(uncommon, usually in the plural) Other members of the genus Abelmoschus, such as okra.
The edible and aromatic seed pods (properly, capsules) of the Abelmoschus moschatus.
The tropical evergreen shrub Abelmoschus moschatus itself.
abelmosks
abelmosks
noun
plural of abelmosk
abelmusk
abelmusk
noun
(obsolete) Alternative form of abelmosk in its various senses.
akalimba
akalimba
noun
An African thumb piano.
akemboll
alumbank
amberlike
amberlike
adj
Resembling the resin amber.
ambushlike
amoebalike
amoebalike
adj
Having the characteristics of an amoeba.
antiblackism
antiblackism
noun
Antiblack sentiments or politics.
balkanism
balkanism
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Balkanism
balmlike
balmlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a balm; soothing, healing.
bamileke
barrelmaker
barrelmaker
noun
A maker of barrels, especially a cooper or a container manufacturer.
barrelmaking
barrelmaking
noun
The manufacture of barrels.
beamlike
beamlike
adj
Having the form of a beam
bellmaker
bellmaker
noun
someone who makes bells
bellmaking
bellmaking
noun
The manufacture of bells.
bellowsmaker
bellowsmaking
beltmaker
beltmaker
noun
Someone who makes belts.
beltmaking
beltmaking
noun
The manufacture of belts.
benkelman
berkeleianism
berkeleyism
berkelium
berkelium
noun
A transuranic chemical element (symbol Bk) with an atomic number of 97.
bespecklement
bibliokleptomania
bibliokleptomania
noun
A mental disorder that produces a compulsion to steal books.
bibliokleptomaniac
bibliokleptomaniac
noun
Someone who suffers from bibliokleptomania.
blackamoor
blackamoor
noun
(archaic, often offensive) A person with dark skin, especially one from north Africa.
(heraldry) A stylized Negro.
A blackamoor slave, a blackamoor servant; and hence any slave, servant, inferior, or child.
blackamoors
blackamoors
noun
plural of blackamoor
blackarm
blackdamp
blackdamp
noun
Choke damp.
blackguardism
blackguardism
noun
Blackguardly behaviour or language.
blackgum
blackgum
noun
Alternative form of black gum (“tree”)
blackgums
blackgums
noun
plural of blackgum
blacklegism
blacklegism
noun
The character or actions of a blackleg.
blackmail
blackmail
noun
(England law, historical) Black rent, or rent paid in corn, meat, or the lowest coin, as opposed to white rent, which was paid in silver.
(archaic) A form of protection money (or corn, cattle, etc.) anciently paid, in the north of England and south of Scotland, to the allies of robbers in order to be spared from pillage.
Compromising material that can be used to extort someone, dirt.
The extortion of money or favours by threats of public accusation, exposure, or censure.
verb
(Kenya) To speak ill of someone; to defame someone.
(transitive) To extort money or favors from (a person) by exciting fears of injury other than bodily harm, such as injury to reputation, distress of mind, false accusation, etc.
blackmailed
blackmailed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blackmail
blackmailer
blackmailer
noun
Someone who blackmails.
blackmailers
blackmailers
noun
plural of blackmailer
blackmailing
blackmailing
noun
The act of one who blackmails.
verb
present participle of blackmail
blackmails
blackmails
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blackmail
blackman
blackman
noun
(nonstandard) Alternative form of black man
blackmore
blackmun
blackmur
blacksmith
blacksmith
noun
(informal) A person who shoes horses.
A blackish fish of the Pacific coast (Chromis punctipinnis).
A person who forges iron.
verb
(intransitive) To work as a blacksmith.
blacksmithing
blacksmithing
noun
the business of a blacksmith
verb
present participle of blacksmith
blacksmiths
blacksmiths
noun
plural of blacksmith
blakemore
blanketmaker
blanketmaker
noun
A manufacturer of blankets.
blanketmaking
blanketmaking
noun
The manufacture of blankets.
blankminded
blankmindedness
blockheadism
blockheadism
noun
The character or behaviour of a blockhead; stupidity.
blockmaker
blockmaker
noun
A manufacturer of blocks for use in printing.
A manufacturer of nautical blocks.
blockmaking
blockmaking
noun
The manufacture of blocks for use in printing.
The manufacture of nautical blocks.
blockman
blomkest
bloomkin
bluestockingism
bluestockingism
noun
(colloquial) The character or manner of a bluestocking; female pedantry.
boilermaker
boilermaker
noun
(US) A whiskey with a beer chaser.
A person qualified to make or repair boilers.
boilermakers
boilermakers
noun
plural of boilermaker
boilermaking
boilermaking
noun
The manufacture of boilers.
bolshevikism
boltmaker
boltmaker
noun
A machine that manufactures bolts.
A manufacturer of bolts.
boltmaking
boltmaking
noun
The manufacture of bolts.
bombernickel
bookmobile
bookmobile
noun
A mobile library; especially, a large van designed to transport a portion of some library's collection.
bookmobiles
bookmobiles
noun
plural of bookmobile
booksellerism
bottlemaker
bottlemaker
noun
A manufacturer of bottles.
bottlemaking
bottlemaking
noun
The manufacture of bottles.
bowlmaker
bowlmaker
noun
A manufacturer of bowls.
brahmaloka
brooklime
brooklime
noun
American brooklime (Veronica americana)
European brooklime (Veronica beccabunga)
bucklum
bulletmaker
bulletmaker
noun
A manufacturer of bullets.
bulletmaking
bulletmaking
noun
The manufacture of bullets.
bullockman
bumblekite
bumclock
bumpkinly
bumpkinly
adj
Befitting a bumpkin.
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
camelback
camelback
noun
(countable) A camelback sofa or chair.
(countable) A flexible water container worn on the back.
(countable) A house with a second storey that does not completely cover the ground floor.
(countable, rail transport) A railway locomotive that has its cab in the middle as opposed to at the end.
(uncountable) A type of rubber used in tyre restoration.
(uncountable) The backs of camels.
checkerbloom
checkerbloom
noun
Any of the flowering plants in the genus Sidalcea.
clambake
clambake
adj
(figurative) Informal, makeshift, sloppy.
noun
(New England) An informal beach party in which food, usually seafood, is cooked in a firepit dug in the sand, filled with hot coals.
(slang, chiefly West Coast US) An instance of smoking (usually marijuana) in an enclosed space.
(slang, vulgar) A meeting of predominantly females.
verb
(intransitive, slang, chiefly West Coast US) To smoke marijuana in an enclosed space such as a car with the windows up.
(transitive, slang, chiefly West Coast US) To enclose something and fill it with smoke by smoking (usually marijuana) inside it.
clambakes
clambakes
noun
plural of clambake
comblike
comblike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a comb.
corymblike
cymballike
cymballike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cymbal.
embulk
fablemaker
fablemaker
noun
One who invents fables.
gumbolike
hyperkatabolism
hyperkatabolism
noun
Alternative form of hypercatabolism
kalimba
kalimba
noun
(music) A type of thumb piano, similar to the mbira.
kalimbas
kalimbas
noun
plural of kalimba
kambal
katabolism
katabolism
noun
Alternative form of catabolism
kathemoglobin
keelboatman
keelboatman
noun
The person who operates a keelboat.
keelboatmen
keelboatmen
noun
plural of keelboatman
kemble
kemblesville
ketembilla
ketembilla
noun
The plant Dovyalis hebecarpa, native to Sri Lanka and southern India.
kibblerman
kimball
kimball
Proper noun
name transferred from the surname.
A hamlet in Alberta, Canada
A city in Minnesota
A city in Nebraska
A town in South Dakota
A town in Tennessee
A town in West Virginia
A town in Wisconsin
kimballton
kimbell
kimberlee
kimberley
kimberley
Proper noun
Any of several places, notably a city in South Africa, noted for diamond mining.
The northernmost region in Western Australia.
name derived from the surname or the place name (site of a battle in the Boer Wars).
name popular in the 1960s and the 1970s, more often spelled Kimberly.
kimberli
kimberlin
kimberlin
noun
(UK, historical) In Portland, Dorset, England, an outsider; somebody visiting from the mainland.
kimberlite
kimberlite
noun
(geology) A variety of peridotite containing a high proportion of carbon dioxide; often contains diamonds.
kimberlites
kimberlites
noun
plural of kimberlite
kimberly
kimberly
Proper noun
Any of several places in the US named for persons with the surname.
name popular in the 1960s and the 1970s.
kimberlyn
kimble
kimbolton
kishambala
kitambilla
kolombangara
koolokamba
koolokamba
noun
Alternative form of koolakamba
kumbaloi
kymbalon
lamback
lambkill
lambkill
noun
Kalmia angustifolia, a toxic plant with small, deep pink flowers.
lambkills
lambkin
lambkin
noun
A term of endearment.
A young lamb, a very young sheep.
lambkins
lambkins
noun
plural of lambkin
lamblike
lamblike
adj
Like a lamb; gentle; inoffensive.
lamblikeness
lambrook
lambskin
lambskin
noun
A kind of woollen cloth resembling this.
The skin of a very young sheep, especially prepared with the fleece still attached. A very fine form of leather.
lambskins
lambskins
noun
plural of lambskin
lampblack
lampblack
noun
An amorphous form of carbon made from incompletely burned organic matter; used to make pigments and inks.
verb
(transitive) To blacken (something) using this form of carbon.
lampblacked
lampblacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of lampblack
lampblacking
lampblacking
verb
present participle of lampblack
lehmbruck
limbeck
limbeck
noun
(obsolete) An alembic.
limbecks
limbecks
noun
plural of limbeck
limberneck
limberneck
noun
A flaccid paralysis of the neck of poultry afflicted with botulism.
lombok
lumberjack
lumberjack
noun
A lumberjacket.
A person whose work is to fell trees.
verb
(transitive) To work as a lumberjack, cutting down trees.
lumberjacket
lumberjacket
noun
A lumberjack shirt.
lumberjacks
lumberjacks
noun
plural of lumberjack
makable
makable
adj
Capable of being made.
makeable
makeable
adj
Able to be made.
noun
A very small uncut diamond.
malbrouck
malbrouck
noun
An arboreal monkey from Africa, Chlorocebus cynosuros.
manbarklak
marblelike
marblelike
adj
Resembling a marble or marbles
Resembling marble stone
markable
markable
adj
(obsolete) remarkable
Capable of being marked.
marketability
marketability
noun
The likelihood that something will sell; market appeal.
marketable
marketable
adj
Of or pertaining to marketability; capable of being marketed.