(Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, historical) A board, tray, or table, divided into perforated compartments for holding bottles, cups, or the like; a kind of buffet, cupboard, or sideboard.
(architecture) The uppermost portion of the capital of a column immediately under the architrave, in some cases a flat oblong or square slab, in others more decorated.
(historical, obsolete) A table or tray scattered with sand which was used for calculating or drawing.
A device used for performing arithmetical calculations; (rare) a table on which loose counters are placed, or (more commonly) an instrument with beads sliding on rods, or counters in grooves, with one row of beads or counters representing units, the next tens, etc.
abattu
abatua
abboud
abduce
abduce
verb
(transitive) To draw a conclusion, especially in metanalysis; to deduce.
(transitive, obsolete) To draw; to conduct away; to take away; to withdraw; to draw to a different part; to move a limb out away from the center of the body; abduct.
abduct
abduct
verb
(transitive) To take away by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually with violence or deception; to kidnap.
(transitive, anatomy) To draw away, as a limb or other part, from the median axis of the body.
abjure
abjure
verb
(transitive) To abstain from; to avoid; to shun.
(transitive) To reject with solemnity; to abandon forever; to repudiate; to disclaim.
(transitive) To renounce upon oath; to forswear; to disavow.
(transitive, obsolete, historical) To cause one to renounce or recant.
ablaut
ablaut
noun
(phonology) The substitution of one root vowel for another, thus indicating a corresponding modification of use or meaning; vowel permutation, distinct from the phonetic influence of a succeeding vowel.
verb
(intransitive, linguistics, of a vowel-containing linguistic component) To undergo a change of vowel.
(transitive, linguistics) To cause to change a vowel.
ablude
ablude
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To be unlike; to differ.
ablush
ablush
adj
Blushing; ruddy.
ablute
ablute
verb
(intransitive, colloquial) To wash oneself.
(transitive, colloquial) To wash.
abound
abound
verb
(intransitive) To be copiously supplied
(intransitive) To be full to overflowing.
(intransitive) To be highly productive.
(intransitive) To be present or available in large numbers or quantities; to be plentiful.
(intransitive) To revel in.
(intransitive, obsolete) To be wealthy.
abouts
abouts
adv
(obsolete) About.
abraum
abraum
noun
A red ocher used to darken mahogany and for making chloride of potassium.
abrupt
abrupt
adj
(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.
absume
absume
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To consume gradually; to waste away.
absurd
absurd
adj
(obsolete) Inharmonious; dissonant.
Contrary to reason or propriety; obviously and flatly opposed to manifest truth; inconsistent with the plain dictates of common sense; logically contradictory; nonsensical; ridiculous; silly.
Dealing with absurdism.
Having no rational or orderly relationship to people's lives; meaningless; lacking order or value.
noun
(obsolete) An absurdity.
(philosophy, often preceded by the) The opposition between the human search for meaning in life and the inability to find any; the state or condition in which man exists in an irrational universe and his life has no meaning outside of his existence.
abucay
abucco
abucco
noun
(historical) A unit of mass used for gold and silver, used in Burma, approximately 196.44 grams or 6.316 troy ounces.
abukir
abulia
abulia
noun
(psychiatry) Absence of willpower or decisiveness, especially as a symptom of mental illness.
abulic
abulic
adj
(psychiatry) Relating to, characterized by, or affected with abulia.
noun
Person afflicted with abulia.
aburst
aburst
adj
In a bursting condition.
abused
abused
adj
(obsolete) Deluded, deceived.
Having been a victim of some form of abuse, most commonly child abuse or domestic violence.
Overused; used profligately or in excess.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abuse
abusee
abusee
noun
A person who is the victim of abuse (by an abuser).
abuser
abuser
noun
(obsolete) One who uses in an illegal or wrongful use.
One who abuses someone or something.
abuses
abuses
noun
plural of abuse
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abuse
accumb
accumb
verb
(obsolete) To recline, as at table.
adsbud
agabus
airbus
airbus
noun
A subsonic jet airliner, especially a wide-bodied one.
albuca
albugo
albugo
noun
(dated) A leucoma.
albums
albums
noun
plural of album
albuna
alburg
alburn
alburn
noun
The bleak, a small European fish with silvery scales.
albury
ambigu
ambigu
noun
(dated) An entertainment at which a medley of dishes is set on at the same time; a buffet.
ambury
ambury
noun
Alternative form of anbury
ambush
ambush
noun
An attack launched from a concealed position.
The act of concealing oneself and lying in wait to attack by surprise.
The concealed position or state from which a surprise attack is launched.
The troops posted in a concealed place, for attacking by surprise; those who lie in wait.
verb
(transitive) To attack by ambush; to waylay.
(transitive) To station in ambush with a view to surprise an enemy.
anbury
anbury
noun
(archaic) A wen or spongy wart on the legs or flanks of a horse.
A disease in turnips, produced by one of the slime-fungi, and usually the result of improper cultivation.
anubin
anubis
arbour
arbour
noun
UK standard spelling of arbor.
arbust
arbust
noun
(not attested in dictionaries) a bush, shrub
arbute
arbute
noun
(archaic, countable) The strawberry tree.
(archaic, uncountable) The wood of the strawberry tree.
asbury
aubade
aubade
noun
(music) A concert held at dawn or in the morning, especially outdoors.
(music, poetry) A poem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning.
(music, specifically) A morning love song, or a song of lovers parting in the morning.
aubain
aubert
aubine
aubree
aubrey
aubrey
Proper noun
An English patronymic surname.
name from the same source, or transferred from the surname.
name of American usage since the 1970s.
aubrie
auburn
auburn
adj
Of a reddish-brown colour.
noun
A dark reddish-brown colour, often used to describe hair colour.
aucuba
aucuba
noun
Any of several decorative evergreen shrubs of the genus Aucuba.
aumbry
ausubo
ausubo
noun
balata tree
babasu
babeuf
babuls
babuls
noun
plural of babul
babuma
baburd
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
bacula
bacula
noun
plural of baculum
bacule
bacule
noun
(palynology) A rod-like element on the surface of some pollen.
(rare, dated) Alternative form of bascule
baculi
bacury
badaud
badaud
noun
A person given to idle observation of everything, with wonder or astonishment; a credulous or gossipy idler.
bagful
bagful
noun
A large assortment.
An amount; the contents of one full bag.
bagnut
baguet
baguet
noun
(architecture, zoology) Alternative form of baguette
baguio
baguio
noun
(Philippines) A typhoon.
bahuma
bahuts
bahuts
noun
plural of bahut
bahutu
bajour
bajury
baktun
baktun
noun
Alternative spelling of b'ak'tun
bakuba
bakula
bakula
noun
(India) The tree Mimusops elengi.
bakutu
balawu
balbur
baldur
balius
ballou
ballup
baluba
baluba
noun
(Ireland) Unruly or wild person.
baluch
baluga
bambuk
bancus
bandhu
bandur
bangui
bangui
Proper noun
The capital of the Central African Republic.
bangup
banjul
banjul
Proper noun
The capital of the Gambia.
bannut
bannut
noun
(dialectal, England) The English walnut.
banque
banque
noun
Alternative form of bank (“underwriter or controller of a card game”)
banquo
bantus
banuyo
banuyo
noun
The tree Wallaceodendron celebicum.
barbur
barbut
barbut
noun
Alternative form of barbute (“helmet”)
barcus
barful
barful
adj
(archaic) Full of obstructions.
noun
Enough people to fill a bar.
barium
barium
noun
(medicine) barium sulfate suspension.
The chemical element (symbol Ba) with an atomic number of 56. It is a soft, reactive, silvery alkaline earth metal.
barnum
barque
barque
noun
(archaic) Any small sailing vessel.
A sailing vessel of three or more masts, with all masts but the sternmost square-rigged, the sternmost being fore-and-aft-rigged
barrus
baruch
bashuk
basque
basque
noun
A woman's close-fitting bodice, underbodice, or corset having such a feature.
The part of a waistcoat etc. extending below the waist.
bassus
basuto
basuto
Noun
A member of the Basotho people.
bateau
bateau
noun
A small, flat-bottomed type of boat.
batful
batful
adj
(dialectal or obsolete) Rich; fertile, as in reference to land or soil.
batruk
battue
battue
noun
(countable, hunting) A hunt performed in this manner.
(uncountable, hunting, often attributively) A form of hunting in which game is forced into the open by the beating of sticks on bushes, etc.
battus
batule
batule
noun
A springboard in a circus or gymnasium.
batumi
batumi
Proper noun
A seaside city on the Black Sea coast and capital of Adjara, an autonomous republic in southwest Georgia.
baubee
baubee
noun
Alternative form of bawbee
bauble
bauble
noun
(figurative, by extension) Anything trivial and worthless.
A cheap showy ornament piece of jewellery; a gewgaw.
A club or sceptre carried by a jester.
A small shiny spherical decoration, commonly put on Christmas trees.
bauchi
baucis
baudin
bauera
baulea
baulks
baulks
noun
plural of baulk
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of baulk
baulky
baulky
adj
Alternative spelling of balky
bausch
bauske
bauson
bautta
bavius
bayeau
bayous
bayous
noun
plural of bayou
beatus
beatus
noun
(religion) A person who has been beatified.
beaued
beaume
beaune
beauti
beauts
beauts
noun
plural of beaut
beauty
beauty
adj
(Canada) Of high quality, well done.
intj
(Canada) Cool!
(Canada) Thanks!
noun
(archaic, in the plural) Beautiful passages or extracts of poetry.
(obsolete) Prevailing style or taste; rage; fashion.
(physics, obsolete) A beauty quark (now called bottom quark).
(with the definite article) The excellence or genius of a scheme or decision.
An excellent or egregious example of something.
Beauty treatment; cosmetology.
Someone who is beautiful.
Something that is particularly good or pleasing.
The quality of being (especially visually) attractive, pleasing, fine or good-looking; comeliness.
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To make beautiful.
bebump
bebump
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To bump thoroughly; belabour.
bebung
bebung
noun
(music) A tremolo effect, such as that produced on the piano by vibratory repetition of a note with sustained use of the pedal.
bebusy
bebusy
verb
(intransitive or reflexive, rare) To make or be busy; occupy.
becuna
becuna
noun
Sphyraena sphyraena, a Mediterranean fish.
becurl
becurl
verb
(transitive) To cover or deck out with curls.
(transitive, archaic) To curl; make curly.
bedaub
bedaub
verb
(transitive) To ornament garishly; to overdecorate.
(transitive) To smear upon; to soil.
bedbug
bedbug
noun
A small nocturnal insect (Cimex lectularius), of the family Cimicidae, that feeds on the blood of humans and other warm-blooded hosts.