(archaic) Indirect or roundabout routes or directions.
(archaic) Indirect or roundabout ways of talking; circumlocution.
ambling
ambling
noun
The act of one who ambles.
verb
present participle of amble
badmeng
bagirmi
bagirmi
Proper noun
The language of the Baguirmi people of Chad, spoken mainly in the Chari-Baguirmi Prefecture.
A family of languages which includes the Bagirmi language as well as Naba, Kenga, Fer, Beraku, Disa and Goulai.
bagroom
bagroom
noun
A room for storing bags.
bagworm
bagworm
noun
(proscribed) The Eastern tent caterpillar.
A member of the family Psychidae of the Lepidoptera.
Fall webworm.
balmung
bamberg
bamberg
Proper noun
A city (and also a district) in Bavaria, Germany
A city in South Carolina
bamming
bamming
verb
present participle of bam
bargham
barming
barming
verb
present participle of barm
beamage
beamage
noun
The loss in weight of an animal carcass as it cools on a beam.
beaming
beaming
adj
Smilingly happy; showing happy emotion.
noun
The act of someone or something that beams.
verb
present participle of beam
begloom
begloom
verb
(transitive, archaic) To sadden.
(transitive, rare) To make gloomy; darken.
begrime
begrime
verb
(transitive) To ingrain grime or dirt which is difficult to remove into (something); also (more generally), to make (something) dirty; to soil.
begrims
belgaum
belgium
belgium
Proper noun
country in Western Europe that has borders with the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France.
bemberg
bemberg
Noun
The trade name for a type of rayon yarn. Fabrics made from this yarn are frequently used for presentation flags, and for lining high quality suits and coats. Bemberg silk is a less costly, and versatile, substitute for natural silk.
bergama
bergamo
bergman
bergsma
bigamic
bigmitt
bingham
blaming
blaming
noun
The act of accusing or assigning culpability to.
verb
present participle of blame
bluegum
bluegum
noun
Alternative form of blue gum
bluming
bogmire
bogomil
bogomil
Noun
A member of a dualist Christian sect which flourished in the Balkans during the 10th to 15th centuries and was characterized by resistance to the state and church authorities.
bogydom
bogyism
bogyism
noun
Alternative form of bogeyism
bogyman
bogymen
bogymen
noun
plural of bogyman
bombing
bombing
noun
The action of dropping bombs from the air.
The action of placing and detonating bombs.
verb
present participle of bomb
boomage
boomage
noun
A fee charged by the owner of a boom for its use in storing logs.
A fee charged for the use of the area where a boom is tied.
booming
booming
adj
Experiencing a period of prosperity, or rapid economic growth.
Loud and resonant.
noun
A deep hollow or roaring sound.
verb
present participle of boom
borglum
brigham
briming
bumming
bumming
verb
present participle of bum
bumping
bumping
noun
(chemistry) The violent boiling when an homogenous liquid is superheated to the point that the bubbles are formed at pressure greater than atmospheric pressure and be expelled from the container
Form of racing for coxed fours traditional at Oxford and Cambridge Universities; bumps race
The sound or action of a bump.
verb
present participle of bump
camboge
camboge
noun
Alternative form of gamboge.
combing
combing
noun
(in the plural) Individual hairs that drop out when the hair is combed.
Alternative spelling of coaming
The act by which something is combed.
verb
present participle of comb
dagomba
dumbing
dumbing
verb
present participle of dumb
embarge
embarge
noun
(rare) An embargo.
verb
(intransitive) To board a barge; to embark.
(transitive) To put in a barge.
embargo
embargo
noun
A ban on trade with another country.
A heavy burden or severe constraint on action or expenditure.
A temporary ban on making certain information public.
An order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port.
verb
(transitive) To impose an embargo on a document.
(transitive) To impose an embargo on trading certain goods with another country.
embogue
embogue
verb
(archaic) To disembogue; to discharge, as a river, its waters into the sea or another river.
gabbaim
gambade
gambade
noun
(Scotland or obsolete) A prank or frolic.
(Scotland or obsolete) The leap of a horse.
gambado
gambado
noun
(in the plural) gamashes; spatterdashes.
(usually in the plural) Either of a pair of protective leather gaiters on a saddle.
A gambade (leaping movement).
verb
(intransitive) To perform a gambade (leaping movement).
gambang
gambang
noun
(music) A xylophone-like instrument with wooden bars, used in Indonesian gamelan and kulintang music.
gambart
gambeer
gambeer
noun
Alternative spelling of gambier
gambell
gambiae
gambian
gambian
Noun
A person from Gambia or of Gambian descent.
Adjective
Of, from, or pertaining to Gambia or the Gambian people.
gambias
gambier
gambier
noun
A flowering plant, Uncaria gambir, family Rubiaceae, native to Southeast Asia.
An astringent substance prepared from the leaves of the plant, used in tanning and dyeing.
gambirs
gambist
gambist
noun
(music) Someone who plays the viola da gamba
gambits
gambits
noun
plural of gambit
gambled
gambled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of gamble
gambler
gambler
noun
One who plays at a game of chance, who gambles.
One who takes significant risks.
gambles
gambles
noun
plural of gamble
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gamble
gamboge
gamboge
adj
Of a deep yellow colour.
noun
A deep yellow colour.
One of several species of trees of the genus Garcinia found in South and Southeastern Asia, especially Garcinia xanthochymus.
The resin of the gamboge tree; a preparation of the resin used as a pigment or for medicinal purposes.
gambols
gambols
noun
plural of gambol
gambone
gambrel
gambrel
noun
(US, architecture) A gambrel roof.
(chiefly historical and obsolete outside dialects) A bar, usually metal, with a central loop and a hook at each end, used to hang a carcass for butchering.
The hind leg of a horse.
verb
To truss or hang up by means of a gambrel.
gamebag
gamebag
noun
A hunter's pouch for storing game.
gemsbok
gemsbok
noun
A large African antelope (Oryx gazella).
gimbals
gimbals
noun
plural of gimbal
gimblet
gimblet
noun
Alternative form of gimlet
gombach
gombeen
gombeen
adj
(Ireland) Corrupt, underhanded.
noun
(Ireland, slang) A mean, underhanded, corrupt person. Usually applied to politicians.
(archaic) Usury.
(historical, Ireland) A moneylender during the Great Famine.
gomberg
gombosi
goombah
goombah
noun
(US, slang) A companion, pal, close friend, or associate, especially among Italian-American men. It sometimes has the connotation of an older friend who acts as a patron, protector or adviser.
(US, slang, derogatory, ethnic slur) A person of Italian descent (often implies the person is connected to Italian organized crime)
Alternative form of gumbe, a Jamaican drum.
goombay
goombay
noun
(music, dance, Bahamas) A dance associated with this music genre.
(music, dance, Bahamas, countable) A type of traditional Bahamian drum.
(music, dance, Bahamas, uncountable) A genre of folk music played with this drum.
grabman
grimbal
grimbly
grimsby
grimsby
Proper noun
A seaport town on the Humber in the north of England.
grubman
grumble
grumble
noun
(onomatopoeia) A low thundering, rumbling or growling sound.
A surly complaint.
The sound made by a hungry stomach.
verb
(intransitive) To complain; to murmur or mutter with discontent; to make ill-natured complaints in a low voice and a surly manner.
(intransitive) To make a low, growling or rumbling noise, like a hungry stomach or certain animals.
(transitive) To utter in a grumbling fashion.
grumbly
grumbly
adj
Given to grumbling
gumboil
gumboil
noun
(medicine) A small suppurating inflamed spot on the gum.
gumboot
gumboot
noun
(New Zealand) Generic black tea.
(New Zealand, Britain, Australia) A type of boot made of rubber.
(South Africa, uncountable) A style of popular music traditionally associated with gold miners.
A chiton (kind of marine mollusc).
hamberg
hamberg
Proper noun
A city/village in North Dakota.
hamburg
hamburg
noun
(slang, Midwestern US) hamburger (food)
(uncountable, New England) ground beef; hamburger meat
verb
(Grenada) To annoy.
homburg
homburg
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Homburg
humbugs
humbugs
noun
plural of humbug
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of humbug
imbarge
imbuing
imbuing
verb
present participle of imbue
jambing
jambing
verb
present participle of jamb
jimbang
jimbang
noun
(informal, US) Synonym of shebang (“thing, or current business”); usually "the whole jimbang"
kimbang
lambing
lambing
noun
the act of a ewe giving birth to a lamb
verb
present participle of lamb
lemberg
limbing
limbing
verb
present participle of limb
limburg
limburg
Proper noun
A province of the Netherlands.
A province of Belgium.
The undivided province (1815–1839)
The historic duchy (which the name of the province(s) was meant to preserve.)
lumbago
lumbago
noun
(countable) An episode of such backache.
(uncountable) Backache of the lumbar region or lower back, which can be caused by muscle strain or a slipped disc.
verb
(transitive) To affect (someone) with lumbago.
lumbang
lumbang
noun
The kukui tree.
maegbot
maegbot
noun
(historical) A bot or fine paid to the near kinsmen of a slain man as compensation.
If a man was slain a special manbot, or compensation for the loss of a man, had to be paid to the lord side by side with the mægbot to the kin. — NYT, Daily Lexeme: Maegbot, 2011 - (quoting H.R. Loyns, 1962)
magbote
magbote
noun
Compensation for the injury done by slaying a kinsman.
maghreb
maghreb
Proper noun
Northwest Africa, the region of Africa north of the Sahara and west of the Nile. The lands of the Maghreb are generally considered to be the coastal plains of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and western Libya.
maghrib
maghrib
noun
(Islam) The sunset Islamic prayer.
Maghrib, Maghreb (region)
mailbag
mailbag
noun
(by extension, figurative) The correspondence received by a publishing entity such as a magazine or website.
A smaller bag, slung from the shoulders, used for the delivery of mail.
A strong canvas bag used for the transportation of mail.
mangaby
mangaby
noun
Archaic form of mangabey.
marburg
megabar
megabar
noun
A unit of pressure equal to one million bars
megabit
megabit
noun
(computing) 10⁶ = 1,000,000 bits or 125,000 bytes (125 kilobytes)
(computing) 2²⁰ = 1,048,576 bits; a mebibit
(computing, informal) one megabit per second
megbote
memberg
mobbing
mobbing
noun
(biology) The aggressive behaviour of a group of animals on another individual (especially a predator).
(software engineering) Mob programming.
Group bullying.
verb
present participle of mob
mograbi
munguba
munguba
noun
The tree Bombax munguba.
numbing
numbing
noun
An act by which something is numbed.
verb
present participle of numb
plumbog
ramberg
rambong
rambong
noun
The tree Ficus elastica.
romberg
samburg
subgums
subgums
noun
plural of subgum
tamberg
timbang
tombing
tombing
verb
present participle of tomb
umbrage
umbrage
noun
(obsolete) Shadow; shade.
A feeling of anger or annoyance caused by something offensive.
A feeling of doubt.
Leaves that provide shade, as the foliage of trees.