In an abrupt manner; without giving notice, or without the usual forms; suddenly; precipitously.
alphabet
alphabet
noun
(India, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia) An individual letter of an alphabet; an alphabetic character.
(Internet slang, politics) An agent of the FBI, the CIA, or another such government agency.
(computer science) A typically finite set of distinguishable symbols.
A writing system in which letters represent phonemes. (Contrast e.g. logography, a writing system in which each character represents a word, and syllabary, in which each character represents a syllable.)
A writing system in which there are letters for the consonant and vowel phonemes. (Contrast e.g. abjad.)
The set of letters used when writing in a language.
The simplest rudiments; elements.
verb
(rare) To designate by the letters of the alphabet; to arrange alphabetically.
apoblast
backstop
backstop
noun
(baseball) A wall or fence behind home plate.
(baseball, slang) A catcher; the position of catcher.
(cricket, dated) The longstop.
(cricket, dated) The wicket-keeper.
(espionage) Something serving to bolster or support a cover story etc.
(rounders) The player who stands immediately behind the striking base.
A default arrangement that holds if all else fails.
A thing or a person put in the rear or in the back of something to reinforce, hold, support.
verb
(transitive) To bolster, support.
(transitive) To serve as backstop for.
bagplant
baldpate
baldpate
noun
A bald-headed person.
A bird, the American wigeon (Anas americana).
bandstop
bandstop
adj
Alternative spelling of band-stop
bankrupt
bankrupt
adj
(finance) In a condition of bankruptcy; unable to pay one's debts.
Destitute of, or wholly lacking (something once possessed, or something one should possess).
Having been legally declared insolvent.
noun
(UK, law, obsolete) A trader who secretes himself, or does certain other acts tending to defraud his creditors.
One who becomes unable to pay his or her debts; an insolvent person.
verb
(transitive) To force into bankruptcy.
baphomet
baphomet
Proper noun
A deity which medieval Christians mistakenly imagined that pagans, the Knights Templar and (sometimes) Muslims worshipped, and which figures into some modern occultist and Satanic religions.
bapparts
baptised
baptised
adj
(of a person) Who has been baptised.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of baptise
baptises
baptises
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of baptise
baptisia
baptisia
noun
(horticulture) Any of various ornamental plants of the genus Baptisia
baptisms
baptisms
noun
plural of baptism
baptista
baptiste
baptists
baptists
noun
plural of baptist
baptized
baptized
adj
(of a person) who has been baptized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of baptize
baptizee
baptizee
noun
One who undergoes baptism.
baptizer
baptizer
noun
One who baptizes.
baptizes
baptizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of baptize
baptlsta
becarpet
becarpet
verb
(transitive, poetic) To cover like a carpet.
bedplate
bedplate
noun
(engineering) The foundation framing or piece, by which the other parts are supported and held in place; the bed.
bedposts
bedposts
noun
plural of bedpost
bellport
bepaints
bepaints
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bepaint
bepester
bepester
verb
(transitive) To vex or pester greatly.
bepretty
bespirit
besprent
besprent
adj
(archaic) besprinkled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of besprenge
bestripe
bethpage
bethumps
bethumps
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bethump
betipple
bhatpara
biophyte
biophyte
noun
(biology) Any plant that obtains nourishment from the bodies of insects (or other once-living organisms)
bioplast
bioplast
noun
(biology) a mass or cell of bioplasm that is a unit of living matter; an independently existing mass of living matter
biotopes
biotopes
noun
plural of biotope
biotypes
biotypes
noun
plural of biotype
biotypic
biotypic
adj
Relating to a biotype.
biparted
blackpot
blacktop
blacktop
noun
(US, countable) A paved area on a schoolground reserved for recess activities, often doubling as a parking lot.
(US, countable) A road so paved.
(US, uncountable) Asphalt concrete or similar bituminous black paving material used for the surface of roads (e.g., tarmacadam, tarmac).
verb
(US) To pave with blacktop.
bluetops
bluetops
noun
plural of bluetop
boatshop
boltrope
boltrope
noun
Alternative spelling of bolt rope
bothrops
boughpot
boughpot
noun
Alternative form of bough pot
bowsprit
bowsprit
noun
(nautical) A spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel to provide the means of adding sail surface.
bricktop
bridport
bridport
Proper noun
A town in Dorset, England
brontops
browntop
browntop
noun
Brachiaria ramosa (browntop millet)
Common bent (Agrostis capillaris)
Microstegium spp.
browpost
budapest
bullpout
bullpout
noun
Any of various bullheads (fish).
bumpiest
bumpiest
adj
superlative form of bumpy: most bumpy
chopboat
chopboat
noun
(in China) A licensed lighter employed in the transportation of goods to and from vessels.
crampbit
epibatus
epiblast
epiblast
noun
(biology, embryology) The outer layer of a blastula that, after gastrulation, becomes the ectoderm.
hopthumb
leptobos
obtemper
obtemper
verb
(Scotland, law, transitive) To obey (a judgement or decree).
paintbox
paintbox
noun
A box used to hold an artist's paints.
pandybat
pandybat
noun
A stout leather strap reinforced internally with whalebone or even lead and used to inflict punishment, especially by striking the palms of schoolboys.
pantarbe
papabote
papabote
noun
(US, dialect) A bird, the upland sandpiper.
partable
partable
adj
Capable of being parted.
partible
partible
adj
Divisible, able to be divided or partitioned.
Pertaining to property that can be divided between heirs on inheritance, or to an inheritance system based on such division.
patrisib
pattable
pattable
adj
(rare) Able to be patted; suitable for patting.
pebworth
perturbs
perturbs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of perturb
pettable
pettable
adj
Suitable for petting.
philbert
phobetor
phobetor
Proper noun
The god and personification of nightmares; a son of Hypnos and Pasithea, or Nyx and Erebus.
piblokto
piblokto
noun
A condition affecting dogs or other animals in the Arctic, characterized by aggressive behavior and seizures.
A condition affecting the Inuit peoples in winter, characterised by a period of frenzied activity or irrational behaviour, followed by unconsciousness or stupor.
pigboats
pigboats
noun
plural of pigboat
pinabete
pitiable
pitiable
adj
That deserves, evokes or can be given pity; pitiful.
pitiably
pitiably
adv
In a pitiable manner.
pitsburg
platband
platband
noun
(architecture) A fillet on a column, between the flutings.
(architecture) A flat fascia on an architrave, or forming a border round a window, or a horizontal band along a wall.
(figuratively) Any border.
(rare) A flat lintel over a door or window.
A border of flowers in a garden, especially along a wall; a strip of turf forming a border.
plebeity
plowbote
plowbote
noun
Alternative form of ploughbote
plumbate
plumbate
noun
(chemistry) Any compound containing the plumbate ion PbO₃²⁻ or Pb(OH)₆²⁻.
plumbite
plumbite
noun
(inorganic chemistry) The PbO₂²⁻ oxyanion or hydrated forms; any salt containing this anion
poblacht
portable
portable
adj
(computing) Of a program: able to be copied directly from one machine to another without the use of an installer.
(computing) Of software: able to be run on multiple hardware or operating systems.
Able to be carried or easily moved.
Able to be transferred from one organization to another.
noun
(computing) Clipping of portable computer.
(video games) A hand-held video gaming device.
A trailer or other movable structure used for classes at a school.
Clipping of portable toilet.
portably
portably
adv
In a portable manner
postable
postable
adj
Capable of being posted (in various senses).
postbags
postbags
noun
plural of postbag
postbase
postbase
noun
(linguistics) A morpheme used as a suffix following either a base or another postbase.
postbook
postboys
postboys
noun
plural of postboy
postburn
postburn
adj
After a burn.
potables
potables
noun
Beverages.
Potable liquids.
potbelly
potbelly
noun
(informal) A Vietnamese Pot-bellied pig.
A large, swollen, or protruding abdomen; a paunch. [from 18th c.]
potboils
potboils
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of potboil
potherbs
potherbs
noun
plural of potherb
prebeset
preboast
prebrute
predebit
predoubt
presbyte
presbyte
noun
(archaic) A presbyope.
probated
probated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of probate
probates
probates
noun
plural of probate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of probate
probator
probator
noun
(law, UK, obsolete) One who, when indicted for crime, confessed it and accused his accomplices in order to obtain pardon.
An examiner; an approver.
probatum
proberta
prohibit
prohibit
verb
(transitive) To forbid, disallow, or proscribe officially; to make illegal or illicit.
pubertal
pubertal
adj
Of or pertaining to puberty.
pubertic
pueblito
pueblito
noun
A small pueblo or village.
pullboat
spitball
spitball
noun
(baseball) A pitch of a baseball that has been partly covered with saliva, illegal at most levels.
A balled-up piece of paper, moistened with saliva (by chewing) and shot through a drinking straw.
verb
(baseball) To moisten the ball with saliva before pitching it.
To brainstorm ideas.
stopback
stopband
stopband
noun
A band of frequencies in which an electronic filter will not let signals pass through.
stopbank
stopbank
noun
levee, dyke
subcript
subdepot
subdepot
noun
A lesser depot that is part of a larger one.
suboptic
suboptic
adj
(anatomy) Below the eye; subocular.
subparts
subparts
noun
plural of subpart
subparty
subparty
noun
A party (group of people, as in politics or the military) forming part of a larger party.
subplant
subplate
subplate
noun
A layer of cells lying below the cortical plate of the cerebral cortex.
subplots
subplots
noun
plural of subplot
subtepid
subtepid
adj
Slightly tepid.
subtopia
subtopia
noun
Sprawling suburbs, collectively.
subtopic
subtopic
noun
A subject that forms part of a topic.
subtypes
subtypes
noun
plural of subtype
tabletop
tabletop
adj
Suitable for use on top of a table.
Taking place on top of a table.
noun
(furniture) The flat, horizontal upper surface of a table.
(photography, advertising) A photograph of an object or product placed on a table.
(role-playing games) Ellipsis of tabletop game.
(skateboarding) A fixed item resembling a table, used for performing skateboarding tricks.
tabstops
tappable
tappable
adj
Capable of being tapped.
teenybop
teenybop
noun
teenybopper music
tippable
tippable
adj
(of a job, etc.) Eligible to receive tips or gratuities.
Capable of being tipped or tilted.
trapball
trapball
noun
(obsolete) A game in which a batsman makes a ball hit a trap (device) that sends the ball into the air, where the batsman has to hit it again.
tubipora
tubipore
tubipore
noun
(zoology) Any member of the halcyonoid genus Tubipora.
typeable
typeable
adj
(particularly of a writing system) Capable of being typed on a keyboard.
Capable of being identified as a particular type, particularly by automatic means.