(hydrology) a stream, conduit, pond or reservoir, of a hydroelectric power plant at the outlet of the turbines.
albified
albified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of albify
babyfied
babyfied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of babyfy
backfall
backfall
noun
(music) A lever in the coupler of an organ.
(wrestling) A fall or throw on the back.
backfill
backfill
noun
(US) Reserve support personnel.
(US) That which backfills; a replacement.
(literature) Material in a story set earlier in the past, providing history or context for the current action.
The material that has been used to refill an excavation.
verb
(US) To provide reserve support.
(US) To replenish or restock due to attrition or loss.
(archaeology) To refill an excavation unit to restore the former ground surface and/or to preserve the unit and make it recognizable as having been excavated.
(gaming) To enter an online game that's already in progress, replacing a player who left early.
To refill a hole with the material dug out of it.
backfire
backfire
noun
(firefighting) Alternative spelling of back fire
A premature explosion in the cylinder of a gas or oil engine during the exhaust or the compression stroke, tending to drive the piston in the wrong direction.
An explosion in other equipment.
An explosion in the exhaust passages of an internal combustion engine.
verb
(of a gun, cannon, Bunsen burner, etc.) To fire in the opposite direction, for example due to an obstruction in the barrel.
(of an engine) To experience a premature ignition of fuel or an ignition of exhaust gases, making a popping sound.
To fail in a manner that brings down further misfortune.
backflap
backflip
backflip
noun
(by extension) a total reversal in policy or opinion; a volte-face, a U-turn.
(gymnastics) An act of rotating one's body 360 degrees in the backward direction.
verb
To completely reverse a policy or opinion; perform a U-turn.
To perform a backflip (rotation of body).
backflow
backflow
noun
The flow of a fluid (through a pipe etc.) in a direction opposite to that which is normal or intended.
verb
To flow in the wrong or backward direction.
backfold
bafflers
bafflers
noun
plural of baffler
baffling
baffling
adj
Puzzling, perplexing, bewildering.
frustrating
noun
An act of foiling or thwarting.
verb
present participle of baffle
bailiffs
bailiffs
noun
plural of bailiff
baitfish
baitfish
noun
(fishing) Fish that can be caught using bait.
(fishing) Small fish such as minnows that are used as bait to catch larger predatory fish.
balefire
balefire
noun
An outdoor fire used in witches' rituals.
bancroft
bancroft
Proper noun
A city in Idaho
A city in Iowa
A city in Kentucky
A town in Maine
A village in Michigan
A village in Nebraska
A town in Ontario, Canada
A town in South Dakota
A town in West Virginia
A in Wisconsin
bandfile
bandfish
bandfish
noun
Any of many perciform fish of the family Cepolidae
bankfull
bankfull
adj
(of a river, etc) Risen to a height just sufficient to spill over its banks into the floodplain.
barcroft
barefoot
barefoot
adj
(CB radio, slang) Transmitting without the use of an amplifier.
(informal) Of a vehicle on an icy road: not using snow chains.
Wearing nothing on the feet.
adv
(CB radio slang) Transmitting without the use of an amplifier.
She likes to go barefoot in the summertime.
barflies
barflies
noun
plural of barfly
basified
basified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of basify
basifier
basifier
noun
(chemistry) That which converts into a salifiable base.
basifies
basifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of basify
basinful
basinful
noun
As much as a basin will hold.
batfowls
bayfield
bayfield
Proper noun
A village in Barbados.
A town in Colorado.
A rural community in New Brunswick, Canada.
A community in Nova Scotia, Canada.
A village in Ontario, Canada.
A city and town in Wisconsin.
beanfest
bearfoot
beatific
beatific
adj
Blessed, blissful, heavenly.
Having a benign appearance.
beaufert
beauford
beaufort
beautify
beautify
verb
(computing) Synonym of pretty-print
(intransitive, rare) To become beautiful.
(intransitive, rare) To make oneself beautiful.
(transitive) To make beautiful; to increase the beauty of.
becafico
beckford
becuffed
becuffed
adj
Wearing a shirt with cuffs.
Wearing handcuffs.
bedeafen
bedeafen
verb
(archaic) To deafen.
bedframe
bedframe
noun
The frame of a bed.
bedstaff
bedstaff
noun
(obsolete) A wooden pin stuck on the sides of a bedstead, to prevent the bedclothes from slipping on either side.
bedwarfs
bedwarfs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedwarf
beefalos
beefalos
noun
plural of beefalo
beefcake
beefcake
noun
(informal, countable) Such a male, especially as seen as physically desirable.
(informal, uncountable) Imagery of one or more muscular, well-built men.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see beef, cake.
beefhead
beefhead
noun
(US, slang) A Texan.
beefiest
beefiest
adj
superlative form of beefy: most beefy
beefless
beefless
adj
Without beef.
beefwood
beefwood
noun
(uncountable) The timber of those trees.
Any of the Australian trees having timber resembling raw beef.
befallen
befallen
verb
past participle of befall
befamine
befanned
befavour
beferned
befetter
befetter
verb
(transitive) To confine with fetters; restrain as if by fetters.
befezzed
befezzed
adj
Wearing a fez (“a felt hat shaped like a truncated cone with a tassel attached”); fezzed.
befiddle
befilmed
befilmed
adj
(poetic, archaic, rare) Covered with a film.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of befilm
befinger
befinger
verb
(transitive) To finger all over.
befitted
befitted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of befit
befleaed
befleaed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beflea
beflecks
beflecks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of befleck
beflower
beflower
verb
(obsolete) To cover with flowers.
befogged
befogged
adj
(nautical) Caught in fog.
Confused, muddled.
Obscured with fog or smoke; murky.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of befog
befooled
befooled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of befool
befouled
befouled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of befoul
befouler
befouler
noun
One who befouls.
befreeze
befreeze
verb
(transitive) To freeze thoroughly or completely.
befriend
befriend
verb
(transitive) To become a friend of, to make friends with.
(transitive) To favor.
(transitive, dated) To act as a friend to, to assist.
befringe
befringe
verb
To furnish or adorn with a fringe.
befuddle
befuddle
verb
(transitive) To perplex, confuse (someone).
(transitive) To stupefy (someone), especially with alcohol.
befurred
befurred
adj
Wearing fur.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of befur
begulfed
belfield
belfried
belfried
adj
(in combination) Having a belfry or belfries of a specified number or kind.
Furnished with a belfry or belfries.
belfries
belfries
noun
plural of belfry
bellyful
bellyful
noun
(informal) An undesirably large quantity of something.
Enough to fill one's belly; a large portion of food eaten.
bemuffle
bemuffle
verb
(transitive) To muffle up.
benchful
benchful
noun
As much as a bench will hold.
benefact
benefact
verb
(transitive, rare, nonstandard) To benefit; to act as benefactor toward.
benefice
benefice
noun
(feudal law) An estate in lands; a fief.
(obsolete) A favour or benefit.
Land granted to a priest in a church that has a source of income attached to it.
verb
To bestow a benefice upon
benefits
benefits
noun
plural of benefit
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of benefit
benfleet
bepuffed
bepuffed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bepuff
berfield
bergfall
bergfall
noun
The fall of a mountain rock.
berghoff
beruffed
betafite
betafite
noun
(mineralogy) A radioactive mineral in the pyrochlore group, having chemical formula (Ca,U)₂(Ti,Nb,Ta)₂O₆(OH).
bifacial
bifacial
adj
(archaeology, of a flint tool) Having two sharp cutting edges.
Having two faces or opposing surfaces.
bifanged
bifanged
adj
Having two fangs.
biferous
biferous
adj
(botany) Bearing flowers or fruit twice each year
bifidate
bifidate
adj
bifid
bifidity
bifidity
noun
The quality of being bifid.
bifocals
bifocals
noun
Spectacles that have corrective lenses of two different powers; used by people who need both distance and reading glasses.
bifolium
bifolium
noun
(geometry) A quartic plane curve whose equation in Cartesian coordinates is (x²+y²)²=ax²ʸ.
biforate
biforate
adj
(architecture) Having two doors or windows
(botany) Having two perforations
Having two openings
biforine
biforine
noun
(botany) An oval sac or cell, found in the leaves of certain araceous plants, with an opening at each end through which raphides, generated inside, are discharged.
biforked
biforked
adj
forked into two; bifurcate
biformed
biformed
adj
Having two forms.
biforous
biforous
adj
biforate
bifurcal
bifurcal
adj
Synonym of bifurcate
bigfoots
bigfoots
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bigfoot
billfish
billfish
noun
Any of several fish, of the families Istiophoridae and Xiphiidae, that have an elongated jaw.
A small, folding sleeve or case designed to hold paper currency, as well as credit cards, pictures, etc.
birdfarm
birdlife
birdlife
noun
The birds (e.g. of an area) collectively.
birkhoff
bisulfid
bisulfid
noun
Archaic form of bisulphide.
blackfin
blackfin
noun
bluefin tuna
blackfly
blackfly
noun
A black or dark green aphid (Aphis fabae) that is a common pest of agricultural crops.
Any of various small black bloodsucking flies of the family Simuliidae.
blaffert
blameful
blameful
adj
That imputes or conveys blame
blameworthy
blanford
blastful
blastoff
blastoff
noun
The countdown and launch of a rocket, missile or spacecraft
blissful
blissful
adj
(obsolete) Blessed; glorified.
Extremely happy; full of joy; experiencing, indicating, causing, or characterized by bliss.
bloodfin
bloodfin
noun
Aphyocharax anisitsi, a South American characin with blood-red tail and fins.
blowfish
blowfish
noun
A delicacy popular in Japan, consisting of the fish served raw as sushi or perhaps fried. It may, if improperly prepared, contain considerably deadly levels of neurotoxins.
Any species of fish of the family Tetraodontidae that have the ability to inflate themselves to a globe several times their normal size by swallowing water or air when threatened.
blowoffs
blowoffs
noun
plural of blowoff
bluefarb
bluefins
bluefins
noun
plural of bluefin
bluefish
bluefish
noun
(Bermuda) The puddingwife wrasse (Halichoeres radiatus).
(Canada) An Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus).
(Malaysia) Kyphosus vaigiensis.
(UK) A sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria).
A New Zealand bluefish (Girella cyanea).
A voracious fish (Pomatomus saltatrix) found in waters of the Atlantic and Indian Ocean.
bluffers
bluffers
noun
plural of bluffer
bluffest
bluffest
adj
superlative form of bluff: most bluff
bluffing
bluffing
noun
A bluff; a false expression of the strength of one's position in order to intimidate.
verb
present participle of bluff
bluffton
blushful
blushful
adj
Full of blushes.
boarfish
boarfish
noun
The Caproidae
The Pentacerotidae
boastful
boastful
adj
Tending to boast or brag.
bobflies
bobflies
noun
plural of bobfly
bobfloat
bocstaff
bodysurf
bodysurf
verb
To ride waves either without equipment or with a handboard.
boffolas
boffolas
noun
plural of boffola
boiloffs
boiloffs
noun
plural of boiloff
boldface
boldface
adj
Synonym of boldfaced
noun
(typography) A font that is dark, having a high ratio of ink to white space, written or drawn with thick strong lines.
verb
To print or write in a boldfaced font.
bonchief
bondfolk
bonefish
bonefish
noun
(New England) A doctorfish, common dogfish, Squalus acanthias.
A surgeonfish of the family Acanthuridae, especially genus Acanthurus.
Albula vulpes, the type of the genus and family.
Any of various game fish, of the family Albulidae, found in shallow, tropical waters.
bonfield
bonfires
bonfires
noun
plural of bonfire
boniface
boniface
noun
The proprietor of a hotel or restaurant; an innkeeper.