(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
beadflush
beadhouse
beadhouse
noun
(historical) An almshouse for poor people who pray daily for their benefactors.
beardfish
beardfish
noun
Any of various deep-sea fish, of the family Polymixiidae, that have a pair of long hyoid barbels.
bearhound
bearhound
noun
A dog for baiting or hunting bears.
beasthood
beasthood
noun
The property or state of being a beast.
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
bedehouse
bedehouse
noun
Alternative form of beadhouse
bedighted
bedighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bedight
bednights
bedsheets
bedsheets
noun
plural of bedsheet
beduchess
beechwood
beechwood
noun
A wood largely populated with beech trees.
The wood of beech trees (Fagus spp.).
beeheaded
beheading
beheading
noun
An instance of a person being beheaded.
verb
present participle of behead
beholders
beholders
noun
plural of beholder
beholding
beholding
adj
Obsolete form of beholden.
noun
The act by which something is beheld; regard; contemplation.
verb
present participle of behold
behusband
bellehood
bellehood
noun
The state or period of being a belle.
benchland
benchland
noun
(geology) bench (thin strip of relatively flat land bounded by slopes)
(figuratively, obsolete) Difficult to understand; abstruse, obscure.
(obsolete or poetic) Overtaken by night; especially of a traveller, etc.: caught out by oncoming night before reaching one's destination.
(obsolete) Plunged into darkness.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of benight
bepatched
bepatched
adj
Covered in patches.
berdaches
berdaches
noun
plural of berdache
berdichev
berdichev
Proper noun
a city in the Zhitomir oblast of Ukraine
bernhardi
bernhardt
beseeched
beshadows
beshadows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beshadow
beshawled
beshawled
adj
Wearing a shawl.
beshouted
beshouted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beshout
beshrewed
beshrewed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beshrew
beshrouds
beshrouds
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beshroud
beslushed
besoothed
besoothed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of besoothe
bethanked
bethanked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bethank
bethesdas
bethorned
bethsaida
bethumped
bethumped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bethump
bethunder
betrothed
betrothed
adj
Engaged to be married.
noun
One who is betrothed, i.e. a fiancé or fiancée.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of betroth
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
bewrathed
bigheaded
bigheaded
adj
Alternative spelling of big-headed
billheads
billheads
noun
plural of billhead
birchdale
birdhouse
birdhouse
noun
A small house for birds.
An aviary.
birthdate
birthdate
noun
the year, month, and day of someone's birth; date of birth
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.
blathered
blathered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blather
blechnoid
blemished
blemished
adj
Having blemishes; flawed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blemish
blethered
blethered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blether
blindheim
blithered
blithered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blither
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.
bloodshed
bloodshed
noun
(literally) The shedding or spilling of blood.
(obsolete) A bloodshot condition or appearance; an effusion of blood in the eye.
(obsolete) The shedding of one's own blood; specifically, the death of Christ.
A slaughter; destruction of life, notably on a large scale.
blueheads
blueheads
noun
plural of bluehead
blunthead
bodenheim
bodycheck
bodycheck
noun
Alternative spelling of body check
boltheads
boltheads
noun
plural of bolthead
boneheads
boneheads
noun
plural of bonehead
boschveld
botchedly
botchedly
adv
In a clumsy manner.
bothsided
boucharde
boxhauled
boxhauled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of boxhaul
boxholder
boxholder
noun
A renter of a post office box.
An owner of a box in a theatre/theater, stadium, etc.
bradleigh
brakehand
brakehead
brandreth
brandreth
noun
(now historical) A tripod or stand for a cask, a haystack, etc.
(obsolete) A railing around a well.
breadthen
breadthen
verb
(transitive) To increase in breadth.
brianhead
bridehead
bridehood
bridehood
noun
The state or condition of being a bride.
brideship
broadhead
broadhead
noun
(bowhunting) A flat arrowhead with razor-sharp sides, intended to kill prey by causing severe bleeding.
brothered
brothered
noun
Alternative form of brotherred
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brother
bruchidae
brunhilde
bsmedtech
bulkheads
bulkheads
noun
plural of bulkhead
bullheads
bullheads
noun
plural of bullhead
burnished
burnished
adj
(figurative) Blazing, bright.
Polished, made shiny by rubbing (especially with a burnisher).
verb
simple past tense and past participle of burnish
burthened
burthened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of burthen
bushelled
bushelled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bushel
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
buxtehude
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
dahabeahs
dahabeahs
noun
plural of dahabeah
dahabiehs
dahabiehs
noun
plural of dahabieh
dahabiyeh
deathbeds
deathbeds
noun
plural of deathbed
deathblow
deathblow
noun
A strike or blow that leads to death, especially a coup de grace.
Something that prevents the completion, or ends the existence, of a project etc.; a fatal setback.
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
deiphobus
demirhumb
demophobe
diushambe
djellabah
djellabah
noun
Alternative spelling of djellaba
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.
dyushambe
earthbred
earthbred
adj
(obsolete, poetic) Low; grovelling; vulgar.
edinburgh
edinburgh
Proper noun
The capital and second largest city of Scotland.
elderbush
elderbush
noun
The bush on which the elderberry grows.
exhibited
exhibited
verb
simple past tense and past participle of exhibit
exhusband
exhusband
noun
Alternative form of ex-husband
furbished
furbished
adj
Polished, burnished.
Reconditioned.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of furbish
haberdash
haberdash
verb
To deal in small wares.
haberdine
haberdine
noun
cod salted and dried.
habitudes
habitudes
noun
plural of habitude
hairbeard
handbells
handbells
noun
plural of handbell
handbrake
handbrake
noun
(mechanical engineering, automotive, rail transport) A brake in a vehicle, set by hand, and usually locking on until released by hand, enabling its use when parked.
(mechanical engineering, automotive, rail transport) The mechanism, particularly the locking hand-operated lever or foot-operated toggle lever in a motorcar or the hand-operated crank on a railcar, which is used to set and release such a brake.
verb
To apply the handbrake in a vehicle.
handbreed
handlebar
handlebar
noun
(chiefly in the plural) The bar used to steer a bicycle, motorbike, or similar vehicle using the hands.
harboured
harboured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of harbour
hardberry
headbands
headbands
noun
plural of headband
headboard
headboard
noun
(nautical) A panel, usually of metal, attached to the head of a fore-and-aft sail for additional strength.
(rail transport) A board on the front of a train, carrying the train's name or that of the service it is on.
A grave marker made of wood.
A vertical panel, either plain or upholstered, attached to the head of a bed.