A village on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt which contains several ancient Egyptian, Greek, and Roman structures.
A bay outside this village, at the mouth of the Nile, where on 1 August 1798 a British fleet led by defeated the French in the
alberik
backbit
backbit
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backbite
backing
backing
adj
(music) Providing support for the main performer.
noun
(music) Musicians and vocalists who support the main performer.
(television, film) A backdrop.
A liner or other material added behind or underneath.
Support, especially financial.
The action of putting something back; a switching into reverse.
The mounting of a horse or other animal.
verb
present participle of back
backlit
backlit
adj
Lit or illuminated from behind.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backlight
baglike
baglike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bag.
baisakh
bakairi
bakalai
bakalei
bakings
bakings
noun
plural of baking
bakshis
bakunin
bakwiri
balkier
balkier
adj
comparative form of balky: more balky
balkily
balkily
adv
In a balky manner.
balking
balking
noun
A frustration or disappointment; a check.
verb
present participle of balk
balkish
balkish
adj
(obsolete, rare) uneven; ridgy
banking
banking
noun
(aviation) A horizontal turn.
(rail transport) The practice of assisting a train up a steep incline (called a bank) with another locomotive at the rear.
A mechanical component to prevent vibration in a timepiece, etc.
The business of managing a bank.
The occupation of managing or working in a bank.
verb
present participle of bank
banksia
banksia
noun
A plant belonging to the genus Banksia.
barkier
barkier
adj
comparative form of barky: more barky
barking
barking
adj
(British slang) Clipping of barking mad.
noun
The action of the verb to bark.
verb
present participle of bark
barmkin
barmkin
noun
(obsolete) The battlement on the exterior fortification of a castle in northern England and parts of Scotland; a barbican.
barvick
barwick
bashkir
bashlik
bashlik
noun
Alternative spelling of bashlyk
basking
basking
noun
The act of one who basks.
verb
present participle of bask
baskish
batiked
batiked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of batik
batiker
batiker
noun
A manufacturer of batik fabrics.
batlike
batlike
adj
Having characteristics similar to those of a bat, usually used with reference to the flying mammal.
Similar to that of a bat.
battiks
battiks
noun
plural of battik
bauckie
baylike
baylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bay (body of water mostly surrounded by land).
beakier
beakier
adj
comparative form of beaky: more beaky
beatnik
beatnik
noun
A person associated with the Beat Generation of the 1950s and 1960s or its style.
A person who dresses in a manner that is not socially acceptable and is supposed to reject conventional norms of thought and behavior; nonconformist in dress and behavior.
becking
becking
verb
present participle of beck
bedikah
bedikah
noun
(Judaism) A ritual inspection or examination.
bedlike
bedlike
adj
Resembling a bed.
bedsick
bedtick
bedtick
noun
A tick or bag made of cloth, used for enclosing the materials of a bed.
beekite
beelike
beelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bee.
beinked
beinked
adj
Covered in ink.
beliked
beliked
adj
Beloved; liked.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of belike
belucki
bendick
bennink
berskin
berwick
berwick
Proper noun
Any of various towns, including:
a town in Maine, USA.
beshlik
beshlik
noun
(historical) A silver coin of the Ottoman Empire.
bestick
bestick
verb
(transitive) To pierce in various places; pierce through and through.
(transitive) To stick on the surface of; cover over.
bestink
beswink
beswink
verb
(obsolete) to labour, toil; belabour
bethink
bethink
verb
(intransitive) To meditate, ponder; to consider.
(obsolete, transitive) To think about, to recollect.
(reflexive) To think of (something or somebody) or that (followed by clause); to remind oneself, to consider, to reflect upon.
To determine, resolve.
beyliks
beyliks
noun
plural of beylik
bhaktis
bhaktis
noun
plural of bhakti
bhikshu
bhikshu
noun
(Buddhism) A bhikkhu.
bibcock
bibcock
noun
An appliance allowing the provision of hose connections outside of buildings.
biblike
biblike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bib.
bicakci
bickart
bickern
bickern
noun
An anvil with two projecting taper ends.
bickers
bickers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bicker
bidarka
bidarka
noun
A kayak constructed by covering a light wooden frame (lashed together with sinew) in sea lion hides.
bidcock
biddick
bifteck
bikales
bikaner
bikeway
bikeway
noun
A bicycle lane or path.
bikinis
bikinis
noun
Brief underpants that reach to the hips rather than the waist.
plural of bikini
bilcock
bilcock
noun
The European water rail.
bilicki
bilkers
bilkers
noun
plural of bilker
bilking
bilking
noun
The act of one who bilks (in any sense).
verb
present participle of bilk
binukau
bipacks
bipacks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bipack
birkett
birkies
birkner
bismark
bittock
bittock
noun
A little bit; a small piece.
A short distance.
biwabik
blackie
blackie
noun
Alternative spelling of blacky
blackit
blankit
blickey
blickey
noun
(dialectal, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, dated) A canister or dinner pail usually of tin.
blickie
blinked
blinked
adj
(Appalachia) Sour.
Affected with blinking.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blink
blinker
blinker
noun
(cellular automata) In Conway's Game of Life, an arrangement of three cells in a row that switches between horizontal and vertical orientations in each generation.
(informal, US, automotive) Anything that blinks, such as the turn signal of an automobile.
(rare) The eyelid.
(slang) A black eye.
Eye shields attached to a hood for horses, to prevent them from seeing backwards and partially sideways.
Whatever obstructs sight or discernment.
verb
(transitive) To put blinkers on.
blksize
bocking
bocking
noun
A coarse woollen fabric, used for floor cloths, to cover carpets, etc.
bodikin
bodikin
noun
A diminutive of body, forming part of the exclamatory phrase "ods bodikin", a corruption of God's body.
bodkins
bodkins
noun
plural of bodkin
boehike
bonking
bonking
verb
present participle of bonk
bookies
bookies
noun
plural of bookie
booking
booking
noun
(law) The process of photographing, fingerprinting and recording the identifying data of a suspect following arrest.
(sports) The issuing of a caution which is usually written down in a book, and results in a yellow card or (after two bookings) a red card, that is to say, the player is sent from the field of play.
A reservation for a service, such as travel or hotel accommodation.
The act or process of writing something down in a book or books, e.g. in accounting.
The engagement of a performer for a particular performance.
verb
present participle of book
bookish
bookish
adj
Characterized by a method of expression generally found in books.
Fond of reading or studying, especially said of someone lacking social skills as a result.
bookism
boomkin
boomkin
noun
Alternative form of bumkin
bordiuk
boskier
boskier
adj
comparative form of bosky: more bosky
bosniak
bosniak
Noun
A person belonging to an autochthonous South Slavic people living mainly in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Sandžak region of Serbia and Montenegro.
A person typically characterized by their ties to the Bosnian historical region, traditional adherence to Islam, and common culture and language.
botkins
botkins
noun
plural of botkin
botnick
bowkail
bowlike
bowlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bow (bent frame for firing arrows).
boxlike
boxlike
adj
similar to a box
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.
bradski
brakier
braking
braking
noun
The act of applying brakes.
verb
present participle of brake
brankie
breskin
bricked
bricked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brick
brickel
bricken
bricken
adj
(archaic) Made of brick.
bricker
bricker
noun
A bricklayer.
A brickmaker.
brickle
brickle
adj
(Appalachia or archaic or dialect) Alternative form of breakle
verb
(Canada, dialect) To fail spectacularly.
brickly
brickly
adj
(dialect) fragile; brittle
brisked
brisked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brisk
brisken
brisken
verb
(transitive) To become, or make, brisk; to hasten.
brisker
brisker
adj
comparative form of brisk: more brisk
brisket
brisket
noun
A cut of meat taken from the chest, especially from the section under the first five ribs.
The chest of an animal.
briskly
briskly
adv
Fast, quickly, swiftly.
britska
britzka
britzka
noun
Alternative form of britchka
brockie
broking
broking
noun
(computing) The action of a broker agent; exchange of messages or transactions involving a software agent.
The craft or profession of a broker; mediation in a sale or transaction.
brookie
brookie
noun
(informal) A brook trout.
A dessert with one layer being a cookie and the other being a brownie.
bucking
bucking
noun
(forestry) The process of cutting a felled and delimbed tree into logs.
The act of a quadruped kicking both hind legs upward at once.
The act or process of soaking or boiling cloth in an alkaline liquid in the operation of bleaching.
The liquid used in this process.
The process of breaking up or pulverizing ores.
verb
present participle of buck
buckish
buckish
adj
(now rare) Like a dandy; foppish.
(obsolete) Like a male goat; foul-smelling or lascivious.
buckism
bucklin
budlike
budlike
adj
Resembling a bud (newly formed leaf or flower, not yet unfolded).
bulkier
bulkier
adj
comparative form of bulky: more bulky
bulkily
bulkily
adv
in a bulky manner
bulking
bulking
noun
(bodybuilding) A period of intentional weight gain.
verb
present participle of bulk
bulkish
bulkish
adj
bulky; large
bumicky
bumkins
bumkins
noun
plural of bumkin
bumpkin
bumpkin
noun
(nautical) A short boom or spar used to extend a sail or secure a stay.