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
alborak
babcock
backhoe
backhoe
noun
(chiefly US, Canada, Australia) A multi-purpose tractor with a front-mounted loading bucket and a rear-mounted digging bucket. The tractor combines a front-end loader/loader and an excavator/digger.
A piece of excavating equipment consisting of a digging bucket or scoop on the end of an articulated arm, drawn backwards to move earth. Used in excavator/digger and backhoe tractors.
verb
To excavate using such equipment.
backlog
backlog
noun
A large log to burn at the back of a fire.
A log containing text previously read, as in text-based video games or chat rooms.
A reserve source or supply.
An accumulation or buildup, especially of unfilled orders, unconsumed products or unfinished work.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To acquire something as a backlog, or to become a backlog
backoff
backoff
noun
(computing) The situation where an algorithm or process refrains from taking an action it would otherwise have taken.
(surfing) The situation where an incoming wave passes from shallower water to a deeper area, making the wave less steep and potentially unsurfable.
backout
backout
noun
(aerospace) A reversed countdown (i.e. ascending numbers) in response to problems leading up to a launch.
A reversal or undoing of tasks previously done (often in reverse order).
baddock
bagwork
bagwork
noun
(martial arts) Training with a punching bag.
bakeout
bakeout
noun
The act of heating a material in a vacuum in order to drive off volatile components
bakongo
ballock
ballock
noun
Alternative spelling of bollock
bangkok
bangkok
noun
A kind of straw hat.
bannock
bannock
noun
(Canada) A biscuit bread made of wheat flour or cornmeal, fat, and sometimes baking powder, typically baked over a fire, wrapped around a stick or in a pan.
(especially Scotland, Northern England) An unleavened bread made with barley, wheat, or oatmeal.
barlock
bathkol
bawcock
bawcock
noun
(archaic) A fine fellow.
bazooka
bazooka
noun
(by extension) Any shoulder-fired rocket grenade launcher.
(music) A primitive trombone having wide tubes.
(slang) Crack cocaine.
(slang, sexuality) A woman's breast, especially a big one.
(weaponry) A shoulder-held rocket launcher used as an antitank weapon, developed by America during World War II and so-called from its resemblance to the bazooka musical instrument.
verb
To shoot with a bazooka.
beckons
beckons
noun
plural of beckon
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beckon
becloak
becloak
verb
(transitive, literally, figurative) To cover or surround, as with a cloak.
becroak
bedrock
bedrock
noun
(figurative) A basis or foundation.
(uncountable, geology, mining, engineering, construction) The solid rock that exists at some depth below the ground surface. Bedrock is rock "in place", as opposed to material that has been transported from another location by weathering and erosion.
verb
(transitive, figurative) To establish on a solid foundation.
bedsock
bedsock
noun
A sock worn in bed, to keep the feet warm.
beknots
beknown
beknown
adj
(obsolete) known
verb
past participle of beknow
belouke
bemocks
bemocks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bemock
beothuk
beothuk
Noun
A member of one of the historical aboriginal peoples of Canada.
Proper noun
The extinct language of these people.
berakot
besmoke
besmoke
verb
(transitive) To befoul with smoke.
(transitive) To fill with smoke; act on with smoke; fumigate.
(transitive) To harden or dry in smoke.
bespoke
bespoke
adj
Individually or custom made.
Relating to someone who makes custom-made products, especially clothing items.
verb
(archaic) past participle of bespeak
simple past tense of bespeak
bestock
bestock
verb
(transitive) to stock; furnish
betoken
betoken
verb
(transitive) To foreshow by present signs; indicate something future by that which is seen or known.
(transitive) To signify by some visible object; show by signs or tokens.
bibcock
bibcock
noun
An appliance allowing the provision of hose connections outside of buildings.
bidcock
bilcock
bilcock
noun
The European water rail.
bittock
bittock
noun
A little bit; a small piece.
A short distance.
blalock
blaubok
blaubok
noun
(archaic) The bluebuck.
blautok
blesbok
blesbok
noun
Alternative form of blesbuck
blocked
blocked
adj
(Ireland, slang) Drunk
(of a computer account or similar) Disabled or disconnected, so as to prevent access.
(of a person, telephone number, IP address, etc.) Banned or barred from connecting or logging on.
Obstructed, so that through movement or flow is prevented or impeded.
Unable to move owing to an obstruction.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of block
blocker
blocker
noun
(card games) A playing card, needed by one player, that is held by another.
(computing) A bug or issue that prevents software from being released.
(computing) An application that stops / impedes unauthorised access to a programme.
(computing) One who prevents another user from contacting them electronically.
(marketing) A gatekeeper who refuses the marketer access to the person they wish to contact.
(poker) A blocker bet.
(sports) One who blocks or impedes the movement of an opponent.
A close-fitting rectangular glove worn by a goalie in multiple forms of hockey.
A person who blocks (stretches or moulds) hats.
A puberty blocker.
blockus
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
bohorok
bohunks
bohunks
noun
plural of bohunk
bokadam
bokadam
noun
Alternative form of bockadam
bokhara
bokoshe
bolckow
bollock
bollock
noun
(Britain, Ireland, vulgar, chiefly in the plural) A testicle.
verb
(Britain, transitive, vulgar, slang) To reprimand severely and grossly.
(Britain, vulgar, slang) To exhaust, tire out.
bonkers
bonkers
adj
(informal) Mad; crazy.
noun
plural of bonker
bonking
bonking
verb
present participle of bonk
bonnock
bontoks
boobook
boobook
noun
Any of various owls of Asia and Australasia of the genus Ninox.
bookdom
bookdom
noun
The condition of being a book.
The realm or sphere of books.
bookend
bookend
noun
(figurative) Something that comes before, after, or at both sides of something else.
A heavy object or moveable support placed at one or both ends of a row of books for the purpose of keeping them upright.
verb
(transitive) To come before and after, or at both sides of.
bookers
bookers
noun
plural of booker
bookery
bookery
noun
(countable) a collection of books
(uncountable) study of or passion for books
bookful
bookful
adj
(obsolete) Full of book-knowledge; stuffed with ideas gleaned from books.
noun
As much as a book holds.
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
booklet
booklet
noun
A small or thin book.
bookman
bookman
noun
(historical, Old English law) One who held bookland.
A studious or learned man; a scholar; a student of books.
One who sells or publishes books; a bookseller.
bookmen
bookmen
noun
plural of bookman
boomkin
boomkin
noun
Alternative form of bumkin
bordiuk
boshbok
boshbok
noun
Alternative form of bushbuck
boskage
boskage
noun
Alternative form of boscage
boskets
boskets
noun
plural of bosket
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.
botchka
botkins
botkins
noun
plural of botkin
botnick
bourkha
bourock
bovgazk
bowback
bowkail
bowknot
bowknot
noun
A knot that has two loops and two loose ends, either used decoratively, or to tie shoelaces.
bowlike
bowlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bow (bent frame for firing arrows).
boxlike
boxlike
adj
similar to a box
boxwork
boxwork
noun
(geology) A form of weathering found in caves
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.
brocked
brocked
adj
(Scotland) variegated, having a mixture of black and white
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brock
brocken
brocket
brocket
noun
A genus, Mazama, of short-horned deer from Brazil.
A stag in its second year, before its horns have started branching.
brockie
brockle
brockle
adj
Of animals: variegated, speckled, multicolored; usually used in the phrase brockle-faced.
Of food odors: malodorous, flatulent, pungent: smelling of sulfur, hydrogen sulfide, or hydrogen disulfide.
brodsky
broeker
brokage
brokage
noun
(archaic) The act of a broker; brokerage.
brokers
brokers
noun
plural of broker
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of broker
brokery
brokery
noun
(obsolete) The business of a broker.
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.
brooked
brooked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brook
brooker
brookes
brookes
noun
plural of brooke
brookie
brookie
noun
(informal) A brook trout.
A dessert with one layer being a cookie and the other being a brownie.
broucek
buckoes
buckone
buckpot
bullock
bullock
noun
(archaic) A young bull.
A castrated bull; an ox.
verb
To bully.
bummock
bummock
noun
(Scotland, obsolete) A brewing of ale.
A submerged, downward-projecting piece of ice.
bundook
bundook
noun
(slang, UK) A service-issue rifle.
bunkoed
bunkoed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bunko
burdock
burdock
noun
Any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium.
buroker
burrock
burrock
noun
A small weir or dam in a river to direct the stream to gaps where fish traps are placed.
bussock
buttock
buttock
noun
(nautical) The convexity of a ship behind, under the stern.
(usually in the plural) Each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body between the base of the back, the perineum and the top of the legs.
bycoket
bycoket
noun
(historical) A type of medieval cap with a wide brim that comes to a point in the front and is turned up at the rear, originally worn by Western European nobility and royalty.
byworks
byworks
noun
plural of bywork
cakebox
cakebox
noun
A box for keeping cake.
A cylindrical container for recordable compact discs.
chabouk
chabouk
noun
Alternative form of chabuk
chakobu
chibouk
chibouk
noun
A Turkish tobacco pipe.
cobwork
cobwork
noun
construction work made of logs, etc., laid horizontally, with the ends dovetailed together at the corners, and in marine work often surrounding a central space filled with stones
codbank
codbank
noun
A region of relatively shallow seawater where cod are fished for
colback
daybook
daybook
noun
(bookkeeping) An accounting journal.
(nautical) A logbook.
A daily chronicle; a diary.
deblock
deblock
verb
(transitive) To unblock; remove a blockage from.
(transitive, computing) To process (digital video) so as to remove block-shaped artifacts of encoding.
(transitive, computing) To separate the logical records that have been combined into a physical block for storage.
dubenko
embosks
embosks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of embosk
extbook
flybook
flybook
noun
(fishing) A small case for holding fishing flies.
fogbank
fogbank
noun
A bank of fog.
gablock
gablock
noun
A false spur or gaff, fitted on the heel of a gamecock.
gemsbok
gemsbok
noun
A large African antelope (Oryx gazella).
grysbok
grysbok
noun
A small antelope of genus Raphicerus from South Africa.
hoblike
hoboken
hogback
hogback
noun
(geology) A sharp steep-sided ridge formed by the erosion of tilting strata
A Viking grave marker taking the form of a recumbent monument, generally with a curved (hogbacked) ridge and outwardly curved sides.
A hogframe.
inkblot
inkblot
noun
(figuratively) A dark, shapeless object.
(psychology) Any of the pictures used as stimuli in the Rorschach inkblot test.
A blot of ink.
jackbox
jackbox
noun
A device for routing electrical signals by means of a number of jacks.
jackboy
jackboy
noun
A street thug who is part of a gang of thieves.
jukebox
jukebox
noun
(computing) An automated carousel for the storage and retrieval of tapes, CD-ROMs, etc.
(computing, by extension) A software application capable of replaying tracks from a digital music collection.
A coin-operated machine that plays recorded music; it has push-buttons to make selections.
verb
(by extension) To play or repeat as if on a jukebox.
(transitive) To play (music or digital content) on a jukebox
To format or set up for playing by a jukebox.
To play and listen to music from a jukebox.
kabonga
kebbock
kebbock
noun
Alternative form of kebbuck
kilobar
kilobar
noun
(physics) A unit of pressure equal to 1,000 bars (Symbol: kb)
kilobit
kilobit
noun
(computing) 1000 bits (binary digits)
(computing, rare) 1024 (2¹⁰) bits
kinboot
kinbote
kinbote
noun
(obsolete) A fine paid to the kin of the victim of a crime.