Any of several large food and game yellowtail fishes of the genus Seriola, found in warm waters of all oceans.
amberlike
amberlike
adj
Resembling the resin amber.
anklebone
anklebone
noun
The bone of the ankle, forming the lower part of the ankle joint and joining with the tibia and fibula.
anukabiet
anukabiet
noun
An old Thai unit of length, approximately 2.6 centimetres.
awakeable
axbreaker
backaches
backaches
noun
plural of backache
backbeats
backbeats
noun
plural of backbeat
backbends
backbends
noun
plural of backbend
backbiter
backbiter
noun
A person who says nasty things about another person behind the second person's back: that is, out of their sight and hearing.
backbites
backbites
noun
plural of backbite
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backbite
backboned
backboned
adj
Having a spine.
backbones
backbones
noun
plural of backbone
backdated
backdated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backdate
backdates
backdates
noun
plural of backdate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backdate
backening
backfield
backfield
noun
(American football) The area behind the line of scrimmage occupied before the snap by the team on offense.
(baseball, rare) Synonym of outfield.
(soccer, US) The area behind either the offensive or defensive line.
The players occupying this area.
backfired
backfired
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backfire
backfires
backfires
noun
plural of backfire
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backfire
backframe
backhouse
backhouse
noun
(US, Canada, euphemistic) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
(now dialect) An outbuilding behind the main building.
backorder
backorder
noun
An order that cannot be currently filled or shipped, but is requested nonetheless for when the item becomes available again.
verb
To place such an order
backpedal
backpedal
verb
(intransitive) To pedal backwards on a bicycle.
(intransitive) To step backwards.
(intransitive, idiomatic) To distance oneself from an earlier claim or statement; back off from an idea.
backpiece
backpiece
noun
A decorated comb that attaches a veil to the back of a bride's head.
A large tattoo on a person's back.
A piece or plate of armour protecting a person's back.
backplane
backplane
noun
(electronics) A circuit board that connects several connectors in parallel to each other, so that each pin of each connector is linked to the same relative pin of all the other connectors, forming a computer bus.
backplate
backplate
noun
(UK, automotive) A rigid metal plate inside the brake drum, which supports the wheel cylinder, brake shoes, and other parts of a drum brake.
(underwater diving) A plate harnessed to a diver's back, to which the gas cylinders are attached.
A metal plate on the rear of a computer's casing, used to cover a port or slot.
A plate protecting a fighting person's back.
A wood or metal (or glass, etc) plate that serves as a backing for an object.
Part of a condenser microphone that sits behind the diaphragm and which acts, in conjunction with the diaphragm, as a sort of variable capacitor.
backrests
backrests
noun
plural of backrest
backropes
backseats
backseats
noun
plural of backseat
backsides
backsides
noun
plural of backside
backslide
backslide
noun
(dance) A dance move in which the feet are alternately slid back and the heels lifted, giving the illusion of walking forwards while actually moving backwards.
A backward regression; a reverting back to a worse state.
verb
(Christianity) To revert back into a life of sin after being saved.
To regress; to slip backwards or revert to a previous, worse state.
To shirk responsibility; to renege on one's obligations or commitments.
backspace
backspace
noun
(computing) A keyboard key used for removing a character behind the cursor, and moving the cursor one position backwards.
(computing) The non-printable text character representing a backspace.
The key on a typewriter that moves the head one position backwards.
verb
(computing) To move a magnetic tape to a previous block.
(computing) To remove a character behind a cursor.
backspear
backspeer
backspeir
backspier
backstage
backstage
adj
Relating to, or situated in the area behind a stage.
Secret, concealed from the public.
adv
Out of view of the public.
Towards the area behind the stage.
noun
The area behind a stage out of view of the audience where performers wait to give their show; especially that of the dressing rooms.
The private portion of the space used by a business or enterprise.
backstein
backstone
backswept
backswept
adj
Swept back.
backtrace
backtrace
noun
(computing) A stack trace.
verb
(by extension) To find the cause of something by examining past events
(computing) To examine a stack trace
backwater
backwater
noun
(idiomatic) A remote place; somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc.
(paper industry) Water used in the papermaking process. Recycled to reduce usage of fresh water, and usually containing residual amounts of chemicals and fibres.
A rowing stroke in which the oar is pushed forward to stop the boat; see back water
The water held back by a dam or other obstruction
verb
(idiomatic) To vacillate on a long-held position.
To row or paddle a backwater stroke.
baedekers
baekeland
baikalite
baikerite
bakeapple
bakeapple
noun
(Atlantic Canada) The cloudberry, Rubus chamaemorus
bakeboard
bakeboard
noun
(now rare) A board upon which dough is prepared (kneaded, etc) while making bread.
bakehouse
bakehouse
noun
(UK dialectal) Bakery.
A building or an apartment used for the preparing and baking of bread and other baked goods.
A building principally containing ovens.
bakemeats
bakemeats
noun
plural of bakemeat
bakemeier
bakerless
bakerless
adj
Without a baker.
bakerlike
bakership
bakership
noun
The role or status of a baker.
bakeshops
bakeshops
noun
plural of bakeshop
bakestone
bakestone
noun
Synonym of Welshcake
Synonym of baking stone
baksheesh
baksheesh
noun
(military slang) A minor wound that is severe enough to get a soldier sent away from the front.
in the Middle East, southwest Asia and Eastern Europe: a bribe or tip.
verb
To bribe with a baksheesh.
balakirev
balkanise
balkanise
verb
Alternative spelling of balkanize
balkanite
balkanite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-disphenoidal white gray mineral containing copper, mercury, silver, and sulfur.
balkanize
balkanize
verb
Alternative letter-case form of Balkanize
balkiness
balkiness
noun
The state or quality of being balky or uncooperative.
balklines
balklines
noun
plural of balkline
bankerdom
bankerdom
noun
The world of bankers and finance.
bankeress
bankeress
noun
(obsolete) A female banker.
banknotes
banknotes
noun
plural of banknote
bankrider
banksides
banksides
noun
plural of bankside
baresarks
baresarks
noun
plural of baresark
bargelike
bargelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a barge.
barkeeper
barkeeper
noun
A bartender: a person preparing and serving drinks at a bar.
barkening
barkening
verb
present participle of barken
barkleigh
barklyite
barklyite
noun
A magenta-coloured turbid variety of ruby from Victoria, Australia.
barksdale
barkstone
barrabkie
barrabkie
noun
An Alaskan house built of sod.
barracked
barracked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of barrack
barracker
barracker
noun
One who barracks.
basinlike
basinlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a basin.
basketful
basketful
noun
The amount that will fit into a basket
basketing
basketing
verb
present participle of basket
baskonize
battycake
baudekins
baudekins
noun
plural of baudekin
baulkiest
baulkiest
adj
superlative form of baulky: most baulky
beadworks
beadworks
noun
plural of beadwork
beakerful
beakerful
noun
The amount that a beaker will hold.
beakerman
beakermen
beanstalk
beanstalk
noun
(chiefly science fiction) A space elevator.
(figuratively, colloquial, by extension) A tall, slim person.
The stem of a bean plant, proverbially fast-growing and tall.
beardlike
beardlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a beard.
bearskins
bearskins
noun
plural of bearskin
beastlike
beastlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a beast.
beauclerk
beaverkin
beaverkin
noun
(diminutive) A small or young beaver.
A small hat made of beaver fur.
bechalked
bechalked
adj
Chalk-covered or chalky.
Having a surface that has been written on in chalk.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bechalk
beckelite
beckerman
beckoners
beckoners
noun
plural of beckoner
beckoning
beckoning
adj
That beckons.
noun
Such a wave or similar action.
verb
present participle of beckon
beckville
becloaked
becloaked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of becloak
bedarkens
bedarkens
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedarken
bedecking
bedecking
noun
An ornament.
verb
present participle of bedeck
bedmakers
bedmakers
noun
plural of bedmaker
bedmaking
bedmaking
noun
The skill or act of making beds (arranging the sheets, etc.).
beefcakes
beefcakes
noun
plural of beefcake
beefsteak
beefsteak
noun
(countable) Ellipsis of beefsteak mushroom.
(countable) Ellipsis of beefsteak plant, also known as perilla and shiso (Perilla frutescens var. crispa).
(countable) Ellipsis of beefsteak tomato.
(countable, archaic): A celebratory dinner, commonly held in New York between about 1870 and 1940 involving the consumption of enormous quantities of broiled steak and beer.
(countable, uncountable) (A) steak cut from beef cattle.
(uncountable) The herb prepared from the leaves of the beefsteak plant.
beekeeper
beekeeper
noun
A person who maintains hives and keeps bees, especially for the production of honey.
beermaker
beermaker
noun
One who makes beer; a brewer.
beflecked
beflecked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of befleck
befreckle
befrocked
befrocked
adj
Wearing a frock.
bekissing
bekissing
verb
present participle of bekiss
beknights
beknights
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beknight
beknotted
beknotted
adj
Knotted again and again; covered with knots.
bellbrook
bellmaker
bellmaker
noun
someone who makes bells
bellylike
bellylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a belly.
beltmaker
beltmaker
noun
Someone who makes belts.
bemocking
bemocking
verb
present participle of bemock
benchmark
benchmark
noun
(computing) A computer program that is executed to assess the performance of the runtime environment.
A standard by which something is evaluated or measured.
A surveyor's mark made on some stationary object and shown on a map; used as a reference point.
verb
(intransitive, followed by at) To give certain results in a benchmark test.
(transitive, intransitive, followed by against) To use something (e.g., a competitor's product) as a standard to improve one's own thing.
benchwork
benchwork
noun
the structure supporting a model railway layout
work performed at a workbench
benedicks
benedicks
noun
plural of benedick
benedikta
bengkalis
benkelman
bentincks
beothukan
bepranked
berezniki
bergamask
bergomask
bergomask
noun
(obsolete) A kind of rustic dance.
berkelium
berkelium
noun
A transuranic chemical element (symbol Bk) with an atomic number of 97.
berkovets
berkovets
noun
(historical) An old Russian unit of weight, approximately 164 kilograms or 10 poods.
berkovtsi
berkowitz
berkshire
berkshire
Proper noun
A inland county of England, bounded by Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Surrey, Greater London and Wiltshire.
Noun
A breed of pig from Berkshire county.
berrylike
berrylike
adj
Resembling a berry
berserker
berserker
noun
(historical) A Norse warrior who purportedly fought in a trance-like frenzy; a berserk.
(science fiction) A type of von Neumann probe whose mission is to exterminate alien lifeforms.
One who fights as if frenzied, like a berserker.
beshackle
besmoking
besmoking
verb
present participle of besmoke
bespeaker
bespeaker
noun
One who bespeaks.
bespecked
bespeckle
bespeckle
verb
To add speckles.
bethanked
bethanked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bethank
bethankit
betokened
betokened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of betoken
betokener
betokener
noun
That which betokens.
betrinket
bewhisker
bewhisker
verb
(transitive) To give or add whiskers to; to put whiskers on.