The bone of the ankle, forming the lower part of the ankle joint and joining with the tibia and fibula.
anklebones
anklebones
noun
plural of anklebone
ankyloblepharon
ankyloblepharon
noun
(pathology) fusion of the margins of the eyelids
awakenable
backboneless
backboneless
adj
Cowardly, spineless.
Without a backbone; invertebrate.
backbonelessness
backbonelessness
noun
cowardice; spinelessness
backhandedly
backpedaling
backpedaling
noun
The act of distancing oneself from a previously supported idea, action, behaviour, etc.; a U-turn or flip-flop.
verb
(US) present participle of backpedal
backplane
backplane
noun
(electronics) A circuit board that connects several connectors in parallel to each other, so that each pin of each connector is linked to the same relative pin of all the other connectors, forming a computer bus.
backplanes
backplanes
noun
plural of backplane
backslidden
backslidden
verb
past participle of backslide
backslidingness
baekeland
baggyrinkle
baggywrinkle
baggywrinkle
noun
(nautical) A brush-like pad made of rope, attached to a shroud in order to prevent wear on sails.
balkanise
balkanise
verb
Alternative spelling of balkanize
balkanised
balkanised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of balkanise
balkanite
balkanite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-disphenoidal white gray mineral containing copper, mercury, silver, and sulfur.
balkanize
balkanize
verb
Alternative letter-case form of Balkanize
balkanized
balkanized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of balkanize
balkiness
balkiness
noun
The state or quality of being balky or uncooperative.
balkinesses
balkline
balkline
noun
baulk line
balklines
balklines
noun
plural of balkline
balloonlike
balloonlike
adj
Resembling a balloon in form
baloskionaceae
bankable
bankable
adj
Acceptable to a bank.
Certain to bring profit and success, especially in the entertainment industry.
Reliable.
bankrolled
bankrolled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bankroll
bankroller
bankroller
noun
One who bankrolls; usually an individual who has enough seed capital to launch a venture; one who can fund a project; angel investor.
(figuratively, colloquial, by extension) A tall, slim person.
The stem of a bean plant, proverbially fast-growing and tall.
beanstalks
beanstalks
noun
plural of beanstalk
bechalking
bechalking
verb
present participle of bechalk
beckoningly
beckoningly
adv
So as to beckon or call near; enticingly.
becloaking
becloaking
verb
present participle of becloak
beflecking
beflecking
verb
present participle of befleck
beknottedly
belknap
bellmaking
bellmaking
noun
The manufacture of bells.
bellowsmaking
beltmaking
beltmaking
noun
The manufacture of belts.
bengkalis
benkelman
benkley
benkulen
berkeleian
berkeleian
Adjective
Of or relating to or his system of idealism.
berkeleianism
bernkasteler
bespecklement
besprinkle
besprinkle
verb
(archaic, transitive) To sprinkle.
besprinkled
besprinkled
adj
Sprinkled.
besprinkler
besprinkler
noun
One who or that which besprinkles.
besprinkles
besprinkles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of besprinkle
besprinkling
besprinkling
verb
present participle of besprinkle
bibliokleptomania
bibliokleptomania
noun
A mental disorder that produces a compulsion to steal books.
bibliokleptomaniac
bibliokleptomaniac
noun
Someone who suffers from bibliokleptomania.
bickleton
bicknell
billiken
billiken
noun
Alternative form of Billiken
blackbine
blacken
blacken
verb
(intransitive, ergative) To become black.
(transitive) To cook (meat or fish) by coating with pepper, etc., and quickly searing in a hot pan.
(transitive, causative) To cause to be or become black.
(transitive, causative) To make dirty.
To defame or sully.
blackened
blackened
adj
(food) Synonym of charred.
(steel) Synonym of blued.
Darkened to the point of appearing black; as:
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blacken
blackener
blackener
noun
One who blackens.
blackeners
blackeners
noun
plural of blackener
blackening
blackening
noun
(countable) The result or an instance of such an act or process; a black stain or mark.
(uncountable) The act or process of turning (becoming) black in colour.
Any of various (dark-colored) surface treatments for metal substrates, to inhibit corrosion; on steel, generally, synonym of bluing.
The act of defaming or sullying.
verb
present participle of blacken
blackenings
blackenings
noun
plural of blackening
blackens
blackens
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blacken
blackhander
blackhanders
blackhanders
noun
plural of blackhander
blackheartedness
blackheartedness
noun
The state or quality of being blackhearted; villainy.
blackishness
blackishness
noun
The quality of being blackish, somewhat black.
blacklegging
blacklegging
noun
The practice of working in place of those who are engaged in a strike.
verb
present participle of blackleg
blackneb
blackneck
blackneck
noun
A redneck of black ethnicity.
blackness
blackness
noun
The experiences and culture of African-American people.
The quality of being evil or dismal.
The state of being of African descent.
The state or quality of being black in colour.
blacknesses
blacknesses
noun
plural of blackness
blacksnake
blacksnake
noun
(US) A long, tapering whip.
(chiefly vulgar, slang) A penis, especially a black penis.
Alternative form of black snake: any of several relatively harmless North American snakes.
verb
To whip with a long, tapering whip.
blacksnakes
blacksnakes
noun
plural of blacksnake
blackstone
blacktongue
blagoveshchensk
blanked
blanked
adj
(euphemistic, dated) damned; accursed (from the euphemistic printed form d—d)
In a state of blankness.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blank
blankeel
blankenship
blanker
blanker
adj
comparative form of blank: more blank
noun
(computing) An early form of screensaver that blanked out the screen display when it was not in use.
blankest
blankest
adj
superlative form of blank: most blank
blanket
blanket
adj
General; covering or encompassing everything.
noun
A heavy, loosely woven fabric, usually large and woollen, used for warmth while sleeping or resting.
A layer of anything.
A streak or layer of blubber in whales.
A thick rubber mat used in the offset printing process to transfer ink from the plate to the paper being printed.
verb
(transitive) To cover with, or as if with, a blanket.
(transitive) To nullify the impact of (someone or something).
(transitive) To take the wind out of the sails of (another vessel) by sailing to windward of it.
(transitive) To toss in a blanket by way of punishment.
(transitive) To traverse or complete thoroughly.
Of a radio signal: to override or block out another radio signal.
blanketed
blanketed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blanket
blanketeer
blanketer
blanketers
blanketflower
blanketflower
noun
Gaillardia; a plant of the genus Gaillardia.
blanketing
blanketing
noun
(countable) A layer of something that covers like a blanket.
(nautical, slang) A manoeuvre in which one vessel covers or becalms another with its sails.
(rail transport) Provision of a layer under the trackbed to prevent clay subsoil and water being forced to the surface by the weight of trains.
(uncountable, countable) Cloth for making blankets.
(uncountable, countable) The act or punishment of tossing in a blanket.
verb
present participle of blanket
blanketless
blanketless
adj
Without a blanket or blankets.
blanketlike
blanketlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a blanket.
blanketmaker
blanketmaker
noun
A manufacturer of blankets.
blanketmaking
blanketmaking
noun
The manufacture of blankets.
blanketry
blankets
blankets
noun
plural of blanket
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blanket
blanketweed
blanketweed
noun
a filamentous alga often found in ponds
blankety
blankety
adj
(dated, euphemistic) damnable, damned
Resembling or related to a blanket.
blankite
blankminded
blankmindedness
blankness
blankness
noun
The characteristic of being blank.
blanknesses
blanknesses
noun
plural of blankness
bleakness
bleakness
noun
The characteristic of being bleak.
bleaknesses
bleaknesses
noun
plural of bleakness
blenk
blenk
verb
(obsolete) To blink.
(obsolete) To look.
blenker
blinked
blinked
adj
(Appalachia) Sour.
Affected with blinking.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blink
blinker
blinker
noun
(cellular automata) In Conway's Game of Life, an arrangement of three cells in a row that switches between horizontal and vertical orientations in each generation.
(informal, US, automotive) Anything that blinks, such as the turn signal of an automobile.
(rare) The eyelid.
(slang) A black eye.
Eye shields attached to a hood for horses, to prevent them from seeing backwards and partially sideways.
Whatever obstructs sight or discernment.
verb
(transitive) To put blinkers on.
blinkered
blinkered
adj
(figuratively) Having tunnel vision; unable to see what is happening around one.
Wearing blinkers or blinders.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blinker
blinkering
blinkering
verb
present participle of blinker
blinkers
blinkers
noun
(plural only) A kind of goggles, used to protect the eyes from glare, dust, etc.
(plural only, slang) Spectacles.
A pair of leather or rubber eye cups attached to a horse hood in order to impede the rear vision of racehorses and harness horses; blinders in (USA).
plural of blinker
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blinker
blitzkrieging
blockaderunning
blockheadedness
blockheadedness
noun
The state or condition of being blockheaded.
blockheadishness
blockiness
blockiness
noun
The state or condition of being blocky.
blockishness
blockishness
noun
The state or quality of being blockish.
blockline
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
blunker
blunket
blunket
adj
(obsolete) Gray; grayish or light blue.
noun
(obsolete) A cloth, or kind of cloth (blanket cloth), generally but not always of this color.
(obsolete) A color, generally a light bluish gray or blue or gray, but sometimes seemingly a dark red or violet.
boilermaking
boilermaking
noun
The manufacture of boilers.
boilinglike
bolingbroke
bolshevikian
bombernickel
boneblack
boneblack
noun
Alternative form of bone black
bonelike
bonelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of bone.
bonnetlike
bonnetlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bonnet (traditional hat).
bookselling
bookselling
noun
The sale of books.
booksellings
bottlemaking
bottlemaking
noun
The manufacture of bottles.
bottleneck
bottleneck
noun
(by extension) The part of a process that is too slow or cumbersome.
(figurative) In traffic, any narrowing of the road, especially resulting in a delay.
The narrow portion that forms the pouring spout of a bottle; the neck of a bottle.
verb
(intransitive) To form a bottleneck.
(transitive) To slow by causing a bottleneck.
bottlenecked
bottlenecked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bottleneck