(UK) A bound bailiff: a deputy bailiff charged with debt collection.
(UK) A high bailiff: an officer of the county courts responsible for executing warrants and court orders, appointed by the judge and removable by the Lord Chancellor.
(UK, slang) Any debt collector, regardless of his or her official status.
(US) Any law enforcement officer charged with courtroom security and order.
(historical) A head of a district ("bailiwick") of the Knights Hospitaller; a head of one of the national associations ("tongues") of the Hospitallers' headquarters on Rhodes or Malta.
(historical) A landvogt in the medieval German states.
(historical) A steward: the manager of a medieval manor charged with collecting its rents, etc.
(historical) An appointee of the French king administering certain districts of northern France in the Middle Ages.
(historical) An overseer: a supervisor of tenant farmers, serfs, or slaves, usually as part of his role as steward (see above).
(historical) Synonym of hundredman: The chief officer of a hundred in medieval England.
(historical, Norman term) A reeve, (specifically) the chief officer executing the decisions of any English court in the period following the Norman Conquest or executing the decisions of lower courts in the late medieval and early modern period.
(historical, mining) The foreman or overman of a mine.
(obsolete) A bailie: an alderman in certain Scottish towns.
(obsolete) A king's man: any officer nominated by the English Crown.
A huissier de justice or other foreign officer of the court acting as either a process server or as courtroom security.
The High Bailiff of the Isle of Man.
The chief justice and president of the legislature on Jersey and Guernsey in the Channel Islands.
The title of the castellan of certain royal castles in England.
The title of the mayor of certain English towns.
barefit
barfing
barfing
verb
present participle of barf
barfish
barfish
noun
A black crappie, Pomoxis nigromaculatus
A white bass, Morone chrysops
A yellow bass, Morone mississippiensis
batfish
batfish
noun
Any of several anglerfish of the family Ogcocephalidae
Any of several spade-shaped, laterally compressed, reef-dwelling tropical fish of the genus Platax.
beatify
beatify
verb
(transitive) To make blissful.
(transitive) To pronounce or regard as happy, or supremely blessed, or as conferring happiness.
(transitive, Roman Catholicism) To carry out the third of four steps in canonization, making someone a blessed.
beaufin
beaufin
noun
Alternative form of biffin
bedrift
bedrift
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To drift about; drift around.
beefier
beefier
adj
comparative form of beefy: more beefy
beefily
beefily
adv
In a beefy manner.
beefing
beefing
noun
Alternative form of biffin (“type of apple”)
verb
present participle of beef
beefish
beefish
adj
resembling beef
befilch
befilth
befilth
verb
(transitive, rare) To cover with filth; make filthy; begrime.
befrill
befrill
verb
(transitive) To furnish or decorate with a frill.
belfair
beliefs
beliefs
noun
plural of belief
benefic
benefic
adj
Favorable; beneficent.
noun
(astrology) a favorable planet
benefit
benefit
noun
(insurance) A payment made in accordance with an insurance policy or a public assistance scheme.
(obsolete) beneficence; liberality
An advantage; help or aid from something.
An event, such as a theatrical performance, given to raise funds for some cause.
Intended audience (as for the benefit of).
verb
(intransitive) To receive a benefit (from); to be a beneficiary.
(transitive) To be or to provide a benefit to.
benioff
biafran
biafran
Adjective
Of, from or relating to Biafra.
Extremely skinny.
Noun
A native or inhabitant of Biafra.
bifaces
bifaces
noun
plural of biface
biffies
biffies
noun
plural of biffy
biffing
biffing
noun
(informal) A hitting or punching.
verb
present participle of biff
biffins
biffins
noun
plural of biffin
bifidly
bifidly
adv
In a bifid manner.
bifilar
bifilar
adj
Having two wires, threads or filaments
bifocal
bifocal
adj
(of a correcting lens) Divided into two parts, one of which corrects for distance vision and the other for near vision
(optics) Having two focal lengths
bifolia
bifolia
noun
plural of bifolium
biforin
bifront
bifront
adj
Having two fronts, faces or aspects.
bifrost
bifrost
Proper noun
The rainbow bridge that connects Asgard with Midgard.
bifteck
bigfeet
bigfeet
noun
(plural only) snowblades; a smaller version of skis.
bigfoot
bigfoot
verb
(intransitive, informal, sometimes capitalized) To behave in an authoritative, commanding manner.
(transitive, informal, sometimes capitalized) To control or manage forcefully; to exercise authority over.
bigford
binford
binford
Proper noun
A city/town in North Dakota.
bluefin
bluefin
noun
bluefin tuna, any of a number of types of tuna characterised by their blue fins.
bodfish
boffins
boffins
noun
plural of boffin
boiloff
boiloff
noun
The vaporization of a liquid (or solid) whose boiling point is lower than that of the environment in which it is stored.
bonfire
bonfire
noun
(figuratively) Something like a bonfire (sense 1 or 2) in heat, destructiveness, ferocity, etc.
(obsolete) A fire lit to cremate a dead body; a funeral pyre.
A fire lit outdoors to burn unwanted items; originally (historical), heretics or other offenders, or banned books; now, generally agricultural or garden waste, or rubbish.
A large, controlled outdoor fire lit to celebrate something or as a signal.
verb
(ceramics) To fire (pottery) using a bonfire.
(intransitive, rare) To make, or celebrate around, a bonfire.
(obsolete) To start a bonfire in (a place); to light up (a place) with a bonfire.
To destroy (something) by, or as if by, burning on a bonfire; (more generally) to burn or set alight.
bonifay
boozify
bowfins
bowfins
noun
plural of bowfin
boxfish
boxfish
noun
Any of the family Ostraciidae of often colorful, squared, bony fishes.
Certain species in Ostraciidae, principally in genus Ostracion.
braniff
briefed
briefed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brief
briefer
briefer
adj
comparative form of brief: more brief
noun
One who provides a briefing.
briefly
briefly
adv
(duration) For a brief period.
(manner) In a brief manner, summarily.
To be brief, in short.
brimful
brimful
adj
Filled to maximum capacity.
noun
(figurative) A large amount.
The maximum amount a container can hold.
brutify
brutify
verb
(transitive) To make like a brute; to make senseless or unfeeling; to brutalize.
bufagin
bufagin
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of a class of toxic steroids found in bufotoxin.
buffier
buffier
adj
comparative form of buffy: more buffy
buffing
buffing
noun
Material removed by the action of someone who buffs.
verb
present participle of buff
bufidin
bufonid
bufonid
noun
(zoology) Any toad in the family Bufonidae.
bugfish
bugfish
noun
(US, dated) The menhaden.
burfish
burfish
noun
A spinose plectognath fish of the Atlantic coast of the United States (especially Chilo mycterus geometricus) having the power of distending its body with water or air, so as to resemble a chestnut bur.
byfield
debrief
debrief
verb
(transitive) To inform subjects of an experiment about what has happened in a complete and accurate manner.
(transitive) To question someone after a military mission in order to obtain information (especially intelligence).
(transitive) To question someone, or a group of people, after the implementation of a project, in order to learn from mistakes, etc.
defiber
defiber
verb
(US, transitive) To remove some or all fiber from.
embelif
fabiano
fabiola
fabliau
fabliau
noun
A short, farcical, often bawdy tale of a genre written in the North of France in the 12th, 13th and 14th centuries.
fabling
fabling
noun
The act of telling fables.
verb
present participle of fable
fabozzi
fabrice
fabrics
fabrics
noun
plural of fabric
fabrile
fabrile
adj
Pertaining to a workman, or to work done in stone, metal, wood, etc.
fatbird
faubion
febrile
febrile
adj
(medicine) Involving fever as a symptom or cause.
Feverish, or having a high temperature.
Full of nervous energy.
feedbin
feedbin
noun
A bin for holding feed to be fed later to an animal.
A bin for holding material to be fed into an industrial process.
fibbers
fibbers
noun
plural of fibber
fibbery
fibbery
noun
The telling of fibs; lying, falsehood.
fibbing
fibbing
noun
(archaic, boxing) Repeatedly striking an opponent's head while holding them in a headlock; a pummelling; a drubbing; a beating.
(informal) The telling of a lie.
verb
present participle of fib
fibered
fibered
adj
(American spelling) Having fibers/fibres.
fibiger
fibrils
fibrils
noun
plural of fibril
fibrine
fibrine
adj
Relating to the fibres of plants.
noun
Dated form of fibrin.
fibrins
fibrins
noun
plural of fibrin
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fibrin
fibroid
fibroid
noun
(pathology) A benign tumour of the uterus that is composed of either fibrous connective tissue or muscle.
(pathology) A fibroma.
fibroin
fibroin
noun
(biochemistry) A tough elastic protein that is the main component of silk and of spider's webs
fibroma
fibroma
noun
(pathology) A benign tumour of fibrous connective tissue.
fibrose
fibrose
verb
(intransitive) To undergo fibrosis.
fibrous
fibrous
adj
Containing many fibres - referring mainly to food.
Of or pertaining to fibre.
fibster
fibster
noun
One who fibs.
fibulae
fibulae
noun
plural of fibula
fibular
fibular
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the fibula
fibulas
fidibus
fidibus
noun
A piece of paper used for lighting a pipe, etc.
figbird
figbird
noun
Any of several frugivorous birds, of the genus Sphecotheres, from Australia.
filbert
filbert
noun
A paintbrush used in oil and acrylic painting with a long ferrule and a curving, tongue-shaped head.
The hazel tree.
The hazelnut.
filibeg
filibeg
noun
Alternative form of philibeg
fimbles
fimbles
noun
plural of fimble
fimbria
fimbria
noun
(anatomy, usually in the plural) An individual thread in a fimbria, especially a fingerlike projection around the ovarian end of the Fallopian tube.
(bacteriology) A hairlike appendage found on the cell surface of many bacteria; used by the bacteria to adhere to one another, to animal cells and to some inanimate objects.
finable
finable
adj
Punishable by a fine.
finback
finback
noun
A large baleen whale, Balaenoptera physalus, that has a ridge on its back; the fin whale.
finbone
firbank
firbolg
firebed
firebed
noun
A layer of fuel that burns under a heat source
firebee
firebox
firebox
noun
(rail transport) The chamber of a steam engine, or a steam locomotive, in which the fuel is burned.
(vulgar) A redheaded woman or her red pubic hair.
The part of a fireplace where the fuel is burned.
fireboy
fireboy
noun
A young fireman.
firebug
firebug
noun
(slang) a pyromaniac or arsonist.
Pyrrhocoris apterus, a common red and black insect, that is the type species of the family Pyrrhocoridae.
fishbed
fishbed
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Fishbed
fivebar
fixable
fixable
adj
Capable of being fixed, repairable.
attachable
flabile
flabile
adj
(obsolete) Liable to be blown about; pertaining to wind or breath.
flebile
fluible
fobbing
fobbing
verb
present participle of fob
foibles
foibles
noun
plural of foible
forbids
forbids
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of forbid
forbite
forbite
verb
To bite up, bite to pieces.
forerib
forerib
noun
A cut of beef that includes the rib in front of the sirloin, used especially for roasting.
frabbit
frabbit
adj
(UK, dialect) crabbed; peevish
freebie
freebie
noun
(informal) Something which is free; a giveaway or handout.
friable
friable
adj
(mathematics, of a number) Smooth: that factors completely into small prime numbers.
(of poisons) Likely to crumble and become airborne, thus becoming a health risk
(of soil) Loose and large-grained in consistency.
Easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder.
fribble
fribble
adj
Of little or no importance, frivolous.
noun
A frivolous, contemptible fellow; a fop.
A trifler.
A trifling action.
verb
To behave in a frivolous way.
To totter.
To waste or fritter.
friborg
friborg
noun
(historical, law, UK) The pledge and tithing, afterwards called by the Normans frankpledge
frisbee
frisbee
noun
(countable) Alternative form of Frisbee (an object)
(uncountable, sports) Alternative form of Frisbee (a sport)
verb
Alternative form of Frisbee
frogbit
frogbit
noun
A South American plant, Limnobium laevigatum.
An American plant, Limnobium spongia, with similar propagation.
Hydrocharis morsus-ranae, with roundish leaves and small white flowers, that floats on still water and propagates itself by runners.
fubbing
fubbing
verb
present participle of fub
fubsier
fubsier
adj
comparative form of fubsy: more fubsy
furbish
furbish
verb
To polish or burnish.
To renovate or recondition.
fusible
fusible
adj
Able to be fused or melted.
noun
Any substance that can be fused or melted.
fusibly
fusibly
adv
In a fusible manner.
liftboy
liftboy
noun
A male elevator attendant.
lobefin
lobefin
noun
Any of the fish of the class Sarcopterygii.
lubrify
morbify
noblify
obafemi
oofbird
oofbird
noun
Alternative form of oof-bird
orbific
plebify
plebify
verb
(transitive) To make plebeian; to vulgarize.
rabific
rabific
adj
transmitting rabies
rubific
rubific
adj
(obsolete) Making red.
rubrify
sebific
sebific
adj
(entomology) relating to the fatty fluid secreted by insects from the colleterium in order to cement eggs together
semifib
subfief
subfile
subfile
noun
A file organised within another file.
tabific
tabific
adj
(medicine, obsolete) Causing tabes.
tubfish
tubfish
noun
(UK, dialect) The sapphirine gurnard (Chelidonichthys lucerna).
tubifer
tubifex
tubifex
noun
Any member of the genus Tubifex of tubificid annelids, some of which are used to feed fish in freshwater aquaria.
unbefit
unbefit
verb
(transitive, archaic, rare) Not to befit or suit; to be inappropriate for.
(transitive, archaic, rare) To make unfit or unsuitable.