King Baldwin IV, ruler of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem before the takeover of Saladin in 1187. He died in 1185 of complications of the socially unacceptable disease of leprosy. Also known as the leper king.
A town in Florida.
A city in Georgia in the United States.
A village in Illinois.
A city in Iowa.
A town in Louisiana.
A town in Maine.
A village in Michigan
A town and a hamlet in New York.
A township in Ontario, Canada.
A borough in Pennsylvania.
A town and village in Wisconsin.
Noun
A reddish, moderately acid, winter apple.
baldwinsville
baldwinville
balladwise
balladwise
adv
In the style of a ballad.
bartholomewtide
basilweed
basilweed
noun
The wild basil, Clinopodium vulgare.
bawdily
bawdily
adv
In a bawdy manner; lewdly or obscenely with humorous intent.
bedfellowship
bedfellowship
noun
The state or role of being bedfellows.
bellwind
bewailed
bewailed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bewail
bewield
bewield
verb
(transitive, rare) To hold in hand; rule; control; manage; handle; wield.
bewilder
bewilder
verb
(transitive) To confuse, disorientate, or puzzle someone, especially with many different choices.
bewildered
bewildered
adj
Baffled, confused, mystified, at a loss, not thinking clearly, or uncertain.
He was just standing there, turning this way and that, with a bewildered look on his face.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bewilder
bewilderedly
bewilderedly
adv
In a bewildered manner; with puzzlement.
bewilderedness
bewilderedness
noun
The state or quality of being bewildered.
bewildering
bewildering
adj
Very baffling, confusing, or perplexing, often due to a very large choice being available.
noun
gerund of bewilder: bewilderment.
verb
present participle of bewilder
bewilderingly
bewilderingly
adv
In a bewildering manner, or to a bewildering extent.
bewilderment
bewilderment
noun
A confusing or perplexing situation.
The state of being bewildered.
bewilderments
bewilderments
noun
plural of bewilderment
bewilders
bewilders
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bewilder
bidwell
billetwood
billowed
billowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of billow
bladewise
bladewise
adj
In the manner of a blade.
blindweed
blindworm
blindworm
noun
Anguis fragilis (slowworm), a small species of legless lizard.
blisterweed
bloodwit
bloodwit
noun
Alternative form of bloodwite
bloodwite
bloodwite
noun
A penalty for committing bloodshed, specifically under Anglo-Saxon law a penalty to be paid to the king or aldorman as distinct from the wergeld.
boildown
boildown
noun
The process of boiling something down; concentration by means of evaporation.
boswellized
bowdlerisation
bowdlerisation
noun
The action or instance of bowdlerising; the omission or removal of material considered vulgar or indecent.
bowdlerise
bowdlerise
verb
Alternative form of bowdlerize
bowdlerised
bowdlerised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bowdlerise
bowdlerises
bowdlerises
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bowdlerise
bowdlerising
bowdlerising
verb
present participle of bowdlerise
bowdlerism
bowdlerism
noun
A policy of bowdlerization, or censorship by removing what is considered indecent.
bowdlerization
bowdlerization
noun
The action or instance of bowdlerizing; the omission or removal of material considered vulgar or indecent.
bowdlerizations
bowdlerizations
noun
plural of bowdlerization
bowdlerize
bowdlerize
verb
To remove or alter those parts of a text considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly.
bowdlerized
bowdlerized
adj
Expurgated, especially in a comprehensive way (such as systematically throughout an entire work).
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bowdlerize
bowdlerizer
bowdlerizer
noun
One who bowdlerizes.
bowdlerizers
bowdlerizers
noun
plural of bowdlerizer
bowdlerizes
bowdlerizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bowdlerize
bowdlerizing
bowdlerizing
verb
present participle of bowdlerize
bowdrill
bowldering
brazilwood
brazilwood
noun
A Brazilian timber tree (Paubrasilia echinata, syn. Caesalpinia echinata), used primarily to make bows for string instruments.
brazilwoods
brazilwoods
noun
plural of brazilwood
bretwaldaship
bridebowl
bridewell
bridewell
noun
(dated in Britain, Ireland, rare elsewhere) A small prison, or a police station that has cells.
bridgewall
bridlewise
bridlewise
adj
(of a horse) Responsive to the bridle.
bridwell
brittlewood
brownfield
brownfield
adj
(software engineering) Being a development that has to integrate with legacy systems.
noun
(often attributive) A site, to be used for housing or commerce, that has been previously used for industry and may be contaminated or need extensive clearing
brownfields
brownfields
noun
plural of brownfield
bullwhipped
bullwhipped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bullwhip
disallowable
disallowable
adj
Able to be disallowed.
Not allowable; not to be suffered or permitted; which should not be allowed.
disallowableness
disanswerable
disavowable
disavowable
adj
Capable of being disavowed.
disbowel
disbowel
verb
(rare) To disembowel.
disboweled
disboweling
disbowelled
disbowelled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disbowel
disbowelling
disbowelling
verb
present participle of disbowel
disbowels
disbowels
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disbowel
disembowel
disembowel
verb
(transitive) To take or draw from the body, as the web of a spider.
(transitive) To take or let out the bowels or interior parts of; to eviscerate.
disemboweled
disemboweled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disembowel
disemboweling
disemboweling
noun
The act by which somebody is disemboweled.
verb
present participle of disembowel
disembowelled
disembowelled
verb
(chiefly Britain) simple past tense and past participle of disembowel
disembowelling
disembowelling
noun
The act by which somebody is disembowelled.
verb
(chiefly Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa) present participle of disembowel
disembowelment
disembowelment
noun
The act of disemboweling.
disembowelments
disembowelments
noun
plural of disembowelment
disembowels
disembowels
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disembowel
disownable
disownable
adj
Able to be disowned.
For which there is a penalty of being disowned.
doublewidth
drawability
drawability
noun
The quality or degree of being drawable.
dwaible
dwaibly
fiddlebow
gablewindowed
gimbaljawed
glowbird
hoodwinkable
hoodwinkable
adj
Able to be hoodwinked.
knowledgeability
knowledgeability
noun
The condition of being knowledgeable.
lawabidingness
ludwigsburg
middlebrow
middlebrow
adj
(derogatory) Neither highbrow or lowbrow, but somewhere in between.
noun
A person or thing that is neither highbrow nor lowbrow, but in between.
middlebrowism
middlebrowism
noun
middlebrow attitudes generally
middlebrows
middlebrows
noun
plural of middlebrow
mindblower
mindblower
noun
(slang) Anything mind-blowing.
mindblowers
mindblowers
noun
plural of mindblower
shallowbrained
slowbellied
swaddlebill
swagbellied
swagbellied
adj
Having a prominent, overhanging belly.
swindleable
swindleable
adj
(rare) Able to be swindled.
switchblade
switchblade
noun
A folding knife with a blade which opens automatically (under spring pressure) when a button is pressed.
verb
(intransitive) To spring open or up.
(transitive) To attack or cut with a switchblade.
(transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) make a sudden move or transition.
switchblades
switchblades
noun
plural of switchblade
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of switchblade
swordbill
swordbill
noun
A hummingbird, Docimastes ensiferus, with a very long, slender bill, exceeding the length of the body of the bird.
thimbleweed
thimbleweed
noun
Anemone cylindrica
Anemone virginiana
Rudbeckia laciniata
thimbleweeds
thimbleweeds
noun
plural of thimbleweed
twibilled
unbewailed
unbewailed
adj
Not bewailed.
unbewilder
unbewilder
verb
(transitive) To free from bewilderment; to enlighten or unconfuse.
unbewildered
unbewildered
adj
Not bewildered.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unbewilder
unbewilderedly
unbewildering
unbewildering
adj
Not bewildering.
verb
present participle of unbewilder
unbewilderingly
unbewilled
unbowdlerized
unbowdlerized
adj
Not bowdlerized.
underbillow
unindwellable
unwieldable
unwieldable
adj
Not wieldable.
unwindable
unwindable
adj
Able to be unwound.
Not windable.
unwithdrawable
unwithdrawable
adj
Not withdrawable.
wallbird
wallbird
noun
(UK, dialect, obsolete, Norfolk, Suffolk) A bird, the spotted flycatcher.
wattlebird
wattlebird
noun
Any of a group of Australian birds in the genus Anthochaera of the honeyeater family Meliphagidae.
Any of three birds in the family Callaeidae, endemic to New Zealand.
wattlebirds
wattlebirds
noun
plural of wattlebird
wedgebill
wedgebill
noun
Two Australian birds, Psophodes cristatus and Psophodes occidentalis that have wedge-shaped bills.
weldability
weldability
noun
The ability of a metal or other material to be welded under specified conditions
whalebird
whalebird
noun
(Australia) The sooty tern
Any of several species of large Antarctic petrels, especially Pachyptila turtur (the blue petrel) and Pachyptila desolata.
wheelbird
wheelbird
noun
(UK, dialect, dated) The European goatsucker.
whirlybird
whirlybird
noun
(informal) A samara
(slang) A helicopter.
whirlybirds
whirlybirds
noun
plural of whirlybird
wieldable
wieldable
adj
Capable of being wielded.
wieldableness
wildbore
wildbore
noun
(historical) A kind of woolen fabric used for clothing.
wildebeest
wildebeest
noun
(zoology) The gnu.
wildebeeste
wildebeests
wildebeests
noun
plural of wildebeest
wimbled
wimbled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of wimble
wimbledon
wimbledon
Proper noun
The principal business area and suburb in the London Borough of Merton.
The Wimbledon Championships, a prestigious tennis tournament.
windable
windable
adj
Capable of being wound.
windball
windblast
windblast
noun
A sudden rush of air or gas due to the collapse of a void, especially in mining.
windblown
windblown
adj
(of a person) having disheveled hair blown about by the wind.
(of a tree) growing in a distorted shape produced by the prevailing winds.
(of seeds, leaves etc) dispersed by the wind.
windelband
windslab
windslab
noun
Snow that peels off in large slabs when disturbed, increasing the risk of avalanche.