Foolish; absurd; ridiculous; inclined to incessant merriment or laughter.
abrading
abrading
verb
present participle of abrade
airbound
airbound
adj
Of a pump etc.: containing too much air, such that the flow is impeded.
andiroba
andiroba
noun
Any of the South and Central American trees of the genus Carapa, especially Carapa guianensis.
The high-end wood of the andiroba tree.
badarian
badineur
banditry
banditry
noun
Acts characteristic of a bandit; armed robbery.
bardings
bardings
noun
plural of barding
bardling
bardling
noun
An inferior bard.
bearbind
bearbind
noun
European bindweed, lesser bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis).
Hedge bindweed (Calystegia sepium)
bearding
bearding
noun
(television) An undesirable video artifact whereby darker parts of a signal bleed across horizontally into the brighter parts.
verb
present participle of beard
befriend
befriend
verb
(transitive) To become a friend of, to make friends with.
(transitive) To favor.
(transitive, dated) To act as a friend to, to assist.
behinder
behinder
adv
(nonstandard) comparative form of behind: more behind
noun
A person employed in metalworking to take folded metal sheets from the doubler and pass them back to the rollerman.
beringed
beringed
adj
Wearing a ring or rings.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bering
berlinda
bernardi
bhandari
bicorned
bicorned
Adjective
Having two horns; bicorn.
bilander
bilander
noun
(nautical, historical) A small two-masted merchant vessel, fitted only for coasting, or for use in canals, as in Holland.
bindoree
birdikin
birdikin
Noun
A young bird.
birdings
birdland
birdling
birdling
noun
A little bird; birdie; a nestling (young bird, baby bird).
birdnest
birdnest
noun
Alternative form of bird's nest
verb
(intransitive) To become entangled or dishevelled, like a bird's nest
(intransitive) To collect eggs from bird's nests
(transitive, intransitive) To make or nestle in a bird's nest
birdsong
birdsong
noun
(ornithology) A vocalisation made by a bird for the purposes of courtship.
Vocalisations made by birds, considered collectively.
blinders
blinders
noun
plural of blinder
blinkard
blinkard
noun
(obsolete) One with bad eyes.
A dim-witted or stupid person; an idiot.
boarding
boarding
noun
(ice hockey) A penalty called for pushing into the boards.
(uncountable) The riding of a skateboard.
A structure made of boards.
The act of a sailor or boarding party attacking an enemy ship by boarding it.
The act of people getting aboard a ship aircraft, train, bus, etc.; embarkation.
verb
present participle of board
bodieron
borodino
braconid
braconid
noun
Any of the parasitic wasps of the family Braconidae.
bradding
bradding
verb
present participle of brad
braiding
braiding
noun
A braided trimming used as decoration on clothes or curtains.
verb
present participle of braid
brainard
brainerd
brandais
brandeis
brandice
brandied
brandied
adj
Strengthened or flavoured with brandy.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brandy
brandies
brandies
noun
plural of brandy
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brandy
brandify
branding
branding
noun
The process in which a mark, usually a symbol or ornamental pattern, is burned into the skin of a living person or animal.
The promotion of a commercial brand of product in order to give it greater public awareness.
verb
present participle of brand
brandise
brandise
noun
(archaic) A three-legged stand for a pot or pan over a fire.
brandish
brandish
noun
The act of flourishing or waving.
verb
(transitive) To bear something with ostentatious show.
(transitive) To move or swing a weapon back and forth, particularly if demonstrating anger, threat or skill.
breading
breading
noun
The coating of a thin slice of meat in flour, egg and breadcrumbs prior to frying
verb
present participle of bread
breeding
breeding
adj
Of, relating to or used for breeding.
noun
(gay slang) Ejaculation inside the rectum during bareback anal sex.
Descent; pedigree; extraction.
Nurture; education; formation of manners.
Propagation of offspring through sexual reproduction.
The act of copulation in animals.
The act of insemination by natural or artificial means.
The good manners regarded as characteristic of the aristocracy and conferred by heredity.
verb
present participle of breed
brendice
brideman
brideman
noun
Alternative form of bridesman
bridging
bridging
adj
That acts as a bridge (in many contexts)
noun
(architecture) The system of bracing used between floor or other timbers to distribute the weight.
The act of building a bridge.
verb
present participle of bridge
bridgman
bridgton
bridling
bridling
noun
The act of one who bridles.
verb
present participle of bridle
bridoons
bridoons
noun
plural of bridoon
brigands
brigands
noun
plural of brigand
brindell
brindisi
brindisi
noun
A drinking song in which each person is toasted.
brindled
brindled
adj
of a brownish, tawny or gray colour, with streaks or spots; streaky, spotted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brindle
brindles
brindles
noun
plural of brindle
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brindle
brodekin
brodekin
noun
Alternative form of brodequin
brontide
brontide
noun
A sound like that of distant thunder, some of which may have seismic origins.
brooding
brooding
adj
(of a bird) Broody; incubating eggs by sitting on them.
Deeply or seriously thoughtful.
noun
A spell of brooding; the time when someone broods.
verb
present participle of brood
brunhild
brynhild
burnside
burnside
noun
(especially in plural) A moustache, with whiskers on the cheeks but no beard on the chin.
cornbind
cornbind
noun
A weed that binds stalks of corn, such as field bindweed, Convolvulus arvensis or black bindweed, Fallopia convolvulus
cornbird
cornbird
noun
A bird, the crested oropendola (Psarocolius decumanus).
debonair
debonair
adj
(especially of men) Charming, confident, and carefully dressed.
(obsolete) Gracious, courteous.
Suave, urbane and sophisticated.
noun
(obsolete) Debonaire behaviour; graciousness.
dibranch
disbrain
dobrynin
dornbirn
drabbing
drabbing
verb
present participle of drab
dreibund
dreibund
Proper noun
A military alliance among Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy, from 1882 to 1914.
dribbing
dribbing
verb
present participle of drib
drubbing
drubbing
noun
A severe beating.
A thorough defeat.
verb
present participle of drub
dungbird
edinboro
edinburg
edinburg
Proper noun
a village in Illinois, USA.
a town in Maine, USA.
an unincorporated community in Mississippi, USA.
a CDP and unincorporated community in Missouri, USA.
an unincorporated community in Missouri.
an unincorporated community in New Jersey, USA.
a town in New York, USA.
a small city in North Dakota, USA.
an unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, USA.
a city in Texas, USA
a town in Virginia, USA.
endbrain
endbrain
noun
(neuroanatomy) The anterior part of the forebrain; the telencephalon.
fernbird
fernbird
noun
Megalurus punctatus, an insectivorous bird native to New Zealand.
furibund
furibund
adj
(formal, literary) Having a propensity to be furious; choleric, irate.
hairband
hairband
noun
a hair tie
a headband
hangbird
hangbird
noun
The Baltimore oriole (Icterus galbula), whose nest is suspended from the limb of a tree.
inbardge
inboards
inboards
noun
plural of inboard
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inboard
inbreeds
inbreeds
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inbreed
intebred
interbed
interbed
verb
(geology) To interleave between other beds or strata having different characteristics
kingbird
kingbird
noun
A group of large insectivorous passerine birds of the genus Tyrannus.
lindberg
linebred
lingbird
madbrain
madbrain
noun
(archaic) A rash or hotheaded person.
midbrain
midbrain
noun
(neuroanatomy) A part of the brain located rostral to the pons and caudal to the thalamus and the basal ganglia, composed of the tectum (dorsal portion) and the tegmentum (ventral portion).
misbrand
misbrand
verb
(business, marketing) To make a mistake in branding a product or service, as by poor association of the name in a significant group of potential customers.
(law) In the law of food and drugs, to convey false or misleading information about a product.
monkbird
moribund
moribund
adj
Almost obsolete, nearing an end.
Approaching death; about to die; dying; expiring.
noun
A person who is near to dying.
ovenbird
ovenbird
noun
An American warbler, Seiurus aurocapilla, that builds such a nest of vegetation.
Any bird of the Central and South America family Furnariidae.
Originally, any of several small European birds that build dome-shaped nests; such as the long-tailed tit, willow warbler and chiffchaff.
prebinds
prebinds
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prebind
probandi
purblind
purblind
adj
Lacking in discernment or understanding.
Near-sighted or dim-sighted.
Partially blind.
rainband
rainband
noun
(meteorology) An elongated cloud and precipitation structure associated with an area of rainfall.
A dark band in the yellow portion of the solar spectrum near the sodium line, caused by the presence of water vapour in the atmosphere, and hence sometimes used in weather predictions.
The spiralling bands of cloud and precipitation that make up the bulk of most tropical cyclones.
rainbird
rainbird
noun
(South Africa) Any of the coucal species Centropus supercilliosus, Centropus cupreicadus, Centropus senegalensis.
rebidden
rendible
rendible
adj
Able to be rendered or yielded up.
Able to be translated.
Capable of being rent or torn.
ribandry
ribbands
ribbands
noun
plural of ribband
ribboned
ribboned
adj
Adorned or ornamented with ribbons.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ribbon
ridibund
ridibund
adj
(rare) Inclined to and easily brought to laughter; happy.
ringbird
ringbird
noun
The reed bunting.
rubicund
rubicund
adj
Possessing a red complexion; ruddy.
rubidine
rubidine
noun
(organic chemistry) A nitrogenous base homologous with pyridine, obtained from coal tar as an oily liquid, C₁₁H₁₇N.
(organic chemistry) Any metameric compound in the same group as the above.
serendib
sideburn
sideburn
noun
(UK, smoking) The unwanted rapid burning down one side of a cigarette that has been ineptly rolled.
(uncommon) singular of sideburns
snowbird
snowbird
noun
(slang) A cocaine user.
A bird seen primarily in the winter time.
A bird, Junco hyemalis, the dark-eyed junco.
A person, usually one who is retired, who travels from a cold climate to a warmer one in the winter; one who overwinters elsewhere.
The snow bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis).
songbird
songbird
noun
A bird having a melodious song or call.
Any bird in the passerine suborder Passeri, which are distinguished by a more sophisticated vocal apparatus
subdrain
subdrain
noun
A drain below the surface of the ground.
verb
(transitive) To drain below the surface.
sunbirds
sunbirds
noun
plural of sunbird
turbined
turbined
adj
(in combination) Having a specified kind or number of turbines.
unbirdly
unbirdly
adj
(rare) Not birdlike.
unbraids
unbraids
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of unbraid
unbribed
unbribed
adj
Not bribed.
unbridle
unbridle
verb
(transitive) To remove the bridle, and other tack, from (a horse or other animal).
(transitive, figurative) To remove restraint from.
unbrined
unbrined
adj
Not preserved in brine.
unburied
unburied
adj
Not having been buried.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unbury
underbid
underbid
noun
A bid that is lower than another.
verb
(bridge) To bid less than the full value of a hand of cards.
To bid lower than another.
To bid too low.
underbit
underbit
verb
simple past tense of underbite
unfibred
unforbid
unforbid
adj
(obsolete) unforbidden
unmorbid
unmorbid
adj
Not morbid.
unribbed
unribbed
adj
Not ribbed.
unturbid
unturbid
adj
Not turbid.
windbore
windbore
noun
The lower, or bottom, pipe in a lift of pumps in a mine.
windburn
windburn
noun
(medicine) An irritation of the skin caused by exposure to the wind.
Damage to a plant caused by cold and windy conditions that dry out the leaves.