An early chemical apparatus, consisting of two retorts connected by a tube, used to purify substances by distillation.
ambolic
babelic
bacilli
bacilli
noun
plural of bacillus
backlit
backlit
adj
Lit or illuminated from behind.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backlight
bacliff
balanic
balanic
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the glans penis or to the glans clitoridis
baldric
baldric
noun
A broad belt used to hold a sword, sometimes richly ornamented, worn diagonally from shoulder to hip (across the breast, and under the opposite arm); less properly, any belt.
ballico
balochi
baluchi
basilic
basilic
adj
(anatomy) Relating to certain parts, anciently supposed to have a specially important function in the animal economy, such as the basilic vein.
basilican
royal; kingly
noun
A basilica.
befilch
belicia
beluchi
belucki
beylics
beylics
noun
plural of beylic
bicetyl
bicolor
bicolor
adj
(American spelling) Alternative form of bicolour
bicycle
bicycle
noun
(Britain, Australia, New Zealand) A motorbike.
(climbing) A stabilizing technique in which one foot is pushed down while the other is pulled up.
(vulgar slang, usually in compounds specifying a context) A slut; a promiscuous woman.
A traveling block used on a cable in skidding logs.
A vehicle that has two wheels, one behind the other, a steering handle, and a saddle seat or seats and is usually propelled by the action of a rider’s feet upon pedals.
The best possible hand in lowball.
verb
(television, historical, transitive) To physically ship (a recorded programme) to another broadcasting entity.
(transitive, intransitive) To travel or exercise using a bicycle.
bicyclo
bicyclo
noun
(organic chemistry, in combination) A radical having two rings (either fused, or having a common bridgehead atom)
bifocal
bifocal
adj
(of a correcting lens) Divided into two parts, one of which corrects for distance vision and the other for near vision
(optics) Having two focal lengths
bilcock
bilcock
noun
The European water rail.
bilicki
binocle
binocle
noun
A dioptric telescope, fitted with two tubes joining, so as to enable the viewing of an object with both eyes at once; a double-barrelled field glass or opera glass.
biplace
bivocal
bivocal
noun
A diphthong
blackie
blackie
noun
Alternative spelling of blacky
blackit
blanchi
blickey
blickey
noun
(dialectal, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, dated) A canister or dinner pail usually of tin.
blickie
boletic
boletic
adj
Relating to, or caused by mushrooms of the genus Boletus.
boliche
brickel
brickle
brickle
adj
(Appalachia or archaic or dialect) Alternative form of breakle
verb
(Canada, dialect) To fail spectacularly.
brickly
brickly
adj
(dialect) fragile; brittle
bricole
bricole
noun
(billiards) A shot in which the cue ball is initially driven against the cushion.
(military) A kind of traces with hooks and rings, used to drag manoeuvre guns where horses cannot be used.
(military, historical) An ancient kind of military catapult.
In court tennis, the rebound of a ball from a wall of the court; also, the side stroke or play by which the ball is driven against the wall; hence, (figurative) an indirect action or stroke.
brocoli
brocoli
noun
Archaic form of broccoli (“vegetable”).
bucklin
bucolic
bucolic
adj
Pertaining to herdsmen or peasants.
Relating to the pleasant aspects of rustic country life.
Rustic, pastoral, country-styled.
noun
A pastoral poem.
A rustic, peasant.
bulchin
bulchin
noun
(obsolete) A little bull; a bull calf.
bulimic
bulimic
adj
Of, or relating to, bulimia nervosa.
Suffering from bulimia nervosa.
noun
A person suffering from bulimia nervosa.
butylic
butylic
noun
(organic chemistry) Synonym of butyl
cabalic
cabalic
adj
Of or relating to a cabal.
cabildo
cabildo
noun
A local government council in some Spanish-speaking communities.
A town hall in some Spanish-speaking countries.
cabling
cabling
noun
(architecture) The decoration of a fluted shaft of a column or of a pilaster with reeds, or rounded mouldings, which seem to be laid in the hollows of the fluting.
A collection of cables.
verb
present participle of cable
cablish
cablish
noun
(obsolete) Wind-blown fallen wood.
caliban
caliban
Proper noun
A moon of Uranus
caliber
caliber
noun
(dated) Degree of importance or station in society.
A nominal name for a cartridge type, which may not exactly indicate its true size and may include other measurements such as cartridge length or black powder capacity. Eg 7.62×39 or 38.40.
Diameter of the bore of a firearm, typically measured between opposite lands.
The diameter of round or cylindrical body, as of a bullet, a projectile, or a column.
Unit of measure used to express the length of the bore of a weapon. The number of calibres is determined by dividing the length of the bore of the weapon, from the breech face of the tube to the muzzle, by the diameter of its bore. A gun tube the bore of which is 40 feet (480 inches) long and 12 inches in diameter is said to be 40 calibers long.
calibre
calibre
noun
Alternative form of caliber
cambial
cambial
adj
(botany) Of or pertaining to a cambium.
(obsolete) Of or pertaining to commercial exchange.
caribal
cembali
chablis
chablis
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Chablis
chimble
chimbly
chimbly
noun
Alternative form of chimbley
cibolan
ciboule
ciboule
noun
Alternative form of cibol
citable
citable
adj
Capable of being, or appropriate to be, cited.
cleobis
climbed
climbed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of climb
climber
climber
noun
(botany) A plant such as a vine that climbs upwards as it grows by attaching itself to some support.
(climbing) Synonym of climbing iron (“a kind of crampon attached to the shoe to aid with climbing”)
(cycle racing) A cyclist who specializes in riding especially well on steep hills or roads.
(figuratively, derogatory) A person who is constantly trying to get ahead socially.
(ornithology) A bird that climbs, such as a parrot or woodpecker; specifically (archaic), a bird having two toes pointing forward, and two pointing backward, formerly regarded as being from the order Scansores or Zygodactyli (now obsolete as the birds formerly in this order have been reclassified into different orders); a zygodactyl.
Something that is used for climbing.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To ascend or mount with effort; to clamber, to climb.
coalbin
coalbin
noun
A bin for the storage of coal.
colibri
colobin
colombi
corbeil
corbeil
noun
(military) A basket filled with earth and set up as a protection from the fire of the enemy.
cribble
cribble
adj
(obsolete) coarse
noun
A coarse sieve or screen.
Coarse flour or meal.
verb
To pass something through a sieve.
cribral
crimble
crimble
Proper noun
Christmas.
cubical
cubical
adj
Of or pertaining to a cube; cubic.
cubicle
cubicle
noun
(UK, Australia) A small enclosure in a public toilet for individual use.
A small enclosure at a swimming pool etc. used to provide personal privacy when changing.
A small separate part or one of the compartments of a room, especially in a work environment.
cubicly
cubicly
adv
Alternative form of cubically
cubital
cubital
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the cubit or ulna.
(entomology) Of or pertaining to the cubitus and/or the areas of the wing next to it.
Measured in cubits.
Of the length of a cubit.
noun
(entemology) Synonym of cubitus
cymblin
decibel
decibel
noun
A common measure of sound intensity ratio that is one tenth of a bel on the logarithmic intensity scale. It is defined as dB = 10 log₁₀(P₁ / P₂), where P₁ and P₂ are the relative powers of the sound.
docible
docible
adj
Easily taught or managed; teachable.
ecbolic
ecbolic
adj
(medicine) Producing abortion of a fetus or accelerating childbirth, oxytocic.
noun
(medicine) An agent that produces abortion of a fetus or hastens delivery of the same.
embelic
embolic
embolic
adj
(pathology) Of or relating to an embolus or an embolism.
koblick
labiche
laibach
lambric
liberec
liberec
Proper noun
A city in north-central Czech Republic, capital of the Liberec Region
limbeck
limbeck
noun
(obsolete) An alembic.
liscomb
lucible
niblick
niblick
noun
(golf, dated) A metal-headed golf club with a large highly lofted head. Replaced by a sand iron or wedge in a modern set of clubs.
verb
(golf, transitive, intransitive) To strike, or take a shot, with a niblick.
obeliac
obeliac
adj
(anatomy) Relating to, pertaining to, or situated near, the obelion.
orbical
orbical
adj
Synonym of orbicular
orbicle
orbicle
noun
(obsolete) A small orb or sphere.
plumbic
plumbic
adj
(chemistry) Specifically, of compounds in which it has a higher valence as contrasted with plumbous compounds.
publica
publice
publici
publics
publics
noun
plural of public
reclimb
reclimb
verb
(transitive) To climb again.
scibile
scribal
scribal
adj
Relating to scribes and their work.
sibylic
sibylic
adj
Alternative form of sibyllic
subclei
subicle
umbilic
umbilic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or having a navel or umbilicus
noun
(geometry) An umbilicus.
The navel; the center.
unclimb
unclimb
verb
(transitive) To undo the climbing of; to climb down or back from.