(dated, electronics) A unit of capacitance equal to one billion (10⁹) farads, used in the centimeter-gram-second system of units
affable
affable
adj
Mild; benign.
Receiving others kindly and conversing with them in a free and friendly manner; friendly, courteous, sociable.
affably
affably
adv
in an affable manner
aufgabe
backoff
backoff
noun
(computing) The situation where an algorithm or process refrains from taking an action it would otherwise have taken.
(surfing) The situation where an incoming wave passes from shallower water to a deeper area, making the wave less steep and potentially unsurfable.
bacliff
baffeta
baffies
baffies
noun
plural of baffie
plural of baffy
baffing
baffing
verb
present participle of baff
baffled
baffled
adj
(not comparable) having baffles
thoroughly confused, puzzled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of baffle
baffler
baffler
noun
One of the projections inside a dice tower that serve to deflect the die unpredictably.
Something that causes one to be baffled, particularly a difficult puzzle or riddle.
baffles
baffles
noun
plural of baffle
bagfuls
bagfuls
noun
plural of bagful
bagreef
bagsful
bailiff
bailiff
noun
(UK) A bound bailiff: a deputy bailiff charged with debt collection.
(UK) A high bailiff: an officer of the county courts responsible for executing warrants and court orders, appointed by the judge and removable by the Lord Chancellor.
(UK, slang) Any debt collector, regardless of his or her official status.
(US) Any law enforcement officer charged with courtroom security and order.
(historical) A head of a district ("bailiwick") of the Knights Hospitaller; a head of one of the national associations ("tongues") of the Hospitallers' headquarters on Rhodes or Malta.
(historical) A landvogt in the medieval German states.
(historical) A steward: the manager of a medieval manor charged with collecting its rents, etc.
(historical) An appointee of the French king administering certain districts of northern France in the Middle Ages.
(historical) An overseer: a supervisor of tenant farmers, serfs, or slaves, usually as part of his role as steward (see above).
(historical) Synonym of hundredman: The chief officer of a hundred in medieval England.
(historical, Norman term) A reeve, (specifically) the chief officer executing the decisions of any English court in the period following the Norman Conquest or executing the decisions of lower courts in the late medieval and early modern period.
(historical, mining) The foreman or overman of a mine.
(obsolete) A bailie: an alderman in certain Scottish towns.
(obsolete) A king's man: any officer nominated by the English Crown.
A huissier de justice or other foreign officer of the court acting as either a process server or as courtroom security.
The High Bailiff of the Isle of Man.
The chief justice and president of the legislature on Jersey and Guernsey in the Channel Islands.
The title of the castellan of certain royal castles in England.
Any of several anglerfish of the family Ogcocephalidae
Any of several spade-shaped, laterally compressed, reef-dwelling tropical fish of the genus Platax.
batfowl
baufrey
beakful
beakful
noun
As much (food) as a creature's beak will hold or carry.
beamful
beamful
adj
Beamy; radiant; luminous.
noun
A quantity in a beam (of wood, of light, etc)
beatify
beatify
verb
(transitive) To make blissful.
(transitive) To pronounce or regard as happy, or supremely blessed, or as conferring happiness.
(transitive, Roman Catholicism) To carry out the third of four steps in canonization, making someone a blessed.
beaufet
beaufet
noun
(archaic) A counter for refreshments; a buffet.
(archaic) A niche, cupboard, or sideboard for plate, china, glass, etc.
beaufin
beaufin
noun
Alternative form of biffin
bedfast
bedfast
adj
Unable to leave one's bed, especially because of illness, weakness or obesity.
noun
A joint or hook that attaches a bedrail to a headboard or footboard.
One who is bedfast.
bedfoot
bedford
bedford
Proper noun
The county town of Bedfordshire, England.
A truck formerly manufactured by the Bedford company, a subsidiary company of Vauxhall Motors.
A city in Indiana, USA
A small city in Iowa, USA
A small city in Kentucky, USA
A town in Massachusetts Commonwealth.
A town in New Hampshire State.
Extremely affluent town in New York State.
A community in Nova Scotia, Canada.
A city in Ohio State.
A borough in Pennsylvania, USA
A city and township in Quebec, Canada.
A town in Eastern Cape, South Africa.
A city in Texas State.
A town in Virginia, USA
A in Wyoming State.
bedrift
bedrift
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To drift about; drift around.
bedwarf
bedwarf
verb
(archaic, transitive) To make a dwarf of; to stunt or hinder the growth of; to dwarf.
beefalo
beefalo
noun
A cross between a domestic cow and an American buffalo or bison.
The meat of such a hybrid.
beefers
beefers
noun
plural of beefer
beefier
beefier
adj
comparative form of beefy: more beefy
beefily
beefily
adv
In a beefy manner.
beefing
beefing
noun
Alternative form of biffin (“type of apple”)
verb
present participle of beef
beefish
beefish
adj
resembling beef
beetfly
beetfly
noun
Pegomya hyoscyami, a fly whose leaf miner larvae often damage the leaves of beets and other greens.
befalls
befalls
noun
plural of befall
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of befall
befancy
befavor
beffrey
beffroy
befilch
befilth
befilth
verb
(transitive, rare) To cover with filth; make filthy; begrime.
beflags
beflags
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beflag
befleas
befleas
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beflea
befleck
befleck
verb
(poetic) to cover with small spots or flecks
beflour
beflout
befools
befools
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of befool
befouls
befouls
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of befoul
befrets
befrill
befrill
verb
(transitive) To furnish or decorate with a frill.
begulfs
belfair
belfast
belfast
Proper noun
A seaport in and the capital of Northern Ireland.
A city in the State of Maine, USA.
A town in New York
A in Pennsylvania
An unincorporated community in California
A township in Murray County, Minnesota
A village in Prince Edward Island, Canada.
belford
belfort
beliefs
beliefs
noun
plural of belief
benefic
benefic
adj
Favorable; beneficent.
noun
(astrology) a favorable planet
benefit
benefit
noun
(insurance) A payment made in accordance with an insurance policy or a public assistance scheme.
(obsolete) beneficence; liberality
An advantage; help or aid from something.
An event, such as a theatrical performance, given to raise funds for some cause.
Intended audience (as for the benefit of).
verb
(intransitive) To receive a benefit (from); to be a beneficiary.
(transitive) To be or to provide a benefit to.
benioff
beowulf
beowulf
Proper noun
An Anglo-Saxon personal name, usually with reference to the hero of an Old English epic poem, or to the poem itself.
bescarf
bescurf
besnuff
besnuff
verb
(transitive, rare) To befoul with snuff.
biafran
biafran
Adjective
Of, from or relating to Biafra.
Extremely skinny.
Noun
A native or inhabitant of Biafra.
bifaces
bifaces
noun
plural of biface
biffies
biffies
noun
plural of biffy
biffing
biffing
noun
(informal) A hitting or punching.
verb
present participle of biff
biffins
biffins
noun
plural of biffin
bifidly
bifidly
adv
In a bifid manner.
bifilar
bifilar
adj
Having two wires, threads or filaments
bifocal
bifocal
adj
(of a correcting lens) Divided into two parts, one of which corrects for distance vision and the other for near vision
(optics) Having two focal lengths
bifolia
bifolia
noun
plural of bifolium
biforin
bifront
bifront
adj
Having two fronts, faces or aspects.
bifrost
bifrost
Proper noun
The rainbow bridge that connects Asgard with Midgard.
bifteck
bigfeet
bigfeet
noun
(plural only) snowblades; a smaller version of skis.
bigfoot
bigfoot
verb
(intransitive, informal, sometimes capitalized) To behave in an authoritative, commanding manner.
(transitive, informal, sometimes capitalized) To control or manage forcefully; to exercise authority over.
bigford
binford
binford
Proper noun
A city/town in North Dakota.
blaflum
blowfly
blowfly
noun
Any of various flies of the family Calliphoridae that lay their eggs in rotting meat, dung, or open wounds.
blowoff
blowoff
noun
(UK, slang) A fart.
(colloquial) An outburst of temper or excitement.
A blowing off of steam, water, etc.
Something that is blown off.
The explosive separation of part of a rocket etc in order to prevent its destruction and allow for retrieval
bluefin
bluefin
noun
bluefin tuna, any of a number of types of tuna characterised by their blue fins.
bluffed
bluffed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bluff
bluffer
bluffer
adj
comparative form of bluff: more bluff
noun
one who bluffs
bluffly
bluffly
adv
In a bluff manner
bluford
blufter
boatful
boatful
noun
Enough of something to fill a boat, or a boat filled with the thing in question
bodeful
bodeful
adj
Portentous; ominous; foreboding.
bodfish
boffins
boffins
noun
plural of boffin
boffola
boffola
noun
A coarse or farcical gag; a joke provoking hearty laughter.
bogfern
boiloff
boiloff
noun
The vaporization of a liquid (or solid) whose boiling point is lower than that of the environment in which it is stored.
bonfire
bonfire
noun
(figuratively) Something like a bonfire (sense 1 or 2) in heat, destructiveness, ferocity, etc.
(obsolete) A fire lit to cremate a dead body; a funeral pyre.
A fire lit outdoors to burn unwanted items; originally (historical), heretics or other offenders, or banned books; now, generally agricultural or garden waste, or rubbish.
A large, controlled outdoor fire lit to celebrate something or as a signal.
verb
(ceramics) To fire (pottery) using a bonfire.
(intransitive, rare) To make, or celebrate around, a bonfire.
(obsolete) To start a bonfire in (a place); to light up (a place) with a bonfire.
To destroy (something) by, or as if by, burning on a bonfire; (more generally) to burn or set alight.
bonifay
bookful
bookful
adj
(obsolete) Full of book-knowledge; stuffed with ideas gleaned from books.
noun
As much as a book holds.
bootful
bootful
noun
As much as a boot will hold.
boozify
borroff
bouffes
bouffes
noun
plural of bouffe
bouffon
bowfins
bowfins
noun
plural of bowfin
bowlful
bowlful
Noun
As much as is held by a bowl.
boxfish
boxfish
noun
Any of the family Ostraciidae of often colorful, squared, bony fishes.
Certain species in Ostraciidae, principally in genus Ostracion.
boxford
boxford
Proper noun
a town in Massachusetts.
boxfuls
boxfuls
noun
plural of boxful
braniff
briefed
briefed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brief
briefer
briefer
adj
comparative form of brief: more brief
noun
One who provides a briefing.
briefly
briefly
adv
(duration) For a brief period.
(manner) In a brief manner, summarily.
To be brief, in short.
brimful
brimful
adj
Filled to maximum capacity.
noun
(figurative) A large amount.
The maximum amount a container can hold.
brufsky
brutify
brutify
verb
(transitive) To make like a brute; to make senseless or unfeeling; to brutalize.
bufagin
bufagin
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of a class of toxic steroids found in bufotoxin.
buffalo
buffalo
noun
(US slang) A nickel.
A related North American animal, the American bison, Bison bison.
Any of the Old World mammals of the family Bovidae, such as the Cape buffalo, Syncerus caffer, or the water buffalo Bubalus bubalis.
Ellipsis of buffalo robe.
The buffalo fish (Ictiobus spp.).
verb
(US, slang, transitive) To outwit, confuse, deceive, or intimidate.
(archaic, transitive) To pistol-whip.
(transitive) To hunt buffalo.
buffbar
buffers
buffers
noun
plural of buffer
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of buffer
buffets
buffets
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of buffet
buffier
buffier
adj
comparative form of buffy: more buffy
buffing
buffing
noun
Material removed by the action of someone who buffs.
verb
present participle of buff
buffone
buffont
buffont
noun
(chiefly historical) An item of neckwear (a neckerchief), usually of linen, gauze, or lace, worn around the neck and puffed out over the bosom, popular from the 1750s to 1790s.
Alternative form of bouffant
buffoon
buffoon
noun
(derogatory) An unintentionally ridiculous person.
One who acts in a silly or ridiculous fashion; a clown or fool.
verb
To behave like a buffoon
bufidin
bufonid
bufonid
noun
(zoology) Any toad in the family Bufonidae.
bugfish
bugfish
noun
(US, dated) The menhaden.
bukeyef
bumpoff
bumpoff
noun
(chiefly US, slang) A murder.
burfish
burfish
noun
A spinose plectognath fish of the Atlantic coast of the United States (especially Chilo mycterus geometricus) having the power of distending its body with water or air, so as to resemble a chestnut bur.
burford
bushful
bushful
noun
As much as a bush holds.
byfield
cobloaf
confabs
confabs
noun
plural of confab
conflab
conflab
noun
(informal) A discussion.
debrief
debrief
verb
(transitive) To inform subjects of an experiment about what has happened in a complete and accurate manner.
(transitive) To question someone after a military mission in order to obtain information (especially intelligence).
(transitive) To question someone, or a group of people, after the implementation of a project, in order to learn from mistakes, etc.