(obsolete, transitive) To unyoke; set free; uncouple.
abjuring
abjuring
verb
present participle of abjure
abutting
abutting
adj
Facing each other, front to front.
noun
abutment
verb
present participle of abut
againbuy
ambuling
amburgey
arguable
arguable
adj
(colloquial) Open to doubt, argument or debate.
That can be argued; that can be proven or strongly supported with sound logical deduction, precedent, and evidence.
arguably
arguably
adv
As can be supported or proven by sound logical deduction, evidence, and precedent.
ashbaugh
auberges
auberges
noun
plural of auberge
augsburg
augsburg
Proper noun
A city in southern Germany.
bagaudae
baghouse
baghouse
noun
A fabric filter; an air pollution control device that removes particulates out of air or gas released from commercial processes or combustion for electricity generation.
bagpuize
baguette
baguette
noun
(architecture) A small molding, like the astragal, but smaller; a bead.
(ethnic slur, mildly offensive, slang) A French person, or a person of French descent.
(zoology) One of the minute bodies seen in the divided nucleoli of some Infusoria after conjugation.
A gem cut in such a shape.
A narrow, relatively long rectangular shape.
A variety of bread that is long and narrow in shape.
barguest
baseplug
baubling
baubling
adj
Obsolete form of bawbling.
baughman
baulking
baulking
noun
Alternative form of balking
verb
present participle of baulk
bearhugs
bearhugs
noun
plural of bearhug
becudgel
becudgel
verb
(transitive) To cudgel thoroughly or soundly.
bedeguar
bedeguar
noun
(archaic) A gall produced on rosebushes, especially on the sweetbrier or eglantine, by a puncture from the ovipositor of a gallfly (Diplolepis rosae), and once supposed to have medicinal properties.
begrudge
begrudge
verb
To be reluctant.
To give reluctantly.
To grudge about or over; be envious or covetous.
begrutch
begrutch
verb
Obsolete form of begrudge.
beguiled
beguiled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beguile
beguiler
beguiler
noun
A person who beguiles
beguiles
beguiles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beguile
beguines
beguines
noun
plural of beguine
begulfed
begummed
begummed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of begum
bejuggle
bejuggle
verb
To confuse; to confound.
belgique
belitung
belugite
bemusing
bemusing
verb
present participle of bemuse
benguela
beplague
berglund
berouged
berouged
adj
Wearing rouge.
besmudge
besmudge
verb
To smudge.
besought
besought
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beseech
simple past tense and past participle of beseek
betongue
betongue
verb
(transitive) To assail with the tongue; flout; rally.
betrough
bhungini
bigamous
bigamous
adj
(of a marriage) involving bigamy
(of a spouse) guilty of bigamy
bigmouth
bigmouth
adj
(zoology) Applied to various creatures that have a large mouth.
noun
(informal, derogatory) One who talks too much or says things which should not be said.
bijugate
bijugate
adj
(botany) Of a compound leaf, having two pairs of leaflets
(botany) Of leaf arrangement, having pairs of (opposite) leaves, spirally arranged, producing a double spiral
bijugous
bijugous
adj
(botany, archaic) bijugate
billbugs
billbugs
noun
plural of billbug
binnogue
birdglue
blackgum
blackgum
noun
Alternative form of black gum (“tree”)
blagueur
blagueur
noun
A joker (person who makes jokes).
blousing
blousing
verb
present participle of blouse
blowguns
blowguns
noun
plural of blowgun
blubbing
blubbing
noun
Crying; whining; blubbering.
verb
present participle of blub
bludgeon
bludgeon
noun
A short, heavy club, often of wood, which is thicker or loaded at one end.
verb
(transitive) To coerce someone, as if with a bludgeon.
(transitive) To strike or hit with something hard, usually on the head; to club.
bludging
bludging
verb
present participle of bludge
bluegill
bluegill
noun
A North American sunfish; Lepomis macrochirus.
bluegown
bluegown
Noun
One of a class of paupers or pensioners, or licensed beggars, in Scotland, who received certain alms every year on the king's birthday, including a blue gown.
bluegums
bluegums
noun
plural of bluegum
blueings
blueings
noun
plural of blueing
bluelegs
bluewing
bluewing
noun
(usually in the plural) Torenia (wishbone flower)
Anas discors (syn. Spatula discors), the blue-winged teal.
bluffing
bluffing
noun
A bluff; a false expression of the strength of one's position in order to intimidate.
verb
present participle of bluff
blungers
blungers
noun
plural of blunger
blunging
blunging
verb
present participle of blunge
blunting
blunting
noun
The process by which something is made blunt.
verb
present participle of blunt
blurbing
blurbing
verb
present participle of blurb
blurping
blurring
blurring
noun
A blurry patch.
verb
present participle of blur
blurting
blurting
noun
Something that is blurted, or spoken hastily without thinking.
verb
present participle of blurt
blushing
blushing
adj
Showing blushes; rosy red.
noun
The act of one who blushes; a blush.
verb
present participle of blush
bogalusa
boiguacu
bonaught
boroughs
boroughs
noun
plural of borough
bouffage
bouffage
noun
(rare) A satisfying meal
bougeron
boughpot
boughpot
noun
Alternative form of bough pot
boughten
boughten
adj
(archaic or regional, West Country, Cornwall, Canada, US) Having been purchased or bought (rather than homemade).
verb
(archaic or regional, chiefly US) past participle of buy
boulogne
boulogne
Proper noun
A commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region
Boulogne-sur-Mer
Boulogne-Billancourt
bouncing
bouncing
adj
(obsolete, informal) Excessively big; whopping.
Healthy; vigorous.
noun
The act of something that bounces.
verb
present participle of bounce
bounding
bounding
noun
(uncountable) The use of fire protection products within limits determined by scientific tests.
The act of one who bounds or leaps.
verb
present participle and gerund of bound
bourgade
bourgeon
bourgeon
verb
Obsolete form of burgeon.
braeunig
breughel
briguing
briguing
verb
present participle of brigue
broguery
broguery
noun
The presence of a brogue in speech.
broguing
broguing
noun
Alternative spelling of brogueing
broguish
broguish
adj
Pertaining to or marked by a brogue, a thick accent.
bronaugh
brougham
brougham
noun
A four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage, designed in 1839. It had an open seat for the driver in front of the closed cabin for two or four passengers.
An automobile, a sedan without a roof over the driver's seat.
broughta
brueghel
bruising
bruising
adj
That bruises.
Wearisome, arduous.
noun
(slang) A violent physical attack on a person.
Bruises on a person's skin.
verb
present participle of bruise
bruiting
bruiting
noun
The act of one who bruits something; the promulgation of news or rumours.
verb
present participle of bruit
brushing
brushing
adj
(dated) brisk; light
noun
(uncountable, Internet) A fraudulent technique in which an online seller sends out fake orders (such as empty boxes) and adds positive reviews about those orders, ostensibly from the recipient.
An instance of brushing.
verb
present participle of brush
bsbusmgt
bubbling
bubbling
noun
The action or motion of something that bubbles.
verb
present participle of bubble
bubingas
bubingas
noun
plural of bubinga
buckling
buckling
adj
Wavy; curly, as hair.
noun
(geology) A folding into hills and valleys.
A young male domestic goat of between one and two years.
Smoked herring.
The act of fastening a buckle.
The action of collapsing under pressure or stress.
verb
present participle of buckle
buddings
buddings
noun
plural of budding
buddling
buddling
verb
present participle of buddle
buddying
buddying
verb
present participle of buddy
budgeree
budgeree
adj
(Australian Pidgin English, Aboriginal English, obsolete) good, fine
budgerow
budgerow
noun
(now historical) A large, slow-moving barge used in India.
budgeted
budgeted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of budget
budgeter
budgeter
noun
One who budgets.
bugaboos
bugaboos
noun
plural of bugaboo
bugbanes
bugbanes
noun
plural of bugbane
bugbears
bugbears
noun
plural of bugbear
buggered
buggered
adj
(UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, slang) Tired, worn-out, exhausted.
(slang) Broken; not properly functioning.
(slang) In trouble; in a bad situation.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bugger
buggiest
buggiest
adj
superlative form of buggy: most buggy
buggyman
buggyman
noun
(historical) A man employed to transport material, such as the bloom from a furnace, on a wheeled carriage or buggy.
The male driver of a buggy.
buggymen
buggymen
noun
plural of buggyman
bughouse
bughouse
adj
(US, slang) Crazy, insane.
noun
(South Africa, slang) A cheap and dirty cinema.
(US, slang) A flea-infested hotel, lodging-house etc.
(US, slang) A hospital, especially a lunatic asylum.
buginese
buginese
Proper noun
A Malayo-Polynesian language spoken in parts of Sulawesi, Indonesia
bugology
bugology
noun
(informal) The study of insects.
bugproof
bugproof
verb
(transitive) To make resistant to insects.
bugseeds
bugseeds
noun
plural of bugseed
building
building
noun
(countable) A closed structure with walls and a roof.
(uncountable) The act or process by which something is built; construction.
verb
present participle of build
bulganin
bulgaria
bulgaric
bulgiest
bulgiest
adj
superlative form of bulgy: most bulgy
bulkages
bulkages
noun
plural of bulkage
bulldogs
bulldogs
noun
plural of bulldog
bullfrog
bullfrog
noun
Any of various frogs having a croak that resembles the bellow of a cow or bull.
bullgine
bullgine
noun
(US, slang, obsolete) A steam locomotive.
bullough
bullring
bullring
noun
Alternative form of bull ring (“area where a bullfight takes place”)
bullying
bullying
noun
An act of intimidating a person to do something, especially such repeated coercion.
Persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant for another person.
verb
present participle of bully
bullyrag
bullyrag
verb
(transitive) To harass, badger, taunt, or abuse verbally.
bumbarge
bumbling
bumbling
adj
Acting in a confused or ineffectual way; incompetent; showing little or no skill.
noun
The act of one who bumbles; a mistake or error, especially through clumsiness.
verb
present participle of bumble
bunching
bunching
noun
(countable) An arrangement of items in a bunch.
(uncountable) The illegitimate supplying of laboratory animals that are actually kidnapped pets or illegally trapped strays.
verb
present participle of bunch
buncoing
buncoing
verb
present participle of bunco
bundling
bundling
noun
(countable, uncountable) Arrangement in a bundle or collection.
(uncountable, historical) An old custom in Wales, New England, and elsewhere for sweethearts to sleep on the same bed without undressing.
verb
present participle of bundle
bungalow
bungalow
noun
A single-storey house, typically with rooms all on one level, or sometimes also with upper rooms set into the roof space.
A thatched or tiled one-story house in India surrounded by a wide veranda; a similar house in this style.
bungarum
bungarum
noun
(dated) A krait (venomous snake of the genus Bungarus)
bungarus
bungerly
bungfull
bunghole
bunghole
noun
Alternative spelling of bung-hole
bunglers
bunglers
noun
plural of bungler
bungling
bungling
adj
Incompetent or inept.
noun
An act of incompetence or ineptitude.
verb
present participle of bungle
bungtown
bungwall
bungwall
noun
A species of fern, Telmatoblechnum indicum, native to Australia and Southeast Asia.