(nautical) Hanging at the cathead, ready to let go, as an anchor.
(nautical) Topped up; having one yardarm higher than the other.
amberlike
amberlike
adj
Resembling the resin amber.
anklebone
anklebone
noun
The bone of the ankle, forming the lower part of the ankle joint and joining with the tibia and fibula.
antiblack
antiblack
adj
Hostile to black people, often specifically African Americans.
antiblock
arkabutla
awakeable
backcloth
backcloth
noun
The painted scenery at the back of a stage; the backdrop.
backfield
backfield
noun
(American football) The area behind the line of scrimmage occupied before the snap by the team on offense.
(baseball, rare) Synonym of outfield.
(soccer, US) The area behind either the offensive or defensive line.
The players occupying this area.
backfills
backfills
noun
plural of backfill
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backfill
backflash
backflash
noun
Synonym of flashback (“dramatic device”)
The hazardous situation where the flame propagates backward down the hose of an oxyfuel welding and cutting system.
backhauls
backhauls
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backhaul
backlands
backlands
noun
plural of backland
backlings
backlists
backlists
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backlist
backpedal
backpedal
verb
(intransitive) To pedal backwards on a bicycle.
(intransitive) To step backwards.
(intransitive, idiomatic) To distance oneself from an earlier claim or statement; back off from an idea.
backplane
backplane
noun
(electronics) A circuit board that connects several connectors in parallel to each other, so that each pin of each connector is linked to the same relative pin of all the other connectors, forming a computer bus.
backplate
backplate
noun
(UK, automotive) A rigid metal plate inside the brake drum, which supports the wheel cylinder, brake shoes, and other parts of a drum brake.
(underwater diving) A plate harnessed to a diver's back, to which the gas cylinders are attached.
A metal plate on the rear of a computer's casing, used to cover a port or slot.
A plate protecting a fighting person's back.
A wood or metal (or glass, etc) plate that serves as a backing for an object.
Part of a condenser microphone that sits behind the diaphragm and which acts, in conjunction with the diaphragm, as a sort of variable capacitor.
backslaps
backslaps
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backslap
backslash
backslash
noun
(computing, rare, proscribed) Used erroneously in reference to, or in reading out, the ordinary slash, that is, the punctuation mark /.
The punctuation mark \.
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verb
(computing, transitive) To escape (a metacharacter) by prepending a backslash that serves as an escape character, thereby forming an escape sequence.
backslide
backslide
noun
(dance) A dance move in which the feet are alternately slid back and the heels lifted, giving the illusion of walking forwards while actually moving backwards.
A backward regression; a reverting back to a worse state.
verb
(Christianity) To revert back into a life of sin after being saved.
To regress; to slip backwards or revert to a previous, worse state.
To shirk responsibility; to renege on one's obligations or commitments.
backtrail
backtrail
noun
A small path or trail that is not used regularly.
The path over which one has already traveled.
verb
To backtrack along a trail.
baekeland
baikalite
bailiwick
bailiwick
noun
A person's concern or sphere of operations, their area of skill or authority.
The district within which a bailie or bailiff has jurisdiction.
bakeapple
bakeapple
noun
(Atlantic Canada) The cloudberry, Rubus chamaemorus
bakerless
bakerless
adj
Without a baker.
bakerlike
balakirev
balaklava
balalaika
balalaika
noun
A plucked stringed instrument with a triangular body, short neck and three strings, of Russian origin.
baldricks
baldricks
noun
plural of baldrick
balkanise
balkanise
verb
Alternative spelling of balkanize
balkanism
balkanism
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Balkanism
balkanite
balkanite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-disphenoidal white gray mineral containing copper, mercury, silver, and sulfur.
balkanize
balkanize
verb
Alternative letter-case form of Balkanize
balkiness
balkiness
noun
The state or quality of being balky or uncooperative.
balkingly
balkingly
adv
in a balking manner
balklines
balklines
noun
plural of balkline
ballhawks
ballhawks
noun
plural of ballhawk
ballparks
ballparks
noun
plural of ballpark
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ballpark
ballstock
ballstock
noun
(printing, historical) The handle of a printer's ball.
ballyhack
ballywack
baloskion
bankrolls
bankrolls
noun
plural of bankroll
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bankroll
bankshall
bankshall
noun
(India, historical) A warehouse.
(India, historical) The office of a harbormaster or other port authority.
bargelike
bargelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a barge.
barkingly
barkingly
adv
With barking sounds.
barkleigh
barklyite
barklyite
noun
A magenta-coloured turbid variety of ruby from Victoria, Australia.
barksdale
bashalick
basilisks
basilisks
noun
plural of basilisk
basinlike
basinlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a basin.
basketful
basketful
noun
The amount that will fit into a basket
baulkiest
baulkiest
adj
superlative form of baulky: most baulky
beakerful
beakerful
noun
The amount that a beaker will hold.
beanstalk
beanstalk
noun
(chiefly science fiction) A space elevator.
(figuratively, colloquial, by extension) A tall, slim person.
The stem of a bean plant, proverbially fast-growing and tall.
beardlike
beardlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a beard.
beastlike
beastlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a beast.
beauclerk
bechalked
bechalked
adj
Chalk-covered or chalky.
Having a surface that has been written on in chalk.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bechalk
beckelite
beckville
becloaked
becloaked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of becloak
beflecked
beflecked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of befleck
befreckle
bellbrook
bellmaker
bellmaker
noun
someone who makes bells
bellylike
bellylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a belly.
beltmaker
beltmaker
noun
Someone who makes belts.
bengkalis
benkelman
berkelium
berkelium
noun
A transuranic chemical element (symbol Bk) with an atomic number of 97.
berrylike
berrylike
adj
Resembling a berry
beshackle
bespeckle
bespeckle
verb
To add speckles.
bialystok
bickleton
bikukulla
billhooks
billhooks
noun
plural of billhook
billycock
billycock
noun
(dated) A felt hat with a rounded crown, similar to a bowler.
blackacre
blackacre
Proper noun
A placeholder name of a fictitious or hypothetical estate in land commonly used to discuss the rights of various parties to a piece of real property.
blackback
blackback
noun
(UK) the great black-backed gull.
(zoology) An adolescent male gorilla or chimpanzee.
blackball
blackball
noun
(countable) A black ball used to indicate such a negative vote.
(countable) A kind of large black sweet; a niggerball.
(countable) A rejection; a vote against admitting someone.
(uncountable) A game, a standardized version of the English version of eight-ball.
A substance for blacking shoes, boots, etc. or for taking impressions of engraved work.
verb
(transitive) To ostracize.
(transitive) To vote against, especially in an exclusive organization.
blackband
blackband
noun
(mineralogy) An earthy carbonate of iron containing considerable carbonaceous matter, valuable as an iron ore.
blackbine
blackbird
blackbird
noun
(slang, derogatory, historical, among slavers and pirates) A native of the South Pacific islands.
A common true thrush, Turdus merula, found in woods and gardens over much of Eurasia, and introduced elsewhere.
A variety of New World birds of the family Icteridae (26 species of icterid bird).
verb
To enslave someone, especially through chicanery or force
blackbody
blackbody
noun
(physics) a theoretical body, approximated by a hole in a hollow black sphere, that absorbs all incident electromagnetic radiation and reflects none; it has a characteristic emission spectrum
blackboys
blackboys
noun
plural of blackboy
blackbuck
blackbuck
noun
An Indian antelope, Antilope cervicapra
blackburn
blackburn
Proper noun
A town in Lancashire, England
blackbush
blackbutt
blackbutt
noun
(chiefly Australia) Any of several Australian eucalyptus trees with a dark fibrous bark towards the base of the trunk, especially Eucalyptus pilularis.
blackcaps
blackcaps
noun
plural of blackcap
blackcoat
blackcoat
Noun
A member of the clergy.
blackcock
blackcock
noun
The male black grouse (Lyrurus tetrix).
blackcods
blackdamp
blackdamp
noun
Choke damp.
blackduck
blackened
blackened
adj
(food) Synonym of charred.
(steel) Synonym of blued.
Darkened to the point of appearing black; as:
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blacken
blackener
blackener
noun
One who blackens.
blackeyes
blackeyes
noun
plural of blackeye
blackface
blackface
noun
(countable) A sheep of the Scottish Blackface breed.
(uncountable) A style of makeup in which a non-black person blackens their face, usually in order to portray a black person.
blackfeet
blackfins
blackfins
noun
plural of blackfin
blackfire
blackfish
blackfish
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) Any of various dark-coloured fishes of Australasia, especially the luderick, Girella tricuspidata, and a freshwater fish, Gadopsis marmoratus.
(Canada, US) Either of two dark-coloured fish of the west Atlantic, the tautog of New England (Tautoga onitis) and the black sea bass (Centropristis striata).
(chiefly Scotland) The Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, especially a female after spawning.
A pilot whale, genus Globicephalus (occasionally also used for various other whales).
Any of various dark-coloured fish of the Old World, especially the rudderfish (Centrolophus niger).
verb
(Internet slang, derogatory, of a white person) To adopt signifiers of black identity (for example, by darkening the skin, or wearing traditionally black hairstyles).
(fishing) To go fishing for blackfish.
blackfoot
blackfoot
noun
A tropical American bush of the genus Melampodium
blackford
blackgums
blackgums
noun
plural of blackgum
blackhawk
blackhead
blackhead
noun
(countable) A scaup: any of various ducks of the genus Aythya.
(countable, medicine) A comedo, a skin blemish, a type of acne vulgaris, where a pore becomes clogged with a dark, hard, cheesy keratin-filled substance forming a hard black "head" on the skin's surface.
(uncountable) A form of histomoniasis in poultry, characterized by cyanotic discoloration on the bird's head.
blackings
blackings
noun
plural of blacking
blackjack
blackjack
noun
(aviation) A tool of leather filled with shot (or similar), resembling the weapon, used for shaping sheet metal.
(card games) A common gambling card game in casinos, where the object is to get as close to 21 without going over.
(card games) A hand in the game of blackjack consisting of a face card and an ace.
(card games) A variant of switch where each player is initially dealt the same number of cards, usually seven, and when one player plays a black jack the player whose turn comes next has to pick up that many cards, unless they play a red jack (as this normally cancels a black jack).
(weaponry) A small, flat, blunt, usually leather-covered weapon loaded with heavy material such as lead or ball bearings, intended to inflict a blow to the head that renders the victim unconscious with diminished risk of lasting cranial trauma.
A blackjack oak.
Any of a series of hard, dark soils, often considered low quality, but suitable for growing certain crops such as cotton.
Any of several species of weed of genus Bidens, such as Bidens pilosa, in the family Compositae.
The flag (i.e., a jack) traditionally flown by pirate ships; popularly thought to be a white skull and crossed bones on a black field (the Jolly Roger).
verb
To strike with a blackjack or similar weapon.
blackland
blackland
noun
The land making up the Texas Blackland Prairies, a temperate grassland ecoregion in Texas with rich, dark soil.
blacklead
blacklead
noun
Alternative form of black lead
verb
To cover, treat or polish with graphite
blacklegs
blacklegs
noun
plural of blackleg
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blackleg
blacklick
blacklist
blacklist
noun
(law, computing) A list or set of people or entities to be shunned or banned.
verb
(transitive) To place on a blacklist; to mark a person or entity as one to be shunned or banned.
blackmail
blackmail
noun
(England law, historical) Black rent, or rent paid in corn, meat, or the lowest coin, as opposed to white rent, which was paid in silver.
(archaic) A form of protection money (or corn, cattle, etc.) anciently paid, in the north of England and south of Scotland, to the allies of robbers in order to be spared from pillage.
Compromising material that can be used to extort someone, dirt.
The extortion of money or favours by threats of public accusation, exposure, or censure.
verb
(Kenya) To speak ill of someone; to defame someone.
(transitive) To extort money or favors from (a person) by exciting fears of injury other than bodily harm, such as injury to reputation, distress of mind, false accusation, etc.
blackmore
blackneck
blackneck
noun
A redneck of black ethnicity.
blackness
blackness
noun
The experiences and culture of African-American people.
The quality of being evil or dismal.
The state of being of African descent.
The state or quality of being black in colour.
blackouts
blackouts
noun
plural of blackout
blackpoll
blackpoll
noun
A North American warbler, Dendroica striata, the male of which has a black patch on its head
blackpool
blackpool
Proper noun
A town and resort in Lancashire, England
blackroot
blackroot
noun
Colicroot, Aletris farinosa
Culver's root, Veronicastrum virginicum
Either of two species in the genus Pterocaulon: Pterocaulon pycnostachyum and Pterocaulon virgatum
Several plant diseases caused by fungi in the genus Aphanomyces causing that cause roots to rot and turn black.
blackseed
blackseed
noun
A spice plant with aromatic black seeds, Nigella sativa
blacktail
blacktail
noun
(Jamaica) Haemulon carbonarium
(South Africa, Namibia) Diplodus capensis, Diplodus sargus
(UK) Salmo trutta
A black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus columbianus), of California and Oregon.
A fish: the ruffe or pope (Gymnocephalus cernua)
A mule deer, of the Rocky Mountains.
blacktops
blacktops
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blacktop
blacktree
blackware
blackware
noun
Any pottery of a black or nearly black colour.
blackwash
blackwash
noun
(chiefly politics) A villainization campaign.
(medicine) A lotion made by mixing calomel and limewater.
(slang, New Zealand) A whitewash victory for any New Zealand national sporting team.
(slang, cricket) A whitewash victory for the West Indies cricket team. Started in the 1984–86 "Blackwash" series of the West Indian cricket team in England in 1984.
(slang, mining) Public campaigns and advertising funded by the coal industry to draw attention away from environmentally unsustainable practices or to justify exclusion from carbon taxes.
verb
(transitive) To blacken, to cover with a black color.
(transitive) To portray in a revisionist fashion as belonging to a black race of people.
(transitive) To villainize, to present in a damaging light.
blackweed
blackweed
noun
Common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia.)
blackwell
blackwood
blackwood
noun
(uncountable) The very dark wood of such trees.
African blackwood (Dalbergia melanoxylon), of Africa
Australian blackwood (Acacia melanoxylon), of eastern Australia
Bombay blackwood (Dalbergia latifolia), of India
Haematoxylum campechianum, a tree from Mexico.
blackwork
blackwork
noun
(obsolete) Work connected with funerals, as an undertaker's assistant or a maker of mourning clothes, etc.
(sewing) A form of counted-thread embroidery that is usually stitched on even-weave fabric with a twisted thread.
blackwort
bladelike
bladelike
adj
Resembling a blade
blakemore
blakeslee
blankbook
blanketed
blanketed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blanket
blanketer
blanketry
blankness
blankness
noun
The characteristic of being blank.
blavatsky
bleakness
bleakness
noun
The characteristic of being bleak.
blesbucks
blesbucks
noun
plural of blesbuck
blinkards
blinkards
noun
plural of blinkard
blinkered
blinkered
adj
(figuratively) Having tunnel vision; unable to see what is happening around one.