(art) Decorative work resembling interlaced bands.
bangwaketsi
bankweed
barwick
basketware
basketware
noun
basketwork goods collectively
basketweaving
basketweaving
noun
(figurative) Any useless, unproductive, or lightweight activity.
The act of weaving baskets, as for example from grasses, wicker, or rope.
basketwoman
basketwoman
noun
(historical) A woman who sells goods from a basket.
basketwood
basketwood
noun
Any of various kinds of wood traditionally used for making baskets.
basketwork
basketwork
noun
Material woven in the style of a basket.
The craft of making such material.
basketworks
basketworks
noun
plural of basketwork
basketworm
basketworm
noun
The larva of a psychid moth.
bawcock
bawcock
noun
(archaic) A fine fellow.
bawcocks
bawcocks
noun
plural of bawcock
bawdrick
bawke
beadwork
beadwork
noun
Decorative work involving beads.
beadworks
beadworks
noun
plural of beadwork
beamwork
beckwith
beckwith
Proper noun
of origin.
beekmantown
beetewk
begowk
begowk
verb
(archaic, Scotland) To play a trick on, make a fool of.
beknow
beknow
verb
(transitive) To acknowledge; own; confess.
(transitive) To know about; have knowledge of; recognise; understand; be aware (of); be knowledgeable about.
beknown
beknown
adj
(obsolete) known
verb
past participle of beknow
bellowslike
bellowslike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bellows (device for delivering pressurized air).
bellowsmaker
bellowsmaking
belowdecks
belowdecks
adv
(nautical) Below the main deck of a ship.
benchwork
benchwork
noun
the structure supporting a model railway layout
work performed at a workbench
berewick
berewick
noun
(now historical) An outlying estate.
berkow
berkowitz
berwick
berwick
Proper noun
Any of various towns, including:
a town in Maine, USA.
berwickshire
berwickshire
Proper noun
A lieutenancy area and historic county in the Scottish Borders.
beswink
beswink
verb
(obsolete) to labour, toil; belabour
bethwack
bethwack
verb
(transitive) To pelt, thrash, or cudgel soundly.
bewake
bewake
verb
(intransitive) To keep awake; watch.
(transitive) To awaken thoroughly; keep awake.
(transitive) To spend waking; watch through.
(transitive, obsolete) To watch over (a body); observe funeral rites for.
(transitive, obsolete) To watch; keep watch over; guard.
bewhisker
bewhisker
verb
(transitive) To give or add whiskers to; to put whiskers on.
bewhiskered
bewhiskered
adj
Having whiskers
bewick
bework
bework
verb
(transitive) To work around or about; surround.
(transitive) To work over; rework; edit.
(transitive) To work, as with thread; embroider.
bewreak
bewreak
verb
(transitive) To give vent in action to (incensed feelings).
(transitive, obsolete) To avenge; revenge.
bewreck
bewreck
verb
(transitive, dialectal) To wreck completely; ruin; destroy.
bikeway
bikeway
noun
A bicycle lane or path.
bikeways
bikeways
noun
plural of bikeway
biwabik
biweeklies
biweeklies
noun
plural of biweekly
biweekly
biweekly
adj
Occurring once every two weeks; fortnightly.
Occurring twice a week.
adv
Every two weeks.
Twice a week (but see the Usage notes).
noun
Something that is published or released once every two weeks.
blackfellow
blackfellow
noun
(Australia, now usually considered offensive) A (male) Australian Aborigine.
blackfellows
blackfellows
noun
plural of blackfellow
blackhawk
blackware
blackware
noun
Any pottery of a black or nearly black colour.
blackwash
blackwash
noun
(chiefly politics) A villainization campaign.
(medicine) A lotion made by mixing calomel and limewater.
(slang, New Zealand) A whitewash victory for any New Zealand national sporting team.
(slang, cricket) A whitewash victory for the West Indies cricket team. Started in the 1984–86 "Blackwash" series of the West Indian cricket team in England in 1984.
(slang, mining) Public campaigns and advertising funded by the coal industry to draw attention away from environmentally unsustainable practices or to justify exclusion from carbon taxes.
verb
(transitive) To blacken, to cover with a black color.
(transitive) To portray in a revisionist fashion as belonging to a black race of people.
(transitive) To villainize, to present in a damaging light.
blackwasher
blackwasher
noun
One who blackwashes.
blackwashing
blackwashing
noun
(derogatory) The revisionist portrayal of something as belonging to a black race of people.
(derogatory) The revisionist portrayal of something as evil.
The application of a coating of blackwash.
verb
present participle of blackwash
blackwater
blackwater
noun
Blackwater fever; malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum.
Waste from domestic toilets; water containing fecal matter.
Water containing loam, tannins, etc., giving it a very dark appearance.
blackwaters
blackwaters
noun
plural of blackwater
blackweed
blackweed
noun
Common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia.)
blackwell
blackwood
blackwood
noun
(uncountable) The very dark wood of such trees.
African blackwood (Dalbergia melanoxylon), of Africa
Australian blackwood (Acacia melanoxylon), of eastern Australia
Bombay blackwood (Dalbergia latifolia), of India
Haematoxylum campechianum, a tree from Mexico.
blackwork
blackwork
noun
(obsolete) Work connected with funerals, as an undertaker's assistant or a maker of mourning clothes, etc.
(sewing) A form of counted-thread embroidery that is usually stitched on even-weave fabric with a twisted thread.
blackwort
bladderwrack
bladderwrack
noun
Fucus vesiculosus, a seaweed in which iodine was first discovered.
blanketflower
blanketflower
noun
Gaillardia; a plant of the genus Gaillardia.
blanketweed
blanketweed
noun
a filamentous alga often found in ponds
blauwbok
blauwbok
noun
The bluebuck (extinct mammal).
bleachworks
bleachworks
noun
A factory that manufactures bleach.
blockwood
blowback
blowback
noun
(computing) Synonym of backscatter.
(firearms) A type of action where the pressure from the fired cartridge blows a sliding mechanism backward to extract the fired cartridge, chamber another cartridge, and cock the hammer.
(rail transport) On a steam locomotive, the reversal of exhaust gases when the regulator is closed without using the blower.
(slang) The act of shotgunning (inhaling from a pipe etc. and exhaling into another smoker's mouth).
An unintended adverse result, especially of covert political action.
blowbacks
blowbacks
noun
plural of blowback
blowcock
boardwalk
boardwalk
noun
A slightly elevated path for pedestrians over sandy or swampy ground, typically made out of wood; specifically (Canada, US) one running alongside a body of water or beach.
verb
To install a boardwalk over.
boardwalks
boardwalks
noun
plural of boardwalk.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of boardwalk
bobbinwork
bobbinwork
noun
Work woven with bobbins.
bodkinwise
bodywork
bodywork
noun
A service offered that includes an erotic massage and may also include prostitution.
The application of physical therapy as a preventive measure.
The exterior body of a motor vehicle.
The repair of a such body.
bodyworks
bodyworks
noun
plural of bodywork
boguslawsky
boilerworks
bolckow
bolsterwork
boltwork
bonework
bonework
noun
The art or process of making objects from bone.
bookward
bookwards
bookways
bookwise
bookwise
adv
In the manner of a book.
bookwork
bookwork
noun
(chiefly University of Cambridge) The act of memorising information; used attributively to describe or denote questions that test information learned rather than requiring additional thought.
Accounting work; book keeping.
The art and science of formatting books.
Work done with the aid of textbooks.
bookworm
bookworm
noun
(figurative) An avid book reader.
Any of various insects that infest books.
bookworms
bookworms
noun
plural of bookworm
bookwright
bookwright
noun
A writer of books; an author.
bostwick
botchwork
botchwork
noun
Inferior and shoddy work.
boulework
boulework
noun
(woodworking) Obsolete form of buhl work.
boullework
bowback
bowellike
bowerlike
bowk
bowk
verb
(Tyneside) To belch, to burp.
(UK) To vomit.
bowkail
bowker
bowknot
bowknot
noun
A knot that has two loops and two loose ends, either used decoratively, or to tie shoelaces.
bowknots
bowknots
noun
plural of bowknot
bowlike
bowlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bow (bent frame for firing arrows).
bowllike
bowllike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bowl.
bowlmaker
bowlmaker
noun
A manufacturer of bowls.
bowmaker
bowmaker
noun
Alternative form of bow maker
bowmaking
bowmaking
noun
The manufacture of bows (for archery or for musical instruments).
boxwork
boxwork
noun
(geology) A form of weathering found in caves
bracketwise
bracketwise
adv
In terms of brackets (in various senses).
brailowsky
brainwork
brainwork
noun
Work done with the brain; mental effort.
brainworker
brasswork
brasswork
noun
Work or ornamentation made of brass.
brassworker
brassworker
noun
A person who manufactures or shapes brass.
brassworks
brassworks
noun
A place where brass is manufactured and/or shaped.
breakaway
breakaway
adj
(entertainment industry) Enjoying rapid popular success.
(ice hockey) Occurring during or as a result of a breakaway (see Noun)
Capable of breaking off without damaging the larger structure.
Having broken away from a larger unit.
The breakaway republic is slowly establishing order and civil society.
noun
(Australia) A channel of floodwater that has burst from its usual course; or the track or channel eroded by the water.
(Australia) A stampede of animals.
(Australia) An animal that breaks away from a herd.
(Australia, geography) An eroding steep slope on the edge of a plateau; an escarpment.
(boxing) The act of getting away from one's opponent; the separation of the boxers after a spell of infighting.
(cycle racing) A group of riders which has gone ahead of the peloton.
(ice hockey) A situation in the game where one or more players of a team attack towards the goal of the other team without having any defenders in front of them.
(theater) An item of scenery designed to be broken or destroyed during the performance.
A particular yo-yo trick http://yoyo.wikia.com/wiki/Breakaway.
A swing dance in which the leader occasionally swings the follower out into an open position.
The act of breaking away from something.
breakdown
breakdown
noun
(US) Any rapid bluegrass dance tune, especially featuring a five-string banjo.
(US, dated) A noisy, rapid, shuffling dance engaged in competitively by a number of persons or pairs in succession, common in traditional African American music from the Southern United States.
(US, dated) Any noisy dance performed by shuffling the feet, usually by one person at a time.
(chemistry) Breaking of chemical bonds within a compound to produce simpler compounds or elements.
(film, television) A detailed description of a forthcoming project, including the characters and roles required.
(music) The percussion break of songs chosen by a DJ for use in hip-hop music.
(physics) The sudden transition of an electrical insulator to a conductor when subjected to a sufficiently strong voltage, caused by the partial or complete ionization of the insulator.
(sports) A loss of organization (of the parts of a system).
A failure, particularly mechanical in nature.
A musical technique by which the music is stripped down, becoming simpler, varying in heaviness depending on the genre.
A physical collapse or lapse of mental stability.
Listing, division or categorization in great detail.
Something that has experienced a mechanical failure.
breakdowns
breakdowns
noun
plural of breakdown
breakwater
breakwater
noun
(nautical) A low bulkhead across the forecastle deck of a ship which diverts water breaking over the bows into the scuppers.
(on beaches) A wooden or concrete barrier, usually perpendicular to the shore, intended to prevent the movement of sand along a coast.
A construction in or around a harbour designed to break the force of the sea and to provide shelter for vessels lying inside.
breakwaters
breakwaters
noun
plural of breakwater
breakweather
breakwind
breakwind
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) A windbreak.
breastwork
breastwork
noun
(nautical) A railing on the quarter-deck and forecastle.
(slang) Breast augmentation.
A fortification consisting of a breast-high bulwark; a parapet.
A parapet.
breastworks
breastworks
noun
plural of breastwork
brickwall
brickwall
noun
(nonstandard) Alternative form of brick wall
brickwise
brickwise
adj
In the manner of bricks, especially the overlapping way in which they are assembled into a wall.
brickwork
brickwork
noun
The quality of the construction of brick built items.
Those parts of items that are made of brick.
bridgework
bridgework
noun
(dentistry) A partial denture that is anchored to existing teeth.
The component parts of a bridge.
The construction or repair of bridges.
bridgeworks
bridgeworks
noun
plural of bridgework
brightwork
brightwork
noun
Polished metal fixtures, especially aboard a boat.
The varnished or oiled wood trim aboard a boat.
brightworks
brightworks
noun
plural of brightwork
brinklow
brinktown
brockway
brockwell
brokaw
brokenbow
brookflower
brooklawn
brookview
brookweed
brookweed
noun
A small white-flowered herb (Samolus valerandi) usually found in wet places; the water pimpernel.
brookwood
brownback
brownback
noun
A bird, the dowitcher or red-breasted snipe.
A note of scrip printed on brown paper, such as that issued by the city of St. Louis during a financial crisis.
A postage stamp printed in brown ink, used in the 1890s.
browsick
brunswick
brunswick
Proper noun
A city in Germany; Braunschweig.
Any of several towns in the United States and elsewhere.
A suburb of Melbourne, Australia.
brushwork
brushwork
noun
(painting) The technique or practice of applying and manipulating paint (usually oil or gouache) in a painting.
buckeystown
bucksaw
bucksaw
noun
A saw, in a metal frame, used to cut lengths of wood.
bucksaws
bucksaws
noun
plural of bucksaw
buckwagon
buckwagon
noun
(South Africa) A strong wagon with a frame over the wheels used for hauling goods.
(US) A buckboard; a wagon for personal transport as well as transporting goods.