(palynology) A rod-like element on the surface of some pollen.
(rare, dated) Alternative form of bascule
balcer
balche
balche
noun
Alternative form of balché
balcke
becall
becall
verb
(transitive) To call names; insult.
(transitive, obsolete) To call upon; call forth; challenge.
(transitive, obsolete) To call; summon.
becalm
becalm
verb
(transitive, nautical) To deprive (a ship) of wind, so that it cannot move (usually in passive).
(transitive, obsolete) To make calm or still; make quiet; calm.
beclad
beclad
adj
Clothed about; clad.
beclap
beclap
verb
To clap for; to applaud.
To grasp, insnare, ensnare, catch, to trap suddenly, to grab suddenly.
beclaw
beclaw
verb
(transitive) To scratch or tear all over with claws or nails.
beclip
beclip
verb
(transitive) To clip around or about (the edges of); crop.
(transitive) To wrap around; enclose; encircle; surround.
(transitive, obsolete) To curdle (milk).
(transitive, obsolete) To fold in the arms; embrace; clasp.
(transitive, obsolete) To include; comprise; comprehend; contain.
(transitive, obsolete) To lay hold of; seize upon; grip; catch; overtake.
beclog
beclog
verb
(transitive) To encumber with a sticky substance; clog.
becurl
becurl
verb
(transitive) To cover or deck out with curls.
(transitive, archaic) To curl; make curly.
beglic
begluc
belace
belace
verb
(transitive) To cover or adorn with lace.
(transitive) To fasten, as with a lace or cord.
(transitive, obsolete) To beat with a strap.
belgic
belgic
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the Belgae, a German tribe who anciently possessed the country between the Rhine, the Seine, and the ocean.
Of or pertaining to the Netherlands or to Belgium.
belick
belick
verb
(transitive, dialectal or obsolete) To lick or lick about.
bellic
bellic
adj
(obsolete) warlike; martial
belloc
belock
belock
verb
(archaic, transitive) To lock up or lock in place; hold tight; fasten.
beylic
beylic
noun
The territory under the jurisdiction of a bey.
blcher
bleach
bleach
adj
(archaic) Pale; bleak.
noun
(countable) A variety of bleach.
(uncountable) A chemical, such as sodium hypochlorite or hydrogen peroxide, or a preparation of such a chemical, used for disinfecting or whitening.
A disease of the skin.
An act of bleaching; exposure to the sun.
verb
(intransitive) To be whitened or lightened (by the sun, for example).
(intransitive, biology, of corals) To lose color due to stress-induced expulsion of symbiotic unicellular algae.
(transitive) To treat with bleach, especially so as to whiten (fabric, paper, etc.) or lighten (hair).
(transitive, figurative) To make meaningless; to divest of meaning; to make empty.
blench
blench
noun
A deceit; a trick.
A sidelong glance.
verb
(intransitive) To fly off; to turn aside.
(intransitive) To shrink; start back; give way; flinch; turn aside or fly off.
(intransitive, of the eye) To quail.
(obsolete) To blanch.
(transitive) To deceive; cheat.
(transitive) To draw back from; shrink; avoid; elude; deny, as from fear.
(transitive) To hinder; obstruct; disconcert; foil.
boucle
boucle
noun
Alternative spelling of bouclé
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.
cabble
cabell
cabled
cabled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cable
cabler
cabler
noun
(entertainment) A cable television network or system operator.
Someone who cables, who puts together or fixes cables.
cables
cables
noun
plural of cable
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cable
cablet
cablet
noun
A slender cable.
cebell
celebe
celebs
celebs
noun
plural of celeb
chebel
cobble
cobble
noun
(geology) A particle from 64 to 256 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
(manufacturing) A piece of steel that becomes malformed during its manufacture or rolling.
A cobblestone.
Alternative form of coble (a kind of fishing-boat).
verb
(intransitive) To make shoes (what a cobbler does).
(transitive) To assemble in an improvised way.
(transitive, intransitive) To use cobblestones to pave a road, walkway, etc.
cobles
cobles
noun
plural of coble
colbye
comble
comble
noun
(heraldry) A band along the top part of the shield, half the breadth of the chief.
corbel
corbel
noun
(architecture) A structural member jutting out of a wall to carry a superincumbent weight.
verb
(transitive) To furnish with a corbel or corbels; to support by a corbel; to make in the form of a corbel.
crible
cumble
cybele
cybele
Proper noun
A mother goddess of the ancient peoples of Asia Minor.
Short for a main belt asteroid.
cymbel
debcle
ecbole
ecbole
noun
(music) The raising or sharping of a tone, especially (historical) in relation to Ancient Greek music.
(rhetoric, rare) A digression, (especially) one in which a person is introduced speaking his or her own words.
elboic
elbuck
emblic
emblic
noun
The fruit of Emblica officinalis (now Phyllanthus emblica, the Indian gooseberry, once used as a remedy against dysentery)