An old Thai unit of length, approximately 2.6 centimetres.
backcourtmen
backcourtmen
noun
plural of backcourtman
bakeout
bakeout
noun
The act of heating a material in a vacuum in order to drive off volatile components
bankruptcies
bankruptcies
noun
plural of bankruptcy
bankrupted
bankrupted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bankrupt
bankruptlike
bankruptlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bankrupt.
bankrupture
bankrupture
noun
(dated) bankruptcy
barkcutter
basketful
basketful
noun
The amount that will fit into a basket
basketfuls
basketfuls
noun
plural of basketful
batukite
baulkiest
baulkiest
adj
superlative form of baulky: most baulky
beothuk
beothuk
Noun
A member of one of the historical aboriginal peoples of Canada.
Proper noun
The extinct language of these people.
beothukan
bestuck
bestuck
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bestick
betrunk
betrunk
verb
(transitive) To deprive (a river) of its lower course or trunk by submergence or erosion of the land by the sea.
betuckered
betusked
biscuitlike
biscuitlike
Adjective
Resembling a biscuit or some aspect of one.
biscuitmaker
blacktongue
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
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
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.
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.
bontebuck
bontebuck
noun
Alternative form of bontebok (“South African antelope”)
bontebucks
bontebucks
noun
plural of bontebuck
brackebuschite
brackebuschite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing hydrogen, iron, lead, manganese, oxygen, vanadium, and zinc.
breakout
breakout
adj
Of a book, film, or other work: leading its author to mainstream success.
noun
(aviation) The point at which visibility returns after passing through cloud.
A breakdown of statistics; a detailed view of component parts.
A room in a hotel etc. that can be taken by a smaller group at a large conference.
An escape from any restrictive or confining situation.
An escape from prison.
An outbreak (sudden eruption of disease etc.).
breakouts
breakouts
noun
plural of breakout
breakthrough
breakthrough
adj
(immunology) Involving the contraction of a disease by a person with a decreased susceptibility, such as a person who has been vaccinated to help prevent that disease.
(medicine) The emergence or one or more symptoms of a condition despite medication or other medical treatment.
Characterized by major progress or overcoming some obstacle.
noun
(construction) The penetration of a separating wall or the remaining distance to an adjacent hollow (a crosscut in mining) or between two parts of a tunnel build from both ends; knockthrough.
(military) An advance through and past enemy lines.
(sports) The penetration of the opposition's defence.
Any major progress; such as a great innovation or discovery that overcomes a significant obstacle.
breakthroughes
breakthroughs
breakthroughs
noun
plural of breakthrough
bruskest
bruskest
adj
superlative form of brusk: most brusk
brutelike
brutelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a brute.
bucket
bucket
noun
(MTE, slang) an insult term used in Toronto to refer to someone who habitually uses crack cocaine.
(UK, archaic) A unit of measure equal to four gallons.
(aviation, mechanical engineering, uncommon) A turbine blade driven by hot gas or steam.
(basketball, informal) A field goal.
(basketball, informal) The basket.
(computing) A storage space in a hash table for every item sharing a particular key.
(informal, chiefly in the plural) A great deal of anything.
(informal, chiefly in the plural) A large amount of liquid.
(slang) An old vehicle that is not in good working order.
(slang, humorous) A helmet.
(variation management) A mechanism for avoiding the allocation of targets in cases of mismanagement.
A bucket bag.
A container made of rigid material, often with a handle, used to carry liquids or small items.
Part of a piece of machinery that resembles a bucket (container).
The amount held in this container.
The leather socket for holding the whip when driving, or for the carbine or lance when mounted.
The pitcher in certain orchids.
verb
(computing, transitive) To categorize (data) by splitting it into buckets, or groups of related items.
(intransitive, informal) To rain heavily.
(intransitive, informal) To travel very quickly.
(transitive) To draw or lift in, or as if in, buckets.
(transitive) To place inside a bucket.
(transitive) To ride (a horse) hard or mercilessly.
(transitive, Australia, slang) To criticize vehemently; to denigrate.
(transitive, UK, US, rowing) To make, or cause to make (the recovery), with a certain hurried or unskillful forward swing of the body.
bucketed
bucketed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bucket
bucketeer
bucketeer
noun
The operator of a bucket shop; a fraudulent or deceptive trader.
bucketer
bucketer
noun
(finance) A bucket shop operator.
A person employed to use a bucket in some capacity.
bucketful
bucketful
noun
(by extension) A large quantity.
The quantity contained in a bucket.
bucketfull
bucketfuls
bucketfuls
noun
plural of bucketful
bucketing
bucketing
noun
A heavy pouring down of liquid; a deluge.
Synonym of binning (“data pre-processing technique”)
The act of moving material using a bucket.
verb
present participle of bucket
bucketmaker
bucketmaker
noun
A manufacturer of buckets.
bucketmaking
bucketmaking
noun
The manufacture of buckets.
bucketman
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
buckety
buckety
adj
Resembling a bucket.
buckeystown
bucklandite
buckplate
buckstone
buckteeth
buckteeth
noun
plural of bucktooth
bucktoothed
bucktoothed
adj
Having buckteeth
buckwheat
buckwheat
noun
(Western US) Any of the wild buckwheats in the genus Eriogonum.
(cooking) The fruit of this plant used as a pseudocereal.
(derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur, US) Curly hair of a black person.
(slang) A slow and painful murder by the Mafia as a warning to others.
(slang) Pubic hair.
An Asian plant, of the species Fagopyrum esculentum. [from 16th c.]
buckwheater
buckwheater
noun
A poor and unskilled farmer.
buckwheatlike
buckwheatlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of buckwheat.
buckwheats
buckwheats
noun
plural of buckwheat
bulkiest
bulkiest
adj
superlative form of bulk: most bulk
bulletlike
bulletlike
adj
Resembling a bullet or the path of a bullet.
bulletmaker
bulletmaker
noun
A manufacturer of bullets.
bulletmaking
bulletmaking
noun
The manufacture of bullets.
bullockite
bullsticker
bumblekite
bumpkinet
bunkmate
bunkmate
noun
Especially, one who shares a bunk bed.
One who sleeps in the same area as another person.
bunkmates
bunkmates
noun
plural of bunkmate
burkburnett
burket
burkett
burkettsville
burkite
burkites
burkittsville
bushelbasket
busket
busket
noun
(obsolete) A small bush.
(obsolete) A sprig or bouquet.
(obsolete) Part of a garden devoted to shrubs.
butlerlike
butlerlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a butler.
butterback
butterflylike
butterflylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a butterfly.
butterlike
butterlike
adj
Resembling butter or some aspect of it.
buttermaker
buttermaking
buttermilk
buttermilk
noun
Cultured buttermilk, a fermented dairy product produced from cow's milk, with a characteristically sour taste.
The liquid left over after producing butter from full cream milk by the churning process, also called traditional buttermilk.
buttermilks
buttermilks
noun
plural of buttermilk
butterworker
buttinskies
buttocked
buttocked
adj
(in combination) Having some specific type of buttocks
buttocker
buttocker
noun
(mining, historical) A worker who gets coal off at a longwall face.
(wrestling) One who uses the cross-buttock throw.
buttonhooked
buttonhooked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of buttonhook
buttonlike
buttonlike
adj
Resembling a button.
buttresslike
buttresslike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a buttress.
counterblockade
counterblockade
noun
A blockade set up in opposition to another blockade.
counterblockades
counterblockades
noun
plural of counterblockade
counterbreastwork
debunkment
debunkment
noun
Synonym of debunking
doublethink
doublethink
noun
The holding of two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously and accepting both of them as true or correct, without realizing the contradiction.
doublethinking
doublethinks
doublethinks
noun
plural of doublethink
dumbstricken
ekaterinburg
grubstake
grubstake
noun
(business) An amount of money advanced to someone starting a business in return for a share of the future profits.
(mining) Money, materials, tools, food etc. provided to a prospector in return for a share in future profits.
Money, necessities stockpiled to sustain an effort for a period of time.
verb
(transitive) To supply such funds to.
grubstaked
grubstaked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of grubstake
grubstaker
grubstaker
noun
One who provides a prospector with a grubstake.
grubstakers
grubstakers
noun
plural of grubstaker
grubstakes
grubstakes
noun
plural of grubstake
gutbucket
gutbucket
noun
Synonym of washtub bass
hackbuteer
hackbuteer
noun
An arquebusier.
hackbutter
hackbutter
Noun
An arquebusier.
keithsburg
kennebunkport
keratoglobus
keratoglobus
noun
(pathology) A disorder of the eye in which the cornea is enlarged and globular in shape.
ketuba
ketubah
ketubah
noun
A traditional Jewish marriage contract that outlines the rights and responsibilities of the groom in relation to the bride.
ketubahs
ketubahs
noun
plural of ketubah
ketubim
ketuboth
keybutton
keybutton
noun
(dated) A key on a keyboard.
kirkcudbrightshire
kirkcudbrightshire
Proper noun
A historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in the informal Galloway area of south-western Scotland.
knubbiest
knublet
kotschubeite
kotschubeite
noun
(mineralogy) A chromium chlorite mineral.
kotzebue
kubetz
leukoblast
leukoblast
noun
An immature leukocyte.
leukoblastic
leukoblastic
adj
Relating to leukoblasts.
leukocytoblast
lumberjacket
lumberjacket
noun
A lumberjack shirt.
microleukoblast
mountebank
mountebank
noun
(obsolete) An acrobat.
Any boastful, false pretender.
One who sells by deception; a con artist.
One who sells dubious medicines.
verb
(intransitive) To act as a mountebank.
(transitive) To cheat by boasting and false pretenses.
mountebanked
mountebanked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mountebank
mountebankeries
mountebankeries
noun
plural of mountebankery
mountebankery
mountebankery
noun
The practices of a mountebank; quackery; boastful and vain pretenses.
mountebankish
mountebankish
adj
Like a mountebank; using or suggesting quackery.
mountebankism
mountebankism
noun
The practices of a mountebank; mountebankery.
mountebankly
mountebanks
mountebanks
noun
plural of mountebank
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mountebank
multibreak
multibreak
adj
Involving more than one break.
nutbreaker
nutbreaker
noun
The nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocatactes).
outbacker
outbacker
noun
One who lives in the outback.
outbake
outbake
verb
(transitive) To heat (equipment) at low pressure to remove adsorbed gas from surfaces.
(transitive) To surpass in baking; to bake better than.
outbaked
outbaked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outbake
outbakes
outbakes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outbake