(by extension) An initial success that ensures the possibility of further advances in a project; a foothold.
(military) An area of hostile territory (especially on a beach) that, when captured, serves for the continuous landing (or movement into position) of further troops and material
beachside
beachside
adj
(rare) Bordering a beach
noun
The land bordering a beach.
beachward
beachward
Adverb
Towards a beach.
beachwood
bechained
bechained
adj
(rare) in chains
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
bechanced
bechanced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bechance
becharmed
becharmed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of becharm
beclothed
beclothed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beclothe
bedchairs
bedchairs
noun
plural of bedchair
beduchess
beechwood
beechwood
noun
A wood largely populated with beech trees.
The wood of beech trees (Fagus spp.).
benchland
benchland
noun
(geology) bench (thin strip of relatively flat land bounded by slopes)
bepatched
bepatched
adj
Covered in patches.
berdaches
berdaches
noun
plural of berdache
berdichev
berdichev
Proper noun
a city in the Zhitomir oblast of Ukraine
beseeched
bewitched
bewitched
adj
(Of a person) entranced, charmed, fascinated, as though subject to a magical influence.
Under a spell; subject to an act of witchcraft.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bewitch
birchdale
blackhead
blackhead
noun
(countable) A scaup: any of various ducks of the genus Aythya.
(countable, medicine) A comedo, a skin blemish, a type of acne vulgaris, where a pore becomes clogged with a dark, hard, cheesy keratin-filled substance forming a hard black "head" on the skin's surface.
(uncountable) A form of histomoniasis in poultry, characterized by cyanotic discoloration on the bird's head.
blechnoid
blockhead
blockhead
noun
(colloquial) A stupid person.
A sideshow performer who hammers nails or similar items through his or her nostril into the nasal cavity; human blockhead.
verb
(rare) To behave in a stupid manner.
To perform as a human blockhead.
bodycheck
bodycheck
noun
Alternative spelling of body check
boschveld
botchedly
botchedly
adv
In a clumsy manner.
boucharde
bruchidae
bsmedtech
butchered
butchered
adj
(by extension) Taken apart, destroyed or (figurative) distorted beyond recognition.
(of an animal) Taken apart professionally, as a butcher might.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of butcher
chambered
chambered
adj
(often in combination) Having chambers.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chamber
chasubled
chasubled
adj
Dressed in a chasuble.
checkbird
childbear
childbeds
childbeds
noun
plural of childbed
cohabited
cohabited
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cohabit
cohobated
cohobated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cohobate
debauched
debauched
adj
Indulging in or characterised by sensual pleasures to a degree perceived to be morally harmful; corrupted; immoral; self-indulgent.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of debauch
debauchee
debauchee
noun
A person addicted to excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures.
Somebody who is debauched; somebody who is dissolute and acts without moral restraint.
debaucher
debaucher
noun
Somebody who debauches or corrupts others; a seducer.
debauches
debauches
noun
plural of debauch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of debauch
debouched
debouched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of debouche
debouches
debouches
noun
plural of debouch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of debouch
drawbench
drawbench
noun
A machine in which long pieces of metal are drawn through a drawplate, die, or series of dies, to change the shape, size, cross-sectional area, physical properties, or surface finish of the metal.