Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abate
abatis
abatis
noun
(historical) In the Middle Ages, an officer of the stables who had the care of measuring out the provender; an avenor.
A means of defense formed by felled trees, or sometimes by bent trees, the ends of whose branches are sharpened and directed outwards, or against the enemy, and more recently fortified with barbed wire.
In coal-mining, walls of cord-wood piled up crosswise to keep the underground roads open so as to secure ventilation.
abbest
abbots
abbots
noun
plural of abbot
abdest
abdest
noun
(Islam) The Islamic act of washing parts of the body using water for ritual prayers and for handling and reading the Qur'an.
ablest
ablest
adj
superlative form of able: most able
aborts
aborts
noun
plural of abort
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abort
abouts
abouts
adv
(obsolete) About.
absent
absent
adj
(comparable) Inattentive to what is passing; absent-minded; preoccupied.
(not comparable) Being away from a place; withdrawn from a place; not present; missing.
(not comparable) Not existing; lacking.
noun
(obsolete, Scotland) An absentee; a person who is not there.
(with definite article) Something absent, especially absent people collectively; those who were or are not there.
prep
In the absence of; without; except.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) Stay away; withdraw.
(reflexive) To keep (oneself) away.
(transitive, archaic) To keep (someone) away.
(transitive, rare) Leave.
absist
absist
verb
(obsolete) To stand apart from; to leave off; to desist.
aburst
aburst
adj
In a bursting condition.
ambits
ambits
noun
plural of ambit
arbust
arbust
noun
(not attested in dictionaries) a bush, shrub
asbest
ascitb
atbash
atbash
noun
a simple substitution cipher in which each occurrence of the first letter of the alphabet is substituted with the last, second with next to last, and so on.
babist
babist
Noun
A believer in Babism.
babits
bahuts
bahuts
noun
plural of bahut
baltis
baltis
noun
plural of balti
bantus
barest
barest
adj
superlative form of bare: most bare
verb
(archaic) second-person singular simple past form of bear
(archaic) second-person singular simple present form of bare
basalt
basalt
noun
(mineralogy) A hard mafic igneous rock of varied mineral content; volcanic in origin, which makes up much of the Earth's oceanic crust.
A type of unglazed pottery.
basest
basest
adj
superlative form of base: most base
basket
basket
noun
(Internet) In an online shop, a listing of a customer's chosen items before they are ordered.
(LGBT, slang) The male genitalia and region surrounding it.
(archaic) A protection for the hand on a sword or a singlestick; a guard of a bladed weapon.
(architecture) The bell or vase of the Corinthian capital.
(ballooning) The gondola or wicker basket suspended from the balloon, in which the pilot and passengers travel.
(basketball) A circular hoop, from which a net is suspended, which is the goal through which the players try to throw the ball.
(basketball) The act of putting the ball through the basket, thereby scoring points.
(figurative) A set or collection of intangible things.
(informal, euphemistic) Bastard.
(military, aircraft) A drogue (or para-drogue) in the probe-and-drogue refueling method
(obsolete) In a stage-coach, two outside seats facing each other.
(slang) The bulge of the male genitals seen through clothing.
(uncountable) The game of basketball.
A dance movement in some line dances, where men put their arms round the women's lower backs, and the women put their arms over the men's shoulders, and the group (usually of four, any more is difficult) spins round, which should result in the women's feet leaving the ground.
A lightweight container, generally round, open at the top, and tapering toward the bottom.
A singlestick with a basket hilt.
A wire or plastic container similar in shape to a basket, used for carrying articles for purchase in a shop.
verb
(transitive) To place in a basket or baskets.
(transitive, publishing) To cross-collateralize the royalty advances for multiple works so that the creator is not paid until all of those works have achieved a certain level of success.
basnat
basnet
basote
basset
basset
noun
(geology) The edge of a geological stratum at the surface of the ground; the outcrop.
(uncountable, card games) A card game resembling faro.
A basset hound.
verb
(geology, intransitive) To incline upward so as to appear at the surface.
bastad
basted
basted
adj
Having been cooked by basting.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of baste
basten
baster
baster
noun
A tool for basting meat with fat or gravy.
One who bastes.
bastes
bastes
noun
plural of baste
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of baste
bastia
baston
baston
noun
(heraldry) Obsolete form of baton.
(obsolete) A staff or cudgel.
(obsolete) An officer bearing a painted staff, who formerly was in attendance upon the king's court to take into custody persons committed by the court.
basuto
basuto
Noun
A member of the Basotho people.
bathes
bathes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bathe
bathos
bathos
noun
(literature, the arts) Risible failure on the part of a work of art to properly affect its audience, particularly owing to
(literature, the arts) The ironic use of such failure for satiric or humorous effect.
(now uncommon) Depth.
(uncommon) A nadir, a low point particularly in one's career.
Overdone or treacly attempts to inspire pathos.
anticlimax: an abrupt transition in style or subject from high to low.
banality: unaffectingly clichéd or trite treatment of a topic.
hyperbole: excessiveness
immaturity: lack of serious treatment of a topic.
batiks
batiks
noun
plural of batik
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of batik
batish
batons
batons
noun
plural of baton
batson
battus
beasts
beasts
noun
plural of beast
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beast
beatas
beatus
beatus
noun
(religion) A person who has been beatified.
beauts
beauts
noun
plural of beaut
becost
bedsit
bedsit
noun
(Britain, Ireland) A form of rented accommodation consisting of a single room for use as both sitting room and bedroom; there may also be a small kitchen area and washing and toilet facilities, but these amenities are more commonly outside the room and shared by several tenants.
bedust
bedust
verb
(archaic) To cover with dust.
befist
befits
befits
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of befit
begats
begats
noun
(nonstandard) plural of begat
begets
begets
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beget
behest
behest
noun
(obsolete) A vow; a promise.
A command, bidding; sometimes also, an authoritative request; now usually in the phrase at the behest of.
verb
(obsolete) To promise; vow.
belast
belast
adj
(obsolete) burdened, charged, bound.
beltis
bemist
bemist
verb
(transitive) To cover or envelop with mist, or as with mist.
berets
berets
noun
plural of beret
berths
berths
noun
plural of berth
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of berth
berust
besant
besets
besets
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beset
besmut
besmut
verb
(transitive) To blacken with smut; foul with soot.
besoot
besoot
verb
(transitive) To soil with soot; blacken with soot; besmut.
besort
besort
noun
(obsolete) Something fitting or appropriate; suitable company, associates, or attendants.
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To suit; fit; become.
besots
besots
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of besot
bespit
bespit
verb
(transitive) To spit upon (someone or something); to soil with spittle.
bespot
bespot
verb
(transitive) To make spots on; mark with spots; cover with or as with blots or blemishes.
bestab
bestad
bestar
bestar
verb
(transitive, archaic) To sprinkle with, or as with, stars; to adorn or decorate with, or as with, stars.
bestay
bestay
verb
(transitive) To secure or steady; cause to come to a fixed position or state; bring to a halt or stop.
bested
bested
verb
Alternative form of bestead
simple past tense and past participle of best
bester
bester
adj
(nonstandard, informal, humorous or childish) comparative form of best: more best
noun
(UK, slang, archaic) A fraudulent bookmaker.
bestir
bestir
verb
(reflexive) To make active; to rouse oneself.
(transitive) To put into brisk or vigorous action; to move with life and vigor.
bestow
bestow
verb
(transitive) To apply; make use of; use; employ.
(transitive) To dispose of.
(transitive) To give in marriage.
(transitive) To give; confer; impart gratuitously; present (something) to someone or something, especially as a gift or honour.
(transitive) To lay up in store; to deposit for safe keeping; to stow or place; to put (something) somewhere.
(transitive) To lodge, or find quarters for; to provide with accommodation.
(transitive, obsolete) To behave or deport.
bestud
bestud
verb
(transitive) To set with or as with studs; adorn with bosses.
besuit
besuit
verb
(transitive) To be fitting or appropriate; befit; suit
betask
betels
betels
noun
plural of betel
betise
betons
betoss
betoss
verb
(transitive) To toss about.
betsey
bettas
bettas
noun
plural of betta
bewest
bewest
prep
(UK dialectal, chiefly Scotland) To the west of.
bhisti
bhisti
noun
Alternative form of bheestie (“a traditional water-carrier of South Asia”)
bhoots
bhoots
noun
plural of bhoot
bidets
bidets
noun
plural of bidet
bights
bights
noun
plural of bight
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bight
bigots
bigots
noun
plural of bigot
binits
binits
noun
plural of binit
bionts
bionts
noun
plural of biont
biotas
biotas
noun
plural of biota
birsit
births
births
noun
plural of birth
bisalt
bisalt
Noun
An acid salt.
biscot
bisect
bisect
noun
(geometry) A bisector, which divides into two equal parts.
(philately) An envelope, card, or fragment thereof showing an affixed cut half of a regular issued stamp, over which one or more postal markings have been applied. Typically used in wartime when normal lower rate stamps may not be available.
verb
(computing) To perform a binary search on files in source control in order to identify the specific change that introduced a bug etc.
(transitive, geometry) To divide an angle, line segment, or other figure into two equal parts.
bisext
bisset
bister
bister
noun
Alternative spelling of bistre
bistre
bistre
noun
A brown pigment made from soot, especially from beech wood.
A mid-to-dark brown color resembling the pigment.
bistro
bistro
noun
A small bar or pub.
A small restaurant.
verb
(rare) to eat at a bistro
biters
biters
noun
plural of biter
bitser
bitser
noun
(slang) A bike assembled from bits and pieces.
A mongrel dog.
blasts
blasts
noun
plural of blast
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blast
blasty
blasty
adj
(now rare) Causing blast or injury.
(obsolete) Affected by blasts; gusty.
bleats
bleats
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bleat
bliest
blites
blites
noun
plural of blite
bloats
bloats
noun
plural of bloat
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bloat
bluest
bluest
adj
superlative form of blue: most blue
bluets
bluets
noun
plural of bluet
blunts
blunts
noun
plural of blunt
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blunt
blurts
blurts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blurt
blusht
blusht
verb
(obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of blush
boarts
boarts
noun
plural of boart
boasts
boasts
noun
plural of boast
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of boast
boites
boosts
boosts
noun
plural of boost
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of boost
bootes
booths
booths
noun
plural of booth
borsht
borsht
noun
Alternative spelling of borscht
bosket
bosket
noun
A small grove or copse of trees, a thicket.
bosset
bosset
noun
(zoology) A rudimentary antler of a young male deer.
A small boss or knob, especially one in a series.
bostal
bostal
noun
(Sussex) Alternative form of borstal
bostic
boston
bostow
botels
botels
noun
plural of botel
boutis
bracts
bracts
noun
plural of bract
brants
brants
noun
plural of brant
breast
breast
noun
(anatomy) Either of the two organs on the front of a female human's chest, which contain the mammary glands; also the analogous organs in males.
(anatomy) The chest, or front of the human thorax.
(mining) The face of a coal working.
(mining) The front of a furnace.
(obsolete) The power of singing; a musical voice.
(swimming) The breaststroke.
A choice cut of poultry, especially chicken or turkey, taken from the bird’s breast; also a cut of meat from other animals, breast of mutton, veal, pork.
A section of clothing covering the breast area.
The figurative seat of the emotions, feelings etc.; one's heart or innermost thoughts.
The front or forward part of anything.
The ventral portion of an animal's thorax.
verb
(transitive, cooking) To debreast.
(transitive, often figurative) To push against with the breast; to meet full on, oppose, face.
To reach the top (of a hill).
brents
brents
noun
plural of brent
brewst
bristo
britts
brosot
broths
broths
noun
plural of broth
browst
bruits
bruits
noun
plural of bruit
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bruit
brunts
brunts
noun
plural of brunt
brutes
brutes
noun
plural of brute
brutus
bsfmgt
bsgmgt
bsmete
bsphth
bundts
bundts
noun
plural of bundt
burets
burets
noun
plural of buret
bursts
bursts
noun
plural of burst
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of burst
bursty
bursty
adj
(computer science) Occurring in abrupt bursts, especially of information