A hydrometer calibrated to test the strength of tanning liquors used in tanning leather.
basketball
basketball
noun
(countable) The particular kind of ball used in the sport of basketball.
(sports, uncountable) A sport in which two opposing teams of five players strive to put a ball through a hoop.
verb
To play basketball
To throw in a similar way to when shooting a basketball
basketfuls
basketfuls
noun
plural of basketful
basketlike
basketlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a basket.
basketries
basketries
noun
plural of basketry
basketware
basketware
noun
basketwork goods collectively
basketwood
basketwood
noun
Any of various kinds of wood traditionally used for making baskets.
basketwork
basketwork
noun
Material woven in the style of a basket.
The craft of making such material.
basketworm
basketworm
noun
The larva of a psychid moth.
battercake
battercake
noun
A kind of flat cake similar to a pancake.
batterdock
beanstalks
beanstalks
noun
plural of beanstalk
beatnikism
beatnikism
noun
The social and artistic ideas associated with beatniks
bedticking
beefsteaks
beefsteaks
noun
plural of beefsteak
beknighted
beknighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beknight
beknotting
beltmaking
beltmaking
noun
The manufacture of belts.
benediktov
besticking
besticking
verb
present participle of bestick
bethanking
bethanking
verb
present participle of bethank
bethinking
bethinking
noun
The act of thinking, thinking about, considering, reflecting, or remembering.
verb
present participle of bethink
betokening
betokening
verb
present participle of betoken
betuckered
biometrika
birkremite
bitterbark
bitterbark
noun
Alternative form of bitter bark
blacketeer
blacketeer
noun
Short for black marketeer.
blackheart
blackheart
noun
A cruel and remorseless person.
A heart-shaped cherry with a very dark skin.
A type of malleable cast iron with minimum tensile strength of 350 N/mm².
Any of various plant diseases that cause darkening of the central tissue.
blackplate
blackstone
blackwater
blackwater
noun
Blackwater fever; malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum.
Waste from domestic toilets; water containing fecal matter.
Water containing loam, tannins, etc., giving it a very dark appearance.
blanketeer
blanketers
blanketing
blanketing
noun
(countable) A layer of something that covers like a blanket.
(nautical, slang) A manoeuvre in which one vessel covers or becalms another with its sails.
(rail transport) Provision of a layer under the trackbed to prevent clay subsoil and water being forced to the surface by the weight of trains.
(uncountable, countable) Cloth for making blankets.
(uncountable, countable) The act or punishment of tossing in a blanket.
verb
present participle of blanket
blithelike
blitzkrieg
blitzkrieg
noun
A fast military offensive, typically involving a large and highly mobile tank force with air support.
bluejacket
bluejacket
noun
(nautical) A seaman of a British warship
(nautical) An enlisted man in the US Navy.
A uniformed policeman.
boatkeeper
boatkeeper
noun
(historical) A person who operated small-crew open fishing boats and fishing rooms on the shores around Newfoundland in the early 19th century.
A person in charge of a boat.
boltstrake
bonnetlike
bonnetlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bonnet (traditional hat).
bontebucks
bontebucks
noun
plural of bontebuck
bookplates
bookplates
noun
plural of bookplate
bookstores
bookstores
noun
plural of bookstore
bootlicked
bootlicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bootlick
bootlicker
bootlicker
noun
(by extension, derogatory) Anyone who is seen as supporting authoritarianism.
(derogatory) A person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner; a toady
bottlelike
bottlelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bottle.
bottleneck
bottleneck
noun
(by extension) The part of a process that is too slow or cumbersome.
(figurative) In traffic, any narrowing of the road, especially resulting in a delay.
The narrow portion that forms the pouring spout of a bottle; the neck of a bottle.
verb
(intransitive) To form a bottleneck.
(transitive) To slow by causing a bottleneck.
bracketing
bracketing
noun
(architecture) A series or group of brackets; brackets, collectively.
The act of enclosing (text, etc.) in brackets.
verb
present participle of bracket
bracketted
breakfasts
breakfasts
noun
plural of breakfast
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of breakfast
breakfront
breakfront
noun
(chiefly attributive) Any piece of furniture (especially a bookcase or cabinet) that has a central section that projects farther forward than the other sections.
breakpoint
breakpoint
noun
(meteorology) A location referred to when issuing watches, warnings, or advisories for specific areas.
(physics) The point where surface water waves are breaking in, e.g., oceans or lakes.
(programming) A point in a program at which operation may be interrupted during debugging so that the state of the program at that point can be investigated.
(web development) A particular size at which a web page is designed to switch to a different layout.
verb
(programming, transitive) To flag with a breakpoint.
breakstone
breakstone
noun
Burnet saxifrage (Pimpinella saxifraga)
Parsley piert (Aphanes arvensis)
Pearlwort (Sagina spp.)
Saxifrage (Saxifraga spp.)
breakwater
breakwater
noun
(nautical) A low bulkhead across the forecastle deck of a ship which diverts water breaking over the bows into the scuppers.
(on beaches) A wooden or concrete barrier, usually perpendicular to the shore, intended to prevent the movement of sand along a coast.
A construction in or around a harbour designed to break the force of the sea and to provide shelter for vessels lying inside.
breasthook
breasthook
noun
(nautical) A horizontal timber fitted in the bows of a ship to add strength and to connect the sides to the stem.
breastmark
breastwork
breastwork
noun
(nautical) A railing on the quarter-deck and forecastle.
(slang) Breast augmentation.
A fortification consisting of a breast-high bulwark; a parapet.
A parapet.
bribetaker
bribetaker
noun
A person who takes bribes
bridestake
bucketfull
bucketfuls
bucketfuls
noun
plural of bucketful
bucketsful
bucketshop
bucketshop
noun
Alternative spelling of bucket shop
buckwheats
buckwheats
noun
plural of buckwheat
bulletlike
bulletlike
adj
Resembling a bullet or the path of a bullet.
bullockite
bumblekite
butlerlike
butlerlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a butler.
butterback
butterlike
butterlike
adj
Resembling butter or some aspect of it.
buttermilk
buttermilk
noun
Cultured buttermilk, a fermented dairy product produced from cow's milk, with a characteristically sour taste.
The liquid left over after producing butter from full cream milk by the churning process, also called traditional buttermilk.
buttonlike
buttonlike
adj
Resembling a button.
cactuslike
cactuslike
adj
Having characteristics of a cactus
cankerfret
cankerroot
cankerwort
cankerwort
noun
The plant Taraxacum officinale.
caretakers
caretakers
noun
plural of caretaker
caretaking
caretaking
noun
The act of taking care or taking charge of something.
carpetwork
carpetwork
noun
carpeting generally
casketlike
castlelike
castlelike
adj
Resembling a castle
catskinner
catskinner
noun
(slang, US) One who drives (or operates) a tracked vehicle.
cementlike
cementlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of cement.
cementwork
centistoke
centistoke
noun
(physics) Misconstruction of centistokes (unit of kinematic viscosity)
chalkstone
chalkstone
noun
(medicine) A chalk-like concretion, consisting mainly of urate of sodium, found in those affected with gout; a tophus.
(obsolete) A mass or piece of chalk.
cheapskate
cheapskate
noun
(by extension) Someone who does not give freely.
Someone who stingily avoids spending money.
checkerist
checkerist
noun
One who plays the game of checkers.
checklaton
checklaton
noun
Alternative form of ciclatoun
checklists
checklists
noun
plural of checklist
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of checklist
checkmated
checkmated
adj
(chess) Having a king in check with no possible move to escape check, thus losing the game.
(figuratively) Suffering a personal loss with no obvious chance to escape the loss.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of checkmate
checkmates
checkmates
noun
plural of checkmate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of checkmate
checkpoint
checkpoint
noun
(computing) A situation, often represented by a point in time, at which the state of a database system is known to be valid, and to which it can be returned in the event of a crisis by using a combination of backups and logs; the data stored at this event.
(video games) A predetermined point in a map, level or scenario that the player may resume from if they die or restart from if they choose to.
A point or place where a check is performed, especially a point along a road or on a frontier where travellers are stopped for inspection
verb
To set a checkpoint.
checkstone
checkstrap
chickstone
chockstone
chockstone
noun
(climbing) A metal wedge or nut, threaded on a wire, used in rock climbing for protection by wedging it into a crack in the rock.
A stone, ranging in size from a boulder to a pebble, which has become wedged in a vertical fissure or cleft.
chokestrap
chokestrap
noun
A strap leading from the bellyband to the lower part of the collar, to keep the collar in place.
christlike
christlike
Adjective
Characteristic of Jesus Christ or his works.
chuckstone
chuckstone
Noun
A chuck; a pebble.
clarkeites
clatskanie
clerkliest
clerkliest
adj
superlative form of clerkly: most clerkly
clinkstone
clinkstone
noun
phonolite
clothmaker
clothmaker
noun
A person who makes cloth.
cockatrice
cockatrice
noun
(fantasy, folklore) A snake or serpent that appears to be hatched of a rooster, or cock's, egg.
(mythology) A legendary creature about the size and shape of a dragon or wyvern, but in appearance resembling a giant rooster, with some lizard-like characteristics.
(obsolete) Mistress, harlot.
(obsolete, figurative) Any venomous or deadly thing.