A shrub, Ribes nigrum, that produces small, very dark purple, edible berries.
The berry borne by this shrub.
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
blackmur
blacksburg
blakesburg
blockaderunning
bulletmaker
bulletmaker
noun
A manufacturer of bullets.
bullwhacker
bullwhacker
noun
(US) The driver of a bullock team.
bulwark
bulwark
noun
(figurative) Any means of defence or security.
(nautical) The planking or plating along the sides of a nautical vessel above her gunwale that reduces the likelihood of seas washing over the gunwales and people being washed overboard.
A breakwater.
A defense or safeguard.
A defensive wall or rampart.
verb
(transitive) To fortify something with a wall or rampart.
(transitive) To provide protection of defense for something.
bulwarked
bulwarked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bulwark
bulwarking
bulwarking
verb
present participle of bulwark
bulwarks
bulwarks
noun
plural of bulwark
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bulwark
buzzardlike
buzzardlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a buzzard.
clarksburg
clarksburg
Proper noun
A city in West Virginia, United States
counterblockade
counterblockade
noun
A blockade set up in opposition to another blockade.
counterblockades
counterblockades
noun
plural of counterblockade
hackleburg
keratoglobus
keratoglobus
noun
(pathology) A disorder of the eye in which the cornea is enlarged and globular in shape.
klausenburg
knobular
knobular
adj
knobby; knob-shaped
knuckleballer
knuckleballer
noun
(baseball) A baseball pitcher known for throwing knuckleballs.
koeberliniaceous
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
malbrouck
malbrouck
noun
An arboreal monkey from Africa, Chlorocebus cynosuros.
markleysburg
mecklenburgian
microleukoblast
multibreak
multibreak
adj
Involving more than one break.
packbuilder
parbuckle
parbuckle
noun
A double sling made of a single rope, for slinging a cask, gun, etc.
A kind of purchase for hoisting or lowering a cylindrical burden, as a cask. The middle of a long rope is fastened aloft, and both ends of the rope are looped under, then over the cylinder and looped back towards the attachment point. The object rests in the loops, and rolls upward in them as the rope ends are hauled up, or downward when the ends are payed out.
verb
To hoist or lower by means of a parbuckle
parbuckled
parbuckled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of parbuckle
parbuckling
parbuckling
verb
present participle of parbuckle
rebukable
rebukable
adj
Deserving a rebuke; shameful.
rebukeable
rebukeable
adj
Alternative form of rebukable
skullbanker
subbrachyskelic
submakroskelic
swashbuckler
swashbuckler
noun
A daring adventurer.
A kind of period adventure story with flashy action and lighthearted tone.
A swordsman or fencer who engages in showy or extravagant sword play.
swashbucklerdom
swashbucklering
swashbucklering
adj
Alternative form of swashbuckling
swashbucklers
swashbucklers
noun
plural of swashbuckler
swashbucklery
swashbucklery
noun
adventure and excitement; that which is swashbuckling
troublemaker
troublemaker
noun
A complainer.
One who causes trouble, especially one who does so deliberately.
troublemakers
troublemakers
noun
plural of troublemaker
troublemaking
troublemaking
adj
Causing trouble.
noun
Causing trouble; acting in a disruptive way
turbanlike
turbanlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a turban.
turtleback
turtleback
noun
(military, nautical) An armor layout with an armored deck which slopes downwards towards the sides of the ship and connects to the lower edge of the main belt armor, designed to deflect shells striking the ship on trajectories close to horizontal.
(nautical) A convex deck at the bow or stern of a vessel, designed to shed seawater quickly.
A library binding of a mass market paperback with a generic hardcover.
A primitive stone celt of a form suggesting the back of a turtle.
Any plant of the genus Psathyrotes of annual and perennial forbs and low subshrubs native to dry areas of southwestern North America.
Anything having the shape of a turtle's back (that is, its shell).
turtlebacks
turtlebacks
noun
plural of turtleback
umbrellalike
umbrellalike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of an umbrella.
unbooklearned
unbreakability
unbreakability
noun
The quality of being impossible to break.
unbreakable
unbreakable
adj
(figurative) Resilient.
(of a horse) Not able to be broken in.
Difficult or impossible to break and therefore able to withstand rough usage.
noun
Something that cannot be broken.
unbreakableness
unbreakableness
noun
The quality or state of not being breakable.
unbreakably
unbreakably
adv
In an unbreakable manner.
unbrookable
unbrookable
adj
Not to be brooked or borne; intolerable.
unbrookably
unbrookably
adv
In an unbrookable manner.
undertakable
undertakable
adj
Capable of being undertaken; practicable.
undrinkable
undrinkable
adj
Not drinkable.
noun
Anything not suitable for drinking.
undrinkableness
undrinkableness
noun
The quality of being undrinkable.
undrinkably
undrinkably
adv
Such that it cannot be drunk.
unforeknowable
unforeknowable
adj
Not foreknowable.
unfrankable
unfrankable
adj
Not frankable; not eligible for being posted free of charge.
unmarkable
unmarkable
adj
Incapable of being marked.
unmarketable
unmarketable
adj
Not marketable
unprovokable
unprovokable
adj
That cannot be provoked.
unrebukable
unrebukable
adj
Above rebuke; honourable.
unrebukably
unrebukably
adv
In an unrebukable manner.
unrebukeable
unreckonable
unreckonable
adj
That cannot be reckoned; uncountable, innumerable.
unremarkable
unremarkable
adj
Not remarkable.
unremarkableness
unremarkableness
noun
The state or condition of being unremarkable.
unremarkably
unremarkably
adv
In a way or to an extent that is unremarkable.
unrevokable
unriskable
unriskable
adj
Not riskable.
unshrinkability
unshrinkability
noun
The quality of being unshrinkable.
unshrinkable
unshrinkable
adj
That will not shrink
untraffickable
untraffickable
adj
Alternative form of untrafficable
untrickable
untrickable
adj
That cannot be tricked.
unworkability
unworkability
noun
An unworkable aspect or element.
The quality or state of being unworkable, lack of workability.
unworkable
unworkable
adj
Not workable or operable; not practical; unmanageable.
noun
Something that is not workable, or cannot be made to work.
unworkableness
unworkableness
noun
The quality or state of being unworkable; lack of workableness.