A woman who is bound in servitude; a female slave.
boneshaw
bophuthatswana
bophuthatswana
Proper noun
A former bantustan in the northwestern region of South Africa.
boswellian
boswellian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to (1740–1795), Scottish lawyer and writer, best known for his biography of
boswelliana
botswana
bowdlerisation
bowdlerisation
noun
The action or instance of bowdlerising; the omission or removal of material considered vulgar or indecent.
bowdlerization
bowdlerization
noun
The action or instance of bowdlerizing; the omission or removal of material considered vulgar or indecent.
bowdlerizations
bowdlerizations
noun
plural of bowdlerization
bowdoinham
bowermaiden
bowerman
bowerwoman
bowerwoman
noun
(historical) A female servant who waits upon a lady in her bedroom.
bowmaking
bowmaking
noun
The manufacture of bows (for archery or for musical instruments).
bowman
bowman
noun
(archery) A man who uses a bow; an archer.
(nautical) The person, in a team or among oarsmen, positioned nearest the bow.
bowmansdale
bowmanstown
bowmansville
bowsman
bowsman
noun
(nautical) A sailor who works in the bow of a vessel.
An archer.
bowwoman
bowwoman
Noun
A female archer.
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.
bowyangs
bowyangs
noun
plural of bowyang
brainpower
brainpower
noun
Intelligent people considered as a group.
Mental ability; intelligence.
brainpowers
brainpowers
noun
plural of brainpower
brainward
brainwash
brainwash
noun
A distorting effect upon one's memory, belief, or ideas, as by propaganda.
verb
(figuratively, dated) To take from an electronically controlled machine its stored-up information; to erase a computer's programming. (1960)
(psychology) To affect one's mind by using extreme mental pressure or any other mind-affecting process. (e.g. hypnosis)
To persuade completely and forcibly.
brainwashed
brainwashed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brainwash
brainwasher
brainwasher
noun
Agent noun of brainwash; one who brainwashes.
brainwashers
brainwashers
noun
plural of brainwasher
brainwashes
brainwashes
noun
plural of brainwash
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brainwash
brainwashing
brainwashing
noun
Alternative spelling of brain-washing
verb
present participle of brainwash
brainwashjng
brainwater
brainwave
brainwave
noun
A sudden idea, understanding, or inspiration; a brainstorm
Any of many rhythmic fluctuations of electric potential between parts of the brain, especially those seen on an electroencephalogram
brainwood
brainwork
brainwork
noun
Work done with the brain; mental effort.
brainworker
branchway
branchway
noun
(poetic) A path or route formed by the branches of trees.
brandwein
brandywine
brandywine
noun
(archaic) brandy
brantwood
branwen
brasstown
braunschweig
braunschweig
Proper noun
a city in Lower Saxony, Germany; Brunswick
braunschweiger
braunschweiger
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Braunschweiger (a sausage).
brawling
brawling
noun
An unruly fight; a brawl.
verb
present participle of brawl
brawlingly
brawlingly
adv
In a brawling manner.
brawn
brawn
noun
(UK, dialectal) A boar.
(chiefly Britain) Head cheese; a terrine made from the head of a pig or calf; originally boar's meat.
Physical strength; muscularity.
Strong muscles or lean flesh, especially of the arm, leg or thumb.
verb
(intransitive) Become fat, especially of a boar.
(transitive) Make fat, especially of a boar.
brawned
brawned
adj
(obsolete) brawny; strong; muscular
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brawn
brawnedness
brawnedness
noun
The state or quality of being brawned.
brawner
brawner
noun
A boar killed for the table.
brawnier
brawnier
adj
comparative form of brawny: more brawny
brawniest
brawniest
adj
superlative form of brawny: most brawny
brawnily
brawnily
adv
In a brawny manner.
brawniness
brawniness
noun
The state of being brawny or having brawn.
brawninesses
brawns
brawns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brawn
brawny
brawny
adj
Calloused; hardened.
Characterized by brawn; muscular, thewy; strong.
breadwinner
breadwinner
noun
The primary income-earner in a household.
breadwinners
breadwinners
noun
plural of breadwinner
breadwinning
breadwinning
noun
The earning of a household's primary income.
breakdown
breakdown
noun
(US) Any rapid bluegrass dance tune, especially featuring a five-string banjo.
(US, dated) A noisy, rapid, shuffling dance engaged in competitively by a number of persons or pairs in succession, common in traditional African American music from the Southern United States.
(US, dated) Any noisy dance performed by shuffling the feet, usually by one person at a time.
(chemistry) Breaking of chemical bonds within a compound to produce simpler compounds or elements.
(film, television) A detailed description of a forthcoming project, including the characters and roles required.
(music) The percussion break of songs chosen by a DJ for use in hip-hop music.
(physics) The sudden transition of an electrical insulator to a conductor when subjected to a sufficiently strong voltage, caused by the partial or complete ionization of the insulator.
(sports) A loss of organization (of the parts of a system).
A failure, particularly mechanical in nature.
A musical technique by which the music is stripped down, becoming simpler, varying in heaviness depending on the genre.
A physical collapse or lapse of mental stability.
Listing, division or categorization in great detail.
Something that has experienced a mechanical failure.
breakdowns
breakdowns
noun
plural of breakdown
breakwind
breakwind
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) A windbreak.
bridewain
bridewain
noun
(historical, archaic or dialectal) A cart or waggon, loaded with household goods, conveyed from a bride's house to her new home; (by extension) the bridal gifts transported upon such a wain.
brilliantwise
bronislaw
brooklawn
browband
browband
noun
A band of fur of a contrasting colour on an animal's brow.
A band of metal, part of a (person's) helmet or crown, which covers the brow.
Part of a horse's bridle that runs from just under one ear, across the forehead, to just under the other ear, preventing the bridle from sliding down.
browbands
browbands
noun
plural of browband
browbeaten
browbeaten
adj
intimidated or subjugated
verb
past participle of browbeat
browbeating
browbeating
verb
present participle of browbeat
browman
browman
noun
(mining, historical) The worker in charge of the cages at the pithead.
brownback
brownback
noun
A bird, the dowitcher or red-breasted snipe.
A note of scrip printed on brown paper, such as that issued by the city of St. Louis during a financial crisis.
A postage stamp printed in brown ink, used in the 1890s.
brownian
brownian
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Brownian.
brownistical
brownsdale
browntail
bryantown
brynmawr
buchenwald
buckwagon
buckwagon
noun
(South Africa) A strong wagon with a frame over the wheels used for hauling goods.
(US) A buckboard; a wagon for personal transport as well as transporting goods.
buckwashing
bulwand
bulwarking
bulwarking
verb
present participle of bulwark
bumboatwoman
bumboatwoman
noun
A woman who pilots a bumboat.
bungalow
bungalow
noun
A single-storey house, typically with rooms all on one level, or sometimes also with upper rooms set into the roof space.
A thatched or tiled one-story house in India surrounded by a wide veranda; a similar house in this style.
bungalows
bungalows
noun
plural of bungalow
bungwall
bungwall
noun
A species of fern, Telmatoblechnum indicum, native to Australia and Southeast Asia.
burrawang
burrawang
noun
(Australia) Any of various cycads in the genus Macrozamia.
bushelwoman
bushelwoman
noun
(US, dialect) A tailor's female assistant for repairing garments.
bushwalking
bushwalking
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) The activity of hiking or backpacking.
verb
present participle of bushwalk
bushwhacking
bushwhacking
noun
criticizing, by someone or a person(s), on policies and stances by George W. Bush, in forums and discussions
fighting, as a guerilla, especially in wooded country
travelling through thick wooded country, cutting away scrub to make progress
verb
present participle of bushwhack
bushwoman
bushwoman
noun
(Australia) A woman who lives or has lived in the Australian outback.
businesswoman
businesswoman
noun
A woman involved in business.
butterwoman
butterwoman
noun
(dated) A woman who makes or sells butter.
buttwoman
bwana
bwana
noun
(slang) Big boss, important person.
bwanas
bwanas
noun
plural of bwana
byeworkman
bylawman
byrewoman
byrlawman
byrlawmen
bywalking
cabbagetown
cabinetwork
cabinetwork
noun
cabinetmaking
furniture made by a cabinetmaker
cabinetworker
cabinetworker
noun
One who makes cabinets; a practitioner of cabinetwork.
cabinetworking
cabinetworks
campbelltown
campbeltown
chamberwoman
chamberwoman
noun
Synonym of chambermaid
chawbacon
chawbacon
noun
(archaic) An uncultured rustic person.
chawbone
clubwoman
clubwoman
noun
(dated) A woman who is a member of a club.
constablewick
constablewick
noun
(obsolete) The district to which a constable's power is limited.
counterbreastwork
cowbane
cowbane
noun
Any of several related poisonous plants of the genus Cicuta
Cicuta virosa, type species of this genus.
cowbanes
cowbanes
noun
plural of cowbane
cowbarn
crossbowman
crossbowman
noun
Someone (usually a soldier) equipped with a crossbow.
crowbarring
crowbarring
verb
present participle of crowbar
crownband
crownbeard
crownbeard
noun
Any of the flowering plants of the genus Verbesina.
cwmbran
cwmbran
Proper noun
A Welsh town.
disallowableness
disanswerable
disownable
disownable
adj
Able to be disowned.
For which there is a penalty of being disowned.
downbear
downbear
verb
(transitive) To bear or press down (on); press upon; depress; subdue.
(transitive) To bear, bring or carry down.
(transitive) To lessen; reduce.
downbeard
downbeat
downbeat
adj
Cautiously optimistic.
Sad or pessimistic.
noun
(music) The accented beat at the beginning of a bar (indicated by a conductor with a downward stroke).
downbeats
downbeats
noun
plural of downbeat
downloadable
downloadable
adj
Capable of being downloaded.
noun
Something that can be downloaded.
drawbench
drawbench
noun
A machine in which long pieces of metal are drawn through a drawplate, die, or series of dies, to change the shape, size, cross-sectional area, physical properties, or surface finish of the metal.
drawboring
drawboring
verb
present participle of drawbore
elizabethtown
elizabethtown
Proper noun
The name of various places in the United States of America:
a former settlement and gold rush town in California.
a village in Illinois, USA
a town in Indiana.
an extinct town in Indiana.
a home rule-class city in Kentucky
a town and a hamlet in New York, the hamlet is the county seat of
an unincorporated community in New Mexico.
a town in North Carolina
a CDP in Ohio.
an unincorporated community in Ohio.
a borough in Pennsylvania.
a ghost town in Texas.
embrawn
fliegerabwehrkanone
foreknowable
foreknowable
adj
That may be known in advance.
foreknowableness
gablewindowed
glassblowing
glassblowing
noun
The art of making objects from molten glass, especially by manipulating a lump of molten glass on the end of a tube whilst blowing into it.
glassblowings
gnawable
gnawable
adj
Capable of being gnawed.
habrowne
handbarrow
handbarrow
noun
A frame, supported by poles, used for carrying things