(military) The anchoring of the wheels of an artillery piece, preparatory to firing.
(veterinary medicine) The slaughter of animals, especially diseased ones to limit the spread of the disease.
abetting
abetting
noun
The act of one who abets.
verb
present participle of abet
abington
abington
Proper noun
A small town in Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia.
A town in southeastern Massachusetts, south of Boston.
abjugate
abjugate
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To unyoke; set free; uncouple.
ablating
ablating
verb
present participle of ablate
ablegate
ablegate
noun
(Roman Catholicism) A representative of the pope charged with important commissions in foreign countries, one of his duties being to bring to a newly named cardinal his insignia of office.
(historical) An elected representative of a Hungarian royal free city, charged to be a speaker at the Diet of Hungary and to express the opinion of the city.
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To send abroad.
abnegate
abnegate
verb
(transitive) To deny (oneself something); to renounce or give up (a right, a power, a claim, a privilege, a convenience).
(transitive) To relinquish; to surrender; to abjure.
aborting
aborting
verb
present participle of abort
abrogate
abrogate
adj
(archaic) Abrogated; abolished.
verb
(molecular biology, transitive) To block a process or function.
(transitive) To put an end to; to do away with.
(transitive, law) To annul by an authoritative act; to abolish by the authority of the maker or her or his successor; to repeal; — applied to the repeal of laws, decrees, ordinances, the abolition of customs, etc.
absterge
absterge
verb
(transitive, archaic, now rare) To make clean by wiping; to wipe away.
abutting
abutting
adj
Facing each other, front to front.
noun
abutment
verb
present participle of abut
agitable
agitable
adj
Easily agitated or moved
agtbasic
albright
bagatine
bagganet
baggiest
baggiest
adj
superlative form of baggy: most baggy
bagnette
bagplant
bagtikan
baguette
baguette
noun
(architecture) A small molding, like the astragal, but smaller; a bead.
(ethnic slur, mildly offensive, slang) A French person, or a person of French descent.
(zoology) One of the minute bodies seen in the divided nucleoli of some Infusoria after conjugation.
A gem cut in such a shape.
A narrow, relatively long rectangular shape.
A variety of bread that is long and narrow in shape.
baiginet
balaghat
balatong
bangster
bangster
noun
(archaic, Scotland) A victor.
(archaic, Scotland) A violent, overbearing man; a ruffian, bully or braggart.
bangtail
bangtail
noun
(US) A racehorse.
(marketing) An envelope with a perforated flap on which promotional material is printed; the flap on such an envelope.
The tail of a horse or cow, allowed to grow out and then trimmed horizontally so as to form a tassel; a horse or cow having such a tail.
verb
To shear off the hair horizontally at the end of a cow or horse's tail.
bantings
bantling
bantling
noun
(archaic) A bastard-child.
(archaic, UK dialectal) An infant or young child.
(archaic, derogatory) A brat.
barghest
barghest
noun
(mythology, Britain) A legendary monstrous black dog, said to possess large teeth and claws, and (sometimes) to be capable of changing form.
(mythology, Britain) Any ghost, wraith, hobgoblin, elf, or spirit.
barguest
barnegat
bastings
bastings
noun
plural of basting
bastogne
batangas
batching
batching
verb
present participle of batch
batiking
batiking
verb
present participle of batik
batswing
batswing
noun
(historical) A kind of gas burner with a slit at the top that causes the flame to take the shape of a bat's wing.
battings
battings
noun
plural of batting
battling
battling
adj
Fertile.
Nourishing; fattening.
noun
A growing fat, or the process of causing to grow fat; a fattening.
That which nourishes or fattens, as food, or feed for animals, or manure for soil.
verb
present participle of battle
beatings
beatings
noun
plural of beating
bedights
bedights
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedight
bedlight
bedlight
noun
A bedside light.
bedright
bedright
noun
Alternative form of bedrite
beesting
beesting
noun
Alternative form of bee sting
Alternative form of beestings (“The first milk drawn from an animal (especially a cow) after it has given birth”)
beetling
beetling
adj
Jutting or protruding, especially of a person's brows.
noun
The process by which fabrics, etc. are beetled, or beaten with a mallet.
verb
present participle of beetle
begattal
begettal
begettal
noun
Act of begetting; conception of a child.
begetter
begetter
noun
(figuratively) An originator; a creator.
A procreator; one who begets.
begotten
begotten
adj
Brought into being by one's begetter(s).
verb
past participle of beget
begrutch
begrutch
verb
Obsolete form of begrudge.
beignets
beignets
noun
plural of beignet
beknight
beknight
verb
(transitive, rare) To make a knight of.
belating
belating
verb
present participle of belate
belitong
belitung
beltings
beltings
noun
plural of belting
belugite
berating
berating
verb
present participle of berate
bergamot
bergamot
noun
A coarse tapestry, manufactured from flock of cotton or hemp, mixed with ox's or goat's hair.
A tree of the orange family (Citrus × limon, syn. Citrus bergamia), having a roundish or pear-shaped fruit, from the rind of which an essential oil of delicious odor is extracted, much prized as a perfume.
A variety of pear.
A variety of snuff perfumed with bergamot.
Mentha × piperita, nothosubspecies citrata, more commonly known as bergamot mint
Monarda didyma, also known as American bergamot or bee balm.
The essence or perfume made from the fruit.
The fruit from the bergamot tree
bergeret
bergeret
noun
(obsolete) A pastoral song.
berggylt
berthage
berthage
noun
A place for mooring vessels in a dock or harbor.
berthing
berthing
noun
(nautical) An instance of a ship being brought to be berthed, to rest at some docking facility.
(obsolete, nautical) The planking outside of a vessel, above the sheer strake.
A berth, especially figuratively, a place to sleep.
verb
present participle of berth
besought
besought
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beseech
simple past tense and past participle of beseek
betaking
betaking
verb
present participle of betake
betangle
betangle
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To tangle around or about, entwine, encumber.
bethpage
betiding
betiding
verb
present participle of betide
betongue
betongue
verb
(transitive) To assail with the tongue; flout; rally.
betrough
bettonga
bhagavat
bigamist
bigamist
noun
One who practices bigamy.
bigfoots
bigfoots
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bigfoot
biggonet
bighting
bighting
verb
present participle of bight
bigmouth
bigmouth
adj
(zoology) Applied to various creatures that have a large mouth.
noun
(informal, derogatory) One who talks too much or says things which should not be said.
bigotish
bigotish
adj
Characteristic or typical of a bigot.
bijugate
bijugate
adj
(botany) Of a compound leaf, having two pairs of leaflets
(botany) Of leaf arrangement, having pairs of (opposite) leaves, spirally arranged, producing a double spiral
bilgiest
bilgiest
adj
superlative form of bilgy: most bilgy
billtong
biltongs
biltongs
noun
plural of biltong
birgitta
birthing
birthing
noun
(nautical) Alternative spelling of berthing
(sometimes attributive) The act of giving birth.
verb
present participle of birth
bitching
bitching
adj
(slang) Excellent; outstanding.
(slang, less common) Awful, terrible.
noun
(vulgar, colloquial) A spiteful criticism or complaint.
verb
present participle of bitch
bitewing
bitewing
noun
(dentistry) A radiograph taken to visualize the crowns of the posterior teeth and the height of the alveolar bone in relation to the cementoenamel junctions, commonly used to examine for interdental caries and recurrent caries under existing restorations.
bitingly
bitingly
adv
In a biting manner.
bittings
bittings
noun
plural of bitting
blasting
blasting
noun
A planned explosion, as in mining.
The act by which something is blasted, or blighted.
verb
present participle of blast
blatjang
blatjang
noun
(South Africa) A spicy South African chutney.
blatting
blatting
verb
present participle of blat
bleating
bleating
noun
A noise that bleats.
Inane or plaintive chatter.
verb
present participle of bleat
bletting
bletting
noun
A fermentation process in certain fruit beyond ripening.
verb
present participle of blet
blighted
blighted
adj
Having caused to suffer a blight.
Having suffered a blight.
Ruined, spoiled.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blight
blighter
blighter
noun
(Britain, often disrespectful) A person, usually male, especially one who behaves in an objectionable or pitiable manner.
A man or child, especially an annoying one.
One who blights.
blitzing
blitzing
verb
present participle of blitz
bloating
bloating
noun
A bloated condition; distention.
verb
present participle of bloat
blodgett
blotting
blotting
noun
A blot; a stain.
The process by which something is blotted.
verb
present participle of blot
blunting
blunting
noun
The process by which something is made blunt.
verb
present participle of blunt
blurting
blurting
noun
Something that is blurted, or spoken hastily without thinking.
verb
present participle of blurt
boasting
boasting
noun
The making of boasts.
verb
present participle of boast
boatings
boatings
noun
plural of boating
boggiest
boggiest
adj
superlative form of boggy: most boggy most boggy.
bogotana
boltings
boltings
noun
plural of bolting
bonaught
bongoist
bongoist
noun
A musician who plays the bongoes.
boosting
boosting
noun
The act or process by which something is boosted.
verb
present participle of boost
boothage
bootlegs
bootlegs
noun
plural of bootleg
borating
borating
noun
treatment or reaction with a borate
bostangi
bostangi
noun
Alternative spelling of bostanji
botargos
botching
botching
verb
present participle of botch
bottegas
botteghe
botteghe
noun
plural of bottega
bottling
bottling
noun
A batch of bottled liquids, as from a single vat, barrel, or seasonal growth.
The act of pelting (a musical act on stage, etc.) with bottles as a sign of disapproval.
verb
present participle of bottle
boughpot
boughpot
noun
Alternative form of bough pot
boughten
boughten
adj
(archaic or regional, West Country, Cornwall, Canada, US) Having been purchased or bought (rather than homemade).
verb
(archaic or regional, chiefly US) past participle of buy
braggart
braggart
adj
Characterized by boasting; boastful.
noun
Someone who constantly brags or boasts.
braggest
braggest
adj
superlative form of brag: most brag
braggite
braggite
noun
(mineralogy) A tetragonal-dipyramidal steel gray mineral containing nickel, palladium, platinum, and sulfur.
bragwort
branting
bratling
bratling
noun
A little brat.
bregmata
bregmata
noun
plural of bregma
bregmate
bretagne
bridgton
brigatry
brigbote
brigette
brigetty
brighten
brighten
verb
(intransitive) To become brighter or more cheerful in mood
(intransitive) To grow bright, or more bright in color; to clear up
(transitive) To make bright or brighter in color.
(transitive) To make illustrious, or more distinguished; to add luster or splendor to
(transitive, figuratively) To make more cheerful and pleasant; to enliven
brighter
brighter
adj
comparative form of bright: more bright
brightly
brightly
adv
In a bright manner.
brighton
brigitta
brigitte
bringeth
bringeth
verb
(archaic) third-person singular simple present form of bring
broughta
bruiting
bruiting
noun
The act of one who bruits something; the promulgation of news or rumours.
verb
present participle of bruit
bsbusmgt
bsindmgt
budgeted
budgeted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of budget
budgeter
budgeter
noun
One who budgets.
buggiest
buggiest
adj
superlative form of buggy: most buggy
bulgiest
bulgiest
adj
superlative form of bulgy: most bulgy
bungtown
buntings
buntings
noun
plural of bunting
burgamot
burgamot
noun
Archaic form of bergamot.
burganet
burganet
noun
Alternative form of burgonet
burgonet
burgonet
noun
(historical) A light helmet worn by infantrymen, bearing a crest and hinged cheekpieces, but typically without a visor.