With a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward.
adv
Into, in, or of the position where the arms are akimbo.
Of weapons, especially firearms: one held in each hand.
amabil
ambari
ambier
ambigu
ambigu
noun
(dated) An entertainment at which a medley of dishes is set on at the same time; a buffet.
ambits
ambits
noun
plural of ambit
amebic
amebic
adj
Alternative form of amoebic
amebid
amphib
baalim
babism
babism
Noun
The doctrine of a pantheistical religious sect, founded in Persia in 1844 by Mirza Ali Mohammed ibn Rabhik (1820-1850), who assumed the title of Bab-ed-Din ("Gate of the Faith"). It combines Muslim, Christian, Jewish, and Parsi elements, and forbids concubinage, polygamy, mendicancy, slave-dealing, and the use of intoxicating liquors and drugs. Precursor to the Baha'i Faith.
bahima
bairam
bairam
noun
Either of two Muslim festivals held after Ramadan.
bambie
bamian
barium
barium
noun
(medicine) barium sulfate suspension.
The chemical element (symbol Ba) with an atomic number of 56. It is a soft, reactive, silvery alkaline earth metal.
barmie
batumi
batumi
Proper noun
A seaside city on the Black Sea coast and capital of Adjara, an autonomous republic in southwest Georgia.
bedims
bedims
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedim
begrim
behaim
belime
belime
verb
(transitive) To besmear or entangle with or as with bird-lime.
bemail
bemaim
bemire
bemire
verb
(archaic) To immerse or trap in mire.
(archaic) To soil with mud or a similar substance.
(figurative) To stain or mar, as with infamy or disgrace; to tarnish; to sully.
bemist
bemist
verb
(transitive) To cover or envelop with mist, or as with mist.
bemixt
bemixt
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bemix; archaic spelling of bemixed.
bemoil
bemoil
verb
(obsolete) To soil or dirty
benami
benami
noun
(South Asia) A person owning such property.
(South Asia) Property that is transacted under the name of a proxy to conceal the identity of the buyer.
berime
berime
verb
Alternative spelling of berhyme
bersim
beswim
betime
betime
adv
Betimes.
verb
(intransitive) To occur; betide.
betrim
betrim
verb
(transitive, dated) To trim (“decorate”); to adorn, deck, or embellish.
bhumij
biform
biform
adj
Having two distinct forms
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.
bigram
bigram
noun
(linguistics) A pair, often of words or tags, used in analysis.
bikram
bimahs
bimahs
noun
plural of bimah
bimana
bimane
bimane
noun
(organic chemistry) The heterocycle pyrazolo[1,2-a]pyrazole-1,7-dione that is the basis of several fluorescent dyes
bimbil
bimble
bimble
noun
(chiefly Britain) A gentle, meandering walk with no particular haste or purpose.
verb
(chiefly Britain, intransitive) To walk with no particular haste or purpose.
bimbos
bimbos
noun
plural of bimbo
bimeby
bimeby
adv
(dated) Pronunciation spelling of by and by.
bimini
bimini
noun
A lightweight cover, usually made of fabric stretched on a metal frame which is readily removable, for the cockpit or deck of a speedboat or sailboat.
bimong
binman
binman
noun
(less common) Alternative spelling of bin man
binmen
binmen
noun
plural of binman
binomy
biomes
biomes
noun
plural of biome
bireme
bireme
noun
(history) an ancient galley having two banks of oars, one above the other.
birome
bismar
bismar
noun
(historical) A kind of steelyard used in Orkney.
bismer
bismer
noun
Synonym of steelyard
bitmap
bitmap
noun
(computing) A series of bits that represents a rasterized graphic image, each pixel being represented as a group of bits.
bitume
bitume
noun
(poetic, obsolete) bitumen
bivium
bivium
noun
(zoology) One side of an echinoderm, including a pair of ambulacra, in distinction from the opposite side (trivium), which includes three ambulacra.
blimey
blimey
intj
(Australia, Britain, New Zealand, Ireland) Used to express anger, excitement, surprise, etc.
blimps
blimps
noun
plural of blimp
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blimp
blitum
bluism
bluism
noun
Alternative form of blueism
bodmin
bodmin
Proper noun
a town in Cornwall, England.
bombic
bombic
adj
Pertaining to silkworms.
bonism
borism
borism
noun
boron poisoning
boyism
boyism
noun
(obsolete) The nature of a boy; childishness.
(obsolete) boyhood
brahmi
brahmi
Noun
A script once used in south and central Asia
bramia
bremia
brimly
brimse
bromic
bromic
adj
(chemistry) of, or relating to bromine or its compounds, especially those in which it has a valency of five
bromid
bromid
noun
Archaic form of bromide.
bromin
bromin
noun
Archaic form of bromine.
bulimy
bulimy
noun
Archaic form of bulimia.
bumkin
bumkin
noun
(nautical) A short outrigger projecting from the side of the aft part of a square-rigged sailing ship, used as an attachment point for a rope (brace) used to set a yard-arm at different angles to a mast so to allow the ship to sail at different angles to the wind.
bummie
bummil
bytime
bytime
noun
(chiefly Scotland) A period of leisure; spare time
cambia
cambia
noun
plural of cambium
cambio
cambio
noun
(Guyana) bureau de change; currency exchange
chimbe
chimbs
chimbs
noun
plural of chimb
cimbal
cimbal
noun
(obsolete) A kind of confectionery or cake.
Obsolete spelling of cymbal
cimbia
cimbia
noun
(anatomy) A white band running across the ventral surface of the crus cerebri.
(architecture) A fillet or band placed around the shaft of a column as if to strengthen it.
cimbri
climbs
climbs
noun
plural of climb
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of climb
cubism
cubism
noun
(often capitalized) An artistic movement in the early 20th Century characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes.
cymbid
dibrom
diiamb
diiamb
noun
(poetry) A diiambus.
dimber
dimber
adj
(obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) Pretty; neat.
dimble
dimble
noun
(obsolete) A bower; a dingle.
djambi
embain
embiid
embind
embira
embira
noun
Any of several related Brazilian trees of the genus Xylopia, or the bast fiber they yield.
emblic
emblic
noun
The fruit of Emblica officinalis (now Phyllanthus emblica, the Indian gooseberry, once used as a remedy against dysentery)
emboil
emboil
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To boil with anger; to effervesce.
(obsolete, transitive) To cause to boil with anger; to irritate; to chafe.
emboli
emboli
noun
plural of embolus
embuia
erbium
erbium
noun
A chemical element (symbol Er) with atomic number 68: a silvery-white metal, in nature always found in combination with other elements.
fibdom
fimble
fimble
noun
The male hemp plant.
verb
(intransitive, dialectal) To fumble; do (anything) imperfectly or irresolutely.
gabumi
gambia
gambir
gambir
noun
Alternative form of gambier
gambit
gambit
noun
(chess) An opening in chess in which a minor piece or a pawn is sacrificed to gain an advantage.
A remark intended to open a conversation.
Any ploy or stratagem.
verb
(chess, transitive) To sacrifice (a pawn or minor piece) to gain an advantage.
gimbal
gimbal
noun
A device for suspending something, such as a ship's compass, so that it will remain level when its support is tipped.
verb
(intransitive) To swivel, move on an axis.
(transitive) To suspend using a gimbal or gimbals.
(transitive, aerospace) To move a reaction engine about on a gimbal so as to obtain pitching and yawing correction moments.
gimbel
gimble
gimble
noun
Alternative form of gimbal
verb
(East Anglia) To grin or smile.
gimbri
gimbri
noun
Alternative spelling of guembri
iambic
iambic
adj
(prosody) Consisting of iambs (metrical feet with an unstressed-stressed pattern) or characterized by their predominance. [from 16th c.]
noun
(prosody) An iamb; a line or group of lines of iambs.
iambus
iambus
noun
(prosody) iamb
ibidem
imbalm
imbalm
verb
Archaic form of embalm.
imband
imband
verb
To form into a band or bands
imbark
imbark
verb
Archaic form of embark.
imbarn
imbarn
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To store in a barn.
imbase
imbase
verb
Obsolete spelling of embase (“to lower”)
imbeds
imbeds
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of imbed
imbibe
imbibe
verb
(figuratively) To take in; absorb.
(obsolete, transitive) To steep; to cause to absorb liquid.
To drink (used frequently of alcoholic beverages).
imbler
imbody
imbody
verb
Archaic form of embody.
imbosk
imbosk
verb
(obsolete) To hide or conceal oneself
imbred
imbrex
imbrex
noun
(archaeology) A roof tile common in Ancient Greek and Roman architecture, used in an overlapping formation with the tegula.
imbros
imbros
Proper noun
island of Turkey in the north-eastern Aegean Sea
imbrue
imbrue
verb
To stain (in, with, blood, slaughter, etc.).
imbued
imbued
verb
simple past tense and past participle of imbue
imbues
imbues
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of imbue
imbuia
imbuia
noun
Ocotea porosa, a tree of southern Brazil, a source of high-end timber.
imbute
intomb
intomb
verb
Archaic form of entomb.
jibman
jibmen
jumbie
jumbie
noun
(chiefly Caribbean) A ghost or evil spirit.
Coordinate terms: duppy; see also Thesaurus:ghost
kimber
kimber
Proper noun
name of modern usage, transferred back from the surname.
kimble
kimbra
labium
labium
noun
(anatomy, usually in the plural) A liplike structure; especially one of the two pairs of folds of skin on either side of the vulva.
(botany) The lip of a labiate corolla.
(entomology) A lower mouthpart of an insect that is formed by the second pair of maxillae united in the middle line.
(music) The lip against which pressured air is driven to produce sound in a recorder and in a pipe organ with flue pipes.
(zoology) A liplike part of various invertebrates.
lambie
lambie
noun
(childish or endearing) A lamb.
liamba
limbal
limbal
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to a limbus
limbas
limbas
noun
plural of limba
limbat
limbat
noun
(obsolete) A periodic cooling wind in Cyprus, blowing from the northwest.
limbec
limbec
noun
An alembic; a still.
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To distill.
limbed
limbed
adj
Having limbs.
Preceded by a descriptive word: having limbs of a specified kind or quality.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of limb
limber
limber
adj
Flexible, pliant, bendable.
noun
(in the plural) The shafts or thills of a wagon or carriage.
(military) A two-wheeled vehicle to which a wheeled artillery piece or caisson may be attached for transport.
(nautical, in the plural) Gutters or conduits on each side of the keelson to allow water to pass to the pump well.
verb
(obsolete) To prepare an artillery piece for transportation (i.e., to attach it to its limber.)
To cause to become limber; to make flexible or pliant.
limbic
limbic
adj
(neuroanatomy) Relating to the limbic system.
limbie
limbie
noun
Alternative form of limby
limbos
limbos
noun
plural of limbo
limbus
limbus
noun
(medicine, biology) A border of an anatomical part, such as the edge of the cornea.