(Canada, US, Australia) An edible univalve mollusc of the genus Haliotis, having a shell lined with mother-of-pearl.
(Canada, US, Australia) The meat of the aforementioned mollusc.
abelian
abelian
adj
(mathematics) Of a binary function, commutative.
(mathematics) Of an algebraic structure, having a commutative defining operation.
abelson
abilene
abilene
Proper noun
A region of Syria south and southeast of Damascus.
Proper noun
A city of west-central Texas west-southwest of Fort Worth; founded in 1881 with the coming of the railroad, the city first prospered as a shipping center for cattle.
A city in Kansas
Adjective
Belonging to a prehistoric culture of central Texas, characterized by oval grinding stones.
abilyne
ablings
ablings
adv
(Britain, dialectal) Alternative form of aiblins
abluent
abluent
adj
(pharmacology) Washing away; carrying off impurities; detergent.
noun
(pharmacology) A detergent.
aiblins
aiblins
adv
(Northern England) Perhaps, maybe.
albainn
albania
albeniz
albinal
albines
albinic
albinic
adj
Synonym of albino
albinos
albinos
noun
plural of albino
albinus
alboran
albruna
albumen
albumen
noun
The white part of an egg; being mostly the protein albumin and water.
albumin
albumin
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a class of monomeric proteins that are soluble in water, and are coagulated by heat; they occur in egg white, milk etc; they function as carrier protein for steroids, fatty acids, and thyroid hormones and play a role in stabilizing extracellular fluid volume.
albunea
alebion
algenib
algenib
Proper noun
A yellow supergiant in the constellation Perseus; Alpha (α) Persei.
A variable star in the constellation Pegasus; Gamma (γ) Pegasi. It forms one corner of the square of Pegasus.
allbone
allenby
ambling
ambling
noun
The act of one who ambles.
verb
present participle of amble
anaboly
annabal
annabel
asbolan
asbolin
asbolin
noun
(organic chemistry) An acrid oil obtained from wood soot.
aubanel
baalman
babylon
babylon
noun
(UK, slang, countable) A female breast.
badland
badland
noun
Alternative form of badlands
badling
badling
noun
(rare) An effeminate or womanish man.
(rare) One who is bad; a worthless person.
A brood, group, or flock of ducks.
baghlan
baghlan
Proper noun
A city of Afghanistan, name of Baghlan Province
bailing
bailing
noun
The act by which something is bailed.
verb
present participle of bail
bairnly
bairnly
adj
(Scotland, rare) Bairnlike; childish.
balaena
balagan
balance
balance
noun
(accounting) A list accounting for the debits on one side, and for the credits on the other.
(accounting) The result of such a procedure; the difference between credit and debit of an account.
(law, business) The remainder.
(literally or figuratively) Something of equal weight used to provide equilibrium; counterweight.
(obsolete, astrology) Libra.
(uncountable) A state in which opposing forces harmonise; equilibrium.
(uncountable) Apparent harmony in art (between differing colours, sounds, etc.).
(uncountable) Awareness of both viewpoints or matters; neutrality; rationality; objectivity.
(uncountable) Mental equilibrium; mental health; calmness, a state of remaining clear-headed and unperturbed.
(uncountable) The overall result of conflicting forces, opinions etc.; the influence which ultimately "weighs" more than others.
(watchmaking) A device used to regulate the speed of a watch, clock etc.
A pair of scales.
verb
(intransitive) To be in equilibrium.
(intransitive) To have matching credits and debits.
(intransitive, obsolete) To hesitate or fluctuate.
(nautical) To contract, as a sail, into a narrower compass.
(transitive) To bring (items) to an equipoise, as the scales of a balance by adjusting the weights.
(transitive) To compare in relative force, importance, value, etc.; to estimate.
(transitive) To hold (an object or objects) precariously; to support on a narrow base, so as to keep from falling.
(transitive) To make the credits and debits of (an account) correspond.
(transitive, dancing) To move toward, and then back from, reciprocally.
(transitive, figurative) To make (concepts) agree.
(transitive, obsolete) To weigh in a balance.
balanga
balanic
balanic
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the glans penis or to the glans clitoridis
balanid
balanid
noun
(zoology) Any member of the family Balanidae, stalkless acorn barnacles in the order Sessilia.
balanta
balante
balanus
balaton
balaton
Proper noun
A freshwater lake in Hungary, the largest lake in Central Europe, and one of the region's foremost tourist destinations.
balcone
balcony
balcony
noun
(architecture) An accessible structure extending from a building, especially outside a window.
An accessible structure overlooking a stage or the like.
balding
balding
adj
becoming bald, especially having male pattern baldness
verb
present participle of bald
balduin
baldwin
baldwin
Proper noun
name; rather rare in English.
Stanley Baldwin, British Prime Minister.
King Baldwin IV, ruler of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem before the takeover of Saladin in 1187. He died in 1185 of complications of the socially unacceptable disease of leprosy. Also known as the leper king.
A town in Florida.
A city in Georgia in the United States.
A village in Illinois.
A city in Iowa.
A town in Louisiana.
A town in Maine.
A village in Michigan
A town and a hamlet in New York.
A township in Ontario, Canada.
A borough in Pennsylvania.
A town and village in Wisconsin.
Noun
A reddish, moderately acid, winter apple.
baldwyn
baleens
baleens
noun
plural of baleen
balkans
balkans
Proper noun
A geographical region in the southeast of Europe, roughly equivalent to the area covered by Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia (and Kosovo), sometimes including Romania and Slovenia.
balking
balking
noun
A frustration or disappointment; a check.
verb
present participle of balk
ballant
balling
balling
verb
present participle of ball
ballman
balloen
ballone
ballons
ballons
noun
plural of ballon
balloon
balloon
noun
(architecture) A ball or globe on the top of a pillar, church, etc.
(chemistry) A round vessel, usually with a short neck, to hold or receive whatever is distilled; a glass vessel of a spherical form.
(engraving) The outline enclosing words represented as coming from the mouth of a pictured figure.
(finance) Synonym of balloon payment
(medicine) A sac inserted into part of the body for therapeutic reasons; such as angioplasty.
(obsolete) A game played with a large inflated ball.
(pyrotechnics) A bomb or shell.
(slang) A small container for illicit drugs made from a condom or the finger of a latex glove, etc.
A speech bubble.
A type of glass cup, sometimes used for brandy.
An inflatable buoyant object, often (but not necessarily) round and flexible.
Such an object as a child’s toy or party decoration.
Such an object designed to transport people through the air.
verb
(aviation) Of an aircraft: to plunge alternately up and down.
(intransitive) To go up or voyage in a balloon.
(intransitive) To increase or expand rapidly.
(transitive) To inflate like a balloon.
(transitive) To take up in, or as if in, a balloon.
(transitive, sports) To strike (a ball) so that it flies high in the air.
ballwin
balmain
balmont
balmony
balmunc
balmung
balneae
balneal
balneal
adj
Of or pertaining to baths or to bathing
balneum
balonea
baloney
baloney
noun
(uncountable, chiefly US, slang) Nonsense.
A type of sausage; bologna.
balunda
banally
banally
adv
In a banal, trite or boring manner.
bandala
bandala
noun
A fabric made in Manila from the older leaf sheaths of the abaca (Musa textilis).
bandler
bandlet
bandlet
noun
Alternative form of bandelet
bandrol
bandrol
noun
Alternative form of banderole
baneful
baneful
adj
(archaic) Poisonous, deadly.
Harmful, injurious.
bangala
bangall
bangled
bangled
adj
Wearing bangles
bangles
bangles
noun
plural of bangle
banilad
banlieu
bansela
bansela
noun
Alternative spelling of bonsella
banwell
banyuls
barling
barling
noun
(UK dialectal) The smallest pig in a litter; runt.
(rare or UK dialectal, Scotland) A pole; (carpentry) the cross rafter of a roof.
barnaul
barnful
barnful
noun
The amount that can fit in a barn
basilan
basinal
basinal
adj
of or relating to a basin
batling
batling
noun
A young, small, or baby bat.
bawling
bawling
noun
The act of one who bawls or shouts.
verb
present participle of bawl
bealing
bealing
verb
present participle of beal
beblain
beclang
beclown
beclown
verb
(transitive) To make a fool of.
beeline
beeline
noun
(mining, chiefly historical) A dynamite fuse made with a small quantity of dynamite powder along its length, so that the spark travels quickly and at a specific known rate.
A very direct or quick path or trip.
verb
To travel in a straight line, ignoring established paths of travel.
belanda
belding
belgian
belgian
Noun
A person from Belgium or of Belgian descent.
Adjective
Of, from, or pertaining to Belgium or the Belgian people.
Proper noun
A hypothetical extinct Indo-European language, supposed to have been spoken distinct from Celtic in late prehistory, in certain parts of what has become known as Gaul.
beliing
belinda
belinda
Proper noun
The ninth satellite of Uranus.
belknap
bellina
belling
belling
noun
(US, Indiana, Western Pennsylvania) A shivaree.
Bellowing; the sound of a male deer during the rutting season
verb
present participle of bell
bellini
bellini
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Bellini
bellman
bellman
noun
A bellhop or bellboy
A town crier
bellmen
bellmen
noun
plural of bellman
bellona
belmond
belmont
belmont
Proper noun
The name of many places, including:
a village in and the county seat of New York, USA.
belongs
belongs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of belong
belonid
belonid
noun
(zoology) Any member of the family Belonidae of needlefishes.
belsano
belshin
beltane
beltane
Proper noun
The first day of May (since 1752); May Day, a Scottish quarter day, sometimes associated by Christians with the nearest Church Feast, the Invention of the Cross (May 3rd), and Whitsunday (May 15th).
An ancient Gaelic/Celtic May Day holiday celebration, at which large bonfires were built on the hill tops, revived by Celtic neopagans.
beltene
beltian
beltine
belting
belting
adj
(Northern English dialect) Very good; exceptional (can also be used adverbially)
noun
(figuratively) A thorough defeat; a thrashing.
(music, uncountable) The act of singing in chest voice above one's vocal break in a higher range typically sung in head voice.
A beating with a belt.
A system of beltwork, as in a conveyor or other mechanical device.
The material from which belts for machinery are made.
verb
present participle of belt
beltman
beltmen
beltran
belying
belying
verb
present participle of belie
belzoni
belzoni
Proper noun
a city in Mississippi, USA, and the county seat of Humphreys County.
a place name and former settlement in Pushmataha County, Oklahoma, USA.
bendell
bendlet
bendlet
noun
(heraldry) A diminutive of the bend, of the same shape, but only half the width of the bend.
benelux
benelux
Proper noun
An economic and customs union made up of Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg; one of the precursors of the European Union; the countries which constitute(d) this union.
bengali
bengals
bengola
bengola
noun
A Bengal light.
benilda
benkley
benomyl
benomyl
noun
A fungicide that binds to microtubules, interfering with cell functions such as meiosis and intracellular transportation.
bensail
bensall
bensell
benthal
benthal
adj
benthic
bentlee
bentlet
bentley
bentley
Proper noun
Various place names, including:
a suburb of Western Australia.
a town in Alberta, Canada.
a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
a village in district, England.
a village in district, Suffolk, England.
a suburb of South Yorkshire, England.
a village in district, England.
an area in borough, West Midlands, England.
a village in district, Worcestershire, England.
a small town in Illinois, USA.
a small city in Kansas, USA.
an unincorporated community in Michigan, USA.
an unincorporated community in North Dakota, USA.
Noun
A motor car manufactured by this company.
benzole
benzole
noun
(organic chemistry) Obsolete spelling of benzol
benzols
benzols
noun
plural of benzol
benzoyl
benzoyl
noun
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) A univalent radical formally derived from benzoic acid, C₆H₅CO-, by removal of the hydroxyl group
benzyls
benzyls
noun
plural of benzyl
berlina
berline
berline
noun
(Quebec, automotive) A sedan-type car.
(historical) Alternative form of berlin (“type of carriage”)