A village on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt which contains several ancient Egyptian, Greek, and Roman structures.
A bay outside this village, at the mouth of the Nile, where on 1 August 1798 a British fleet led by defeated the French in the
abourezk
alkaliferous
alkaliferous
adj
Yielding alkalis.
alkalurops
alkaptonuria
alkaptonuria
noun
(medicine) A rare inherited genetic disorder of phenylalanine and tyrosine metabolism, causing the accumulation and eventual excretion of alkapton.
alkaptonuric
alkaptonuric
adj
Relating to alkaptonuria
alkylarylsulfonate
allokurtic
ampherotokous
anakrousis
ankylosaur
ankylosaur
noun
Synonym of ankylosaurus
ankylosaurs
ankylosaurs
noun
plural of ankylosaur
ankylosaurus
ankylosaurus
noun
A large herbivorous dinosaur, of genus Ankylosaurus, that lived in the Cretaceous period, noted for its heavy armor and club-like tail.
archdukedom
archdukedom
noun
The territory or dignity of an archduke or archduchess; an archduchy.
archdukedoms
archdukedoms
noun
plural of archdukedom
arosaguntacook
arrenotokous
arrenotokous
adj
Alternative form of arrhenotokous
arrhenotokous
arrhenotokous
adj
(zoology) Relating to arrhenotoky; producing males from unfertilized eggs.
artukovic
autokrator
automaker
automaker
noun
One who manufactures automobiles; typically used to refer to a large corporation such as General Motors.
autotruck
autoworkers
autoworkers
noun
plural of autoworker
backcountry
backcountry
noun
A remote region; countryside that is relatively inaccessible; the boondocks.
backcourt
backcourt
noun
(basketball) A team's defensive half of the court; the part of the court where the other team's basket is located, or the guards playing in that area.
(chiefly Scotland) A courtyard behind a housing block or tenement building.
backcourtman
backcourtman
noun
(basketball) A backcourt player.
backcourtmen
backcourtmen
noun
plural of backcourtman
backfurrow
backfurrow
noun
(agriculture) The line of piled soil thrown up beside a furrow when it is created by a plow
verb
(agriculture) To throw or turn the soil in alternating directions for every other row that is plowed, so that every pair of furrows has a single backfurrow with clear areas on the outside.
background
background
adj
Less important or less noticeable in a scene or system.
noun
(computing) A type of activity on a computer that is not normally visible to the user.
(computing) The image or color over which a computer's desktop items are shown (e.g. icons or application windows).
(physics) Clipping of background radiation.
A less important feature of scenery (as opposed to foreground).
A part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject; context.
Information relevant to the current situation about past events; history.
One's social heritage, or previous life; what one did in the past.
verb
(journalism) To gather and provide background information (on).
To put in a position that is not prominent.
simple past tense and past participle of backgrind
backgrounded
backgrounded
adj
(computing) (of a task) Made non-interactive
Moved to the background
verb
simple past tense and past participle of background
backgrounder
backgrounder
noun
(chiefly US) A briefing or document typically provided prior to a meeting or other event that gives basic details on subjects that are likely to be mentioned.
A cattle farmer or rancher who runs a backgrounding operation.
A person employed to draw backgrounds for a comic or cartoon.
backgrounds
backgrounds
noun
plural of background
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of background
baikonur
baikonur
Proper noun
A city in Kazakhstan, rented and administered by Russia, constructed to service Baikonur Cosmodrome, since 1995 also called Baikonur.
bannockburn
bannockburn
Proper noun
A village near Stirling in Scotland
A battle important in Scotland's struggle for independence
barkbound
barkbound
adj
Prevented from growing, by having the bark too firm or close.
baronduki
blockaderunning
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
blocksburg
bloodsucker
bloodsucker
noun
(by extension) Any parasite.
(by extension) One who attempts to take as much from others as possible; a leech.
A vampire.
An animal that drinks the blood of others, especially by sucking blood through a puncture wound; a hemovore.
The changeable lizard (Calotes versicolor).
bloodsuckers
bloodsuckers
noun
plural of bloodsucker
bogsucker
bogsucker
noun
The American woodcock.
bordiuk
boufarik
boulework
boulework
noun
(woodworking) Obsolete form of buhl work.
boullework
boundbrook
bourbaki
bourke
bourkha
bourock
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
brookhouse
broucek
brushwork
brushwork
noun
(painting) The technique or practice of applying and manipulating paint (usually oil or gouache) in a painting.
buckaroo
buckaroo
noun
(slang) A dollar; a buck.
A cowboy; specifically, a working cowboy who generally does not partake in rodeos.
A reckless, headstrong person.
A style of cowboy boot with a high and uniquely tapered heel.
One who sports a distinctive buckaroo style of cowboy clothing, boots, and heritage.
buckaroos
buckaroos
noun
plural of buckaroo
buckayro
buckayro
noun
Obsolete form of buckaroo.
buckayros
buckayros
noun
plural of buckayro
buckboard
buckboard
noun
A simple, distinctively American four-wheeled horse-drawn wagon designed for personal transport as well as for transporting animal fodder and domestic goods, often with a spring-mounted seat for the driver.
buckboards
buckboards
noun
plural of buckboard
buckeroo
buckeroo
noun
Alternative spelling of buckaroo
buckeroos
buckeroos
noun
plural of buckeroo
buckhorn
buckhorn
noun
A horn of a buck.
The royal fern, Osmunda regalis.
bucksport
buckthorn
buckthorn
noun
Hippophae (family Elaeagnaceae), the sea buckthorn.
also genus Frangula, especially Frangula alnus, the alder buckthorn.
especially genus Rhamnus,
especially the common buckthorn or purging buckthorn; Rhamnus cathartica.
buddenbrooks
buhlwork
buhlwork
noun
(woodworking) Alternative form of buhl work
buhlworks
bullocker
bullwork
bullyrock
bullyrook
burdock
burdock
noun
Any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium.
burdocks
burdocks
noun
plural of burdock
buroker
burrknot
burrock
burrock
noun
A small weir or dam in a river to direct the stream to gaps where fish traps are placed.
busywork
busywork
noun
Alternative spelling of busy work
busyworks
butterworker
buttocker
buttocker
noun
(mining, historical) A worker who gets coal off at a longwall face.
(wrestling) One who uses the cross-buttock throw.
cankerous
cankerous
adj
Causing canker; ulcerating.
Infected with canker; ulcerous.
cantankerous
cantankerous
adj
Given to or marked by an ill-tempered, quarrelsome nature; ill-tempered, cranky, crabby.
cantankerously
cantankerously
adv
In a cantankerous manner.
cantankerousness
cantankerousness
noun
The state of being cantankerous.
cantankerousnesses
chaunoprockt
chequerwork
chequerwork
noun
Alternative form of checkerwork
cherubikon
choruslike
choruslike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a chorus.
chukor
chukor
noun
Alternative form of chukar
cockalorum
cockalorum
noun
(countable) A menial yet self-important person; a person who makes empty boasts.
(uncountable) A game similar to leapfrog.
(uncountable) Boastful speech, crowing.
cockalorums
cockalorums
noun
plural of cockalorum
cockarouse
cockarouse
noun
(historical) A sachem or leader in certain Native American groups.
cockburn
cockerouse
cocklebur
cocklebur
noun
Any of the coarse composite weeds of the genus Xanthium, with a prickly fruit.
cockspur
cockspur
noun
A blade for tying to the foot of a gamecock.
A kind of grass (Echinochloa crus-galli).
A kind of hawthorn (Crataegus crus-galli).
cockspurs
cockspurs
noun
plural of cockspur
cocksuckers
cocksuckers
noun
(vulgar) plural of cocksucker
cocksure
cocksure
adj
(informal) Too confident; overconfident.
cocksuredom
cocksureism
cocksurely
cocksurely
adv
In a cocksure manner.
cocksureness
cocksureness
noun
the state or condition of being cocksure
cocksurety
cocksurety
noun
The condition of being cocksure
cokeburg
cokernut
cokernut
noun
Archaic form of coconut.
cokuloris
cokuloris
noun
Alternative form of cucoloris
coldturkey
computerlike
computerlike
adj
Having some similarity to a computer.
computernik
computernik
noun
(informal, dated) A computer enthusiast.
computerniks
computerniks
noun
plural of computernik
concertstuck
cooksburg
cornhusk
cornhusk
noun
The husk of an ear of corn (maize).
cornhusker
cornhusker
noun
(usually capitalized) A person who is a native or resident of the U.S. state of Nebraska.
A person or device that removes husks from corn.
cornhusking
cornhusking
noun
The removal of the husk from corn.
cornhuskings
cornhuskings
noun
plural of cornhusking
cornhusks
cornhusks
noun
plural of cornhusk
couchmaker
couchmaker
noun
A manufacturer of couches.
counterattack
counterattack
noun
Alternative form of counter-attack
counterattacked
counterattacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of counterattack
counterattacker
counterattacker
noun
One who carries out a counterattack.
counterattacking
counterattacking
verb
present participle of counterattack
counterattacks
counterattacks
noun
plural of counterattack; alternative spelling of counter-attacks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of counterattack; alternative spelling of counter-attacks
counterblockade
counterblockade
noun
A blockade set up in opposition to another blockade.
counterblockades
counterblockades
noun
plural of counterblockade
counterbreastwork
countercheck
countercheck
noun
A restriction or limit.
A second check (in order to confirm or deny a previous one).
verb
To recheck.
To restrict or limit by counteracting.
counterclockwise
counterclockwise
adj
(US, Canada) Moving or located in the direction of rotation opposite from clockwise.
adv
(US, Canada) In the direction of rotation opposite from clockwise.
counterdike
counterlocking
countermark
countermark
noun
(farriery) An artificial cavity made in the teeth of horses that have outgrown their natural mark, to disguise their age.
A mark or token added to those already existing, as a security or proof.
verb
(transitive) To apply a countermark to.
counterprick
counterreckoning
countersank
countersank
verb
simple past tense of countersink
countershock
countershock
noun
A shock that travels in the opposite direction to an applied impulse
countersink
countersink
noun
a cylindrical recess, typically machined around a hole to admit a screw so that it sits flush with a surface.
verb
(transitive) To cause to sink even with or below the surface.
(transitive) To create such a conical recess.
countersinking
countersinking
verb
present participle of countersink
countersinks
countersinks
noun
plural of countersink
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of countersink
counterstock
counterstock
noun
(dated) counterfoil
counterstrike
counterstrike
noun
(military, sports) The tactic of counterattacking
verb
(intransitive) To perform a counterstrike.
counterstroke
counterstroke
noun
A blow given in return.
A retaliation.
countersunk
countersunk
adj
(of a bolt or screw) That has a flat conical top allowing it to be inserted flush with a surface
verb
past participle of countersink
countersunken
countertack
counterwork
counterwork
verb
(transitive) To work in opposition to; to counteract.
counterworker
counterworker
noun
(rare) One who works against something; a saboteur.