(mineralogy) A basaltic-trachyandesite rock containing phenocrysts of olivine and augite
ahorseback
ahorseback
adv
On the back of a horse; horseback.
akenobeite
aktiebolag
alanbrooke
amoebalike
amoebalike
adj
Having the characteristics of an amoeba.
anklebones
anklebones
noun
plural of anklebone
backhooker
backhouses
backhouses
noun
plural of backhouse
backlogged
backlogged
adj
Having an excessive list of tasks to do, especially tasks that should have already been performed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backlog
backlotter
backstroke
backstroke
noun
(bellringing) The pull on the tail of the rope that swings the bell through a full circle (compare handstroke)
(swimming) A stroke swum lying on one's back, while rotating both arms through the water as to propel the swimmer backwards.
A backhanded stroke or blow.
verb
To swim the backstroke.
bakehouses
bakehouses
noun
plural of bakehouse
bakerstown
bankrolled
bankrolled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bankroll
bankroller
bankroller
noun
One who bankrolls; usually an individual who has enough seed capital to launch a venture; one who can fund a project; angel investor.
barkometer
barkometer
noun
A hydrometer calibrated to test the strength of tanning liquors used in tanning leather.
basketwood
basketwood
noun
Any of various kinds of wood traditionally used for making baskets.
basketwork
basketwork
noun
Material woven in the style of a basket.
The craft of making such material.
basketworm
basketworm
noun
The larva of a psychid moth.
batterdock
bazookamen
becloaking
becloaking
verb
present participle of becloak
beknotting
belowdecks
belowdecks
adv
(nautical) Below the main deck of a ship.
benediktov
betokening
betokening
verb
present participle of betoken
biometrika
bishoplike
bishoplike
adj
Resembling, or pertaining to a bishop.
bivouacked
bivouacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bivouac
blackstone
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.
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.
breakbones
breakbones
noun
Alternative form of break-bones
plural of breakbone
breakdowns
breakdowns
noun
plural of breakdown
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.
breakstone
breakstone
noun
Burnet saxifrage (Pimpinella saxifraga)
Parsley piert (Aphanes arvensis)
Pearlwort (Sagina spp.)
Saxifrage (Saxifraga spp.)
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.
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.
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.
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
bucketshop
bucketshop
noun
Alternative spelling of bucket shop
budennovsk
bullockite
bunkhouses
bunkhouses
noun
plural of bunkhouse
buttonlike
buttonlike
adj
Resembling a button.
byeworkman
cedarbrook
cellblocks
cellblocks
noun
plural of cellblock
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
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.
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
deblocking
deblocking
verb
present participle of deblock
dikephobia
donkeyback
donkeyback
noun
(with on, upon, etc.) The back of a donkey.
drakesboro
duikerboks
duikerboks
noun
plural of duikerbok
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.
guidebooks
guidebooks
noun
plural of guidebook
guidebooky
heartblock
heartbroke
heartbroke
adj
(dialect or nonstandard) heartbroken
hollenbeck
honeybrook
horsebacks
horsebacks
noun
plural of horseback
housebreak
housebreak
verb
(intransitive, US) To break into a house, typically to burgle it.
(transitive, US) To train an animal to avoid urinating or defecating in the house, except within a litterbox, toilet, or other receptacle.
housebroke
housebroke
verb
simple past tense of housebreak
hucklebone
hucklebone
noun
Alternative form of huckle bone
interblock
interblock
adj
Between blocks.
noun
A space or interval between two adjacent blocks or cells on a grid.
jabberwock
jabberwock
Proper noun
A fantastical dreaded monster with flaming eyes.
jackbooted
jackbooted
adj
(figuratively) Authoritarian or oppressive, especially in a cruel or violent manner.
Wearing jackboots.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of jackboot
kaliborite
kaliborite
noun
(mineralogy) A hydrous borate of potassium and magnesium
katabolite
katabolize
kenophobia
kenophobia
noun
An abnormal fear of empty spaces.
keyboarded
keyboarded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of keyboard
keyboarder
keyboarder
noun
Someone who keyboards; a typist.
Synonym of keyboardist
knackebrod
knapbottle
knapbottle
noun
Bladder campion.
knifeboard
knifeboard
noun
(historical, by extension) An early bus with narrow, restrictive seating; a knifeboard bus.
(historical, chiefly attributive) A way of arranging benches back to back, resembling a knifeboard; common on the open upper deck of early double-deck omnibuses and trams.
A board on which knives are cleaned or polished.
knobbiness
knobbiness
noun
The state or condition of being knobby.
knobbliest
knobbliest
adj
superlative form of knobbly: most knobbly
knobkerrie
knobkerrie
noun
Alternative form of knobkerry
knobnoster
kohlrabies
kohlrabies
noun
plural of kohlrabi
konigsberg
leukoblast
leukoblast
noun
An immature leukocyte.
lockbourne
lockesburg
lubbercock
mossbacked
mossbacked
adj
(informal) Having old-fashioned views; very conservative or reactionary.
mossbanker
mossbanker
noun
A fish; a menhaden.
mossbunker
mossbunker
noun
Alternative form of mossbanker
motorbikes
motorbikes
noun
plural of motorbike
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of motorbike
mountebank
mountebank
noun
(obsolete) An acrobat.
Any boastful, false pretender.
One who sells by deception; a con artist.
One who sells dubious medicines.
verb
(intransitive) To act as a mountebank.
(transitive) To cheat by boasting and false pretenses.
needlebook
needlebook
noun
A book-shaped needlecase, having leaves of cloth into which the needles are stuck.