali
bambuk
bamileke
bandkeramik
bankerdom
bankerdom
noun
The world of bankers and finance.
bankman
bankmen
bankruptism
bankruptism
noun
(obsolete) bankruptcy
banksman
banksman
noun
(UK, civil engineering) The person who directs the operation of a crane or larger vehicle from the point near where loads are attached and detached.
banksmen
banksmen
noun
plural of banksman
baramika
barkometer
barkometer
noun
A hydrometer calibrated to test the strength of tanning liquors used in tanning leather.
barksome
barksome
adj
Characterised or marked by barking
barmbrack
barmbrack
noun
An Irish yeasted bread with sultanas and raisins.
barmkin
barmkin
noun
(obsolete) The battlement on the exterior fortification of a castle in northern England and parts of Scotland; a barbican.
barmskin
barmskin
noun
(UK, dialect, obsolete) A blacksmith's leather apron.
barrelmaker
barrelmaker
noun
A maker of barrels, especially a cooper or a container manufacturer.
barrelmaking
barrelmaking
noun
The manufacture of barrels.
basketmaker
basketmaker
noun
A person who weaves baskets.
basketmaking
basketmaking
noun
The construction of baskets, especially by traditional means.
basketwoman
basketwoman
noun
(historical) A woman who sells goods from a basket.
basketworm
basketworm
noun
The larva of a psychid moth.
bazookaman
bazookamen
beakerman
beakermen
beamlike
beamlike
adj
Having the form of a beam
beamwork
beatnikism
beatnikism
noun
The social and artistic ideas associated with beatniks
beckemeyer
beckerman
beckman
beckmann
bedmaker
bedmaker
noun
(Cambridge University, formal or historical) A bedder.
someone who manufactures beds
bedmakers
bedmakers
noun
plural of bedmaker
bedmaking
bedmaking
noun
The skill or act of making beds (arranging the sheets, etc.).
beekman
beekmantown
beermaker
beermaker
noun
One who makes beer; a brewer.
beermaking
beermaking
noun
The making of beer.
bellmaker
bellmaker
noun
someone who makes bells
bellmaking
bellmaking
noun
The manufacture of bells.
bellowsmaker
bellowsmaking
beltmaker
beltmaker
noun
Someone who makes belts.
beltmaking
beltmaking
noun
The manufacture of belts.
bemask
bemask
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To mask; cover or conceal with a mask; conceal.
bemock
bemock
verb
(archaic) To ridicule or mock.
(transitive) To cause to appear as if mock or unreal; excel or surpass, as the genuine surpasses the counterfeit.
(transitive) To mock repeatedly; flout.
(transitive, archaic) To make up as something else, to make into an imitation or semblance
bemocked
bemocked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bemock
bemocking
bemocking
verb
present participle of bemock
bemocks
bemocks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bemock
bemuck
bemusk
benchmark
benchmark
noun
(computing) A computer program that is executed to assess the performance of the runtime environment.
A standard by which something is evaluated or measured.
A surveyor's mark made on some stationary object and shown on a map; used as a reference point.
verb
(intransitive, followed by at) To give certain results in a benchmark test.
(transitive, intransitive, followed by against) To use something (e.g., a competitor's product) as a standard to improve one's own thing.
benchmarked
benchmarked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of benchmark
benchmarking
benchmarking
noun
A performance measurement according to a benchmark.
verb
present participle of benchmark
benchmarks
benchmarks
noun
plural of benchmark
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of benchmark
benkelman
bergamask
bergomask
bergomask
noun
(obsolete) A kind of rustic dance.
berkeleianism
berkeleyism
berkelium
berkelium
noun
A transuranic chemical element (symbol Bk) with an atomic number of 97.
berkman
besmoke
besmoke
verb
(transitive) To befoul with smoke.
(transitive) To fill with smoke; act on with smoke; fumigate.
(transitive) To harden or dry in smoke.
besmoked
besmoked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of besmoke
besmokes
besmokes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of besmoke
besmoking
besmoking
verb
present participle of besmoke
bespecklement
betokenment
betsimisaraka
bhaktimarga
bibliokleptomania
bibliokleptomania
noun
A mental disorder that produces a compulsion to steal books.
bibliokleptomaniac
bibliokleptomaniac
noun
Someone who suffers from bibliokleptomania.
bickmore
bikkurim
bikram
biometrika
birkremite
birthmark
birthmark
noun
A mark on the skin formed before birth.
birthmarks
birthmarks
noun
plural of birthmark
biscuitmaker
biscuitmaking
bismarck
bismarck
noun
(Alberta, Saskatchewan, Northern US, Midwestern US) A jelly doughnut: a doughnut filled with jam and coated with sugar.
(Manitoba) A doughnut filled with cream, often with chocolate icing.
(Midland US) A fried cruller, or a sort of pancake.
bismarckian
bismarckian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to (1815-1898), German statesman associated with antisocialism, complex diplomacy and the creation of the welfare state.
bismarckianism
bismark
blackamoor
blackamoor
noun
(archaic, often offensive) A person with dark skin, especially one from north Africa.
(heraldry) A stylized Negro.
A blackamoor slave, a blackamoor servant; and hence any slave, servant, inferior, or child.
blackamoors
blackamoors
noun
plural of blackamoor
blackarm
blackdamp
blackdamp
noun
Choke damp.
blackguardism
blackguardism
noun
Blackguardly behaviour or language.
blackgum
blackgum
noun
Alternative form of black gum (“tree”)
blackgums
blackgums
noun
plural of blackgum
blacklegism
blacklegism
noun
The character or actions of a blackleg.
blackmail
blackmail
noun
(England law, historical) Black rent, or rent paid in corn, meat, or the lowest coin, as opposed to white rent, which was paid in silver.
(archaic) A form of protection money (or corn, cattle, etc.) anciently paid, in the north of England and south of Scotland, to the allies of robbers in order to be spared from pillage.
Compromising material that can be used to extort someone, dirt.
The extortion of money or favours by threats of public accusation, exposure, or censure.
verb
(Kenya) To speak ill of someone; to defame someone.
(transitive) To extort money or favors from (a person) by exciting fears of injury other than bodily harm, such as injury to reputation, distress of mind, false accusation, etc.
blackmailed
blackmailed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blackmail