(oncology, pharmacology) Preventing or countering leukemia.
noun
Any drug that prevents or counters leukemia.
arbuckle
auchinleck
auckland
auckland
Proper noun
The largest conurbation in New Zealand.
autarkical
autarkical
adj
Autarkic.
autarkically
autarkically
adv
In an autarkic way.
bacchuslike
backhaul
backhaul
noun
(broadcasting) Uncut program content that is transmitted point-to-point to an individual television or radio station, network or other receiving entity where it will be integrated into a finished show.
(military) The shipment of material to or through an area from which the material had previously been shipped.
(transport) A return trip after delivery of cargo.
(travel, aviation, fare construction) Travel to a destination via a further point, or a higher fare point, than the destination (higher intermediate point).
verb
To transmit (data or footage) from a remote site to a central site from where it is re-transmitted.
backhauled
backhauled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backhaul
backhauling
backhauling
verb
present participle of backhaul
backhauls
backhauls
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backhaul
bareknuckle
bareknuckled
bathukolpic
bathukolpic
adj
(rare) Deep-bosomed.
beauclerk
bellbuckle
belucki
biscuitlike
biscuitlike
Adjective
Resembling a biscuit or some aspect of one.
blackbrush
blackbrush
noun
A shrub of the genus Coleogyne
blackbuck
blackbuck
noun
An Indian antelope, Antilope cervicapra
blackburn
blackburn
Proper noun
A town in Lancashire, England
blackbush
blackbutt
blackbutt
noun
(chiefly Australia) Any of several Australian eucalyptus trees with a dark fibrous bark towards the base of the trunk, especially Eucalyptus pilularis.
blackcurrant
blackcurrant
noun
A shrub, Ribes nigrum, that produces small, very dark purple, edible berries.
The berry borne by this shrub.
blackduck
blackfigured
blackguard
blackguard
noun
(archaic) A man who uses foul language in front of a woman, typically a woman of high standing in society.
(old-fashioned, usually used only of men) A scoundrel; an unprincipled contemptible person; an untrustworthy person.
The lowest servant in a household charged with pots, pans, and other kitchen equipment.
verb
(intransitive) To act like a blackguard; to be a scoundrel.
(transitive) To revile or abuse in scurrilous language.
blackguarded
blackguarded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blackguard
blackguardism
blackguardism
noun
Blackguardly behaviour or language.
blackguardize
blackguardize
verb
To make blackguardly.
blackguardly
blackguardly
adj
Characteristic of a blackguard.
blackguardry
blackguards
blackguards
noun
plural of blackguard
blackgum
blackgum
noun
Alternative form of black gum (“tree”)
blackgums
blackgums
noun
plural of blackgum
blackmun
blackmur
blackout
blackout
noun
(attributive) The blocking out of as much light as possible.
(historical) The mandatory blocking of all light emanating from buildings, as well as outdoor and street lighting as a measure against aerial bombing or naval attack, as imposed during, e.g., World War II.
A large-scale power failure, and resulting loss of electricity to consumers.
A temporary loss of consciousness.
A temporary loss of memory.
An instance of censorship, especially a temporary one.
verb
(nonstandard) Alternative form of black out
blackouts
blackouts
noun
plural of blackout
blacksburg
blacktongue
blesbuck
blesbuck
noun
A type of damalisk (Damaliscus pygargus phillipsi), an African antelope closely related to the hartebeest.
blesbucks
blesbucks
noun
plural of blesbuck
blockaderunning
blockbusted
blockbuster
blockbuster
noun
(US) One who engages in blockbusting (technique encouraging people to sell property).
(informal) Something, especially an event or a film, book or other creative work, that is intended to achieve high sales (perhaps indicated by large budgets or high advertising spending) or that is conceived on a large or epic scale
(informal) Something, such as a film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales, as opposed to a box office bomb.
(slang) Anything very large or powerful; a whopper.
A high-explosive bomb used for the purposes of demolishing extensive areas, such as a city block.
A large firework of the firecracker type; an M-80.
blockbusters
blockbusters
noun
plural of blockbuster
blockbusting
blockbusting
adj
Having the characteristics of a blockbuster; hugely successful.
noun
(US) A technique used to encourage people to sell their property by giving the impression that a neighborhood is changing for the worse, especially by implying a change in its racial makeup.
blockhouse
blockhouse
noun
(dated) A temporary wooden fortification with a projecting upper story.
A reinforced building from which to control hazardous operations, such as an explosion or a rocket launch.
A sturdy military fortification, often of concrete, with gunports.
blockhouses
blockhouses
noun
plural of blockhouse
blockout
blockout
noun
(construction) A void that is deliberately not filled with concrete, so that it can be used to insert something else such as pipework.
blocksburg
blockus
bloodsuck
bloodsucker
bloodsucker
noun
(by extension) Any parasite.
(by extension) One who attempts to take as much from others as possible; a leech.
A vampire.
An animal that drinks the blood of others, especially by sucking blood through a puncture wound; a hemovore.
The changeable lizard (Calotes versicolor).
bloodsuckers
bloodsuckers
noun
plural of bloodsucker
bloodsucking
bloodsucking
adj
(by extension, of a person) parasitic, leechlike or freeloading
(of an insect or animal) That draws off the blood of another animal, or a person.
bloodsuckings
blueback
blueback
noun
A blueback herring or blueback shad (Alosa aestivalis, syn. Clupea aestivalis) similar to the alewife
A lake trout (Salmo oquassa).
A salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka).
blueblack
bluebuck
bluebuck
noun
An extinct mammal, Hippotragus leucophaeus, the first large African mammal to become extinct in historical times (circa 1800).
The nilgai.
bluejack
bluejack
verb
(transitive) To send messages to (a device) anonymously using Bluetooth.
bluejacket
bluejacket
noun
(nautical) A seaman of a British warship
(nautical) An enlisted man in the US Navy.
A uniformed policeman.
bluejackets
bluejackets
noun
plural of bluejacket
bluejacks
bluejacks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bluejack
bluestocking
bluestocking
noun
(historical) A member of an 18th-century Blue Stockings Society.
(historical) The English parliament of 1653, more commonly called the Barebones Parliament
(usually derogatory) A scholarly, literary, or cultured woman.
bluestockingish
bluestockingish
adj
Like a bluestocking, or scholarly woman.
bluestockingism
bluestockingism
noun
(colloquial) The character or manner of a bluestocking; female pedantry.
bluestockings
bluestockings
noun
plural of bluestocking
bluetick
bluetick
noun
A coonhound of a certain breed originating in the United States,
verb
(Internet slang) To ignore (a message) sent via a social messaging app, especially one where a reply is expected or requested.
bouckville
bruckle
bruckle
adj
(dialectal) Frail, weak, fragile.
bruckled
bruckleness
buckels
bucketful
bucketful
noun
(by extension) A large quantity.
The quantity contained in a bucket.
bucketfull
bucketfuls
bucketfuls
noun
plural of bucketful
bucketsful
buckfield
buckholts
buckishly
buckishly
adv
In a buckish manner.
buckland
bucklandite
buckle
buckle
noun
(Canada, heraldry) The brisure of an eighth daughter.
(US, baking) A cake baked with fresh fruit and a streusel topping.
(countable) A clasp used for fastening two things together, such as the ends of a belt, or for retaining the end of a strap.
(roofing) An upward, elongated displacement of a roof membrane frequently occurring over insulation or deck joints. A buckle may be an indication of movement with the roof assembly.
A contorted expression, as of the face.
A curl of hair, especially a kind of crisp curl formerly worn; also, the state of being curled.
A distortion, bulge, bend, or kink, as in a saw blade or a plate of sheet metal.
verb
(Scotland) To unite in marriage.
(intransitive) To distort or collapse under physical pressure; especially, of a slender structure in compression.
(intransitive) To yield; to give way; to cease opposing.
(intransitive, figuratively) To give in; to react suddenly or adversely to stress or pressure (of a person).
(obsolete, intransitive) To enter upon some labour or contest; to join in close fight; to contend.
(transitive) To fasten using a buckle.
(transitive) To make bend; to cause to become distorted.
To buckle down; to apply oneself.
buckled
buckled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of buckle
buckleless
buckleless
adj
Without a buckle.
buckler
buckler
noun
(nautical) A block of wood or plate of iron made to fit a hawse hole, or the circular opening in a half-port, to prevent water from entering when the vessel pitches.
(obsolete) A shield resembling the Roman scutum. In modern usage, a smaller variety of shield is usually implied by this term.
(zoology) One of the large, bony, external plates found on many ganoid fishes.
(zoology) The anterior segment of the shell of a trilobite.
A kind of shield, of various shapes and sizes, held in the hand or worn on the arm (usually the left), for protecting the front of the body. In the sword and buckler play of the Middle Ages in England, the buckler was a small shield, used not to cover the body but to stop or parry blows.
One who buckles something.
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To shield; to defend.
bucklered
bucklered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of buckler
bucklering
bucklering
verb
present participle of buckler
bucklers
bucklers
noun
plural of buckler
buckles
buckles
noun
plural of buckle
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of buckle
buckley
buckleya
bucklin
buckling
buckling
adj
Wavy; curly, as hair.
noun
(geology) A folding into hills and valleys.
A young male domestic goat of between one and two years.
Smoked herring.
The act of fastening a buckle.
The action of collapsing under pressure or stress.
verb
present participle of buckle
bucklum
bucknell
buckplate
buckstall
buckstall
noun
(archaic) A net used for catching deer.
bucktail
bucktail
noun
The tail of a deer, traditionally used as a fishing lure.
bucktails
bucktails
noun
plural of bucktail
buckwheatlike
buckwheatlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of buckwheat.
buffaloback
buffaloback
noun
The back of a buffalo
bullback
bullneck
bullneck
noun
A bull-necked person.
A short and thick neck, like that of a bull.
bullnecked
bullnecked
adj
Having a thick, muscular neck
bullnecks
bullnecks
noun
plural of bullneck
bullock
bullock
noun
(archaic) A young bull.
A castrated bull; an ox.
verb
To bully.
bullocker
bullockite
bullockman
bullocks
bullocks
intj
(slang, euphemistic) Expression of frustration.
noun
(slang, euphemistic) Testicles.
plural of bullock
bullocky
bullocky
noun
(Australia and New Zealand colloquial, now historical) A person (usually a man) who drives a cart pulled by a team of bullocks.
bullsticker
bullsucker
bullwhack
bullwhack
verb
(US) To work as a bullwhacker, driving a bullock team.
bullwhacker
bullwhacker
noun
(US) The driver of a bullock team.
bullyrock
bumclock
cactuslike
cactuslike
adj
Having characteristics of a cactus
calakmul
cantankerously
cantankerously
adv
In a cantankerous manner.
caulk
caulk
noun
A composition of vehicle and pigment used at ambient temperatures for filling/sealing joints or junctures, that remains elastic for an extended period of time after application.
Alternative form of calk (“pointed projection on a horseshoe”)
Caulking.
verb
(nautical) To drive oakum into the seams of a ship's wooden deck or hull to make it watertight.
(slang) To copulate.
To apply caulking to joints, cracks, or a juncture of different materials.
caulked
caulked
adj
Having cracks or crevices stopped-up with a filler.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of caulk
caulker
caulker
noun
(informal) Archaic form of corker (“something large or remarkable, a whopper”).
(slang, archaic) An alcoholic drink; a dram.
A person who caulks various structures (as ships) and certain types of piping.
A tool used for caulking ships; a caulking iron.
caulkers
caulkers
noun
plural of caulker
caulking
caulking
noun
A sealing material used to seal joints between heterogeneous materials in many kinds of construction and manufacture.
verb
present participle of caulk
caulkings
caulkings
noun
plural of caulking
caulks
caulks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of caulk
chalkcutter
chaluka
chalukya
chalukyan
cheekful
cheekful
noun
A partial mouthful, enough to fill one's cheek.
cheekfuls
chelyuskin
cherublike
cherublike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cherub.
chikmagalur
chockful
chockful
adj
Alternative spelling of chock-full
chockfull
choruslike
choruslike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a chorus.
chuckawalla
chuckawalla
noun
Alternative form of chuckwalla
chuckawallas
chuckawallas
noun
plural of chuckawalla
chuckfull
chuckhole
chuckhole
noun
(US) A pothole.
chuckholes
chuckholes
noun
plural of chuckhole
chuckingly
chuckle
chuckle
adj
(obsolete) Clumsy.
noun
A quiet laugh.
verb
(intransitive, archaic) To make the sound of a chicken; to cluck.
(transitive) To communicate through chuckling.
(transitive, archaic) To call together, or call to follow, as a hen calls her chickens; to cluck.
(transitive, archaic) To fondle; to indulge or pamper.
To laugh quietly or inwardly.
chuckled
chuckled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chuckle
chucklehead
chucklehead
noun
(informal) A stupid or clumsy person.
A coastal rockfish of California, Sebastes chlorostictus.