(transitive) To duck or immerse thoroughly; submerge.
beduin
beduke
beduke
verb
(reflexive) To behave or dress as a duke.
(transitive) To make a duke.
bedull
bedumb
bedumb
verb
(transitive) To make or render dumb, or mute.
bedung
bedung
verb
(transitive) To cover with dung or manure.
(transitive, sometimes figuratively) To bedaub or defile.
bedusk
bedust
bedust
verb
(archaic) To cover with dust.
beflum
befoul
befoul
verb
(figuratively) To stain or mar (for example with infamy or disgrace).
(specifically) To defecate on, to soil with excrement.
To entangle or run against so as to impede motion.
To make foul; to soil; to contaminate, pollute.
befume
begaud
begaud
verb
(transitive, rare) To make gaudy.
begluc
beglue
beglue
verb
(transitive, rare) To smear with glue; (by extension) to stick,
begoud
beguin
begulf
begums
begums
noun
plural of begum
begunk
begunk
noun
(dialectal, chiefly Scotland) An illusion; trick; cheat.
verb
(transitive, dialectal, chiefly Scotland) To befool; deceive; balk; jilt.
behlau
behung
behung
adj
Draped; ornamented with something hanging.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of behang
beilul
beirut
beirut
Proper noun
The capital city of Lebanon.
The drinking game of beer pong.
bejuco
bejuco
noun
Any climbing woody vine of the tropics with the habit of a liana; in the Philippines, especially any of various species of Calamus, the cane or rattan palm.
belaud
belaud
verb
(transitive, rare) To load with praise; praise greatly; extol.
bellum
belout
belout
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To address or speak of with contemptuous language.
(transitive, obsolete) To call (someone) a lout.
beluga
beluga
noun
A cetacean, Delphinapterus leucas, found in the Arctic Ocean.
A fish found in the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea (Huso huso), that is a source of caviar.
belute
belute
verb
(transitive) To bespatter, as with mud.
belvue
bemaul
bemaul
verb
(transitive) To maul thoroughly or completely.
bemuck
bemuse
bemuse
verb
(archaic, humorous) To devote to the Muses.
(obsolete, slang, transitive) To make drunk; to intoxicate.
(transitive) To confuse or bewilder.
(transitive, sometimes proscribed) To be amused, especially sardonically.
bemusk
benhur
benumb
benumb
verb
(transitive) To make numb, as by cold or anesthetic.
(transitive, figurative) To deaden, dull (the mind, faculties, etc.).
bepuff
bepuff
verb
(archaic) To puff out.
(archaic, transitive) To puff; praise fulsomely; bepraise.
bergut
beroun
berust
beslur
besmut
besmut
verb
(transitive) To blacken with smut; foul with soot.
besoul
besoul
verb
(transitive) To imbue or endow with a soul.
besour
besour
Verb
To make sour.
bestud
bestud
verb
(transitive) To set with or as with studs; adorn with bosses.
besugo
besuit
besuit
verb
(transitive) To be fitting or appropriate; befit; suit
betula
beulah
beurre
bfamus
bhikku
bhudan
bhumij
bhungi
bhutan
bhutia
bhutto
bibeau
bibiru
bibiru
noun
A tropical South American tree, Chlorocardium rodiei, the greenheart.
biblus
bignou
bijous
bijoux
bijoux
noun
plural of bijou
binful
binful
noun
Enough to fill a bin.
biniou
biniou
noun
(music) A set of traditional Breton bagpipes.
binous
binous
adj
binate
bippus
birgus
birrus
birrus
noun
A coarse kind of thick woollen cloth, worn by the poor in the Middle Ages.
A woollen cap or hood worn over the shoulders or head.
bisque
bisque
adj
Of a pale pinkish brown colour.
noun
(British parliament) Permission for an MP to be absent from a vote, granted by the whips when the absence is not likely to affect the outcome.
(ceramics) A form of unglazed earthenware; biscuit.
(chiefly BBC, historical) A day's leave an employee may take without warning or reason and not be counted as annual leave.
(sports) An extra turn, free point or some other advantage allowed.
A free point in a handicap real tennis match.
A free turn in a handicap croquet match.
A pale pinkish brown colour.
A thick creamy soup made from fish, shellfish, meat or vegetables.
verb
(transitive) To prepare ceramics in the bisque style.
bissau
bissau
Proper noun
The capital of Guinea-Bissau.
bisulc
bitume
bitume
noun
(poetic, obsolete) bitumen
biurea
biuret
biuret
noun
(organic chemistry) The compound formed by condensation of two molecules of urea with the loss of a molecule of ammonia, (NH₂-CO)₂NH or any of its derivatives.
Chemical compound with the chemical formula C₂H₅N₃O₂ that is also known as carbamylurea and is an impurity in urea-based fertilizers.
bivium
bivium
noun
(zoology) One side of an echinoderm, including a pair of ambulacra, in distinction from the opposite side (trivium), which includes three ambulacra.
blaeuw
blague
blague
noun
mendacious boasting; falsehood; humbug
bliaut
bliaut
noun
(historical) A unisex overgarment worn in 12th-century Western Europe, featuring voluminous skirts and horizontal puckering or sometimes pleating across a snugly fitted underbust abdomen.
blitum
blount
blount
Proper noun
A town in
blouse
blouse
noun
(India) A short garment worn under a sari.
(fashion) A shirt for women or girls, particularly a shirt with buttons and often a collar; a dress shirt tailored for women.
(fashion, obsolete) A shirt, typically loose and reaching from the neck to the waist.
(military fashion) A loose-fitting uniform jacket.
Alternative form of blouze
Alternative form of blowess
Alternative form of blowze
verb
(military) To tuck one's pants/trousers (into one's boots).
To hang a garment in loose folds.
blousy
blousy
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a blouse; loose, flowing.
blowup
blowup
noun
(photography) An enlargement
An explosion, or violent outburst
bludge
bludge
noun
(Australia, New Zealand, slang) Easy work.
(Australia, New Zealand, slang) The act of bludging.
verb
(Australia, New Zealand, slang) To avoid one's responsibilities; to leave it to others to perform duties that one is expected to perform.
(Australia, New Zealand, slang) To do nothing, to be idle, especially when there is work to be done.
(Australia, New Zealand, slang) To not earn one's keep, to live off someone else or off welfare when one could be working.
(Australia, New Zealand, slang) To take some benefit and give nothing in return.
(Australia, obsolete, slang) To live off the earnings of a prostitute.
bluely
bluely
adv
In a blue manner; bluishly.
noun
(UK dialectal, Sussex, obsolete) Porpoise.
bluest
bluest
adj
superlative form of blue: most blue
bluesy
bluesy
adj
(music, informal) Characteristic of, or similar to, the blues (a genre of music).
blueth
blueth
noun
(rare) The state of being blue; blueness.
bluets
bluets
noun
plural of bluet
blueys
blueys
noun
plural of bluey
bluffs
bluffs
noun
plural of bluff
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bluff
Any of several processes to protect steel against rust.
verb
present participle of blue
bluish
bluish
adj
(figuratively) Somewhat depressed; sad.
Having a tint or hue similar to the colour blue.
bluism
bluism
noun
Alternative form of blueism
blumea
blumed
blumes
blunge
blunge
verb
(pottery) To mix clay and water.
blunks
blunks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blunk
blunts
blunts
noun
plural of blunt
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blunt
blurbs
blurbs
noun
plural of blurb
blurry
blurry
adj
(figuratively) Not clear; lacking well-defined boundaries.
(of an image) Not clear, crisp, or focused; having fuzzy edges.
blurts
blurts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blurt
blusht
blusht
verb
(obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of blush
blushy
blushy
adj
(of a person) Embarrassed, blushing; feeling as though one might blush.
Suffused with blushes or blushlike hues.
bochum
bochum
Proper noun
a city in western Germany
bochur
boelus
bogued
bogued
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bogue
bogusz
bohunk
bohunk
noun
(Canada, US, derogatory) A brawny or coarse person.
(Canada, US, ethnic slur) An immigrant from Central Europe, Eastern Europe, or the Balkans, especially one who is regarded as vain, aggressively masculine, and socially unsophisticated.
bombus
bonduc
bonduc
noun
nicker tree
boogum
boojum
boojum
noun
(countable) A species of tree (Fouquieria columnaris) native to Baja California, Mexico.
(physics) A geometric pattern sometimes observed on the surface of superfluid helium-3.
bordun
boreum
boreus
boruca
bosque
bosque
noun
(Southwestern US) A gallery forest found growing along a river bank or on the flood plain of a watercourse.
Rare spelling of bosk.
bosuns
bosuns
noun
plural of bosun
bouake
boubas
boubou
boubou
noun
A flowing wide-sleeved robe worn by men in much of West Africa, and to a lesser extent in North Africa.
Any of certain species of birds in the bushshrike genus Laniarius.
boucan
boucan
noun
A wooden grill or structure for cooking meat and fish on, of a style used by the Tupi or others in the Caribbean.
bouche
bouche
noun
(obsolete) An allowance of food and drink for the tables of inferior officers or servants in a nobleman's palace or at court.
Alternative form of bush (a lining)
verb
Alternative form of bush (to line)
boucle
boucle
noun
Alternative spelling of bouclé
boudin
boudin
noun
A kind of blood sausage in French, Belgian, Luxembourgish and related cuisines.
A sausage in southern Louisiana Creole and Cajun cuisine, made from rice, ground pork (occasionally crawfish), and spices in a sausage casing.
A structure formed by boudinage: one or a series of elongated, sausage-shaped section(s) in rock.
bouffe
bouffe
noun
(music) A comic opera
verb
(transitive) To make bouffant.
bougar
bougar
noun
(chiefly in the plural) A rafter or cross spar of a roof especially of a cottage.
bougee
bouget
bouget
noun
(heraldry) A charge resembling the water bags that were used to supply the army in battle.
Obsolete form of budget.
boughs
boughs
noun
plural of bough
bought
bought
noun
(obsolete) A bend or hollow in a human or animal body.
(obsolete) A bend; flexure; curve; a hollow angle.
(obsolete) A curve or bend in a river, mountain chain, or other geographical feature.
(obsolete) A fold, bend, or coil in a tail, snake's body etc.
(obsolete) The part of a sling that contains the stone.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of buy.
boughy
boughy
adj
Full of boughs.
bougie
bougie
adj
(Britain, Canada, slang) Fancy or good-looking, without the same connotations of snobbery or pretentiousness as in sense 1.
(chiefly African-American Vernacular, slang, usually derogatory) Behaving like or pertaining to people of a higher social status, middle-class / bourgeois people (sometimes carrying connotations of fakeness, elitism, or snobbery).
noun
(chiefly African-American Vernacular, slang, usually derogatory) A person who exhibits bougie behavior.
(medicine) A tapered cylindrical instrument for introducing an object into a tubular anatomical structure, or to dilate such a structure, as with an esophageal bougie.
A wax candle.
boukit
boules
boules
noun
bowls; a game played with metal balls.
plural of boule
bouley
boulez
boulle
bounce
bounce
noun
(Internet) An email that returns to the sender because of a delivery failure.
(archaic) A drink based on brandyᵂ.
(archaic) A heavy, sudden, and often noisy, blow or thump.
(archaic) Bluster; brag; untruthful boasting; audacious exaggeration; an impudent lie; a bouncer.
(slang, African-American Vernacular, uncountable) A good beat in music.
(slang, African-American Vernacular, uncountable) A talent for leaping.
(uncountable) A genre of hip-hop music of New Orleans, characterized by often lewd call-and-response chants.
A bang, boom.
A change of direction of motion after hitting the ground or an obstacle.
A movement up and then down (or vice versa), once or repeatedly.
Scyliorhinus canicula, a European dogfish.
The sack, dismissal.
verb
(US, slang, dated) To eject violently, as from a room; to discharge unceremoniously, as from employment.
(archaic) To strike or thump, so as to rebound, or to make a sudden noise; to knock loudly.
(intransitive) To change the direction of motion after hitting an obstacle.
(intransitive) To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound.
(intransitive) To move quickly up and then down, or vice versa, once or repeatedly.
(intransitive, aviation) To land hard and lift off again due to excess momentum.
(intransitive, electronics) To turn power off and back on; to reset.
(intransitive, informal, of a cheque/check) To be refused by a bank because it is drawn on insufficient funds.
(intransitive, skydiving) To land hard at unsurvivable velocity with fatal results.
(intransitive, slang, African-American Vernacular) (sometimes employing the preposition with) To have sexual intercourse.
(slang, archaic) To boast; to bluster.
(slang, archaic) To bully; to scold.
(transitive) To cause to move quickly up and down, or back and forth, once or repeatedly.
(transitive, air combat) To attack unexpectedly.
(transitive, colloquial) To suggest or introduce (an idea, etc.) to (off or by) somebody, in order to gain feedback.
(transitive, informal) To fail to cover (have sufficient funds for) (a draft presented against one's account).
(transitive, intransitive, Internet, of an e-mail message) To return undelivered.
(transitive, sound recording) To mix (two or more tracks of a multi-track audio tape recording) and record the result onto a single track, in order to free up tracks for further material to be added.
To move rapidly (between).
bouncy
bouncy
adj
Easily bounced.
Lively, exuberant, energetic.
bounds
bounds
noun
plural of bound.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bound
bounty
bounty
noun
(countable) A reward for some specific act, especially one given by an authority or a government.
(countable) Something given liberally; a gift.
(countable, figuratively) An abundance or wealth.
(military, historical) Money paid to a person when becoming a member of the armed forces, or as a reward for some service therein.
(specifically) A monetary reward for capturing (or, in the past, killing) a person accused or convicted of a crime and who is at large; also, a similar reward for capturing or killing an animal which is dangerous or causing a nuisance.
(uncountable) Generosity; also (countable) an act of generosity.
verb
(transitive) To offer a monetary reward for the capturing or killing of.
bourgs
bourgs
noun
plural of bourg
bourke
bourne
bourne
noun
(archaic) A goal or destination.
(countable) A stream or brook in which water flows only seasonally; a small stream or brook.
(countable, archaic) A boundary; a limit.
bourns
bourns
noun
plural of bourn
bourre
bourse
bourse
noun
(botany) The swollen basal part of an inflorescence axis at the onset of fruit development; it bears leaves whose axillary buds differentiate and may grow out as shoots.
(figuratively) Any place, real or imagined, where the value of a thing is settled.
(philately) A meeting of stamp collectors and/or dealers, where stamps and covers are sold or exchanged.