(archaic) In circuit; circularly; by a circuitous way; around the outside; in circumference.
(nautical) To the opposite tack: see go about.
(obsolete or rare) In succession; one after another; in the course of events.
From one place or position to another in succession; indicating repeated movement or activity.
Here and there; around; in one place and another; up and down.
Indicating unproductive or unstructured activity.
Near; in the vicinity.
Nearly; approximately; with close correspondence in quality, manner, degree, quantity, or time; almost.
On all sides; around.
To a reversed order; half round; facing in the opposite direction; from a contrary point of view.
prep
(Chester) Have you much hay about? = Have you much in the process of making?
(figurative) In or near, as in mental faculties or (literally) in the possession of; under the control of; at one's command; in one's makeup.
(with 'to' and verb infinitive) See about to.
(with present participle, obsolete or dialect) On the point or verge of.
Concerned with; engaged in; intent on.
Concerning; with regard to; on account of; on the subject of; to affect.
In a circle around; all round; on every side of; on the outside of.
On one's person; nearby the person.
Over or upon different parts of; through or over in various directions; here and there in; to and fro in; throughout.
Within or in the immediate neighborhood of; in contiguity or proximity to; near, as to place.
abrus
abuna
abuna
noun
(Christianity) The Patriarch, or head of the Abyssinian Church.
abune
abune
noun
(Northern England, Scotland) Alternative form of aboon
abura
abura
noun
A large-sized tropical African tree, Mitragyna ledermannii (syn. Mitragyna ciliata)
A medium-sized tropical African tree, Mitragyna stipulosa (syn. M. macrophylla, nom. illeg.), from the family Rubiaceae.
The soft pale wood from the abura tree.
abury
abuse
abuse
noun
(now rare) Catachresis.
(obsolete) A delusion; an imposture; misrepresentation; deception.
Coarse, insulting speech; abusive language; language that unjustly or angrily vilifies.
Improper treatment or usage; application to a wrong or bad purpose; an unjust, corrupt or wrongful practice or custom.
Misuse; improper use; perversion.
Physical maltreatment; injury; cruel treatment.
Violation; defilement; rape; forcing of undesired sexual activity by one person on another, often on a repeated basis.
verb
(transitive) To attack with coarse language; to insult; to revile; malign; to speak in an offensive manner to or about someone; to disparage.
(transitive) To imbibe a drug for a purpose other than it was intended; to intentionally take more of a drug than was prescribed for recreational reasons; to take illegal drugs habitually.
(transitive) To injure; to maltreat; to hurt; to treat with cruelty, especially repeatedly.
(transitive) To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to use improperly; to misuse; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert
(transitive, archaic) To violate; defile; to rape; (reflexive) to masturbate.
(transitive, obsolete) Misrepresent; adulterate.
(transitive, obsolete) To deceive; to trick; to impose on; misuse the confidence of.
(transitive, obsolete, Scotland) Disuse.
abush
abuta
abuts
abuts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abut
abuzz
abuzz
adj
(postpositive) Characterized by a high level of activity or gossip; in a buzz (“feeling or rush of energy or excitement”), buzzing.
album
album
noun
(historical) In Ancient Rome, a white tablet or register on which the praetor's edicts and other public notices were recorded.
A book specially designed to keep photographs, stamps, or autographs.
A collection, especially of literary items
A group of audio recordings, on any medium, intended for distribution as a group.
A jacket or cover for such a phonograph record.
A phonograph record that is composed of several tracks
albur
albus
ambur
aruba
aruba
Proper noun
An autonomous territory in the Caribbean, a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
auber
aubin
aubry
aubyn
babua
babul
babul
noun
A tree native to South Asia, Vachellia nilotica subsp. indica, formerly Acacia nilotica subsp. indica.
babur
babus
babus
noun
plural of babu
bacau
badju
badju
noun
Dated form of baju.
bahur
bahut
bahut
noun
(obsolete) A portable coffer or chest with a rounded lid covered in leather, garnished with nails, once used for the transport of clothes or other personal luggage. It was the original portmanteau.
(obsolete, architecture) A dwarf-wall of plain masonry, carrying the roof of a cathedral or church and masked or hidden behind the balustrade.
bajau
balau
balun
balun
noun
An electronic device for connecting a balanced transmission line to an unbalanced one.
balut
balut
noun
A dice game similar to Yahtzee
Asian street food consisting of a developing duck embryo boiled alive and eaten in the shell
bantu
banus
barbu
battu
battu
adj
(ballet, of a movement) Performed with a striking together of the legs.
batum
baubo
bauch
bauds
bauds
noun
plural of baud
bauer
bauge
baugh
baugh
intj
Archaic form of bah.
bauld
baulk
baulk
noun
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of balk
baume
bauno
bauno
noun
Mangifera caesia; a wild mango found in the Philippines.
baure
bauru
bauta
bayou
bayou
noun
A slow-moving, often stagnant creek or river.
A swamp; a marshy (stagnant) body of water.
beaus
beaut
beaut
adj
(dialectal, especially Australia) Beautiful, splendid.
noun
(informal) Something or someone that is physically attractive.
(informal) Something that is a remarkable example of its type.
beaux
beaux
noun
plural of beau
bhalu
blaeu
bluma
bouak
bouar
boyau
boyau
noun
(military) A small trench or ditch, typically built in a zigzag pattern, serving to connect or provide communication between two trenches, particularly the rear and front lines.
A line, drawn winding about, in order to enclose several tracts of land, or to attack some works.
braun
bruja
brusa
bruta
buaer
buaze
buaze
noun
A strong fiber produced from Securidaca longipedunculata, a small tree of Africa.
bubal
bubal
noun
An extinct subspecies of the hartebeest, Alcelaphus buselaphus buselaphus, which was formerly native to northern Africa.
bubas
bubas
noun
plural of buba
bubba
bubba
noun
(Southern US, Australia, childish) Brother; used as term of familiar address.
A working-class white male from the southern US, stereotyped as loutish.
bucca
bucca
noun
(UK) A storm spirit in Cornish folklore, traditionally believed to inhabit mines and coastal communities.
(anatomy) Synonym of cheek.
buena
buffa
buffa
noun
(music) The comic actress in an opera.
bugan
bugan
noun
hobgoblin, evil spirit
bugas
bukat
bulak
bulak
noun
An Indian nose ring usually worn by married women.
bulan
bulla
bulla
noun
(archaeology) A clay envelope or hollow ball, typically with seal impressions or writing on its outside indicating its contents.
(biology, medicine) (usually and especially) Such a blister that is more than 5 mm in diameter.
(biology, medicine) A blister, vesicle, or other thin-walled cavity or lesion, as:
(historical) In ancient Rome, a kind of amulet or boss.
A rich Jamaican cake made with molasses and spiced with ginger and nutmeg.
Later, a handwritten document from the papal chancellery.
The tympanic part of a temporal bone (having a bubble-like appearance)
bunda
bunda
noun
(slang) Ass, butt.
bunga
bunia
bunya
bunya
noun
(dated, India) A banyan, a member of a specific Hindu caste.
The bunya pine, Araucaria bidwillii, native to Queensland.
buran
buran
noun
Alternative form of borani
burao
burao
noun
A tropical flowering tree, cottonwood hibiscus (Talipariti tiliaceum, syn. Hibiscus tiliaceus), found in the South Pacific.
buraq
buras
burga
burka
burka
noun
A dress made from felt or karakul (the short curly fur of young lambs of the breed of that name), traditionally worn by men of the Caucasus region.
An Islamic garment that covers the whole body, which has a net screen covering the eyes so they cannot be seen, and is worn by women.
burma
burna
burra
burra
adj
(India) Big or important, used as a respectful honorific.
bursa
bursa
noun
(anatomy) Any of the many small fluid-filled sacs located at the point where a muscle or tendon slides across bone. These sacs serve to reduce friction between the two moving surfaces.
burta
busra
butat
butea
butta
cuban
cubas
cubla
cuyab
dabuh
daube
daube
noun
A stew of braised meat, usually beef.
daubs
daubs
noun
plural of daub
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of daub
dauby
dauby
adj
Smeary; viscous; glutinous; adhesive.
dubai
dubba
dubba
noun
Alternative form of dubber (“globular vessel”)
dubna
dumba
dumba
noun
(India) The fat-tailed sheep.
fubar
fubar
adj
Alternative form of FUBAR
noun
Alternative form of foobar
gabun
gauby
giuba
guaba
gubat
guiba
gusba
habub
habus
habus
noun
plural of habu
hubba
hubba
noun
(India, historical) A grain.
(India, obsolete) A jot or tittle; the smallest amount.
ibagu
jabul
jubal
jubas
jumba
kabul
kuban
kubba
kubba
noun
Alternative form of kibbeh
libau
lubba
lubra
lubra
noun
(Australia, now racially offensive) A female Aboriginal Australian.
lulab
lulab
noun
Alternative form of lulav
mambu
mauby
mauby
noun
A beverage made from the bark of certain species in the genus Colubrina or related plants and widely consumed in the Caribbean.
mbuba
nubia
nubia
noun
A light, knitted headscarf worn by women.
obuda
ouabe
pubal
qubba
qubba
noun
A tomb structure in the Arab world, particularly an Islamic domed shrine.
rubia
rumba
rumba
noun
A slow-paced Cuban partner dance in 4:4 time.
verb
To dance the rumba.
salbu
sauba
sauba
noun
Synonym of sauba ant
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.
verb
(rare) To perform scuba diving.
shuba
squab
squab
adj
Clumsy.
Curt; abrupt.
Fat; thick; plump; bulky.
Shy; coy.
Unfledged; unfeathered.
adv
(slang) With a heavy fall; plump.
noun
(sometimes attributive) A baby pigeon, dove, or chicken.
A baby rook.
A person of a short, fat figure.
A thick cushion, especially a flat one covering the seat of a chair or sofa.
The meat of such a baby bird used as food.
verb
(obsolete) To fall plump; to strike at one dash, or with a heavy stroke.
(transitive) To furnish with squabs, or cushions.
(transitive) To stuff thickly and sew through, the stitches being concealed by buttons, etc.
subah
subah
noun
(India, historical) A province of the Mughal Empire.
(India, historical) Synonym of subadar (“the governor or commander in charge of a subah; a viceroy”)
subak
subak
noun
A communal organization for the irrigation of paddy fields on Bali.