(automotive) A protective system in automobiles in which when a crash occurs, a bag containing nitrogen, formed by the explosive decomposition of sodium azide, quickly inflates in front of the driver or passenger, preventing injury to the head. Side air bags, including the back seat passengers, also prevent injury.
(slang) A person who talks too much; a windbag or gossip.
A similar inflated bag used in performing stunts, etc.
albugo
albugo
noun
(dated) A leucoma.
alburg
ambage
ambage
noun
(especially in plural) ambiguity; circumlocution
amberg
ambigu
ambigu
noun
(dated) An entertainment at which a medley of dishes is set on at the same time; a buffet.
atabeg
atabeg
noun
(historical) A high medieval Turkish feudal title, originally charged with the caretaking and mentoring of the realm's crown prince.
baaing
baaing
noun
The bleating of a sheep.
verb
present participle of baa
badaga
badaga
Proper noun
A Dravidian language spoken primarily in the Nilgri Hills of southern India.
The indigenous people of the Nilgri Hills of southern India.
badged
badged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of badge
badger
badger
noun
(in the plural, obsolete, cant) A crew of desperate villains who robbed near rivers, into which they threw the bodies of those they murdered.
(obsolete) A brush made of badger hair.
(obsolete) An itinerant licensed dealer in commodities used for food; a hawker; a huckster; -- formerly applied especially to one who bought grain in one place and sold it in another.
A native or resident of the American state, Wisconsin.
Any mammal of three subfamilies, which belong to the family Mustelidae: Melinae (Eurasian badgers), Mellivorinae (ratel or honey badger), and Taxideinae (American badger).
verb
To pester, to annoy persistently; press.
badges
badges
noun
plural of badge
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of badge
badgir
badgir
noun
(India, historical) A windcatcher.
bagani
bagass
bagass
noun
Alternative form of bagasse
bagdad
bagels
bagels
noun
plural of bagel
bagful
bagful
noun
A large assortment.
An amount; the contents of one full bag.
bagged
bagged
adj
(colloquial) Having been caught or successfully hunted.
Having been placed in a bag.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bag
bagger
bagger
noun
A retail employee who bags customers' purchases and carries them to the customers' vehicles.
A touring motorcycle equipped with saddlebags.
One who bags.
baggie
baggie
noun
(US) A small bag, especially a small, clear, plastic bag.
baggit
baggit
noun
A salmon that has just spawned.
baghla
bagios
bagley
bagley
Proper noun
an area in north-west Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England.
a village in Hordley parish, Shropshire
a hamlet in parish, district, Somerset, England
a village in the City of borough, West Yorkshire, England
a small city in Iowa, USA.
a small city in Minnesota, USA
a village in Wisconsin, USA.
a town in Wisconsin.
bagman
bagman
noun
(Australia, slang) A bookmaker.
(US, politics, slang) An officer assigned to travel with the president and carry the "nuclear football".
(dated, slang) A travelling salesman.
(golf) A caddy.
(informal) A person who collects, transports, or distributes illicit money, especially for the purpose of bribery, extortion, or the making of other improper payments.
(politics, informal) A prominent fundraiser for a political party or similar cause
An assistant to a police detective, most commonly in the British police force.
bagmen
bagmen
noun
plural of bagman
bagnes
bagnet
bagnet
noun
(Philippines) crispy pork belly
bagnio
bagnio
noun
(obsolete) A building for bathing, sweating.
(obsolete) In Turkey, a prison for slaves.
bagnut
bagobo
bagong
bagpod
bagram
baguet
baguet
noun
(architecture, zoology) Alternative form of baguette
baguio
baguio
noun
(Philippines) A typhoon.
bagwig
bagwig
noun
Alternative form of bag wig
bagwyn
bagwyn
noun
An imaginary heraldic animal, like an antelope but with the tail of a horse and two curved horns.
baking
baking
adj
(figuratively) Of a person, an object, or the weather: very hot; boiling, broiling, roasting.
That bakes.
noun
(countable) The production of a batch of baked product.
An action in which something is baked.
The way in which something is baked.
verb
present participle of bake.
baling
baling
noun
A collection of material packaged into a bale.
verb
present participle of bale
baluga
banago
bandog
bandog
noun
(archaic) A dog that has been tied up; a mastiff or other kind of guard dog.
(figurative, literary) Anything that behaves like a bandog; something or someone who pursues doggedly.
(obsolete, slang, cant) A bailiff or prison guard.
(specifically) A type of large, ferocious dog, bred by crossing American pit bull terriers with Neapolitan mastiffs.
banged
banged
adj
Alternative form of bhanged
Having the hair styled in bangs.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bang
banger
banger
noun
(Britain) A firework that makes a bang.
(Britain, New Zealand, Australia, food, slang) A sausage.
(Britain, music, slang) A powerfully energetic piece of music, especially dance music.
(Britain, sexuality, slang) A man's penis.
(Britain, sexuality, slang) A woman's breast.
(Britain, slang, by extension) Any particularly good or pleasing thing.
(US, automotive, slang) A car or an engine; referring to the cylinders of an engine in a car. From the explosive bangs on every cylinder firing.
(US, crime, slang) Clipping of gangbanger; a member of a gang.
(automotive, slang) An old, worn-out car. From a stereotypical one backfiring, making banging noises.
(curling) One of the rocks that end up crashing against another, making banging sounds, after a throw.
(curling) One of the rocks that results in a score at the finish of an end.
(military, slang) A Bangalore torpedo.
(sexuality, slang) A person who has sex.
banghy
bangia
bangka
bangle
bangle
noun
(dialectal) The cut branch of a tree; a large, rough stick; the largest piece of wood in a bundle of twigs
A rigid bracelet or anklet, especially one with no clasp.
verb
(intransitive) (falconry) to beat about in the air; flutter: said of a hawk which does not rise steadily and then swoop down upon its prey.
(intransitive) to flap or hang down loosely, as a hat brim or an animal's ear.
(obsolete or dialectal) to waste away little by little; squander carelessly; fritter (away).
(transitive, obsolete) to beat about or beat down, as corn by the wind.
If we bangle away the legacy of peace left us by Christ, it is a sign of our want of regard for him. — Duty of Man.
bangor
bangor
Proper noun
A city in Gwynedd, Wales.
A town in County Northern Ireland.
Any of several other places named after the city in Wales, or the town in Northern Ireland.
a city in Maine, USA
bangos
bangui
bangui
Proper noun
The capital of the Central African Republic.
bangup
baning
baning
verb
present participle of bane
baraga
baraga
Proper noun
A village in Michigan.
barege
barege
noun
Alternative spelling of barège
barged
barged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of barge
bargee
bargee
noun
A crewman of a working barge.
barger
barger
noun
(obsolete) The manager of a barge.
One who barges or shoves.
barges
barges
noun
plural of barge
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of barge
bargir
bargir
noun
(India, historical) A trooper of irregular cavalry who is (unlike a silladar) not the owner of his troop horse and arms, but either is put in by another person, perhaps a native officer in the regiment who takes part of his pay, or has his horse from the state he serves.
baring
baring
noun
The act by which something is laid bare.
verb
present participle of bare
barong
barong
noun
A cutting weapon similar to a cleaver, with a thick back and thin razor-like edge, used by the Moros of the Philippines.
basing
basing
noun
The storage or housing of something within a base.
verb
present participle of base
basoga
bating
bating
adj
(Cornwall, Devon, dialect) Of the moon, when it is waning.
prep
(now rare) Apart from; except.
verb
present participle of bate
baying
baying
noun
Action of the verb to bay; howling.
An instance of baying; a howl.
verb
present participle of bay
bayong
bayong
noun
A kind of bag made from woven dried leaves or various modern substitutes, used in the Philippines.
beagle
beagle
noun
A bailiff.
A person who snoops on others; a detective.
A small kind of shark.
A small short-legged smooth-coated scenthound, often tricolored and sometimes used for hunting hares. Its friendly disposition makes it suitable as a family pet.
verb
To hunt with beagles.
To search.
bebang
bebang
verb
(transitive) To give bangs to; style in bangs.
(transitive, intransitive) To bang about.
beflag
beflag
verb
(transitive) To decorate with a flag or flags; to hang a flag or flags on.
begall
begall
verb
(transitive) To gall.
begani
begari
begary
begash
begass
begats
begats
noun
(nonstandard) plural of begat
begaud
begaud
verb
(transitive, rare) To make gaudy.
begaze
begaze
verb
(transitive) To gaze at.
beggar
beggar
noun
(UK) A minced oath for bugger.
(colloquial, sometimes endearing) A mean or wretched person; a scoundrel.
A person suffering from extreme poverty.
A person who begs.
verb
(transitive) To make a beggar of someone; impoverish.
(transitive, figurative) To exhaust the resources of; to outdo.
beglad
begnaw
begnaw
verb
(transitive, archaic) To gnaw; to eat away at.
begray
behang
behang
verb
(transitive) To hang round or about, as ornament or embellishment; suspend; drape.
belage
belgae
belgae
Noun
A group of tribes living in northern Gaul, between the English Channel and the west bank of the Rhine, from at least the 3rd century BC.
belgas
beluga
beluga
noun
A cetacean, Delphinapterus leucas, found in the Arctic Ocean.
A fish found in the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea (Huso huso), that is a source of caviar.
bengal
beshag
bhagat
bhagat
noun
A holy man in Sikhism or Hinduism.
bhangi
bhangi
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Bhangi
bhangs
biagio
bigamy
bigamy
noun
(ecclesiastical law, historical) A second marriage after the death of a spouse.
The state of having two (legal or illegal) spouses simultaneously.
bigate
biggah
bigram
bigram
noun
(linguistics) A pair, often of words or tags, used in analysis.
bigtha
biogas
biogas
noun
A mixture of methane and carbon dioxide, produced by anaerobic digestion of organic waste matter, used as a fuel
blague
blague
noun
mendacious boasting; falsehood; humbug
bocage
bocage
noun
Alternative spelling of boscage
bodega
bodega
noun
(Philippines) A warehouse; a storeroom
(slang, New York City) Any convenience store.
(slang, Southwestern United States) Any small or medium-sized shop with a unique facade in a shopping center plaza, usually located in the center or the sides of the plaza. Does not include the anchor tenant of the shopping center, as they are usually referred to as the anchor.
A store specializing in Hispanic groceries.
A storehouse for maturing wine, a winery.
bodrag
bodrag
noun
Alternative form of bodrage
bogach
bogans
bogans
noun
plural of bogan
bogard
bogart
bogart
noun
(slang) An obnoxious, selfish and overbearing person; an attention hog.
verb
(slang) To get something by bullying, intimidation; be a tough guy.
(slang) To selfishly take or keep something; to hog; especially to hold a joint (marijuana) dangling between the lips instead of passing it on.
bogata
bogman
bogota
bogway
bonagh
bonang
bonang
noun
(music) A set of small gongs placed on a rack and usually struck with a padded stick, a type of gong chime, used in the gamelan music of Java.
bongar
boorga
borage
borage
noun
Borago officinalis, a Mediterranean plant with rough, cucumber-flavored leaves and stems, used in salads and cooked.
borago
borgia
borgia
Proper noun
Famously borne by a prominent family during the Renaissance.
bougar
bougar
noun
(chiefly in the plural) A rafter or cross spar of a roof especially of a cottage.
boyang
boyang
noun
Alternative form of bowyang
bragas
brager
braggs
braggy
braggy
adj
Prone to brag.
bragly
bregma
bregma
noun
(anatomy) the anatomical structure on the skull where the coronal suture and sagittal suture meet
brogan
brogan
noun
A heavy working shoe; a brogue.
brolga
brolga
noun
A large grey crane (Antigone rubicunda, syn. Grus rubicunda), of northern and eastern Australia.