(intransitive) To undergo ablation; to become melted or evaporated and removed at a high temperature.
(transitive) To remove or decrease something by cutting, erosion, melting, evaporation, or vaporization.
ablaut
ablaut
noun
(phonology) The substitution of one root vowel for another, thus indicating a corresponding modification of use or meaning; vowel permutation, distinct from the phonetic influence of a succeeding vowel.
verb
(intransitive, linguistics, of a vowel-containing linguistic component) To undergo a change of vowel.
(transitive, linguistics) To cause to change a vowel.
ablest
ablest
adj
superlative form of able: most able
ablute
ablute
verb
(intransitive, colloquial) To wash oneself.
(transitive, colloquial) To wash.
abvolt
abvolt
noun
(electricity, electrical engineering, dated) A unit of electrical potential equal to one hundred millionth of a volt (10⁻⁸ volts), used in the centimeter-gram-second system of units.
albata
albata
noun
a white alloy of copper, nickel and zinc, once used to make cheap cutlery etc
albeit
albeit
conj
Although, despite (it) being.
albert
albite
albite
noun
(mineralogy) A plagioclase feldspar, the first member of the Albite-Anorthite solid solution series.
atabal
atabal
noun
A kettledrum; a kind of tabor used by the Moors.
baetyl
baetyl
noun
(historical) A meteorite or similar-looking rough stone thought to be of divine origin and worshipped as sacred.
balant
balata
balata
noun
Manilkara bidentata, a large South American tree that yields latex and edible yellow berries.
The latex obtained from this tree.
balate
balete
balita
baliti
ballat
ballet
ballet
noun
(figurative) Any intricate series of operations involving coordination between individuals.
(heraldry) A bearing in coats of arms representing one or more balls, called bezants, plates, etc., according to colour.
(music) A light part song, frequently with a fa-la-la chorus, common among Elizabethan and Italian Renaissance composers.
A classical form of dance.
A theatrical presentation of such dancing, usually with music, sometimes in the form of a story.
The company of persons who perform this dance.
verb
To perform an action reminiscent of ballet dancing.
ballot
ballot
noun
(chiefly US) A list of candidates running for office; a ticket.
Originally, a small ball placed in a container to cast a vote; now, by extension, a piece of paper or card used for this purpose, or some other means used to signify a vote.
The process of voting, especially in secret; a round of voting.
The total of all the votes cast in an election.
verb
To draw lots.
To vote or decide by ballot.
balmat
baltei
baltei
noun
plural of balteus
balter
balter
verb
(intransitive) To tumble; dance clumsily.
(intransitive, UK dialectal) To become tangled or matted.
(transitive) To tread down in a clumsy manner.
(transitive, UK dialectal) To tangle; clot; mat (as in the hair).
baltic
baltic
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Baltic (“very cold”)
baltis
baltis
noun
plural of balti
bartel
bartle
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.
batell
batful
batful
adj
(dialectal or obsolete) Rich; fertile, as in reference to land or soil.
bathyl
batlan
batler
batlet
batlet
noun
A short bat for beating clothes when washing them.
batley
batlon
battel
battel
adj
(obsolete) fertile; fruitful; productive
noun
(UK, Eton College, obsolete) A small allowance of food collegers receive from their dames (matrons) in addition to their college allowance
(UK, Oxford University, chiefly in the plural) Fees charged by a college for accommodation and living expenses.
(UK, Oxford University, chiefly in the plural, obsolete) Provisions ordered from the kitchen and buttery.
(UK, law, obsolete) A single combat.
Archaic spelling of battle.
verb
(intransitive, Oxford University) To stand indebted in the college-books for provisions and drink from the buttery.
(intransitive, Yeshivish) To waste, especially time.
(transitive) To make fertile.
(transitive, Yeshivish) To nullify.
(transitive, intransitive, Oxford University) To supply with provisions from the buttery.
(military) A general action, fight, or encounter, in which all the divisions of an army are or may be engaged; a combat, an engagement.
(military, clipping of) battle buddy
(military, now rare) A division of an army; a battalion.
(military, obsolete) The main body of an army, as distinct from the vanguard and rear; the battalia.
A contest, a struggle.
verb
(intransitive) To join in battle; to contend in fight
(transitive) To fight or struggle; to enter into a battle with.
To feed or nourish (someone or something).
To render (land, soil, etc.) fertile or fruitful.
batule
batule
noun
A springboard in a circus or gymnasium.
baylet
baylet
noun
A little bay.
beblot
beblot
verb
(transitive) To blot all over; stain.
bedolt
beetle
beetle
adj
Protruding, jutting, overhanging.
noun
(uncountable) A game of chance in which players attempt to complete a drawing of a beetle, different dice rolls allowing them to add the various body parts.
A machine in which fabrics are subjected to a hammering process while passing over rollers, as in cotton mills; a beetling machine.
A type of mallet with a large wooden head, used to drive wedges, beat pavements, etc.
Alternative letter-case form of Beetle (“car”)
Any of numerous species of insect in the order Coleoptera characterized by a pair of hard, shell-like front wings which cover and protect a pair of rear wings when at rest.
verb
To beat with a heavy mallet.
To finish by subjecting to a hammering process in a beetle or beetling machine.
To loom over; to extend or jut.
To move (away) quickly, to scurry away.
belait
belast
belast
adj
(obsolete) burdened, charged, bound.
belate
belate
verb
(transitive) To impede; cause something to be late; delay; benight.
beleft
beleft
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beleave
belita
belite
bellot
beloit
beloit
Proper noun
A city in Kansas, USA, and the county seat of Mitchell County.
A village in Ohio
A city and town in Wisconsin
belout
belout
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To address or speak of with contemptuous language.
(transitive, obsolete) To call (someone) a lout.
belted
belted
adj
(of a garment) Fitted with a belt.
(of animals etc.) Characterized by a white band around the body.
Wearing a belt.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of belt
belter
belter
noun
(Britain, informal) A very good-looking person.
(Britain, informal) Anything that is particularly good of its class.
(science fiction) A person who mines asteroids for minerals or lives in the vicinity of an asteroid belt.
A song suitable for forceful singing.
One who sings forcefully.
One who uses the specific vocal technique of belting.
beltie
beltir
beltis
belton
belton
Proper noun
an unincorporated community in Kentucky, USA.
a city in Missouri, USA.
a city in South Carolina, USA.
a city in Texas, USA
a community in Ontario, Canada.
a village in England
a village in Lincolnshire, England
a village in England
belute
belute
verb
(transitive) To bespatter, as with mud.
bemolt
bently
bepelt
bepelt
verb
(transitive) To pelt soundly.
bertle
betail
betail
verb
(transitive) To furnish with a tail.
(transitive, humorous) To take the tail off.
betalk
betalk
verb
(intransitive, dialectal) To talk repeatedly.
(transitive, chiefly dialectal, sometimes reflexive) To talk about; discuss; tell; count; give an account (of).
betell
betell
verb
(transitive) To lay claim to; win; rescue.
(transitive) To speak for; answer for; justify.
(transitive) To speak or tell about; declare; narrate; describe.
(transitive, rare) To talk about negatively; slander; calumniate; deride; deceive.
betels
betels
noun
plural of betel
bethel
bethel
noun
A chapel, especially one for sailors, converted from an old ship.
A holy place.
betoil
betoil
verb
(transitive) To worry or exercise with toil.
betula
bietle
biglot
bilati
bilith
billat
billet
billet
noun
(architecture) An ornament in Norman work, resembling a billet of wood, either square or round.
(figurative) Berth; position.
(heraldry) A rectangle used as a charge on an escutcheon.
(metallurgy) A semi-finished length of metal.
(saddlery) A strap that enters a buckle.
A loop that receives the end of a buckled strap.
A place where a soldier is assigned to lodge.
A sealed ticket for a draw or lottery.
A short cutting of sugar cane produced by a harvester or used for planting.
A short informal letter.
A short piece of wood, especially one used as firewood.
A written order to quarter soldiers.
Alternative form of billard (“coalfish”)
An allocated space or berth in a boat or ship.
Temporary lodgings in a private residence, such as is organised for members of a visiting sports team.
verb
(intransitive, of a soldier) To lodge, or be quartered, in a private house.
(transitive) To direct, by a ticket or note, where to lodge.
(transitive, of a householder etc.) To lodge soldiers, or guests, usually by order.
billot
billot
noun
bullion in the bar or mass
bisalt
bisalt
Noun
An acid salt.
bitely
bitolj
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.
blatch
blatch
noun
(obsolete) Blacking, blackening.
verb
(transitive, archaic) To blacken; to smear with blacking; to stain or mark with soot or coal.
blatta
blatti
bleats
bleats
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bleat
bleaty
bleaty
adj
Having a bleating sound.
blethe
bletia
bliaut
bliaut
noun
(historical) A unisex overgarment worn in 12th-century Western Europe, featuring voluminous skirts and horizontal puckering or sometimes pleating across a snugly fitted underbust abdomen.
bliest
blight
blight
noun
(by extension) Anything that impedes growth or development or spoils any other aspect of life.
(phytopathology) A rapid and complete chlorosis, browning, then death of plant tissues such as leaves, branches, twigs, or floral organs.
The bacterium, virus or fungus that causes such a condition.
verb
(intransitive) To suffer blight.
(transitive) To affect with blight; to blast; to prevent the growth and fertility of.
(transitive) To spoil, ruin, or destroy (something).
blintz
blintz
noun
A thin blin (pancake), filled (often with sweet cheese) and folded, then fried and often served with sour cream, fruit, or a sweet sauce.
blites
blites
noun
plural of blite
blithe
blithe
adj
(chiefly Scotland, elsewhere dated or literary) Cheerful, happy.
Casually careless or indifferent; showing a lack of concern.
blitum
bloats
bloats
noun
plural of bloat
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bloat
blooth
blooth
noun
(UK, dialect) Alternative form of blowth (“blossom; bloom”)
blotch
blotch
noun
(figuratively) Imperfection; blemish on one’s reputation, stain.
(slang) Blotting paper.
A bright or dark spot on old film caused by dirt and loss of the gelatin covering the film, due to age and poor film quality.
A dark spot on the skin; a pustule.
An irregularly shaped area.
An uneven patch of color or discoloration.
Any of various crop diseases that cause the plant to form spots.
verb
(intransitive) To develop blotches, to become blotchy.
(transitive) To mark with blotches.
blotto
blotto
adj
(informal) (Very) drunk or intoxicated.
noun
(art) An artwork created using blots of ink or paint.
(biochemistry) A reagent made from non-fat dry milk, phosphate buffered saline, and sodium azide, which is used to block protein binding sites for laboratory techniques such as blots and the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).
(informal) A person who is (very) drunk or intoxicated.
(nautical, obsolete) On Sulawesi: a hollowed-out tree trunk used as a boat.
verb
(intransitive, informal) To be annihilated or destroyed; to be blotted out.
(intransitive, informal) To become or cause to become (very) drunk or intoxicated.
blotty
blotty
adj
Characterised or ridden with blots or blemishes.
blount
blount
Proper noun
A town in
blowth
blowth
noun
(archaic) Bloom or blossom; blossoms collectively; the state of blossoming.
blriot
bluest
bluest
adj
superlative form of blue: most blue
blueth
blueth
noun
(rare) The state of being blue; blueness.
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
blythe
blythe
adj
Obsolete spelling of blithe
boatel
boatel
noun
(nautical) A ship, normally moored alongside a quay, used as a hotel
boatly
boblet
boglet
boglet
noun
A kind of supernatural being.
A small patch of boggy ground.
bolete
bolete
noun
A type of fruiting body produced by certain fungus species in the order Boletales, especially those of genus Boletus, many of which are prized for their flavour; any species of said order that produces such a fruiting body.
boleti
boleti
noun
plural of boletus
bolita
bolted
bolted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bolt
boltel
boltel
noun
Alternative form of boultel
bolten
bolter
bolter
noun
(Australia, horseracing) A horse that wins at long odds.
(Australia, sports) An obscure athlete who wins an upset victory.
(New Zealand, sports) In team sports, a relatively little-known or inexperienced player who inspires the team to greater success.
(US, politics) A member of a political party who does not support the party's nominee.
(botany, horticulture) A plant that grows larger and more rapidly than usual.
(flour milling) A machine or mechanism that automatically sifts milled flour.
(military, aviation) A missed landing on an aircraft carrier; an aircraft that has made a missed landing.
(petroleum refining) A filter mechanism.
A kind of fishing line; a boulter.
A person or thing that bolts, or runs suddenly.
A person who sifts flour or meal.
verb
(dialect) To smear or become smeared with a grimy substance.
(military, aviation) To miss a landing on an aircraft carrier by failing to catch the arresting gear wires with the aircraft's tailhook.
(of a whale) To swim or turn sideways while eating.
To fish using a bolter.
To pound rapidly.
To sift or filter through a sieve or bolter.
boltin
bolton
bootle
bootle
noun
Alternative spelling of boodle
bostal
bostal
noun
(Sussex) Alternative form of borstal
botels
botels
noun
plural of botel
botfly
botfly
noun
One of several dipterous insects of the family Oestridae, the larvae of which are parasites on many animals, including humans.
bottle
bottle
noun
(Britain, informal) (originally "bottle and glass" meaning "ass") Nerve, courage.
(UK, dialectal or obsolete) A dwelling; habitation.
(UK, dialectal) A building; house.
(attributive, of a person with a particular hair color) A container of hair dye, hence with one’s hair color produced by dyeing.
(figurative) Intoxicating liquor; alcohol.
(obsolete) A bundle, especially of hay; something tied in a bundle.
A container with a rubber nipple used for giving liquids to infants, a baby bottle.
A container, typically made of glass or plastic and having a tapered neck, used primarily for holding liquids.
The contents of such a container.
verb
(Britain, slang) To pelt (a musical act on stage, etc.) with bottles as a sign of disapproval.
(Britain, slang) To refrain from doing (something) at the last moment because of a sudden loss of courage.
(Britain, slang) To strike (someone) with a bottle.
(Britain, slang, sports) To throw away a leading position.
(printing, intransitive) Of pages printed several on a sheet: to rotate slightly when the sheet is folded two or more times.
(transitive) To seal (a liquid) into a bottle for later consumption. Also fig.
(transitive, Britain) To feed (an infant) baby formula.
boutel
bowtel
brotel
brulot
brutal
brutal
adj
(music, figuratively) In extreme metal, to describe the speed of the music and the density of riffs.
Crude or unfeeling in manner or speech.
Direct and without attempt to disguise unpleasantness.
Disagreeably precise or penetrating.
Harsh; unrelenting.
Savagely violent, vicious, ruthless, or cruel.
budlet
budlet
noun
A little bud springing from a parent bud.
buglet
buglet
noun
(computing, informal) A minor bug in a program.
(music) A small bugle.
bullet
bullet
noun
(Australia) A roughly bullet-shaped sweet consisting of a cylinder of liquorice covered in chocolate.
(Ireland, particularly in Northern Ireland) The heavy projectile thrown in a game of road bowling.
(banking, finance) A large scheduled repayment of the principal of a loan; a balloon payment.
(chess, Internet) chess played at an extremely fast time control, with one minute given to each player. (Short for bullet chess.)
(figuratively) Anything that is projected extremely fast.
(fishing) A plumb or sinker.
(in attributive use) Very fast (speedy).
(informal) An entire round of unfired ammunition for a firearm, including the projectile, the cartridge casing, the propellant charge, etc.
(obsolete) A cannonball.
(obsolete) A small ball.
(obsolete) The fetlock of a horse.
(slang) An ace (the playing card).
(slang) One year of prison time.
(typography) A printed symbol in the form of a solid circle, “•”, often used to mark items in a list.
A notation used on pop music charts to indicate that a song is climbing in the rankings.
A projectile, usually of metal, shot from a gun at high speed.
A rejection letter, as for employment, admission to a school or a competition.
A young or little bull; a male calf.
Ammunition for a sling or slingshot which has been manufactured for such use.
verb
(intransitive, informal) To speed, like a bullet.
(transitive, informal) To draw attention to (text) by, or as if by, placing a graphic bullet in front of it.
(transitive, informal) To make a shot, especially with great speed.
bullit
bulten
bulter
bultey
bultow
bultow
noun
A trawl; a boulter.
The mode of fishing with a boulter or spiller.
buntal
buntal
noun
A fibre obtained from palms of the genus Corypha.
burlet
bustle
bustle
noun
(computing, countable) A cover to protect and hide the back panel of a computer or other office machine.
(countable, uncountable) An excited activity; a stir.
(historical, countable) A frame worn underneath a woman's skirt, typically only protruding from the rear as opposed to the earlier more circular hoops.
verb
(transitive) To push around, to importune.
To move busily and energetically with fussiness (often followed by about).
To teem or abound (usually followed by with); to exhibit an energetic and active abundance (of a thing).
butled
butled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of butle
butler
butler
noun
A manservant having charge of wines and liquors.
A valet, a male personal attendant.
The chief male servant of a household who has charge of other employees, receives guests, directs the serving of meals, and performs various personal services.
verb
To buttle, to dispense wines or liquors; to take the place of a butler.
butles
butles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of butle
buttal
buttal
noun
Alternative form of abuttal (“the butting or boundary of land”)
buttle
buttle
verb
To serve as or perform the duties of a butler.
butyls
butyls
noun
plural of butyl
bytalk
bytalk
noun
incidental conversation, chit-chat; small talk
cablet
cablet
noun
A slender cable.
cobalt
cobalt
noun
A chemical element (symbol Co) with an atomic number of 27: a hard, lustrous, silver-gray metal.