A handsaw that has a reinforcement along its back edge.
bagwash
bagwash
noun
(historical) A type of laundry in which the washing was returned to the customer in a bag, undried and unpressed.
bagwigs
bagwigs
noun
plural of bagwig
bandsaw
bandsaw
noun
A powered saw whose blade is a continuous band of metal with teeth along one edge.
verb
(transitive) To cut with a bandsaw.
barlows
barrows
barrows
noun
plural of barrow
barstow
barways
barways
noun
plural of barway
barwise
barwise
adv
(heraldry) Horizontally.
bashaws
bashaws
noun
plural of bashaw
bawbees
bawbees
noun
plural of bawbee
bawdies
bawlers
bawlers
noun
plural of bawler
bawsint
bawsunt
bawsunt
adj
(archaic, rare, literary, or dialectal) Having white streaks or spots on a black or bay background (especially of an animal's or a mountain's face).
bawties
bawties
noun
plural of bawtie
plural of bawty
bedways
beeswax
beeswax
noun
(colloquial, mildly humorous) “Business”, as in such phrases as mind your own beeswax and none of your beeswax.
A wax secreted by bees from which they make honeycomb; or, the processed form of this wax used in the manufacture of various goods.
verb
(transitive) To polish with beeswax.
beewise
behowls
behowls
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of behowl
bellows
bellows
noun
(figurative) That which fans the fire of hatred, jealousy, etc.
(informal or archaic) The lungs.
(photography) Flexible, light-tight enclosures connecting the lensboard and the camera back.
A device for delivering pressurized air in a controlled quantity to a controlled location. At its most simple terms a bellows is a container which is deformable in such a way as to alter its volume which has an outlet or outlets where one wishes to blow air.
Any flexible container or enclosure, as one used to cover a moving joint.
plural of bellow
verb
(intransitive, figuratively) To expand and contract like a bellows.
(intransitive, transitive) To operate a bellows; to direct air at (something) using a bellows.
(transitive) To fold up like a bellows; to accordion.
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bellow
beshrew
beshrew
verb
(transitive) An imperative uttered as a mildly imprecatory or merely expletive introductory exclamation.
(transitive, archaic) To invoke or wish evil upon; to curse.
besnows
besnows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of besnow
bespawl
bespawl
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To daub, make foul, or soil (someone or something) with spawl or spittle.
bestows
bestows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bestow
bestraw
bestrew
bestrew
verb
(transitive) To strew anything upon; strew over or about; cover or partially cover with things strewn; cover with straw or strewing.
(transitive) To strew or scatter about; throw or drop here and there.
bestrow
bestrow
verb
Alternative form of bestrew
beswarm
beswarm
verb
(transitive) To swarm over; to envelop in a swarm.
beswink
beswink
verb
(obsolete) to labour, toil; belabour
bewails
bewails
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bewail
bewares
bewares
verb
(obsolete) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beware
bewaste
bewaste
verb
(transitive) To waste utterly or completely.
beweeps
beweeps
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beweep
beworms
bewpers
bewraps
bewraps
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bewrap
bewrays
bewrays
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bewray
bigwigs
bigwigs
noun
plural of bigwig
billows
billows
noun
plural of billow
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of billow
bitwise
bitwise
adj
(computing) Treating a value as a series of bits rather than a numerical quantity.
blewits
blewits
noun
A type of edible mushroom.
blowbys
blowbys
noun
plural of blowby
blowers
blowers
noun
plural of blower
blowess
blowess
noun
(obsolete, vulgar) A prostitute; a courtesan.
blowsed
blowups
blowups
noun
plural of blowup
bonnwis
borrows
borrows
noun
plural of borrow
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of borrow
boswall
boswell
boswell
Proper noun
of Norman origin from Beuzeville in France.
James Boswell, biographer of Samuel Johnson.
Noun
A devoted admirer and recorder of a person's words and deeds.
bowfins
bowfins
noun
plural of bowfin
bowings
bowings
noun
plural of bowing
bowlegs
bowlegs
noun
plural of bowleg
bowlers
bowlers
noun
plural of bowler
bowless
bowless
adj
Without a bow.
bowpots
bowpots
noun
plural of bowpot
bowsery
bowshot
bowshot
noun
(archery) The act of firing an arrow from a bow.
The distance that the arrow of an average archer can effectively travel.
bowsing
bowsing
verb
present participle of bowse
bowsman
bowsman
noun
(nautical) A sailor who works in the bow of a vessel.
An archer.
bowssen
bowssen
verb
(obsolete) To drench; to soak; to immerse (in water believed to have curative properties).
bowwows
bowwows
noun
plural of bowwow
bowyers
bowyers
noun
plural of bowyer
brawest
brawlis
brawlys
brewers
brewers
noun
plural of brewer
bristow
bristow
Proper noun
Bristol
browsed
browsed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of browse
browser
browser
noun
(computing) A web browser.
A person or animal who browses.
A person who examines goods for sale but purchases nothing.
browses
browses
noun
plural of browse
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of browse
bucksaw
bucksaw
noun
A saw, in a metal frame, used to cut lengths of wood.
budweis
burrows
burrows
noun
plural of burrow
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of burrow
bushwah
bushwah
Noun
Nonsense.
bushwas
buzzsaw
buzzsaw
noun
(slang) A violently destructive attack.
(slang) Someone or something that makes a loud, harsh, grinding or rasping noise, like that of a circular saw.
(slang) The MG 42 general-purpose machine gun.
A circular saw.
One who attacks violently and/or mindlessly.
verb
(intransitive, colloquial) To spin rapidly like the blades of a circular saw.
(transitive) To cut with a circular saw.
(transitive, intransitive, colloquial) To produce a loud, harsh noise like that of a circular saw.
byelaws
byelaws
noun
plural of byelaw
bywoods
bywords
bywords
noun
plural of byword
byworks
byworks
noun
plural of bywork
cobwebs
cobwebs
noun
plural of cobweb
cowboys
cowboys
noun
(poker slang) A pair of kings as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.
plural of cowboy
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cowboy
enwombs
enwombs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enwomb
fogbows
fogbows
noun
plural of fogbow
hebrews
hebrews
Proper noun
The nineteenth book of the New Testament of the Bible, the epistle of St Paul to the Hebrews.
iwbells
jewbush
jewbush
noun
The low-growing tropical American shrub Euphorbia tithymaloides (formerly Pedilanthus tithymaloides).
lowboys
lowboys
noun
plural of lowboy
misbrew
misbrew
verb
To brew incorrectly.
mistbow
mistbow
noun
Synonym of fogbow
newsboy
newsboy
noun
A boy, or by extension a man, who delivers and/or sells newspapers.
ojibwas
sawback
sawbill
sawbill
noun
(UK) The red-breasted merganser.
sawbuck
sawbuck
noun
(US, slang) A ten-dollar bill.
A framework for holding wood so that it can be sawed; a sawhorse.
sewable
sewable
adj
Capable of being sewed.
slurbow
snowber
sowable
sowable
adj
Capable of being sowed.
sowback
sowback
noun
A low ridge of sand
sowbane
sowbane
noun
A plant, the red goosefoot (Oxybasis rubra, syn. Chenopodium rubrum).
Chenopodiastrum murale
stewbum
stewbum
noun
(US, slang) A homeless alcoholic.
subplow
subways
subways
noun
plural of subway
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of subway
subwink
sumbawa
sumbawa
Proper noun
A volcanic island of Indonesia, home to Mount Tambora
sunbows
sunbows
noun
plural of sunbow
swabbed
swabbed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of swab
swabber
swabber
noun
(card games) Four privileged cards, formerly used in betting in whist.
(nautical, historical) An interior officer on British warships, responsible for seeing that the ship was kept clean.
A baker's implement for cleaning ovens.
An instrument for swabbing.
One who swabs a floor or deck.
swabbie
swabbie
noun
Alternative spelling of swabby
swabble
swabian
swabian
Adjective
of or pertaining to Swabia.
Proper noun
One of the Alemannic dialects of High German, spoken in the region of Swabia; Swabish.
Noun
A person from Swabia.
swarbie
swimbel
swingby
swingby
noun
An interplanetary flight in which the gravitational attraction of a planet is used to provide acceleration and a change in course.
swobbed
swobbed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of swob
swobber
swobber
noun
Alternative form of swabber
twibils
twibils
noun
plural of twibil
wabasha
wabasha
Proper noun
a city in Minnesota, USA
wabasso
wabbles
wabbles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wabble
wabster
wambais
wambais
noun
(obsolete) gambeson (defensive garment)
wambles
wambles
noun
plural of wamble
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wamble
warbles
warbles
noun
plural of warble
wasabis
wasabis
noun
plural of wasabi
washtub
washtub
noun
A tub used for washing clothes.
wastabl
waxbush
webelos
webless
webless
adj
Without a web; unwebbed.
webster
webster
noun
(now historical) A weaver (originally, specifically female).
wershba
wimbles
wimbles
noun
plural of wimble
wobbles
wobbles
noun
plural of wobble
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wobble
wobster
wombats
wombats
noun
plural of wombat
wosbird
wosbird
noun
(UK, West Country, Wiltshire, obsolete) A term of reproach.