(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.
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.
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.
abulic
abulic
adj
(psychiatry) Relating to, characterized by, or affected with abulia.
noun
Person afflicted with abulia.
accumb
accumb
verb
(obsolete) To recline, as at table.
albuca
aucuba
aucuba
noun
Any of several decorative evergreen shrubs of the genus Aucuba.
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
baluch
bancus
barcus
baruch
bauchi
baucis
bausch
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.
beduck
beduck
verb
(transitive) To duck or immerse thoroughly; submerge.
begluc
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.
bemuck
bisulc
bochum
bochum
Proper noun
a city in western Germany
bochur
bonduc
bonduc
noun
nicker tree
boruca
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
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.
brucia
brucie
brucin
brucin
noun
Archaic form of brucine.
brunch
brunch
noun
A meal eaten later in the day than breakfast and earlier than lunch, and often consisting of typical foods from both of those meals.
verb
To eat brunch.
bucare
bucayo
bucayo
noun
Candied coconut meat.
buccal
buccal
adj
(anatomy, dentistry, relational) Of, relating to, near, involving, or supplying the cheek.
(pharmacology) Administered in the mouth, not by swallowing but by absorption through the skin of the cheek; often by placing between the top gum and the inside of the lip.
Of, relating to, or lying in the mouth.
buccan
buccan
noun
(uncountable) Meat prepared in this way.
A framework or grill upon which meat is laid to dry, or to be roasted.
verb
To dry meat on such a frame.
buccin
buchan
buchan
Proper noun
an administrative district in Aberdeenshire, Scotland
and (Clan Buchan). Of note is John Buchan, the author.
bucher
bucked
bucked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of buck
bucker
bucker
noun
(mining) A broad-headed hammer used in bucking ore.
(mining) One who bucks ore.
A horse or other animal that bucks.
bucket
bucket
noun
(MTE, slang) an insult term used in Toronto to refer to someone who habitually uses crack cocaine.
(UK, archaic) A unit of measure equal to four gallons.
(aviation, mechanical engineering, uncommon) A turbine blade driven by hot gas or steam.
(basketball, informal) A field goal.
(basketball, informal) The basket.
(computing) A storage space in a hash table for every item sharing a particular key.
(informal, chiefly in the plural) A great deal of anything.
(informal, chiefly in the plural) A large amount of liquid.
(slang) An old vehicle that is not in good working order.
(slang, humorous) A helmet.
(variation management) A mechanism for avoiding the allocation of targets in cases of mismanagement.
A bucket bag.
A container made of rigid material, often with a handle, used to carry liquids or small items.
Part of a piece of machinery that resembles a bucket (container).
The amount held in this container.
The leather socket for holding the whip when driving, or for the carbine or lance when mounted.
The pitcher in certain orchids.
verb
(computing, transitive) To categorize (data) by splitting it into buckets, or groups of related items.
(intransitive, informal) To rain heavily.
(intransitive, informal) To travel very quickly.
(transitive) To draw or lift in, or as if in, buckets.
(transitive) To place inside a bucket.
(transitive) To ride (a horse) hard or mercilessly.
(transitive, Australia, slang) To criticize vehemently; to denigrate.
(transitive, UK, US, rowing) To make, or cause to make (the recovery), with a certain hurried or unskillful forward swing of the body.
buckie
buckle
buckle
noun
(Canada, heraldry) The brisure of an eighth daughter.
(US, baking) A cake baked with fresh fruit and a streusel topping.
(countable) A clasp used for fastening two things together, such as the ends of a belt, or for retaining the end of a strap.
(roofing) An upward, elongated displacement of a roof membrane frequently occurring over insulation or deck joints. A buckle may be an indication of movement with the roof assembly.
A contorted expression, as of the face.
A curl of hair, especially a kind of crisp curl formerly worn; also, the state of being curled.
A distortion, bulge, bend, or kink, as in a saw blade or a plate of sheet metal.
verb
(Scotland) To unite in marriage.
(intransitive) To distort or collapse under physical pressure; especially, of a slender structure in compression.
(intransitive) To yield; to give way; to cease opposing.
(intransitive, figuratively) To give in; to react suddenly or adversely to stress or pressure (of a person).
(obsolete, intransitive) To enter upon some labour or contest; to join in close fight; to contend.
(transitive) To fasten using a buckle.
(transitive) To make bend; to cause to become distorted.
To buckle down; to apply oneself.
buckra
buckra
adj
(African-American Vernacular, archaic) White.
noun
(Caribbean) A white person.
(dated, now rare, African-American Vernacular, derogatory) A poor white person.
bucoda
bucure
bueche
buicks
buncal
bunche
bunchy
bunchy
adj
Having, or growing in bunches.
buncos
buncos
noun
plural of bunco
bundoc
burack
bursch
bursch
noun
(archaic) A German university student.
buschi
buseck
bustic
bustic
noun
A tree native to Florida and the Caribbean, Sideroxylon salicifolium
butcha
butcha
noun
(India, historical) The young of any animal.
(India, historical, slang, by extension) A child.
cabful
cabuja
caburn
caburn
noun
(nautical) A small line made of spun yarn, to bind or worm cables, seize tackles, etc.
cabuya
chabuk
chabuk
noun
(now historical) A long whip formerly used as an instrument of punishment in India and parts of the Middle East.
cherub
cherub
noun
(biblical) A winged creature attending God, described by Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite (c. 5th–6th century) as the second highest order of angels, ranked above thrones and below seraphim; similar to a lamassu in the pre-exilic texts of the Hebrew Bible, more humanoid in later texts.
(figuratively) A person, especially a child, seen as being particularly angelic or innocent.
An artistic depiction of such a being, typically in the form of a winged child or a child's head with wings but no body.
chubby
chubby
adj
Of a body part: containing a moderate amount of fat.
Of a person: slightly overweight, somewhat fat, and hence plump, rounded, and soft.
noun
(LGBT slang) An overweight or obese gay man.
(slang) A penile erection, especially when short and with a large circumference; a boner.
A chubby, plump person
clubby
clubby
adj
(informal) Fond of frequenting nightclubs.
Congenial; welcoming people as guests.
Exclusive and cliquey.
Resembling or characteristic of the dance music played at nightclubs.
cobnut
cobnut
noun
A game played by children with nuts.
A specific cultivated variety of hazelnut, also known as the Kentish cobnut.
The nut of the common hazel (Corylus avellana); hazelnut.
coburg
coburg
Proper noun
An independent city in Bavaria, Germany.
Noun
A thin single-twilled worsted fabric with cotton or silk.
A kind of bread roll.
coburn
courbe
crabut
crumbs
crumbs
intj
(chiefly Britain) An expression of mild surprise.
noun
plural of crumb
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crumb
crumby
crumby
adj
Alternative spelling of crummy
Crumbly; inclined to break into crumbs.
cubage
cubage
noun
A cubic measurement.
cubane
cubane
noun
(organic chemistry) One of the Platonic hydrocarbons, C₈H₈, having the carbon atoms placed at the vertices of a cube.
cubans
cubbyu
cubdom
cubebs
cubebs
noun
plural of cubeb
cubera
cubero
cubers
cubers
noun
plural of cuber
cubica
cubica
noun
A fine unglazed fabric resembling shalloon.
cubics
cubics
noun
plural of cubic
cubing
cubing
noun
The activity of solving the Rubik's cube.
verb
present participle of cube
cubism
cubism
noun
(often capitalized) An artistic movement in the early 20th Century characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes.
cubist
cubist
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Cubist.
noun
A player of Rubik's cube; a cuber.
cubiti
cubiti
noun
plural of cubitus
cubito
cubits
cubits
noun
plural of cubit, an ancient unit of measurement
cuboid
cuboid
adj
Of the shape of a cube.
noun
(anatomy) The cuboid bone.
(geometry) A parallelepiped having six rectangular faces.
cubrun
cucurb
cuiaba
culbut
cumber
cumber
verb
(transitive, dated) To slow down; to hinder; to burden; to encumber.
cumbha
cumble
cumbly
cumbre
cumbre
verb
Archaic form of cumber.
curbed
curbed
adj
restrained
verb
simple past tense and past participle of curb
curber
curber
noun
(historical slang) A type of thief who used a ‘curb’ or hooked pole to steal things through open windows.
Someone or something which curbs.
curuba
curuba
noun
Synonym of cassabanana
cuyaba
dubach
dubcek
elbuck
euboic
hecuba
hubcap
hubcap
noun
A decorative and protective disk that covers the hub of a motor car wheel.
ibycus
ibycus
Proper noun
An Ancient Greek name, particularly borne by a 6th-century Ancient Greek lyric poet from Rhegium in Italy.
ichebu
ichibu
incube
incube
verb
To bury or encase.
To incubate.
incubi
incubi
noun
plural of incubus
juback
lubeck
lubric
lubric
adj
(obsolete) Having a smooth surface; slippery.
(obsolete) Lascivious; wanton; lewd.
lucban
obduce
obduce
verb
(obsolete) To draw over, as a covering.
public
public
adj
(not comparable, object-oriented programming) Accessible to the program in general, not only to the class or any subclasses.
(of a company) Traded publicly via a stock market.
Able to be seen or known by everyone; open to general view, happening without concealment.
Officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the state on behalf of the community.
Open to all members of a community; especially, provided by national or local authorities and supported by money from taxes.
Pertaining to the people as a whole (as opposed to a private group); concerning the whole country, community etc.
noun
(archaic) A public house; an inn.
(public relations) A particular group or demographic to be targeted.
The people in general, regardless of membership of any particular group.
quebec
quebec
noun
(international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Quebec from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
rebuck
recumb
recumb
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To lean; to recline; to repose.
rubace
rubace
noun
Alternative form of rubasse (“form of quartz”)
rubric
rubric
adj
Coloured or marked with red; placed in rubrics.
Of or relating to the rubric or rubrics; rubrical.
noun
(Christianity) The directions for a religious service, formerly printed in red letters.
(education) A set of scoring criteria for evaluating student work and for giving feedback.
A flourish after a signature.
A heading in a book highlighted in red.
A title of a category or a class.
An established rule or custom; a guideline.
Red ochre.
verb
(transitive) To adorn with red; to redden.
To organise or classify into rubrics
sabicu
sabicu
noun
a West Indian tree Lysiloma sabicu
the hard dark wood of the sabicu tree, which resembles mahogany in texture
sacbut
scrubs
scrubs
noun
plural of scrub
scubas
scubas
noun
plural of scuba
subact
subact
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To reduce; to subdue.
subroc
succub
ucuuba
unclub
uncrib
uncurb
uncurb
verb
to remove restrictions from, to render free from restraints