(by extension) An initial success that ensures the possibility of further advances in a project; a foothold.
(military) An area of hostile territory (especially on a beach) that, when captured, serves for the continuous landing (or movement into position) of further troops and material
beachside
beachside
adj
(rare) Bordering a beach
noun
The land bordering a beach.
beachward
beachward
Adverb
Towards a beach.
beachwood
beadflush
beadhouse
beadhouse
noun
(historical) An almshouse for poor people who pray daily for their benefactors.
beardfish
beardfish
noun
Any of various deep-sea fish, of the family Polymixiidae, that have a pair of long hyoid barbels.
bearhound
bearhound
noun
A dog for baiting or hunting bears.
beasthood
beasthood
noun
The property or state of being a beast.
bechained
bechained
adj
(rare) in chains
bechalked
bechalked
adj
Chalk-covered or chalky.
Having a surface that has been written on in chalk.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bechalk
bechanced
bechanced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bechance
becharmed
becharmed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of becharm
bedchairs
bedchairs
noun
plural of bedchair
beeheaded
beheading
beheading
noun
An instance of a person being beheaded.
verb
present participle of behead
behusband
benchland
benchland
noun
(geology) bench (thin strip of relatively flat land bounded by slopes)
bepatched
bepatched
adj
Covered in patches.
berdaches
berdaches
noun
plural of berdache
bernhardi
bernhardt
beshadows
beshadows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beshadow
beshawled
beshawled
adj
Wearing a shawl.
bethanked
bethanked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bethank
bethesdas
bethsaida
bewrathed
bigheaded
bigheaded
adj
Alternative spelling of big-headed
billheads
billheads
noun
plural of billhead
birchdale
birthdate
birthdate
noun
the year, month, and day of someone's birth; date of birth
blackhead
blackhead
noun
(countable) A scaup: any of various ducks of the genus Aythya.
(countable, medicine) A comedo, a skin blemish, a type of acne vulgaris, where a pore becomes clogged with a dark, hard, cheesy keratin-filled substance forming a hard black "head" on the skin's surface.
(uncountable) A form of histomoniasis in poultry, characterized by cyanotic discoloration on the bird's head.
blathered
blathered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blather
blockhead
blockhead
noun
(colloquial) A stupid person.
A sideshow performer who hammers nails or similar items through his or her nostril into the nasal cavity; human blockhead.
verb
(rare) To behave in a stupid manner.
To perform as a human blockhead.
blueheads
blueheads
noun
plural of bluehead
blunthead
boltheads
boltheads
noun
plural of bolthead
boneheads
boneheads
noun
plural of bonehead
boucharde
boxhauled
boxhauled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of boxhaul
bradleigh
brakehand
brakehead
brandreth
brandreth
noun
(now historical) A tripod or stand for a cask, a haystack, etc.
(obsolete) A railing around a well.
breadthen
breadthen
verb
(transitive) To increase in breadth.
brianhead
bridehead
broadhead
broadhead
noun
(bowhunting) A flat arrowhead with razor-sharp sides, intended to kill prey by causing severe bleeding.
bruchidae
bulkheads
bulkheads
noun
plural of bulkhead
bullheads
bullheads
noun
plural of bullhead
chambered
chambered
adj
(often in combination) Having chambers.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chamber
chasubled
chasubled
adj
Dressed in a chasuble.
childbear
cohabited
cohabited
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cohabit
cohobated
cohobated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cohobate
dahabeahs
dahabeahs
noun
plural of dahabeah
dahabiehs
dahabiehs
noun
plural of dahabieh
dahabiyeh
deathbeds
deathbeds
noun
plural of deathbed
deathblow
deathblow
noun
A strike or blow that leads to death, especially a coup de grace.
Something that prevents the completion, or ends the existence, of a project etc.; a fatal setback.
debauched
debauched
adj
Indulging in or characterised by sensual pleasures to a degree perceived to be morally harmful; corrupted; immoral; self-indulgent.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of debauch
debauchee
debauchee
noun
A person addicted to excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures.
Somebody who is debauched; somebody who is dissolute and acts without moral restraint.
debaucher
debaucher
noun
Somebody who debauches or corrupts others; a seducer.
debauches
debauches
noun
plural of debauch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of debauch
diushambe
djellabah
djellabah
noun
Alternative spelling of djellaba
drawbench
drawbench
noun
A machine in which long pieces of metal are drawn through a drawplate, die, or series of dies, to change the shape, size, cross-sectional area, physical properties, or surface finish of the metal.
dyushambe
earthbred
earthbred
adj
(obsolete, poetic) Low; grovelling; vulgar.
exhusband
exhusband
noun
Alternative form of ex-husband
haberdash
haberdash
verb
To deal in small wares.
haberdine
haberdine
noun
cod salted and dried.
habitudes
habitudes
noun
plural of habitude
hairbeard
handbells
handbells
noun
plural of handbell
handbrake
handbrake
noun
(mechanical engineering, automotive, rail transport) A brake in a vehicle, set by hand, and usually locking on until released by hand, enabling its use when parked.
(mechanical engineering, automotive, rail transport) The mechanism, particularly the locking hand-operated lever or foot-operated toggle lever in a motorcar or the hand-operated crank on a railcar, which is used to set and release such a brake.
verb
To apply the handbrake in a vehicle.
handbreed
handlebar
handlebar
noun
(chiefly in the plural) The bar used to steer a bicycle, motorbike, or similar vehicle using the hands.
harboured
harboured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of harbour
hardberry
headbands
headbands
noun
plural of headband
headboard
headboard
noun
(nautical) A panel, usually of metal, attached to the head of a fore-and-aft sail for additional strength.
(rail transport) A board on the front of a train, carrying the train's name or that of the service it is on.
A grave marker made of wood.
A vertical panel, either plain or upholstered, attached to the head of a bed.
heartbird
heathbird
hebdomads
hebdomads
noun
plural of hebdomad
hebdomary
hebdomcad
hebetated
hebetated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hebetate
hebraised
hebraized
hebridean
hebridean
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the Hebrides.
Noun
An inhabitant of the Hebrides.
hebridian
hildebran
hobnailed
hobnailed
adj
Having hobnails.
husbanded
husbanded
adj
(economics) Conserved.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of husband
husbander
husbander
noun
A person who husbands resources.
hyderabad
hyderabad
Proper noun
The state capital of Telangana state and Andhra Pradesh state in India.
A former state, landlocked in south-central India, which was ruled from 1724 until 1948 by a line of nizams.
A city in the Sindh province of Pakistan.
inhabited
inhabited
adj
(mathematics, of a set) Containing at least one element.
(type theory, of a type) Having a term.
Having inhabitants; lived in.
Obsolete form of uninhabited.
kurbashed
kurbashed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of kurbash
rhabdomes
rhabdomes
noun
plural of rhabdome
shabunder
shadbelly
shadbelly
noun
An old-fashioned formal dress coat sometimes worn in equestrian circles.
shadberry
shadberry
noun
Synonym of shadbush (“plant in the genus Amelanchier”)
The berry that grows on this plant.
sheddable
sheddable
adj
Able to be shed or discarded.
shewbread
showbread
showbread
noun
(religion) The twelve loaves of bread placed daily by the Jewish priests in the Holy Place on the table.
subhalide
subhedral
subhedral
adj
(mineralogy) Having some crystal faces and some grainy surfaces; neither entirely euhedral nor entirely anhedral.
sunbathed
sunbathed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of sunbathe
unabashed
unabashed
adj
Not disconcerted or embarrassed.
Of actions, emotions, facts, etc.: that are not concealed or disguised, or not eliciting shame.
unbeached
unbeached
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unbeach
unhabited
unhabited
adj
(archaic) uninhabited
Not wearing a habit.
unhidable
unhidable
adj
That cannot be hidden.
whalebird
whalebird
noun
(Australia) The sooty tern
Any of several species of large Antarctic petrels, especially Pachyptila turtur (the blue petrel) and Pachyptila desolata.
wheatbird
wheatbird
noun
A bird that feeds on wheat, especially the chaffinch.