(countable) A skill or competence in doing; mental power; talent; aptitude.
(now limited to Scotland dialects) Physical power.
(obsolete) Suitableness.
(uncountable) A unique power of the mind; a faculty.
(uncountable) The quality or state of being able; capacity to do or of doing something; having the necessary power.
The legal wherewithal to act.
abilyne
ambitty
ambitty
adj
(glassmaking) Of glass: covered with stony speckles, symptoms of incipient devitrification.
amiably
amiably
adv
In an amiable manner; in a friendly or pleasant manner.
arbitry
arrimby
aubigny
audibly
audibly
adv
In context of possibility of being heard; in an audible manner.
ayubite
ayyubid
babying
babying
noun
The act of coddling or pampering somebody.
verb
present participle of baby
babyish
babyish
adj
For a young man, he has the most babyish voice I've heard.
Like or suitable for a baby or a young child; childish
babyism
babyism
noun
A babyish manner of acting or speaking.
The state of being a baby.
babysit
babysit
verb
(transitive, informal) To watch or attend anything or anyone unnecessarily closely; to have to help or coax too much.
(transitive, intransitive) To watch or tend someone else's child for a period of time, often for money.
baggily
baggily
adv
In a loose baggy manner
baileys
baileys
noun
plural of bailey
bairnly
bairnly
adj
(Scotland, rare) Bairnlike; childish.
balkily
balkily
adv
In a balky manner.
balmily
balmily
adv
In a balmy manner.
bardily
barytic
barytic
adj
Containing barium
Of or pertaining to baryta
bawdily
bawdily
adv
In a bawdy manner; lewdly or obscenely with humorous intent.
baylike
baylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bay (body of water mostly surrounded by land).
bayside
bayside
adj
Located along a bay
bayview
beadily
beadily
adv
(usually of a look) in an avaricious or penetrating manner.
beamily
beamily
adv
In a beaming manner.
beatify
beatify
verb
(transitive) To make blissful.
(transitive) To pronounce or regard as happy, or supremely blessed, or as conferring happiness.
(transitive, Roman Catholicism) To carry out the third of four steps in canonization, making someone a blessed.
bebilya
bedirty
bedirty
verb
(archaic) to dirty, soil; make dirty.
beefily
beefily
adv
In a beefy manner.
beerily
beerily
adv
(informal) in a beery manner; while smelling of, or under the influence of, beer
belying
belying
verb
present participle of belie
berycid
berycid
noun
(zoology) Any member of the family Berycidae, the squirrelfish.
beylics
beylics
noun
plural of beylic
beyliks
beyliks
noun
plural of beylik
beyship
beyship
noun
The role or status of a bey.
bhayani
bhotiya
biallyl
biarchy
biarchy
noun
An alliance of two countries.
Synonym of diarchy: rule by two people.
bibbery
bibbery
noun
(obsolete) Drinking, especially of alcohol.
bicetyl
bicycle
bicycle
noun
(Britain, Australia, New Zealand) A motorbike.
(climbing) A stabilizing technique in which one foot is pushed down while the other is pulled up.
(vulgar slang, usually in compounds specifying a context) A slut; a promiscuous woman.
A traveling block used on a cable in skidding logs.
A vehicle that has two wheels, one behind the other, a steering handle, and a saddle seat or seats and is usually propelled by the action of a rider’s feet upon pedals.
The best possible hand in lowball.
verb
(television, historical, transitive) To physically ship (a recorded programme) to another broadcasting entity.
(transitive, intransitive) To travel or exercise using a bicycle.
bicyclo
bicyclo
noun
(organic chemistry, in combination) A radical having two rings (either fused, or having a common bridgehead atom)
Characteristic qualities of a bigot: (especially religious, anti-religious or racial) intolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance.
bigotty
bikeway
bikeway
noun
A bicycle lane or path.
bilayer
bilayer
noun
Any structure consisting of two layers of molecules
biliary
biliary
adj
Of or pertaining to bile or the bile duct
billety
billety
adj
Alternative form of billetty
billowy
billowy
adj
Swelling or swollen into large waves; full of billows or surges; resembling billows.
billyer
bimasty
bindery
bindery
noun
A workshop or factory where books are bound.
bingeys
biodyne
biogeny
biogeny
noun
biogenesis
biology
biology
noun
The living organisms of a particular region.
The structure, function, and behavior of an organism or type of organism.
The study of all life or living matter.
bionomy
bionomy
noun
physiology.
biotaxy
biotaxy
noun
(biology, dated) The classification of living organisms according to their structural character; taxonomy.
biotomy
biotomy
noun
(dated) The study of animal and plant structure by dissection.
(dated) Vivisection.
biotype
biotype
noun
(genetics) A group of organisms having the same specific genotype
verb
To sort, arrange of classify into such groups
biparty
biparty
adj
Involving two parties or entities.
birdeye
birdeye
noun
A flowering herbaceous perennial, Veronica chamaedrys.
A partially woody spurge (Caperonia castaneaefolia) found in wet soils in the southeastern U.S.; Mexican weed; Texas weed.
A position looking down from above, either literally or figuratively (providing an overview).
A reverse twill weave, or cloth made with that weave.
A small hole that appears in knitted or woven fabric, where the threads have separated.
A small rounded deposit in a calcite matrix.
A small spot or knot in finished lumber.
A type of small, extremely hot chili (Capsicum frutescen); piri piri.
A variety of string bean, Phaseolus vulgaris.
An eye that is birdlike, especially one with an unblinking stare or with very keen eyesight.
bisayan
bisayas
bitolyl
bityite
bityite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, beryllium, calcium, hydrogen, lithium, oxygen, and silicon.
bitypic
biunity
biunity
noun
The quality of being biune.
bivinyl
blainey
blickey
blickey
noun
(dialectal, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, dated) A canister or dinner pail usually of tin.
blighty
blighty
noun
Alternative form of Blighty
blindly
blindly
adv
In a blind manner; without sight; sightlessly.
Without consideration or question.
bodying
bodying
verb
present participle of body
bogyism
bogyism
noun
Alternative form of bogeyism
boilery
boilery
noun
A place and apparatus for boiling, as for evaporating brine in the manufacture of salt.
bonifay
bonnily
bonnily
adv
(Scotland) attractively; in a pleasant or pretty manner
boobily
boozify
boozily
boozily
adv
In a boozy way.
bopyrid
bopyrid
noun
(zoology) Any isopod of the family Bopyridae.
bossily
bossily
adv
In a bossy manner.
boulimy
boychik
boychik
noun
(chiefly Jewish) Term of endearment for a young boy, or a young man.
(chiefly Jewish) Term of endearment for any special male with whom one is familiar.
boykins
boykins
noun
plural of boykin
boylike
boylike
adj
Resembling a boy.
boyship
braying
braying
noun
An act or sound of braying.
verb
present participle of bray
brevity
brevity
noun
(rare, countable) A short piece of writing.
(uncountable) Succinctness; conciseness.
(uncountable) The quality of being brief in duration.
bribery
bribery
noun
(law) the activity of giving, offering or accepting bribes
the making of illegal payment, or bribes, to persons in official positions as a means of influencing their decisions
brickly
brickly
adj
(dialect) fragile; brittle
bridely
bridely
adj
Of or pertaining to a bride; nuptial.
briefly
briefly
adv
(duration) For a brief period.
(manner) In a brief manner, summarily.
To be brief, in short.
brimley
briskly
briskly
adv
Fast, quickly, swiftly.
bristly
bristly
adj
Covered with bristles.
Easily antagonized; irascible; prone to bristling.
britany
britney
britney
Proper noun
name, a variant of Brittany.
brittly
brittly
adv
Alternative form of brittlely
brulyie
brutify
brutify
verb
(transitive) To make like a brute; to make senseless or unfeeling; to brutalize.
bryonia
bryonin
bryonin
noun
(organic chemistry) An emetic substance obtained from bryony root.
buirdly
buirdly
adj
(Scotland) Sturdy, well-built; solid, stocky.
bulkily
bulkily
adv
in a bulky manner
bumicky
bumpily
bumpily
adv
In a bumpy manner.
bumpity
bumpity
intj
Nonce variation of the word bump, usually indicating the sound of someone or something tumbling down an uneven surface, or traveling on a rough road.
buoying
buoying
verb
present participle of buoy
burlily
burlily
adv
In a burly manner.
burying
burying
noun
A burial.
verb
present participle of bury
bushily
bushily
adv
In a bushy manner.
busying
busying
noun
busyness; making oneself busy with something
verb
present participle of busy
busyish
busyish
adj
Somewhat busy.
butylic
butylic
noun
(organic chemistry) Synonym of butyl
butyric
butyric
adj
(organic chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or derived from butyric acid or any of the isomeric univalent radicals of formula C₃H₇CO₂-
(rare) Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of butter
butyrin
butyrin
noun
(organic chemistry) The triglyceride of butyric acid; the principal constituent of butterfat
buyides
byerite
byfield
bygoing
byhalia
bylined
bylined
adj
Having a byline.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of byline
byliner
byliner
noun
A journalist who writes bylines.
bylines
bylines
noun
plural of byline
byrgius
byrling
byrling
verb
present participle of byrl
byrnies
byrnies
noun
plural of byrnie
byronic
byronic
Adjective
Of or pertaining to British Romantic poet George Gordon Byron (1788-1824) or his writings.
bysacki
byssine
byssine
adj
Made of, or resembling, silk; silken.
byssoid
byssoid
adj
byssaceous
chimbly
chimbly
noun
Alternative form of chimbley
ciboney
cubicly
cubicly
adv
Alternative form of cubically
cymbium
cymbium
noun
(zoology) The tarsus of the copulatory pedipalp in certain spiders.
cymblin
daybill
dibutyl
dibutyl
noun
(organic chemistry) Two butyl groups in a molecule
diobely
disbody
disbury
disobey
disobey
verb
(intransitive) To refuse or (intentionally) fail to obey.
(transitive) To refuse or (intentionally) fail to obey an order of (somebody).
dribbly
dribbly
adj
Having a viscous consistency, similar to dribble or drool.
Prone to dribbling.
dubiety
dubiety
noun
(countable) A particular instance of doubt or uncertainty.