(obsolete, masonry) The joint or interstice between stones, to be filled with mortar.
A cold water drinking fountain (for people) typically found in a public location; more generally, any fountain or water source (including for animals like birds, horses etc).
abrotanum
abrotanum
noun
A bushy wormwood from Europe, sometimes used in the brewing of beer., southernwood, Artemisia abrotanum.
abruptest
abruptest
adj
superlative form of abrupt: most abrupt
abruption
abruption
noun
(archaic) A sudden termination or interruption.
A sudden breaking off; a violent separation of bodies.
absoluter
absoluter
adj
(rare) comparative form of absolute: more absolute
abstruser
abstruser
adj
(rare) comparative form of abstruse: more abstruse
absurdest
absurdest
adj
superlative form of absurd: most absurd
absurdism
absurdism
noun
(countable) Absurdity, something that is absurd
(uncountable, philosophy) A philosophy which holds that the universe is chaotic and irrational and that any attempt to impose order will ultimately fail.
absurdist
absurdist
adj
Of, or relating to absurdism.
noun
An advocate of absurdism, in particular a writer of absurd topics.
absurdity
absurdity
noun
(countable) That which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction.
(obsolete, rare) Dissonance.
(uncountable) The quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment.
aburabozu
aburagiri
aburagiri
noun
A large Asian tree, Aleurites moluccana, that produces candlenuts.
accruable
accruable
adj
Able to be accrued.
adamsburg
adumbrant
adumbrant
adj
Giving a faint shadow, or slight resemblance; shadowing forth.
adumbrate
adumbrate
verb
To foreshadow vaguely.
To give a vague outline.
To obscure or overshadow.
aerobious
aerobious
adj
(obsolete) aerobic
affabrous
affabrous
adj
(rare, poetic) Executed in a workmanlike manner; ingeniously made.
airbursts
airbursts
noun
plural of airburst
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of airburst
airbusses
albinuria
albinuria
noun
Synonym of albiduria
alburnett
alburnous
alburnous
adj
Of or pertaining to alburnum.
alburnums
alburnums
noun
plural of alburnum
altenburg
alumbrado
amalburga
ambrosius
ambulacra
ambulator
ambulator
noun
A walker; one who walks.
amburbial
amburbial
adj
Relating to the amburbium.
ambushers
ambushers
noun
plural of ambusher
angurboda
antiurban
antiurban
adj
(sociology) Showing a negative view of cities or city life
arabesque
arabesque
noun
(art, architecture, also attributively) An elaborate design of intertwined floral figures or complex geometrical patterns, mainly used in Islamic art and architecture.
(ballet) A dance position in which the dancer stands on one leg, with the other raised backwards, and the arms outstretched.
(by extension, attributively) Elaborate or ornate creations in general.
(music) An ornate composition, especially for the piano.
aracatuba
arboreous
arboreous
adj
(obsolete) Growing on trees.
(obsolete, anatomy) Having a tree-like, branching structure.
(of a plant) Having the characteristics of a tree.
arboretum
arboretum
noun
A place where many varieties of tree are grown for research, educational, and ornamental purposes.
arbovirus
arbovirus
noun
(pathology, virology) Any virus that is transmitted by an arthropod.
arbuscles
arbuscles
noun
plural of arbuscle
arbuscula
arbuscule
arbuthnot
arbutuses
arbutuses
noun
plural of arbutus
arkabutla
arousable
arousable
adj
That can be aroused
arrowbush
aryballus
ashburton
ashburton
Proper noun
a small town on the edge of Dartmoor, Devon, England.
a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria.
a river in Western Australia, which flows into the Indian Ocean.
a large town in Canterbury, New Zealand.
a river (with two branches) in Canterbury which flows past the town to the Pacific Ocean.
a town in Natal, South Africa.
a neighbourhood in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
assurable
atlasburg
atterbury
attribute
attribute
noun
(computer graphics, dated) A numeric value representing the colours of part of the screen display.
(computing, object-oriented programming) An option or setting belonging to some object.
(grammar) A word that qualifies a noun.
(logic) That which is predicated or affirmed of a subject; a predicate; an accident.
(programming) A semantic item with which a method or other code element may be decorated.
A characteristic or quality of a thing.
An object that is considered typical of someone or some function, in particular as an artistic convention.
verb
To ascribe (something) to a given cause, reason etc.
To associate ownership or authorship of (something) to someone.
auberbach
aubergine
aubergine
noun
(Britain) An Asian plant, Solanum melongena, cultivated for its edible purple, green, or white ovoid fruit; eggplant.
(Britain) The fruit of this plant, eaten as a vegetable.
(color) A dark purple colour; eggplant.
aubretias
aubretias
noun
plural of aubretia
aubrietas
aubrietas
noun
plural of aubrieta
aubrietia
aubrietia
noun
A creeping perennial plant native to southeastern Europe, Aubrieta deltoidea, grown as a groundcover and in rock gardens for its dense foliage and purple, pink or white flowers.
aurangzeb
aurungzeb
aylesbury
aylesbury
Proper noun
a town in Buckinghamshire, England
azorubine
azorubine
noun
(organic chemistry) a red azo dye used as a food colouring, mostly in baked goods
babirousa
babirousa
noun
Archaic form of babirusa.
babirusas
babirusas
noun
plural of babirusa
babirussa
babungera
backcourt
backcourt
noun
(basketball) A team's defensive half of the court; the part of the court where the other team's basket is located, or the guards playing in that area.
(chiefly Scotland) A courtyard behind a housing block or tenement building.
bacterium
bacterium
noun
(microbiology) A single-celled organism with cell walls but no nucleus or organelles.
bahuvrihi
bahuvrihi
noun
(grammar, also attributive) A type of nominal compound in which the first part modifies the second and neither part alone conveys the intended meaning.
balaustre
balbusard
balisaurs
balisaurs
noun
plural of balisaur
balusters
balusters
noun
plural of baluster
bandurria
bandurria
noun
A bird, the black-faced ibis.
A plectrum-plucked stringed instrument with a flat-backed pear-shaped body, with twelve strings in six courses in its most common modern form, originating in Spain.
bankrupcy
bankrupcy
noun
Misspelling of bankruptcy.
bankrupts
bankrupts
noun
plural of bankrupt
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bankrupt
(uncountable, specifically, historical) A pidgin spoken by French and First Nations people in the 17th century in the region of North America now called Montreal.
barathrum
barathrum
noun
A pit, especially one at Athens into which criminals were thrown.
The abyss, hell.
barbarous
barbarous
adj
(said of language) Not classical or pure.
Like a barbarian, especially in sound; noisy, dissonant.
Mercilessly or impudently violent or cruel, savage.
Uncivilized, uncultured.
barbecued
barbecued
adj
Cooked on a barbecue.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of barbecue
barbecuer
barbecuer
noun
One who (or a device which) barbecues.
barbecues
barbecues
noun
plural of barbecue
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of barbecue
barbequed
barbequed
adj
Alternative spelling of barbecued
verb
Alternative spelling of barbecued simple past tense and past participle of barbeque
barbulate
barbulate
adj
Synonym of barbellate
barbulyie
barguests
barguests
noun
plural of barguest
barkbound
barkbound
adj
Prevented from growing, by having the bark too firm or close.
barleducs
barnumism
barnumize
barnumize
verb
Alternative form of Barnumize
baronduki
baroquely
baroquely
adv
In a baroque style.
barouches
barouches
noun
plural of barouche
barouchet
barouchet
noun
Alternative spelling of barouchette
barquette
barquette
noun
A kind of small sailboat.
A small boat-shaped pastry shell with a sweet or savoury filling.
barracuda
barracuda
noun
(figuratively) One who uses harsh or predatory means to compete.
Any large marine fish of the genus Sphyraena that have elongated bodies, a projecting lower jaw, displaying prominent fang-shaped teeth, and are aggressive predators.
barrelful
barrelful
noun
As much as a barrel will hold.
barriguda
barriguda
noun
The palm tree Iriartea ventricosa.
barrigudo
barrigudo
noun
(archaic) The brown woolly monkey
barrowful
barrowful
noun
The amount that can fit in a barrow
barrulety
basecourt
basecourt
noun
Alternative form of base court
bashmuric
batardeau
batardeau
noun
(military) A wall built across the ditch of a fortification, with a sluice gate to regulate the height of water in the ditch on both sides of the wall.
batesburg
bdelloura
beakerful
beakerful
noun
The amount that a beaker will hold.
bearhound
bearhound
noun
A dog for baiting or hunting bears.
beauclerc
beauclerk
beblubber
beblubber
verb
(transitive) To make swollen, disfigured, bleared, or sullied by weeping.
beclamour
beclamour
verb
Alternative form of beclamor
becluster
becquerel
becquerel
noun
In the International System of Units, the derived unit of radioactive activity; the activity of a quantity of radioactive material in which one nucleus decays per second. Symbol: Bq
becrusted
becrusted
adj
Covered with, or as if with, a crust; encrusted.
becursing
becursing
verb
present participle of becurse
bedrugged
bedrugged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bedrug
beerhouse
beerhouse
noun
A tavern that sells beer.
befluster
befortune
befortune
verb
(poetic, dated, transitive) To befall.
befoulers
befoulers
noun
plural of befouler
befoulier
befraught
befraught
adj
(rare) fraught
befrounce
befrumple
befuddler
befuddler
noun
One who befuddles.
beglamour
beglamour
verb
To bedazzle; to deceive as if by magic.
To make glamorous.
begrudged
begrudged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of begrudge
begrudger
begrudger
noun
One who begrudges.
begrudges
begrudges
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of begrudge
begruntle
begruntle
verb
(transitive) To make or render uneasy; disconcert.
begrutten
begrutten
adj
(dialectal, Scotland) Showing the effects of much weeping; marred or swollen in the face through continued weeping.
beguilers
beguilers
noun
plural of beguiler
behaviour
behaviour
noun
Britain standard spelling of behavior.
belabours
belabours
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of belabour
beleaguer
beleaguer
verb
To besiege; to surround with troops.
To exhaust.
To vex, harass, or beset.
belecture
belecture
verb
(transitive) To vex with lectures; to lecture frequently.
belinurus
beliquors
bemurmure
bemurmurs
beneurous
bepicture
bequirtle
beraunite
beraunite
Noun
A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing hydrogen, iron, oxygen, and phosphorus.
berceuses
berceuses
noun
plural of berceuse
bergquist
berkelium
berkelium
noun
A transuranic chemical element (symbol Bk) with an atomic number of 97.
bermudian
bermudian
Adjective
Of, from, or pertaining to Bermuda, or the Bermudian people.
Personal legal status equivalent to citizenship for the country of Bermuda.