(countable) A raft made from bundles of the stems of this plant.
A large shrub or small tree found in and around water in the African tropics, Aeschynomene elaphroxylon, formerly used to make rafts due to its extremely lightweight wood.
ambient
ambient
adj
(mathematics) Containing objects or describing a setting that one is interested in.
(music) Evoking or creating an atmosphere: atmospheric.
Encompassing on all sides; surrounding; encircling; enveloping.
Relating to, or suitable for, storage at room temperature.
noun
(astrology) The atmosphere; the surrounding air or sky; atmospheric components collectively such as air, clouds, water vapour, hail, etc.
(uncountable, music) A type of modern music that creates a relaxing and peaceful atmosphere.
Something that surrounds; encompassing material, substance or shape.
ambital
ambitty
ambitty
adj
(glassmaking) Of glass: covered with stony speckles, symptoms of incipient devitrification.
ambitus
ambitus
noun
(botany, zoology) The exterior edge or border of a thing, such as a leaf or shell.
(historical, Roman antiquity) A canvassing for votes.
(music) the range of a melody, especially those of ecclesiastical chants
ambrite
ambrite
noun
A form of resinite found in New Zealand coal seams.
atumble
atumble
adj
Set in a tumbling motion.
bakhmut
balmont
balmuth
bambute
bantams
bantams
noun
plural of bantam
baptism
baptism
noun
A Christian sacrament, by which one is received into a church and sometimes given a name, generally involving the candidate to be anointed with or submerged in water.
A similar ceremony of initiation, purification or naming.
barmote
barmote
noun
A court held in Derbyshire, England, for deciding controversies between miners.
bartram
bateman
bathman
bathman
noun
A male attendant at a bathhouse.
bathmat
bathmat
noun
Alternative spelling of bath mat
bathmic
bathmic
adj
Relating to bathmism.
batsman
batsman
noun
(aviation, historical) An officer who used a pair of hand-held bats to signal to aircraft as they came in to land on the flight deck.
(baseball, now rare) A hitter.
batsmen
batsmen
noun
plural of batsman
bautram
beamlet
beamlet
noun
A small beam or ray.
bedmate
bedmate
noun
A person with whom one shares a bed.
bedtime
bedtime
noun
The time or hour at which one retires to bed in order to sleep.
belmont
belmont
Proper noun
The name of many places, including:
a village in and the county seat of New York, USA.
beltman
beltmen
bemists
bemists
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bemist
bemotto
bemoult
bemouth
bemouth
verb
(transitive) To mouth the praises of (a person); talk grandiloquently; declaim.
(transitive) To place in the mouth; to put one's mouth on; (by extension) to eat.
benempt
benempt
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bename, Alternative form of benamed
benmost
benmost
adj
superlative form of ben: most ben
bentham
bentham
Proper noun
derived from any of several places.
Jeremy Bentham, English philosopher and social reformer.
bertram
bertram
noun
Anacyclus pyrethrum; bastard pellitory, pellitory of Spain.
bertrum
besmuts
besmuts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of besmut
bestamp
bestorm
bestorm
verb
(transitive) To overtake with a storm; assail with storms.
bethumb
bethumb
verb
(transitive) To take hold of or mark with the thumbs; soil or mark with frequent thumbing.
bethump
bethump
verb
(transitive) To thump soundly.
betimes
betimes
adv
(archaic) In a short time, soon; quickly, forthwith.
(dated) In good season or time; early, especially in the morning; seasonably.
bevomit
bevomit
verb
(transitive) To vomit upon; vomit all over.
bigmitt
bimasty
bimetal
bimetal
adj
(metallurgy) Consisting of two metals.
noun
(metallurgy) An object consisting of two metals.
bimotor
bimotor
noun
A twin-engine aircraft.
biotome
biotome
noun
A specialised form of knife or scalpel
biotomy
biotomy
noun
(dated) The study of animal and plant structure by dissection.
(dated) Vivisection.
bismite
bismite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic mineral, bismuth trioxide.
bismuth
bismuth
noun
A chemical element (symbol Bi) with an atomic number of 83: a brittle silvery-white metal.
bittium
bitumed
bitumed
adj
(obsolete) Smeared with bitumen.
bitumen
bitumen
noun
(Australia, colloquial) Roads sealed with bitumen, as opposed to dirt roads.
(Canada) Canadian deposits of extremely heavy crude oil.
(by extension) Any one of the natural hydrocarbons, including the hard, solid, brittle varieties called asphalt, the semisolid maltha and mineral tars, the oily petrolea, and even the light, volatile naphthas.
A sticky, black, highly viscous liquid or semi-solid form of petroleum, burning with a bright flame. It occurs as an abundant natural product in many places, as on the shores of the Dead and Caspian Seas. It is used in cements, in the construction of pavements, etc.; Mineral pitch.
verb
To cover or fill with bitumen.
blatman
boatman
boatman
noun
A man in charge of a small boat.
boatmen
boatmen
noun
plural of boatman
bohmite
bombast
bombast
adj
Big without meaning, or high-sounding; bombastic, inflated; magniloquent.
noun
(archaic) Cotton, or any soft, fibrous material, used as stuffing for garments; stuffing, padding.
(archaic) Cotton, or cotton wool.
(figurative) High-sounding words; language above the dignity of the occasion; a pompous or ostentatious manner of writing or speaking.
verb
To swell or fill out; to inflate, to pad.
To use high-sounding words; to speak or write in a pompous or ostentatious manner.
boomlet
boomlet
noun
(chiefly finance) A small period of rapid growth.
bootman
bortman
bottoms
bottoms
noun
The bottom (trouser) part of clothing, as in pyjama bottoms, tracksuit bottoms.
plural of bottom
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bottom
bromate
bromate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) the anion BrO₃⁻¹, derived from bromic acid; any salt containing this anion
verb
To treat with bromic acid or a bromate
bromite
bromite
noun
(inorganic chemistry) Any salt of bromous acid
(inorganic chemistry) The univalent anion BrO₂⁻
brutism
brutism
noun
Behaviour or action characteristic of a brute.
budtime
bultman
bumboat
bumboat
noun
(nautical) A small boat used for carrying provisions to ships lying at anchor in a harbour.
bummest
bummest
adj
superlative form of bum: most bum
bumpity
bumpity
intj
Nonce variation of the word bump, usually indicating the sound of someone or something tumbling down an uneven surface, or traveling on a rough road.
bumtrap
bumtrap
noun
(obsolete, slang, rare) A bailiff.
burmite
burtrum
butment
butment
noun
(architecture) A buttress of an arch; the supporter, or that part which joins it to the upright pier.
(masonry) The mass of stone or solid work at the end of a bridge, by which the extreme arches are sustained, or by which the end of a bridge without arches is supported.
butomus
cambist
cambist
noun
A banker; a money changer or broker; one who deals in bills of exchange, or who is skilled in the science of exchange.
camblet
combats
combats
noun
Clipping of combat boots.
Clipping of combat trousers.
plural of combat
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of combat
combite
combust
combust
adj
(astrology) In close conjunction with the sun (so that its astrological influence is "burnt up"), sometimes specified to be within 8 degrees 30'.
(obsolete) Burnt.
noun
(obsolete) That which undergoes burning.
verb
(intransitive, figuratively) To erupt with enthusiasm or boisterousness.
To burn; to catch fire.
cumbent
cumbent
adj
lying down, recumbent
cymbate
debitum
dumbest
dumbest
adj
superlative form of dumb: most dumb
embathe
embathe
verb
(archaic) To bathe.
emboite
embrute
embrute
verb
Alternative form of imbrute
entombs
entombs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of entomb
gambart
gambist
gambist
noun
(music) Someone who plays the viola da gamba
gambits
gambits
noun
plural of gambit
gimblet
gimblet
noun
Alternative form of gimlet
gumboot
gumboot
noun
(New Zealand) Generic black tea.
(New Zealand, Britain, Australia) A type of boot made of rubber.
(South Africa, uncountable) A style of popular music traditionally associated with gold miners.
A chiton (kind of marine mollusc).
hatbrim
hatbrim
noun
The brim of a hat.
humbert
humbert
Proper noun
name, rare in English.
iambist
iambist
noun
One who writes in iambic meter.
imbathe
imbathe
verb
Obsolete form of embathe.
imbrute
imbrute
verb
To degrade to the state of a brute
To make brutal
intombs
intombs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of intomb
jambart
ketubim
lambart
lambast
lambast
verb
(UK) Alternative form of lambaste
lambent
lambent
adj
(figuratively) Exhibiting lightness or brilliance of wit; clever or witty without unkindness.
Brushing or flickering gently over a surface.
Glowing or luminous, but lacking heat.
lambert
lambert
noun
(physics, astronomy) a cgs unit of luminance; the brightness of a surface that emits one lumen per square centimetre
lambeth
lambeth
Proper noun
A district in central London, England.
The name of a London Borough within Greater London.
libitum
limbate
limbate
adj
(biology, paleontology) Having a distinct edge, especially one of a different colour; bordered.
limbert
macbeth
macbeth
Proper noun
A Shakespeare play, about the Scottish royal family, or its main character.
An 11th-century king of Scotland.
maegbot
maegbot
noun
(historical) A bot or fine paid to the near kinsmen of a slain man as compensation.
If a man was slain a special manbot, or compensation for the loss of a man, had to be paid to the lord side by side with the mægbot to the kin. — NYT, Daily Lexeme: Maegbot, 2011 - (quoting H.R. Loyns, 1962)
magbote
magbote
noun
Compensation for the injury done by slaying a kinsman.
manbote
manbote
noun
(law, historical, Anglo-Saxon) A sum paid to a lord as a pecuniary compensation for killing his vassal, servant, or tenant.
masbate
mastaba
mastaba
noun
(architecture) A rectangular structure with a flat top and slightly sloping sides, built during Ancient Egyptian times above tombs that were situated on flat land. Mastabas were made of wood, mud bricks, stone, or a combination of these materials. Some are solid structures, while others can contain one or more rooms, sometimes decorated with paintings or inscriptions.
A wide stone bench built into the wall of a house, shop etc. in the Middle East.
mebsuta
megabit
megabit
noun
(computing) 10⁶ = 1,000,000 bits or 125,000 bytes (125 kilobytes)
(computing) 2²⁰ = 1,048,576 bits; a mebibit
(computing, informal) one megabit per second
megbote
melbeta
metabel
metabit
metabus
milburt
mistbow
mistbow
noun
Synonym of fogbow
moabite
mobbist
mobbist
noun
One who engages in mobbism; a member of a mob.
mobster
mobster
noun
A member of a mob or Mafia.
mohabat
molebut
molebut
noun
The sunfish.
morabit
mtbaldy
mubarat
mutable
mutable
adj
(astrology) Being one of the signs Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius and Pisces, associated with adaptability, flexibility and sympathy.
(programming, of a variable) Having a value that is changeable during program execution.
Changeable, dynamic, evolutive; inclined to change, evolve, mutate.
noun
Something mutable; a variable or value that can change.
mutably
mutably
adv
In a mutable manner.
numbats
numbats
noun
plural of numbat
numbest
numbest
adj
superlative form of numb: most numb
outbeam
outbeam
verb
(transitive) To beam more brightly than; to outshine.
outlimb
plumbet
rambert
rambort
ramburt
rembert
rombert
simblot
simblot
noun
The harness of a drawloom.
stambha
stambha
noun
(Indology) A pillar or column.
stambul
stembok
stewbum
stewbum
noun
(US, slang) A homeless alcoholic.
stibium
stibium
noun
(chiefly obsolete, rare) antimony
kohl: stibnite used in ancient Egypt and Rome for eye cosmetics.
stilbum
stumble
stumble
noun
A clumsy walk.
A fall, trip or substantial misstep.
An error or blunder.
verb
(intransitive) To make a mistake or have trouble.
(intransitive) To trip or fall; to walk clumsily.
(transitive) To cause to stumble or trip.
(transitive, figurative) To mislead; to confound; to cause to err or to fall.
To strike or happen (upon a person or thing) without design; to fall or light by chance; with on, upon, or against.