(rare, poetic) Executed in a workmanlike manner; ingeniously made.
affixable
affixable
adj
Capable of being affixed.
afterband
afterbeat
afterbeat
noun
(music) A secondary, weaker half of a musical beat.
afterblow
afterbody
afterbody
noun
(astronautics) A section or piece of a launch vehicle, rocket, or spacecraft that enters the atmosphere unprotected behind the nose cone or other body that is protected for entry.
(astronomy) A companion body that trails a satellite or spacecraft.
(nautical) The part of a vessel abaft midships.
The afterpart of a vehicle.
albifying
albifying
verb
present participle of albify
amberfish
amberfish
noun
An amberjack.
amebiform
amebiform
adj
That resembles an amoeba/ameba
bacciform
bacciform
adj
Having the form of a berry.
backfield
backfield
noun
(American football) The area behind the line of scrimmage occupied before the snap by the team on offense.
(baseball, rare) Synonym of outfield.
(soccer, US) The area behind either the offensive or defensive line.
The players occupying this area.
backfills
backfills
noun
plural of backfill
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backfill
backfired
backfired
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backfire
backfires
backfires
noun
plural of backfire
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backfire
backflash
backflash
noun
Synonym of flashback (“dramatic device”)
The hazardous situation where the flame propagates backward down the hose of an oxyfuel welding and cutting system.
backframe
backshift
backshift
noun
(grammar) The changing of the tense of a verb from present to past in reported speech.
(statistics) A function on a stochastic process whose value on any random variable is the preceding random variable in the process.
verb
(grammar, transitive) To change the tense of a verb from present to past in reported speech.
backstaff
backstaff
noun
(nautical) An early navigational instrument for measuring the altitude of the sun and hence calculating latitude.
bailiffry
bairdford
baldfaced
baldfaced
adj
Alternative form of bald-faced
balefires
balefires
noun
plural of balefire
balefully
balefully
adv
In a baleful, ominous manner.
ballfield
ballfield
noun
Baseball playing field.
ballproof
ballproof
adj
Incapable of being penetrated by balls from firearms; bulletproof.
bandfiled
banecroft
banefully
banefully
adv
In a baneful way.
bardcraft
bardcraft
noun
The poetic arts of a bard.
barefaced
barefaced
adj
Open, undisguised.
Unbearded (not having a beard or other facial hair).
Undisguisedly offensive and bold; crude.
Unmasked (not wearing a mask) or not wearing a face covering.
barrelful
barrelful
noun
As much as a barrel will hold.
barrowful
barrowful
noun
The amount that can fit in a barrow
bashfully
bashfully
adv
In a bashful manner.
basifiers
basifiers
noun
plural of basifier
basifixed
basifixed
adj
(botany) Said of anthers that are attached to the filament at the base and pointing away from the filament.
basifugal
basifugal
adj
(botany) Tending or proceeding away from the base.
basifying
basifying
verb
present participle of basify
basketful
basketful
noun
The amount that will fit into a basket
bassfield
batfishes
batfishes
noun
plural of batfish
batfowled
batfowler
batfowler
noun
One who takes part in batfowling.
battleful
battleful
adj
Full of battles or conflicts.
beadflush
beakerful
beakerful
noun
The amount that a beaker will hold.
beanfeast
beanfeast
noun
(chiefly Britain) A dinner party given to the employees of a firm.
(chiefly Britain) Any similar social occasion.
beanfield
beanfield
noun
A field where beans are grown.
beardfish
beardfish
noun
Any of various deep-sea fish, of the family Polymixiidae, that have a pair of long hyoid barbels.
bearfoots
beatified
beatified
adj
(Roman Catholicism) Having been recognized and declared, by the church, that a deceased has entered heaven; having attained this step in the process of canonization.
Blissful or supremely blessed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beatify
beatifies
beatifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beatify
beautiful
beautiful
adj
(of the weather) Pleasant; clear.
Attractive and possessing beauty.
Good, admirable.
Well executed.
noun
Someone who is beautiful. Can be used as a term of address.
beccafico
beccafico
noun
A small bird, Sylvia hortensis, the figpecker.
becoiffed
becoiffed
adj
Having the hair arranged in a coif.
bedeafens
bedeafens
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedeafen
bedfellow
bedfellow
noun
(by extension) An associate, often an otherwise improbable one.
One with whom one shares a bed.
bedflower
bedframes
bedframes
noun
plural of bedframe
bedwarfed
bedwarfed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bedwarf
beefaloes
beefcakes
beefcakes
noun
plural of beefcake
beefeater
beefeater
noun
(historical) A kind of hat worn by women resembling the headwear of a Beefeater (Yeoman Warder).
(obsolete) One who eats beef; a large, plump person; a well-fed servant.
Alternative letter-case form of Beefeater
An African bird of the genus Buphagus, which feeds on the larvae of botflies hatched under the skin of oxen, antelopes, etc.
beefiness
beefiness
noun
The characteristic of being beefy.
beeflower
beefsteak
beefsteak
noun
(countable) Ellipsis of beefsteak mushroom.
(countable) Ellipsis of beefsteak plant, also known as perilla and shiso (Perilla frutescens var. crispa).
(countable) Ellipsis of beefsteak tomato.
(countable, archaic): A celebratory dinner, commonly held in New York between about 1870 and 1940 involving the consumption of enormous quantities of broiled steak and beer.
(countable, uncountable) (A) steak cut from beef cattle.
(uncountable) The herb prepared from the leaves of the beefsteak plant.
beefwoods
beefwoods
noun
plural of beefwood
befalling
befalling
adj
(archaic) Appertaining; appropriate; fitting.
noun
A happening; occurrence; chance; event.
verb
present participle of befall
befeather
befeather
verb
(transitive) To deck or cover with feathers.
befingers
befingers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of befinger
befitting
befitting
adj
appropriate, becoming
verb
present participle of befit
beflagged
beflagged
adj
Decorated or hung with a flag or flags.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beflag
beflannel
beflatter
beflatter
verb
(transitive) To flatter greatly or excessively.
befleaing
befleaing
verb
present participle of beflea
beflecked
beflecked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of befleck
beflounce
beflowers
beflowers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beflower
befluster
befogging
befogging
verb
present participle of befog
befooling
befooling
verb
present participle of befool
befortune
befortune
verb
(poetic, dated, transitive) To befall.
befoulers
befoulers
noun
plural of befouler
befoulier
befouling
befouling
verb
present participle of befoul
befraught
befraught
adj
(rare) fraught
befreckle
befreight
befretted
befriends
befriends
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of befriend
befrilled
befrilled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of befrill
befringed
befringed
adj
Having a fringe
verb
simple past tense and past participle of befringe
befringes
befringes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of befringe
befrocked
befrocked
adj
Wearing a frock.
befrogged
befrogged
adj
Adorned with ornamental braid fasteners.
befrounce
befrumple
befuddled
befuddled
adj
confused or perplexed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of befuddle
befuddler
befuddler
noun
One who befuddles.
befuddles
befuddles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of befuddle
begulfing
belafonte
belfather
beliefful
beliefful
adj
(rare) Having belief or faith; faithful.
bellyfish
bellyfull
bellyfuls
bellyfuls
noun
plural of bellyful
beneficed
beneficed
adj
(Christianity) Having a benefice
verb
simple past tense and past participle of benefice
benefices
benefices
noun
plural of benefice
benefited
benefited
verb
simple past tense and past participle of benefit
benefiter
benefiter
noun
A person who benefits somebody else; benefactor.
A person who receives a benefit.
bereareft
beresford
beresford
Proper noun
A settlement in British Columbia, Canada
A town in New Brunswick, Canada
A city in South Dakota
beruffled
biddeford
bielbrief
bielefeld
bielefeld
Proper noun
a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
bifarious
bifarious
adj
(botany) In two rows (on opposite sides of a branch etc.)
ambiguous
twofold, double
bifidated
bifidated
adj
Alternative form of bifidate
bifilarly
bifilarly
adv
In a bifilar manner.
biflected
biflorate
biflorate
adj
(botany) Biflorous.
biflorous
biflorous
adj
(botany) Bearing two flowers or blooms.
bifluorid
bifoliate
bifoliate
adj
(botany) Having exactly two leaves. Compare bifoliolate, having two leaflets per leaf.
biforking
biformity
biformity
noun
A double form.
bifrontal
bifrontal
adj
Situated on both sides of the front (of the cranium)
bifronted
bifronted
adj
Having two fronts.
bifurcate
bifurcate
adj
Divided or forked into two; bifurcated.
Having bifurcations.
verb
(intransitive) To divide or fork into two channels or branches.
(transitive) To cause to bifurcate.
bifurcous
bifurcous
adj
bifurcate
billfolds
billfolds
noun
plural of billfold
birchleaf
birdcraft
birdfarms
bishopful
bisulfate
bisulfate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) Any salt containing this anion.
(inorganic chemistry) The univalent anion HSO₄⁻.
verb
To react with a bisulfate
To sulfate with two sulfate groups
bisulfide
bisulfide
noun
(chemistry) The anion HS⁻.
(chemistry, dated) Disulfide, the anion ⁻S–S⁻.
bisulfite
bisulfite
noun
(inorganic chemistry) The univalent group -HSO₃, or any salt containing it.
bitterful
bitterful
adj
Full of bitterness.
blackface
blackface
noun
(countable) A sheep of the Scottish Blackface breed.
(uncountable) A style of makeup in which a non-black person blackens their face, usually in order to portray a black person.
blackfeet
blackfins
blackfins
noun
plural of blackfin
blackfire
blackfish
blackfish
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) Any of various dark-coloured fishes of Australasia, especially the luderick, Girella tricuspidata, and a freshwater fish, Gadopsis marmoratus.
(Canada, US) Either of two dark-coloured fish of the west Atlantic, the tautog of New England (Tautoga onitis) and the black sea bass (Centropristis striata).
(chiefly Scotland) The Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, especially a female after spawning.
A pilot whale, genus Globicephalus (occasionally also used for various other whales).
Any of various dark-coloured fish of the Old World, especially the rudderfish (Centrolophus niger).
verb
(Internet slang, derogatory, of a white person) To adopt signifiers of black identity (for example, by darkening the skin, or wearing traditionally black hairstyles).
(fishing) To go fishing for blackfish.
blackfoot
blackfoot
noun
A tropical American bush of the genus Melampodium
blackford
blandford
blastoffs
blastoffs
noun
plural of blastoff
blatiform
blindfast
blindfish
blindfish
noun
Any of various fish, having only rudimentary eyes, that inhabit underground waters.
blindfold
blindfold
adj
Having the eyes covered so as to obscure vision
Thoughtless; reckless.
adv
With the eyes covered so as to obscure vision.
noun
A covering, usually a bandage, for the eyes, blocking light to the eyes.
Something that obscures vision (literally or metaphorically).
verb
To cover the eyes, in order to make someone unable to see.
To obscure understanding or comprehension.
blitheful
blitheful
adj
Full of gaiety; joyous.
bloodfins
bloodfins
noun
plural of bloodfin
bloodleaf
bloodleaf
noun
A plant of the genus Iresine that has colored leaves.