(archaic) To put an end to or destroy, as a physical object; to wipe out.
To end a law, system, institution, custom or practice.
absalom
absalom
Proper noun
The third son of David, king of Israel.
absolve
absolve
verb
(transitive) To pass a course or test; to gain credit for a class; to qualify academically.
(transitive) To pronounce free from or give absolution for a penalty, blame, or guilt.
(transitive) To set free, release or discharge (from obligations, debts, responsibility etc.).
(transitive, law) To pronounce not guilty; to grant a pardon for.
(transitive, obsolete) To finish; to accomplish.
(transitive, obsolete) To resolve; to explain; to solve.
(transitive, theology) To grant a remission of sin; to give absolution to.
(transitive, theology) To remit a sin; to give absolution for a sin.
absvolt
abvolts
abvolts
noun
plural of abvolt
albedos
albedos
noun
plural of albedo
albinos
albinos
noun
plural of albino
aplombs
aplombs
noun
plural of aplomb
arbalos
arboles
asbolan
asbolin
asbolin
noun
(organic chemistry) An acrid oil obtained from wood soot.
babools
babools
noun
plural of babool
bailors
bailors
noun
plural of bailor
balabos
balabos
noun
(Judaism) Alternative spelling of balebos
balboas
balboas
noun
plural of balboa
balebos
balebos
noun
(Judaism) House owner, homeowner.
(Judaism) Important man, bourgeoisie.
(Judaism) Layman, congregant, non-clergy.
(Judaism) Master of the house, head of the household, host.
(Judaism, by extension) Boss, person in charge (of anything).
ballons
ballons
noun
plural of ballon
ballots
ballots
noun
plural of ballot
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ballot
balsamo
barlows
basilio
beclogs
beclogs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beclog
beclose
beclose
verb
(transitive) To shut up or in; enclose; enwrap.
befools
befools
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of befool
befouls
befouls
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of befoul
beholds
beholds
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of behold
behowls
behowls
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of behowl
belasco
bellows
bellows
noun
(figurative) That which fans the fire of hatred, jealousy, etc.
(informal or archaic) The lungs.
(photography) Flexible, light-tight enclosures connecting the lensboard and the camera back.
A device for delivering pressurized air in a controlled quantity to a controlled location. At its most simple terms a bellows is a container which is deformable in such a way as to alter its volume which has an outlet or outlets where one wishes to blow air.
Any flexible container or enclosure, as one used to cover a moving joint.
plural of bellow
verb
(intransitive, figuratively) To expand and contract like a bellows.
(intransitive, transitive) To operate a bellows; to direct air at (something) using a bellows.
(transitive) To fold up like a bellows; to accordion.
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bellow
belongs
belongs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of belong
belsano
benzols
benzols
noun
plural of benzol
bilboas
bilboes
bilboes
noun
An iron bar fitting around the ankles of prisoners, and having sliding shackles.
bilious
bilious
adj
(pathology) Suffering from real or supposed liver disorder, especially excessive secretions of bile.
Of or pertaining to something containing or consisting of bile.
Peevishly ill-humored, irritable or bad tempered; irascible.
Resembling bile, especially in color.
billons
billons
noun
plural of billon
billows
billows
noun
plural of billow
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of billow
bisabol
blaasop
blaasop
noun
Any of several species of pufferfish found in South African waters.
blaseio
blazons
blazons
noun
plural of blazon
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blazon
bledsoe
blesbok
blesbok
noun
Alternative form of blesbuck
blesmol
blesmol
noun
A mole rat.
blissom
blissom
adj
in heat; said of ewes
lascivious
verb
(stative) To be lustful; to be lascivious.
blockus
blondes
blondes
noun
plural of blonde
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blonde
blossom
blossom
noun
(figurative) A blooming period or stage of development; something lovely that gives rich promise.
A flower, especially one indicating that a fruit tree is fruiting; (collectively) a mass of such flowers.
The colour of a horse that has white hairs intermixed with sorrel and bay hairs.
The state or season of producing such flowers.
verb
(intransitive) To begin to thrive or flourish.
(intransitive) To have, or open into, blossoms; to bloom.
bloused
bloused
adj
Wearing a blouse.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blouse
blouses
blouses
noun
plural of blouse
blouson
blouson
noun
A garment drawn tight at the waist with blousing hanging over the waistband; a blouse jacket.
blowbys
blowbys
noun
plural of blowby
blowers
blowers
noun
plural of blower
blowess
blowess
noun
(obsolete, vulgar) A prostitute; a courtesan.
blowsed
blowups
blowups
noun
plural of blowup
boatels
boatels
noun
plural of boatel
bobbles
bobbles
noun
plural of bobble
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bobble
bobsled
bobsled
noun
(US and Canada) A sled used to go down a bob track.
(uncountable, US and Canada) The sport of travelling down a bob track as fast as possible.
A short sled, mostly used as one of a pair connected by a reach or coupling; the compound sled so formed.
verb
To ride a bobsled.
boggles
boggles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of boggle
boilers
boilers
noun
plural of boiler
bolases
bolases
noun
plural of bolas
boldest
boldest
adj
superlative form of bold: most bold
boleros
boleros
noun
plural of bolero
boletes
boletes
noun
plural of bolete
boletus
boletus
noun
An edible mushroom of genus Boletus.
bolides
bolides
noun
plural of bolide
plural of bolis
bolinas
bollies
boloism
bolshie
bolshie
adj
(UK) Difficult or rebellious.
noun
(derogatory, Britain, dated) A government leftist, especially a communist, socialist, or labour union leader.
bolshoi
bolsons
bolsons
noun
plural of bolson
bolster
bolster
noun
(architecture) The rolls forming the ends or sides of the Ionic capital.
(military, historical) A block of wood on the carriage of a siege gun, upon which the breech of the gun rests when arranged for transportation.
(vehicles, agriculture) A small spacer located on top of the axle of horse-drawn wagons that gives the front wheels enough clearance to turn.
A beam in the middle of a railway truck, supporting the body of the car.
A large cushion or pillow.
A pad, quilt, or anything used to hinder pressure, support part of the body, or make a bandage sit easy upon a wounded part; a compress.
A short, horizontal structural timber between a post and a beam for enlarging the bearing area of the post and/or reducing the span of the beam.
The metallic end of a pocketknife handle.
The part of a knife blade that abuts upon the end of the handle.
The perforated plate in a punching machine on which anything rests when being punched.
verb
(transitive, often figurative) To brace, reinforce, secure, or support.
bolters
bolters
noun
plural of bolter
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bolter
boluses
bonsall
bonsela
boodles
boodles
noun
plural of boodle
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of boodle
booleys
boolies
boolies
noun
plural of booly
bordels
bordels
noun
plural of bordel
borlase
borstal
borstal
noun
(Britain, Ireland) Any institution which provides education to young offenders.
(UK) A way up a hill in the South Downs.
(historical) Any of the prisons set up in Britain for delinquent boys from 1895 to 1983.
bossily
bossily
adv
In a bossy manner.
bosslet
bosslet
noun
A lesser boss.
boswall
boswell
boswell
Proper noun
of Norman origin from Beuzeville in France.
James Boswell, biographer of Samuel Johnson.
Noun
A devoted admirer and recorder of a person's words and deeds.
bottles
bottles
noun
plural of bottle
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bottle
boucles
boucles
noun
plural of boucle
boulles
boulles
noun
plural of boulle
bowlegs
bowlegs
noun
plural of bowleg
bowlers
bowlers
noun
plural of bowler
bowless
bowless
adj
Without a bow.
boxfuls
boxfuls
noun
plural of boxful
bristol
bristol
noun
(Cockney rhyming slang, usually in the plural) A woman's breast
bromals
bromals
noun
plural of bromal
brulots
bsgeole
bugloss
bugloss
noun
Any of several plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae.
bulbose
bulbose
adj
Alternative form of bulbous
bulbous
bulbous
adj
(botany) Growing from a bulb or producing bulbs.
(of a person) Overweight and round in shape.
Having the shape of or resembling a bulb, bloated.
bullose
bullous
bullous
adj
Of, pertaining to or characterized by bullae
busload
busload
noun
The amount that can fit on a bus.
byously
cleobis
cobalts
cobalts
noun
plural of cobalt
cobbles
cobbles
noun
plural of cobble
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cobble
cobless
cobless
adj
That lacks a cob
verb
To bless along with another
colobus
colobus
noun
(zoology) Any of several large arboreal African monkeys of the genus Colobus.
corbels
corbels
noun
plural of corbel
diobols
diobols
noun
plural of diobol
doblons
doubles
doubles
noun
(campanology, plural only) bell changes rung on five bells
(sports, plural only) a game between pairs of players
A sandwich of Trinidad and Tobago, made with two bara (flat fried bread) filled with curried chickpeas.
plural of double
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of double
embolus
embolus
noun
(pathology) An obstruction causing an embolism: a blood clot, air bubble or other matter carried by the bloodstream and causing a blockage or occlusion of a blood vessel.
(zoology) The structure on the end of the palp of male arachnids which contains the opening to the ejaculatory duct.
eslabon
flyboys
flyboys
noun
plural of flyboy
foibles
foibles
noun
plural of foible
gambols
gambols
noun
plural of gambol
glebous
glebous
adj
gleby
globins
globins
noun
plural of globin
globose
globose
adj
Having a globular form.
globous
globous
adj
Alternative form of globose
gobbles
gobbles
noun
plural of gobble
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gobble
goblets
goblets
noun
plural of goblet
goblins
goblins
noun
plural of goblin
gorbals
hobbles
hobbles
noun
plural of hobble
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hobble
jobless
jobless
adj
Lacking employment.
joblots
kobolds
kobolds
noun
plural of kobold
kolbasi
kolbasi
noun
Rare form of kielbasa.
kolobus
labiose
labiose
adj
(botany) Having the appearance of being labiate; said of certain polypetalous corollas.
labores
labours
labours
noun
plural of labour
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of labour
labrose
labrose
adj
Having thick lips.
lamboys
lamboys
noun
(historical) Bases (skirts made of armour)
lastjob
lavabos
lavabos
noun
plural of lavabo
libidos
libidos
noun
plural of libido
limbous
limbous
adj
(anatomy) With slightly overlapping borders; said of a suture.
liscomb
lobbers
lobbers
noun
plural of lobber
lobbies
lobbies
noun
(UK, dialect) A stew resembling scouse, using corned beef or tinned stewing steak.
plural of lobby
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lobby
lobbish
lobolos
lobolos
noun
plural of lobolo
lobster
lobster
adj
red-colored, especially from a sunburn.
noun
(slang) An Australian twenty dollar note, due to its reddish-orange colour.
(slang, historical) A soldier or officer of the imperial British Army (due to their red or scarlet uniform).
A crustacean of the Nephropidae family, dark green or blue-black in colour turning bright red when cooked, with a hard shell and claws, which is used as a seafood.
A crustacean of the Palinuridae family, pinkish red in colour, with a hard, spiny shell but no claws, which is used as a seafood.