(figuratively) By extension, any result or consequence following a major event.
An earthquake that follows in the same vicinity as another, usually larger, earthquake (the "mainshock").
Emotional and physical distress following a traumatic event.
aftershocks
aftershocks
noun
plural of aftershock
afterthinker
afterthinker
noun
One who acts first and thinks afterwards.
ahamkara
ahamkara
noun
(Hinduism) Attachment to one's ego.
ahankara
ahankara
noun
Alternative form of ahamkara
ahorseback
ahorseback
adv
On the back of a horse; horseback.
aircheck
aircheck
noun
(broadcasting) A demonstration recording, often intended to show off the talent of an announcer to a prospective employer.
airchecks
airchecks
noun
plural of aircheck
akehorne
akhara
akhara
noun
A member of an order of ascetic monks in parts of India
A monastery used by this order
akhisar
akhissar
akhrot
akhrot
noun
(India) A walnut.
akrochordite
akrochordite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic reddish brown mineral containing arsenic, hydrogen, magnesium, manganese, and oxygen.
alkaphrah
ampherotokous
ampherotoky
amphikaryon
amphikaryotic
amphoriskoi
amphoriskos
anchorlike
anchorlike
adj
Resembling an anchor.
andikithira
ankerhold
ankyloblepharon
ankyloblepharon
noun
(pathology) fusion of the margins of the eyelids
ankylorrhinia
ankylurethria
ankylurethria
noun
(biology, medicine) Impaired patency of the urethra owing to any sort of fusion that either partially or completely obstructs its lumen (for example, stricture due to adhesions).
anotherkins
anotherkins
adj
(UK, regional, obsolete) Of another kind.
antikythera
antshrike
antshrike
noun
Any of several passerine bird species of various genera in the antbird (Thamnophilidae) family.
apparatchik
apparatchik
noun
(historical) A member of the Soviet apparat; a Communist bureaucrat or agent.
A blindly loyal bureaucrat.
apparatchiki
apparatchiks
apparatchiks
noun
plural of apparatchik
archduke
archduke
noun
(history) The ruler of an archduchy, in particular the Archduchy of Austria.
(history) The son or male-line grandson of an emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
archdukedom
archdukedom
noun
The territory or dignity of an archduke or archduchess; an archduchy.
archdukedoms
archdukedoms
noun
plural of archdukedom
archdukes
archdukes
noun
plural of archduke
archidiskodon
archikaryon
archipenko
archjockey
archking
archking
noun
(rare) A chief king.
archknave
archmock
archmocker
archmockery
archworker
archworkmaster
arkadelphia
arkhangelsk
arkhangelsk
Proper noun
A city in northwestern Russia on the White Sea.
arkwright
arkwright
noun
(obsolete) A maker of cabinets or chests.
arrhenotokous
arrhenotokous
adj
(zoology) Relating to arrhenotoky; producing males from unfertilized eggs.
arrhenotoky
arrhenotoky
noun
(biology) The production of male offspring by parthenogenesis.
artichoke
artichoke
noun
A dull green colour, like that of an artichoke.
A plant related to the thistle with enlarged flower heads eaten as a vegetable while immature, Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus.
artichokes
artichokes
noun
plural of artichoke
astrakhan
astrakhan
noun
Closely-curled black or grey fleece of very young karakul lambs from Astrakhan.
Cloth resembling the above mentioned fur, often made from wool and mohair and used for trimmings.
awkwardish
awkwardish
adj
Somewhat awkward.
bachelorlike
bachelorlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bachelor.
backbencher
backbencher
noun
(by extension) Someone who does not play an active role in a process.
(education) A student who does not perform well, especially one who sits at the back of the classroom.
(politics) A Member of Parliament who does not have cabinet rank, and who therefore sits on one of the backbenches or in one of the back rows of the legislature.
(sports) A member of a team who does not usually play, but who is held in reserve.
backbenchers
backbenchers
noun
plural of backbencher
backhander
backhander
noun
(informal) A bribe, a secret payment.
(racquet sports) A player who plays a backhand shot.
(racquet sports) A shot played backhand, a backhand stroke.
(surfing) A surfer who approaches a swell with the wave behind them ("on their backhand") rather than facing the wave ("on their forehand").
A blow with the back of the hand.
A glass of wine given out of turn, the bottle having been handed backwards.
backhanders
backhanders
noun
plural of backhander
backhooker
backlasher
backlasher
noun
A participant in a backlash
backlashers
backlashers
noun
plural of backlasher
backrush
backrush
noun
A rushing backward; a retreat.
backrushes
backrushes
noun
plural of backrush
backscratcher
backscratcher
noun
A long slender rod with a rake-like device on one end, sometimes in the form of a human hand, designed to let a person scratch their own back.
backscratching
backscratching
verb
present participle of backscratch
backstretch
backstretch
noun
(athletics, horse racing, car racing) Synonym of back straight (“straight part of a racetrack, running track, etc., opposite the finishing line”).
(exercise) An exercise that stretches the muscles of the back.
(figuratively) The middle part of an event.
(horse racing) An area next to a racetrack used to stable the racehorses and house employees.
backstretches
backstretches
noun
plural of backstretch.
backwasher
backwasher
noun
(textiles) A machine used for washing wool after carding to remove the impurities.
bakership
bakership
noun
The role or status of a baker.
bakhtiari
bankruptship
barkhan
barkleigh
barukhzy
bashkir
bashkiria
bashkiria
Proper noun
A republic of Russia in the south of the country, with capital Ufa.
bekerchief
benchmark
benchmark
noun
(computing) A computer program that is executed to assess the performance of the runtime environment.
A standard by which something is evaluated or measured.
A surveyor's mark made on some stationary object and shown on a map; used as a reference point.
verb
(intransitive, followed by at) To give certain results in a benchmark test.
(transitive, intransitive, followed by against) To use something (e.g., a competitor's product) as a standard to improve one's own thing.
benchmarked
benchmarked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of benchmark
benchmarking
benchmarking
noun
A performance measurement according to a benchmark.
verb
present participle of benchmark
benchmarks
benchmarks
noun
plural of benchmark
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of benchmark
benchwork
benchwork
noun
the structure supporting a model railway layout
work performed at a workbench
berakah
berakah
noun
Alternative form of berakhah
berakoth
berakoth
noun
plural of berakah
berkshire
berkshire
Proper noun
A inland county of England, bounded by Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Surrey, Greater London and Wiltshire.
Noun
A breed of pig from Berkshire county.
berkshires
berwickshire
berwickshire
Proper noun
A lieutenancy area and historic county in the Scottish Borders.
beshriek
bewhisker
bewhisker
verb
(transitive) To give or add whiskers to; to put whiskers on.
bewhiskered
bewhiskered
adj
Having whiskers
bhaktapur
bhaktimarga
bhikhari
bhokra
birchbark
birchbark
noun
A piece of this bark, formerly used for writing on.
The bark of the birch tree, especially the white bark of the paper birch, Betula papyrifera.
birkenhead
birkenhead
Proper noun
An English topographic surname
Either of F. E. Smith, Frederick Smith or Frederick Smith the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Earls of Birkenhead
the town itself.
birkhoff
birthmark
birthmark
noun
A mark on the skin formed before birth.
birthmarks
birthmarks
noun
plural of birthmark
blackbrush
blackbrush
noun
A shrub of the genus Coleogyne
blackfisher
blackhander
blackhanders
blackhanders
noun
plural of blackhander
blackheart
blackheart
noun
A cruel and remorseless person.
A heart-shaped cherry with a very dark skin.
A type of malleable cast iron with minimum tensile strength of 350 N/mm².
Any of various plant diseases that cause darkening of the central tissue.
blackhearted
blackhearted
adj
Alternative form of black-hearted
blackheartedly
blackheartedness
blackheartedness
noun
The state or quality of being blackhearted; villainy.
blackhearts
blackhearts
noun
plural of blackheart
blackshear
blackshear
Proper noun
a city in Georgia, USA
blackshirt
blackshirt
noun
(by extension) Any member of a fascist party.
(historical, chiefly in the plural) A uniformed member of a paramilitary wing of the Italian Fascist Party.
blackshirted
blackthorn
blackthorn
noun
A large shrub or small tree, Prunus spinosa, that is native to Europe, western Asia, and north Africa. It has a dark bark and bears thorns.
A stick or staff taken from this tree.
blackthorns
blackthorns
noun
plural of blackthorn
blackwasher
blackwasher
noun
One who blackwashes.
blatherskite
blatherskite
noun
A voluble purveyor of nonsense; a blusterer.
A worthless fellow; a deadbeat.
Nonsense or blather; empty talk.
blatherskites
blatherskites
noun
plural of blatherskite
bleachworks
bleachworks
noun
A factory that manufactures bleach.
bletherskate
blockholer
bohorok
bokhara
bokharan
boneshaker
boneshaker
noun
A velocipede (the bicycle of the late 1860s).
Something jolty.
bookholder
bookholder
noun
(obsolete) A prompter at a theatre.
A support for a book, holding it open for reading or copying.
booksellerish
booksellerish
adj
(rare) Characteristic of a bookseller.
bookwright
bookwright
noun
A writer of books; an author.
boschvark
boshvark
boshvarks
botchwork
botchwork
noun
Inferior and shoddy work.
bourkha
brachyskelic
brachyskelic
adj
Having unusually short legs
brackebuschite
brackebuschite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing hydrogen, iron, lead, manganese, oxygen, vanadium, and zinc.
brackish
brackish
adj
(of water) Salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries.
Distasteful; unpleasant; not appealing to the taste.
Repulsive
brackishness
brackishness
noun
distastefulness; unpleasantness
brahmaloka
brakehand
brakehead
branchlike
branchlike
adj
resembling a branch of a tree
breakshugh
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
breakweather
breasthook
breasthook
noun
(nautical) A horizontal timber fitted in the bows of a ship to add strength and to connect the sides to the stem.
breathtaking
breathtaking
adj
Very surprising or shocking; to such a degree as to cause astonishment.
stunningly beautiful; amazing
breathtakingly
breathtakingly
adv
In a breathtaking manner.
To a degree that causes shock or awe; shockingly.
brecknockshire
brecknockshire
Proper noun
An inland traditional county of Wales, bordered by Monmouthshire, Herefordshire, Radnorshire, Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire and Glamorganshire.
breechblock
breechblock
noun
(firearms) The metal block that closes the breech of a breech-loading gun after insertion of the cartridge.