A former bantustan in the northwestern region of South Africa.
bordentown
borrowing
borrowing
noun
(linguistics) A borrowed word, adopted from a foreign language; loanword.
An instance of something being borrowed.
verb
(slang, crime) Slang term for shoplifting.
present participle of borrow
boswellian
boswellian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to (1740–1795), Scottish lawyer and writer, best known for his biography of
boswelliana
boswellizing
botswana
bowbent
bowbent
adj
bent, like a bow
bowden
bowdlerisation
bowdlerisation
noun
The action or instance of bowdlerising; the omission or removal of material considered vulgar or indecent.
bowdlerising
bowdlerising
verb
present participle of bowdlerise
bowdlerization
bowdlerization
noun
The action or instance of bowdlerizing; the omission or removal of material considered vulgar or indecent.
bowdlerizations
bowdlerizations
noun
plural of bowdlerization
bowdlerizing
bowdlerizing
verb
present participle of bowdlerize
bowdoin
bowdoinham
bowdon
bowedness
bowedness
noun
Quality of being bowed.
boweling
bowelling
bowelling
verb
present participle of bowel
bowen
bowenite
bowenite
noun
(mineralogy) A hard, compact variety of the serpentine species antigorite.
bowering
bowering
verb
present participle of bower
bowermaiden
bowerman
bowerston
bowerwoman
bowerwoman
noun
(historical) A female servant who waits upon a lady in her bedroom.
bowfin
bowfin
noun
A voracious ganoid fish, Amia calva, the last survivor of the order Amiiformes, found in the fresh waters of the United States.
bowfins
bowfins
noun
plural of bowfin
bowfront
bowfront
adj
Having a bow window in front.
Having an outward curving front.
bowing
bowing
noun
A bending.
A technique for using the bow on a string instrument such as a violin.
The act of bending at the waist, as a sign of respect or greeting.
verb
present participle and gerund of bow (all senses)
bowingly
bowingly
adv
in a bowing manner
bowings
bowings
noun
plural of bowing
bowknot
bowknot
noun
A knot that has two loops and two loose ends, either used decoratively, or to tie shoelaces.
bowknots
bowknots
noun
plural of bowknot
bowldering
bowleggedness
bowleggedness
noun
The quality of being bow-legged.
bowlin
bowline
bowline
noun
(nautical) A knot tied so as to produce an eye or loop in the end of a rope that will not slip or jam.
(nautical) A rope fastened near the middle of the leech or perpendicular edge of the square sails.
bowlines
bowlines
noun
plural of bowline
bowling
bowling
noun
(Ireland) Road bowling.
(New England) Candlepin bowling.
(cricket) The action of propelling the ball towards the batsman.
(gerund) The action of the verb bowl.
(slang) A particular style of walking associated with urban street culture.
A game played by rolling a ball down an alley and trying to knock over a triangular group of ten pins; ten-pin bowling/five-pin bowling
Any of several similar games played indoors or outdoors.
verb
present participle of bowl
bowlings
bowmaking
bowmaking
noun
The manufacture of bows (for archery or for musical instruments).
bowman
bowman
noun
(archery) A man who uses a bow; an archer.
(nautical) The person, in a team or among oarsmen, positioned nearest the bow.
bowmansdale
bowmanstown
bowmansville
bowmen
bowmen
noun
plural of bowman
bown
bowne
bowne
verb
(transitive, obsolete) Alternative form of boun
bowpin
bowring
bowsing
bowsing
verb
present participle of bowse
bowsman
bowsman
noun
(nautical) A sailor who works in the bow of a vessel.
An archer.
bowssen
bowssen
verb
(obsolete) To drench; to soak; to immerse (in water believed to have curative properties).
bowstring
bowstring
noun
(historical) The string of an archer's bow, as used by the Turks for strangling offenders.
The string of an archer's bow.
verb
(transitive) To strangle with a bowstring.
bowstringed
bowstringed
adj
Supplied or fitted with a bowstring.
bowstringing
bowstringing
verb
present participle of bowstring
bowstrings
bowstrings
noun
plural of bowstring
bowstrung
bowstrung
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bowstring
bowwoman
bowwoman
Noun
A female archer.
bowyang
bowyang
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) A strap worn below the knee, especially by labourers, to keep the trousers up or to stop them stretching while bending.
bowyangs
bowyangs
noun
plural of bowyang
boyertown
boystown
boystown
Proper noun
A gayborhood area of Chicago
brainpower
brainpower
noun
Intelligent people considered as a group.
Mental ability; intelligence.
brainpowers
brainpowers
noun
plural of brainpower
brainwood
brainwork
brainwork
noun
Work done with the brain; mental effort.
brainworker
brantwood
brasstown
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
brentwood
brentwood
Proper noun
a town in Essex, England.
a town in New Hampshire, USA
brewerton
brewton
brewton
Proper noun
a city in Alabama, USA
bridgetown
bridgetown
Proper noun
The capital of Barbados.
A town in Devon, UK.
A town in Western Australia.
A town in Nova Scotia, Canada.
A town in Ohio, US.
brimstonewort
brimstonewort
noun
Rosa canina, the dog rose.
bringdown
bringdown
noun
comedown
disappointment, letdown
brinklow
brinktown
brokenbow
bronislaw
bronwen
bronwood
bronwyn
bronwyn
Proper noun
name; an Anglicized form of Bronwen.
bronzewing
bronzewing
noun
Any of several species of bird in the genera Henicophaps and Phaps in the pigeon family, found in Australasia.
brooklawn
browband
browband
noun
A band of fur of a contrasting colour on an animal's brow.
A band of metal, part of a (person's) helmet or crown, which covers the brow.
Part of a horse's bridle that runs from just under one ear, across the forehead, to just under the other ear, preventing the bridle from sliding down.
browbands
browbands
noun
plural of browband
browbeaten
browbeaten
adj
intimidated or subjugated
verb
past participle of browbeat
browbeating
browbeating
verb
present participle of browbeat
browbound
browbound
adj
crowned; having the head encircled as with a diadem.
browden
browman
browman
noun
(mining, historical) The worker in charge of the cages at the pithead.
brown
brown
adj
(US) Latino
(obsolete) Gloomy.
(of Asians) South Asian
(of East Asians) Southeast Asian
Having a brown colour.
noun
(countable and uncountable) A colour like that of chocolate or coffee.
(entomology) Any of certain species of nymphalid butterflies of subfamily Satyrinae, such as those of the genera Heteronympha and Melanitis.
(entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of subfamily Satyrinae (formerly the family Satyridae).
(hunting, as "the brown") A mass of birds or animals that may be indiscriminately fired at.
(informal) A brown trout (Salmo trutta).
(slang, archaic, countable) A copper coin.
(snooker, countable) One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 4 points.
(sometimes capitalised, countable, informal) A person of Latino, Middle Eastern or South Asian descent; a brown-skinned person; someone of mulatto or biracial appearance.
(uncountable) Black tar heroin.
A brown horse or other animal.
verb
(cooking, transitive) To cook something until it becomes brown.
(demography, transitive, intransitive, slang, ethnic slur, usually derogatory, offensive) To turn progressively more Hispanic or Latino, in the context of the population of a geographic region.
(intransitive) To become brown.
(intransitive, transitive) To tan.
(transitive) To give a bright brown colour to, as to gun barrels, by forming a thin coating of oxide on their surface.
(transitive) To make brown or dusky.
brownback
brownback
noun
A bird, the dowitcher or red-breasted snipe.
A note of scrip printed on brown paper, such as that issued by the city of St. Louis during a financial crisis.
A postage stamp printed in brown ink, used in the 1890s.
browne
browne
Proper noun
a spelling variant of Brown.
browned
browned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brown
brownell
browner
browner
adj
comparative form of brown: more brown
noun
(cooking) A special dish for cooking food in a microwave oven so that it browns on the outside.
brownest
brownest
adj
superlative form of brown: most brown
brownfield
brownfield
adj
(software engineering) Being a development that has to integrate with legacy systems.
noun
(often attributive) A site, to be used for housing or commerce, that has been previously used for industry and may be contaminated or need extensive clearing
brownfields
brownfields
noun
plural of brownfield
brownian
brownian
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Brownian.
brownie
brownie
noun
(Australia, New Zealand, colloquial) A tall, long-necked beer bottle, made from brown coloured glass.
(cooking) A small square piece of rich cake, usually made with chocolate.
(ethnic slur, offensive) A person of Arab, Indian or Hispanic descent. Sometimes used for a Native American or Pacific Islander.
(folklore) A mythical creature, a helpful elf who would secretly do people's housework for them.
(informal) The widow rockfish (Sebastes entomelas), a fish in the family Sebastidae.
(paganism) A household spirit or revered ancestor.
A girl in the first level of Girl Guides (US: Girl Scouts).
Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the Eurasian genus Miletus.
Coordinate term: greenie
brownier
brownier
adj
comparative form of browny: more browny
brownies
brownies
noun
plural of brownie
browniest
browniest
adj
superlative form of browny: most browny
browniness
browniness
noun
brownishness
browning
browning
noun
(Jamaica, countable) A brown-skinned person.
(masonry) A smooth coat of brown mortar, usually the second coat, and the preparation for the finishing coat of plaster.
Any of various preparations used to impart a brown colour to gravy, leather, etc.
The act or operation of giving a brown colour, as to gun barrels, cooked food, etc.
verb
present participle of brown
browningesque
brownish
brownish
adj
Of a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown.
brownishness
brownishness
noun
The quality of being brownish.
brownism
brownism
Proper noun
The political ideology attributed to the former British Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown, characterised by, among other things, allegedly prudent economics.
The doctrines of the Brunonian system of medicine.
Proper noun
The beliefs of the Brownists, or followers of
brownist
brownist
Noun
One who advocates the Brunonian system of medicine.
Noun
An and follower of (1540–1633).
brownistic
brownistical
brownlee
brownley
brownly
brownly
adv
With a brown colour.
brownness
brownness
noun
The state or quality of being brown.
brownnesses
brownnesses
noun
plural of brownness
brownnose
brownnose
noun
(figurative) One who sucks up; a bootlicker, ass-kisser, sycophant.
verb
To flatter someone (especially a superior) in an obsequious manner, and to support their every opinion.
brownnoser
brownnoser
noun
Alternative spelling of brown noser (one who flatters others in an obsequious manner.)
brownnosers
brownnosers
noun
plural of brownnoser
brownnosing
brownnosing
verb
present participle of brownnose
brownout
brownout
noun
(Philippines, some other countries) A blackout, regardless of time of day.
A period of low alternating current line voltage, causing a reduction in illumination
A power outage during the day; distinguished from a blackout, which occurs at night
Temporary closing of a fire station, usually due to budget restrictions.
Temporary dimming of vision, usually with a brown hue and accompanied by loss of peripheral vision or tunnel vision.
brownouts
brownouts
noun
plural of brownout
brownprint
browns
browns
noun
plural of brown
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brown
brownsboro
brownsburg
brownsdale
brownshirt
brownshirt
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Brownshirt
brownshirts
brownshirts
noun
plural of brownshirt
brownson
brownstone
brownstone
noun
(countable) A row house built of brownstone, especially in New York City.
(uncountable) A variety of brown to red-brown sandstone once popular as a building material.
brownstones
brownstones
noun
plural of brownstone
brownstown
brownsville
brownsville
Proper noun
The name of many places in the United States of America:
a former settlement in California.
an unincorporated community in California.
a CDP in Florida.
an unincorporated community in Florida.
a ghost town in Illinois. It was the former county seat.
an unincorporated community in Illinois.
an unincorporated community in Indiana.
a small home-rule class city in Kentucky
an unincorporated community and CDP in Louisiana.
an unincorporated community and CDP in Maryland.
a small city in Minnesota.
an unincorporated community in Mississippi.
a neighbourhood in New York City.
a CDP in Ohio.
a city in Oregon.
a borough in Pennsylvania.
an unincorporated community in Pennsylvania.
an unincorporated community in South Dakota.
a city in Tennessee
a city in Texas
an unincorporated community in Vermont.
an unincorporated community in Washington.
an unincorporated community in West Virginia.
a village in Wisconsin.
a former community in British Columbia, Canada.
a community in Ontario, Canada.
a suburb of New South Wales, Australia.
browntail
brownton
browntop
browntop
noun
Brachiaria ramosa (browntop millet)
Common bent (Agrostis capillaris)
Microstegium spp.
browntown
brownville
brownweed
brownwood
brownwort
brownwort
noun
A species of figwort or Scrophularia, (Scrophularia vernalis), and other species of the same genus, mostly perennials with inconspicuous coarse flowers.
browny
browny
adj
Somewhat brown; having a brownish tinge.
browsing
browsing
noun
A place abounding with shrubs where animals may browse.