(dated, physics) A unit of inductance equal to one billionth (1 x 10⁻⁹) of a henry, used in the centimeter-gram-second system of units.
abilyne
allenby
amboyna
amboyna
noun
A south-east Asian tree, Pterocarpus indicus.
The reddish, mottled or striped wood of this tree, used in cabinet-making.
anaboly
anybody
anybody
pron
(informal) A person of some consideration or standing.
Any one out of an indefinite number of persons; anyone; any person.
aubigny
babying
babying
noun
The act of coddling or pampering somebody.
verb
present participle of baby
babylon
babylon
noun
(UK, slang, countable) A female breast.
bairnly
bairnly
adj
(Scotland, rare) Bairnlike; childish.
balcony
balcony
noun
(architecture) An accessible structure extending from a building, especially outside a window.
An accessible structure overlooking a stage or the like.
baldwyn
balmony
baloney
baloney
noun
(uncountable, chiefly US, slang) Nonsense.
A type of sausage; bologna.
banally
banally
adv
In a banal, trite or boring manner.
banbury
banbury
Proper noun
A market town and civil parish on the River Cherwell in Oxfordshire.
bantery
bantery
adj
Full of banter or good-humored raillery.
banyans
banyans
noun
plural of banyan
banyoro
banyuls
barayon
barnaby
barnaby
Noun
originally, a lively and fast-paced dance; by extension, any quick and uneven movement.
Proper noun
name, from the medieval vernacular form of Barnabas.
barneys
barneys
noun
plural of barney
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of barney
baronry
baronry
noun
The state or quality of being a baron
baryons
baryons
noun
plural of baryon
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.
bayamon
bayness
bayness
noun
The quality of being bay in colour.
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.
bayonne
bayonne
Proper noun
A city and commune of southwest France.
A city in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States
baytown
beanery
beanery
noun
(informal) An inexpensive restaurant or cafe; a bistro.
befancy
behoney
behoney
verb
(transitive) To cover or smear with honey.
(transitive) To sweeten with honey, or with honeyed words.
belying
belying
verb
present participle of belie
benasty
bendays
bendays
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of benday
benkley
benomyl
benomyl
noun
A fungicide that binds to microtubules, interfering with cell functions such as meiosis and intracellular transportation.
bentley
bentley
Proper noun
Various place names, including:
a suburb of Western Australia.
a town in Alberta, Canada.
a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
a village in district, England.
a village in district, Suffolk, England.
a suburb of South Yorkshire, England.
a village in district, England.
an area in borough, West Midlands, England.
a village in district, Worcestershire, England.
a small town in Illinois, USA.
a small city in Kansas, USA.
an unincorporated community in Michigan, USA.
an unincorporated community in North Dakota, USA.
Noun
A motor car manufactured by this company.
benzoxy
benzoyl
benzoyl
noun
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) A univalent radical formally derived from benzoic acid, C₆H₅CO-, by removal of the hydroxyl group
benzyls
benzyls
noun
plural of benzyl
berlyne
bethany
bethany
Proper noun
The village where Jesus stayed before going to Jerusalem and being crucified.
The village where Lazarus, Mary and Martha lived (Bible, John 11 v. 1)
Mary of Bethany, sometimes identified as Mary Magdalene.
name, transferred use of the biblical place name.
betoyan
beyonds
beyonds
noun
plural of beyond
bezanty
bezanty
adj
(heraldry) Covered with bezants; semé (strewn) with bezants.
bhayani
bindery
bindery
noun
A workshop or factory where books are bound.
bingeys
biodyne
biogeny
biogeny
noun
biogenesis
bionomy
bionomy
noun
physiology.
bisayan
biunity
biunity
noun
The quality of being biune.
bivinyl
blainey
blandly
blandly
adv
In a bland manner.
blankly
blankly
adv
in a blank manner, especially showing no emotion or expression.
blarney
blarney
noun
Ability to talk constantly and fluently.
Mindless chatter.
Persuasive flattery or kind speech; smooth, wheedling talk.
verb
To beguile with flattery.
blaydon
blaydon
Proper noun
a town in the metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, England, which is also known as Blaydon-on-
blindly
blindly
adv
In a blind manner; without sight; sightlessly.
Without consideration or question.
bluntly
bluntly
adv
In a blunt manner; without delicacy, or the usual forms of civility.
bodying
bodying
verb
present participle of body
bogyman
bogymen
bogymen
noun
plural of bogyman
boloney
boloney
noun
Alternative form of baloney (“nonsense”)
Alternative form of bologna (“sausage”)
bonally
bonedry
bonedry
adj
Alternative spelling of bone-dry
bonifay
bonnily
bonnily
adv
(Scotland) attractively; in a pleasant or pretty manner
bonzery
botonny
botonny
Adjective
Having a trefoil of buds at the end of each arm
botoyan
boundly
bowyang
bowyang
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) A strap worn below the knee, especially by labourers, to keep the trousers up or to stop them stretching while bending.
boydton
boydton
Proper noun
a small town in Virginia, USA
boykins
boykins
noun
plural of boykin
boynton
bradney
branchy
branchy
adj
Having many branches.
Tending to branch frequently.
brandyn
braying
braying
noun
An act or sound of braying.
verb
present participle of bray
brayton
britany
britney
britney
Proper noun
name, a variant of Brittany.
bronwyn
bronwyn
Proper noun
name; an Anglicized form of Bronwen.
broonzy
brotany
brownly
brownly
adv
With a brown colour.
bryansk
bryansk
Proper noun
A city in Russia, administrative centre of Bryansk oblast.
bryanty
bryndza
bryndza
noun
A soft cheese made from sheep's milk, primarily made in Central and Eastern Europe.
bryonia
bryonin
bryonin
noun
(organic chemistry) An emetic substance obtained from bryony root.
brython
brython
Noun
A (historical) Briton: a member of that people that spoke Brythonic languages.
budenny
bunkery
bunyoro
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.
buoying
buoying
verb
present participle of buoy
burayan
burnaby
burnaby
Proper noun
a city in British Columbia, Canada
burnley
burnley
Proper noun
a market town in Lancashire, England.
burntly
burying
burying
noun
A burial.
verb
present participle of bury
busycon
busying
busying
noun
busyness; making oneself busy with something
verb
present participle of busy
butenyl
butenyl
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of several isomeric univalent radicals derived from butene; but especially crotyl
buttony
buttony
adj
(of berries) Not fully grown and matured; overly small and insufficiently juicy.
(of hops) Full-berried.
Having a large number of buttons.
Resembling a button or buttons.
noun
(Scotland, games) A children’s game played with buttons.
The manufacture of buttons.
butyrin
butyrin
noun
(organic chemistry) The triglyceride of butyric acid; the principal constituent of butterfat
bygoing
bygones
bygones
noun
Things that happened in the past.
bylined
bylined
adj
Having a byline.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of byline
byliner
byliner
noun
A journalist who writes bylines.
bylines
bylines
noun
plural of byline
bynames
bynames
noun
plural of byname
byreman
byrling
byrling
verb
present participle of byrl
byrnies
byrnies
noun
plural of byrnie
byronic
byronic
Adjective
Of or pertaining to British Romantic poet George Gordon Byron (1788-1824) or his writings.
byssine
byssine
adj
Made of, or resembling, silk; silken.
bywoner
bywoner
noun
(South Africa) A poor tenant farmer who labours for the owner and does some farming of his own.
byzants
byzants
noun
plural of byzant
ciboney
coenoby
coenoby
noun
Alternative form of coenobium
cymblin
cynebot
dabneys
danbury
danbury
Proper noun
a village in City of district, Essex, England
a city in Connecticut, USA.
a small city in Iowa, USA.
a village in Nebraska, USA.
a town in New Hampshire, USA.
a small city in North Carolina, USA
a small city in Texas, USA.
a hamlet in Saskatchewan, Canada.
downbye
dzyubin
embryon
embryon
adj
(now rare) Embryonic.
flybane
flybane
noun
A poisonous mushroom, the fly agaric.
Certain catchflies of the genus Silene.
gaybine
gaybine
noun
Any of several showy twining plants of section Ipomoea sect. Pharbitis of the genus Ipomoea.
hanbury
hayband
hayband
noun
A crude rope made from hay.
henebry
heyburn
heyburn
Proper noun
A city in Idaho.
hornsby
ignobly
ignobly
adv
in an ignoble manner
knobbly
knobbly
adj
Having a covering of small knobs.
knubbly
knubbly
adj
knobbly
libyans
linkboy
linkboy
noun
Alternative form of link boy
lyublin
mangaby
mangaby
noun
Archaic form of mangabey.
nabobry
naebody
naebody
noun
Archaic spelling of nobody.
newbery
newbury
newbury
Proper noun
A town in Berkshire, England.
A town in Massachusetts.
A town in New Hampshire.
A village in Ontario, Canada.
A town and village in Vermont.
newsboy
newsboy
noun
A boy, or by extension a man, who delivers and/or sells newspapers.