Third-person singular simple present indicative form of background
backhauls
backhauls
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backhaul
backhaus
backhouse
backhouse
noun
(US, Canada, euphemistic) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
(now dialect) An outbuilding behind the main building.
backhouses
backhouses
noun
plural of backhouse
backouts
backouts
noun
plural of backout
backrush
backrush
noun
A rushing backward; a retreat.
backrushes
backrushes
noun
plural of backrush
backups
backups
noun
plural of backup
backus
bankruptcies
bankruptcies
noun
plural of bankruptcy
bestuck
bestuck
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bestick
biscuitlike
biscuitlike
Adjective
Resembling a biscuit or some aspect of one.
biscuitmaker
biscuitmaking
bivouacks
bivouacks
noun
plural of bivouack
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bivouack
blackbrush
blackbrush
noun
A shrub of the genus Coleogyne
blackbush
blackguardism
blackguardism
noun
Blackguardly behaviour or language.
blackguards
blackguards
noun
plural of blackguard
blackgums
blackgums
noun
plural of blackgum
blackouts
blackouts
noun
plural of blackout
blacksburg
blesbuck
blesbuck
noun
A type of damalisk (Damaliscus pygargus phillipsi), an African antelope closely related to the hartebeest.
blesbucks
blesbucks
noun
plural of blesbuck
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
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
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
bogsucker
bogsucker
noun
The American woodcock.
bontebucks
bontebucks
noun
plural of bontebuck
brackebuschite
brackebuschite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing hydrogen, iron, lead, manganese, oxygen, vanadium, and zinc.
bruckleness
brunswick
brunswick
Proper noun
A city in Germany; Braunschweig.
Any of several towns in the United States and elsewhere.
A suburb of Melbourne, Australia.
brushback
brushback
noun
(baseball) Synonym of brushback pitch
buckaroos
buckaroos
noun
plural of buckaroo
buckass
buckayros
buckayros
noun
plural of buckayro
buckbeans
buckbeans
noun
plural of buckbean
buckboards
buckboards
noun
plural of buckboard
buckbrush
buckbrush
noun
Ceanothus spp.
Phyllanthopsis phyllanthoides, maidenbrush
Purshia spp.
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus
buckbrushes
buckbrushes
noun
plural of buckbrush
buckbush
buckbush
noun
(Australia) A prickly annual shrub, Salsola australis
(Canada, US) Shrubs of Canada and the central US, Symphoricarpos occidentalis(also known as wolfberry and Symphoricarpos orbicularis (coralberry).
buckeens
buckeens
noun
plural of buckeen
buckels
buckeroos
buckeroos
noun
plural of buckeroo
buckers
buckers
noun
plural of bucker
bucketfuls
bucketfuls
noun
plural of bucketful
buckets
buckets
noun
plural of bucket
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bucket
bucketsful
bucketshop
bucketshop
noun
Alternative spelling of bucket shop
buckeyes
buckeyes
noun
plural of buckeye
buckeystown
buckholts
buckhounds
buckhounds
noun
plural of buckhound
buckinghamshire
buckinghamshire
Proper noun
An inland county of England bounded by Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Greater London, Berkshire and Oxfordshire.
buckish
buckish
adj
(now rare) Like a dandy; foppish.
(obsolete) Like a male goat; foul-smelling or lascivious.
buckishly
buckishly
adv
In a buckish manner.
buckishness
buckishness
noun
The quality of being buckish.
buckism
buckleless
buckleless
adj
Without a buckle.
bucklers
bucklers
noun
plural of buckler
buckles
buckles
noun
plural of buckle
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of buckle
buckoes
buckrams
buckrams
noun
Alternative form of buckram ("ramson").
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of buckram
buckras
buckras
noun
plural of buckra
bucks
bucks
noun
Casual oxford shoes made of buckskin, often white or a neutral colour.
plural of buck
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of buck
bucksaw
bucksaw
noun
A saw, in a metal frame, used to cut lengths of wood.
bucksaws
bucksaws
noun
plural of bucksaw
buckshee
buckshee
adj
(slang) Extra, spare.
noun
A gift or bribe.
A wound that is relatively minor but sufficient to get a soldier sent away from the front to the hospital.
An extra portion, ration etc.
buckshees
buckshees
noun
plural of buckshee
buckshot
buckshot
noun
(chiefly US) Lead shot used in shotgun cartridges, made of larger pellets than birdshot and suitable for hunting larger game. [from 18th c.]
buckshots
buckshots
noun
plural of buckshot
buckskin
buckskin
adj
Of a grayish yellow in colour.
noun
A grayish yellow in colour.
A person clothed in buckskin, particularly an American soldier of the Revolutionary war.
A soft strong leather, usually yellowish or grayish in color, made of deerskin.
Breeches made of buckskin.
Clothing made from buckskin.
The skin of a male deer, a buck.
buckskinned
buckskinned
adj
Wearing clothes made from buckskin.
buckskins
buckskins
noun
trousers and other clothing made from buckskin
bucksport
buckstall
buckstall
noun
(archaic) A net used for catching deer.
buckstay
buckstay
noun
A vertical support for a furnace or boiler, to give it rigidity.
buckstone
bucktails
bucktails
noun
plural of bucktail
bucktooths
buckwash
buckwasher
buckwashing
buckwheats
buckwheats
noun
plural of buckwheat
buicks
bullnecks
bullnecks
noun
plural of bullneck
bullocks
bullocks
intj
(slang, euphemistic) Expression of frustration.
noun
(slang, euphemistic) Testicles.
plural of bullock
bullsticker
bullsucker
bumsucking
bundocks
burdocks
burdocks
noun
plural of burdock
buseck
bushbeck
bushbuck
bushbuck
noun
(informal) Any relatives of the above that share the same habitat.
Either of two species of antelope (Tragelaphus scriptus or Tragelaphus sylvaticus, considered by some sources to be the single species Tragelaphus scriptus) found in Sub-Saharan Africa.
bushbucks
bushbucks
noun
plural of bushbuck
bushwack
bushwack
verb
Alternative spelling of bushwhack
bushwhack
bushwhack
verb
to ambush
to fight, as a guerilla, especially in wooded country
to travel through thick wooded country, cutting away scrub to make progress
bushwhacked
bushwhacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bushwhack
bushwhacker
bushwhacker
noun
(Australia) A person who lives in the bush, especially as a fugitive; a person who clears woods and bush country.
(US) One who travels through the woods, off the designated path.
(US, historical) A guerrilla (of either side) during the American Civil War.
(dated) Someone who attacks without warning.
A small, soft-floored inflatable boat (designed for use by one or two people).
bushwhackers
bushwhackers
noun
plural of bushwhacker
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
bushwhacks
bushwhacks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bushwhack
bussock
buttocks
buttocks
noun
plural of buttock.
buttstock
buttstock
noun
The stock in a firearm located in the rear of the firing mechanism where one's shoulder is held when shooting
buybacks
buybacks
noun
plural of buyback
cactuslike
cactuslike
adj
Having characteristics of a cactus
cakehouse
cakehouse
noun
(archaic) A place for the storage of cakes of material, such as seedcake.
(archaic) A place where cakes are sold.
cambyuskan
cankerous
cankerous
adj
Causing canker; ulcerating.
Infected with canker; ulcerous.
cantankerous
cantankerous
adj
Given to or marked by an ill-tempered, quarrelsome nature; ill-tempered, cranky, crabby.
cantankerously
cantankerously
adv
In a cantankerous manner.
cantankerousness
cantankerousness
noun
The state of being cantankerous.
cantankerousnesses
carpsucker
carpsucker
noun
Any of various fish of the genus Carpiodes.
caulkers
caulkers
noun
plural of caulker
caulkings
caulkings
noun
plural of caulking
caulks
caulks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of caulk
chabouks
chabouks
noun
plural of chabouk
chabuks
chabuks
noun
plural of chabuk
checkouts
checkouts
noun
plural of checkout
checksum
checksum
noun
(mathematics, computing) A number, derived by applying a suitable algorithm to some data, used to check whether errors have occurred in transmission, storage or data entry.