A premature explosion in the cylinder of a gas or oil engine during the exhaust or the compression stroke, tending to drive the piston in the wrong direction.
An explosion in other equipment.
An explosion in the exhaust passages of an internal combustion engine.
verb
(of a gun, cannon, Bunsen burner, etc.) To fire in the opposite direction, for example due to an obstruction in the barrel.
(of an engine) To experience a premature ignition of fuel or an ignition of exhaust gases, making a popping sound.
To fail in a manner that brings down further misfortune.
backrest
backrest
noun
A guide attached to the slide rest of a lathe, and placed in contact with the work to steady it in turning.
The back piece of a chair, used to support the sitter's back.
backrope
backster
backster
noun
(obsolete) A baker.
baedeker
baedeker
Proper noun
A long-established series of travel guidebooks.
Noun
Any travel guide, advice for travelers, or guide pertaining to other subjects.
bagmaker
bagmaker
noun
A manufacturer of bags.
bakerdom
bakerdom
noun
The realm or sphere of bakers; the world of baking.
bakeress
bakeress
noun
(dated) A female baker.
bakeries
bakeries
noun
plural of bakery
bakerite
bakerite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing boron, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and silicon.
bakerman
bakerton
bakeware
bakeware
noun
Cooking equipment intended for use inside an oven.
bardlike
bardlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bard.
bareback
bareback
adj
(dated) Without a shirt; shirtless.
Without a condom.
Without a saddle.
noun
A bird, raised for meat, that lacks feathers, seen as an undesirable trait.
verb
(intransitive, slang) To have sex without a condom.
(intransitive, slang, particularly sex among men) To have anal sex without a condom.
(transitive, slang, particularly sex among men) To anally penetrate without a condom.
baresark
baresark
noun
(obsolete) A berserker, or Norse warrior who fought without armour.
barkeeps
barkeeps
noun
plural of barkeep
barkened
barkened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of barken
barkiest
barkiest
adj
superlative form of barky: most barky
barkless
barkless
adj
(of a dog) That does not bark.
Without bark (the tree covering).
barkpeel
barksome
barksome
adj
Characterised or marked by barking
barnlike
barnlike
adj
Resembling a barn
basketry
basketry
noun
Baskets collectively.
The process of weaving unspun vegetable fibers to make a basket.
baulkier
baulkier
adj
comparative form of baulky: more baulky
beadwork
beadwork
noun
Decorative work involving beads.
beakiron
beakiron
noun
Alternative form of beak-iron
beamwork
bearlike
bearlike
adj
Having physical or temperamental characteristics like those of a bear.
Like that of a bear
bearskin
bearskin
noun
(dated) A coarse, shaggy, woollen cloth for overcoats.
A tall ceremonial hat worn by members of some British regiments for ceremonial occasions; a busby.
The pelt of a bear, especially when used as a rug.
beckford
beckiron
beckoner
beckoner
noun
One who, or that which, beckons.
bedarken
bedarken
verb
To make dim, or to darken, or obscure.
bedmaker
bedmaker
noun
(Cambridge University, formal or historical) A bedder.
someone who manufactures beds
bedrocks
bedrocks
noun
plural of bedrock
benbrook
beraking
berakoth
berakoth
noun
plural of berakah
berewick
berewick
noun
(now historical) An outlying estate.
berkeley
berkeley
Proper noun
from the words beorce léah meaning birch lea.
name transferred from the surname.
Any of several places, including a city in California.
The University of California in Berkeley
berserks
berserks
noun
plural of berserk
beshriek
bestreak
bestreak
verb
(transitive) To mark or cover with streaks.
bickered
bickered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bicker
bickerer
bickerer
noun
One who bickers; one who engages in nagging or trivial arguing.
bickmore
bidarkee
bidarkee
noun
Archaic form of bidarka.
bierbalk
bierbalk
noun
(obsolete) A church road (such as a path across fields) for funerals.
biforked
biforked
adj
forked into two; bifurcate
birdlike
birdlike
adj
Similar to a bird or an aspect of a bird; reminiscent of birds; avian.
adv
(postpositive) In the manner of a bird; as, to fly.
birkbeck
birkenia
blinkers
blinkers
noun
(plural only) A kind of goggles, used to protect the eyes from glare, dust, etc.
(plural only, slang) Spectacles.
A pair of leather or rubber eye cups attached to a horse hood in order to impede the rear vision of racehorses and harness horses; blinders in (USA).
plural of blinker
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blinker
blockers
blockers
noun
plural of blocker
blockier
blockier
adj
comparative form of blocky: more blocky
bockerel
bockeret
bonework
bonework
noun
The art or process of making objects from bone.
booklear
booklore
booklore
noun
Factual information concerning books, for example regarding such matters as authors and the history of publication and printing.
Synonym of book-learning
bookrest
bookrest
noun
A support used to maintain a book or sheet when reading.
bowmaker
bowmaker
noun
Alternative form of bow maker
boxmaker
boxmaker
noun
A manufacturer of boxes.
brackely
brackens
brackens
noun
plural of bracken
brackets
brackets
noun
plural of bracket
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bracket
brackett
brackney
brakeage
brakeman
brakeman
noun
(US, rail transport) A railroad employee responsible for a train's brakes, couplings etc.
(mining, historical) A person employed to work the steam engine or other machinery that raises the coal from the mine.
(sports) A person who pulls the brake lever in the sport of bobsleigh.
brakemen
brakemen
noun
plural of brakeman
brakiest
brankier
breakage
breakage
noun
(accounting) A service which is unused by a customer, such as an unredeemed gift card, which therefore represents a pure profit to the seller.
Something that has been broken.
The act of breaking.
The left-over money in a parimutuel betting pool resulting from rounding off the payoffs, added to the pool for the next race or event or kept as profit.
breakaxe
breakers
breakers
noun
plural of breaker
breaking
breaking
noun
(linguistics) A change of a vowel to a diphthong.
(music) A form of ornamentation in which groups of short notes are used instead of long ones.
Breakdancing.
The act by which something is broken.
verb
present participle of break
breakoff
breakoff
noun
discontinuance (act of breaking off)
breakout
breakout
adj
Of a book, film, or other work: leading its author to mainstream success.
noun
(aviation) The point at which visibility returns after passing through cloud.
A breakdown of statistics; a detailed view of component parts.
A room in a hotel etc. that can be taken by a smaller group at a large conference.
An escape from any restrictive or confining situation.
An escape from prison.
An outbreak (sudden eruption of disease etc.).
breakups
breakups
noun
plural of breakup
breekums
breislak
brickeys
brickier
brickier
adj
comparative form of bricky: more bricky
brickles
brickles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brickle
brickred
brickset
brinkema
brinkley
briskest
briskest
adj
superlative form of brisk: most brisk
briskets
briskets
noun
plural of brisket
brockage
brockage
noun
(coin collecting) A type of error coin in which one side of the coin has the normal design and the other side has a mirror image of the same design impressed upon it.
brockets
brockets
noun
plural of brocket
brodekin
brodekin
noun
Alternative form of brodequin
brokages
brokages
noun
plural of brokage
brokenly
brokenly
adv
(Of speech) with gaps between words so that normal flow or fluency is affected, as due to emotion; disjointedly.
In a broken manner.
brokered
brokered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of broker
brokerly
brokerly
adj
(obsolete) mean; servile
brookier
brookite
brookite
noun
(mineralogy) A dark brown mineral form of titanium dioxide, with the chemical formula TiO₂.
brooklet
brooklet
noun
A little brook.
brookner
brubaker
bruckled
bruckner
bruckner
Proper noun
of German origin. Widely known as the surname of the Austrian composer (1824-96).
bruskest
bruskest
adj
superlative form of brusk: most brusk
buckeroo
buckeroo
noun
Alternative spelling of buckaroo
bucketer
bucketer
noun
(finance) A bucket shop operator.
A person employed to use a bucket in some capacity.
bucklers
bucklers
noun
plural of buckler
budbreak
budbreak
noun
(botany) The emergence of a bud, especially on a vine
bunkered
bunkered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bunker
burkites
burlesks
burlesks
noun
plural of burlesk
bywalker
chewbark
cokeburg
crablike
crablike
adj
Having some characteristics of a crab
Walking or moving sideways
curblike
curblike
adj
Alternative form of kerblike
daybreak
daybreak
noun
Dawn.
debarked
debarked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of debark
debeaker
debunker
debunker
noun
Someone who debunks.
denbrook
derbukka
diarbekr
ekaboron
ekaboron
noun
(chemistry) the name given by Dmitri Mendeleev to the predicted element (scandium) lying below boron in the periodic table
embarked
embarked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of embark
fireback
fireback
noun
A piece of iron that fits into the back of a fireplace to distribute the heat and keep the brick from cracking.
Any of certain species of pheasant in the genus Lophura.
forbreak
forbreak
verb
(archaic) To break in pieces, break up, destroy.
(archaic) To break through, interrupt.
forkable
forkable
adj
(computing) Capable of being split into separate processes.
(computing) Capable of being split into separate projects.
Capable of being moved or separated with a fork.
gerbatka
greyback
greyback
noun
(dated) A louse.
(historical, US, colloquial) A Confederate soldier during the US Civil War (because of the grey uniforms).
(regional) Any of various grey birds.
grosbeak
grosbeak
noun
Any of several finches and cardinals that have a large, powerful bill
hardbake
hardbake
noun
A sweetmeat of boiled brown sugar or molasses with almonds, flavoured with orange or lemon juice.
hauberks
hauberks
noun
plural of hauberk
herblike
herblike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a herb.
herblock
herdbook
herdbook
noun
A book containing the list and pedigrees of one or more herds of cattle.
hornbeak
hornbeak
noun
The hornfish.
hornbeck
hubmaker
imbarked
imbarked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of imbark
inkberry
inkberry
noun
Any plant of the genus Phytolacca, especially Phytolacca americana, the pokeweed.
Ilex glabra (winterberry, gallberry)
Ilex verticillata, American winterberry
Scaevola plumieri, a fan flower
jawbreak
keelbird
keurboom
keurboom
noun
(South Africa) A species of tree, Virgilia oroboides, noted for its pretty lilac flowers.
keyboard
keyboard
noun
(computing, etc.) A set of keys used to operate a typewriter, computer etc.
(music) A component of many instruments including the piano, organ, and harpsichord consisting of usually black and white keys that cause different tones to be produced when struck.
(music) A device with keys of a musical keyboard, used to control electronic sound-producing devices which may be built into or separate from the keyboard device.
verb
(intransitive) To type on a computer keyboard.
kibitzer
kibitzer
noun
A person who offers unsolicited views, advice, or criticism; one who kibitzes.