In the manner of a bachelor; (as though) living alone as a single man.
backwash
backwash
noun
(economics) The situation where economic growth in one area harms other areas by attracting people and business away from those areas.
(nautical) The backward flow of water from oars or propeller or breaking waves.
The result or consequence of an event; an aftermath.
The saliva, spit or food particles that have flowed back into a drink after someone has drunk from it.
The similar flow of air from an aircraft engine.
verb
(transitive) To affect with backwash.
To clean the oil from wool after combing.
To operate a water filter in the reverse direction in order to clean it.
backwashed
backwashed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backwash
backwasher
backwasher
noun
(textiles) A machine used for washing wool after carding to remove the impurities.
backwashes
backwashes
noun
plural of backwash
backwashing
backwashing
noun
A form of water treatment in which water is pumped backwards through the filter media, sometimes with intermittent use of compressed air.
bagwash
bagwash
noun
(historical) A type of laundry in which the washing was returned to the customer in a bag, undried and unpressed.
ballhawks
ballhawks
noun
plural of ballhawk
bandwidths
bandwidths
noun
plural of bandwidth
bantamweights
bantamweights
noun
plural of bantamweight
baroswitch
baroswitch
noun
Any form of switch that is activated barometrically (by a change in pressure)
bashaw
bashaw
noun
(archaic, often derogatory, by extension) A grandee.
(now rare, historical) A pasha.
A very large siluroid fish (Leptops olivaris) of the Mississippi valley; the goujon or mudcat.
bashawdom
bashawism
bashawism
noun
The behaviour of a bashaw.
bashaws
bashaws
noun
plural of bashaw
bashawship
bashawship
noun
The role or status of a bashaw.
bassenthwaite
bawdship
bawdship
noun
The employment or office of a bawd
bawdyhouse
bawdyhouse
noun
Alternative spelling of bawdy-house
bawdyhouses
bawdyhouses
noun
plural of bawdyhouse
bawhorse
bawhorse
noun
Obsolete form of bathorse.
bedfellowship
bedfellowship
noun
The state or role of being bedfellows.
beechwoods
beechwoods
noun
plural of beechwood
behowls
behowls
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of behowl
bellwethers
bellwethers
noun
plural of bellwether
benchwarmers
benchwarmers
noun
plural of benchwarmer
berwickshire
berwickshire
Proper noun
A lieutenancy area and historic county in the Scottish Borders.
beshadow
beshadow
verb
(transitive) To cast a shadow around, about, or over; overshadow.
beshadowed
beshadowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beshadow
beshadowing
beshadowing
verb
present participle of beshadow
beshadows
beshadows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beshadow
beshawled
beshawled
adj
Wearing a shawl.
beshow
beshow
noun
A large food fish (Anoplopoma fimbria) of the north Pacific coast; the candlefish or sablefish.
beshower
beshrew
beshrew
verb
(transitive) An imperative uttered as a mildly imprecatory or merely expletive introductory exclamation.
(transitive, archaic) To invoke or wish evil upon; to curse.
beshrewed
beshrewed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beshrew
beshrewing
beshrewing
verb
present participle of beshrew
beshrews
beshrews
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beshrew
beswitch
betweenwhiles
betweenwhiles
adv
from time to time; now and again
bewash
bewash
verb
(transitive, rare) To wash all over; drench with water.
bewhisker
bewhisker
verb
(transitive) To give or add whiskers to; to put whiskers on.
bewhiskered
bewhiskered
adj
Having whiskers
bewhisper
bewhisper
verb
(transitive, rare) To whisper.
bewhistle
bewitchedness
bewitchedness
noun
The state or quality of being bewitched.
bewitcheries
bewitcheries
noun
plural of bewitchery
bewitches
bewitches
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bewitch
bewitchingness
bewitchingness
noun
The state or quality of being bewitching.
bewitchments
bewitchments
noun
plural of bewitchment
beworship
bhubaneswar
bhubaneswar
Proper noun
State capital of Odisha, India.
birdwatches
birdwatches
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of birdwatch
birtwhistle
bishopweed
bishopweed
noun
Alternative form of bishopsweed
blackwash
blackwash
noun
(chiefly politics) A villainization campaign.
(medicine) A lotion made by mixing calomel and limewater.
(slang, New Zealand) A whitewash victory for any New Zealand national sporting team.
(slang, cricket) A whitewash victory for the West Indies cricket team. Started in the 1984–86 "Blackwash" series of the West Indian cricket team in England in 1984.
(slang, mining) Public campaigns and advertising funded by the coal industry to draw attention away from environmentally unsustainable practices or to justify exclusion from carbon taxes.
verb
(transitive) To blacken, to cover with a black color.
(transitive) To portray in a revisionist fashion as belonging to a black race of people.
(transitive) To villainize, to present in a damaging light.
blackwasher
blackwasher
noun
One who blackwashes.
blackwashing
blackwashing
noun
(derogatory) The revisionist portrayal of something as belonging to a black race of people.
(derogatory) The revisionist portrayal of something as evil.
The application of a coating of blackwash.
verb
present participle of blackwash
blameworthiness
blameworthiness
noun
The characteristic of being blameworthy.
blameworthinesses
bleachworks
bleachworks
noun
A factory that manufactures bleach.
blowfish
blowfish
noun
A delicacy popular in Japan, consisting of the fish served raw as sushi or perhaps fried. It may, if improperly prepared, contain considerably deadly levels of neurotoxins.
Any species of fish of the family Tetraodontidae that have the ability to inflate themselves to a globe several times their normal size by swallowing water or air when threatened.
blowfishes
blowfishes
noun
plural of blowfish
blowhards
blowhards
noun
plural of blowhard
blowholes
blowholes
noun
plural of blowhole
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blowhole
blowtorches
blowtorches
noun
plural of blowtorch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blowtorch
blushwort
blushwort
noun
Any of various plants of the genus Aeschynanthus.
bobwhites
bobwhites
noun
plural of bobwhite
bodewash
bodhisattwa
boneshaw
bophuthatswana
bophuthatswana
Proper noun
A former bantustan in the northwestern region of South Africa.
bosworth
bosworth
Proper noun
A city/town in Missouri, US.
boweryish
bowheads
bowheads
noun
plural of bowhead
bowshot
bowshot
noun
(archery) The act of firing an arrow from a bow.
The distance that the arrow of an average archer can effectively travel.
bowshots
bowshots
noun
plural of bowshot
bradshaw
bradshaw
Proper noun
The name of several places in Northern England.
derived from these places.
Noun
A former railway guide and timetable published by George Bradshaw
brainwash
brainwash
noun
A distorting effect upon one's memory, belief, or ideas, as by propaganda.
verb
(figuratively, dated) To take from an electronically controlled machine its stored-up information; to erase a computer's programming. (1960)
(psychology) To affect one's mind by using extreme mental pressure or any other mind-affecting process. (e.g. hypnosis)
To persuade completely and forcibly.
brainwashed
brainwashed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brainwash
brainwasher
brainwasher
noun
Agent noun of brainwash; one who brainwashes.
brainwashers
brainwashers
noun
plural of brainwasher
brainwashes
brainwashes
noun
plural of brainwash
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brainwash
brainwashing
brainwashing
noun
Alternative spelling of brain-washing
verb
present participle of brainwash
brainwashjng
braunschweig
braunschweig
Proper noun
a city in Lower Saxony, Germany; Brunswick
braunschweiger
braunschweiger
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Braunschweiger (a sausage).
breadthways
breadthways
adv
breadthwise
breadthwise
breadthwise
adj
directed across the breadth of an object or place.
adv
Across the breadth of an object or place.
breechesflower
bretwaldaship
brewership
brewhouse
brewhouse
noun
brewery, a place where beer is made
brewhouses
brewhouses
noun
plural of brewhouse
brightwaters
brightworks
brightworks
noun
plural of brightwork
brownish
brownish
adj
Of a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown.
brownishness
brownishness
noun
The quality of being brownish.
brownshirt
brownshirt
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Brownshirt
brownshirts
brownshirts
noun
plural of brownshirt
brushwood
brushwood
noun
Branches and twigs fallen from trees and shrubs.
Small trees and shrubs.
brushwork
brushwork
noun
(painting) The technique or practice of applying and manipulating paint (usually oil or gouache) in a painting.
buckwash
buckwasher
buckwashing
buckwheats
buckwheats
noun
plural of buckwheat
buhlworks
bullwhips
bullwhips
noun
plural of bullwhip
bushelwoman
bushelwoman
noun
(US, dialect) A tailor's female assistant for repairing garments.
bushwa
bushwa
noun
Alternative form of bushwah
bushwack
bushwack
verb
Alternative spelling of bushwhack
bushwah
bushwah
Noun
Nonsense.
bushwahs
bushwalking
bushwalking
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) The activity of hiking or backpacking.
verb
present participle of bushwalk
bushwas
bushweller
bushwhack
bushwhack
verb
to ambush
to fight, as a guerilla, especially in wooded country
to travel through thick wooded country, cutting away scrub to make progress
bushwhacked
bushwhacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bushwhack
bushwhacker
bushwhacker
noun
(Australia) A person who lives in the bush, especially as a fugitive; a person who clears woods and bush country.
(US) One who travels through the woods, off the designated path.
(US, historical) A guerrilla (of either side) during the American Civil War.
(dated) Someone who attacks without warning.
A small, soft-floored inflatable boat (designed for use by one or two people).
bushwhackers
bushwhackers
noun
plural of bushwhacker
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
bushwhacks
bushwhacks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bushwhack
bushwife
bushwoman
bushwoman
noun
(Australia) A woman who lives or has lived in the Australian outback.
bushwood
cowherbs
cushewbird
deathblows
deathblows
noun
plural of deathblow
elbowbush
fishbowl
fishbowl
noun
Alternative spelling of fish bowl
fishbowls
fishbowls
noun
plural of fishbowl
gabrilowitsch
handbarrows
handbarrows
noun
plural of handbarrow
hawkbills
hawkbills
noun
plural of hawkbill
hawksbeak
hawksbill
hawksbill
noun
A tropical marine turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata, that is a source of tortoiseshell.
hebrewess
hebrewess
Noun
An Jewish or Hebrew woman.
hebrewism
hebrewism
Noun
A word or phrase characteristic of Hebrew.
hebrews
hebrews
Proper noun
The nineteenth book of the New Testament of the Bible, the epistle of St Paul to the Hebrews.
highbrowism
highbrowism
noun
highbrow attitudes and policies generally
highbrowisms
highbrowisms
noun
plural of highbrowism
highbrows
highbrows
noun
plural of highbrow
howsabout
jewbush
jewbush
noun
The low-growing tropical American shrub Euphorbia tithymaloides (formerly Pedilanthus tithymaloides).