Bogo; a Philippine fruit tree, Garuga floribunda, from the family Burseraceae.
abler
abler
adj
comparative form of able: more able
ables
ables
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of able
ablet
ablet
noun
A small fresh-water fish (Alburnus alburnus); the bleak.
ablow
ablow
adj
(dated, postpositive) Blowing or being blown; windy.
(obsolete, postpositive) Blossoming, blooming, in blossom.
aboil
aboil
adj
(figurative) Heated up; excited.
In a boil; boiling.
abyla
alban
alban
noun
(chemistry, now rare) A white crystalline resinous substance extracted from gutta-percha by the action of alcohol or ether.
albas
albas
noun
plural of alba
albay
albee
alben
alber
albia
albie
albin
album
album
noun
(historical) In Ancient Rome, a white tablet or register on which the praetor's edicts and other public notices were recorded.
A book specially designed to keep photographs, stamps, or autographs.
A collection, especially of literary items
A group of audio recordings, on any medium, intended for distribution as a group.
A jacket or cover for such a phonograph record.
A phonograph record that is composed of several tracks
albur
albus
albyn
albyn
Proper noun
Scotland, especially the Highlands.
alibi
alibi
noun
(law) The plea or mode of defense under which a person on trial for a crime proves or attempts to prove being in another place when the alleged act was committed.
(sometimes proscribed) An excuse, especially one used to avoid responsibility or blame.
verb
To provide an alibi for.
To provide an excuse for.
amble
amble
noun
An easy gait, especially that of a horse.
An unhurried leisurely walk or stroll.
verb
(intransitive) Of a quadruped: to move along by using both legs on one side, and then the other.
(intransitive) To stroll or walk slowly and leisurely.
arbil
arbil
Proper noun
the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan; called Arbela in classical times
baals
baals
noun
plural of baal
babel
babel
noun
Alternative form of Babel
bable
babol
babul
babul
noun
A tree native to South Asia, Vachellia nilotica subsp. indica, formerly Acacia nilotica subsp. indica.
badly
badly
adj
(Northern England) Ill, unwell.
adv
In a bad manner.
Very much; to a great degree.
baerl
bagel
bagel
noun
(slang, ethnic slur, South Africa) An overly materialistic and selfish young Jewish man.
(tennis, slang) A score of 6-0 in a set (after the shape of a bagel, which looks like a zero).
A toroidal bread roll that is boiled before it is baked.
Alternative form of bagle
verb
(sports) To hold an opponent to a score of zero.
(tennis) To achieve a score of 6–0 in a tennis set.
bagle
bagle
noun
Synonym of bagle hound
baiel
baile
baile
noun
(usually "baile funk") A specific genre of dance music originating in Rio de Janeiro, also known as Funk Carioca
Archaic spelling of bail.
bailo
bailo
noun
(historical) title of the Venetian envoy to particularly the Sublime Porte
bails
bails
noun
plural of bail
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bail
baily
bakal
bakli
balac
balai
balak
balan
balao
balao
noun
The halfbeak.
balas
balas
noun
(archaic, now chiefly attributive) A type of rose-coloured spinel once thought to be a form of ruby.
balat
balau
balbo
balch
baldr
balds
balds
noun
plural of bald
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bald
baldy
baldy
noun
(informal, derogatory) Someone who is bald.
baled
baled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bale
balei
baler
baler
noun
A machine for creating bales, e.g., of hay or cotton.
A person who creates bales, either by operating or feeding such a machine, or by creating the bales by hand.
bales
bales
noun
plural of bale
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bale
balkh
balkh
Proper noun
An ancient city and centre of Buddhism, Islam, and Zoroastrianism and capital of Bactria.
One of the 34 provinces in Afghanistan, Balkh Province.
balko
balks
balks
noun
plural of balk
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of balk
balky
balky
adj
Refusing to proceed or cooperate.
balla
balla
noun
(slang, nonstandard) Alternative form of baller (all senses except "person who divides molten metal")
balli
ballo
balls
balls
adv
(slang) Very. Intensifier.
noun
(UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, vulgar) A balls-up; a botched job.
(uncountable, Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, vulgar, colloquial) Synonym of bollocks, nonsense.
(uncountable, vulgar, colloquial) Masculinity, particularly strength, courage, and force of will; chutzpah; brazeness.
(vulgar, colloquial) The testicles.
plural of ball
verb
(vulgar, slang) To engage in sexual intercourse.
(vulgar, transitive) Speaking or acting with bravado to achieve (something)
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ball
bally
bally
adj
(Britain, dated, euphemistic) Bloody (used as a mild intensifier).
adv
(UK, dated, euphemistic) Very.
noun
(MLE) A balaclava.
balms
balms
noun
plural of balm
balmy
balmy
adj
(informal, US) Foolish; slightly crazy or mad; eccentric.
Of weather, mild and pleasant.
Producing balm.
Soothing or fragrant.
balon
baloo
balor
balor
Proper noun
A king of the Fomorians, supposed to have lived in Son of Buarainech. Husband of Cethleen. Father of Ethniu.
balow
balpa
balsa
balsa
noun
A large tree, Ochroma pyramidale, native to tropical America, with wood that is very light in weight.
A raft or float, used principally on the Pacific coast of South America.
balta
balti
balti
noun
(countable) A dish cooked in this style.
(uncountable) A style of Pakistani cooking in which the food is cooked in an iron pan having two handles.
balun
balun
noun
An electronic device for connecting a balanced transmission line to an unbalanced one.
balut
balut
noun
A dice game similar to Yahtzee
Asian street food consisting of a developing duck embryo boiled alive and eaten in the shell
balza
banal
banal
adj
(uncommon, history) Relating to a type of feudal jurisdiction or service.
Common in a boring way, to the point of being predictable; containing nothing new or fresh.
barly
basal
basal
adj
(anatomy) Associated with the base of an organism or structure.
(chiefly systematics) In a phylogenetic tree, being a group, or member of a group, which diverged earlier. The earliest clade to branch in a larger clade.
(medicine) Of a minimal level that is necessary for maintaining the health or life of an organism.
Basic, elementary; relating to, or forming, the base, or point of origin.
noun
(anatomy) Any basal structure or part
base, bottom, minimum
basel
basel
Proper noun
A city in Switzerland.
basil
basil
noun
A plant (Ocimum basilicum).
Any other species in the genus Ocimum.
The angle to which a joiner's tool is ground away.
The leaves of this plant used as a herb.
The skin of a sheep tanned with bark.
verb
(transitive) To grind the edge of a tool to an acute angle.
basle
basle
Proper noun
A city in Switzerland; spelling of
basyl
batel
bauld
baulk
baulk
noun
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of balk
bawls
bawls
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bawl
bawly
bawly
noun
Alternative form of bawley
bayal
bayle
bayly
bazil
bazil
noun
Alternative form of basil (a tanned sheepskin)
beala
beale
beall
beals
beals
noun
plural of beal
belah
belah
noun
beefwood
belak
belam
belam
verb
(UK, dialect, dated, transitive) To beat or bang.
belap
belap
verb
(transitive, chiefly passive, obsolete) To lap or wrap around (someone or something); to envelop, to surround.
belar
belar
noun
Alternative spelling of belah
belat
belay
belay
noun
(climbing) A location at which a climber stops and builds an anchor with which to secure their partner.
(climbing) The object to which a rope is secured.
(climbing) The securing of a rope to a rock or other projection.
verb
(intransitive, nautical) The general command to stop or cease.
(transitive) To lay aside; stop; cancel.
(transitive, climbing) To handle a climbing rope to prevent (a climber) from falling to the ground.
(transitive, intransitive, nautical) To make (a rope) fast by turning it around a fastening point such as a cleat.
(transitive, obsolete) To besiege; invest; surround.
(transitive, obsolete) To lie in wait for in order to attack; block up or obstruct.
(transitive, obsolete) To overlay; adorn.
(transitive, obsolete) To surround; environ; enclose.
simple past tense of belie (“encompass”)
belda
belga
belia
bella
belva
bhalu
bhola
biali
bialy
bialy
noun
A flat bread roll topped with onion flakes. Instead of a hole like a bagel, it has a depression in the middle.
biela
bilac
billa
binal
binal
adj
(obsolete) twofold; double
biola
blabs
blabs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blab
black
black
adj
(Ireland, informal) Overcrowded.
(Ireland, now derogatory) Protestant, often with the implication of being militantly pro-British or anti-Catholic. (Compare blackmouth ("Presbyterian").)
(US) Belonging to or descended from any of various sub-Saharan African ethnic groups which typically have dark pigmentation of the skin.
(board games, chess) Of or relating to the playing pieces of a board game deemed to belong to the "black" set (in chess the set used by the player who moves second) (often regardless of the pieces' actual colour).
(card games, of a card) Of the spades or clubs suits. Compare red (“of the hearts or diamonds suit”)
(chiefly historical) Designated for use by those ethnic groups (as described above).
(of a place, etc) Without light.
(of an object) Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless.
(of coffee or tea) Without any cream, milk, or creamer.
(of objects, markets, etc) Illegitimate, illegal or disgraced.
(politics) Anarchist; of or pertaining to anarchism.
(politics) Related to the Christian Democratic Union of Germany.
(sometimes capitalized) Belonging to or descended from any of various (African, Aboriginal, etc) ethnic groups which typically have dark pigmentation of the skin. (See usage notes below.)
(typography) Said of a symbol or character that is solid, filled with color. Compare white (“said of a character or symbol outline, not filled with color”).
Bad; evil; ill-omened.
Clandestine; relating to a political, military, or espionage operation or site, the existence or details of which is withheld from the general public.
Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen.
Foul; dirty, soiled.
Having one or more features (hair, fur, armour, clothes, bark, etc) that is dark (or black); in taxonomy, especially: dark in comparison to another species with the same base name.
Occult; relating to something (such as mystical or magical knowledge) which is unknown to or kept secret from the general public.
noun
(Britain, countable) A type of firecracker that is really more dark brown in colour.
(US, slang) Marijuana.
(baseball, countable) The edge of home plate.
(billiards, snooker, pool, countable) The black ball.
(countable and uncountable) A black dye or pigment.
(countable and uncountable) The colour/color perceived in the absence of light, but also when no light is reflected, but rather absorbed.
(countable) A pen, pencil, crayon, etc., made of black pigment.
(countable) Something, or a part of a thing, which is black.
(in chess and similar games, countable) The person playing with the black set of pieces.
(in the plural) Black cloth hung up at funerals.
(informal) Blackness, the condition of belonging to or being descended from one of these ethnic groups.
(informal, countable) Blackcurrant syrup (in mixed drinks, e.g. snakebite and black, cider and black).
(obsolete, countable) A stain; a spot.
(sometimes capitalised, countable, often offensive) A member of descendant of any of various (African, Aboriginal, etc) ethnic groups which typically have dark pigmentation of the skin. (See usage notes.)
A dark smut fungus, harmful to wheat.
verb
(Britain, transitive) To boycott, usually as part of an industrial dispute.
(transitive) To apply blacking to (something).
(transitive) To make black; to blacken.
blade
blade
noun
(archaeology) A piece of prepared, sharp-edged stone, often flint, at least twice as long as it is wide; a long flake of ground-edge stone or knapped vitreous stone.
(architecture, in the plural) The principal rafters of a roof.
(athletics, disability sports, informal) An artificial foot used by amputee athletes, shaped like an upside-down interrogation mark.
(biology) The four large shell plates on the sides, and the five large ones of the middle, of the carapace of the sea turtle, which yield the best tortoise shell.
(botany) The thin, flat part of a plant leaf, attached to a stem (petiole). The lamina.
(chiefly phonetics, phonology) The part of the tongue just behind the tip, used to make laminal consonants.
(climbing) Synonym of knifeblade
(computing) A blade server.
(dated) A dashing young man.
(mathematics) An exterior product of vectors. (The product may have more than two factors. Also, a scalar counts as a 0-blade, a vector as a 1-blade; an exterior product of k vectors may be called a k-blade.)
(metonymically) A sword or knife.
(photography) One of a series of small plates that make up the aperture or the shutter of a camera.
(sailing) The rudder, daggerboard, or centerboard of a vessel.
(slang, chiefly US) A homosexual, usually male.
(ultimate frisbee) A throw characterized by a tight parabolic trajectory due to a steep lateral attitude.
A bulldozer or surface-grading machine with mechanically adjustable blade that is nominally perpendicular to the forward motion of the vehicle.
A cut of beef from near the shoulder blade (part of the chuck).
A flat bone, especially the shoulder blade.
Short for razor blade.
The (typically sharp-edged) part of a knife, sword, razor, or other tool with which it cuts.
The flat functional end or piece of a propeller, oar, hockey stick, chisel, screwdriver, skate, etc.
The narrow leaf of a grass or cereal.
The part of a key that is inserted into the lock.
Thin plate, foil.
verb
(informal) To skate on rollerblades.
(intransitive, poetic) To put forth or have a blade.
(transitive) To furnish with a blade.
(transitive) To stab with a blade
(transitive, professional wrestling, slang) To cut (a person) so as to provoke bleeding.
blady
blady
adj
Consisting of blades.
blaeu
blaew
blaff
blaff
verb
(obsolete) to bark
blagg
blahs
blahs
noun
(with the) A feeling of boredom and no motivation; depression.
plural of blah
blain
blain
noun
A skin swelling or sore; a blister; a blotch.
blair
blake
blake
adj
Bleak, cold; bare, naked.
Pale, pallid; wan; sallow; of a sickly hue.
Yellow, as butter or cheese.
blame
blame
noun
(computing) A source control feature that can show which user was responsible for a particular portion of the source code.
Censure.
Culpability for something negative or undesirable.
Responsibility for something meriting censure.
verb
(obsolete) To bring into disrepute.
(transitive, usually followed by "for") To assert or consider that someone is the cause of something negative; to place blame, to attribute responsibility (for something negative or for doing something negative).
To censure (someone or something); to criticize.
blams
blams
noun
plural of blam
blanc
blanc
noun
A white cosmetic.
A white sauce of fat, broth, and vegetables, used especially for braised meat.
bland
bland
adj
(figurative) Lacking interest; boring; dull.
(now rare) Mild; soft, gentle, balmy; smooth in manner; suave.
Having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating.
Lacking in taste or flavor.
Lacking in vigor.
bland comment
noun
(UK dialectal) Mixture; union.
A summer beverage prepared from the whey of churned milk, common among the inhabitants of the Shetland Islands.
verb
(transitive, UK dialectal) To connect; associate.
(transitive, UK dialectal) To mix; blend; mingle.
blane
blank
blank
adj
(archaic) White or pale; without colour.
(figurative) Lacking characteristics which give variety; uniform.
(military) Of ammunition: having propellant but no bullets; unbulleted.
Absolute; downright; sheer.
Devoid of thoughts, memory, or inspiration.
Empty; void; without result; fruitless.
Free from writing, printing, or marks; having an empty space to be filled in
Utterly confounded or discomfited.
Without expression, usually due to incomprehension.
noun
(archaic, historical, obsolete) A small French coin, originally of silver, afterwards of copper, worth 5 deniers; also a silver coin of Henry V current in the parts of France then held by the English, worth about 8 pence .
(chemistry) A sample for a control experiment that does not contain any of the analyte of interest, in order to deliberately produce a non-detection to verify that a detection is distinguishable from it.
(dominoes) A domino without points on one or both of its divisions.
(electric recording) The shaved wax ready for placing on a recording machine for making wax records with a stylus [20th century].
(figurative) A vacant space, place, or period; a void [since the 17th century].
(firearms) Short for blank cartridge. [since the 19th century].
(literature) Blank verse .
(now chiefly US) A document, paper, or form with spaces left blank to be filled up at the pleasure of the person to whom it is given (e.g. a blank charter, ballot, form, contract, etc.), or as the event may determine; a blank form .
(obsolete) A nonplus [16th century].
(slang) Infertile semen.
A dash written in place of an omitted letter or word [since the 18th century]
A lot by which nothing is gained; a ticket in a lottery on which no prize is indicated [since the 16th century].
A space to be filled in on a form or template.
An empty form without substance; anything insignificant; nothing at all .
An empty space in one's memory; a forgotten item or memory [since the 18th century].
An unprinted leaf of a book [20th century].
Any article of glass on which subsequent processing is required [since the 19th century].
Provisional words printed in italics (instead of blank spaces) in a bill before Parliament, being matters of practical detail, of which the final form will be settled in Committee .
The space character; the character resulting from pressing the space-bar on a keyboard.
The white spot in the centre of a target; hence (figuratively) the object to which anything is directed or aimed, the range of such aim .
The ¹ / ₂₃₀₄₀₀ of a grain [17th century].
verb
(intransitive) To be temporarily unable to remember.
(intransitive) To become blank.
(transitive) To make void; to erase.
(transitive) To prevent from scoring; for example, in a sporting event.
(transitive, aviation, of a control surface) To render ineffective by blanketing with turbulent airflow, such as from aircraft wake or reverse thrust.
(transitive, slang) To ignore (a person) deliberately.
blare
blare
noun
A loud sound.
Dazzling, often garish, brilliance.
verb
(intransitive) To make a loud sound.
(transitive) To cause to sound like the blare of a trumpet; to proclaim loudly.
blart
blart
noun
(Northern England, Midlands, Scotland) A loud noise or cry.
verb
(Northern England, Midlands, Scotland) To sound loudly or harshly; to cry out, wail, lament.
(Northern England, Midlands, Scotland, of sheep or cattle) To bleat, bellow, low.
blase
blase
adj
Alternative spelling of blasé
blash
blast
blast
intj
(chiefly British, informal) To show displeasure or disappointment: damn
noun
(cytology) An immature or undifferentiated cell (e.g., lymphoblast, myeloblast).
(figuratively, informal) A good time; an enjoyable moment.
(marketing) A promotional message sent to an entire mailing list.
A flatulent disease of sheep.
A forcible stream of gas or liquid from an orifice, for example from a bellows, the mouth, etc.
A hit from a pipe.
A loud, sudden sound.
A sudden, pernicious effect, as if by a noxious wind, especially on animals and plants; a blight.
A violent gust of wind.
An explosion, especially for the purpose of destroying a mass of rock, etc.
An explosive charge for blasting.
The continuous blowing to which one charge of ore or metal is subjected in a furnace.
The exhaust steam from an engine, driving a column of air out of a boiler chimney, and thus creating an intense draught through the fire; also, any draught produced by the blast.
verb
(biology, informal, transitive) To run a nucleotide sequence (for nucleic acids) or an amino acid sequence (for proteins) through a BLAST (Basic Local Alignment Search Tool).
(intransitive) To make a loud noise.
(intransitive, obsolete) To be blighted or withered.
(intransitive, obsolete) To blow, for example on a trumpet.
(soccer) To shoot; kick the ball in hope of scoring a goal.
(transitive) To blight or wither.
(transitive) To bring destruction or ruin on; to destroy.
(transitive) To curse; to damn.
(transitive) To make an impression on, by making a loud blast or din.
(transitive) To open up a hole in, usually by means of a sudden and imprecise method (such as an explosion).
(transitive) To shatter, as if by an explosion.
(transitive, science fiction) To shoot, especially with an energy weapon (as opposed to one which fires projectiles).
The bud blasted in the blossom.
To criticize or reprimand severely; to verbally discipline or punish.
blate
blate
adj
(Scotland, Northern England) Bashful, sheepish.
(Scotland, Northern England) Dull, stupid.
verb
Archaic form of bleat.
blats
blats
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blat
blatt
blatz
blawn
blaws
blayk
blaze
blaze
noun
(color) A high-visibility orange colour, typically used in warning signs and hunters' clothing.
(poker) A hand consisting of five face cards.
A bursting out, or active display of any quality.
A fire, especially a fast-burning fire producing a lot of flames and light.
A spot made on trees by chipping off a piece of the bark, usually as a surveyor's mark.
Intense, direct light accompanied with heat.
Publication; the act of spreading widely by report
The white or lighter-coloured markings on a horse's face.
verb
(figurative) To be furiously angry; to speak or write in a rage.
(intransitive) To be on fire, especially producing bright flames.
(intransitive) To send forth or reflect a bright light; shine like a flame.
(intransitive, poetic) To be conspicuous; shine brightly a brilliancy (of talents, deeds, etc.).
(slang) To smoke marijuana.
(transitive) To blow, as from a trumpet
(transitive) To cause to shine forth; exhibit vividly; be resplendent with.
(transitive) To disclose; bewray; defame
(transitive) To indicate or mark out (a trail, especially through vegetation) by a series of blazes.
(transitive) To publish; announce publicly
(transitive) To set a mark on (as a tree, usually by cutting off a piece of its bark).
(transitive, figurative) To set a precedent for the taking-on of a challenge; lead by example.
(transitive, heraldry) To blazon
(transitive, only in the past participle) To mark with a white spot on the face (as a horse).