A fast military offensive, typically involving a large and highly mobile tank force with air support.
blockaders
blockaders
noun
plural of blockader
blockheads
blockheads
noun
plural of blockhead
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blockhead
blockholer
blockhouse
blockhouse
noun
(dated) A temporary wooden fortification with a projecting upper story.
A reinforced building from which to control hazardous operations, such as an explosion or a rocket launch.
A sturdy military fortification, often of concrete, with gunports.
blockiness
blockiness
noun
The state or condition of being blocky.
blocklayer
blocklayer
noun
A person employed to lay down blocks of material, for example as a road surface.
blockmaker
blockmaker
noun
A manufacturer of blocks for use in printing.
A manufacturer of nautical blocks.
blouselike
blouselike
adj
Resembling a blouse.
bluejacket
bluejacket
noun
(nautical) A seaman of a British warship
(nautical) An enlisted man in the US Navy.
A uniformed policeman.
boatkeeper
boatkeeper
noun
(historical) A person who operated small-crew open fishing boats and fishing rooms on the shores around Newfoundland in the early 19th century.
A person in charge of a boat.
bocklogged
bodkinwise
boghazkeui
bolsheviki
bolsheviks
bolsheviks
noun
plural of bolshevik
boltstrake
boneshaker
boneshaker
noun
A velocipede (the bicycle of the late 1860s).
Something jolty.
bonnetlike
bonnetlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bonnet (traditional hat).
bontebucks
bontebucks
noun
plural of bontebuck
bookbinder
bookbinder
noun
A person whose profession is binding pages together to form books.
bookdealer
bookdealer
noun
One who trades in books.
bookholder
bookholder
noun
(obsolete) A prompter at a theatre.
A support for a book, holding it open for reading or copying.
bookkeeper
bookkeeper
noun
(accounting) A person responsible for keeping records or documents, such as of a business.
A bookseller
bookmakers
bookmakers
noun
plural of bookmaker
bookmarker
bookmarker
noun
A slip of paper, card, etc. used to mark one's place in reading a book; a bookmark.
bookmobile
bookmobile
noun
A mobile library; especially, a large van designed to transport a portion of some library's collection.
bookmonger
bookmonger
noun
(archaic) A bookseller.
bookplates
bookplates
noun
plural of bookplate
bookseller
bookseller
noun
A business that sells books.
A person engaged in the business of selling books.
bookshelfs
bookstores
bookstores
noun
plural of bookstore
boondocker
boondocker
noun
A kind of combat boot worn in the US Marine Corps.
bootlicked
bootlicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bootlick
bootlicker
bootlicker
noun
(by extension, derogatory) Anyone who is seen as supporting authoritarianism.
(derogatory) A person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner; a toady
bordermark
bottlelike
bottlelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bottle.
bottleneck
bottleneck
noun
(by extension) The part of a process that is too slow or cumbersome.
(figurative) In traffic, any narrowing of the road, especially resulting in a delay.
The narrow portion that forms the pouring spout of a bottle; the neck of a bottle.
verb
(intransitive) To form a bottleneck.
(transitive) To slow by causing a bottleneck.
bouckville
boullework
bounceback
bounceback
noun
(Internet) An automated response to an email, indicating that it could not be delivered.
(marketing) A customized order form sent out with previously ordered goods, encouraging the customer to make a further order, perhaps motivated by a discount or free gift.
A rebound.
An economic recovery.
bracketing
bracketing
noun
(architecture) A series or group of brackets; brackets, collectively.
The act of enclosing (text, etc.) in brackets.
verb
present participle of bracket
bracketted
brakemaker
brakemaker
noun
A manufacturer of brakes.
branchlike
branchlike
adj
resembling a branch of a tree
breadmaker
breadmaker
noun
(dated) One who makes bread; a baker.
Alternative form of bread maker
breakables
breakables
noun
plural of breakable
breakbones
breakbones
noun
Alternative form of break-bones
plural of breakbone
breakdowns
breakdowns
noun
plural of breakdown
breakerman
breakermen
breakfasts
breakfasts
noun
plural of breakfast
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of breakfast
breakfront
breakfront
noun
(chiefly attributive) Any piece of furniture (especially a bookcase or cabinet) that has a central section that projects farther forward than the other sections.
breakpoint
breakpoint
noun
(meteorology) A location referred to when issuing watches, warnings, or advisories for specific areas.
(physics) The point where surface water waves are breaking in, e.g., oceans or lakes.
(programming) A point in a program at which operation may be interrupted during debugging so that the state of the program at that point can be investigated.
(web development) A particular size at which a web page is designed to switch to a different layout.
verb
(programming, transitive) To flag with a breakpoint.
breakshugh
breakstone
breakstone
noun
Burnet saxifrage (Pimpinella saxifraga)
Parsley piert (Aphanes arvensis)
Pearlwort (Sagina spp.)
Saxifrage (Saxifraga spp.)
breakwater
breakwater
noun
(nautical) A low bulkhead across the forecastle deck of a ship which diverts water breaking over the bows into the scuppers.
(on beaches) A wooden or concrete barrier, usually perpendicular to the shore, intended to prevent the movement of sand along a coast.
A construction in or around a harbour designed to break the force of the sea and to provide shelter for vessels lying inside.
breasthook
breasthook
noun
(nautical) A horizontal timber fitted in the bows of a ship to add strength and to connect the sides to the stem.
breastmark
breastwork
breastwork
noun
(nautical) A railing on the quarter-deck and forecastle.
(slang) Breast augmentation.
A fortification consisting of a breast-high bulwark; a parapet.
A parapet.
breezelike
breezelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a breeze.
bribetaker
bribetaker
noun
A person who takes bribes
brickfield
brickfield
noun
A place where bricks are made; a brickyard.
bricklayer
bricklayer
noun
A craftsman who builds walls and suchlike out of bricks.
brickliner
brickmaker
brickmaker
noun
A maker of bricks.
bridestake
bridgelike
bridgelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bridge.
Similar to the card game of bridge.
bridgework
bridgework
noun
(dentistry) A partial denture that is anchored to existing teeth.
The component parts of a bridge.
The construction or repair of bridges.
briskening
briskening
verb
present participle of brisken
brokenness
brokenness
noun
The characteristic of being broken.
brokerages
brokerages
noun
plural of brokerage
brokership
brokership
noun
The role or position of a broker.
bronzelike
bronzelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of bronze.
brookeland
brookfield
brookhaven
brookhaven
Proper noun
Any of several towns and cities in the United States and Canada:
a city in Mississippi, USA, and the county seat of Named after Brookhaven, New York.
brookhouse
brookshire
brookville
broommaker
brushmaker
brushmaker
noun
A person who makes brushes.
bubblelike
bubblelike
adj
Having the characteristics of a bubble.
bucketfull
bucketfuls
bucketfuls
noun
plural of bucketful
bucketsful
bucketshop
bucketshop
noun
Alternative spelling of bucket shop
buckjumper
buckjumper
noun
A horse that buckjumps.
One who takes part in buckjumping.
buckleless
buckleless
adj
Without a buckle.
bucklering
bucklering
verb
present participle of buckler
buckwasher
buckwheats
buckwheats
noun
plural of buckwheat
budennovsk
bulkheaded
bulkheaded
adj
Furnished with a bulkhead or bulkheads.
bulletlike
bulletlike
adj
Resembling a bullet or the path of a bullet.
bullnecked
bullnecked
adj
Having a thick, muscular neck
bullockite
bullsucker
bumblekite
bunkhouses
bunkhouses
noun
plural of bunkhouse
burkeville
butlerlike
butlerlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a butler.
butterback
butterlike
butterlike
adj
Resembling butter or some aspect of it.
buttermilk
buttermilk
noun
Cultured buttermilk, a fermented dairy product produced from cow's milk, with a characteristically sour taste.
The liquid left over after producing butter from full cream milk by the churning process, also called traditional buttermilk.
buttonlike
buttonlike
adj
Resembling a button.
byeworkman
canebrakes
canebrakes
noun
plural of canebrake
cankerbird
cedarbrook
cellblocks
cellblocks
noun
plural of cellblock
chainbreak
cheboksary
cheboksary
Proper noun
The capital city of Chuvashia, Russia
checkbooks
checkbooks
noun
plural of checkbook
cheekbones
cheekbones
noun
plural of cheekbone
chequebook
chequebook
noun
A folder or booklet containing preprinted cheques for use by the holder of a bank account
cherubikon
cherublike
cherublike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cherub.
chokeberry
chokeberry
noun
Either of two species in Aronia, formerly and sometimes in Photinia, deciduous shrubs, native to Russia and eastern North America and most commonly found in wet woods and swamps.
The fruit of such a shrub.
chubsucker
chubsucker
noun
Any of various freshwater suckers of the genus Erimyzon, native to North America.
clearbrook
cobleskill
cockbilled
cockbilled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cockbill
cockleboat
cockleboat
noun
Alternative form of cockboat
comebacker
comebacker
noun
(baseball) A batted ball that travels toward the pitcher.
cornerback
cornerback
noun
(American football, Gaelic football, hurling) Any of the defensive players who are in position on each side farthest laterally from the ball and whose principal responsibility is to defend against passes.
corymblike
cymballike
cymballike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cymbal.
debarkment
deblocking
deblocking
verb
present participle of deblock
debunkment
debunkment
noun
Synonym of debunking
dickeybird
dikephobia
disembarks
disembarks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disembark
dislikable
dislikable
adj
Not capable or worthy of being liked; not liked; regarded with displeasure or aversion.
diyarbekir
donkeyback
donkeyback
noun
(with on, upon, etc.) The back of a donkey.
drakesboro
drinkables
drinkables
noun
plural of drinkable
duikerboks
duikerboks
noun
plural of duikerbok
duikerbuck
ekebergite
ekebergite
noun
(archaic, mineralogy) Wernerite, a scapolite mineral.
embankment
embankment
noun
a long mound of earth, stone, or similar material, usually built for purposes such as to hold back or store water, for protection from weather or enemies, or to support a road or railway.
embarkment
embarkment
noun
embarkation; the act of setting out
fablemaker
fablemaker
noun
One who invents fables.
fernambuck
fiddleback
fiddleback
noun
A feature of maple wood where the fibers are distorted in an undulating chatoyant pattern.
A kind of chasuble with the front cut away.
The brown recluse spider.
firebreaks
firebreaks
noun
plural of firebreak
firebricks
firebricks
noun
plural of firebrick
flakeboard
flakeboard
noun
A type of board manufactured from wood flakes
goldenback
goldenback
noun
(regional) The natterjack.
Any of a group of large woodpeckers that are resident breeders in tropical southern Asia.
greenbacks
greenbacks
noun
plural of greenback
grubstaked
grubstaked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of grubstake