(obsolete, masonry) The joint or interstice between stones, to be filled with mortar.
A cold water drinking fountain (for people) typically found in a public location; more generally, any fountain or water source (including for animals like birds, horses etc).
abruptest
abruptest
adj
superlative form of abrupt: most abrupt
absoluter
absoluter
adj
(rare) comparative form of absolute: more absolute
absolutes
absolutes
noun
plural of absolute
abstruser
abstruser
adj
(rare) comparative form of abstruse: more abstruse
absurdest
absurdest
adj
superlative form of absurd: most absurd
abundance
abundance
noun
(Scotland) enough, sufficiency.
(card games) A bid to take nine or more tricks in solo whist.
A large quantity; many.
An overflowing fullness or ample sufficiency; profusion; copious supply; superfluity; plentifulness.
Frequency, amount, ratio of something within a given environment or sample.
Wealth; affluence; plentiful amount of resources.
abusively
abusively
adv
In an abusive manner; rudely; with abusive language.
abutments
abutments
noun
plural of abutment
accruable
accruable
adj
Able to be accrued.
accumbent
accumbent
adj
(botany) Lying against anything, as one part of a leaf against another leaf
Leaning or reclining, as the ancients did at their meals.
noun
One who rests in an accumbent position, especially at table.
accusable
accusable
adj
Liable to be accused or censured; chargeable with a crime or breach; blamable
acetabula
acetabula
noun
plural of acetabulum
adducible
adducible
adj
Capable of being adduced.
adumbrate
adumbrate
verb
To foreshadow vaguely.
To give a vague outline.
To obscure or overshadow.
aerobious
aerobious
adj
(obsolete) aerobic
aetobatus
airbusses
alambique
albuginea
albuginea
noun
(anatomy) A layer of white, fibrous tissue.
albugines
albumoses
albumoses
noun
plural of albumose
alburnett
altenburg
ambulance
ambulance
noun
(military) A mobile field hospital.
(obsolete, US) A prairie wagon.
An emergency vehicle designed for transporting seriously ill or injured people to a hospital.
verb
(transitive) To transport by ambulance.
ambulante
ambulated
ambulated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ambulate
ambulates
ambulates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ambulate
ambuscade
ambuscade
noun
(dated) An ambush; a trap laid for an enemy.
The body of troops lying in ambush.
The place in which troops lie hidden for an ambush.
verb
(dated) To lie in wait for, or to attack from a covert or lurking place; to waylay.
ambushers
ambushers
noun
plural of ambusher
amoebaeum
amoebaeum
noun
(poetry) A poem in which persons are represented as speaking alternately.
anukabiet
anukabiet
noun
An old Thai unit of length, approximately 2.6 centimetres.
aquabelle
aquabelle
noun
(dated) A female performer in an aquacade.
aquebogue
arabesque
arabesque
noun
(art, architecture, also attributively) An elaborate design of intertwined floral figures or complex geometrical patterns, mainly used in Islamic art and architecture.
(ballet) A dance position in which the dancer stands on one leg, with the other raised backwards, and the arms outstretched.
(by extension, attributively) Elaborate or ornate creations in general.
(music) An ornate composition, especially for the piano.
arboreous
arboreous
adj
(obsolete) Growing on trees.
(obsolete, anatomy) Having a tree-like, branching structure.
(of a plant) Having the characteristics of a tree.
arboretum
arboretum
noun
A place where many varieties of tree are grown for research, educational, and ornamental purposes.
arbuscles
arbuscles
noun
plural of arbuscle
arbuscule
arbutuses
arbutuses
noun
plural of arbutus
arousable
arousable
adj
That can be aroused
asbestous
asbestous
Adjective
Relating to, or resembling, asbestos.
assumable
assumable
adj
Capable of being assumed, or taken on.
Capable of being assumed, or taken to be true.
assurable
atterbury
attribute
attribute
noun
(computer graphics, dated) A numeric value representing the colours of part of the screen display.
(computing, object-oriented programming) An option or setting belonging to some object.
(grammar) A word that qualifies a noun.
(logic) That which is predicated or affirmed of a subject; a predicate; an accident.
(programming) A semantic item with which a method or other code element may be decorated.
A characteristic or quality of a thing.
An object that is considered typical of someone or some function, in particular as an artistic convention.
verb
To ascribe (something) to a given cause, reason etc.
To associate ownership or authorship of (something) to someone.
auberbach
aubergine
aubergine
noun
(Britain) An Asian plant, Solanum melongena, cultivated for its edible purple, green, or white ovoid fruit; eggplant.
(Britain) The fruit of this plant, eaten as a vegetable.
(color) A dark purple colour; eggplant.
aubretias
aubretias
noun
plural of aubretia
aubrietas
aubrietas
noun
plural of aubrieta
aubrietia
aubrietia
noun
A creeping perennial plant native to southeastern Europe, Aubrieta deltoidea, grown as a groundcover and in rock gardens for its dense foliage and purple, pink or white flowers.
auditable
auditable
adj
Able to be audited.
aurangzeb
aurungzeb
autobuses
autobuses
noun
plural of autobus
aylesbury
aylesbury
Proper noun
a town in Buckinghamshire, England
azorubine
azorubine
noun
(organic chemistry) a red azo dye used as a food colouring, mostly in baked goods
babungera
babyhouse
babyhouse
Noun
A doll's house.
backhouse
backhouse
noun
(US, Canada, euphemistic) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
(now dialect) An outbuilding behind the main building.
bacterium
bacterium
noun
(microbiology) A single-celled organism with cell walls but no nucleus or organelles.
baculites
baculites
noun
plural of baculite
baduhenna
baguettes
baguettes
noun
plural of baguette
baigneuse
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.
balaustre
balayeuse
balayeuse
noun
A protecting ruffle or frill, as of silk or lace, sewn close to the lower edge of a skirt on the inside.
balbuties
balbuties
noun
(medicine, obsolete) stammering
balefully
balefully
adv
In a baleful, ominous manner.
balusters
balusters
noun
plural of baluster
bambuseae
banefully
banefully
adv
In a baneful way.
bangweulu
banjulele
banjulele
noun
Alternative form of banjolele
banqueted
banqueted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of banquet
banqueter
banqueter
noun
A guest at a banquet.
banquette
banquette
noun
(Louisiana, Texas) A sidewalk.
(dated) A bench or similar seat on top of a diligence or other public vehicle.
(military) A narrow area behind a defensive wall's parapet elevated above its terreplein and used by defenders to shoot at attackers.
A bench built into a wall, especially (military) one built into a wall of a defensive trench, used for sitting and for shooting at attackers.
An upholstered bench, e.g., along a wall of a restaurant or lounge area.
barbecued
barbecued
adj
Cooked on a barbecue.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of barbecue
barbecuer
barbecuer
noun
One who (or a device which) barbecues.
barbecues
barbecues
noun
plural of barbecue
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of barbecue
barbequed
barbequed
adj
Alternative spelling of barbecued
verb
Alternative spelling of barbecued simple past tense and past participle of barbeque
barbulate
barbulate
adj
Synonym of barbellate
barbulyie
barguests
barguests
noun
plural of barguest
barleducs
barnumize
barnumize
verb
Alternative form of Barnumize
baroquely
baroquely
adv
In a baroque style.
barouches
barouches
noun
plural of barouche
barouchet
barouchet
noun
Alternative spelling of barouchette
barquette
barquette
noun
A kind of small sailboat.
A small boat-shaped pastry shell with a sweet or savoury filling.
barrelful
barrelful
noun
As much as a barrel will hold.
barrulety
basecourt
basecourt
noun
Alternative form of base court
basketful
basketful
noun
The amount that will fit into a basket
batardeau
batardeau
noun
(military) A wall built across the ditch of a fortification, with a sluice gate to regulate the height of water in the ditch on both sides of the wall.
batesburg
bathhouse
bathhouse
noun
A building where swimmers can change clothes.
A building with baths for communal use.
A business with bath-like facilities, which chiefly serves as a place for sexual encounters, especially among men.
battleful
battleful
adj
Full of battles or conflicts.
baudekins
baudekins
noun
plural of baudekin
baulkiest
baulkiest
adj
superlative form of baulky: most baulky
bauxitite
bdelliums
bdelliums
noun
plural of bdellium
bdelloura
beadflush
beadhouse
beadhouse
noun
(historical) An almshouse for poor people who pray daily for their benefactors.
beakerful
beakerful
noun
The amount that a beaker will hold.
bealtuinn
beamhouse
bearhound
bearhound
noun
A dog for baiting or hunting bears.
beatitude
beatitude
noun
(uncountable) Supreme, utmost bliss and happiness.
Any one of the Biblical blessings given by Jesus in Matthew 5:3–12. E.g.: "Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth"(Matthew 5:5).
beauchamp
beauchamp
Proper noun
The name of several places in Northern France
of Norman origin
beauclerc
beauclerk
beauseant
beauseant
noun
The black and white standard of the Knights Templar.
beauteous
beauteous
adj
(literary, formal) beautiful.
beautiful
beautiful
adj
(of the weather) Pleasant; clear.
Attractive and possessing beauty.
Good, admirable.
Well executed.
noun
Someone who is beautiful. Can be used as a term of address.
beautydom
beautydom
noun
The estate or rank of a beauty or of beautiful women.
beblubber
beblubber
verb
(transitive) To make swollen, disfigured, bleared, or sullied by weeping.
bechuanas
beclamour
beclamour
verb
Alternative form of beclamor
beclouded
beclouded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of becloud
becluster
becquerel
becquerel
noun
In the International System of Units, the derived unit of radioactive activity; the activity of a quantity of radioactive material in which one nucleus decays per second. Symbol: Bq
becrusted
becrusted
adj
Covered with, or as if with, a crust; encrusted.
becudgels
becudgels
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of becudgel
becursing
becursing
verb
present participle of becurse
bedaubing
bedaubing
verb
present participle of bedaub
bedehouse
bedehouse
noun
Alternative form of beadhouse
bedquilts
bedquilts
noun
plural of bedquilt
bedrugged
bedrugged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bedrug
beduchess
bedumbing
bedumbing
verb
present participle of bedumb
beduncing
beduncing
verb
present participle of bedunce
beechnuts
beechnuts
noun
plural of beechnut
beelzebub
beelzebul
beerhouse
beerhouse
noun
A tavern that sells beer.
beflounce
befluster
befortune
befortune
verb
(poetic, dated, transitive) To befall.
befoulers
befoulers
noun
plural of befouler
befoulier
befouling
befouling
verb
present participle of befoul
befraught
befraught
adj
(rare) fraught
befrounce
befrumple
befuddled
befuddled
adj
confused or perplexed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of befuddle
befuddler
befuddler
noun
One who befuddles.
befuddles
befuddles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of befuddle