(sports) The preparatory stroke preceding that which produces contact with the target. Normally associated with sports using an implement such as a bat, club, racket or stick.
verb
To swing backward.
bagwigged
bagwigged
adj
Wearing a bag wig.
bailiwick
bailiwick
noun
A person's concern or sphere of operations, their area of skill or authority.
The district within which a bailie or bailiff has jurisdiction.
bairnwort
bandwidth
bandwidth
noun
(informal) The capacity, energy or time required.
(networking, informal) The rate of data flow in digital networks typically measured in bits per second; the bitrate.
(of a signal) The width of the smallest frequency band within which the signal can fit.
The width, usually measured in hertz, of a frequency band.
barbwires
barbwires
noun
plural of barbwire
barrowist
barrowist
Noun
A follower of (c. 1550–1593), English Puritan and separatist.
bashawism
bashawism
noun
The behaviour of a bashaw.
basilweed
basilweed
noun
The wild basil, Clinopodium vulgare.
bawdiness
bawdiness
noun
A bawdy remark.
The state or characteristic of being bawdy.
beeswings
beeswings
noun
plural of beeswing
beewinged
behowling
behowling
verb
present participle of behowl
belleview
bellowing
bellowing
noun
The sound produced when someone or something bellows
verb
present participle of bellow
berkowitz
besnowing
besnowing
verb
present participle of besnow
bestowing
bestowing
verb
present participle of bestow
bewailers
bewailers
noun
plural of bewailer
bewailing
bewailing
noun
The act of one who bewails something.
verb
present participle of bewail
bewearied
bewearies
beweeping
beweeping
verb
present participle of beweep
bewhisker
bewhisker
verb
(transitive) To give or add whiskers to; to put whiskers on.
bewhisper
bewhisper
verb
(transitive, rare) To whisper.
bewhistle
bewigging
bewigging
verb
present participle of bewig
bewilders
bewilders
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bewilder
bewitched
bewitched
adj
(Of a person) entranced, charmed, fascinated, as though subject to a magical influence.
Under a spell; subject to an act of witchcraft.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bewitch
bewitcher
bewitcher
noun
One who bewitches; an enchanter.
bewitches
bewitches
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bewitch
beworming
beworried
beworried
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beworry
beworries
beworries
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beworry
beworship
bewraying
bewraying
noun
The act or process of divulging or revealing information
verb
present participle of bewray
bigwigged
billowier
billowier
adj
comparative form of billowy: more billowy
billowing
billowing
noun
The act of something that billows; a billow.
verb
present participle of billow
bindweeds
bindweeds
noun
plural of bindweed
birchwood
birchwood
noun
(countable) A wood largely populated with birch trees (Betula spp.).
(uncountable) The wood from a birch tree.
birdwatch
birdwatch
noun
A session of observing and identifying birds.
verb
(intransitive) To take part in birdwatching; to observe and identify birds.
birdwoman
birdwoman
noun
(informal) a female aviator.
A mythological creature that is part woman and part bird.
A woman who works with birds.
birdwomen
birdwomen
noun
plural of birdwoman
birthwort
birthwort
noun
Any plant species of the genus Aristolochia.
Birthroot, Trillium erectum
bitewings
bitewings
noun
plural of bitewing
bladewise
bladewise
adj
In the manner of a blade.
blindweed
blindworm
blindworm
noun
Anguis fragilis (slowworm), a small species of legless lizard.
bloodwite
bloodwite
noun
A penalty for committing bloodshed, specifically under Anglo-Saxon law a penalty to be paid to the king or aldorman as distinct from the wergeld.
blowflies
blowflies
noun
plural of blowfly
blowiness
blowpipes
blowpipes
noun
plural of blowpipe
blowpoint
blowpoint
noun
(obsolete) A child's game of blowing small fragments of wood through a tube.
blowsiest
blowsiest
adj
superlative form of blowsy: most blowsy
blowziest
blowziest
adj
superlative form of blowzy: most blowzy
boatswain
boatswain
noun
A kind of gull, the jaeger.
The officer (or warrant officer) in charge of sails, rigging, anchors, cables etc. and all work on deck of a sailing ship.
The petty officer of a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen.
The tropicbird.
bobwhites
bobwhites
noun
plural of bobwhite
borrowing
borrowing
noun
(linguistics) A borrowed word, adopted from a foreign language; loanword.
An instance of something being borrowed.
verb
(slang, crime) Slang term for shoplifting.
present participle of borrow
boswellia
bowdichia
bowellike
bowelling
bowelling
verb
present participle of bowel
bowerbird
bowerbird
noun
Alternative spelling of bower bird
bowerlike
boweryish
bowmaking
bowmaking
noun
The manufacture of bows (for archery or for musical instruments).
bowralite
bowsprits
bowsprits
noun
plural of bowsprit
bowstring
bowstring
noun
(historical) The string of an archer's bow, as used by the Turks for strangling offenders.
The string of an archer's bow.
verb
(transitive) To strangle with a bowstring.
braidwood
brainward
brainwash
brainwash
noun
A distorting effect upon one's memory, belief, or ideas, as by propaganda.
verb
(figuratively, dated) To take from an electronically controlled machine its stored-up information; to erase a computer's programming. (1960)
(psychology) To affect one's mind by using extreme mental pressure or any other mind-affecting process. (e.g. hypnosis)
To persuade completely and forcibly.
brainwave
brainwave
noun
A sudden idea, understanding, or inspiration; a brainstorm
Any of many rhythmic fluctuations of electric potential between parts of the brain, especially those seen on an electroencephalogram
brainwood
brainwork
brainwork
noun
Work done with the brain; mental effort.
brandwein
brawliest
brawliest
adj
superlative form of brawly: most brawly
brawniest
brawniest
adj
superlative form of brawny: most brawny
breakwind
breakwind
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) A windbreak.
breweries
breweries
noun
plural of brewery
briarwood
briarwood
noun
A pipe made from briarwood.
A small forest of briars.
Erica arborea, tree heath, an ericaceous flowering plant.
The wood of the briar-root, commonly used to make tobacco pipes.
brickwall
brickwall
noun
(nonstandard) Alternative form of brick wall
brickwise
brickwise
adj
In the manner of bricks, especially the overlapping way in which they are assembled into a wall.
brickwork
brickwork
noun
The quality of the construction of brick built items.
Those parts of items that are made of brick.
bridebowl
bridewain
bridewain
noun
(historical, archaic or dialectal) A cart or waggon, loaded with household goods, conveyed from a bride's house to her new home; (by extension) the bridal gifts transported upon such a wain.
brideweed
bridewell
bridewell
noun
(dated in Britain, Ireland, rare elsewhere) A small prison, or a police station that has cells.
bridewort
bridewort
noun
Filipendula ulmaria
Spiraea alba, the pale bridewort
Spiraea salicifolia
bridgeway
brierwood
bringdown
bringdown
noun
comedown
disappointment, letdown
brinktown
broadview
broadwife
broadwise
broadwise
adv
(obsolete) Breadthwise.
bronislaw
brookview
browallia
browallia
noun
Any of the flowering plants of the genus Browallia
browniest
browniest
adj
superlative form of browny: most browny
browntail
browpiece
brunswick
brunswick
Proper noun
A city in Germany; Braunschweig.
Any of several towns in the United States and elsewhere.
A suburb of Melbourne, Australia.
budweiser
bullwhips
bullwhips
noun
plural of bullwhip
burrowing
burrowing
noun
The act or result of making a burrow.
verb
present participle of burrow
bytownite
bytownite
noun
(mineralogy) A plagioclase feldspar, the fifth member of the Albite-Anorthite solid solution series. Bytownite is rare, and normally occurs in small grains in lime-rich igneous rocks. Clear pale yellow crystals have come from Mexico and Oregon.
bywalking
cribworks
cribworks
noun
plural of cribwork
dembowski
disbowels
disbowels
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disbowel
enwombing
enwombing
verb
present participle of enwomb
fiberware
fibreware
fiddlebow
fishbowls
fishbowls
noun
plural of fishbowl
gablewise
gablewise
adv
In the manner or orientation of a gable.
gibbstown
hawcubite
hawcubite
Noun
A member of a street gang in London, England, circa 1700.
A ruffian or bully.
hawkbills
hawkbills
noun
plural of hawkbill
hawksbill
hawksbill
noun
A tropical marine turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata, that is a source of tortoiseshell.
hebrewism
hebrewism
Noun
A word or phrase characteristic of Hebrew.
highbrows
highbrows
noun
plural of highbrow
imbowered
imbowered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of imbower
imbrowned
imbrowned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of imbrown
inblowing
inblowing
verb
present participle of inblow
jawbation
jawbation
noun
Alternative spelling of jobation
jawboning
jawboning
noun
Persistent persuasive talk.
verb
present participle of jawbone
jimberjaw
lewisburg
lewisburg
Proper noun
an unincorporated community in Cass County, Indiana, USA.
a home-rule class city in Logan County, Kentucky, USA.
a village in Preble County, Ohio, USA.
an unincorporated community in Benton County, Oregon, USA.
a borough in Pennsylvania, USA, and the county seat of Union County.
a city in Tennessee, USA, and the county seat of Marshall County.
a city in West Virginia, USA, and the county seat of Greenbrier County.
liebowitz
micawbers
micawbers
noun
plural of micawber
misbestow
misbestow
verb
(transitive) To bestow improperly.
naubinway
naubinway
Proper noun
A town in Michigan.
nawabship
nawabship
noun
The rank or condition of a nawab.
nimblewit
pillowber
rewaybill
rewaybill
verb
To waybill again.
rewirable
rewirable
adj
Alternative form of rewireable
saberwing
saberwing
noun
Alternative form of sabrewing
sawtimber
sawtimber
noun
Wood cut from trees that is suitable for processing as sawlogs.
sebewaing
snowbirds
snowbirds
noun
plural of snowbird
snowblink
snowblink
noun
Synonym of iceblink
soberwise
spiderweb
spiderweb
noun
(figurative) Something that resembles a spider's web in being mesh-like, entrapping, or fragile.
The net-like construct of a spider containing sticky strands to catch prey.
verb
(transitive) To connect or cover as if with spiderwebs.