(Scotland, historical) A bonus payment made by an employer to a servant.
bountree
bratianu
braunite
braunite
noun
(mineralogy) A silicate mineral containing divalent and trivalent manganese and forming grey-black tetragonal crystals.
breadnut
breadnut
noun
A tree, Brosimum alicastrum, native to Latin America
Artocarpus camansi, a close relative of the breadfruit
The edible fruit of this tree
bronteum
brownout
brownout
noun
(Philippines, some other countries) A blackout, regardless of time of day.
A period of low alternating current line voltage, causing a reduction in illumination
A power outage during the day; distinguished from a blackout, which occurs at night
Temporary closing of a fire station, usually due to budget restrictions.
Temporary dimming of vision, usually with a brown hue and accompanied by loss of peripheral vision or tunnel vision.
bruceton
bruiting
bruiting
noun
The act of one who bruits something; the promulgation of news or rumours.
verb
present participle of bruit
brunette
brunette
adj
(of a person) having brown or black hair and, often, dark eyes and darkish or olive skin.
(of hair, eyes, skin, etc.) of a dark color or tone.
noun
A person, especially female, with brown or black hair and, often, dark eyes and darkish or olive skin.
brushton
bucentur
buellton
bufonite
bufonite
noun
(paleontology, obsolete) A fossil consisting of the petrified teeth and palatal bones of fishes belonging to the family of pycnodonts, whose remains occur in the oolite and chalk formations.
bulletin
bulletin
noun
A short news report.
A short printed publication, especially one produced by an organization.
A short report, especially one released through official channels to be broadcast or publicized.
verb
To announce something by means of such a report or publication.
bultmann
bunceton
bundists
bunemost
bungtown
bunkmate
bunkmate
noun
Especially, one who shares a bunk bed.
One who sleeps in the same area as another person.
bunodont
bunodont
adj
(of molars) Whose cusps are rounded, not sharp peaks.
noun
A creature with teeth of this kind.
buntings
buntings
noun
plural of bunting
buntline
buntline
noun
(nautical) Any, except the outermost, of the ropes extending down to the deck with which a square sail is rolled up to the yard.
A type of revolver with an exceptionally long barrel.
burganet
burganet
noun
Alternative form of burgonet
burgonet
burgonet
noun
(historical) A light helmet worn by infantrymen, bearing a crest and hinged cheekpieces, but typically without a visor.
burinist
burinist
noun
One who engraves with a burin.
burnbeat
burnight
burnouts
burnouts
noun
plural of burnout
burrknot
bursting
bursting
adj
(often followed by "to go to...") Urgently needing to urinate.
So full (with something) as almost to erupt.
Very eager (to do something).
noun
The act by which something bursts.
verb
present participle of burst
burstone
burthens
burthens
noun
plural of burthen
bushment
bushment
noun
(obsolete) A surprise party; a company of soldiers secretly deployed.
(obsolete) An ambush.
(obsolete) The troops concealed in an ambush.
bustling
bustling
adj
Busy; full of energy and noisy activity.
noun
A bustle; a busy stir.
verb
present participle of bustle
butanoic
butanoic
adj
(organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to butanoic acid or its derivatives
butanols
butanols
noun
plural of butanol
butanone
butanone
noun
(organic chemistry) A simple aliphatic ketone, CH₃CH₂COCH₃, prepared industrially as a solvent, for use in the manufacture of paints etc.
butsudan
butsudan
noun
A Buddhist shrine, comprising a wooden cabinet with doors that enclose and protect a religious icon.
buttling
buttling
verb
present participle of buttle
buttoned
buttoned
adj
with buttons fastened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of button
buttoner
buttoner
noun
(slang, dated) A con man's apprentice.
A manufacturer of buttons.
Any device used to fasten buttons to a garment.
One who buttons something.
buttyman
buttyman
noun
(mining) Synonym of butty (“miner who works under contract”)
butylene
butylene
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of three isomeric aliphatic alkenes containing four carbon atoms and one double bond; their polymers are used as synthetic rubber.
butyrins
butyrins
noun
plural of butyrin
butyrone
butyrone
noun
(organic chemistry) A liquid ketone obtained by heating calcium butyrate.
caanthus
calutron
calutron
noun
(physics) A form of mass spectrometer used to separate the isotopes of uranium.
canulate
canulate
verb
Alternative form of cannulate
caratunk
cautions
cautions
noun
plural of caution
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of caution
ceinture
ceinture
noun
A belt or girdle.
cementum
cementum
noun
(anatomy, dentistry) A bony substance that covers the root of a tooth; cement.
centauri
centaurs
centaurs
noun
plural of centaur
centaury
centaury
noun
Centaurea, a genus in the Asteraceae containing species sometimes called centaury
Centaurium, sensu stricto
Cheirolophus crassifolius, a species in the Asteraceae commonly known as Maltese centaury
Gyrandra, a genus in Gentianaceae, formerly included in Centaurium, with species commonly called centaury
Sabatia, a New World genus in the Gentianaceae containing species sometimes called centaury
Schenkia, a genus in Gentianaceae, formerly included in Centaurium, with species commonly called centaury
Zeltnera, a New World genus in Gentianaceae, formerly included in Centaurium, with species commonly called centaury
centrums
centuple
centuple
adj
Hundredfold. Multiplied by one hundred.
verb
(intransitive) To increase a hundredfold.
(transitive) To increase or multiply something by a hundred.
centuply
centuply
adv
One hundredfold.
centuria
cernauti
chanteur
chanteur
noun
A male singer; often specifically a popular or cabaret singer.
chaumont
chaunted
chaunted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chaunt
chaunter
chaunter
noun
(UK, slang, obsolete) A street seller of ballads and other broadsides.
(colloquial) A deceitful, tricky dealer or horse jockey.
The chanter or flute of a bagpipe.
chazanut
cheshunt
cheshunt
Proper noun
A town in Hertfordshire, England.
chestnut
chestnut
adj
Of a deep reddish-brown colour, like that of a chestnut.
noun
(UK) The horse-chestnut.
(figurative) An old joke; a worn-out meme, phrase, ploy, etc. so often repeated as to have grown tiresome or ineffective (often in the phrase "old chestnut").
(uncountable) A dark, reddish-brown colour, as seen on the fruit of the chestnut tree.
(uncountable) The wood of a chestnut tree.
A nut of this tree or shrub.
A reddish-brown horse.
A round or oval horny plate found on the inner side of the leg of a horse or other animal, similar to a birthmark on a human.
A tree or shrub of the genus Castanea.
chunters
chunters
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chunter
chutnees
chutnees
noun
plural of chutnee
chutneys
chutneys
noun
plural of chutney
cincture
cincture
noun
(architecture) The fillet, listel, or band next to the apophyge at the extremity of the shaft of a column.
A girdle or belt, especially as part of a vestment
An enclosure, or the act of enclosing, encircling or encompassing
verb
(viniculture) To girdle (stunt or kill by cutting).
To encircle, or surround.
claudent
claudent
adj
Shutting; confining; drawing together.
cleanout
cleanout
noun
A medical course that serves to clear the bowels completely of feces.
An opening or drain leading into a plumbing system to provide a location to insert a snake or other implement for cleaning.
clouting
clouting
noun
A light plain cloth used for covering butter and farmer's baskets, and for dish and pudding cloths. The same term is often given to light cloths of the nursery diaper pattern.
The act of giving a clout, or striking somebody.
verb
present participle of clout
cloutman
cocoanut
cocoanut
noun
Dated form of coconut.
coconuts
coconuts
noun
plural of coconut
cognatus
cognatus
noun
(law) A person connected through cognation.
cognitum
cokernut
cokernut
noun
Archaic form of coconut.
compunct
compunct
adj
(obsolete) Affected with compunction; remorseful.
conducta
conducts
conducts
noun
plural of conduct
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conduct
conduits
conduits
noun
plural of conduit
confuted
confuted
adj
Disproved; refuted.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confute
confuter
confuter
noun
A person who confutes
confutes
confutes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of confute
conjunct
conjunct
adj
Acting together; collaborative.
Conjoined.
noun
(linguistics) An adjunct that supplements a sentence with information, connecting the sentence with previous parts of the discourse. Not considered to be an essential part of the propositional content.
(logic) Either term of a conjunction.
conneaut
conquest
conquest
noun
(colloquial, figurative) A person whose romantic affections one has gained, or with whom one has had sex, or the act of gaining another's romantic affections.
(figuratively, by extension) An act or instance of overcoming an obstacle.
(obsolete, feudal law) The acquiring of property by other means than by inheritance; acquisition.
(video games) A competitive mode found in first-person shooter games in which competing teams (usually two) attempt to take over predetermined spawn points labeled by flags.
That which is conquered; possession gained by force, physical or moral.
Victory gained through combat; the subjugation of an enemy.
verb
(archaic) To conquer.
(marketing) To compete with an established competitor by placing advertisements for one's own products adjacent to editorial content relating to the competitor or by using terms and keywords for one's own products that are currently associated with the competitor.
construe
construe
noun
A translation.
verb
(grammar, ergative) To admit of grammatical analysis.
(grammar, transitive) To analyze the grammatical structure of a clause or sentence; to parse.
(transitive) To interpret or explain the meaning of something.
(transitive) To translate.
To infer.
consuete
consulta
consulta
noun
An official meeting or consultation.
The meeting of a government council, especially of an Italian, Spanish, or Portuguese government or agency.
The minutes or report of such a government council.
consulto
consults
consults
noun
plural of consult
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of consult
consumpt
consumpt
noun
(chiefly Scotland) The amount consumed; consumption.
(obsolete) Consumer; market.
verb
To consume.
contineu
continua
continua
noun
plural of continuum
continue
continue
noun
(video games) An option allowing the player to resume play after game over, when all lives have been lost, while retaining their progress.
verb
(intransitive, copulative sense obsolete) To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay.
(poker slang) To make a continuation bet.
(transitive) To make last; to prolong.
(transitive) To proceed with (doing an activity); to prolong (an activity).
(transitive) To retain (someone or something) in a given state, position, etc.
(transitive, law) To adjourn, prorogue, put off.
continuo
continuo
noun
(historical) A member of the personal guard of the medieval and early modern Spanish or Portuguese kings.
(music) Synonym of basso continuo.
contours
contours
noun
plural of contour
contrude
contumax
contused
contused
adj
That has suffered contusion; that has been contused.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of contuse
contuses
contuses
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of contuse
conusant
conusant
adj
(law) cognizant
cornuate
cornuate
adj
(medicine, zoology) Horn-shaped, as with a bicornuate uterus.
cornuted
cornuted
adj
Bearing horns; horned.
Horn-shaped.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cornute
cornutin
cornutos
cornutos
noun
plural of cornuto
cornutus
cotenure
cotenure
noun
(rare) joint tenure
cothurni
cothurni
noun
plural of cothurnus
cothurns
cothurns
noun
plural of cothurn
cotquean
cotquean
noun
Alternative form of cot-quean
coturnix
couchant
couchant
adj
(heraldry) Represented as crouching with the head raised.
(of an animal) Lying with belly down and front legs extended; crouching.
countdom
countdom
noun
The status or the territory of a count.
counters
counters
noun
plural of counter
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of counter
countess
countess
noun
A woman holding the rank of count or earl in her own right; a female holder of an earldom.
The wife of a count or earl.
countian
countian
Noun
An inhabitant of a specified county.
counties
counties
noun
plural of county
counting
counting
noun
a count
the act by which something is counted.
verb
present participle of count
countour
countree
countree
noun
(archaic, poetic) Alternative form of country, used when poetic meter demands a stress on the final syllable.
countrie
countrie
noun
Obsolete spelling of country
courante
courante
noun
(music) An old French dance from the late Renaissance and the Baroque era in triple metre.
(music) The second movement of a baroque suite (following the allemande, and before the sarabande)
couranto
couranto
noun
Alternative form of coranto
courants
courants
noun
plural of courant
courting
courting
noun
courtship; amorous advances
verb
present participle of court
courtman
courtnay
courtney
courtney
Proper noun
name transferred from the surname.
name popular in the 1980s and the 1990s.
courtund
croutons
croutons
noun
plural of crouton
crumpton
crusting
crusting
noun
Encrusted material.
verb
present participle of crust
ctenodus
cuarenta
cuartino
cubanite
cubanite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing copper, iron, and sulfur.
cubation
cubation
noun
(mathematics) The act of finding the volume or cubic content of a body; the result thus found.
(obsolete) The act of lying down; a reclining.
cuitling
culation
culliton
cultigen
cultigen
noun
(botany, horticulture) A plant that has been deliberately altered or selected by humans, that is it has resulted from artificial rather than natural selection.
cumulant
cumulant
noun
(mathematics) Any of a set of parameters of a one-dimensional probability distribution of a certain form
cuneated
cuneated
adj
cuneate
cuneatic
cuneatic
adj
cuneiform
cuneator
cupstone
cupstone
noun
A stone containing a cupule.
curation
curation
noun
(archaic) The act of curing or healing.
(databases) The manual updating of information in a database.
The act of curating, of organizing and maintaining a collection of artworks or artifacts.