An elementary building block, e.g. a fundamental piece of knowledge.
becks
becks
noun
plural of beck
bices
bices
noun
plural of bice
blocs
blocs
noun
plural of bloc
bocks
bocks
noun
plural of bock
bosch
bsche
bscom
bshec
bsrec
bucks
bucks
noun
Casual oxford shoes made of buckskin, often white or a neutral colour.
plural of buck
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of buck
busch
cabas
cabas
noun
A flat basket or frail for figs, etc.
A lady's flat workbasket, reticule, or handbag.
cambs
cambs
Proper noun
Postal abbreviation for Cambridgeshire.
carbs
carbs
noun
plural of carb
cebus
chubs
chubs
noun
(slang, derogatory) Term of address for a fat person.
plural of chub
cibis
clubs
clubs
noun
Alternative form of clumps (“game of asking questions”)
One of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣.
plural of club
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of club
cobbs
cobbs
noun
plural of cobb
cobus
combs
combs
noun
(dated) Combinations (underwear).
plural of comb
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of comb
cosby
cosby
Proper noun
A village in Missouri, US.
crabs
crabs
noun
(slang) pubic lice
plural of crab
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crab
cribs
cribs
noun
plural of crib
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crib
crsab
cubas
cubes
cubes
noun
(euphemistic) testicles.
plural of cube
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cube
curbs
curbs
noun
plural of curb
gsbca
macbs
sabec
scabs
scabs
noun
plural of scab
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of scab
scobs
scobs
noun
The dross of metals.
plural of scob
raspings of wood, ivory, hartshorn, metals, or other hard substance
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of scob
scolb
scrab
scrab
noun
A crabapple.
verb
(transitive) To scrape or scratch.
scrob
scrub
scrub
adj
Mean; dirty; contemptible; scrubby.
noun
(US, stock breeding) One of the common livestock of a region of no particular breed or not of pure breed, especially when inferior in size, etc. Often used to refer to male animals unsuited for breeding.
(by extension, in the plural) Any medical uniform consisting of a short-sleeved shirt and pants (trousers).
(medicine, in the plural) Clothing worn while performing surgery.
(obsolete, slang) Informal attire or dress code; morning dress
A cancellation.
A thicket or jungle, often specified by the name of the prevailing plant
A worn-out brush.
An exfoliant for the body.
An instance of scrubbing.
One not on the first team of players; a substitute.
One who is incompetent or unable to complete easy tasks.
One who labors hard and lives meanly; a mean fellow.
One who scrubs.
Vegetation of inferior quality, though sometimes thick and impenetrable, growing in poor soil or in sand; also, brush.
verb
(audio) To move a recording tape back and forth with a scrubbing motion to produce a scratching sound, or to do so by a similar use of a control on an editing system.
(audio, video) To maneuver the play position on a media editing system by using a scroll bar or touch-based interface.
(databases, transitive) To eliminate or to correct data from a set of records to bring it inline with other similar datasets
(intransitive) To rub anything hard, especially with a wet brush; to scour
(intransitive, figuratively) To be diligent and penurious
(transitive) To call off a scheduled event; to cancel.
(transitive) To rub hard; to wash with rubbing; usually, to rub with a wet brush, or with something coarse or rough, for the purpose of cleaning or brightening
scuba
scuba
noun
(underwater diving) An apparatus carried by a diver, which includes a tank holding compressed, filtered air and a regulator which delivers the air to the diver at ambient pressure which can be used underwater.