(transitive) To take away by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually with violence or deception; to kidnap.
(transitive, anatomy) To draw away, as a limb or other part, from the median axis of the body.
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.
ablute
ablute
verb
(intransitive, colloquial) To wash oneself.
(transitive, colloquial) To wash.
abouts
abouts
adv
(obsolete) About.
abrupt
abrupt
adj
(botany) Suddenly terminating, as if cut off; truncate.
(obsolete) Broken off.
(obsolete, rare) Broken away (from restraint).
Curt in manner.
Extremely steep or craggy as if broken up; precipitous.
Having sudden transitions from one subject or state to another; unconnected; disjointed.
Without notice to prepare the mind for the event; sudden; hasty; unceremonious.
noun
(poetic) Something which is abrupt; an abyss.
verb
(transitive, archaic) To tear off or asunder.
To interrupt suddenly.
aburst
aburst
adj
In a bursting condition.
arbust
arbust
noun
(not attested in dictionaries) a bush, shrub
arbute
arbute
noun
(archaic, countable) The strawberry tree.
(archaic, uncountable) The wood of the strawberry tree.
aubert
bagnut
baguet
baguet
noun
(architecture, zoology) Alternative form of baguette
bahuts
bahuts
noun
plural of bahut
bahutu
baktun
baktun
noun
Alternative spelling of b'ak'tun
bakutu
bannut
bannut
noun
(dialectal, England) The English walnut.
bantus
barbut
barbut
noun
Alternative form of barbute (“helmet”)
basuto
basuto
Noun
A member of the Basotho people.
bateau
bateau
noun
A small, flat-bottomed type of boat.
batful
batful
adj
(dialectal or obsolete) Rich; fertile, as in reference to land or soil.
batruk
battue
battue
noun
(countable, hunting) A hunt performed in this manner.
(uncountable, hunting, often attributively) A form of hunting in which game is forced into the open by the beating of sticks on bushes, etc.
battus
batule
batule
noun
A springboard in a circus or gymnasium.
batumi
batumi
Proper noun
A seaside city on the Black Sea coast and capital of Adjara, an autonomous republic in southwest Georgia.
bautta
beatus
beatus
noun
(religion) A person who has been beatified.
beauti
beauts
beauts
noun
plural of beaut
beauty
beauty
adj
(Canada) Of high quality, well done.
intj
(Canada) Cool!
(Canada) Thanks!
noun
(archaic, in the plural) Beautiful passages or extracts of poetry.
(obsolete) Prevailing style or taste; rage; fashion.
(physics, obsolete) A beauty quark (now called bottom quark).
(with the definite article) The excellence or genius of a scheme or decision.
An excellent or egregious example of something.
Beauty treatment; cosmetology.
Someone who is beautiful.
Something that is particularly good or pleasing.
The quality of being (especially visually) attractive, pleasing, fine or good-looking; comeliness.
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To make beautiful.
bedust
bedust
verb
(archaic) To cover with dust.
beirut
beirut
Proper noun
The capital city of Lebanon.
The drinking game of beer pong.
belout
belout
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To address or speak of with contemptuous language.
(transitive, obsolete) To call (someone) a lout.
belute
belute
verb
(transitive) To bespatter, as with mud.
bergut
berust
besmut
besmut
verb
(transitive) To blacken with smut; foul with soot.
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
betula
bhutan
bhutia
bhutto
bitume
bitume
noun
(poetic, obsolete) bitumen
biuret
biuret
noun
(organic chemistry) The compound formed by condensation of two molecules of urea with the loss of a molecule of ammonia, (NH₂-CO)₂NH or any of its derivatives.
Chemical compound with the chemical formula C₂H₅N₃O₂ that is also known as carbamylurea and is an impurity in urea-based fertilizers.
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.
blitum
blount
blount
Proper noun
A town in
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
bouget
bouget
noun
(heraldry) A charge resembling the water bags that were used to supply the army in battle.
Obsolete form of budget.
bought
bought
noun
(obsolete) A bend or hollow in a human or animal body.
(obsolete) A bend; flexure; curve; a hollow angle.
(obsolete) A curve or bend in a river, mountain chain, or other geographical feature.
(obsolete) A fold, bend, or coil in a tail, snake's body etc.
(obsolete) The part of a sling that contains the stone.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of buy.
boukit
bounty
bounty
noun
(countable) A reward for some specific act, especially one given by an authority or a government.
(countable) Something given liberally; a gift.
(countable, figuratively) An abundance or wealth.
(military, historical) Money paid to a person when becoming a member of the armed forces, or as a reward for some service therein.
(specifically) A monetary reward for capturing (or, in the past, killing) a person accused or convicted of a crime and who is at large; also, a similar reward for capturing or killing an animal which is dangerous or causing a nuisance.
(uncountable) Generosity; also (countable) an act of generosity.
verb
(transitive) To offer a monetary reward for the capturing or killing of.
boutel
boutis
bouton
bouton
noun
A bud-like swelling, especially one at the end of an axon
boutre
boutte
bruant
bruits
bruits
noun
plural of bruit
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bruit
brulot
brunet
brunet
adj
(rare) Of a man or boy, having brown or black hair.
(rare) Of a man's or boy's hair: brown or black.
noun
(rare) A man or boy with brown or black hair.
brunts
brunts
noun
plural of brunt
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.
bruted
bruted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brute
brutes
brutes
noun
plural of brute
brutus
buatti
bucket
bucket
noun
(MTE, slang) an insult term used in Toronto to refer to someone who habitually uses crack cocaine.
(UK, archaic) A unit of measure equal to four gallons.
(aviation, mechanical engineering, uncommon) A turbine blade driven by hot gas or steam.
(basketball, informal) A field goal.
(basketball, informal) The basket.
(computing) A storage space in a hash table for every item sharing a particular key.
(informal, chiefly in the plural) A great deal of anything.
(informal, chiefly in the plural) A large amount of liquid.
(slang) An old vehicle that is not in good working order.
(slang, humorous) A helmet.
(variation management) A mechanism for avoiding the allocation of targets in cases of mismanagement.
A bucket bag.
A container made of rigid material, often with a handle, used to carry liquids or small items.
Part of a piece of machinery that resembles a bucket (container).
The amount held in this container.
The leather socket for holding the whip when driving, or for the carbine or lance when mounted.
The pitcher in certain orchids.
verb
(computing, transitive) To categorize (data) by splitting it into buckets, or groups of related items.
(intransitive, informal) To rain heavily.
(intransitive, informal) To travel very quickly.
(transitive) To draw or lift in, or as if in, buckets.
(transitive) To place inside a bucket.
(transitive) To ride (a horse) hard or mercilessly.
(transitive, Australia, slang) To criticize vehemently; to denigrate.
(transitive, UK, US, rowing) To make, or cause to make (the recovery), with a certain hurried or unskillful forward swing of the body.
budget
budget
adj
Appropriate to a restricted budget.
noun
(by implication) A relatively small amount of available money.
(obsolete) A compact collection of things.
(obsolete) A wallet, purse or bag.
(obsolete, military) A socket in which the end of a cavalry carbine rests.
An itemized summary of intended expenditure; usually coupled with expected revenue.
The amount of money or resources earmarked for a particular institution, activity or timeframe.
verb
(intransitive) To construct or draw up a budget.
(transitive) To plan for the use of in a budget.
(transitive) To provide funds, allow for in a budget.
budlet
budlet
noun
A little bud springing from a parent bud.
budzat
budzat
noun
(India) A rogue; a scoundrel.
buffet
buffet
noun
(aviation, uncountable) The vibration of an aircraft when flying in or approaching a stall, caused by separation of airflow from the aircraft's wings.
(countable) A blow or cuff with or as if with the hand, or by any other solid object or the wind.
A counter or sideboard from which food and drinks are served or may be bought.
A small low stool; a hassock.
Food laid out in this way, to which diners serve themselves.
verb
(transitive) To strike with a buffet; to cuff; to slap.
(transitive, figurative) To aggressively challenge, denounce, or criticise.
To affect as with blows; to strike repeatedly; to strive with or contend against.
To deaden the sound of (bells) by muffling the clapper.
buglet
buglet
noun
(computing, informal) A minor bug in a program.
(music) A small bugle.
bugout
bugout
noun
Alternative form of bug out
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.
bundts
bundts
noun
plural of bundt
buntal
buntal
noun
A fibre obtained from palms of the genus Corypha.
bunted
bunted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bunt
bunter
bunter
noun
(archaic) A female prostitute.
(archaic) A woman who picks up rags in the streets.
(archaic, by extension) A low, vulgar woman.
(baseball) One who bunts.
bunton
bunton
noun
A wooden cross-stay in a shaft; a support for shaft slides.
burbot
burbot
noun
A freshwater fish, taxonomic name Lota lota, which is similar to the ling and the cusk and spawns in the winter.
burets
burets
noun
plural of buret
burget
buriat
buriat
Adjective
From, of, or pertaining to, Buryatia
Noun
Someone from Buryatia.
A Mongolic language spoken around Buryatia
buriti
burket
burlet
burnet
burnet
noun
Any of several species of moths of the family Zygaenidae, typically having black forewings with red spots.
Any of the herbs of genus Sanguisorba (syn. Poterium), including salad burnet (Sanguisorba minor), an herb used in salads and herbal teas.
burnut
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
burtie
burtis
burton
burton
noun
(archaic) An arrangement of blocks and pulleys, especially for tightening rigging on a ship.
(archaic) Storage of cargo athwartships.
buryat
buryat
Adjective
From, of, or pertaining to, Buryatia
Noun
Someone from Buryatia.
Proper noun
A Mongolic language spoken around Buryatia.
bushet
bushet
noun
A small bush.
busket
busket
noun
(obsolete) A small bush.
(obsolete) A sprig or bouquet.
(obsolete) Part of a garden devoted to shrubs.
busted
busted
adj
(often used in combination with an adjective) Having a certain type of bust (breasts; cleavage).
(slang) Broke; having no money.
(slang) Broken.
(slang) Caught in the act of doing something one shouldn't do.
(slang) Extremely ugly.
(slang) Tired.
(video games, slang) Extremely overpowered.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bust
bustee
bustee
Noun
A slum.
buster
buster
noun
(Australia and New Zealand) A heavy fall; (also performing arts) a staged fall, a pratfall.
(US, in particular, dated, slang) A broncobuster.
(US, regional) A molting crab.
(chiefly colloquial, with 'of') Someone who or something that bursts, breaks, or destroys a specified thing.
(chiefly law enforcement slang) Forming compounds denoting an agent or agency tasked with reducing or eliminating the first element.
(chiefly military slang) Forming compounds denoting a team, weapon, or device specialized in the destruction of the first element.
(colloquial, variously expressing familiarity, admiration, or hostility) A form of address, particularly of men: guy, dude, fella, mack, buddy, loser. (Originally as 'old buster'.)
(dated, slang) A gale, a strong wind; (especially Australia) a southerly buster.
(dated, slang) Someone or something remarkable, especially for being loud, large, etc..
(gambling, slang) A cheat's die whose sides bear only certain combinations of spots, so that undesirable values can never be rolled.
(obsolete, slang) A drinking spree, a binge.
(obsolete, slang) A loaf of bread.
bustic
bustic
noun
A tree native to Florida and the Caribbean, Sideroxylon salicifolium
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).
butane
butane
noun
(organic chemistry) A hydrocarbon (either of the two isomers of C₄H₁₀ n-butane, and 2-methyl-propane) found in gaseous petroleum fractions.
(organic chemistry, uncountable) The n-butane isomer only.
butcha
butcha
noun
(India, historical) The young of any animal.
(India, historical, slang, by extension) A child.
butein
butene
butene
noun
(chemistry) Any of several forms of butylene.
buteos
buteos
noun
plural of buteo
butine
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
butner
butoxy
butoxy
noun
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) The ether radical derived from butanol
buttal
buttal
noun
Alternative form of abuttal (“the butting or boundary of land”)
butted
butted
adj
(US, slang) Having a butt or backside (of a specified kind).
verb
simple past tense and past participle of but
simple past tense and past participle of butt
butter
butter
adj
Very smooth, very soft
noun
(aviation, slang) A smooth plane landing.
(obsolete, chemistry) Any specific soft substance.
A soft, fatty foodstuff made by churning the cream of milk (generally cow's milk).
Any of various foodstuffs made from other foods or oils, similar in consistency to, eaten like or intended as a substitute for butter (preceded by the name of the food used to make it).
Any of various substances made from other (especially plant-based) oils or fats, used in moisturizers, cosmetics, etc.
Someone who butts, or who butts in.
verb
(skiing, snowboarding) To move one's weight backwards or forwards onto the tips or tails of one's skis or snowboard so only the tip or tail is in contact with the snow. Similar to applying butter to bread with then end of a butterknife.
(slang, obsolete, transitive) To increase (stakes) at every throw of dice, or every game.
(transitive) To spread butter on.
Hyponyms: nosebutter, tailbutter
To spin on skis or a snowboard using only the tips or tails being in contact with the snow
buttes
buttes
noun
plural of butte
buttle
buttle
verb
To serve as or perform the duties of a butler.
button
button
noun
(South Africa, slang) A methaqualone tablet (used as a recreational drug).
(UK, archaic) A unit of length equal to ¹⁄₁₂ inch.
(US) A badge worn on clothes, fixed with a pin through the fabric.
(archaic) A person who acts as a decoy.
(aviation) The end of a runway.
(botany) A bud.
(comedy) The final joke at the end of a comedic act (such as a sketch, set, or scene).
(curling) The center (bullseye) of the house.
(dated, Southern US) A clove (of garlic).
(fencing) The soft circular tip at the end of a foil.
(generally with the) The means for initiating a nuclear strike or similar cataclysmic occurrence.
(graphical user interface) An on-screen control that can be selected as an activator of an attached function.
(lutherie) In an instrument of the violin family, the near-semicircular shape extending from the top of the back plate of the instrument, meeting the heel of the neck.
(lutherie) Synonym of endbutton, part of a violin-family instrument.
(lutherie, bowmaking) Synonym of adjuster.
(poker) A plastic disk used to represent the person in last position in a poker game; also dealer's button.
(poker) The player who is last to act after the flop, turn and river, who possesses the button.
(slang) A button man; a professional assassin.
(slang) The clitoris.
(television) The punchy or suspenseful line of dialogue that concludes a scene.
(zoology) Pedicle; the attachment point for antlers in cervids.
A globule of metal remaining on an assay cupel or in a crucible, after fusion.
A knob or disc that is passed through a loop or (buttonhole), serving as a fastener.
A knob; a small ball; a small, roundish mass.
A mechanical device meant to be pressed with a finger in order to open or close an electric circuit or to activate a mechanism.
A piece of wood or metal, usually flat and elongated, turning on a nail or screw, to fasten something, such as a door.
A raised pavement marker to further indicate the presence of a pavement-marking painted stripe.
A small white blotch on a cat's coat.
The final segment of a rattlesnake's rattle.
The head of an unexpanded mushroom.
The least amount of care or interest; a whit or jot.
verb
(informal) To stop talking.
(intransitive) To be fastened by a button or buttons.
(transitive) To fasten with a button.
butung
bututs
bututs
noun
plural of butut
butyls
butyls
noun
plural of butyl
butyne
butyne
noun
(organic chemistry) Either of two isomeric acetylenes containing four carbon atoms and a triple bond, with the empirical formula (C₄H₆)
buxton
buyout
buyout
noun
(finance) The acquisition of a controlling interest in a business or corporation by outright purchase or by purchase of a majority of issued shares of stock.
The use of grant monies to pay for another person to perform the usual duties, especially teaching duties, of someone engaged on the funded project.
cobnut
cobnut
noun
A game played by children with nuts.
A specific cultivated variety of hazelnut, also known as the Kentish cobnut.
The nut of the common hazel (Corylus avellana); hazelnut.
crabut
cubist
cubist
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Cubist.
noun
A player of Rubik's cube; a cuber.
cubiti
cubiti
noun
plural of cubitus
cubito
cubits
cubits
noun
plural of cubit, an ancient unit of measurement
culbut
debout
debuts
debuts
noun
plural of debut
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of debut
deturb
deturb
verb
(obsolete) To throw down.
doubts
doubts
noun
plural of doubt
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of doubt