(UK) A storm spirit in Cornish folklore, traditionally believed to inhabit mines and coastal communities.
(anatomy) Synonym of cheek.
bucco
buchu
buchu
noun
(South Africa) Medicinal leaves from the shrub that are often used in brandy; this is an old Dutch medicine.
A South African shrub in the genus Agathosma.
bucko
bucko
noun
Buckaroo.
Young lad, friend, pal (used in addressing someone).
bucks
bucks
noun
Casual oxford shoes made of buckskin, often white or a neutral colour.
plural of buck
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of buck
bucku
bucky
bucky
noun
(Britain, slang) A gun.
(medicine, informal) Alternative form of Bucky (“a Potter-Bucky diaphragm”)
buick
bunce
bunce
noun
(UK, Ireland, regional) A bonus; additional pay; money.
verb
(transitive, slang, archaic) To obtain money from, by trickery.
bunch
bunch
noun
(US, informal) A considerable amount.
(cycling) The peloton; the main group of riders formed during a race.
(forestry) A group of logs tied together for skidding.
(geology, mining) An unusual concentration of ore in a lode or a small, discontinuous occurrence or patch of ore in the wallrock.
(informal) An unmentioned amount; a number.
(smoking) An unfinished cigar, before the wrapper leaf is added.
(textiles) The reserve yarn on the filling bobbin to allow continuous weaving between the time of indication from the midget feeler until a new bobbin is put in the shuttle.
A group of similar things, either growing together, or in a cluster or clump, usually fastened together.
A protuberance; a hunch; a knob or lump; a hump.
An informal body of friends.
verb
(intransitive) To be gathered together in folds
(intransitive) To form a bunch.
(intransitive) To protrude or swell
(transitive) To gather fabric into folds.
(transitive) To gather into a bunch.
bunco
bunco
noun
(US, slang) A swindle or confidence trick.
(uncountable) A parlour game played in teams with three dice, originating in England but popular among suburban women in the United States at the beginning of the 21st century.
A brigand.
verb
(transitive, intransitive, US, slang) To swindle (someone).
burch
burck
busch
butch
butch
adj
(slang, originally Polari) Very masculine, with a masculine appearance or attitude.
noun
(slang, LGBT, countable) A lesbian who appears masculine or acts in a masculine manner.
butic
cebur
cebus
chubb
chubs
chubs
noun
(slang, derogatory) Term of address for a fat person.
plural of chub
clubb
clubs
clubs
noun
Alternative form of clumps (“game of asking questions”)
One of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣.
plural of club
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of club
cobus
courb
courb
verb
(obsolete) To bend; to bow.
crumb
crumb
noun
(figuratively) A bit, small amount.
(slang) A body louse (Pediculus humanus).
(slang) A nobody; a worthless person.
A mixture of sugar, cocoa and milk, used to make industrial chocolate.
A small piece of other material, such as rubber.
A small piece which breaks off from baked food (such as cake, biscuit or bread).
The soft internal portion of bread, surrounded by crust.
verb
(transitive) To break into crumbs or small pieces with the fingers; to crumble.
(transitive) To cover with crumbs.
cuban
cubas
cubby
cubby
noun
A cell in a shelf for storing items, particularly in a school.
A small, confined space.
cubeb
cubeb
noun
The tailed pepper, Piper cubeba; an Indonesian plant cultivated for its berries and essential oil.
cubed
cubed
adj
(mathematics) Raised to the third power.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cube
cuber
cuber
noun
A player of Rubik's cube.
Any device designed to cut things into cubes.
cubes
cubes
noun
(euphemistic) testicles.
plural of cube
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cube
cubic
cubic
adj
(algebraic geometry) Of a class of polynomial of the form ax³+bx²+cx+d
(crystallography) Having three equal axes and all angles 90°.
(geometry) Used in the names of units of volume formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself twice.
noun
(algebraic geometry) A cubic curve.
cubit
cubit
noun
(anatomy, archaic) Synonym of ulna, the bone of the human forearm.
(historical) Any of various units of length approximating this distance, usually around 35–60 cm.
The distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger used as an informal unit of length.
cubla
cubti
cumbu
cumby
curbs
curbs
noun
plural of curb
curby
curby
adj
(of a horse) Affected by curbs (swellings around the hock).
cuyab
lubec
ocuby
pubic
pubic
adj
Of, or relating to the area of the body adjacent to the pubis or the pubes.
scrub
scrub
adj
Mean; dirty; contemptible; scrubby.
noun
(US, stock breeding) One of the common livestock of a region of no particular breed or not of pure breed, especially when inferior in size, etc. Often used to refer to male animals unsuited for breeding.
(by extension, in the plural) Any medical uniform consisting of a short-sleeved shirt and pants (trousers).
(medicine, in the plural) Clothing worn while performing surgery.
(obsolete, slang) Informal attire or dress code; morning dress
A cancellation.
A thicket or jungle, often specified by the name of the prevailing plant
A worn-out brush.
An exfoliant for the body.
An instance of scrubbing.
One not on the first team of players; a substitute.
One who is incompetent or unable to complete easy tasks.
One who labors hard and lives meanly; a mean fellow.
One who scrubs.
Vegetation of inferior quality, though sometimes thick and impenetrable, growing in poor soil or in sand; also, brush.
verb
(audio) To move a recording tape back and forth with a scrubbing motion to produce a scratching sound, or to do so by a similar use of a control on an editing system.
(audio, video) To maneuver the play position on a media editing system by using a scroll bar or touch-based interface.
(databases, transitive) To eliminate or to correct data from a set of records to bring it inline with other similar datasets
(intransitive) To rub anything hard, especially with a wet brush; to scour
(intransitive, figuratively) To be diligent and penurious
(transitive) To call off a scheduled event; to cancel.
(transitive) To rub hard; to wash with rubbing; usually, to rub with a wet brush, or with something coarse or rough, for the purpose of cleaning or brightening
scuba
scuba
noun
(underwater diving) An apparatus carried by a diver, which includes a tank holding compressed, filtered air and a regulator which delivers the air to the diver at ambient pressure which can be used underwater.