Equally usable by left-handed and right-handed people (as a tool or instrument).
Exceptionally skillful; adept in more than one medium, genre, style, etc.
Having equal ability in both hands; in particular, able to write equally well with both hands.
ambidextrously
ambidextrously
adv
In an ambidextrous manner.
ambidextrousness
ambidextrousness
noun
The state or quality of being ambidextrous.
ambisextrous
ambisextrous
adj
(humorous, sometimes offensive, of a person) Bisexual.
Epicene, androgynous.
Having both male and female, or masculine and feminine elements.
ambodexter
ambodexter
noun
Obsolete spelling of ambidexter.
ambosexous
ambosexous
adj
(obsolete) ambisexual; hermaphroditic
ambosexual
anoxybiosis
anoxybiosis
noun
(physiology) A biological response triggered by a lack of oxygen in which an organism takes in water and becomes turgid and immobile; possibly a form of cryptobiosis.
anoxybiotic
anoxybiotic
adj
Of or pertaining to anoxybiosis.
antibenzaldoxime
antiboxing
antiboxing
adj
Opposing the sport of boxing.
approximable
approximable
adj
(mathematics) Able to be approximated
autoxidizability
autoxidizability
noun
Alternative form of autoxidisability
autoxidizable
autoxidizable
adj
Alternative form of autoxidisable
auxoblast
auxobody
auxosubstance
azodicarboxylic
azoxybenzene
azoxybenzene
noun
(organic chemistry) The azoxy compound C₆H₅-N=N(O)-C₆H₅
azoxybenzoic
bacteriotoxic
bacteriotoxic
adj
toxic to bacteria
bacteriotoxin
bacteriotoxin
noun
Any material that is toxic to bacteria
Any toxin produced by a bacterium
bandbox
bandbox
noun
A box of lightweight construction (e.g. cardboard, thin wood) for carrying hats or other apparel items.
A small baseball park conducive to scoring home runs.
bandboxes
bandboxes
noun
plural of bandbox
bandboxical
bandboxical
adj
(archaic) Small and flimsy; poky.
bandboxy
bandboxy
adj
resembling a bandbox
barotaxis
barotaxis
noun
(biology, biochemistry) The movement of a cell or an organism in response to pressure.
barotaxy
baroxyton
batrachotoxin
batrachotoxin
noun
(neurotoxicology, uncountable) An extremely neurotoxic and cardiotoxic steroidal alkaloid found in poison dart frogs.
(toxicology, countable) Any one of a group of extremely neurotoxic and cardiotoxic steroidal alkaloids found in poison dart frogs, Melyridae beetles, and certain birds.
baxtone
benzaldoxime
benzaldoxime
noun
(organic chemistry) The aldoxime of benzaldehyde.
benzantialdoxime
benzdioxazine
benzdioxdiazine
benzdioxtriazine
benzhydroxamic
benzofuroquinoxaline
benzoglyoxaline
benzoperoxide
benzophenoxazine
benzophenoxazine
noun
(chemistry) Any of a certain class of dyes.
benzoquinoxaline
benzoxate
benzoxy
benzoxyacetic
benzoxycamphor
benzoxyphenanthrene
benztrioxazine
biconvex
biconvex
adj
Having both sides convex.
biconvexities
biconvexities
noun
plural of biconvexity
biconvexity
biconvexity
noun
The quality of being biconvex.
bijoux
bijoux
noun
plural of bijou
biloxi
biloxi
Proper noun
A city in Mississippi, USA.
An extinct language of the Biloxi Native Americans.
A village in southeastern Texas.
binoxalate
binoxalate
noun
(chemistry) A salt having two equivalents of oxalic acid to one of the base; an acid oxalate.
binoxide
binoxide
noun
Archaic form of dioxide.
biotaxy
biotaxy
noun
(biology, dated) The classification of living organisms according to their structural character; taxonomy.
biotoxin
biotoxin
noun
Any toxin produced by a living organism
biotoxins
biotoxins
noun
plural of biotoxin
bioxalate
bioxalate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) The univalent group -HC₂O₄, or any salt containing it.
bioxide
bisexuous
bisexuous
adj
(archaic, sciences) bisexual
bisglyoxaline
bishydroxycoumarin
bishydroxycoumarin
noun
(organic chemistry) Synonym of dicumarol
bixaceous
bixaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Bixaceae.
blennothorax
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
braxton
braxton
Proper noun
possibly from Branxton in Northumberland.
name, modern transferred use of the surname.
breadbox
breadbox
noun
a container for storing bread or other baked goods to keep them fresh
breadboxes
breadboxes
noun
plural of breadbox
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.