(music) A secondary, weaker half of a musical beat.
afterblow
afterbody
afterbody
noun
(astronautics) A section or piece of a launch vehicle, rocket, or spacecraft that enters the atmosphere unprotected behind the nose cone or other body that is protected for entry.
(astronomy) A companion body that trails a satellite or spacecraft.
(nautical) The part of a vessel abaft midships.
The afterpart of a vehicle.
banecroft
basketful
basketful
noun
The amount that will fit into a basket
batfishes
batfishes
noun
plural of batfish
batfowled
batfowler
batfowler
noun
One who takes part in batfowling.
battleful
battleful
adj
Full of battles or conflicts.
beanfeast
beanfeast
noun
(chiefly Britain) A dinner party given to the employees of a firm.
(chiefly Britain) Any similar social occasion.
bearfoots
beatified
beatified
adj
(Roman Catholicism) Having been recognized and declared, by the church, that a deceased has entered heaven; having attained this step in the process of canonization.
Blissful or supremely blessed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beatify
beatifies
beatifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beatify
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.
beefeater
beefeater
noun
(historical) A kind of hat worn by women resembling the headwear of a Beefeater (Yeoman Warder).
(obsolete) One who eats beef; a large, plump person; a well-fed servant.
Alternative letter-case form of Beefeater
An African bird of the genus Buphagus, which feeds on the larvae of botflies hatched under the skin of oxen, antelopes, etc.
beefsteak
beefsteak
noun
(countable) Ellipsis of beefsteak mushroom.
(countable) Ellipsis of beefsteak plant, also known as perilla and shiso (Perilla frutescens var. crispa).
(countable) Ellipsis of beefsteak tomato.
(countable, archaic): A celebratory dinner, commonly held in New York between about 1870 and 1940 involving the consumption of enormous quantities of broiled steak and beer.
(countable, uncountable) (A) steak cut from beef cattle.
(uncountable) The herb prepared from the leaves of the beefsteak plant.
befeather
befeather
verb
(transitive) To deck or cover with feathers.
beflatter
beflatter
verb
(transitive) To flatter greatly or excessively.
befraught
befraught
adj
(rare) fraught
belafonte
belfather
bereareft
bifidated
bifidated
adj
Alternative form of bifidate
biflorate
biflorate
adj
(botany) Biflorous.
bifoliate
bifoliate
adj
(botany) Having exactly two leaves. Compare bifoliolate, having two leaflets per leaf.
bifurcate
bifurcate
adj
Divided or forked into two; bifurcated.
Having bifurcations.
verb
(intransitive) To divide or fork into two channels or branches.
(transitive) To cause to bifurcate.
bisulfate
bisulfate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) Any salt containing this anion.
(inorganic chemistry) The univalent anion HSO₄⁻.
verb
To react with a bisulfate
To sulfate with two sulfate groups
blackfeet
bouffante
breakfast
breakfast
noun
(by extension) A meal consisting of food normally eaten in the morning, which may typically include eggs, sausages, toast, bacon, etc.
(largely obsolete outside religion) A meal eaten after a period of (now often religious) fasting.
The celebratory meal served after a wedding (and occasionally after other solemnities e.g. a funeral).
The first meal of the day, usually eaten in the morning.
verb
(intransitive) To eat the morning meal.
(transitive) To serve breakfast to.
breastful
breastful
noun
The amount that a breast will carry or hold.
breathful
breathful
adj
(obsolete) Full of odour; fragrant.
Characteristic of a breath; breath-like.
Focused on control of one's breathing.
Full of breath; breathy.
Not breathless; breathing easily.
Relaxed and quiet.
That breathes.
noun
A quantity that is exhaled in one breath.
A quantity that is inhaled in one breath.
That which is smelled or sensed in one breath.
The amount spoken on one breath.
bullfeast
bullfeast
noun
(obsolete) A bullfight.
butterfat
butterfat
noun
The fatty components of milk and other dairy products.
daftberry
debateful
debateful
adj
(obsolete) Contentious, argumentative, full of strife.
draftable
draftable
adj
Capable of being drafted.
fabricate
fabricate
verb
(transitive) To form by art and labor; to manufacture; to produce.
(transitive) To form into a whole by uniting its parts; to construct; to build.
(transitive) To invent and form; to forge; to devise falsely.
(transitive, cooking) To cut up an animal as preparation for cooking, particularly used in reference to fowl.
fatigable
fatigable
adj
Susceptible to fatigue; able to become physically exhausted.
febricant
febricant
adj
(archaic) Causing fever.
noun
(archaic) A patient who has a fever.
ferryboat
ferryboat
noun
(nautical) A boat used to ferry passengers, vehicles, or goods across open water, especially one that runs to a regular schedule
fibrinate
fightable
fightable
adj
(military) Capable in combat.
Able to be fought.
filtrable
filtrable
adj
Alternative form of filterable
fimbriate
fimbriate
adj
(biology) Fringed, e.g. where the ends of a petal are split into two or more divisions.
verb
(transitive) To fringe; to hem.
fireboats
fireboats
noun
plural of fireboat
firebrats
firebrats
noun
plural of firebrat
flabbiest
flabbiest
adj
superlative form of flabby: most flabby
flashtube
flashtube
noun
Synonym of flashlamp
flatbread
flatbread
noun
A thin, flat bread, often made from unleavened dough.
fleabites
fleabites
noun
plural of fleabite
flirtable
flirtable
adj
Suitable for flirting with.
floatable
floatable
adj
That may be floated.
noun
(usually in the plural) Anything that floats.
fractable
fractable
noun
(architecture) A decorative coping on a gable wall that rises up to obscure the roof line.
futabatei
futurable
futurable
adj
Capable of existing or occurring in the future: possible.
hoofbeats
hoofbeats
noun
plural of hoofbeat
lifeboats
lifeboats
noun
plural of lifeboat
obfuscate
obfuscate
adj
(obsolete) Obfuscated; darkened; obscured.
verb
(computing) To alter code while preserving its behavior but concealing its structure and intent.
Before leaving the scene, the murderer set a fire in order to obfuscate any evidence of their identity.
To deliberately make more confusing in order to conceal the truth.
To make dark; to overshadow.
outfabled
outfabled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outfable
outfables
outfables
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outfable