(nautical) A brush-like pad made of rope, attached to a shroud in order to prevent wear on sails.
bailiary
bailiery
bailiffry
bairnly
bairnly
adj
(Scotland, rare) Bairnlike; childish.
bakerly
bakerly
adj
Characteristic of a baker.
baldberry
balladeroyal
balladry
balladry
noun
ballads considered as a group; also, the sharing (transmission), making and performing of ballads, ballads as an activity, as a tradition, as a body of work, as a craft, as implying a community of singers, makers and lovers of ballads.
ballistocardiography
ballistocardiography
noun
The science of the preparation and diagnostic interpretation of ballistocardiograms.
balloonery
ballplayer
ballplayer
noun
Alternative form of ball player
ballplayers
ballplayers
noun
plural of ballplayer
ballyhooer
ballyhooer
noun
One who engages in noisy shouting, uproar, or publicity.
ballyllumford
ballyrag
ballyrag
Verb
To harass, badger, taunt, or abuse verbally.
ballyragged
ballyragged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ballyrag
ballyragging
ballyragging
verb
present participle of ballyrag
ballyrags
ballyrags
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ballyrag
ballywrack
balneary
balneary
noun
A room for bathing.
balneatory
balneatory
adj
(obsolete, rare) Pertaining to a bath
balneography
balneography
noun
A description of therapeutic baths.
balneotherapy
balneotherapy
noun
The treatment of disease by bathing.
bankruptly
bankruptly
adv
In a bankrupt manner.
banteringly
banteringly
adv
In a bantering manner.
barbarically
barbarically
adv
In a barbaric manner.
barbarously
barbarously
adv
In a barbarous manner.
barbulyie
barclay
bardily
bardolatry
bardolatry
noun
(usually derogatory) excessive or religious worship of William Shakespeare
barefacedly
barefacedly
adv
In a barefaced manner
bareilly
barely
barely
adv
(archaic) merely.
(degree) Almost not at all.
(degree) By a small margin.
barfly
barfly
noun
(slang, derogatory) a person who spends much time in a bar or similar drinking establishment
(slang, derogatory) a promiscuous person, especially a woman, who frequents bars hoping to find sexual partners
barkingly
barkingly
adv
With barking sounds.
barkley
barklyite
barklyite
noun
A magenta-coloured turbid variety of ruby from Victoria, Australia.
barley
barley
noun
(Singapore) seed of Job's tears (Coix lacryma-jobi)
A cereal of the species Hordeum vulgare, or its grains, often used as food or to make beer and other malted drinks.
barleybird
barleybrake
barleybrake
noun
An ancient rural game, commonly played round stacks of barley or other grain, in which some players attempt to catch others who run from a goal.
barleybreak
barleycorn
barleycorn
noun
(architecture, woodworking) A small groove between two mouldings.
(obsolete) The length of such a grain; a unit of length of approximately one third (or sometimes one quarter) of an inch or eight millimetres, still used as a basis for shoe sizes.
A grain of barley.
barleycorns
barleycorns
noun
plural of barleycorn
barleyhood
barleymow
barleys
barleys
noun
plural of barley (varieties)
barleysick
barly
barnsley
barnsley
Proper noun
A town in the county of South Yorkshire in the north of England.
baroclinicity
baroclinicity
noun
The condition of being baroclinic; barocliny
baroclinity
baroclinity
noun
The condition of being baroclinic.
barocyclonometer
barocyclonometer
noun
(nautical) A type of aneroid barometer that has accompanying diagrams and directions that help predict storms
barology
barology
noun
(obsolete, physics) The science of gravity or weight.
barometrically
barometrically
adv
By means of a barometer
baroquely
baroquely
adv
In a baroque style.
barratrously
barratrously
adv
In a barratrous manner.
barreleye
barreleye
noun
A small, deep-sea osmeriform fish of the family Opisthoproctidae, with barrel-shaped, tubular eyes which are generally directed upwards to detect the silhouettes of available prey.
barreleyes
barreleyes
noun
plural of barreleye
barrenly
barrenly
adv
unfruitfully; unproductively
barrulety
barruly
barruly
adj
(heraldry) Traversed (transversely) by barrulets or small bars.
barryville
barthelemy
bartholemy
bartlemy
bartley
baryglossia
barylalia
barylite
barylite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing barium, beryllium, oxygen, and silicon.
barysilite
barysilite
noun
(mineralogy) A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing lead, manganese, oxygen, and silicon.
barytocalcite
barytocalcite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic barium calcium carbonate mineral.
barytocelestine
barytocelestite
barytophyllite
barytosulphate
basicytoparaplastin
basilary
basilary
adj
Alternative form of basilar
basipterygial
basipterygial
adj
Of or pertaining to a basipterygium
bastardly
bastardly
adj
Having been born out of marriage.
Of no use or purpose; useless; worthless.
adv
In a bastardly manner.
bathymetrical
bathymetrical
adj
Alternative form of bathymetric
bathymetrically
bathymetrically
adv
In a bathymetric way
bathyorographical
bathyorographical
adj
Of, embodying, or pertaining to elevation heights and pelagic depths.
batrachoplasty
baublery
baublery
noun
gaudy decoration; baubles; trinkets
bayardly
bayardly
adj
(obsolete) blind; stupid
baylor
beadlery
beadlery
noun
The office or jurisdiction of a beadle.
bearability
bearability
noun
bearableness
bearably
bearably
adv
In a bearable manner.
beardsley
bearishly
bearishly
adv
In a bearish manner.
beerbelly
beerbelly
noun
Alternative form of beer belly
beerily
beerily
adv
(informal) in a beery manner; while smelling of, or under the influence of, beer
beerishly
beerishly
adv
In a beerish manner.
beggarly
beggarly
adj
(by extension) inadequate or meagre.
Fit for a beggar; occasioned by begging.
In the manner of a beggar; poverty-stricken; mean; poor; contemptible.
adv
In an indigent, mean, or despicable manner; in the manner of a beggar.
beglerbey
beglerbey
noun
Alternative form of beylerbey
begrudgingly
begrudgingly
adv
In a begrudging manner; in a manner that is envious or reluctant.
behaviorally
behaviorally
adv
With respect to behavior.
behavioristically
behavioristically
adv
In a behavioristic manner
behaviourally
behaviourally
adv
With respect to behaviour
belayer
belayer
noun
A person who belays.
belfry
belfry
noun
(architecture) A part of a large tower or steeple, specifically for containing bells.
(architecture) A tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church.
(dialectal) A shed.
(obsolete) A movable tower used in sieges.
(obsolete) An alarm-tower; a watchtower containing an alarm-bell.
belligerency
belligerency
noun
Alternative form of belligerence
belligerently
belligerently
adv
In a belligerent manner; with aggressive hostility.
bellyacher
bellyacher
noun
One who bellyaches; a complainer.
bellyachers
bellyachers
noun
plural of bellyacher
bellyer
benadryl
benzalcyanhydrin
benzalhydrazine
benzalphenylhydrazone
benzhydrol
benzhydrol
noun
diphenylmethanol
benzofuryl
benzohydrol
benzopyranyl
benzopyrazolone
benzopyrylium
benzopyrylium
noun
(organic chemistry) An aromatic bicyclic ion or salt containing a benzene ring fused to a pyrylium ion
benzoylformic
berggylt
bergylt
bergylt
noun
The Ballan wrasse, Labrus bergylta another North Atlantic fish
The rose fish, an edible red fish found in the North Atlantic, Sebastes norvegicus.
berhley
berkeley
berkeley
Proper noun
from the words beorce léah meaning birch lea.
name transferred from the surname.
Any of several places, including a city in California.
The University of California in Berkeley
berkeleyism
berkeleyite
berkley
berkly
berley
berley
noun
(New Zealand, Australia) Material (frequently rancid) used as bait to attract fish or other organisms.
berlyn
berlyne
berryless
berryless
adj
Without berries.
berrylike
berrylike
adj
Resembling a berry
berryville
berryville
Proper noun
a city in Arkansas, USA, which is one of the two county seats of
a town in Texas, USA.
an incorporated town in Virginia, USA
an unincorporated community in West Virginia, USA.
beryl
beryl
adj
Of a dull bluish green colour.
noun
(countable) An example (a stone) of the mineral beryl.
(uncountable) A dull blueish green colour.
(uncountable, mineralogy) A mineral of pegmatite deposits, often used as a gemstone.
berylate
beryle
beryline
beryline
adj
Alternative form of berylline
beryllate
beryllate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) The anion BeO₂²⁻ or any salt containing this anion
beryllia
beryllia
noun
(chemistry) beryllium oxide
berylline
berylline
adj
Beryl-like; having a light blue-green colour.
noun
(countable and uncountable) The berylline color.
(countable) berylline hummingbird
berylliosis
berylliosis
noun
(medicine) A chronic disease of the lungs, caused by inhalation of beryllium compounds.
beryllium
beryllium
noun
The chemical element (symbol Be) with an atomic number of 4; a soft silvery-white low density alkaline earth metal with specialist industrial applications.
berylloid
berylloid
noun
a solid consisting of a double twelve-sided pyramid
beryllonate
beryllonite
beryllonite
noun
(mineralogy) A rare mineral, sodium beryllium phosphate, with the chemical formula NaBePO₄; found especially in Maine.
beryllosis
beryls
beryls
noun
plural of beryl
betrayal
betrayal
noun
the act of betraying
betrayals
betrayals
noun
plural of betrayal
betterly
beverley
beverley
Proper noun
name, a mostly British spelling variant of Beverly.
a market town, and county town of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
beverly
beverly
Proper noun
and place name.
name derived from the surname. Popular in the 1930s to the 1950s in the U.S., partly because of its association with Beverly Hills ( where the stars live).
name transferred from the surname.
bewilderedly
bewilderedly
adv
In a bewildered manner; with puzzlement.
bewilderingly
bewilderingly
adv
In a bewildering manner, or to a bewildering extent.
bewrayingly
bewrayingly
adv
(archaic) By way of disclosing secrets; in such manner as to bewray