(archaic) In circuit; circularly; by a circuitous way; around the outside; in circumference.
(nautical) To the opposite tack: see go about.
(obsolete or rare) In succession; one after another; in the course of events.
From one place or position to another in succession; indicating repeated movement or activity.
Here and there; around; in one place and another; up and down.
Indicating unproductive or unstructured activity.
Near; in the vicinity.
Nearly; approximately; with close correspondence in quality, manner, degree, quantity, or time; almost.
On all sides; around.
To a reversed order; half round; facing in the opposite direction; from a contrary point of view.
prep
(Chester) Have you much hay about? = Have you much in the process of making?
(figurative) In or near, as in mental faculties or (literally) in the possession of; under the control of; at one's command; in one's makeup.
(with 'to' and verb infinitive) See about to.
(with present participle, obsolete or dialect) On the point or verge of.
Concerned with; engaged in; intent on.
Concerning; with regard to; on account of; on the subject of; to affect.
In a circle around; all round; on every side of; on the outside of.
On one's person; nearby the person.
Over or upon different parts of; through or over in various directions; here and there in; to and fro in; throughout.
Within or in the immediate neighborhood of; in contiguity or proximity to; near, as to place.
abrus
abuna
abuna
noun
(Christianity) The Patriarch, or head of the Abyssinian Church.
abune
abune
noun
(Northern England, Scotland) Alternative form of aboon
abura
abura
noun
A large-sized tropical African tree, Mitragyna ledermannii (syn. Mitragyna ciliata)
A medium-sized tropical African tree, Mitragyna stipulosa (syn. M. macrophylla, nom. illeg.), from the family Rubiaceae.
The soft pale wood from the abura tree.
abury
abuse
abuse
noun
(now rare) Catachresis.
(obsolete) A delusion; an imposture; misrepresentation; deception.
Coarse, insulting speech; abusive language; language that unjustly or angrily vilifies.
Improper treatment or usage; application to a wrong or bad purpose; an unjust, corrupt or wrongful practice or custom.
Misuse; improper use; perversion.
Physical maltreatment; injury; cruel treatment.
Violation; defilement; rape; forcing of undesired sexual activity by one person on another, often on a repeated basis.
verb
(transitive) To attack with coarse language; to insult; to revile; malign; to speak in an offensive manner to or about someone; to disparage.
(transitive) To imbibe a drug for a purpose other than it was intended; to intentionally take more of a drug than was prescribed for recreational reasons; to take illegal drugs habitually.
(transitive) To injure; to maltreat; to hurt; to treat with cruelty, especially repeatedly.
(transitive) To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to use improperly; to misuse; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert
(transitive, archaic) To violate; defile; to rape; (reflexive) to masturbate.
(transitive, obsolete) Misrepresent; adulterate.
(transitive, obsolete) To deceive; to trick; to impose on; misuse the confidence of.
(transitive, obsolete, Scotland) Disuse.
abush
abuta
abuts
abuts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abut
abuzz
abuzz
adj
(postpositive) Characterized by a high level of activity or gossip; in a buzz (“feeling or rush of energy or excitement”), buzzing.
album
album
noun
(historical) In Ancient Rome, a white tablet or register on which the praetor's edicts and other public notices were recorded.
A book specially designed to keep photographs, stamps, or autographs.
A collection, especially of literary items
A group of audio recordings, on any medium, intended for distribution as a group.
A jacket or cover for such a phonograph record.
A phonograph record that is composed of several tracks
albur
albus
ambur
aruba
aruba
Proper noun
An autonomous territory in the Caribbean, a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
auber
aubin
aubry
aubyn
babua
babul
babul
noun
A tree native to South Asia, Vachellia nilotica subsp. indica, formerly Acacia nilotica subsp. indica.
babur
babus
babus
noun
plural of babu
bacau
badju
badju
noun
Dated form of baju.
bahur
bahut
bahut
noun
(obsolete) A portable coffer or chest with a rounded lid covered in leather, garnished with nails, once used for the transport of clothes or other personal luggage. It was the original portmanteau.
(obsolete, architecture) A dwarf-wall of plain masonry, carrying the roof of a cathedral or church and masked or hidden behind the balustrade.
bajau
balau
balun
balun
noun
An electronic device for connecting a balanced transmission line to an unbalanced one.
balut
balut
noun
A dice game similar to Yahtzee
Asian street food consisting of a developing duck embryo boiled alive and eaten in the shell
bantu
banus
barbu
battu
battu
adj
(ballet, of a movement) Performed with a striking together of the legs.
batum
baubo
bauch
bauds
bauds
noun
plural of baud
bauer
bauge
baugh
baugh
intj
Archaic form of bah.
bauld
baulk
baulk
noun
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of balk
baume
bauno
bauno
noun
Mangifera caesia; a wild mango found in the Philippines.
baure
bauru
bauta
bayou
bayou
noun
A slow-moving, often stagnant creek or river.
A swamp; a marshy (stagnant) body of water.
beaus
beaut
beaut
adj
(dialectal, especially Australia) Beautiful, splendid.
noun
(informal) Something or someone that is physically attractive.
(informal) Something that is a remarkable example of its type.
a high-ranking Muslim woman, especially in South Asia
the form of address for such a woman
verb
(transitive) To daub or cover with gum.
begun
begun
verb
(obsolete or nonstandard) simple past tense of begin
past participle of begin
begut
bejou
beltu
belue
belus
bemud
bemud
verb
(transitive) To cover, bespatter, or befoul with mud.
(transitive, figuratively) To confuse; muddle.
bennu
benue
benue
Proper noun
A river in Cameroon and Nigeria, the major tributary of the Niger River.
bepun
berun
bevue
bevus
bhalu
bhuts
bhuts
noun
plural of bhut
bijou
bijou
adj
(Polari) small, little (often implying affection)
(of a residence) small and elegant
intricate; finely made
noun
A jewel.
A piece of jewelry; a trinket.
A small intricate piece of metalwork.
biune
biune
adj
Both two and one at the same time.
blaeu
blout
blued
blued
adj
Having the property of having been chemically passivated.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blue
bluer
bluer
adj
comparative form of blue: more blue
noun
(UK, school slang) A blue blazer, part of the school uniform at Harrow School.
(rare) Synonym of blue (“blue liquid added to laundry to prevent yellowing”)
blues
blues
noun
(Australian rules football) Carlton Football Club.
(drug slang) Any of various blue pills sold on the street, mimicking the appearance of prescription pain killer tablets but often laced with fentanyl that leads to overdose deaths (see opioid epidemic).
(music) A musical form, African-American in origin, generally featuring an eight-bar or twelve-bar blues structure and using the blues scale.
(music, always singular) A musical composition following blues forms.
(rugby league) New South Wales.
(singular or plural, informal) One's particular life experience, particularly including the hardships one has faced.
(singular or plural, informal) The negative emotional state produced by a particular action, occupation, experience or idea.
(soccer, Birmingham) Birmingham City FC.
(soccer, Liverpudlian) Everton FC.
(soccer, London) Chelsea FC.
(soccer, Manchester) Manchester City FC.
(usually in the plural, informal) A feeling of sadness or depression.
A uniform made principally of a blue fabric, and especially a full dress uniform thus colored.
plural of blue
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blue
bluet
bluet
noun
Any of several different plants, from several genera, having bluish flowers.
Any of several small damselfly species, including the genera Coenagrion and Enallagma.
Centaurea, a plant genus in the family Asteraceae
Several plant genera in the family Rubiaceae, notably Houstonia and Oldenlandiopsis.
bluey
bluey
adj
Having a colour similar to blue.
noun
(Australia) A bluebottle.
(Australia, medicine) A disposable underpad.
(Australian slang) A blue cattle dog, especially a blue heeler.
(Australian slang) A blue singlet, especially one from the Bonds clothing label.
(Australian slang) A bushman's blanket.
(Australian slang) A collection of clothes and other belongings rolled up into a bundle for carrying; a swag.
(Australian slang) A person with red hair.
(informal) A blue film.
(slang) The metal lead.
bluff
bluff
adj
Having a broad, flattened front.
Rising steeply with a flat or rounded front.
Roughly frank and hearty in one's manners.
Surly; churlish; gruff; rough.
noun
(Canadian Prairies) A small wood or stand of trees, typically poplar or willow.
(US, dated) The card game poker.
(poker) An attempt to represent oneself as holding a stronger hand than one actually does.
(slang, dated) An excuse.
A high, steep bank, for example by a river or the sea, or beside a ravine or plain; a cliff with a broad face.
An act of bluffing; a false expression of the strength of one's position in order to intimidate; braggadocio.
One who bluffs; a bluffer.
verb
(Manglish, Singlish) To give false information intentionally; to lie; to deceive
(by analogy) To frighten or deter with a false show of strength or confidence; to give a false impression of strength or temerity in order to intimidate and gain some advantage.
(poker) To make a bluff; to give the impression that one's hand is stronger than it is.
To fluff, puff or swell up.
To take advantage by bluffing.
bluhm
bluma
blume
blunk
blunk
verb
(dialect, colloquial, informal) simple past tense of blink
(intransitive) To blench, blink; turn aside.
(transitive, Scotland) To spoil, mismanage.
blunt
blunt
adj
Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech.
Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; opposed to acute.
Hard to impress or penetrate.
Having a thick edge or point; not sharp.
Slow or deficient in feeling: insensitive.
noun
(UK, slang, archaic, uncountable) money
(smoking, slang, US) A marijuana cigar.
A fencer's practice foil with a soft tip.
A playboating move resembling a cartwheel performed on a wave.
A short needle with a strong point.
verb
(figuratively) To repress or weaken; to impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility, of
To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt.
blurb
blurb
noun
A short description of a book, film, or other work, written and used for promotional purposes.
verb
(transitive) To supply with a blurb.
(transitive) To write or quote in a blurb.
blurs
blurs
noun
plural of blur
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blur
blurt
blurt
noun
An abrupt outburst.
verb
To utter suddenly and unadvisedly; to speak quickly or without thought; to divulge inconsiderately — commonly with out.
blush
blush
noun
(chiefly US) A pale pink wine made by removing the dark grape skins at the required point during fermentation.
(figuratively) Feeling or appearance of optimism.
(uncountable, countable) A sort of makeup, frequently a powder, used to redden the cheeks.
A color between pink and cream.
A glow; a flush of colour, especially pink or red.
An act of blushing; a red glow on the face caused by shame, modesty, etc.
The collective noun for a group of boys.
verb
(aviation, intransitive) Of dope or varnish: to develop an undesirable white precipitate on the surface, due to being applied in humid conditions.
(copulative) To change skin color in the face (to a particular shade).
(intransitive) To become red in the face (and sometimes experience an associated feeling of warmth), especially due to shyness, shame, excitement, or embarrassment.
(intransitive) To become red.
(intransitive) To have a warm and delicate colour, like some roses and other flowers.
(intransitive, figuratively) To be ashamed or embarrassed (to do something).
(intransitive, obsolete) To glance with the eye, cast a glance.
(transitive) To express or make known by blushing.
(transitive) To suffuse with a blush; to redden; to make rosy.
bogue
bogue
noun
A bayou or waterway.
A species of seabream native to the eastern Atlantic, Boops boops.
verb
(nautical) To fall off from the wind; to edge away to leeward.
bogum
bogus
bogus
adj
(computing, slang) Incorrect, useless, or broken.
(philately) Of a totally fictitious issue printed for collectors, often issued on behalf of a non-existent territory or country (not to be confused with forgery, which is an illegitimate copy of a genuine stamp).
Based on false or misleading information or unjustified assumptions.
Counterfeit or fake; not genuine.
Undesirable or harmful.
noun
(US, dialect) A liquor made of rum and molasses.
bohun
boldu
boldu
noun
Alternative form of boldo
bolus
bolus
noun
A round mass of something, especially of chewed food in the mouth or alimentary canal.
A single, large dose of a drug, especially one in that form.
verb
(intransitive) To take a bolus (dose) of insulin at a mealtime in order to control one's blood glucose level in diabetes.
(transitive) To administer (a drug) in bolus dosing, that is, dosing in (one or more) boluses.
bonum
bonus
bonus
noun
(basketball) One or more free throws awarded to a team when the opposing team has accumulated enough fouls.
(video games) An addition to the player's score based on performance, e.g. for time remaining.
An extra sum given as a premium, e.g. to an employee or to a shareholder.
Something extra that is good; an added benefit.
verb
(transitive) To pay a bonus, premium
bornu
bornu
Proper noun
An independent kingdom, descended from the that covered much of modern Chad and parts of Libya, Niger, Nigeria and Cameroon.
borup
bosun
bosun
noun
Alternative form of boatswain (“warrant or petty officer on board a naval ship”)
bottu
bouak
bouar
bouch
boucl
bouet
bouge
bouge
noun
(now historical) The right to rations at court, granted to the king's household, attendants etc.
verb
To bilge.
To swell out.
bough
bough
noun
(obsolete, figuratively, poetic) A gallows.
A tree-branch, usually a primary one directly attached to the trunk.
boule
boule
noun
(historical) A council of citizens in Ancient Greece
(woodworking) A through-sawn log with the slices restacked in the order and orientation they originally had in the log, usually with waney edges.
(woodworking) Alternative form of buhl
A round loaf of bread.
A round piece of dough.
A single-crystal ingot produced by synthetic means.
One of the bowls used in the French game of boules.
verb
(transitive, cooking, rare, nonstandard) To shape (a piece of dough) into a ball.
boult
boult
noun
Obsolete form of bolt.
verb
Alternative form of bolt (“to sift”)
bound
bound
adj
(dated) Constipated; costive.
(linguistics, of a morpheme) That cannot stand alone as a free word.
(mathematics, logic, of a variable) Constrained by a quantifier.
(obsolete) Ready, prepared.
(with infinitive) Obliged (to).
(with infinitive) Very likely (to), certain to
Confined or restricted to a certain place; e.g. railbound.
Ready to start or go (to); moving in the direction (of).
Unable to move in certain conditions; e.g. snowbound.
noun
(dated) A bounce; a rebound.
(mathematics) A value which is known to be greater or smaller than a given set of values.
(often used in plural) A boundary, the border which one must cross in order to enter or leave a territory.
A sizeable jump, great leap.
A spring from one foot to the other in dancing.
verb
(intransitive) To leap, move by jumping.
(intransitive, dated) To rebound; to bounce.
(transitive, dated) To cause to rebound; to throw so that it will rebound; to bounce.
(transitive, mathematics) To be the bound of.
I bound the splint to my leg.
The rabbit bounded down the lane.
To surround a territory or other geographical entity; to form the boundary of.
simple past tense and past participle of bind
bourd
bourd
noun
(obsolete) A joke; jesting, banter.
verb
(obsolete) To jest.
bourg
bourg
noun
Obsolete form of borough.
Obsolete form of burgh.
bourn
bourn
noun
Alternative form of bourne (“destination; limit”)
Alternative form of bourne (“small stream or brook”)
bourr
bouse
bouse
noun
(obsolete) a carouse; a booze
(obsolete) drink, especially alcoholic drink
verb
(obsolete) To drink immoderately; to carouse; to booze.
bousy
bousy
adj
Obsolete form of boozy.
bouto
bouts
bouts
noun
plural of bout
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bout
boyau
boyau
noun
(military) A small trench or ditch, typically built in a zigzag pattern, serving to connect or provide communication between two trenches, particularly the rear and front lines.
A line, drawn winding about, in order to enclose several tracts of land, or to attack some works.
braun
broun
brout
brubu
bruce
bruce
noun
(Australian slang) A man.
bruch
bruet
brugh
bruhn
bruin
bruin
noun
A folk name for a bear, especially the brown bear, Ursus arctos.
bruis
bruit
bruit
noun
(countable, obsolete) A clamour, an outcry; a noise.
(medicine) An abnormal sound in the body heard on auscultation (for example, through using a stethoscope); a murmur.
(uncountable, archaic) Hearsay, rumour; talk; (countable) an instance of this.
verb
(transitive, archaic in Britain, current in the US) To disseminate, promulgate, or spread news, a rumour, etc.
bruja
brujo
bruke
brule
brume
brume
noun
(literary) Mist, fog, vapour.
brune
bruni
brunk
brunn
bruno
bruns
brunt
brunt
noun
(obsolete) A spurt, a sudden effort or straining.
(obsolete) A violent attack or charge in battle.
(obsolete, by extension) A sudden harmful onset or attack (of disease, unbelief, persecution, etc.).
The force or shock of an attack in war.
The full adverse effects; the chief consequences or negative results of a thing or event.
The major part of something; the bulk.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To make a violent attack or charge.
(transitive, rare) To bear the brunt of; to weather or withstand.
brusa
brush
brush
noun
(North Wisconsin, uncountable) Evergreen boughs, especially balsam, locally cut and baled for export, usually for use in making wreaths.
(archaic) A short contest, or trial, of speed.
(computer graphics) A set of defined design and parameters that produce drawn strokes of a certain texture and quality.
(computer graphics) An on-screen tool for "painting" a particular colour or texture.
(music) An instrument, resembling a brush, used to produce a soft sound from drums or cymbals.
(poker, slang) The floorperson of a poker room, usually in a casino.
(uncountable) Wild vegetation, generally larger than grass but smaller than trees. See shrubland.
(video games) In 3D video games, a convex polyhedron, especially one that defines structure of the play area.
(zoology) A tuft of hair on the mandibles.
A brush-like electrical discharge of sparks.
A piece of conductive material, usually carbon, serving to maintain electrical contact between the stationary and rotating parts of a machine.
A short and sometimes occasional encounter or experience.
An implement consisting of multiple more or less flexible bristles or other filaments attached to a handle, used for any of various purposes including cleaning, painting, and arranging hair.
The act of brushing something.
The furry tail of an animal, especially of a fox.
verb
(intransitive) To clean one's teeth by brushing them.
(transitive) To apply with a brush.
(transitive) To clean with a brush.
(transitive) To remove with a sweeping motion.
(transitive) To untangle or arrange with a brush.
(transitive, intransitive) To touch with a sweeping motion, or lightly in passing.
brusk
brusk
adj
(Britain, obsolete or US) Alternative spelling of brusque