simple past tense and past participle of backlight
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).
backset
backset
noun
A check; a relapse; a discouragement; a setback.
Whatever is thrown back in its course, such as water.
verb
(US, especially Western US) To plow again in the fall; said of prairie land broken up in the spring.
bakatan
bakeout
bakeout
noun
The act of heating a material in a vacuum in order to drive off volatile components
bakhmut
baskets
baskets
noun
plural of basket
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of basket
baskett
batakan
batekes
bathkol
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
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.
beckets
beckets
noun
plural of becket
beckett
bedtick
bedtick
noun
A tick or bag made of cloth, used for enclosing the materials of a bed.
beekite
beetewk
beknots
beothuk
beothuk
Noun
A member of one of the historical aboriginal peoples of Canada.
Proper noun
The extinct language of these people.
berakot
bestick
bestick
verb
(transitive) To pierce in various places; pierce through and through.
(transitive) To stick on the surface of; cover over.
bestink
bestock
bestock
verb
(transitive) to stock; furnish
bestuck
bestuck
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bestick
betaken
betaken
verb
past participle of betake
betakes
betakes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of betake
bethank
bethank
verb
(transitive, rare) To bestow thanks upon; to thank.
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.
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.
betrunk
betrunk
verb
(transitive) To deprive (a river) of its lower course or trunk by submergence or erosion of the land by the sea.
bhaktas
bhaktas
noun
plural of bhakta
bhaktis
bhaktis
noun
plural of bhakti
bickart
bifteck
birkett
bittock
bittock
noun
A little bit; a small piece.
A short distance.
blackit
blanket
blanket
adj
General; covering or encompassing everything.
noun
A heavy, loosely woven fabric, usually large and woollen, used for warmth while sleeping or resting.
A layer of anything.
A streak or layer of blubber in whales.
A thick rubber mat used in the offset printing process to transfer ink from the plate to the paper being printed.
verb
(transitive) To cover with, or as if with, a blanket.
(transitive) To nullify the impact of (someone or something).
(transitive) To take the wind out of the sails of (another vessel) by sailing to windward of it.
(transitive) To toss in a blanket by way of punishment.
(transitive) To traverse or complete thoroughly.
Of a radio signal: to override or block out another radio signal.
blankit
blautok
blunket
blunket
adj
(obsolete) Gray; grayish or light blue.
noun
(obsolete) A cloth, or kind of cloth (blanket cloth), generally but not always of this color.
(obsolete) A color, generally a light bluish gray or blue or gray, but sometimes seemingly a dark red or violet.
bontoks
booklet
booklet
noun
A small or thin book.
boskets
boskets
noun
plural of bosket
botchka
botkins
botkins
noun
plural of botkin
botnick
bowknot
bowknot
noun
A knot that has two loops and two loose ends, either used decoratively, or to tie shoelaces.
bracket
bracket
noun
(UK) "(" and ")" specifically, the other forms above requiring adjectives for disambiguation.
(US) "[" and "]" specifically - as opposed to the other forms, which have their own technical names.
(algebra) A pair of values that represent the smallest and largest elements of a range.
(engineering) Any intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part, the smaller part typically projecting sideways from the larger part.
(land surveying, 19th century) a mark cut into a stone by land surveyors to secure a bench.
(military) The cheek or side of an ordnance carriage, supporting the trunnions.
(military) Typically of stationary weapons, the zone enclosed by one long and one short shot impact expected to be hit very accurately.
(nautical) A short crooked timber, resembling a knee, used as a support.
(sports) A prediction of the outcome of games in a tournament, used for betting purposes.
(sports) A printed diagram of games in a tournament.
(typography) The small curved or angular corner formed by a serif and a stroke in a letter.
A fixture attached to a wall to hold up a shelf.
Alternative form of bragget (“drink made with ale and honey”)
One of several ranges of numbers.
verb
(military) To gauge the range of a target by firing equally short and long of it and ranging the weapon between the two to achieve a very accurate hit.
(philosophy, phenomenology) In the philosophical system of Edmund Husserl and his followers, to set aside metaphysical theories and existential questions concerning what is real in order to focus philosophical attention simply on the actual content of experience.
(photography) To take multiple images of the same subject, using a range of exposure settings, in order to help ensure that a satisfactory image is obtained.
To bound on both sides, to surround, as enclosing with brackets.
To enclose in typographical brackets.
To mark distinctly for special treatment.
To place in the same category.
To set aside, discount, ignore.
To support by means of mechanical brackets.
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.
britska
britzka
britzka
noun
Alternative form of britchka
brocket
brocket
noun
A genus, Mazama, of short-horned deer from Brazil.
A stag in its second year, before its horns have started branching.
buckets
buckets
noun
plural of bucket
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bucket
buckety
buckety
adj
Resembling a bucket.
buckpot
burkett
burkite
burkitt
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.
bytalks
cutback
cutback
noun
(roofing) Solvent-thinned bitumen used in cold process roofing adhesives, cements and coatings.
(soccer) An offensive pass played into a position further from the attacking goal line.
(surfing) Maneuver where the surfer turns and surfs back towards where the wave is breaking.
A reduction of some sort in an existing program or service.
cutbank
cutbank
noun
(Canada, US) The outer edge of the bend in a stream or river, where the water cuts into the bank leaving the opposite side flat.
extbook
fatback
fatback
noun
(US) A layer of fat, along the back of a pig, used as a cut of meat or to make lard
A fish, the menhaden.
hackbut
hawkbit
hawkbit
noun
Any dandelion-like flower of the genera Leontodon, Scorzoneroides, and others in subtribe Hypochaeridinae, in the family Asteraceae.
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.
kethibh
ketubah
ketubah
noun
A traditional Jewish marriage contract that outlines the rights and responsibilities of the groom in relation to the bride.
ketubim
khutbah
khutbah
noun
(Islam) A talk or sermon delivered in mosques before the Friday prayer, or at other special occasions.
kibbutz
kibbutz
noun
A community, usually an agricultural one in Israel, based on a high level of social and economical sharing, equality, direct democracy and tight social relations.
kibitka
kibitka
noun
A Russian type of telega or sleigh with a (usually rounded) cover over the passenger seats.
A circular tent or yurt used by various nomadic peoples such as the Kalmyks and Kyrgyz.
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.
kitabis
knublet
krubuts
lobcokt
nekhbet
nekhebt
outback
outback
adj
Characteristic of the most remote and desolate areas of Australia; very remote from urban areas.
adv
To or towards the most remote and desolate areas of Australia.
noun
(Australia) The most remote and desolate areas of Australia; the desert and areas too arid for growing crops.
outbake
outbake
verb
(transitive) To heat (equipment) at low pressure to remove adsorbed gas from surfaces.
(transitive) To surpass in baking; to bake better than.
outbark
outbark
verb
(transitive) To surpass in barking.
outbook
outbook
verb
(transitive) To achieve more bookings than.
(transitive, chess) To surpass in one's knowledge of book moves.
outbulk
outbulk
verb
(transitive) To exceed in bulk.
potbank
potbank
noun
(historical) A bottle-shaped oven used in parts of England for firing pottery.
putback
putback
noun
(basketball) A move in which a player scores a basket immediately after securing an offensive rebound
reitbok
reitbok
noun
Synonym of reedbuck
sackbut
sackbut
noun
(music) A brass instrument from the Renaissance and Baroque Eras, and an ancestor of the modern trombone. It was derived from the medieval slide trumpet.
setback
setback
noun
(US) The required distance between a structure and a road.
(archaic) A backset; a check; a repulse; a relapse.
(architecture) A step-like recession in a wall.
(possibly archaic) A backset; a countercurrent; an eddy.
An obstacle, delay, disadvantage, blow (an adverse event which retards or prevents progress towards a desired outcome)
An offset to the temperature setting of a thermostat to cover a period when more or less heating is required than usual.
skibbet
skybolt
stembok
subtack
subtack
noun
An underlease in Scotland.
subtask
subtask
noun
An act that must be completed as an element of completing a larger and more complex task.
takable
takable
adj
Alternative spelling of takeable
tambaks
tambaks
noun
plural of tambak
tambuki
tambuki
noun
Andropogon gayanus, a tufting perennial bunchgrass of the African savanna.
tanbark
tanbark
noun
The bark of the oak (or other trees) used as a source of tannin
The spent bark used as a ground covering
tieback
tieback
noun
(journalism) A newspaper rewrite or short synopsis of the information presented in the original story. in order to refresh the memories of readers who saw the old story and to update new readers.
A loop of cloth, cord, etc., which is placed around a curtain to hold it open to one side.
tobolsk
tomback
tombaks
tombaks
noun
plural of tombak
tubbeck
tublike
tublike
adj
Resembling a tub.
tumbaki
tumbeki
vitebsk
wetback
wetback
noun
(derogatory slang) A Mexican or Central American who illegally enters the United States of America from its southern border.
(derogatory slang) A person of the mestizo race; a mojado.