Tending to abash; causing embarrassment or the loss of self-possession.
verb
present participle of abash
abassieh
abhenrys
abhinaya
abhinaya
noun
(dance) Use of the face and hands, in an expressive manner, similar to the kathakali dance of India.
abhiseka
abhiseka
noun
Alternative spelling of abhisheka
abhorred
abhorred
adj
(obsolete) Horrified.
Strongly disliked: hated, despised.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abhor
abhorrer
abhorrer
noun
(historical, sometimes capitalized) A nickname given in the early 17ᵗʰ century to signatories of addresses of a petition to reconvene parliament, addressed to Charles II.
One who abhors.
abhorson
abiathar
abiathar
Proper noun
In the Old Testament, a Hebrew high priest during the reign of King David.
abichite
abichite
noun
(mineralogy) Synonym of clinoclase
abkhasia
abkhazia
abrachia
abrachia
noun
(medicine) The congenital absence of both arms
abrahams
abshenry
absinthe
absinthe
noun
(US) Sagebrush.
(color) A moderate yellow green.
(figurative) Bitterness; sorrow.
A distilled, highly alcoholic, anise-flavored liquor originally made from grande wormwood, anise, and other herbs.
The herb absinthium Artemisia absinthium (grande wormwood); essence of wormwood.
absinthe green:
absinths
absinths
noun
plural of absinth
adhibits
adhibits
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adhibit
airbrush
airbrush
noun
A miniature, handheld paint sprayer, powered by compressed air or other gas, used for delicate, artistic painting, or sometimes retouching of photographs.
verb
To paint using an airbrush.
To touch up or enhance a photograph or person, often with intent to mislead.
alabarch
alabarch
noun
The title of the governor or chief magistrate of the Jews in Alexandria under the Ptolemies and Roman emperors.
albahaca
alberghi
alberghi
noun
plural of albergo
alberich
albolith
albolith
noun
A kind of cement, or artificial stone, consisting chiefly of magnesia and silica.
albrecht
albright
alebench
alebench
noun
(historical) A bench at the front of an alehouse or inn where drinkers can sit.
alhambra
alhambra
Proper noun
A palace in Granada, Spain; historically a royal palace.
A solitaire card game played with two decks.
alphabet
alphabet
noun
(India, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia) An individual letter of an alphabet; an alphabetic character.
(Internet slang, politics) An agent of the FBI, the CIA, or another such government agency.
(computer science) A typically finite set of distinguishable symbols.
A writing system in which letters represent phonemes. (Contrast e.g. logography, a writing system in which each character represents a word, and syllabary, in which each character represents a syllable.)
A writing system in which there are letters for the consonant and vowel phonemes. (Contrast e.g. abjad.)
The set of letters used when writing in a language.
The simplest rudiments; elements.
verb
(rare) To designate by the letters of the alphabet; to arrange alphabetically.
ambushed
ambushed
adj
(figurative) Having been subjected to a shock for which one is unprepared.
Having been the target of an ambush.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ambush
ambusher
ambusher
noun
One who ambushes.
ambushes
ambushes
noun
plural of ambush
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ambush
amitabha
amphibia
amphibia
noun
The amphibians.
antebath
aphlebia
aphlebia
noun
(botany) An imperfect or irregular leaf ending (commonly found on ferns)
arabiyeh
arabiyeh
noun
(historical) An Arabic native cart or carriage.
arbroath
arbroath
Proper noun
a coastal town and former royal burgh in council area, Scotland
archbald
archbanc
archband
archbold
archsnob
ashbaugh
ashberry
asheboro
auerbach
autobahn
autobahn
noun
By analogy, any wide, high-speed road.
The high-speed intercity highways of Germany and Austria.
baahling
baalshem
babblish
babehood
babehood
noun
Babyhood.
babelish
babelish
Adjective
Chaotically confused, like Babel.
Proper noun
Chaotically confused language; babble.
babeship
babeship
noun
(archaic) Infancy; babyhood.
(archaic, with "my", "his", "her", or (plural) "their" or "our") A baby.
babiches
babiches
noun
plural of babiche
babished
babished
verb
simple past tense and past participle of babish
babishly
babishly
Adverb
In a babyish manner; childishly.
babouche
babouche
noun
A Turkish or Moroccan slipper having no heel.
babushka
babushka
noun
(By association) A stereotypical, Eastern European peasant grandmother-type figure.
A traditional floral headscarf worn by an Eastern European woman, tied under the chin.
An old woman, especially one of Eastern European descent.
Russian doll, matryoshka
babyhood
babyhood
noun
The state or period of infancy.
babyship
babyship
noun
The quality of being a baby; the personality of an infant.
bacchant
bacchant
adj
fond of drunken revelry; wine-loving; reveling; carousing.
noun
A priest of Bacchus.
bacchiac
bacchiac
noun
(prosody) Synonym of bacchius
bacchian
bacchian
adj
(rare) jovial or drunken
bacchius
bacchius
noun
(prosody) A metrical foot composed of a short syllable and two long ones; according to some, two long and a short.
bachelor
bachelor
noun
(Canada) A bachelor apartment.
(obsolete) A knight who had no standard of his own, but fought under the standard of another in the field.
(obsolete) Among London tradesmen, a junior member not yet admitted to wear the livery.
(obsolete) An unmarried woman.
A kind of bass, an edible freshwater fish (Pomoxis annularis) of the southern United States.
A person, especially a man, who is socially regarded as able to marry, but has not yet.
Someone who has achieved a bachelor's degree.
The first or lowest academical degree conferred by universities and colleges; a bachelor's degree.
bachelry
bachelry
noun
(obsolete) The body of young aspirants for knighthood.
bachichi
backache
backache
noun
Any pain or ache in the back.
backachy
backchat
backchat
noun
(Britain) Cheeky or impertinent responses, especially to criticism.
verb
To respond in a disputative, often sarcastic manner.
backhand
backhand
adj
(ice hockey) Of a play that uses the back side of the hockey stick
(of handwriting) Slanting to the left.
(of strokes or throws) In the backhand style
noun
(Ultimate Frisbee) the standard throw; a throw during which the disc begins on the off-hand side and travels across the chest to be released from the opposite side.
(surfing) the hand towards the back of the board.
(tennis) a stroke made across the chest from the off-hand side to the racquet hand side; a stroke during which the back of the hand faces the shot.
Handwriting that leans to the left
The reverse side of the human hand.
verb
to execute a backhand stroke or throw
to slap with the back of one's hand
backhaul
backhaul
noun
(broadcasting) Uncut program content that is transmitted point-to-point to an individual television or radio station, network or other receiving entity where it will be integrated into a finished show.
(military) The shipment of material to or through an area from which the material had previously been shipped.
(transport) A return trip after delivery of cargo.
(travel, aviation, fare construction) Travel to a destination via a further point, or a higher fare point, than the destination (higher intermediate point).
verb
To transmit (data or footage) from a remote site to a central site from where it is re-transmitted.
backhaus
backheel
backheel
noun
(soccer) A kick played by the heel which typically travels in the opposite direction from which the player is facing.
(wrestling) A method of tripping or throwing by getting the leg back of the opponent's heel on the outside and pulling forward while pushing his body back.
verb
(soccer) To perform such a kick.
(wrestling) To perform such a trip or throw.
backhoes
backhoes
noun
plural of backhoe
backlash
backlash
noun
(figurative) A negative reaction, objection or outcry, especially of a violent or abrupt nature.
(mechanics) The looseness through which one part of connected machinery, as a wheel, gear, piston, or screw, can be moved without moving the connected parts, or a measurement of the distance moved thereby; either intentional (as allowance) or unintentional (from error or wear).
A sudden backward motion.
The jarring or reflex motion caused in badly fitting machinery by irregularities in velocity or a reverse of motion.
verb
To cause or set off a backlash.
backrush
backrush
noun
A rushing backward; a retreat.
backwash
backwash
noun
(economics) The situation where economic growth in one area harms other areas by attracting people and business away from those areas.
(nautical) The backward flow of water from oars or propeller or breaking waves.
The result or consequence of an event; an aftermath.
The saliva, spit or food particles that have flowed back into a drink after someone has drunk from it.
The similar flow of air from an aircraft engine.
verb
(transitive) To affect with backwash.
To clean the oil from wool after combing.
To operate a water filter in the reverse direction in order to clean it.
badarrah
badmouth
badmouth
verb
(informal) To criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully.
bagheera
bagheera
Proper noun
A fictional panther character in Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book.
Noun
The deputy leader of a pack of Cub Scouts.
baghouse
baghouse
noun
A fabric filter; an air pollution control device that removes particulates out of air or gas released from commercial processes or combustion for electricity generation.
bahadurs
bahadurs
noun
plural of bahadur
bahamian
bahamian
Adjective
Of, from, or pertaining to the Bahamas, or the Bahamian people.
Noun
A person from the Bahamas or of Bahamian descent.
bahawder
bahawder
noun
Obsolete form of bahadur.
bahiaite
bahiaite
noun
(mineralogy) A hornblende hypersthenite mineral.
bahmanid
baiocchi
baiocchi
noun
plural of baiocco
bairnish
bairnish
adj
(UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Having the manners of a child; childish; silly.
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.
bakehead
bakehead
noun
(rail transport, informal) A fireman (person who keeps the fire going underneath a steam boiler on a railroad locomotive).
bakeshop
bakeshop
noun
A shop where baked goods are made and sold.
bakshish
balachan
balaghat
balaphon
baldhead
baldhead
noun
(Rastafari) A person who is not Rastafarian.
A person whose head is bald.
A white-headed variety of pigeon.
balkhash
ballahoo
ballahoo
noun
A fast-sailing schooner, used in the Bermudas and West Indies.
ballahou
ballahou
noun
Alternative form of ballahoo
ballhawk
ballhawk
noun
(baseball, chiefly in Chicago) A person who specializes in catching home-run and foul balls.
(sports) A player who handles the ball skilfully
ballyhoo
ballyhoo
noun
An unseaworthy or slovenly ship.
Certain species in family Hemiramphidae, inshore, surface-dwelling needlefish forming sizeable schools.
Hemiramphus brasiliensis
Noisy shouting or uproar.
Sensational or clamorous advertising or publicity.
verb
To sensationalise or make grand claims.
balochis
baloghia
baltheus
baluchis
balushai
balushai
noun
Alternative form of balushahi
bamboche
bandfish
bandfish
noun
Any of many perciform fish of the family Cepolidae
bandhava
bandhook
banished
banished
adj
Having been subject to banishment; kicked out and forbidden from returning; forbidden and prohibited.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of banish
banisher
banisher
noun
One who banishes.
banishes
banishes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of banish
bankhead
bannasch
banshees
banshees
noun
plural of banshee
banshies
banshies
noun
plural of banshie
banthine
banthine
noun
(medicine) Synonym of methantheline
baphomet
baphomet
Proper noun
A deity which medieval Christians mistakenly imagined that pagans, the Knights Templar and (sometimes) Muslims worshipped, and which figures into some modern occultist and Satanic religions.
barahona
barashit
barathea
barathea
noun
A soft fabric, made from various combinations of wool, silk and cotton, with a lightly ribbed surface.
barathra
barchans
barchans
noun
plural of barchan
bardolph
bardship
bardship
noun
The state of being a bard.
bardulph
barehead
barghest
barghest
noun
(mythology, Britain) A legendary monstrous black dog, said to possess large teeth and claws, and (sometimes) to be capable of changing form.
(mythology, Britain) Any ghost, wraith, hobgoblin, elf, or spirit.
barnhard
barnhart
barouche
barouche
noun
A four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage with collapsible half-hood, two double seats facing each other, and an outside seat for the driver.
barthian
barthian
Adjective
Of or relating to (1886–1968), Swiss Reformed theologian.
barthite
barthold
bartosch
barukhzy
bashless
bashless
adj
(obsolete) shameless
bashlyks
bashlyks
noun
plural of bashlyk
bashment
bashment
noun
(slang, countable, especially Jamaican) A party or rave.
(slang, uncountable, music, especially Jamaican) Dancehall music.
basihyal
basihyal
noun
(anatomy, fish anatomy, vertebrate anatomy) Either of two small bones that form the body of the inverted hyoid arch.
basophil
basophil
noun
(cytology, immunology) A white blood cell responsible for inflammatory reactions during immune response.
One of the endocrine basophilic cells of the adenohypophysis, including gonadotrophs and thyrotrophs.
batchers
batchers
noun
plural of batcher
batching
batching
verb
present participle of batch
bathelda
bathesda
bathetic
bathetic
adj
Characterized by or pertaining to bathos.
bathilda
bathless
bathless
adj
Without a bath (tub for bathing).
bathmats
bathmats
noun
plural of bathmat
bathmism
bathmism
noun
(obsolete) A supposed "growth force" in vitalism.
bathorse
bathorse
noun
A horse which carries an officer's baggage during a campaign. Also spelt bat-horse and bat horse.
bathoses
bathoses
noun
plural of bathos
bathrobe
bathrobe
noun
A robe usually made of terrycloth intended to be worn when one is still damp from bathing or when there is no immediate need to dress fully.