Continuing or persisting in the same state: lasting, enduring; steadfast.
noun
(obsolete) An abode.
The action of one who abides; the state of an abider.
verb
present participle of abide
abigael
abigail
abigail
noun
(obsolete) A lady's maid.
abigale
abigeat
abigeat
noun
(archaic) Theft of cattle by driving it away with the intention of feloniously appropriating it.
abigeus
abigeus
noun
(law, UK, obsolete) A thief who steals livestock in large quantities.
abinger
abishag
abishag
noun
(archaic, thieves' cant) The illegitimate child of an unmarried woman and a married man.
ablings
ablings
adv
(Britain, dialectal) Alternative form of aiblins
aboding
aboding
noun
(obsolete) A foreboding.
verb
present participle of abode
abridge
abridge
verb
(transitive) Cut short; truncate.
(transitive) To curtail.
(transitive) To make shorter; to shorten in duration or extent.
(transitive) To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense.
(transitive, archaic) To deprive; to cut off.
(transitive, archaic, rare) To debar from.
abusing
abusing
verb
present participle of abuse
airbags
airbags
noun
plural of airbag
algenib
algenib
Proper noun
A yellow supergiant in the constellation Perseus; Alpha (α) Persei.
A variable star in the constellation Pegasus; Gamma (γ) Pegasi. It forms one corner of the square of Pegasus.
algieba
amaigbo
ambling
ambling
noun
The act of one who ambles.
verb
present participle of amble
anobing
antibug
antibug
adj
Serving to counteract bugs (surveillance devices).
Serving to kill or repel bugs (insects).
anubing
aubigny
babying
babying
noun
The act of coddling or pampering somebody.
verb
present participle of baby
baching
baching
verb
present participle of bach
backing
backing
adj
(music) Providing support for the main performer.
noun
(music) Musicians and vocalists who support the main performer.
(television, film) A backdrop.
A liner or other material added behind or underneath.
Support, especially financial.
The action of putting something back; a switching into reverse.
The mounting of a horse or other animal.
verb
present participle of back
badging
badging
verb
present participle of badge
badiaga
badling
badling
noun
(rare) An effeminate or womanish man.
(rare) One who is bad; a worthless person.
A brood, group, or flock of ducks.
baffing
baffing
verb
present participle of baff
baggier
baggier
adj
comparative form of baggy: more baggy
baggies
baggies
noun
(slang) Baggy cycling shorts.
Baggy shorts worn by surfers.
plural of baggie
plural of baggy
baggily
baggily
adv
In a loose baggy manner
bagging
bagging
noun
(colloquial) peak bagging
(medicine) Use of BVM to ventilate a patient.
Cloth or other material for bags.
The act of putting anything into a bag.
bootstrap aggregating
verb
present participle of bag
bagheli
baginda
bagirmi
bagirmi
Proper noun
The language of the Baguirmi people of Chad, spoken mainly in the Chari-Baguirmi Prefecture.
A family of languages which includes the Bagirmi language as well as Naba, Kenga, Fer, Beraku, Disa and Goulai.
baglike
baglike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bag.
bagnios
bagnios
noun
plural of bagnio
bagpipe
bagpipe
noun
attributive form of bagpipes
singular of bagpipes (normally used in plural)
verb
(nautical) To lay (the mizzen) aback by bringing the sheet to the mizzen rigging.
(slang) To masturbate a person's penis in one's armpit.
To play the bagpipes.
baguios
baguios
noun
plural of baguio
bagwigs
bagwigs
noun
plural of bagwig
baignet
bailage
bailage
noun
(historical) Synonym of water bailage
bailing
bailing
noun
The act by which something is bailed.
verb
present participle of bail
baining
bairagi
baiting
baiting
noun
A bloodsport involving the act of worrying or tormenting a chained or confined animal by setting dogs upon it.
The act of luring, as into a trap.
verb
present participle of bait
baizing
baizing
verb
present participle of baize
bakings
bakings
noun
plural of baking
balding
balding
adj
becoming bald, especially having male pattern baldness
verb
present participle of bald
balking
balking
noun
A frustration or disappointment; a check.
verb
present participle of balk
balling
balling
verb
present participle of ball
bamming
bamming
verb
present participle of bam
banding
banding
noun
A division into bands or brackets.
A pattern of band-like markings.
Obsolete form of bandying.
The formation of a band or brigade.
verb
present participle of band
banging
banging
adj
(colloquial, dated) Huge; great in size.
(slang) Attractive; sexually appealing.
(slang) Excellent, brilliant, very exciting, top, great.
noun
(slang) A session of sexual intercourse.
The action or sound of something that bangs.
verb
present participle of bang
banking
banking
noun
(aviation) A horizontal turn.
(rail transport) The practice of assisting a train up a steep incline (called a bank) with another locomotive at the rear.
A mechanical component to prevent vibration in a timepiece, etc.
The business of managing a bank.
The occupation of managing or working in a bank.
verb
present participle of bank
banning
banning
noun
The act by which something is banned; a prohibition.
verb
present participle of ban
banting
banting
noun
(Britain, informal, archaic) A diet aimed at losing weight, mostly accomplished by avoiding carbohydrates and sweet foods.
barbing
barbing
verb
present participle of barb
barding
barding
noun
(historical) Armour for a warhorse.
verb
present participle of bard
barfing
barfing
verb
present participle of barf
bargain
bargain
noun
A gainful transaction; an advantageous purchase.
An agreement between parties concerning the sale of property; or a contract by which one party binds himself to transfer the right to some property for a consideration, and the other party binds himself to receive the property and pay the consideration.
An agreement or stipulation; mutual pledge.
An item purchased for significantly less than the usual, or recommended, price
The thing stipulated or purchased.
verb
(intransitive) To make a bargain; to make a deal or contract for the exchange of property or services; to negotiate
(transitive) To transfer for a consideration; to barter; to trade
barging
barging
verb
present participle of barge
barking
barking
adj
(British slang) Clipping of barking mad.
noun
The action of the verb to bark.
verb
present participle of bark
barling
barling
noun
(UK dialectal) The smallest pig in a litter; runt.
(rare or UK dialectal, Scotland) A pole; (carpentry) the cross rafter of a roof.
barming
barming
verb
present participle of barm
barring
barring
noun
(collective) Bars; an arrangement or pattern of stripes or bars.
(mining) Timber used for supporting the roof or sides of shafts.
(sewing) The sewing of a decorative bar or tack upon a fabric or leather.
The act of fitting or closing something with bars.
The exclusion of someone; blackballing.
prep
Unless something happens; excepting; in the absence of.
verb
(obsolete) present participle of barr
present participle of bar
barwing
barwing
noun
Any of the birds in the genus Actinodura, found in South and Southeast Asia.
bashing
bashing
noun
An instance of bashing; a physical or verbal attack.
verb
present participle of bash
basking
basking
noun
The act of one who basks.
verb
present participle of bask
bassing
bassing
verb
present participle of bass
basting
basting
noun
(archaic) A (physical) beating.
The act by which a food item is basted.
verb
present participle of baste
bathing
bathing
noun
The act of swimming.
The act of taking a bath.
verb
present participle of bath
present participle of bathe
batling
batling
noun
A young, small, or baby bat.
batting
batting
noun
(cricket, baseball) The action of using a bat.
(sewing) Cotton, wool, silk or synthetic material used to stuff the inside of a mattress, quilt etc.
Special cotton for surgery.
The act of someone who bats.
verb
present participle of bat
batwing
batwing
noun
(often attributive) An exercise or posture on the stomach wherein a dumbbell row or lateral raise is performed.
A long sleeve with a deep armhole, tapering toward the wrist.
An area of flabby fat under a person's arms.
One of a pair of swinging doors which typically do not lock nor cover the full vertical range of the doorway (leaving a large gap at the top and bottom), common especially in saloons.
Several South or Southeast Asian species of tailless dark swallowtail butterflies in the genus Atrophaneura.
The wing of a bat, or its shape.
verb
(transitive, intransitive, Internet slang) To kill or murder; to cause the untimely demise of someone.
bawling
bawling
noun
The act of one who bawls or shouts.
verb
present participle of bawl
bazigar
beading
beading
noun
(architecture) A decorative, ornamental molding often used to conceal a joint.
(craft) beadwork
A Samburu ceremony in which a father gives a necklace to his daughter.
The beads or bead-forming quality of certain liquors.
verb
present participle of bead
bealing
bealing
verb
present participle of beal
beaming
beaming
adj
Smilingly happy; showing happy emotion.
noun
The act of someone or something that beams.
verb
present participle of beam
beaning
beaning
verb
present participle of bean
bearing
bearing
adj
(in combination) That bears (some specified thing).
Of a beam, column, or other device, carrying weight or load.
noun
(architecture) That part of any member of a building which rests upon its supports.
(architecture) The portion of a support on which anything rests.
(architecture, proscribed) The unsupported span.
(heraldry) Any single emblem or charge in an escutcheon or coat of arms.
(in the plural, especially in phrases such as 'get one's bearings') One's understanding of one's orientation or relative position, literally or figuratively.
(mechanical engineering) A mechanical device that supports another part and/or reduces friction.
(navigation, nautical) The horizontal angle between the direction of an object and another object, or between it and that of true north; a heading or direction.
One's posture, demeanor, or manner.
Relevance; a relationship or connection.
verb
present participle of bear
beating
beating
noun
A heavy defeat or setback.
The action by which someone or something is beaten.
The pulsation of the heart.
verb
present participle and gerund of beat
beauing
becking
becking
verb
present participle of beck
bedding
bedding
noun
(Britain) The textiles associated with the bed, as well as the mattress, bedframe, or bed base (such as box spring).
(US) The textiles associated with a bed, e.g., sheets, pillowcases, bedspreads, blankets, etc.
(geology) A structure occurring in granite and similar massive rocks that allows them to split in well-defined planes horizontally or parallel to the land surface.
(horticulture) The temporary planting of fast-growing plants into flower beds to create colourful, temporary, seasonal displays, during spring, summer or winter.
Any material used by or provided to animals to lie on.
verb
present participle of bed
bedight
bedight
adj
(archaic) That has been equipped or bedecked.
verb
(archaic) To equip or bedeck.
beefing
beefing
noun
Alternative form of biffin (“type of apple”)
verb
present participle of beef
beeping
beeping
noun
An instance of beeping; a sound that beeps.
verb
present participle of beep
begarie
begging
begging
noun
The act of one who begs.
verb
present participle of beg
begirds
begirds
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of begird
beglide
begonia
begonia
noun
Any plant of the large genus of Begonia.
begrain
begrime
begrime
verb
(transitive) To ingrain grime or dirt which is difficult to remove into (something); also (more generally), to make (something) dirty; to soil.
begrims
begripe
begripe
verb
(transitive) To lay hold of; apprehend; grip; grasp.
beguile
beguile
verb
(transitive) To cause (time) to seem to pass quickly, by way of pleasant diversion.
(transitive) To charm, delight or captivate.
(transitive) To deceive or delude (using guile).
beguine
beguine
noun
A ballroom dance, similar to a slow rumba, originally from French West Indies and popularized abroad largely through the song "Begin the Beguine"; the music for the dance.
behight
behight
verb
(dialectal, Northern England) To be designated.
(obsolete) To call; to name; to address.
(obsolete) To command; to order.
(obsolete) To consider or esteem to be; to declare to be.
(obsolete) To mean, or intend.
(obsolete, transitive) To give in trust; to commit; to entrust.
(obsolete, transitive) To vow, promise (someone).
behring
beignet
beignet
noun
(UK) A fritter (with a fruit or vegetable filling).
(US) A Louisiana-style fried doughnut or fritter covered in powdered sugar.
beijing
belding
belgian
belgian
Noun
A person from Belgium or of Belgian descent.
Adjective
Of, from, or pertaining to Belgium or the Belgian people.
Proper noun
A hypothetical extinct Indo-European language, supposed to have been spoken distinct from Celtic in late prehistory, in certain parts of what has become known as Gaul.
belgium
belgium
Proper noun
country in Western Europe that has borders with the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France.
belight
belight
verb
(intransitive, rare, dialectal) To become lit up; shine up; dawn.
(transitive, rare, dialectal) To light up; illuminate.
beliing
belling
belling
noun
(US, Indiana, Western Pennsylvania) A shivaree.
Bellowing; the sound of a male deer during the rutting season
verb
present participle of bell
belting
belting
adj
(Northern English dialect) Very good; exceptional (can also be used adverbially)
noun
(figuratively) A thorough defeat; a thrashing.
(music, uncountable) The act of singing in chest voice above one's vocal break in a higher range typically sung in head voice.
A beating with a belt.
A system of beltwork, as in a conveyor or other mechanical device.
The material from which belts for machinery are made.
verb
present participle of belt
belying
belying
verb
present participle of belie
bendigo
bending
bending
noun
A motion or action that bends.
An instance of something being adapted or distorted.
verb
present participle of bend
bengali
bengasi
benight
benight
verb
(chiefly in passive) To overtake (a traveller etc) with the darkness of night, especially before shelter is reached.
To darken; to shroud or obscure.
To plunge or be overwhelmed in moral or intellectual darkness.
benting
bergius
beseige
besiege
besiege
verb
(transitive) To beset or surround with armed forces for the purpose of compelling to surrender, to lay siege to, beleaguer.
(transitive, figuratively) To beleaguer, to vex, to lay siege to, to beset.
to assail or ply, as with requests or demands.
besting
besting
verb
present participle of best
betinge
betting
betting
adj
Describing one who bets or gambles.
noun
The act of placing a bet.
verb
present participle of bet
biasing
biasing
noun
The process of adding a bias.
verb
present participle of bias
bibbing
bibbing
verb
present participle of bib
bibliog
bidding
bidding
noun
That which one is bidden to do; a command.
The act of placing a bid.
verb
present participle of bid
biffing
biffing
noun
(informal) A hitting or punching.
verb
present participle of biff
bigamic
bigbury
bigelow
bigener
bigeyes
bigeyes
noun
plural of bigeye
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
biggest
biggest
adj
superlative form of big: most big
biggety
biggety
adj
Alternative form of biggity
biggies
biggies
noun
plural of biggie
plural of biggy
bigging
bigging
noun
(Scotland, Northern England) A building, especially an outbuilding.
(obsolete) A home.
Alternative form of biggin (“coffee pot with strainer”)
(countable, colloquial) Any of several species of fish having a large head.
(countable, colloquial, especially used by children) A person having an inflated opinion of himself; a conceited or arrogant person.
(uncountable, colloquial) Any of several animal diseases that cause swelling of the head.
bighorn
bighorn
Noun
Either of two North American species of sheep, Ovis canadensis and Ovis dalli, having large, curving horns.
bighted
bighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bight
bigmitt
bigness
bigness
noun
(now rare) Size.
The characteristic of being big.
bigoted
bigoted
adj
Having the characteristics of a bigot; strongly prejudiced; forming opinions without just cause.
bigotry
bigotry
noun
(dated) Obstinate prejudice or opinionatedness.
Characteristic qualities of a bigot: (especially religious, anti-religious or racial) intolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance.
bigotty
bigroot
bigroot
adj
Applied to various kinds of plant characterized by a large root.
noun
Either of the plants Marah fabacea and Marah macrocarpa.