(electrical engineering) A unit of electrical power equal to one ten-millionth of a watt (10⁻⁷ watts), used in the centimeter-gram-second system of units.
badawi
bagwig
bagwig
noun
Alternative form of bag wig
bagwyn
bagwyn
noun
An imaginary heraldic animal, like an antelope but with the tail of a horse and two curved horns.
balawa
balawu
balewa
ballow
ballow
adj
(obsolete) Round; pot-bellied.
noun
(nautical) Deep water inside a shoal or bar.
baniwa
baniwa
Proper noun
An Arawakan language spoken in Colombia, Venezuela and Brazil.
barlow
barlow
Proper noun
The name of several villages in north-eastern England.
originating from one of these villages.
The name of several towns in the United States, either named after one of the English villages or a person bearing the surname.
barrow
barrow
noun
(Britain) A small vehicle used to carry a load and pulled or pushed by hand.
(chiefly Britain) A hill.
(mining) A heap of rubbish, attle, or other such refuse.
(obsolete except in scientific use and in some dialects) A castrated boar.
(obsolete) A mountain.
(saltworks) A wicker case in which salt is put to drain.
A long sleeveless flannel garment for infants.
A mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves.
bartow
bartow
Proper noun
a city in Florida, USA
barwal
barway
barway
noun
A passage into a field or yard, closed by bars that can be lifted out of the posts.
barwin
bashaw
bashaw
noun
(archaic, often derogatory, by extension) A grandee.
(now rare, historical) A pasha.
A very large siluroid fish (Leptops olivaris) of the Mississippi valley; the goujon or mudcat.
bawbee
bawbee
noun
(Scotland, historical) A coin originally worth six pennies Scots, and later three; held equivalent to an English halfpenny.
(figuratively) A copper; a small amount of money.
bawble
bawble
noun
Archaic spelling of bauble.
Misspelling of bauble.
bawdry
bawdry
noun
Illicit intercourse; fornication.
Obscenity; filthy, unchaste language.
The practice of procuring women for the gratification of lust.
bawled
bawled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bawl
bawler
bawler
noun
One who bawls.
bawley
bawley
noun
(nautical) A small fishing boat, equipped with sails, used mainly in the estuary of the Thames, England.
bawrel
bawtie
bawtie
noun
Alternative form of bawty
beclaw
beclaw
verb
(transitive) To scratch or tear all over with claws or nails.
bedawn
bedews
bedews
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedew
bedown
bedway
beeway
beglew
begnaw
begnaw
verb
(transitive, archaic) To gnaw; to eat away at.
begowk
begowk
verb
(archaic, Scotland) To play a trick on, make a fool of.
behowl
behowl
verb
(archaic, transitive) To howl at.
beknow
beknow
verb
(transitive) To acknowledge; own; confess.
(transitive) To know about; have knowledge of; recognise; understand; be aware (of); be knowledgeable about.
bellew
bellow
bellow
noun
The deep roar of a large animal, or any similar loud noise.
verb
To make a loud, deep, hollow noise like the roar of an angry bull.
To shout in a deep voice.
belows
benbow
berkow
berwyn
berwyn
Proper noun
A mountain range in northeast Wales.
beshow
beshow
noun
A large food fish (Anoplopoma fimbria) of the north Pacific coast; the candlefish or sablefish.
beslow
besnow
besnow
verb
To scatter like snow, or as if like snow.
To snow on; to cover with snow, or as if with snow.
To whiten with snow, or as with snow.
bespew
bespew
verb
(obsolete) To soil or daub with spew; vomit on; foul with vomit.
bestow
bestow
verb
(transitive) To apply; make use of; use; employ.
(transitive) To dispose of.
(transitive) To give in marriage.
(transitive) To give; confer; impart gratuitously; present (something) to someone or something, especially as a gift or honour.
(transitive) To lay up in store; to deposit for safe keeping; to stow or place; to put (something) somewhere.
(transitive) To lodge, or find quarters for; to provide with accommodation.
(transitive, obsolete) To behave or deport.
beswim
betwit
bewail
bewail
verb
To wail over; to feel or express deep sorrow for
bewake
bewake
verb
(intransitive) To keep awake; watch.
(transitive) To awaken thoroughly; keep awake.
(transitive) To spend waking; watch through.
(transitive, obsolete) To watch over (a body); observe funeral rites for.
(transitive, obsolete) To watch; keep watch over; guard.
bewall
beware
beware
verb
(defective, transitive, intransitive) To use caution, pay attention to (used both with and without of).
bewary
bewash
bewash
verb
(transitive, rare) To wash all over; drench with water.
beweep
beweep
verb
(intransitive) To weep.
(transitive) To weep over; weep for; weep about; deplore; lament.
bewend
bewend
verb
(transitive, chiefly dialectal) To turn; turn around.
bewept
bewept
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beweep
bewest
bewest
prep
(UK dialectal, chiefly Scotland) To the west of.
bewhig
bewick
bewigs
bewigs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bewig
bewith
bewith
noun
(UK dialectal, chiefly Scotland) A makeshift; substitute.
bework
bework
verb
(transitive) To work around or about; surround.
(transitive) To work over; rework; edit.
(transitive) To work, as with thread; embroider.
beworm
beworn
bewrap
bewrap
verb
(obsolete) To wrap up or otherwise conceal; clothe; envelop.
bewray
bewray
verb
(obsolete) To soil or befoul; to beray.
(transitive) To expose or rat out (someone).
(transitive) To reveal or disclose and show the presence or true character of, especially if unintentionally or incidentally, or else if perfidiously, prejudicially, or to one's discredit.
(transitive) To reveal, divulge, or make (something) known; disclose.
(transitive, archaic) To accuse; malign; speak evil of.
(transitive, obsolete) To expose (a deception).
(transitive, obsolete) To expose to harm.
bigwig
bigwig
noun
(humorous) A person of importance to a group or organization.
billow
billow
noun
A large wave, swell, surge, or undulating mass of something, such as water, smoke, fabric or sound
verb
To surge or roll in billows.
To swell out or bulge.
blaeuw
blawed
blowby
blowby
noun
Alternative spelling of blow-by
blowed
blowed
verb
(dialect) simple past tense and past participle of blow
blowen
blowen
Noun
A prostitute; a courtesan.
blower
blower
noun
(dated) A braggart, or loud talker.
(slang, UK, Ireland, historical) A telephone service providing betting odds and commentary, relayed to customers in a bookmaker's shop via loudspeaker.
(slang, chiefly Britain, New Zealand, Australia, Ireland, usually preceded by the) Telephone.
A ducted fan, usually part of a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning system.
A person who blows.
A small fish of the Atlantic coast, Sphoeroides maculatus; the puffer.
Any device that blows.
The whale; so called by seamen, from its habit of spouting up a column of water.
blowie
blowie
noun
(Australia, slang) A blowfly, Lucilia cuprina.
(Australia, slang) The common toadfish, Tetractenos hamiltoni.
(sex, slang) A blow job.
blowse
blowse
noun
(obsolete) A ruddy, fat-faced woman; a wench.
blowsy
blowsy
adj
(chiefly of a woman's hair or dress) Slovenly or unkempt, in the manner of a beggar or slattern.
Having a reddish, coarse complexion, especially with a pudgy face.
Unrefined, countrified.
blowth
blowth
noun
(archaic) Bloom or blossom; blossoms collectively; the state of blossoming.
blowup
blowup
noun
(photography) An enlargement
An explosion, or violent outburst
blowze
blowze
Noun
A ruddy, fat-faced woman; a wench.
blowzy
blowzy
adj
Alternative spelling of blowsy
bogway
bohawn
borlow
borrow
borrow
noun
(archaic) A ransom; a pledge or guarantee.
(archaic) A surety; someone standing bail.
(construction, civil engineering) A borrow pit.
(golf, countable, uncountable) Deviation of the path of a rolling ball from a straight line; slope; slant.
(programming) In the Rust programming language, the situation where the ownership of a value is temporarily transferred to another region of code.
verb
(Upper Midwestern United States, West Midlands, Malaysia, proscribed) To lend.
(arithmetic) In a subtraction, to deduct (one) from a digit of the minuend and add ten to the following digit, in order that the subtraction of a larger digit in the subtrahend from the digit in the minuend to which ten is added gives a positive result.
(ditransitive) To temporarily obtain (something) for (someone).
(golf) To adjust one's aim in order to compensate for the slope of the green.
(informal) To interrupt the current activity of (a person) and lead them away in order to speak with them, get their help, etc.
(informal) To receive (something, usually of trifling value) from somebody, with little possibility of returning it.
(linguistics) To adopt a word from another language.
(obsolete except in ballads) To secure the release of (someone) from prison.
To adopt (an idea) as one's own.
To feign or counterfeit.
To receive (something) from somebody temporarily, expecting to return it.
To receive money from a bank or other lender under the agreement that the lender will be paid back over time.
bostow
botzow
bowboy
bowden
bowdle
bowdon
bowell
bowels
bowels
noun
(obsolete) The body as the source of offspring.
Compassion, sympathy.
The concept or quality that defines something at its very core.
The deepest or innermost part.
The intestines.
plural of bowel
bowers
bowers
noun
plural of bower
bowery
bowery
adj
Sheltered by trees; leafy; shady.
noun
(archaic) In the early settlements of New York State, USA, a farm or estate.
Structure with roof for shade but with no walls used for public gatherings. A pavilion.
bowess
bowess
noun
(obsolete, falconry) A bower, or young hawk.
bowfin
bowfin
noun
A voracious ganoid fish, Amia calva, the last survivor of the order Amiiformes, found in the fresh waters of the United States.
bowing
bowing
noun
A bending.
A technique for using the bow on a string instrument such as a violin.
The act of bending at the waist, as a sign of respect or greeting.
verb
present participle and gerund of bow (all senses)
bowker
bowlds
bowled
bowled
adv
(cricket) (Dismissed) by the bowled ball hitting and breaking the batsman's wicket.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bowl
bowleg
bowleg
noun
A leg that curves outward at the knee. It might refer to the leg of a human, animal or even a piece of furniture.
bowler
bowler
noun
(baseball, slang, 1800s) The pitcher.
(bowling) One who engages in the sport of bowling.
(cricket) A player selected mainly for his bowling ability.
(cricket) The player currently bowling.
A bowler hat; a round black hat formerly popular among British businessmen.
bowles
bowles
noun
plural of bowle
bowlin
bowlus
bowman
bowman
noun
(archery) A man who uses a bow; an archer.
(nautical) The person, in a team or among oarsmen, positioned nearest the bow.
bowmen
bowmen
noun
plural of bowman
bowpin
bowpot
bowpot
noun
Archaic form of bough pot.
bowrah
bowsaw
bowsaw
noun
Alternative form of bow saw
bowsed
bowsed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bowse
bowser
bowser
noun
(Britain) A mobile water tank deployed to distribute fresh water in emergency situations where the normal system of piped distribution has broken down or is insufficient.
(Ireland, slang, used in the vocative) A buffoon or imbecile.
(now chiefly Australia and New Zealand) A fuel metering/delivery pump at a filling station.
A road vehicle (often a trailer) for the transport of liquid fuel, particularly aviation fuel at an airfield.
bowses
bowses
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bowse
bowsie
bowsie
noun
(Ireland) Alternative spelling of bowsy (“lout”)
(sailing) A simple device with three holes used for tensioning stays on boats or guy-lines on tents.
bowtel
bowtie
bowtie
adj
Having the shape that the displayed part of a bowtie does when the latter is tied.
noun
(US) A kind of road intersection. See Bowtie (road).
A man's necktie tied in a bow around the throat.
bowwow
bowwow
noun
Alternative spelling of bow-wow
bowyer
bowyer
noun
(archaic) A person who uses the bow, an archer.
A person who makes or sells bows (for use with arrows).
bozuwa
brarow
brawer
brawls
brawls
noun
plural of brawl
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brawl
brawly
brawly
adj
Having or characterised by brawls.
adv
(Scotland) Finely, handsomely.
brawns
brawns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brawn
brawny
brawny
adj
Calloused; hardened.
Characterized by brawn; muscular, thewy; strong.
brelaw
brewed
brewed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brew
brewer
brewer
noun
Someone who brews, or whose occupation is to prepare malt liquors.
brewis
brewis
noun
(obsolete or dialectal) a kind of broth thickened with bread or meal
brewst
brokaw
browed
browed
adj
(in combination) Having a brow.
brower
browet
browis
browis
noun
(obsolete or dialectal) brewis
browne
browne
Proper noun
a spelling variant of Brown.
browns
browns
noun
plural of brown
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brown
browny
browny
adj
Somewhat brown; having a brownish tinge.
browse
browse
noun
(countable) That which one browses through; something to read.
(uncountable) Fodder for cattle and other animals.
(uncountable) Young shoots and twigs.
verb
(archaic, transitive) To feed on, as pasture; to pasture on; to graze.
(intransitive, of an animal) To move about while eating parts of plants, especially plants other than pasture, such as shrubs or trees.
(transitive, computing) To navigate through hyperlinked documents on a computer, usually with a browser.
To move about while sampling, such as with food or products on display.
To scan, to casually look through in order to find items of interest, especially without knowledge of what to look for beforehand.
browst
budwig
bultow
bultow
noun
A trawl; a boulter.
The mode of fishing with a boulter or spiller.
bulwer
burgaw
burgaw
Proper noun
A town in North Carolina, USA
burrow
burrow
noun
(mining) A heap or heaps of rubbish or refuse.
A tunnel or hole, often as dug by a small creature.
Obsolete form of barrow. A mound.
Obsolete form of borough. An incorporated town.
verb
(intransitive) (with adverbial of direction) to move underneath or press up against in search of safety or comfort
(intransitive) (with into) to investigate thoroughly
(intransitive) to dig a tunnel or hole
bushwa
bushwa
noun
Alternative form of bushwah
busway
busway
noun
A right of way, roadway, or lane for the exclusive use of buses, possibly only during peak traffic hours.
bwanas
bwanas
noun
plural of bwana
byelaw
bylaws
bylaws
noun
plural of bylaw
byrlaw
byrlaw
noun
(obsolete) the local customs and laws of a settlement or district