(India) A revenue tax on the manufacture or sale of liquors and drugs.
(India) The manufacture or sale of liquors or drugs.
abkary
abkary
noun
Alternative form of abkari
abkhas
abkhaz
ablock
abnaki
abrook
abrook
verb
To brook; to endure.
abukir
akebia
akebia
noun
Any plant of the genus Akebia, especially the invasive plant Akebia quinata.
akimbo
akimbo
adj
With a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward.
adv
Into, in, or of the position where the arms are akimbo.
Of weapons, especially firearms: one held in each hand.
alkabo
atabek
babkas
babkas
noun
plural of babka
backed
backed
adj
(in combination) Having specified type of back.
(in combination) Having specified type of backing.
(obsolete, slang) Put on one's back; killed; rendered dead.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of back
backen
backer
backer
adj
(phonetics) comparative form of back: more back
noun
One who, or that which, backs; especially one who backs an entrant in a contest, or who supports an enterprise by funding it.
backet
backet
noun
(Scotland) A shallow wooden trough for carrying ashes, coals, etc.
backie
backie
noun
(colloquial) A ride on the back of a bicycle or motorbike.
backup
backup
adj
(computing) That is intended as a backup.
Standby, reserve or extra.
Supporting, reinforcing; (music) of or related to accompaniment
noun
(computing) A copy of a file or record, stored separately from the original, that can be used to recover the original if it is destroyed or damaged.
(law enforcement) reinforcements
A reserve or substitute.
An accumulation of material caused by a (partial) obstruction or (complete) blockage of the flow or movement of the material, or an accumulation of material that causes an overflow due to the flow being greater than the maximum possible flow.
verb
Misspelling of back up.
backus
baidak
baikal
baikal
Proper noun
A large freshwater lake in southern Siberia, Russia; the deepest lake in the world.
baikie
bakers
bakers
noun
plural of baker
bakery
bakery
noun
(uncountable, US) Baked goods.
A shop in which bread (and often other baked goods such as cakes) is baked and/or sold.
The trade of a baker.
baking
baking
adj
(figuratively) Of a person, an object, or the weather: very hot; boiling, broiling, roasting.
That bakes.
noun
(countable) The production of a batch of baked product.
An action in which something is baked.
The way in which something is baked.
verb
present participle of bake.
bakshi
baktun
baktun
noun
Alternative spelling of b'ak'tun
bakuba
bakula
bakula
noun
(India) The tree Mimusops elengi.
bakutu
balcke
balkan
balkar
balked
balked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of balk
balker
balker
noun
A person who stands on a rock or eminence to observe shoals of herring, etc., and to give notice to the men in boats which way they pass.
One who, or that which balks.
balkin
balkis
bamako
bamako
Proper noun
The capital city of Mali
bambuk
bangka
banked
banked
adj
Of a cheque, deposited in a bank.
Piled high.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bank
banker
banker
noun
(UK, dialect) A ditcher; a drain digger.
(mining) A banksman.
(obsolete) A money changer.
(rail transport, Britain, Australia) A railway locomotive that can be attached to the rear of a train to assist it in climbing an incline.
A vessel employed in the cod fishery on the banks of Newfoundland.
One who conducts the business of banking; one who, individually, or as a member of a company, keeps an establishment for the deposit or loan of money, or for traffic in money, bills of exchange, etc.
The dealer in a casino, or one who keeps the bank in a banking game.
The stone bench on which a mason cuts or squares his work.
banket
banket
noun
A sweet almond dessert pastry that originated in the Netherlands.
barack
barack
noun
Hungarian apricot brandy
baraka
bareka
barkan
barkan
noun
Alternative spelling of barchan
barked
barked
adj
(in combination) Having the specified kind of bark.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bark
barken
barken
adj
(poetic) Made of bark.
verb
(intransitive, UK dialectal, Scotland) To become hard or form a crust, like bark.
(transitive, UK dialectal) To tan or dye with bark.
barker
barker
noun
(historical) A person who removes needed or valuable tree bark, as on a cinnamon or cinchona plantation.
(obsolete) A tanner.
(video games) A video game mode where the action is demonstrated to entice someone to play the game.
A machine used to remove unneeded bark from wood.
A person employed to solicit customers by calling out to passersby, e.g. at a carnival.
A shelf-talker.
Someone or something who barks.
The spotted redshank.
barkey
barkla
barkle
baroko
barsky
bartko
bartok
bashuk
basked
basked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bask
basker
basker
noun
Any of various species of libellulid dragonfly of the genus Urothemis, endemic to Africa and Asia.
One who or that which basks; agent noun of bask.
Short for basking shark.
basket
basket
noun
(Internet) In an online shop, a listing of a customer's chosen items before they are ordered.
(LGBT, slang) The male genitalia and region surrounding it.
(archaic) A protection for the hand on a sword or a singlestick; a guard of a bladed weapon.
(architecture) The bell or vase of the Corinthian capital.
(ballooning) The gondola or wicker basket suspended from the balloon, in which the pilot and passengers travel.
(basketball) A circular hoop, from which a net is suspended, which is the goal through which the players try to throw the ball.
(basketball) The act of putting the ball through the basket, thereby scoring points.
(figurative) A set or collection of intangible things.
(informal, euphemistic) Bastard.
(military, aircraft) A drogue (or para-drogue) in the probe-and-drogue refueling method
(obsolete) In a stage-coach, two outside seats facing each other.
(slang) The bulge of the male genitals seen through clothing.
(uncountable) The game of basketball.
A dance movement in some line dances, where men put their arms round the women's lower backs, and the women put their arms over the men's shoulders, and the group (usually of four, any more is difficult) spins round, which should result in the women's feet leaving the ground.
A lightweight container, generally round, open at the top, and tapering toward the bottom.
A singlestick with a basket hilt.
A wire or plastic container similar in shape to a basket, used for carrying articles for purchase in a shop.
verb
(transitive) To place in a basket or baskets.
(transitive, publishing) To cross-collateralize the royalty advances for multiple works so that the creator is not paid until all of those works have achieved a certain level of success.
baskin
basoko
batiks
batiks
noun
plural of batik
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of batik
batoka
batruk
battak
battik
battik
noun
Alternative spelling of batik
baulks
baulks
noun
plural of baulk
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of baulk
baulky
baulky
adj
Alternative spelling of balky
bauske
beaked
beaked
adj
(often in combination) Having a beak.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beak
beaker
beaker
noun
(slang, Antarctica) A scientist.
A drinking vessel without a handle, sometimes for the use of children.
A flat-bottomed vessel, with a lip, used as a laboratory container.
A mug.
beback
becked
becked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beck
becker
becker
noun
(archaic) A European fish, Pagrus pagrus
becket
becket
noun
(England, dialect, historical) A spade for digging turf in the Fens.
(nautical) A loop of rope with a knot at one end to catch in an eye at the other end. Used to secure oars etc. at their place.
(nautical) A short piece of rope spliced to form a circle
(nautical) The clevis of a pulley block.
(nautical, slang) A pocket in clothing.
(obsolete) chough (the bird)
(sewing) A loop of thread, typically braided, attached at each end to a jacket. Used to pass through the brooch bar of medals to affix them to the jacket without damaging it.
A method of joining fabric, for example the doors of a tent, by interlacing loops of cord (beckets) through eyelet holes and adjacent loops.
An eye in the end of a rope.
beckie
beckon
beckon
noun
A children's game similar to hide and seek in which children who have been "caught" may escape if they see another hider beckon to them.
A sign made without words; a beck.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To seem attractive and inviting
(transitive, intransitive) To wave or nod to somebody with the intention to make the person come closer.
bedark
bedark
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To darken.
bedeck
bedeck
verb
(transitive) To deck, ornament, or adorn; to grace.
bedkey
bedkey
noun
An instrument for tightening the parts of a bedstead.
beduck
beduck
verb
(transitive) To duck or immerse thoroughly; submerge.
beduke
beduke
verb
(reflexive) To behave or dress as a duke.
(transitive) To make a duke.
bedusk
begeck
begeck
noun
(transitive, UK dialectal) A disappointment; trick.
verb
(transitive, UK dialectal) To deceive; disappoint; jilt.
begowk
begowk
verb
(archaic, Scotland) To play a trick on, make a fool of.
begunk
begunk
noun
(dialectal, chiefly Scotland) An illusion; trick; cheat.
verb
(transitive, dialectal, chiefly Scotland) To befool; deceive; balk; jilt.
behlke
bekick
beking
bekiss
bekiss
verb
(transitive) to kiss intensely or excessively
(transitive, rare) to kiss repeatedly; cover with kisses.
beknit
beknit
verb
(transitive) To girdle or encircle.
(transitive) To knit.
beknot
beknow
beknow
verb
(transitive) To acknowledge; own; confess.
(transitive) To know about; have knowledge of; recognise; understand; be aware (of); be knowledgeable about.
belick
belick
verb
(transitive, dialectal or obsolete) To lick or lick about.
belike
belike
adv
(archaic or dialectal, Northern England) Likely, probably, perhaps, haply.
noun
An object of affection or liking.
verb
(impersonal) To be pleasing to; please.
(transitive) To be like; resemble.
(transitive) To like; be pleased with.
(transitive) To make like; simulate.
belock
belock
verb
(archaic, transitive) To lock up or lock in place; hold tight; fasten.
belook
belook
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To look about or around; look over or across; look after; give a look to; look at.
belsky
bemask
bemask
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To mask; cover or conceal with a mask; conceal.
bemock
bemock
verb
(archaic) To ridicule or mock.
(transitive) To cause to appear as if mock or unreal; excel or surpass, as the genuine surpasses the counterfeit.
(transitive) To mock repeatedly; flout.
(transitive, archaic) To make up as something else, to make into an imitation or semblance
bemuck
bemusk
bensky
berake
berkey
berkie
berkin
berkly
berkow
beseek
beseek
verb
(transitive, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To beseech; entreat.
betake
betake
verb
(intransitive, archaic) To take oneself.
(reflexive, archaic) To commit to a specified action.
(reflexive, archaic) To take oneself to; go or move; repair; resort; have recourse.
(transitive) To beteach.
(transitive, archaic) To commend or entrust to; to commit to.
(transitive, obsolete) To seize; lay hold of; take.
(transitive, obsolete) To take over to; take across (to); deliver.
betalk
betalk
verb
(intransitive, dialectal) To talk repeatedly.
(transitive, chiefly dialectal, sometimes reflexive) To talk about; discuss; tell; count; give an account (of).
betask
betook
betook
verb
simple past tense of betake
bewake
bewake
verb
(intransitive) To keep awake; watch.
(transitive) To awaken thoroughly; keep awake.
(transitive) To spend waking; watch through.
(transitive, obsolete) To watch over (a body); observe funeral rites for.
(transitive, obsolete) To watch; keep watch over; guard.
bewick
bework
bework
verb
(transitive) To work around or about; surround.
(transitive) To work over; rework; edit.
(transitive) To work, as with thread; embroider.
beylik
beylik
noun
Alternative form of beylic
bhakta
bhakta
noun
(Hinduism) Someone who practises bhakti; a person who is devoted to God; a devotee; a worshipper.
bhakti
bhakti
noun
(Hinduism) devotion to God
bhikku
bhokra
bialik
bianka
bicker
bicker
noun
(Scotland) A wooden drinking-cup or other dish.
(Scotland, obsolete) A fight with stones between two parties of boys.
A skirmish; an encounter.
A wrangle; also, a noise, as in angry contention.
The process by which selective eating clubs at Princeton University choose new members.
verb
(of rain) To patter.
To brawl or move tremulously, quiver, shimmer (of a water stream, light, flame, etc.)
To quarrel in a tiresome, insulting manner.
To skirmish; to exchange blows; to fight.
bielka
bikers
bikers
noun
plural of biker
bikies
bikies
noun
plural of bikie
bikila
biking
biking
noun
The practice of riding a motorcycle.
The sport of riding a bicycle.
verb
present participle of bike
bikini
bikini
noun
A brief bathing suit worn by men.
A brief two-piece bathing suit worn by girls and women, especially one that exposes the midriff and navel.
bikols
bikram
bilked
bilked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bilk
bilker
bilker
noun
A cheat, especially one who evades payment.
bilkis
bilski
bipack
bipack
noun
(cinematography) The process of loading two reels of film into a camera, so that they both pass through the camera gate together, formerly used for visual effects and as a subtractive colour process.
verb
(cinematography) To load two reels of film in this manner.
birken
birken
adj
(obsolete or dialectal, Scotland and Northern England) Made of birch; birchen.
birkie
birkie
Noun
a kind of American cross country ski race.
birkle
biskop
biskra
bitake
bkbndr
blacks
blacks
noun
(UK) Soot flying in the air.
A kind of ink in used in copperplate printing, prepared from the charred husks of the grape and the residue of the wine press.
Black garments, etc.
plural of black
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of black
blacky
blacky
noun
(informal, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) A black person.
blanka
blanks
blanks
noun
plural of blank
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blank
blanky
blanky
adj
(Australia, slang) A mild intensifier, expressing irritation.