The rind of the fruit of several East Indian species of acacia, especially Vachellia nilotica, formerly Acacia arabica; neb-neb. It contains gallic acid and tannin, and is used for dyeing drab.
babloh
bachel
baghla
balche
balche
noun
Alternative form of balché
baloch
baloch
Noun
A member of an Iranian people who primarily speak the Balochi language and inhabit Balochistan and other nearby areas.
baluch
barhal
bathyl
behale
behalf
behalf
noun
(when adopted by someone else) One's role or rightful place; stead or authority.
The interest, benefit, or wellbeing of someone or something.
beheld
beheld
verb
simple past tense and past participle of behold
behelp
behelp
verb
(transitive, archaic) To help (with); give aid or assistance to.
behlau
behlke
behold
behold
intj
lo!
look, a call of attention to something
verb
(intransitive) To look.
To contemplate (someone or something).
To look at or see (someone or something), especially appreciatively; to descry, to look upon.
behowl
behowl
verb
(archaic, transitive) To howl at.
belash
belash
verb
(transitive, archaic) To strike or flog with a lash; take a lash to
bethel
bethel
noun
A chapel, especially one for sailors, converted from an old ship.
A holy place.
beulah
bharal
bharal
noun
A blue sheep, being any species of the genus Pseudois, goatlike bovids of the Himalayas and western China with a bluish-grey coat; Himalayan blue sheep (Pseudois nayaur).
bhopal
bhopal
Proper noun
State capital of Madhya Pradesh (India).
bilhah
bilhah
Proper noun
A handmaid of Rachel and mother of Dan and Naphtali.
name of biblical origin.
bilith
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.
blashy
blashy
adj
(of food) watery
(of weather) windy and rainy
blatch
blatch
noun
(obsolete) Blacking, blackening.
verb
(transitive, archaic) To blacken; to smear with blacking; to stain or mark with soot or coal.
blcher
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.
blench
blench
noun
A deceit; a trick.
A sidelong glance.
verb
(intransitive) To fly off; to turn aside.
(intransitive) To shrink; start back; give way; flinch; turn aside or fly off.
(intransitive, of the eye) To quail.
(obsolete) To blanch.
(transitive) To deceive; cheat.
(transitive) To draw back from; shrink; avoid; elude; deny, as from fear.
(transitive) To hinder; obstruct; disconcert; foil.
blethe
blight
blight
noun
(by extension) Anything that impedes growth or development or spoils any other aspect of life.
(phytopathology) A rapid and complete chlorosis, browning, then death of plant tissues such as leaves, branches, twigs, or floral organs.
The bacterium, virus or fungus that causes such a condition.
verb
(intransitive) To suffer blight.
(transitive) To affect with blight; to blast; to prevent the growth and fertility of.
(transitive) To spoil, ruin, or destroy (something).
blithe
blithe
adj
(chiefly Scotland, elsewhere dated or literary) Cheerful, happy.
Casually careless or indifferent; showing a lack of concern.
blooth
blooth
noun
(UK, dialect) Alternative form of blowth (“blossom; bloom”)
blotch
blotch
noun
(figuratively) Imperfection; blemish on one’s reputation, stain.
(slang) Blotting paper.
A bright or dark spot on old film caused by dirt and loss of the gelatin covering the film, due to age and poor film quality.
A dark spot on the skin; a pustule.
An irregularly shaped area.
An uneven patch of color or discoloration.
Any of various crop diseases that cause the plant to form spots.
verb
(intransitive) To develop blotches, to become blotchy.
(transitive) To mark with blotches.
blowth
blowth
noun
(archaic) Bloom or blossom; blossoms collectively; the state of blossoming.
blueth
blueth
noun
(rare) The state of being blue; blueness.
bluish
bluish
adj
(figuratively) Somewhat depressed; sad.
Having a tint or hue similar to the colour blue.
blusht
blusht
verb
(obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of blush
blushy
blushy
adj
(of a person) Embarrassed, blushing; feeling as though one might blush.
Suffused with blushes or blushlike hues.
blythe
blythe
adj
Obsolete spelling of blithe
bohlen
bohlin
bolshy
bolshy
noun
Alternative spelling of bolshie
buhler
burhel
burhel
noun
Archaic spelling of bharal.
bushel
bushel
noun
(UK) The iron lining in the nave of a wheel.
(colloquial) A large indefinite quantity.
(historical) A dry measure, containing four pecks, eight gallons, or thirty-two quarts.
A quantity that fills a bushel measure.
A vessel of the capacity of a bushel, used in measuring; a bushel measure.
verb
(US, tailoring, transitive, intransitive) To mend or repair clothes.
To pack grain, hops, etc. into bushel measures.
chebel
chibol
chibol
noun
(obsolete) Alternative form of cibol (“spring onion; Welsh onion”)
ghibli
ghibli
noun
(Libya) sirocco
gibleh
gibleh
noun
Archaic form of ghibli.
habble
habble
noun
(Scotland) A squabble.
(Scotland) A state of perplexity.
verb
(Scotland, intransitive) To stutter or stammer.
(Scotland, transitive) To perplex.
habile
habile
adj
Generally able or adroit; handy.
halbur
halebi
hamble
hamble
verb
(intransitive) To walk lame; limp.
(obsolete, transitive) To mutilate; hamstring; cut away.
(transitive) To cut out the balls of the feet of (dogs) so as to render them unfit for hunting.
hebbel
helban
helbeh
helbeh
noun
Alternative form of hulbah
helbon
herbal
herbal
adj
Made from natural herbs specifically as opposed to from synthetic materials.
Made from or with herbs.
noun
A manual of herbs and their medical uses
An herbal supplement
hobbil
hobble
hobble
noun
(archaic, informal) A difficult situation; a scrape.
(chiefly in the plural) One of the short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses, allowing them to wander short distances but preventing them from running off.
(dialect, UK and Newfoundland) An odd job; a piece of casual work.
An unsteady, off-balance step.
verb
(figurative) To move roughly or irregularly.
To fetter by tying the legs; to restrict (a horse) with hobbles.
To perplex; to embarrass.
To walk lame, or unevenly.
hobbly
hobbly
adj
(of a path) uneven, rugged
(of a person) hobbling, walking with a hobble (unbalanced tread).
hoblob
hoblob
noun
(obsolete) a rustic, boorish person; yokel
horbal
hubble
hubble
noun
(Scotland) An uproar.
(US) A lump.
A heap, as of work.
hubbly
hubbly
adj
lumpy
hulbig
humble
humble
adj
Having a low opinion of oneself; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; modest.
Not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming.
noun
(Baltimore, slang) An arrest based on weak evidence intended to demean or punish the subject.
(Northern England, Scotland, also attributive) Alternative form of hummel.
verb
(intransitive, chiefly obsolete) To hum.
(transitive) Alternative form of hummel.
(transitive, intransitive) To defeat or reduce the power, independence, or pride of
(transitive, often reflexive) To make humble or lowly; to make less proud or arrogant; to make meek and submissive.
humbly
humbly
adv
In a humble manner.
hyblan
keblah
kiblah
kiblah
noun
Alternative form of qibla
libnah
philbo
philby
shelba
shelbi
shelby
shelby
Proper noun
name transferred from the surname.
name transferred from the surname.
a city in North Carolina, USA
shwalb
thible
thible
noun
(UK, dialect, obsolete) A stick for stirring food.