A printed form used by merchants in making out bills or rendering accounts.
blanched
blanched
adj
bleached
lacking complexion or color
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blanch
blandish
blandish
verb
(transitive) To persuade someone by using flattery; to cajole.
(transitive) To praise someone dishonestly; to flatter or butter up.
bleached
bleached
adj
Faded or washed out by weather and strong sunlight.
Having the hair lightened by bleaching.
Whitened; made white using bleach
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bleach
blowhard
blowhard
noun
(Canada, US, derogatory) A person who talks too much or too loudly, especially in a boastful or self-important manner.
bluehead
bluehead
noun
The blunt-headed wrasse or blue-headed wrasse, a fish of the species Thalassoma amblycephalum or Thalassoma bifasciatum.
bolthead
bolthead
noun
(chemistry) A round-bottomed flask with a long neck (used especially for distillation)
The head of a bolt.
buchwald
bulkhead
bulkhead
noun
(nautical) A vertical partition dividing the hull into separate compartments; often made watertight to prevent excessive flooding if the ship's hull is breached.
A pressure-resistant sealed barrier to any fluid in a large structure.
A retaining wall along a waterfront.
A similar partition in an aircraft or spacecraft.
Mechanically, a partition or panel through which connectors pass, or a connector designed to pass through a partition.
bullhead
bullhead
noun
(Canada, US) The black bullhead, Ameiurus melas.
(Canada, US) The brown bullhead, Ameiurus nebulosus.
(Canada, US) The yellow bullhead, Ameiurus natalis.
(Europe, Asia) Any of various sculpins of the suborder Scorpaenoidei
(Europe, Asia) The European bullhead, Cottus gobio.
(New Zealand) A fish of species Gobiomorphus gobioides.
(horology) A chronograph (watch or stopwatch) with two push buttons arranged like the horns of a bull on the top end of the case, typically with the crown between them.
(rail transport) A bullhead rail.
(rare) An obstinate person.
A bullhead shark (Heterodontus spp.).
bushland
bushland
noun
(chiefly Australia) An area of land in a natural, uncultivated state; wilderness, open forest.
clubhand
clubhand
noun
(medicine) A short, distorted hand.
dayblush
dishable
dishable
verb
(obsolete) To disparage.
Obsolete form of disable.
dubhgall
dzhambul
fahlband
fahlband
noun
(geology) A stratum in crystalline rock that contains metallic sulfides.
habdalah
halberds
halberds
noun
plural of halberd
handball
handball
noun
(countable) The medium-sized inflated ball used in this sport.
(countable, Australian Rules Football) An act of passing a football by holding it with one hand and hitting it with the other.
(countable, US) The small rubber ball used in this sport.
(countable, soccer) The offence of a player other than the goalkeeper touching the ball with the hand or arm on the field during play.
(uncountable) A team sport where two teams of seven players each (six players and a goalkeeper) pass and bounce a ball trying to throw it in the goal of the opposing team.
(uncountable, Australia) A schoolyard game in which a tennis ball is struck with the hand, played on a improvised court on the asphalt or pavement.
(uncountable, US, Ireland) A sport in which players alternately strike the ball against a wall with their hand. Irish and American variants have slightly different rules.
verb
(Australian rules football) To (legally) pass a football by holding it with one hand and hitting it with the other.
(sexuality, slang) To insert a hand into someone's anus.
(soccer) To illegally touch the ball with the hand or arm.
To manually load or unload a container, trailer, or to otherwise manually move bulk goods (often on pallets) from one type of transport receptacle to another.
handbell
handbell
noun
(music) A small bell designed to be rung by hand.
handbill
handbill
noun
A chopping instrument; billhook.
A loose printed sheet, to be distributed by hand.
A pruning hook.
handblow
handblow
noun
A blow struck with the hand.
handbolt
hardball
hardball
adj
Being or exhibiting tough or ruthless behavior, especially in combat, politics or business.
noun
(ball games) In baseball, a type of ball and baseball game, as opposed to softball.
Tough or ruthless behavior, especially in combat, politics or business.
verb
(transitive) To exhibit tough and ruthless behavior towards.
heelband
holabird
holdable
holdable
adj
That may be held.
holdback
holdback
noun
The projection or loop, on the thill of a vehicle, to which a strap of the harness is attached, to hold back a carriage when going downhill, or in backing.
The strap or part of the harness so used.
restraint (act or result of holding back, device that restrains)