(obsolete) Cacatua haematuropygia, a kind of white parrot of the Philippines.
abacli
abacot
abacot
noun
(obsolete) Misspelling of bycoket.
abacus
abacus
noun
(Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, historical) A board, tray, or table, divided into perforated compartments for holding bottles, cups, or the like; a kind of buffet, cupboard, or sideboard.
(architecture) The uppermost portion of the capital of a column immediately under the architrave, in some cases a flat oblong or square slab, in others more decorated.
(historical, obsolete) A table or tray scattered with sand which was used for calculating or drawing.
A device used for performing arithmetical calculations; (rare) a table on which loose counters are placed, or (more commonly) an instrument with beads sliding on rods, or counters in grooves, with one row of beads or counters representing units, the next tens, etc.
abanic
abanic
Adjective
A member of the Sioux tribe of American Indian; Siouan.
abasic
abasic
adj
(biochemistry, of a site in a DNA molecule) That has neither a purine nor a pyrimidine base.
(genetics, biochemistry) Missing a nucleotide base
(medicine) Of, pertaining to or caused by abasia.
abatic
abatic
adj
Alternative form of abasic
abbacy
abbacy
noun
The dignity, estate, term, or jurisdiction of an abbot or abbess.
abcess
abduce
abduce
verb
(transitive) To draw a conclusion, especially in metanalysis; to deduce.
(transitive, obsolete) To draw; to conduct away; to take away; to withdraw; to draw to a different part; to move a limb out away from the center of the body; abduct.
abduct
abduct
verb
(transitive) To take away by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually with violence or deception; to kidnap.
(transitive, anatomy) To draw away, as a limb or other part, from the median axis of the body.
abject
abject
adj
(chiefly with a negative connotation) Complete; downright; utter.
(rare) Lower than nearby areas; low-lying.
Existing in or sunk to a low condition, position, or state; contemptible, despicable, miserable.
Of a person: cast down in hope or spirit; showing utter helplessness, hopelessness, or resignation; also, grovelling; ingratiating; servile.
noun
A person in the lowest and most despicable condition; an oppressed person; an outcast; also, such people as a class.
verb
(mycology) Of a fungus: to (forcibly) give off (spores or sporidia).
To cast down (someone or something); to abase; to debase; to degrade; to lower; also, to forcibly impose obedience or servitude upon (someone); to subjugate.
To cast off or out (someone or something); to reject, especially as contemptible or inferior.
ablach
ablock
abrico
abscam
abscam
Proper noun
A code name for an sting operation set up by the FBI to thwart bribery in Congress.
abucay
abucco
abucco
noun
(historical) A unit of mass used for gold and silver, used in Burma, approximately 196.44 grams or 6.316 troy ounces.
abulic
abulic
adj
(psychiatry) Relating to, characterized by, or affected with abulia.
noun
Person afflicted with abulia.
accumb
accumb
verb
(obsolete) To recline, as at table.
albric
albuca
ambach
amebic
amebic
adj
Alternative form of amoebic
arabic
arabic
adj
Only used in arabic acid
noun
(rare) Short for gum arabic.
archbp
ascebc
ascitb
aucuba
aucuba
noun
Any of several decorative evergreen shrubs of the genus Aucuba.
bacaba
bacach
baccae
baccar
baccio
bached
bached
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bach
bachel
baches
baches
noun
plural of bach
bacile
backed
backed
adj
(in combination) Having specified type of back.
(in combination) Having specified type of backing.
(obsolete, slang) Put on one's back; killed; rendered dead.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of back
backen
backer
backer
adj
(phonetics) comparative form of back: more back
noun
One who, or that which, backs; especially one who backs an entrant in a contest, or who supports an enterprise by funding it.
backet
backet
noun
(Scotland) A shallow wooden trough for carrying ashes, coals, etc.
backie
backie
noun
(colloquial) A ride on the back of a bicycle or motorbike.
backup
backup
adj
(computing) That is intended as a backup.
Standby, reserve or extra.
Supporting, reinforcing; (music) of or related to accompaniment
noun
(computing) A copy of a file or record, stored separately from the original, that can be used to recover the original if it is destroyed or damaged.
(law enforcement) reinforcements
A reserve or substitute.
An accumulation of material caused by a (partial) obstruction or (complete) blockage of the flow or movement of the material, or an accumulation of material that causes an overflow due to the flow being greater than the maximum possible flow.
verb
Misspelling of back up.
backus
baclin
bacons
bacons
noun
plural of bacon
bacony
bacony
adj
Resembling bacon, especially in flavor
bacopa
bacopa
noun
(botany) Any of the genus Bacopa of aquatic plants, the waterhyssops.
bacova
bactra
bacula
bacula
noun
plural of baculum
bacule
bacule
noun
(palynology) A rod-like element on the surface of some pollen.
(rare, dated) Alternative form of bascule
baculi
bacury
balaic
balcer
balche
balche
noun
Alternative form of balché
balcke
balcon
balcon
noun
Obsolete form of balcony.
baloch
baloch
Noun
A member of an Iranian people who primarily speak the Balochi language and inhabit Balochistan and other nearby areas.
baltic
baltic
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Baltic (“very cold”)
baluch
balzac
banach
bancal
bancal
noun
An ornamental covering, as of carpet or leather, for a bench or form.
bancha
bancha
noun
A type of low-grade Japanese green tea.
banchi
bancos
bancus
baraca
baraca
Proper noun
An international, interdenominational organization of Bible classes for young men, founded in the late 19th century.
barack
barack
noun
Hungarian apricot brandy
barcan
barcas
barche
barcoo
barcot
barcus
bardic
bardic
adj
Of or pertaining to bards.
noun
A bardic circle or competition: a gathering or contest at which stories, poems, and/or songs are recited.
bareca
baroco
barsac
baruch
bascio
bascom
basics
basics
noun
plural of basic
bathic
bauchi
baucis
bausch
beachy
beachy
adj
Pertaining to a beach or something beach-like.
Pertaining to the material making up the edge of a seashore, as with pebbles, gravel, and sand.
beacon
beacon
noun
(Internet) Short for web beacon.
(figurative) That which gives notice of danger, or keeps people on the correct path.
(nautical) A signal or conspicuous mark erected on an eminence near the shore, or moored in shoal water, as a guide to mariners.
A high hill or other easily distinguishable object near the shore which can serve as guidance for seafarers.
A post or buoy placed over a shoal or bank to warn vessels of danger; also a signal mark on land. (FM 55-501)
A signal fire to notify of the approach of an enemy, or to give any notice, commonly of warning.
An electronic device that broadcasts a signal to nearby portable devices, enabling smartphones etc. to perform actions when in physical proximity to the beacon.
verb
(intransitive) To act as a beacon.
(transitive) To furnish with a beacon or beacons.
(transitive) To give light to, as a beacon; to light up; to illumine.
bearce
beback
becall
becall
verb
(transitive) To call names; insult.
(transitive, obsolete) To call upon; call forth; challenge.
(transitive, obsolete) To call; summon.
becalm
becalm
verb
(transitive, nautical) To deprive (a ship) of wind, so that it cannot move (usually in passive).
(transitive, obsolete) To make calm or still; make quiet; calm.
became
became
verb
(colloquial, nonstandard) past participle of become
simple past tense of become
becaps
becard
becard
noun
A South American flycatcher of the genus Pachyramphus
beclad
beclad
adj
Clothed about; clad.
beclap
beclap
verb
To clap for; to applaud.
To grasp, insnare, ensnare, catch, to trap suddenly, to grab suddenly.
beclaw
beclaw
verb
(transitive) To scratch or tear all over with claws or nails.
becram
becuna
becuna
noun
Sphyraena sphyraena, a Mediterranean fish.
bedcap
belace
belace
verb
(transitive) To cover or adorn with lace.
(transitive) To fasten, as with a lace or cord.
(transitive, obsolete) To beat with a strap.
bescab
biacid
biacid
adj
(chemistry, of a base) Having two hydrogen atoms that can be replaced by negative atoms or radicals to form salts.
bianca
bianco
bicarb
bicarb
noun
(informal) Bicarbonate.
bichat
biface
biface
noun
(archaeology) A double-sided stone tool
bipack
bipack
noun
(cinematography) The process of loading two reels of film into a camera, so that they both pass through the camera gate together, formerly used for visual effects and as a subtractive colour process.
verb
(cinematography) To load two reels of film in this manner.
biscay
biscay
Proper noun
A province of Spain
blacks
blacks
noun
(UK) Soot flying in the air.
A kind of ink in used in copperplate printing, prepared from the charred husks of the grape and the residue of the wine press.
Black garments, etc.
plural of black
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of black
blacky
blacky
noun
(informal, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) A black person.
blanca
blanch
blanch
verb
(intransitive) To cover (sheet iron) with a coating of tin.
(intransitive) To grow or become white.
(transitive) To bleach by excluding the light, for example the stalks or leaves of plants, by earthing them up or tying them together
(transitive) To give a white lustre to (silver, before stamping, in the process of coining)
(transitive) To make white by removing the skin of, for example by scalding
(transitive) To take the color out of, and make white; to bleach.
(transitive) To whiten, for example the surface of meat, by plunging into boiling water and afterwards into cold, so as to harden the surface and retain the juices
(transitive, cooking) To cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water.
(transitive, figuratively) To give a favorable appearance to; to whitewash; to whiten;
To avoid, as from fear; to evade; to leave unnoticed.
To cause to turn aside or back.
To use evasion.
blanco
blanco
verb
(transitive) To polish using Blanco.
blancs
blancs
noun
plural of blanc
blatch
blatch
noun
(obsolete) Blacking, blackening.
verb
(transitive, archaic) To blacken; to smear with blacking; to stain or mark with soot or coal.
bleach
bleach
adj
(archaic) Pale; bleak.
noun
(countable) A variety of bleach.
(uncountable) A chemical, such as sodium hypochlorite or hydrogen peroxide, or a preparation of such a chemical, used for disinfecting or whitening.
A disease of the skin.
An act of bleaching; exposure to the sun.
verb
(intransitive) To be whitened or lightened (by the sun, for example).
(intransitive, biology, of corals) To lose color due to stress-induced expulsion of symbiotic unicellular algae.
(transitive) To treat with bleach, especially so as to whiten (fabric, paper, etc.) or lighten (hair).
(transitive, figurative) To make meaningless; to divest of meaning; to make empty.
bobcat
bobcat
noun
A North American wildcat, Lynx rufus, having tufted ears and a short tail.
A multi-purpose construction vehicle, akin to a smaller version of a front-end loader or a backhoe (backhoe loader), with a one-man caged control cabin.
bocage
bocage
noun
Alternative spelling of boscage
boccia
boccia
noun
A sport, similar to bocce, designed to be played by people with impaired motor skills.
bodach
bodach
noun
A trickster or bogeyman figure in Gaelic folklore.
bogach
bomarc
bonace
bonaci
bonaci
noun
(dated) A large grouper (Mycteroperca bonaci) of Florida and the Caribbean. Grey, with an oblong, laterally compressed body, it is a food fish.
Any of several other groupers.
boruca
boucan
boucan
noun
A wooden grill or structure for cooking meat and fish on, of a style used by the Tupi or others in the Caribbean.
boxcar
boxcar
noun
(rail transport, US) An enclosed railway goods wagon, typically with a sliding door.
verb
(mathematics, transitive) To reduce to a boxcar function.
bracae
bracci
braced
braced
adj
(heraldry, of multiple figures of the same form) Interlaced.
Having braces or similar supports.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brace
bracer
bracer
noun
(archery) A covering to protect the arm of the bowman from the vibration of the string.
A medicine, as an astringent or a tonic, which gives tension or tone to any part of the body.
Armor for the forearm; a brassard.
Something bracing; a stimulant.
That which braces, binds, or makes firm; a band or bandage.
braces
braces
noun
(Britain) A pair of straps crossing one's shoulders and extending down to one's trousers, where a clip or button arrangement allows them to affix to the trousers, ensuring that they will not fall off.
(dated) Handcuffs.
(orthodontics) A device worn on the teeth to straighten them.
plural of brace
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brace
bracey
brache
brachs
bracky
bracky
adj
(archaic) brackish
bracon
bracts
bracts
noun
plural of bract
branca
branch
branch
noun
(Mormonism) A local congregation of the LDS Church that is not large enough to form a ward; see Wikipedia article on ward in LDS church.
(chiefly Southern US) A creek or stream which flows into a larger river.
(computing) A group of related files in a source control system, including for example source code, build scripts, and media such as images.
(computing) A sequence of code that is conditionally executed.
(geometry) One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance.
(nautical) A certificate given by Trinity House to a pilot qualified to take navigational control of a ship in British waters.
(rail transport) A branch line.
A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant in such a line.
A location of an organization with several locations.
An area in business or of knowledge, research.
Any of the parts of something that divides like the branch of a tree.
The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing.
verb
(intransitive) To arise from the trunk or a larger branch of a tree.
(intransitive) To produce branches.
(intransitive, computing) To jump to a different location in a program, especially as the result of a conditional statement.
(transitive) To strip of branches.
(transitive, colloquial) To discipline (a union member) at a branch meeting.
(transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) divide into separate parts or subdivisions.
brasca
breach
breach
noun
(archaic) A bruise; a wound.
(archaic) A hernia; a rupture.
(figurative) A difference in opinions, social class etc.
(law) A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment
A breaking of waters, as over a vessel or a coastal defence; the waters themselves
A breaking out upon; an assault.
A breaking up of amicable relations, a falling-out.
A gap or opening made by breaking or battering, as in a wall, fortification or levee / embankment; the space between the parts of a solid body rent by violence
The act of breaking, in a figurative sense.
verb
(intransitive, of a whale) To leap out of the water.
(law, informal, transitive, usually passive) To charge or convict (someone) of breaching the terms of a bail, probation, recognizance, etc.
(transitive) To make a breach in.
(transitive) To violate or break.
(transitive, nautical, of the sea) To break into a ship or into a coastal defence.
brecia
broach
broach
noun
(architecture, UK, dialect) A spire rising from a tower.
(masonry) A broad chisel for stone-cutting.
A series of chisel points mounted on one piece of steel. For example, the toothed stone chisel shown here.
A spit for cooking food.
A spit-like start on the head of a young stag.
Alternative spelling of brooch
An awl; a bodkin; also, a wooden rod or pin, sharpened at each end, used by thatchers.
The pin in a lock which enters the barrel of the key.
The stick from which candle wicks are suspended for dipping.
verb
(intransitive) To be turned sideways to oncoming waves, especially large or breaking waves.
(nautical, intransitive, of a submerged submarine, torpedo, or similar) To break the surface of the water.
(transitive) To cause to turn sideways to oncoming waves, especially large or breaking waves (usually followed by to; also figurative).
(transitive) To make a hole in, especially a cask of liquor, and put in a tap in order to draw the liquid.
(transitive) To open, to make an opening into; to pierce.
(transitive, figuratively) To begin discussion about (something).