(law, obsolete) One who steals and drives away cattle or beasts by herds or droves; a cattle rustler.
abators
abators
noun
plural of abator
abbotcy
abbotcy
noun
(obscure) abbacy
office of the superior of a monastery.
abettor
abettor
noun
A supporter or advocate.
One that abets an offender; one that incites; instigates; encourages.
abiotic
abiotic
adj
Nonliving, inanimate, characterised by the absence of life; of inorganic matter.
Tending to inhibit or destroy life; antibiotic; incompatible with life.
noun
Any such material
abiston
abjoint
abjoint
verb
(intransitive, botany, mycology) To separate from the hypha of a fungus by the formation of a septum.
(transitive, botany, mycology) To form by cutting off as a protrusion from a parent cell.
ablator
ablator
noun
A material that ablates, vaporizes, wears away, burns off, erodes, or abrades.
abolete
aborted
aborted
adj
(biology) Rendered abortive or sterile; undeveloped.
Brought forth prematurely.
Checked in normal development at an early stage.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abort
aborter
aborter
noun
(derogatory) One who has an abortion.
(rare) One who performs an abortion.
One who or that which aborts.
abortin
abortin
noun
An extract manufactured from the bacterium Brucella abortus, and is used to study contagious abortions in cattle.
abortus
abortus
noun
An aborted fetus, especially one aborted in early pregnancy.
An abortion.
abought
abought
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aby
abricot
abrotin
absorpt
absorpt
adj
absorbed
verb
(archaic) past participle of absorb
abstort
absvolt
aburton
aburton
adv
(nautical) With the length athwartship.
abvolts
abvolts
noun
plural of abvolt
acrobat
acrobat
noun
An athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination, often as part of a circus performance.
verb
(figurative) To move like an acrobat (with agility, balance, long leaps, etc.).
To practise acrobatics.
airboat
airboat
noun
A flat-bottomed boat driven by an in-air propeller and used in shallow water.
alberto
arboret
arboret
noun
(obsolete) A grove, shrubbery or arbour
(obsolete) A small tree or shrub.
attaboy
attaboy
intj
(idiomatic, colloquial) Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy, man, or male animal.
noun
A cry of "attaboy"; an accolade.
autobus
autobus
noun
(by extension, cycle racing) A large group of cyclists who have fallen behind the peloton (“main group of riders”) in a race.
(road transport, dated) A bus that is a motor vehicle, as opposed to earlier horse-drawn buses.
autocab
autocab
noun
(dated) A motor vehicle operating as a cab, as opposed to earlier horse-drawn cabs.
babroot
backout
backout
noun
(aerospace) A reversed countdown (i.e. ascending numbers) in response to problems leading up to a launch.
A reversal or undoing of tasks previously done (often in reverse order).
bagehot
baggott
bagonet
bailout
bailout
noun
(underwater diving) A backup supply of air in scuba diving.
A rescue, especially a financial rescue.
The process of exiting an aircraft while in flight.
bakeout
bakeout
noun
The act of heating a material in a vacuum in order to drive off volatile components
balaton
balaton
Proper noun
A freshwater lake in Hungary, the largest lake in Central Europe, and one of the region's foremost tourist destinations.
balitao
ballota
ballote
ballots
ballots
noun
plural of ballot
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ballot
balmont
bantoid
bantoid
Adjective
Of or relating to a putative branch of the Benue-Congo branch of the Niger-Congo language family.
barbuto
barmote
barmote
noun
A court held in Derbyshire, England, for deciding controversies between miners.
barolet
baronet
baronet
noun
The bearer of a hereditary title, below a peerage and senior to most knighthoods, accompanied by the titular prefix "Sir" (for men) or "Dame" (for women) which is used in conjunction with the holder's Christian name. It is inheritable, usually by the eldest son, although a few baronetcies can also pass through the female line.
barotse
barpost
barpost
noun
A post sunk in the ground to receive the bars closing a passage into a field.
barstow
barthol
barthou
baryton
baryton
noun
(music) A viol-like stringed instrument (chordophone) mainly played with a bow but with a set of plucked strings as well, originating in European music prior to the 1800s.
basotho
bastion
bastion
noun
(architecture) A projecting part of a rampart or other fortification.
(figuratively) A person, group, or thing, that strongly defends some principle.
A well-fortified position; a stronghold or citadel.
Any large prominence; something that resembles a bastion in size and form.
verb
(transitive) To furnish with a bastion.
bastrop
basutos
batboys
batboys
noun
plural of batboy
batfowl
bathkol
bathool
batonga
batonne
battuto
baxtone
baybolt
bayonet
bayonet
noun
(engineering) A pin which plays in and out of holes made to receive it, and which thus serves to engage or disengage parts of the machinery.
(military) A pointed instrument of the dagger kind fitted on the muzzle of a musket or rifle, so as to give the soldier increased means of offence and defence. Originally, the bayonet was made with a handle, which needed to be fitted into the bore of the musket after the soldier had fired.
verb
(transitive) To compel or drive by the bayonet.
(transitive) To stab with a bayonet.
bayport
baytown
beaston
bellota
berakot
bertoia
betoyan
bhotiya
biotaxy
biotaxy
noun
(biology, dated) The classification of living organisms according to their structural character; taxonomy.
bitonal
bitonal
adj
(music) Of or pertaining to bitonality
(music, of a musical instrument) That has two tonic centres simultaneously
Of two tones, or shades of colour.
blautok
blawort
blawort
noun
(Scotland) Centaurea cyanus, the cornflower.
bloated
bloated
adj
(computing, of software) Excessively overloaded with features, like bloatware.
(of food) Slightly salted and lightly smoked.
Excessively or extremely large or wealthy.
Swollen with fluid or gas.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bloat
bloater
bloater
noun
(Britain) A salted, and lightly smoked herring or mackerel.
(Canada, US) A freshwater fish native to the Great Lakes; the species Coregonus hoyi.
boasted
boasted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of boast
boaster
boaster
noun
A stonemason's broad-faced chisel.
One who boasts; a braggart.
boatage
boatage
noun
A charge for transporting goods by boat.
Conveyance by boat.
The total capacity of boats, as of lifeboats on a ship.
boatels
boatels
noun
plural of boatel
boaters
boaters
noun
plural of boater
boatful
boatful
noun
Enough of something to fill a boat, or a boat filled with the thing in question
boating
boating
noun
(historical) In Persia, a punishment of capital offenders, by laying them on the back in a covered boat, where they are left to perish.
The activity of going out onto a body of water in a boat.
verb
present participle of boat
boation
boation
noun
(obsolete, countable) A roar.
(obsolete, uncountable) Bellowing.
boatlip
boatman
boatman
noun
A man in charge of a small boat.
boatmen
boatmen
noun
plural of boatman
bobcats
bobcats
noun
plural of bobcat
bobcoat
bobstay
bobstay
noun
(nautical) A strong rope or chain rigging running from the end of the bowsprit to the ship's stem or cutwater.
bobtail
bobtail
noun
(agriculture) A tractor which performs without its trailer.
(poker, often attributive) An open-ended straight or four flush.
A short, or deliberately shortened tail.
A tractor-trailer that is relatively short in length.
An animal that has a bobtail, such as certain canines or nags.
The tractor unit of a semi-truck without a trailer
verb
(agriculture) To drive a tractor without its trailer.
To drive a truck or other vehicle without its trailer.
boeotia
bogatyr
bogatyr
noun
(historical) A medieval heroic warrior in Kievan Rus, akin to the Western European knight-errant.
boggart
boggart
noun
Alternative spelling of boggard
boltage
boltant
bombast
bombast
adj
Big without meaning, or high-sounding; bombastic, inflated; magniloquent.
noun
(archaic) Cotton, or any soft, fibrous material, used as stuffing for garments; stuffing, padding.
(archaic) Cotton, or cotton wool.
(figurative) High-sounding words; language above the dignity of the occasion; a pompous or ostentatious manner of writing or speaking.
verb
To swell or fill out; to inflate, to pad.
To use high-sounding words; to speak or write in a pompous or ostentatious manner.
bonaght
bonetta
bonetta
noun
An Atlantic bonito (fish), Sarda sarda.
boniata
bonitas
boothia
bootman
borated
borated
adj
Having been treated with borate
borates
borates
noun
plural of borate
boregat
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.
bortman
botanic
botanic
adj
Of or pertaining to botany.
noun
Any substance of botanical origin.
botargo
botargo
noun
Bottarga; a cake or sausage made from salted mullet roe.
botchka
botella
bothnia
bothria
bothria
noun
plural of bothrium
bothway
botoyan
bottali
bottega
bottega
noun
A workshop or studio in Italy.
boutade
boutade
noun
A sudden outbreak or outburst; a caprice, a whim.
bovista
bradsot
bradsot
noun
Synonym of braxy (“inflammatory disease of sheep”)
bratton
braxton
braxton
Proper noun
possibly from Branxton in Northumberland.
name, modern transferred use of the surname.
brayton
bromate
bromate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) the anion BrO₃⁻¹, derived from bromic acid; any salt containing this anion
verb
To treat with bromic acid or a bromate
brotany
broteas
brotula
brotula
noun
A family of ophidiiform fishes, of the taxonomic family Bythitidae, who bear live young.
bumboat
bumboat
noun
(nautical) A small boat used for carrying provisions to ships lying at anchor in a harbour.
buoyant
buoyant
adj
(figuratively) Lighthearted and lively.
(of an economy, business etc.) Involving or engaged in much successful trade or activity.
Having buoyancy; able to float.
butanol
butanol
noun
1,1-dimethyl-ethanol or tert-butanol - (CH₃)₃C-OH
2-methyl-propan-1-ol or iso-butanol - (CH₃)₂CHCH₂-OH
butan-1-ol or n-butanol or butyl alcohol - CH₃(CH₂)₃-OH
butan-2-ol or sec-butanol - CH₃CH₂CH(CH₃)-OH
buttaro
cabotin
cabrito
cabrito
noun
(cooking) Meat from a young goat; kid.
cadbote
catboat
catboat
noun
A sailing boat with a single sail, usually rigged on a gaff spar, used for fishing in New England and later adapted for racing and cruising. It has a single mast set near to the bow and a long boom which may extend over the stern.
chrobat
cobalts
cobalts
noun
plural of cobalt
cogboat
cohabit
cohabit
verb
(intransitive) To coexist in common environs with.
(intransitive) To live together with someone else, especially in a romantic and sexual relationship but without being married.
(intransitive, archaic) To engage in sexual intercourse; see coition.
cohbath
coibita
combats
combats
noun
Clipping of combat boots.
Clipping of combat trousers.
plural of combat
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of combat
dogboat
eelboat
eelboat
noun
A boat used for eeling (catching eels).
flyboat
flyboat
noun
A kind of passenger boat formerly used on canals.
A large flat-bottomed Dutch coasting vessel.
foyboat
foyboat
noun
A small workboat primarily used to assist the mooring and servicing of a larger vessel, especially on the rivers of north-east England.
gasboat
globate
globate
adj
Having the form of a globe; spherical.
gunboat
gunboat
noun
(nautical) Any of the various types of small armed vessels.