(slang, UK, Ireland, historical) A telephone service providing betting odds and commentary, relayed to customers in a bookmaker's shop via loudspeaker.
(slang, chiefly Britain, New Zealand, Australia, Ireland, usually preceded by the) Telephone.
A ducted fan, usually part of a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning system.
A person who blows.
A small fish of the Atlantic coast, Sphoeroides maculatus; the puffer.
Any device that blows.
The whale; so called by seamen, from its habit of spouting up a column of water.
blowers
blowers
noun
plural of blower
blowhard
blowhard
noun
(Canada, US, derogatory) A person who talks too much or too loudly, especially in a boastful or self-important manner.
blowhards
blowhards
noun
plural of blowhard
blowier
blowier
adj
comparative form of blowy: more blowy
blowiron
blowproof
blowproof
adj
Resistant to being blown.
blowsier
blowsier
adj
comparative form of blowsy: more blowsy
blowspray
blowtorch
blowtorch
noun
(US, military, slang) A jet fighter.
A tool which projects a controlled stream of a highly flammable gas over a spark in order to produce a controlled flame.
verb
To apply a blowtorch to something.
blowtorched
blowtorched
verb
past participle of blowtorch
blowtorches
blowtorches
noun
plural of blowtorch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blowtorch
blowtorching
blowtorching
verb
present participle of blowtorch
blowzier
blowzier
adj
comparative form of blowzy: more blowzy
bluewater
bluewater
adj
(nautical) Oceangoing, capable of travelling in rough seas.
blushwort
blushwort
noun
Any of various plants of the genus Aeschynanthus.
blutwurst
blutwurst
noun
(US) A blood sausage, blood pudding
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
bobowler
bobowler
noun
(UK, dialect, obsolete, Black Country) A large moth.
bohmerwald
boilerworks
bolewort
bollworm
bollworm
noun
The larvae of any of various species of moth that are pests to cotton.
bollworms
bollworms
noun
plural of bollworm
bolsterwork
boltwork
bondelswarts
boneflower
borlow
borowolframic
borrowable
borrowable
adj
Capable of being borrowed; available to be borrowed.
bottleflower
boulework
boulework
noun
(woodworking) Obsolete form of buhl work.
boullework
bourlaw
bowdlerisation
bowdlerisation
noun
The action or instance of bowdlerising; the omission or removal of material considered vulgar or indecent.
bowdlerise
bowdlerise
verb
Alternative form of bowdlerize
bowdlerised
bowdlerised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bowdlerise
bowdlerises
bowdlerises
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bowdlerise
bowdlerising
bowdlerising
verb
present participle of bowdlerise
bowdlerism
bowdlerism
noun
A policy of bowdlerization, or censorship by removing what is considered indecent.
bowdlerization
bowdlerization
noun
The action or instance of bowdlerizing; the omission or removal of material considered vulgar or indecent.
bowdlerizations
bowdlerizations
noun
plural of bowdlerization
bowdlerize
bowdlerize
verb
To remove or alter those parts of a text considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly.
bowdlerized
bowdlerized
adj
Expurgated, especially in a comprehensive way (such as systematically throughout an entire work).
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bowdlerize
bowdlerizer
bowdlerizer
noun
One who bowdlerizes.
bowdlerizers
bowdlerizers
noun
plural of bowdlerizer
bowdlerizes
bowdlerizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bowdlerize
bowdlerizing
bowdlerizing
verb
present participle of bowdlerize
bowdrill
bowerlet
bowerlet
noun
A little bower.
bowerlike
bowerly
bowersville
bowlder
bowlder
noun
Dated form of boulder.
bowlderhead
bowldering
bowlders
bowlders
noun
plural of bowlder
bowldery
bowldery
adj
Archaic form of bouldery.
bowler
bowler
noun
(baseball, slang, 1800s) The pitcher.
(bowling) One who engages in the sport of bowling.
(cricket) A player selected mainly for his bowling ability.
(cricket) The player currently bowling.
A bowler hat; a round black hat formerly popular among British businessmen.
bowlers
bowlers
noun
plural of bowler
bowlmaker
bowlmaker
noun
A manufacturer of bowls.
bowralite
bradawl
bradawl
noun
An awl with a blade similar to a small, straight screwdriver; used for making holes, especially in wood to take screws.
bradawls
bradawls
noun
plural of bradawl
bradwell
braillewriter
braillewriter
noun
A kind of mechanical typewriter that produces braille output.
brailowsky
bramwell
braswell
brawl
brawl
noun
(dance, music, historical) Alternative form of branle (“dance of French origin dating from the 16th century, performed by couples in a circle or a line; the music for this dance”)
(dance, obsolete) A type of dance move or step.
A disorderly argument or fight, usually with a large number of people involved.
verb
(intransitive) Especially of a rapid stream running over stones: to make a loud, confused noise.
(intransitive) To create a disturbance; to complain loudly.
(intransitive) To engage in a brawl; to fight or quarrel.
(intransitive, obsolete) To move to and fro, to quiver, to shake.
(transitive) To pour abuse on; to scold.
brawled
brawled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brawl
brawler
brawler
noun
(video games, informal) A beat 'em up game.
One who brawls, engages in noisy, unseemly fights.
brawlers
brawlers
noun
plural of brawler
brawley
brawlie
brawlier
brawlier
adj
comparative form of brawly: more brawly
brawliest
brawliest
adj
superlative form of brawly: most brawly
brawling
brawling
noun
An unruly fight; a brawl.
verb
present participle of brawl
brawlingly
brawlingly
adv
In a brawling manner.
brawlis
brawls
brawls
noun
plural of brawl
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brawl
brawlsome
brawlsome
adj
Inclined to brawl; quarrelsome.
brawly
brawly
adj
Having or characterised by brawls.
adv
(Scotland) Finely, handsomely.
brawlys
brawnily
brawnily
adv
In a brawny manner.
brazilwood
brazilwood
noun
A Brazilian timber tree (Paubrasilia echinata, syn. Caesalpinia echinata), used primarily to make bows for string instruments.
brazilwoods
brazilwoods
noun
plural of brazilwood
breastplow
breechesflower
brelaw
bretwalda
bretwalda
noun
(historical) A title given to some of the rulers of Anglo-Saxon kingdoms from the 5th century onwards who had achieved overlordship of some or all of the other Anglo-Saxon kingdoms.
bretwaldadom
bretwaldaship
brickwall
brickwall
noun
(nonstandard) Alternative form of brick wall
bridebowl
bridewell
bridewell
noun
(dated in Britain, Ireland, rare elsewhere) A small prison, or a police station that has cells.
bridgewall
bridlewise
bridlewise
adj
(of a horse) Responsive to the bridle.
bridwell
brigalow
brigalow
noun
Any of various Australian acacia trees, especially Acacia harpophylla of New South Wales and Queensland.
brilliantwise
brinklow
bristlewort
brittlewood
brittlewort
broadwell
brockwell
bronislaw
brookflower
brooklawn
browallia
browallia
noun
Any of the flowering plants of the genus Browallia
browerville
browless
browless
adj
(obsolete) Without shame.
Without a brow or eyebrows.
brownell
brownfield
brownfield
adj
(software engineering) Being a development that has to integrate with legacy systems.
noun
(often attributive) A site, to be used for housing or commerce, that has been previously used for industry and may be contaminated or need extensive clearing
brownfields
brownfields
noun
plural of brownfield
brownistical
brownlee
brownley
brownly
brownly
adv
With a brown colour.
brownsdale
brownsville
brownsville
Proper noun
The name of many places in the United States of America:
a former settlement in California.
an unincorporated community in California.
a CDP in Florida.
an unincorporated community in Florida.
a ghost town in Illinois. It was the former county seat.
an unincorporated community in Illinois.
an unincorporated community in Indiana.
a small home-rule class city in Kentucky
an unincorporated community and CDP in Louisiana.
an unincorporated community and CDP in Maryland.
a small city in Minnesota.
an unincorporated community in Mississippi.
a neighbourhood in New York City.
a CDP in Ohio.
a city in Oregon.
a borough in Pennsylvania.
an unincorporated community in Pennsylvania.
an unincorporated community in South Dakota.
a city in Tennessee
a city in Texas
an unincorporated community in Vermont.
an unincorporated community in Washington.
an unincorporated community in West Virginia.
a village in Wisconsin.
a former community in British Columbia, Canada.
a community in Ontario, Canada.
a suburb of New South Wales, Australia.
browntail
brownville
browsability
browsability
noun
The quality or state of being browsable.
buglewort
buhlwork
buhlwork
noun
(woodworking) Alternative form of buhl work
buhlworks
bullflower
bullwhacker
bullwhacker
noun
(US) The driver of a bullock team.
bullwork
bullwort
bullwort
noun
A plant, bishop's weed, Ammi majus.
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
bulwer
bunchflower
bunchflower
noun
A perennial herb, Melanthium virginicum, having a branched cluster of pale flowers