(mineralogy) A rare manganese iron oxide mineral with a black metallic appearance.
bixin
bixin
noun
(organic chemistry) An apocarotenoid that is the active ingredient of annatto.
bixler
blennothorax
blixen
bloxberg
bloxom
bloxom
Proper noun
A town in Virginia.
bobbysoxer
bobbysoxer
noun
Alternative form of bobby soxer
bobbysoxers
bobbysoxers
noun
plural of bobbysoxer
boisseaux
bolboxalis
bollix
bollix
noun
(Ireland, derogatory) fool, jerk
confusion
mess
verb
(transitive) To botch or bungle.
(transitive) To confuse.
bollixed
bollixed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bollix
bollixes
bollixes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bollix
bollixing
bollixing
verb
present participle of bollix
bollox
bollox
noun
Alternative spelling of bollocks
bolloxed
bolloxed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bollox
bolloxes
bolloxes
noun
plural of bollox
bolloxing
bolloxing
verb
present participle of bollox
bombax
bombax
noun
Any member of the genus Bombax of tropical trees in the mallow family.
bombyx
bombyx
noun
Any member of the genus Bombyx of true silkmoths, whose caterpillars often feed on mulberries.
bombyxes
bombyxes
noun
plural of bombyx
bonadoxin
bonxie
bonxie
noun
(UK, chiefly Shetland) The great skua, Stercorarius skua.
boombox
boombox
noun
Alternative spelling of boom box
boomboxes
boomboxes
noun
plural of boombox
borax
borax
noun
(chemistry) The sodium salt of boric acid, Na₂B₄O₇, either anhydrous or with 5 or 10 molecules of water of crystallisation; sodium tetraborate.
(sometimes attributive) Cheap or tawdry furniture or other works of industrial design.
A white or gray/grey crystalline salt, with a slight alkaline taste, used as a flux, in soldering metals, making enamels, fixing colors/colours on porcelain, and as a soap, etc.
verb
(transitive) To treat with borax.
boraxes
boraxes
noun
plural of borax
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of borax
bordeaux
bordeaux
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Bordeaux (“fungicide; wine”)
bordereaux
bordereaux
noun
plural of bordereau
bosix
bostryx
bostryx
noun
(botany) A helicoid cyme.
boudreaux
boudreaux
Proper noun
that comes from the French word for farmer. A family surname that means leader of the group. This is a common last name for Cajun people.
box
box
noun
(Australia) An evergreen tree of the genus Lophostemon (for example, box scrub, Brisbane box, brush box, pink box, or Queensland box, Lophostemon confertus).
(Australia) Various species of Eucalyptus trees are popularly called various kinds of boxes, on the basis of the nature of their wood, bark, or appearance for example, the drooping (Eucalyptus bicolor), shiny-leaved (Eucalyptus tereticornis), black, or ironbark box trees.
(automotive) Short for gearbox.
(aviation) A diamond-shaped flying formation consisting of four aircraft.
(baseball) The rectangle in which the batter stands.
(colloquial, chiefly Southern US) A stringed instrument with a soundbox, especially a guitar.
(computing, slang) A computer, or the case in which it is housed.
(cricket) A hard protector for the genitals worn inside the underpants by a batsman or close fielder.
(cricket) Synonym of gully (“a certain fielding position”)
(dated) A Mediterranean food fish of the genus Boops, which is a variety of sea bream; a bogue or oxeye.
(dated) A small country house.
(engineering) A cylindrical casing around the axle of a wheel, a bearing, a gland, etc.
(euphemistic) A coffin.
(fencing) A device used in electric fencing to detect whether a weapon has struck an opponent, which connects to a fencer's weapon by a spool and body wire. It uses lights and sound to notify a hit, with different coloured lights for on target and off target hits.
(figuratively) A predicament or trap.
(genetics) One of two specific regions in a promoter.
(juggling) A pattern usually performed with three balls where the movements of the balls make a boxlike shape.
(lacrosse, informal) Short for box lacrosse (“indoor form of lacrosse”).
(music, slang) A musical instrument, especially one made from boxwood.
(rail transport) Short for signal box.
(slang) A cell used for solitary confinement.
(slang) A gym dedicated to the CrossFit exercise program.
(slang) A prison cell.
(slang) Preceded by the: television.
(slang, vulgar) The vagina.
(soccer) The penalty area.
A blow with the fist.
A compartment (as a drawer) of an item of furniture used for storage, such as a cupboard, a shelf, etc.
A compartment or receptacle for receiving items.
A compartment to sit inside in an auditorium, courtroom, theatre, or other building.
A cuboid container and its contents; as much as fills such a container.
A cuboid space; a cuboid container, often with a hinged lid.
A numbered receptacle at a newspaper office for anonymous replies to advertisements; see also box number.
A rectangle: an oblong or a square.
A small rectangular shelter.
Any of various evergreen shrubs or trees of genus Buxus, especiallycommon box, European box, or boxwood (Buxus sempervirens) which is often used for making hedges and topiary.
Short for horsebox (“container for transporting horses”).
The driver's seat on a horse-drawn coach.
The wood from a box tree: boxwood.
verb
(intransitive, stative, boxing) To participate in boxing; to be a boxer.
(transitive) To mix two containers of paint of similar colour to ensure that the color is identical.
(transitive) To place inside a box; to pack in one or more boxes.
(transitive) To strike with the fists; to punch.
(transitive) Usually followed by in: to surround and enclose in a way that restricts movement; to corner, to hem in.
(transitive, agriculture) To make an incision or hole in (a tree) for the purpose of procuring the sap.
(transitive, architecture) To enclose with boarding, lathing, etc., so as to conceal (for example, pipes) or to bring to a required form.
(transitive, boxing) To fight against (a person) in a boxing match.
(transitive, engineering) To furnish (for example, the axle of a wheel) with a box.
(transitive, graphic design, printing) To enclose (images, text, etc.) in a box.
(transitive, object-oriented programming) To place a value of a primitive type into a corresponding object.
boxball
boxball
noun
Any of various informal ball games or sports played with boxes, or in a box-shaped court.
boxberries
boxberries
noun
plural of boxberry
boxberry
boxberry
noun
The teaberry, Gaultheria procumbens.
boxboard
boxboard
noun
Paperboard used for the manufacture of folding cartons and rigid boxes.
boxboards
boxboards
noun
plural of boxboard
boxbush
boxcar
boxcar
noun
(rail transport, US) An enclosed railway goods wagon, typically with a sliding door.
verb
(mathematics, transitive) To reduce to a boxcar function.
boxcars
boxcars
noun
(slang, dice games) Double six in a dice game with two dice.
plural of boxcar
boxed
boxed
adj
In bridge and other card games if the cards in a pack are reversed face-up and face-down then the pack is said to be boxed.
Packed into a box or boxes.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of box
boxelder
boxelder
noun
Alternative form of box elder
boxen
boxen
adj
Made of boxwood.
Resembling box (the wood).
noun
(nonstandard, humorous) plural of box (“computer”)
boxer
boxer
noun
A breed of stocky, medium-sized, short-haired dog with a square-jawed muzzle.
A letterboxer.
A participant (fighter) in a boxing match.
A type of internal combustion engine in which cylinders are arranged in two banks on either side of a single crankshaft.
One who packs boxes.
The person running a game of two-up.
boxerism
boxers
boxers
noun
(informal) Boxer shorts.
plural of boxer
boxes
boxes
noun
plural of box
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of box
boxfish
boxfish
noun
Any of the family Ostraciidae of often colorful, squared, bony fishes.
Certain species in Ostraciidae, principally in genus Ostracion.
boxfishes
boxfishes
noun
plural of boxfish
boxford
boxford
Proper noun
a town in Massachusetts.
boxful
boxful
noun
as much as a box will hold
boxfuls
boxfuls
noun
plural of boxful
boxhaul
boxhaul
verb
(nautical, transitive, intransitive) To bring (a square-rigged ship) onto a new tack by hauling back the foresails whilst steering hard round.
boxhauled
boxhauled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of boxhaul
boxhauling
boxhauling
verb
present participle of boxhaul
boxhauls
boxhauls
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of boxhaul
boxhead
boxhead
noun
(UK, military, slang, dated) A German person.
boxholder
boxholder
noun
A renter of a post office box.
An owner of a box in a theatre/theater, stadium, etc.
boxholm
boxiana
boxier
boxier
adj
comparative form of boxy: more boxy
boxiest
boxiest
adj
superlative form of boxy: most boxy
boxiness
boxiness
noun
The condition of being boxy
boxinesses
boxing
boxing
noun
(construction) Casing.
(object-oriented programming) Automatic conversion of value types to objects by wrapping them within a heap-allocated reference type.
(sports) A sport where two opponents punch each other with gloved fists to head and torso; the object being to score more points by the end of the match or by knockout, or technical knockout.
Material used for making boxes or casing.
verb
present participle of box
boxings
boxings
noun
plural of boxing
boxkeeper
boxkeeper
noun
(now historical) A theatre attendant in charge of the boxes.
boxlike
boxlike
adj
similar to a box
boxmaker
boxmaker
noun
A manufacturer of boxes.
boxmaking
boxmaking
noun
The manufacture of boxes.
boxman
boxman
noun
A casino employee who supervises the craps table.
boxroom
boxroom
noun
A storeroom, usually upstairs, for boxes and other items.
boxthorn
boxthorn
noun
Any plant of the genus Lycium.
boxthorns
boxthorns
noun
plural of boxthorn
boxtop
boxtop
noun
The upper portion of a product's box, used as a proof of purchase when claiming an associated offer.
boxtops
boxtops
noun
plural of boxtop
boxtree
boxtree
noun
Alternative form of box tree
boxty
boxty
noun
A traditional Irish potato pancake.
boxwallah
boxwallah
noun
(India, historical) An Indian pedlar who sold goods from a box or trunk.
boxwood
boxwood
noun
(countable, uncountable) Any tree of genus Buxus.
(countable, uncountable) The box tree, Buxus sempervirens.
(uncountable) The hard, close-grained wood of this tree, used in delicate woodwork and in making inlays.
boxwoods
boxwoods
noun
plural of boxwood
boxwork
boxwork
noun
(geology) A form of weathering found in caves
boxy
boxy
adj
Box-shaped, box-like, or otherwise suggestive of boxes (with right angles or at least blunt profiles).
boyaux
boyaux
noun
plural of boyau
brachyaxis
bradyauxesis
bradyauxetic
bradyauxetically
bradylexia
bradylexia
noun
An unusual slowness in reading
braxies
braxies
noun
plural of braxy
braxton
braxton
Proper noun
possibly from Branxton in Northumberland.
name, modern transferred use of the surname.
braxy
braxy
adj
Diseased with braxy.
noun
(now historical) Meat from sheep that have died from this disease, or that have died from accident or disease in general.
An inflammatory disease of sheep.
breadbox
breadbox
noun
a container for storing bread or other baked goods to keep them fresh
breadboxes
breadboxes
noun
plural of breadbox
breakax
breakaxe
brieux
brix
brix
Noun
A measure (in degrees) of the amount of dissolved solids in a liquid via its specific gravity; used especially to measure dissolved sugar in fruit juice and wine.
brixey
broadax
broadax
noun
Alternative spelling of broadaxe
broadaxe
broadaxe
noun
A large axe, with a broad blade, once used as a weapon and also used for hewing timber.
broadaxes
broadaxes
noun
plural of broadaxe
brodnax
bromodeoxyuridine
bromodeoxyuridine
noun
(organic chemistry) A synthetic nucleoside which is an analogue of thymidine; it is commonly used in the detection of proliferating cells in living tissues, where it competes with uridine
bronx
bronx
Proper noun
A borough of New York City.
Noun
A cocktail containing gin, vermouth and orange juice.
bronxite
bronxville
broxton
bruxelles
bruxism
bruxism
noun
(dentistry) The habit or practice of grinding the teeth, as while sleeping, or due to stress or certain drugs.
bruxisms
bruxisms
noun
plural of bruxism
bucculatrix
bufotoxin
bufotoxin
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of a family of toxic substances found in toads, other amphibians, and some plants and mushrooms.
bureaux
bureaux
noun
plural of bureau
butoxy
butoxy
noun
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) The ether radical derived from butanol
butoxyl
butterbox
butterbox
noun
(US, regional) The bufflehead duck.
A wooden box in which butter is contained.
buxaceae
buxaceous
buxaceous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to the family Buxaceae of the box trees and close relatives.
buxbaumia
buxbaumiaceae
buxeous
buxerries
buxerry
buxine
buxine
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid obtained from the Buxus sempervirens, or common box tree, identical with bebeerine.
buxom
buxom
adj
(dated) Full of health, vigour, and good temper.
(obsolete) Physically flexible or unresisting.
(obsolete, by extension) Morally pliant; obedient and easily yielding to pressure.
(of a woman) Having a full, voluptuous figure, especially possessing large breasts.
buxomer
buxomer
adj
comparative form of buxom: more buxom
buxomest
buxomest
adj
superlative form of buxom: most buxom
buxomly
buxomly
adv
In a buxom way.
buxomness
buxomness
noun
(now rare) Happiness, gaiety.
(obsolete) Obedience.
Voluptuousness.
buxomnesses
buxtehude
buxton
buxus
bx
bxs
cakebox
cakebox
noun
A box for keeping cake.
A cylindrical container for recordable compact discs.
camphocarboxylic
candlebox
carbethoxy
carbethoxy
noun
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) The univalent radical -CO-OCH₂CH₃
carbethoxyl
carbethoxyl
noun
(organic chemistry) Alternative form of carbethoxy
carbolxylol
carbomethoxy
carbomethoxy
noun
(organic chemistry, in combination) A methyl ester of a carboxylic acid when used as a substituent -CO₂-CH₃
carbomethoxyl
carbomethoxyl
noun
Alternative form of carbomethoxy
carbonnieux
carboxide
carboxide
noun
(organic chemistry) A compound of carbon and oxygen, such as carbonyl, with some element or radical.
carboxy
carboxy
noun
(organic chemistry) The carboxyl group.
carboxydomonas
carboxyhemoglobin
carboxyhemoglobin
noun
(biochemistry) The stable complex of carbon monoxide with hemoglobin; it prevents the normal complexing with oxygen and thus leads to anoxia
carboxyl
carboxyl
noun
(organic chemistry) A univalent functional group consisting of a carbonyl and a hydroxyl functional group (-CO.OH); characteristic of carboxylic acids.
carboxylase
carboxylase
noun
(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes either a carboxylation or decarboxylation reaction.
carboxylases
carboxylases
noun
plural of carboxylase
carboxylate
carboxylate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of a carboxylic acid.
verb
(organic chemistry) To form a carboxyl group by introduction of carbon dioxide
(organic chemistry) To react with a carboxylic acid
carboxylated
carboxylated
adj
(chemistry) Converted into a carboxylic acid, normally by the oxidation of an alcohol or aldehyde.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of carboxylate