A village on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt which contains several ancient Egyptian, Greek, and Roman structures.
A bay outside this village, at the mouth of the Nile, where on 1 August 1798 a British fleet led by defeated the French in the
alberik
alborak
amakebe
amakebe
noun
East Coast fever affecting cattle in Uganda
arabesk
arabesk
noun
Obsolete form of arabesque.
askable
askable
adj
Capable of being consulted for an answer.
Capable of being stated as a question.
baalbek
baaskap
babcock
backage
backare
backare
intj
Alternative form of baccare
backbar
backbit
backbit
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backbite
backcap
backers
backers
noun
plural of backer
backhoe
backhoe
noun
(chiefly US, Canada, Australia) A multi-purpose tractor with a front-mounted loading bucket and a rear-mounted digging bucket. The tractor combines a front-end loader/loader and an excavator/digger.
A piece of excavating equipment consisting of a digging bucket or scoop on the end of an articulated arm, drawn backwards to move earth. Used in excavator/digger and backhoe tractors.
verb
To excavate using such equipment.
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
backjaw
backler
backlet
backlit
backlit
adj
Lit or illuminated from behind.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backlight
backlog
backlog
noun
A large log to burn at the back of a fire.
A log containing text previously read, as in text-based video games or chat rooms.
A reserve source or supply.
An accumulation or buildup, especially of unfilled orders, unconsumed products or unfinished work.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To acquire something as a backlog, or to become a backlog
backoff
backoff
noun
(computing) The situation where an algorithm or process refrains from taking an action it would otherwise have taken.
(surfing) The situation where an incoming wave passes from shallower water to a deeper area, making the wave less steep and potentially unsurfable.
backout
backout
noun
(aerospace) A reversed countdown (i.e. ascending numbers) in response to problems leading up to a launch.
A reversal or undoing of tasks previously done (often in reverse order).
backrun
backrun
noun
A reverse flow, either of a fluid or of an anchor chain.
backsaw
backsaw
noun
A handsaw that has a reinforcement along its back edge.
backset
backset
noun
A check; a relapse; a discouragement; a setback.
Whatever is thrown back in its course, such as water.
verb
(US, especially Western US) To plow again in the fall; said of prairie land broken up in the spring.
backsey
backups
backups
noun
plural of backup
backway
backway
noun
A back alley.
baddock
baglike
baglike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bag.
bagwork
bagwork
noun
(martial arts) Training with a punching bag.
baisakh
bakairi
bakalai
bakalei
bakatan
bakeman
bakeout
bakeout
noun
The act of heating a material in a vacuum in order to drive off volatile components
bakepan
bakerly
bakerly
adj
Characteristic of a baker.
bakhmut
bakings
bakings
noun
plural of baking
baklava
baklava
noun
A popular sweet pastry found in many cuisines of the Middle East and the Balkans, made of chopped nuts layered with phyllo pastry. [since c. 1650; modern spelling since 1800s]
baklawa
bakongo
bakshis
bakunda
bakunin
bakwiri
balkans
balkans
Proper noun
A geographical region in the southeast of Europe, roughly equivalent to the area covered by Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia (and Kosovo), sometimes including Romania and Slovenia.
balkers
balkers
noun
plural of balker
balkier
balkier
adj
comparative form of balky: more balky
balkily
balkily
adv
In a balky manner.
balking
balking
noun
A frustration or disappointment; a check.
verb
present participle of balk
balkish
balkish
adj
(obsolete, rare) uneven; ridgy
ballock
ballock
noun
Alternative spelling of bollock
bandaka
bangkok
bangkok
noun
A kind of straw hat.
banjuke
banjuke
noun
Alternative form of banjouke
bankera
bankers
bankers
noun
plural of banker
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
bankman
bankmen
banksia
banksia
noun
A plant belonging to the genus Banksia.
bannack
bannock
bannock
noun
(Canada) A biscuit bread made of wheat flour or cornmeal, fat, and sometimes baking powder, typically baked over a fire, wrapped around a stick or in a pan.
(especially Scotland, Northern England) An unleavened bread made with barley, wheat, or oatmeal.
barkary
barkeep
barkeep
noun
(informal) a bartender
barkers
barkers
noun
plural of barker
barkery
barkery
noun
A tanhouse.
barkhan
barkier
barkier
adj
comparative form of barky: more barky
barking
barking
adj
(British slang) Clipping of barking mad.
noun
The action of the verb to bark.
verb
present participle of bark
barkley
barlock
barmkin
barmkin
noun
(obsolete) The battlement on the exterior fortification of a castle in northern England and parts of Scotland; a barbican.
barrack
barrack
noun
(Ireland, colloquial, usually in the plural) A police station.
(US) A (structure with a) movable roof sliding on four posts, to cover hay, straw, etc.
(by extension, chiefly in the plural) Any very plain, monotonous, or ugly large building.
(chiefly in the plural) A primitive structure resembling a long shed or barn for (usually temporary) housing or other purposes.
(military, chiefly in the plural) A building for soldiers, especially within a garrison; originally referred to temporary huts, now usually to a permanent structure or set of buildings.
verb
(Australia, New Zealand, intransitive) To cheer for or support a team.
(Britain, transitive) To jeer and heckle; to attempt to disconcert by verbal means.
(intransitive) To live in barracks.
(transitive) To house military personnel; to quarter.
barvick
barwick
bashkir
bashlik
bashlik
noun
Alternative spelling of bashlyk
bashlyk
bashlyk
noun
A protective cone-shaped hood with lappets for wrapping around the neck, used especially by Turks and Cossacks.
baskets
baskets
noun
plural of basket
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of basket
baskett
basking
basking
noun
The act of one who basks.
verb
present participle of bask
baskish
batakan
batekes
bathkol
batiked
batiked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of batik
batiker
batiker
noun
A manufacturer of batik fabrics.
batlike
batlike
adj
Having characteristics similar to those of a bat, usually used with reference to the flying mammal.
Similar to that of a bat.
battiks
battiks
noun
plural of battik
bauckie
baulked
baulked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of baulk
bawcock
bawcock
noun
(archaic) A fine fellow.
baylike
baylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bay (body of water mostly surrounded by land).
bazluke
bazooka
bazooka
noun
(by extension) Any shoulder-fired rocket grenade launcher.
(music) A primitive trombone having wide tubes.
(slang) Crack cocaine.
(slang, sexuality) A woman's breast, especially a big one.
(weaponry) A shoulder-held rocket launcher used as an antitank weapon, developed by America during World War II and so-called from its resemblance to the bazooka musical instrument.
verb
To shoot with a bazooka.
beakers
beakers
noun
plural of beaker
beakful
beakful
noun
As much (food) as a creature's beak will hold or carry.
beakier
beakier
adj
comparative form of beaky: more beaky
beatnik
beatnik
noun
A person associated with the Beat Generation of the 1950s and 1960s or its style.
A person who dresses in a manner that is not socially acceptable and is supposed to reject conventional norms of thought and behavior; nonconformist in dress and behavior.
bechalk
bechalk
verb
(archaic) To cover with chalk, or whiten as if with chalk.
becheck
beckets
beckets
noun
plural of becket
beckett
becking
becking
verb
present participle of beck
beckley
beckley
Proper noun
a village in district, East Sussex, England
a hamlet in district, Hampshire, England
a village in district, Oxfordshire, England
a neighbourhood in Kentucky, USA.
a city in West Virginia, USA, and the county seat of Named after
beckman
beckons
beckons
noun
plural of beckon
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beckon
becloak
becloak
verb
(transitive, literally, figurative) To cover or surround, as with a cloak.
becroak
bedecks
bedecks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedeck
bedikah
bedikah
noun
(Judaism) A ritual inspection or examination.
bedlike
bedlike
adj
Resembling a bed.
bedrock
bedrock
noun
(figurative) A basis or foundation.
(uncountable, geology, mining, engineering, construction) The solid rock that exists at some depth below the ground surface. Bedrock is rock "in place", as opposed to material that has been transported from another location by weathering and erosion.
verb
(transitive, figurative) To establish on a solid foundation.
bedsick
bedsock
bedsock
noun
A sock worn in bed, to keep the feet warm.
bedtick
bedtick
noun
A tick or bag made of cloth, used for enclosing the materials of a bed.
beekite
beekman
beelike
beelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bee.
beetewk
befleck
befleck
verb
(poetic) to cover with small spots or flecks
behnken
beinked
beinked
adj
Covered in ink.
bekelja
beknave
beknave
verb
(transitive, rare) To call (someone) a knave.
(transitive, rare) To treat as a knave.
beknots
beknown
beknown
adj
(obsolete) known
verb
past participle of beknow
beliked
beliked
adj
Beloved; liked.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of belike
belknap
belleek
belleek
noun
Alternative form of Belleek.
belouke
belucki
bemocks
bemocks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bemock
bendick
benkley
bennink
beothuk
beothuk
Noun
A member of one of the historical aboriginal peoples of Canada.
Proper noun
The extinct language of these people.
beprank
berakah
berakah
noun
Alternative form of berakhah
beraked
berakes
berakot
berkley
berkman
berserk
berserk
adj
(rare, dialectal, slang) Wildly joyous; ecstatic.
Bizarre; weird.
Furiously, injuriously, or maniacally violent or out of control.
noun
(historical) Synonym of berserker (“a Norse warrior who fought in a frenzy”)