(botany) Suddenly terminating, as if cut off; truncate.
(obsolete) Broken off.
(obsolete, rare) Broken away (from restraint).
Curt in manner.
Extremely steep or craggy as if broken up; precipitous.
Having sudden transitions from one subject or state to another; unconnected; disjointed.
Without notice to prepare the mind for the event; sudden; hasty; unceremonious.
noun
(poetic) Something which is abrupt; an abyss.
verb
(transitive, archaic) To tear off or asunder.
To interrupt suddenly.
amphib
aplomb
aplomb
noun
(ballet) The apparent elegance and precision exhibited by a confident, accomplished dancer.
Self-confidence; poise; composure.
The perpendicular; perpendicularity.
archbp
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.
bacopa
bacopa
noun
(botany) Any of the genus Bacopa of aquatic plants, the waterhyssops.
bagpod
ballup
bangup
baphia
barhop
barhop
verb
(idiomatic, informal) To drink at a number of bars during a single day or evening.
bebops
bebops
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bebop
bebump
bebump
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To bump thoroughly; belabour.
becaps
beclap
beclap
verb
To clap for; to applaud.
To grasp, insnare, ensnare, catch, to trap suddenly, to grab suddenly.
beclip
beclip
verb
(transitive) To clip around or about (the edges of); crop.
(transitive) To wrap around; enclose; encircle; surround.
(transitive, obsolete) To curdle (milk).
(transitive, obsolete) To fold in the arms; embrace; clasp.
(transitive, obsolete) To include; comprise; comprehend; contain.
(transitive, obsolete) To lay hold of; seize upon; grip; catch; overtake.
bedamp
bedamp
verb
(transitive) To cover with dampness; make damp; dampen.
bedcap
bedpad
bedpan
bedpan
noun
A pan used for urination and defecation while in bed, now usually for reasons of medical necessity or convenience.
bedrip
bedrip
noun
(UK dialectal) A band of harvesters.
(UK dialectal) A crowd.
verb
(intransitive) To drip about or all over; drip onto (something).
bedrop
bedrop
verb
(archaic) To cover with drops; to splash or spatter.
beeped
beeped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beep
beeper
beeper
noun
A pager (wireless telecommunication device).
A simple computer speaker.
beflap
behelp
behelp
verb
(transitive, archaic) To help (with); give aid or assistance to.
bejape
bejape
verb
(transitive, rare, UK dialectal) To play a trick on; trick or befool.
beleap
beleap
verb
(transitive, intransitive, UK dialectal) To leap upon; cover.
belpre
bepaid
bepale
bepart
bepelt
bepelt
verb
(transitive) To pelt soundly.
bepile
bepill
bepity
bepity
verb
(archaic) To pity greatly.
bepray
bepuff
bepuff
verb
(archaic) To puff out.
(archaic, transitive) To puff; praise fulsomely; bepraise.
berapt
beslap
beslap
verb
(transitive) To slap around or about; slap all over; slap soundly or completely.
besped
besped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bespeed
bespew
bespew
verb
(obsolete) To soil or daub with spew; vomit on; foul with vomit.
bespin
bespin
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To spin around or about, so as to cover; spin all over.
bespit
bespit
verb
(transitive) To spit upon (someone or something); to soil with spittle.
bespot
bespot
verb
(transitive) To make spots on; mark with spots; cover with or as with blots or blemishes.
betrap
betrap
verb
(transitive) To catch in a trap; entrap; ensnare; enclose.
(transitive) To furnish (a horse) with trappings; deck; adorn.
beweep
beweep
verb
(intransitive) To weep.
(transitive) To weep over; weep for; weep about; deplore; lament.
bewept
bewept
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beweep
bewrap
bewrap
verb
(obsolete) To wrap up or otherwise conceal; clothe; envelop.
bhopal
bhopal
Proper noun
State capital of Madhya Pradesh (India).
biceps
biceps
noun
(anatomy) Any muscle having two heads.
(informal) The upper arm, especially the collective muscles of the upper arm.
(prosody) A point in a metrical pattern that can be filled either with one long syllable (a longum) or two short syllables (two brevia)
Specifically, the biceps brachii, the flexor of the elbow.
bidpai
bidpai
Proper noun
Name given to a wise philosopher in traditional fables.
biopic
biopic
noun
(film) A motion picture based on the life (or lives) of a real, rather than fictional, person (or people).
biopsy
biopsy
noun
The removal and examination of a sample of tissue, cells, or bodily fluid from a living body for diagnostic purposes.
verb
To take a sample (a biopsy) for pathological examination.
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.
bipeds
bipeds
noun
plural of biped
bipods
bipods
noun
plural of bipod
bipont
bipont
Adjective
Relating to books printed at Zweibrücken in Bavaria.
bippus
bishop
bishop
noun
(Christianity) An overseer of congregations: either any such overseer, generally speaking, or (in Eastern Orthodoxy, Catholicism, Anglicanism, etc.) an official in the church hierarchy (actively or nominally) governing a diocese, supervising the church's priests, deacons, and property in its territory.
(UK, dialectal, archaic) A children's smock or pinafore.
(US, archaic) A bustle.
(chess) The chess piece denoted ♗ or ♝ which moves along diagonal lines and developed from the shatranj alfil ("elephant") and was originally known as the aufil or archer in English.
(dialectal) A ladybug or ladybird, beetles of the family Coccinellidae.
(obsolete) Any watchman, inspector, or overlooker.
(obsolete) The holder of the Greek or Roman position of episcopus, supervisor over the public dole of grain, etc.
(religion, nonstandard) A similar official or chief priest in another religion.
A chief of the Festival of Fools or St. Nicholas Day.
A flowering plant of the genus Bifora.
A sweet drink made from wine, usually with oranges, lemons, and sugar; mulled and spiced port.
Any of various African birds of the genus Euplectes; a kind of weaverbird closely related to the widowbirds.
verb
(Christianity) To act as a bishop, to perform the duties of a bishop, especially to confirm another's membership in the church.
(Christianity) To make a bishop.
(Christianity, rare) To provide with bishops.
(UK, colloquial, obsolete) To murder by drowning.
(UK, dialectal) To permit food (especially milk) to burn while cooking (from bishops' role in the inquisition or as mentioned in the quotation below, of horses).
(by extension, jocularly, obsolete) To confirm (in its other senses).
(by extension, of equestrianism) To make a horse seem younger, particularly by manipulation of its teeth.
biskop
bitmap
bitmap
noun
(computing) A series of bits that represents a rasterized graphic image, each pixel being represented as a group of bits.
bleeps
bleeps
noun
plural of bleep
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bleep
blimps
blimps
noun
plural of blimp
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blimp
bloops
bloops
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bloop
blowup
blowup
noun
(photography) An enlargement
An explosion, or violent outburst
blypes
blypes
noun
plural of blype
boopic
boopis
bopeep
bopeep
noun
Alternative form of bo-peep
bopped
bopped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bop
bopper
bopper
noun
(informal, dated) A person who dances the bop.
boskop
bowpin
bowpot
bowpot
noun
Archaic form of bough pot.
boxtop
boxtop
noun
The upper portion of a product's box, used as a proof of purchase when claiming an associated offer.
bpharm
bsphar
bsphth
bumped
bumped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bump
bumpee
bumpee
noun
An airline passenger who is bumped to a later flight.
bumper
bumper
adj
(colloquial) Large; (as if) filled to the bumpers at the top of a silo.
noun
(Australia, slang) A cigarette butt.
(automotive) Parts at the front and back of a vehicle which are meant to absorb the impact of a collision; fender.
(billiards) A side wall of a pool table.
(broadcasting) A short ditty or jingle used to separate a show from the advertisements.
(colloquial, now chiefly attributive) Anything large or successful.
(cricket) A bouncer.
(music) An extra musician (not notated in the score) who assists the principal French horn by playing less-exposed passages, so that the principal can save their 'lip' for difficult solos. Also applied to other sections of the orchestra.
(obsolete) A drinking vessel filled to the brim.
(pinball) An object on a playfield that applies force to the pinball when hit, often giving a minor increase in score.
(slang, Caribbean, Jamaica) A woman's posterior, particularly one that is considered full and desirable.
(slang, dated) A covered house at a theatre, etc., in honour of some favourite performer.
A cylindrical object used (as a substitute for birds) to train dogs to retrieve.
Any mechanical device used to absorb an impact, soften a collision, or protect against impact.
Someone or something that bumps.
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To drink from the vessels called bumpers.
bumphs
bumpsy
bunyip
bunyip
noun
(Australia) A mythical Australian monster, said to inhabit swamps and lagoons.
(Australia, slang, obsolete) An imposter or con-man.
burlap
burlap
noun
(US) A very strong, coarse cloth, made from jute, flax, or hemp, and used to make sacks, etc.
verb
(transitive) To wrap or cover in burlap.
burnup
burnup
noun
(physics) A measure of the consumption of fuel in a nuclear reactor.
burped
burped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of burp
bypass
bypass
noun
(medicine) An alternative passage created to divert a bodily fluid around a damaged organ; the surgical procedure to construct such a bypass
A road that passes around something, such as a residential area or business district.
A section of pipe that conducts a fluid around some other fixture
An electrical shunt
Going past or around
verb
To avoid an obstacle etc, by constructing or using a bypass
To ignore the usual channels or procedures
bypast
bypath
bypath
noun
An unfrequented path; an indirect route; a byway.
byplay
byplay
noun
(theater) Any action, carried out onstage during a performance, apart from the main action.
Any action, by supporting actor.
ephebe
ephebe
noun
(by extension) A young man; a youth.
(historical) A 18- to 20-year-old man in ancient Greece undergoing military training.
ephebi
hubcap
hubcap
noun
A decorative and protective disk that covers the hub of a motor car wheel.
ibapah
mobcap
mobcap
noun
Alternative form of mob cap
obispo
pabble
pabble
verb
(rare, obsolete) To make the sound like liquid or porridge makes when bubbling under heat, on a stove.
pablum
pablum
noun
(dated) Nourishment.
(derogatory) Anything overly bland or simplistic, especially speech or writing.
Alternative letter-case form of Pablum
parber
paybox
pebble
pebble
noun
(curling) A small droplet of water intentionally sprayed on the ice that cause irregularities on the surface.
(geology) A particle from 4 to 64 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
A form of slow-burning gunpowder in large cubical grains.
A small stone, especially one rounded by the action of water.
Transparent and colourless rock crystal.
verb
(transitive) To give (leather) a rough appearance with small rounded prominences.
(transitive) To pave with pebbles.
(transitive, curling) To deposit water droplets on the ice.
(transitive, graph theory) To place a pebble at (a vertex of a graph) according to certain rules; see pebble game.
pebbly
pebbly
adj
Of or containing pebbles.
With a surface like that of pebbles.
pegbox
pegbox
noun
(music, lutherie) The part of a violin or similar stringed instrument that holds the tuning pegs.
pember
peroba
philbo
philby
phobia
phobia
noun
An irrational, abnormal, or obsessive fear (of something).
phobic
phobic
adj
Experiencing or expressing phobia (strong fear and/or dislike).
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of plumb
pobedy
pombal
posybl
potboy
potboy
noun
(Britain) A boy or man employed in a public house to collect empty pots or glasses.
A boy employed as waiter to serve (pots of) drinks, as in a tavern.
prabhu
prabhu
Proper noun
name commonly used in India.
prebid
prebid
adj
Before a takeover bid.
preble
preble
Proper noun
an unincorporated community in Adams County, Indiana, USA.
a town in Cortland County, New York, USA.
prefab
prefab
adj
prefabricated
noun
(Britain) A single-storey prefabricated home built in many British cities immediately after World War II, intended to have a short life, but in a few cases still in use.
(programming) A reusable object in a video game world.
A prefabricated building.
A prefabricated section of a building.
verb
To prefabricate.
priebe
probal
probal
adj
(obsolete) approved; probable
probed
probed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of probe
prober
prober
noun
Agent noun of probe; one who probes.
probes
probes
noun
plural of probe
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of probe
probit
probit
noun
(statistics) A unit, derived from a standard distribution, used in measuring the responses to doses
The probit function, the inverse of the cumulative distribution function.
pubble
pubble
adj
(Northern England or obsolete) puffed out; pudgy; fat
pubian
publea
publia
public
public
adj
(not comparable, object-oriented programming) Accessible to the program in general, not only to the class or any subclasses.
(of a company) Traded publicly via a stock market.
Able to be seen or known by everyone; open to general view, happening without concealment.
Officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the state on behalf of the community.
Open to all members of a community; especially, provided by national or local authorities and supported by money from taxes.
Pertaining to the people as a whole (as opposed to a private group); concerning the whole country, community etc.
noun
(archaic) A public house; an inn.
(public relations) A particular group or demographic to be targeted.
The people in general, regardless of membership of any particular group.
publus
puebla
pueblo
pueblo
noun
A community in Spain or Spanish America, especially one of Pueblo Indians living in a stone or adobe multi-storey building.
punjab
punjab
Proper noun
A geographical region in South Asia, divided (by the between India and Pakistan. Pakistani Punjab includes the (West) Punjab Province and parts of the Islamabad Capital Territory; Indian Punjab includes (East) Punjab State and some other territories.
pyrobi
rebops
sipibo
subpar
subpar
adj
(finance) Trading a price below face value.
(golf) below par
Of less than a traditional or accepted standard
superb
superb
adj
First-rate; of the highest quality; exceptionally good.
Grand; magnificent; august; stately.
upband
upbank
upbear
upbear
verb
(dated, transitive) To hold up; raise aloft; hold or sustain high
upbeat
upbeat
adj
Having a fast pace, tempo, or beat.
Having a positive, lively, or perky tone, attitude, etc.
noun
An unaccented beat at the start of a musical phrase.