(intransitive) To be present or available in large numbers or quantities; to be plentiful.
(intransitive) To revel in.
(intransitive, obsolete) To be wealthy.
abouts
abouts
adv
(obsolete) About.
abucco
abucco
noun
(historical) A unit of mass used for gold and silver, used in Burma, approximately 196.44 grams or 6.316 troy ounces.
albugo
albugo
noun
(dated) A leucoma.
arbour
arbour
noun
UK standard spelling of arbor.
ausubo
ausubo
noun
balata tree
baguio
baguio
noun
(Philippines) A typhoon.
bajour
ballou
banquo
banuyo
banuyo
noun
The tree Wallaceodendron celebicum.
basuto
basuto
Noun
A member of the Basotho people.
bauson
bayous
bayous
noun
plural of bayou
befoul
befoul
verb
(figuratively) To stain or mar (for example with infamy or disgrace).
(specifically) To defecate on, to soil with excrement.
To entangle or run against so as to impede motion.
To make foul; to soil; to contaminate, pollute.
begoud
bejuco
bejuco
noun
Any climbing woody vine of the tropics with the habit of a liana; in the Philippines, especially any of various species of Calamus, the cane or rattan palm.
belout
belout
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To address or speak of with contemptuous language.
(transitive, obsolete) To call (someone) a lout.
beroun
besoul
besoul
verb
(transitive) To imbue or endow with a soul.
besour
besour
Verb
To make sour.
besugo
bhutto
bignou
bijous
bijoux
bijoux
noun
plural of bijou
biniou
biniou
noun
(music) A set of traditional Breton bagpipes.
binous
binous
adj
binate
blount
blount
Proper noun
A town in
blouse
blouse
noun
(India) A short garment worn under a sari.
(fashion) A shirt for women or girls, particularly a shirt with buttons and often a collar; a dress shirt tailored for women.
(fashion, obsolete) A shirt, typically loose and reaching from the neck to the waist.
(military fashion) A loose-fitting uniform jacket.
Alternative form of blouze
Alternative form of blowess
Alternative form of blowze
verb
(military) To tuck one's pants/trousers (into one's boots).
To hang a garment in loose folds.
blousy
blousy
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a blouse; loose, flowing.
blowup
blowup
noun
(photography) An enlargement
An explosion, or violent outburst
bochum
bochum
Proper noun
a city in western Germany
bochur
boelus
bogued
bogued
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bogue
bogusz
bohunk
bohunk
noun
(Canada, US, derogatory) A brawny or coarse person.
(Canada, US, ethnic slur) An immigrant from Central Europe, Eastern Europe, or the Balkans, especially one who is regarded as vain, aggressively masculine, and socially unsophisticated.
bombus
bonduc
bonduc
noun
nicker tree
boogum
boojum
boojum
noun
(countable) A species of tree (Fouquieria columnaris) native to Baja California, Mexico.
(physics) A geometric pattern sometimes observed on the surface of superfluid helium-3.
bordun
boreum
boreus
boruca
bosque
bosque
noun
(Southwestern US) A gallery forest found growing along a river bank or on the flood plain of a watercourse.
Rare spelling of bosk.
bosuns
bosuns
noun
plural of bosun
bouake
boubas
boubou
boubou
noun
A flowing wide-sleeved robe worn by men in much of West Africa, and to a lesser extent in North Africa.
Any of certain species of birds in the bushshrike genus Laniarius.
boucan
boucan
noun
A wooden grill or structure for cooking meat and fish on, of a style used by the Tupi or others in the Caribbean.
bouche
bouche
noun
(obsolete) An allowance of food and drink for the tables of inferior officers or servants in a nobleman's palace or at court.
Alternative form of bush (a lining)
verb
Alternative form of bush (to line)
boucle
boucle
noun
Alternative spelling of bouclé
boudin
boudin
noun
A kind of blood sausage in French, Belgian, Luxembourgish and related cuisines.
A sausage in southern Louisiana Creole and Cajun cuisine, made from rice, ground pork (occasionally crawfish), and spices in a sausage casing.
A structure formed by boudinage: one or a series of elongated, sausage-shaped section(s) in rock.
bouffe
bouffe
noun
(music) A comic opera
verb
(transitive) To make bouffant.
bougar
bougar
noun
(chiefly in the plural) A rafter or cross spar of a roof especially of a cottage.
bougee
bouget
bouget
noun
(heraldry) A charge resembling the water bags that were used to supply the army in battle.
Obsolete form of budget.
boughs
boughs
noun
plural of bough
bought
bought
noun
(obsolete) A bend or hollow in a human or animal body.
(obsolete) A bend; flexure; curve; a hollow angle.
(obsolete) A curve or bend in a river, mountain chain, or other geographical feature.
(obsolete) A fold, bend, or coil in a tail, snake's body etc.
(obsolete) The part of a sling that contains the stone.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of buy.
boughy
boughy
adj
Full of boughs.
bougie
bougie
adj
(Britain, Canada, slang) Fancy or good-looking, without the same connotations of snobbery or pretentiousness as in sense 1.
(chiefly African-American Vernacular, slang, usually derogatory) Behaving like or pertaining to people of a higher social status, middle-class / bourgeois people (sometimes carrying connotations of fakeness, elitism, or snobbery).
noun
(chiefly African-American Vernacular, slang, usually derogatory) A person who exhibits bougie behavior.
(medicine) A tapered cylindrical instrument for introducing an object into a tubular anatomical structure, or to dilate such a structure, as with an esophageal bougie.
A wax candle.
boukit
boules
boules
noun
bowls; a game played with metal balls.
plural of boule
bouley
boulez
boulle
bounce
bounce
noun
(Internet) An email that returns to the sender because of a delivery failure.
(archaic) A drink based on brandyᵂ.
(archaic) A heavy, sudden, and often noisy, blow or thump.
(archaic) Bluster; brag; untruthful boasting; audacious exaggeration; an impudent lie; a bouncer.
(slang, African-American Vernacular, uncountable) A good beat in music.
(slang, African-American Vernacular, uncountable) A talent for leaping.
(uncountable) A genre of hip-hop music of New Orleans, characterized by often lewd call-and-response chants.
A bang, boom.
A change of direction of motion after hitting the ground or an obstacle.
A movement up and then down (or vice versa), once or repeatedly.
Scyliorhinus canicula, a European dogfish.
The sack, dismissal.
verb
(US, slang, dated) To eject violently, as from a room; to discharge unceremoniously, as from employment.
(archaic) To strike or thump, so as to rebound, or to make a sudden noise; to knock loudly.
(intransitive) To change the direction of motion after hitting an obstacle.
(intransitive) To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound.
(intransitive) To move quickly up and then down, or vice versa, once or repeatedly.
(intransitive, aviation) To land hard and lift off again due to excess momentum.
(intransitive, electronics) To turn power off and back on; to reset.
(intransitive, informal, of a cheque/check) To be refused by a bank because it is drawn on insufficient funds.
(intransitive, skydiving) To land hard at unsurvivable velocity with fatal results.
(intransitive, slang, African-American Vernacular) (sometimes employing the preposition with) To have sexual intercourse.
(slang, archaic) To boast; to bluster.
(slang, archaic) To bully; to scold.
(transitive) To cause to move quickly up and down, or back and forth, once or repeatedly.
(transitive, air combat) To attack unexpectedly.
(transitive, colloquial) To suggest or introduce (an idea, etc.) to (off or by) somebody, in order to gain feedback.
(transitive, informal) To fail to cover (have sufficient funds for) (a draft presented against one's account).
(transitive, intransitive, Internet, of an e-mail message) To return undelivered.
(transitive, sound recording) To mix (two or more tracks of a multi-track audio tape recording) and record the result onto a single track, in order to free up tracks for further material to be added.
To move rapidly (between).
bouncy
bouncy
adj
Easily bounced.
Lively, exuberant, energetic.
bounds
bounds
noun
plural of bound.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bound
bounty
bounty
noun
(countable) A reward for some specific act, especially one given by an authority or a government.
(countable) Something given liberally; a gift.
(countable, figuratively) An abundance or wealth.
(military, historical) Money paid to a person when becoming a member of the armed forces, or as a reward for some service therein.
(specifically) A monetary reward for capturing (or, in the past, killing) a person accused or convicted of a crime and who is at large; also, a similar reward for capturing or killing an animal which is dangerous or causing a nuisance.
(uncountable) Generosity; also (countable) an act of generosity.
verb
(transitive) To offer a monetary reward for the capturing or killing of.
bourgs
bourgs
noun
plural of bourg
bourke
bourne
bourne
noun
(archaic) A goal or destination.
(countable) A stream or brook in which water flows only seasonally; a small stream or brook.
(countable, archaic) A boundary; a limit.
bourns
bourns
noun
plural of bourn
bourre
bourse
bourse
noun
(botany) The swollen basal part of an inflorescence axis at the onset of fruit development; it bears leaves whose axillary buds differentiate and may grow out as shoots.
(figuratively) Any place, real or imagined, where the value of a thing is settled.
(philately) A meeting of stamp collectors and/or dealers, where stamps and covers are sold or exchanged.
A stock exchange.
boused
boused
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bouse
bouser
bouser
noun
Obsolete form of boozer.
bouses
bouses
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bouse
boutel
boutis
bouton
bouton
noun
A bud-like swelling, especially one at the end of an axon
boutre
boutte
bowlus
boxful
boxful
noun
as much as a box will hold
boyaus
boyaux
boyaux
noun
plural of boyau
boyuna
bozuwa
brogue
brogue
noun
(dated) A heavy shoe of untanned leather.
A strong Oxford shoe, with ornamental perforations and wing tips.
A strong dialectal accent. In Ireland it used to be a term for Irish spoken with a strong English accent, but gradually changed to mean English spoken with a strong Irish accent as English control of Ireland gradually increased and Irish waned as the standard language.
verb
(dialect) to fish for eels by disturbing the waters.
(intransitive) To walk.
(transitive) To kick.
(transitive) To punch a hole in, as with an awl.
(transitive, intransitive) To speak with a brogue (accent).
bromus
brough
brouze
brouze
noun
Obsolete form of browse.
brujos
brulot
bubalo
buboed
buboed
adj
Covered in buboes.
buboes
buboes
noun
plural of bubo
bubona
bucayo
bucayo
noun
Candied coconut meat.
bucoda
buenos
buffon
buffon
noun
Synonym of buffont
buffos
buford
bugdom
bugdom
noun
The essence of being a bug.
bugong
bugong
noun
Archaic form of bogong.
bugout
bugout
noun
Alternative form of bug out
buiron
bullom
bulolo
bultow
bultow
noun
A trawl; a boulter.
The mode of fishing with a boulter or spiller.
buncos
buncos
noun
plural of bunco
bundoc
bungos
bunion
bunion
noun
(colloquial, by extension) Hallux valgus, deviation of the big toe from its normal position towards the other toes, the prime cause for the swelling of its first joint.
(pathology) A bump or bulge on the first joint of the big toe caused by the swelling of a sac of fluid under the skin.
bunkos
bunkos
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bunko
bunola
bunton
bunton
noun
A wooden cross-stay in a shaft; a support for shaft slides.
buoyed
buoyed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of buoy
burbot
burbot
noun
A freshwater fish, taxonomic name Lota lota, which is similar to the ling and the cusk and spawns in the winter.
burdon
burdon
noun
(obsolete, rare) A mule born of a horse and a she-ass.
burgoo
burgoo
noun
(nautical) A dish which originated among seafarers during the days of sail: a sort of porridge seasoned with sugar, salt and butter.
A spicy stew, typically made with a combination of meats and vegetables, and often served with cornbread or corn muffins.
burgos
burion
burion
noun
(archaic) The red-breasted house sparrow of California (Haemorhous mexicanus, formerly Carpodacus mexicanus, Carpodacus frontalis).
burrio
burros
burros
noun
plural of burro
burrow
burrow
noun
(mining) A heap or heaps of rubbish or refuse.
A tunnel or hole, often as dug by a small creature.
Obsolete form of barrow. A mound.
Obsolete form of borough. An incorporated town.
verb
(intransitive) (with adverbial of direction) to move underneath or press up against in search of safety or comfort
(intransitive) (with into) to investigate thoroughly
(intransitive) to dig a tunnel or hole
burson
burton
burton
noun
(archaic) An arrangement of blocks and pulleys, especially for tightening rigging on a ship.
(archaic) Storage of cargo athwartships.
busaos
busboy
busboy
noun
(US) Assistant waiter; one who clears plates from and cleans tables
busoni
buteos
buteos
noun
plural of buteo
butoxy
butoxy
noun
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) The ether radical derived from butanol
button
button
noun
(South Africa, slang) A methaqualone tablet (used as a recreational drug).
(UK, archaic) A unit of length equal to ¹⁄₁₂ inch.
(US) A badge worn on clothes, fixed with a pin through the fabric.
(archaic) A person who acts as a decoy.
(aviation) The end of a runway.
(botany) A bud.
(comedy) The final joke at the end of a comedic act (such as a sketch, set, or scene).
(curling) The center (bullseye) of the house.
(dated, Southern US) A clove (of garlic).
(fencing) The soft circular tip at the end of a foil.
(generally with the) The means for initiating a nuclear strike or similar cataclysmic occurrence.
(graphical user interface) An on-screen control that can be selected as an activator of an attached function.
(lutherie) In an instrument of the violin family, the near-semicircular shape extending from the top of the back plate of the instrument, meeting the heel of the neck.
(lutherie) Synonym of endbutton, part of a violin-family instrument.
(lutherie, bowmaking) Synonym of adjuster.
(poker) A plastic disk used to represent the person in last position in a poker game; also dealer's button.
(poker) The player who is last to act after the flop, turn and river, who possesses the button.
(slang) A button man; a professional assassin.
(slang) The clitoris.
(television) The punchy or suspenseful line of dialogue that concludes a scene.
(zoology) Pedicle; the attachment point for antlers in cervids.
A globule of metal remaining on an assay cupel or in a crucible, after fusion.
A knob or disc that is passed through a loop or (buttonhole), serving as a fastener.
A knob; a small ball; a small, roundish mass.
A mechanical device meant to be pressed with a finger in order to open or close an electric circuit or to activate a mechanism.
A piece of wood or metal, usually flat and elongated, turning on a nail or screw, to fasten something, such as a door.
A raised pavement marker to further indicate the presence of a pavement-marking painted stripe.
A small white blotch on a cat's coat.
The final segment of a rattlesnake's rattle.
The head of an unexpanded mushroom.
The least amount of care or interest; a whit or jot.
verb
(informal) To stop talking.
(intransitive) To be fastened by a button or buttons.
(transitive) To fasten with a button.
buxton
buyout
buyout
noun
(finance) The acquisition of a controlling interest in a business or corporation by outright purchase or by purchase of a majority of issued shares of stock.
The use of grant monies to pay for another person to perform the usual duties, especially teaching duties, of someone engaged on the funded project.
cobnut
cobnut
noun
A game played by children with nuts.
A specific cultivated variety of hazelnut, also known as the Kentish cobnut.
The nut of the common hazel (Corylus avellana); hazelnut.
coburg
coburg
Proper noun
An independent city in Bavaria, Germany.
Noun
A thin single-twilled worsted fabric with cotton or silk.
A kind of bread roll.
coburn
courbe
cubdom
cubero
cubito
cuboid
cuboid
adj
Of the shape of a cube.
noun
(anatomy) The cuboid bone.
(geometry) A parallelepiped having six rectangular faces.
debout
dobuan
dobule
dobule
noun
(archaic) A common dace (Leuciscus leuciscus)
dorbug
dorbug
noun
(Canada, US) The dor.
double
double
adj
(music) Of an instrument, sounding an octave lower.
(music) Of time, twice as fast.
Designed for two users.
False, deceitful, or hypocritical.
Folded in two; composed of two layers.
Having two aspects; ambiguous.
Made up of two matching or complementary elements.
Of a family relationship, related on both the maternal and paternal sides of a family.
Of flowers, having more than the normal number of petals.
Of twice the quantity.
Stooping; bent over.
adv
Twice over; twofold; doubly.
Two together; two at a time. (especially in see double)
noun
(Christianity) A double feast.
(baseball) A two-base hit.
(billiards) A strike in which the object ball is struck so as to make it rebound against the cushion to an opposite pocket.
(bridge) A call that increases certain scoring points if the last preceding bid becomes the contract.
(computing, programming) A double-precision floating-point number.
(darts) A hit on this ring.
(darts) The narrow outermost ring on a dartboard.
(dominoes) A tile that has the same value (i.e., the same number of pips) on both sides.
(historical) A former French coin worth one-sixth of a sou.
(historical, Guernsey) A copper coin worth one-eighth of a penny.
(music) Playing the same part on two instruments, alternately.
(rowing) A boat for two scullers.
(soccer) Two competitions, usually one league and one cup, won by the same team in a single season.
(sports) The feat of scoring twice in one game.
(sports, chiefly swimming and track) The feat of winning two events in a single meet or competition.
A bet on two horses in different races in which any winnings from the first race are placed on the horse in the later race.
A drink with two portions of alcohol.
A ghostly apparition of a living person; a doppelgänger.
A person who resembles and stands in for another person, often for safety purposes
A redundant item for which an identical item already exists.
A sharp turn, especially a return on one's own tracks.
Synonym of double-quick (“fast marching pace”)
Twice the number, amount, size, etc.
verb
(baseball) To get a two-base hit.
(billiards, snooker, pool) To cause (a ball) to rebound from a cushion before entering the pocket.
(bridge) To make a call that will double certain scoring points if the preceding bid becomes the contract.
(card games, intransitive) To double down.
(espionage, intransitive) To operate as a double agent.
(intransitive) To go or march at twice the normal speed.
(intransitive) To increase by 100%, to become twice as large in size.
(intransitive) To turn sharply, following a winding course.
(military) To unite, as ranks or files, so as to form one from each two.
(music) To duplicate (a part) either in unison or at the octave above or below it.
(music, intransitive, usually followed by "on") To be capable of performing (upon an additional instrument).
(nautical) To sail around (a headland or other point).
(radio, informal, of a station) To transmit simultaneously on the same channel as another station, either unintentionally or deliberately, causing interference.
(theater) To play (both one part and another, in the same play, etc).
(transitive with as) To serve a second role or have a second purpose.
(transitive) (often followed by together or up) To join or couple.
(transitive) (sometimes followed by up) To clench (a fist).
(transitive) To fold over so as to make two folds.
(transitive) To multiply by two.
(transitive) To multiply the strength or effect of by two.
(transitive) To repeat exactly; copy.
(transitive, intransitive, sometimes with "for") To act as substitute for (another theatrical performer in a certain role, etc).
To be the double of; to exceed by twofold; to contain or be worth twice as much as.
doubly
doubly
adv
(obsolete) with duplicity
(usually of relative importance, of degree, quantity or measure) In a double manner; with twice the severity or degree.