(archaic, excluding US) Being built or under construction, as a structure or a vessel.
(archaic, excluding US) Developing or arising, as a trend or an idea.
adjudgeable
adjudgeable
adj
Capable of being adjudged.
arnoldsburg
balustrading
balustrading
noun
(architecture) work including one or more balustrades
basiglandular
battleground
battleground
noun
(US politics) Ellipsis of battleground state.
(figurative) Any place or situation of dispute or contention
(figurative) Any subject of dispute or contention.
A location where a battle may be fought, or has been fought.
battlegrounds
battlegrounds
noun
plural of battleground
beclouding
beclouding
noun
The process of becoming clouded or obscured.
verb
present participle of becloud
becudgel
becudgel
verb
(transitive) To cudgel thoroughly or soundly.
becudgeled
becudgeling
becudgeling
verb
present participle of becudgel
becudgelled
becudgelled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of becudgel
becudgelling
becudgels
becudgels
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of becudgel
befuddling
befuddling
verb
present participle of befuddle
beglamoured
beglamoured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beglamour
begrudgingly
begrudgingly
adv
In a begrudging manner; in a manner that is envious or reluctant.
beguiled
beguiled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beguile
begulfed
belauding
belauding
verb
present participle of belaud
beleaguered
beleaguered
adj
(figurative) Beset by trouble or difficulty.
Besieged; surrounded by enemy troops.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beleaguer
belowground
belowground
adj
beneath the surface of the ground; underground
bemuddling
bemuddling
verb
present participle of bemuddle
berglund
biangulated
biangulated
adj
Alternative form of biangulate
biglandular
biglandular
adj
Having two glands
bildungsroman
bildungsroman
noun
A novel tracing the spiritual, moral, psychological, or social development and growth of the main character, usually from childhood to maturity.
birdglue
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
bladensburg
blandburg
bleachground
blockaderunning
bloodcurdling
bloodcurdling
adj
Causing great horror or terror.
bloodcurdlingly
bloodcurdlingly
adv
in a bloodcurdling manner
bloodguilt
bloodguilt
noun
guilt of wrongfully causing death or shedding blood
bloodguiltiness
bloodguiltiness
noun
Guilt of having shed blood or killed someone.
bloodguiltless
bloodguiltless
adj
Free from bloodguilt.
bloodguilts
bloodguilty
bloodguilty
adj
Guilty of murder or bloodshed.
bloodlusting
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
bludge
bludge
noun
(Australia, New Zealand, slang) Easy work.
(Australia, New Zealand, slang) The act of bludging.
verb
(Australia, New Zealand, slang) To avoid one's responsibilities; to leave it to others to perform duties that one is expected to perform.
(Australia, New Zealand, slang) To do nothing, to be idle, especially when there is work to be done.
(Australia, New Zealand, slang) To not earn one's keep, to live off someone else or off welfare when one could be working.
(Australia, New Zealand, slang) To take some benefit and give nothing in return.
(Australia, obsolete, slang) To live off the earnings of a prostitute.
bludged
bludged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bludge
bludgeon
bludgeon
noun
A short, heavy club, often of wood, which is thicker or loaded at one end.
verb
(transitive) To coerce someone, as if with a bludgeon.
(transitive) To strike or hit with something hard, usually on the head; to club.
bludgeoned
bludgeoned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bludgeon
bludgeoneer
bludgeoner
bludgeoner
noun
One who bludgeons.
bludgeoning
bludgeoning
noun
An assault with a club or similar weapon.
verb
present participle of bludgeon
bludgeons
bludgeons
noun
plural of bludgeon
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bludgeon
bludger
bludger
noun
(Australia, New Zealand, slang, derogatory) A person who avoids working, or doing their share of work, a loafer, a hanger-on, one who does not pull their weight.
(Australia, slang) A pimp, a man living off the earnings of a harlot.
A ball used in the sports of Quidditch and Muggle Quidditch.
bludging
bludging
verb
present participle of bludge
blundering
blundering
noun
The act of making a blunder.
verb
present participle of blunder
blunderingly
blunderingly
adv
In a blundering way; making mistakes.
blunderings
blunderings
noun
plural of blundering
blunged
blunged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blunge
boatbuilding
boatbuilding
noun
The construction of a boat or boats.
bodybuilding
bodybuilding
noun
(dated) Work done to construct or repair the body of an automobile.
A sport in which the aesthetics of muscular development is the basis for competition.
bougainvilliidae
bouldering
bouldering
noun
(climbing) Climbing, without ropes, on large boulders or boulder-sized objects.
verb
present participle of boulder
boundingly
boundingly
adv
With a bounding motion.
bridgebuilder
bridgebuilder
noun
Alternative form of bridge-builder.
bridgebuilding
bridgebuilding
noun
The construction of bridges.
buddhological
buddhological
Adjective
Relating to Buddhology.
buddhology
buddhology
Noun
The study of the Buddha or Buddhahood.
buddling
buddling
verb
present participle of buddle
budgetful
budling
budling
noun
A small, young, or immature bud.
bugled
bugled
adj
Ornamented with bugles.
Played by a bugle.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bugle
bugleweed
bugleweed
noun
Ajuga, a group of herbs used for ground cover; bugle
Any of the aromatic herbs in genus Lycopus, especially Lycopus virginicus, water horehound
building
building
noun
(countable) A closed structure with walls and a roof.
(uncountable) The act or process by which something is built; construction.
verb
present participle of build
buildingless
buildingless
adj
Without buildings.
buildings
buildings
noun
plural of building
bulged
bulged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bulge
bulkheading
bulkheading
noun
bulkheads in general
bulldog
bulldog
noun
(UK, Oxford University slang) One of the proctors' officers.
(US, publishing) A bulldog edition.
(professional wrestling) Any move in which the wrestler grabs an opponent's head and jumps forward, so that the wrestler lands, often in a sitting position, and drives the opponent's face into the mat.
A breed of dog developed in England by the crossing of the bullbaiting dog and the Pug to produce a ladies' companion dog, having a very smooth coat, a flattened face, wrinkly cheeks, powerful front legs, and smaller hind legs.
A refractory material used as a furnace lining, obtained by calcining the cinder or slag from the puddling furnace of a rolling mill.
A stubborn or determined person.
The original form of this breed, the British bulldog.
verb
(transitive) To chase (a steer) on horseback and wrestle it to the ground by twisting its horns (as a rodeo performance).
bulldogged
bulldogged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bulldog
bulldoggedness
bulldoggedness
noun
stubborn determination; doggedness
bulldogger
bulldogger
noun
One who bulldogs (chases and wrestles a steer as a rodeo performance).
bulldoggers
bulldoggers
noun
plural of bulldogger
bulldogging
bulldogging
verb
present participle of bulldog
bulldoggings
bulldoggish
bulldoggishly
bulldoggishness
bulldoggy
bulldoggy
adj
(informal) Resembling a bulldog.
bulldogism
bulldogs
bulldogs
noun
plural of bulldog
bulldozing
bulldozing
noun
An act of demolition with a bulldozer.
verb
present participle of bulldoze
bullragged
bullyragged
bullyragged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bullyrag
bundling
bundling
noun
(countable, uncountable) Arrangement in a bundle or collection.
(uncountable, historical) An old custom in Wales, New England, and elsewhere for sweethearts to sleep on the same bed without undressing.
verb
present participle of bundle
bundlings
bundlings
noun
plural of bundling
bungaloid
bungaloid
noun
(sometimes derogatory) A house resembling a bungalow.
bungled
bungled
adj
Incompetently performed; ruined through incompetent action; botched up.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bungle
burdigalian
burdigalian
Proper noun
A subdivision of the Miocene epoch.
burgenland
burgenland
Proper noun
The easternmost and least populous federal state of Austria.
burglarised
burglarised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of burglarise
burglarized
burglarized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of burglarize
burglarproofed
burgled
burgled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of burgle
childersburg
coachbuilding
coachbuilding
noun
The construction of coaches.
cogitabundly
counterbuilding
cubitodigital
daubingly
deuteroglobulose
diabolifuge
dillsburg
discombobulating
discombobulating
adj
Confusing; tending to befuddle or perplex.
verb
present participle of discombobulate
discourageable
discourageable
adj
Capable of being discouraged; easily disheartened.
disguisable
disguisable
adj
Capable of being disguised.
distinguishability
distinguishability
noun
The state of being distinguishable.
distinguishable
distinguishable
adj
Able, or easily able to be distinguished.
distinguishableness
distinguishableness
noun
The state or quality of being distinguishable.
distinguishably
distinguishably
adv
In a distinguishable way
disturbingly
disturbingly
adv
In a disturbing manner.
doodlebug
doodlebug
noun
(entomology) An antlion larva (Myrmeleontidae).
(entomology, UK) A cockchafer (genus Melolontha).
(entomology, regional) A woodlouse.
(historical, "doodlebug tractor") An automobile converted into a cheap tractor for a small farm during the Second World War.
(informal) A divining rod or similarly intended device.
(informal) A slackard or time-waster.
(informal) An idiot.
(informal) Someone who draws constantly.
(informal, Britain) The V-1 flying bomb.
(obsolete) Individual self-propelled train cars.
doublecrossing
doublecrossing
verb
present participle of doublecross
doubleganger
doubleganger
noun
A doppelganger.
doublegear
doublehatching
doublehung
doublelunged
doublethinking
doublethought
doubling
doubling
noun
(archaic) A trick; double-dealing.
A pleat or fold. [from 17th c.]
The act of turning around, or doubling back. [from 16th c.]
The process or an instance of making something double; a multiplication by two. [from 14th c.]
verb
present participle of double
doubtingly
doubtingly
adv
In a doubting manner.
doughbellies
doughbelly
doughbelly
noun
Synonym of frybread
drumbling
drumbling
verb
present participle of drumble
dubhgall
dubitatingly
endoglobular
endoglobular
adj
Synonym of endoglobar
federalsburg
flaughtbred
galbulidae
globulicidal
globulicidal
adj
Destroying blood corpuscles.
globulicide
globuloid
goldbug
goldbug
noun
Alternative form of gold bug
goldbugs
goldbugs
noun
plural of goldbug
gonoblastidium
gonoblastidium
noun
A blastostyle.
gouldbusk
gouldsboro
groundable
groundable
adj
(philosophy) Capable of being grounded (supplied with a rational basis).
Capable of being electrically grounded.
Capable of being grounded (forbidden from going out).