(decorative arts) Lowered, beaten down, or cut away, as the background of an ornamental pattern in relief. Used specifically of stone-cutting; also of metal when the pattern or inscription is to show bright on dark, and the ground is therefore worked out with the graving-tool and left rough or hatched in lines.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abate
abater
abater
noun
One who, or that which, abates.
abates
abates
noun
plural of abate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abate
abbate
abbate
noun
Alternative form of abate (“Italian abbot”)
An Italian abbot, or similar clergyman in minor orders
abbest
abdest
abdest
noun
(Islam) The Islamic act of washing parts of the body using water for ritual prayers and for handling and reading the Qur'an.
abient
abient
adj
(psychology) Characterized by avoidance or withdrawal.
abject
abject
adj
(chiefly with a negative connotation) Complete; downright; utter.
(rare) Lower than nearby areas; low-lying.
Existing in or sunk to a low condition, position, or state; contemptible, despicable, miserable.
Of a person: cast down in hope or spirit; showing utter helplessness, hopelessness, or resignation; also, grovelling; ingratiating; servile.
noun
A person in the lowest and most despicable condition; an oppressed person; an outcast; also, such people as a class.
verb
(mycology) Of a fungus: to (forcibly) give off (spores or sporidia).
To cast down (someone or something); to abase; to debase; to degrade; to lower; also, to forcibly impose obedience or servitude upon (someone); to subjugate.
To cast off or out (someone or something); to reject, especially as contemptible or inferior.
ablate
ablate
verb
(intransitive) To undergo ablation; to become melted or evaporated and removed at a high temperature.
(transitive) To remove or decrease something by cutting, erosion, melting, evaporation, or vaporization.
ablest
ablest
adj
superlative form of able: most able
ablute
ablute
verb
(intransitive, colloquial) To wash oneself.
(transitive, colloquial) To wash.
absent
absent
adj
(comparable) Inattentive to what is passing; absent-minded; preoccupied.
(not comparable) Being away from a place; withdrawn from a place; not present; missing.
(not comparable) Not existing; lacking.
noun
(obsolete, Scotland) An absentee; a person who is not there.
(with definite article) Something absent, especially absent people collectively; those who were or are not there.
prep
In the absence of; without; except.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) Stay away; withdraw.
(reflexive) To keep (oneself) away.
(transitive, archaic) To keep (someone) away.
(transitive, rare) Leave.
albeit
albeit
conj
Although, despite (it) being.
albert
albite
albite
noun
(mineralogy) A plagioclase feldspar, the first member of the Albite-Anorthite solid solution series.
ambert
antebi
arbute
arbute
noun
(archaic, countable) The strawberry tree.
(archaic, uncountable) The wood of the strawberry tree.
artabe
asbest
atabeg
atabeg
noun
(historical) A high medieval Turkish feudal title, originally charged with the caretaking and mentoring of the realm's crown prince.
atabek
aubert
babite
backet
backet
noun
(Scotland) A shallow wooden trough for carrying ashes, coals, etc.
baetyl
baetyl
noun
(historical) A meteorite or similar-looking rough stone thought to be of divine origin and worshipped as sacred.
bagnet
bagnet
noun
(Philippines) crispy pork belly
baguet
baguet
noun
(architecture, zoology) Alternative form of baguette
baited
baited
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bait
baiter
baiter
noun
(Internet, slang) A troll who deliberately posts aggravating messages on a message board to elicit responses.
Agent noun of bait; one who baits, as a fishhook.
balate
balete
ballet
ballet
noun
(figurative) Any intricate series of operations involving coordination between individuals.
(heraldry) A bearing in coats of arms representing one or more balls, called bezants, plates, etc., according to colour.
(music) A light part song, frequently with a fa-la-la chorus, common among Elizabethan and Italian Renaissance composers.
A classical form of dance.
A theatrical presentation of such dancing, usually with music, sometimes in the form of a story.
The company of persons who perform this dance.
verb
To perform an action reminiscent of ballet dancing.
baltei
baltei
noun
plural of balteus
balter
balter
verb
(intransitive) To tumble; dance clumsily.
(intransitive, UK dialectal) To become tangled or matted.
(transitive) To tread down in a clumsy manner.
(transitive, UK dialectal) To tangle; clot; mat (as in the hair).
banate
banate
noun
Synonym of banat
banket
banket
noun
A sweet almond dessert pastry that originated in the Netherlands.
bannet
banter
banter
noun
Sharp, good-humoured, playful, typically spontaneous conversation.
verb
(UK, dialect) To haggle; cheapen the price.
(intransitive) To engage in banter or playful conversation.
(intransitive) To play or do something amusing.
(transitive) To delude or trick; to play a prank upon.
(transitive) To joke about; to ridicule (a trait, habit, etc.).
(transitive) To tease (someone) mildly.
(transitive, US, Southern and Western, colloquial) To challenge to a match.
barbet
barbet
noun
A dog of a small-bodied breed with long curly hair.
Any larva of an indefinite number of species of the beetle family Coccinellidae, that is covered in waxy threads and feeds on aphids and similar small prey.
Any of numerous arboreal birds of the families Capitonidae, Lybiidae, and Megalaimidae, within the order Piciformes.
barest
barest
adj
superlative form of bare: most bare
verb
(archaic) second-person singular simple past form of bear
(archaic) second-person singular simple present form of bare
barite
barite
noun
(mineralogy) A mineral, barium sulphate, with the chemical formula BaSO₄.
barnet
barnet
noun
(Cockney rhyming slang) hair (on one's head)
barret
barret
noun
A kind of cap formerly worn by soldiers.
The flat cap worn by Roman Catholic ecclesiastics.
bartel
barter
barter
noun
An exchange of goods or services without the use of money.
The goods or services used in such an exchange.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To exchange goods or services without involving money.
bartie
bartle
baryte
baryte
noun
Alternative form of barite
basest
basest
adj
superlative form of base: most base
basket
basket
noun
(Internet) In an online shop, a listing of a customer's chosen items before they are ordered.
(LGBT, slang) The male genitalia and region surrounding it.
(archaic) A protection for the hand on a sword or a singlestick; a guard of a bladed weapon.
(architecture) The bell or vase of the Corinthian capital.
(ballooning) The gondola or wicker basket suspended from the balloon, in which the pilot and passengers travel.
(basketball) A circular hoop, from which a net is suspended, which is the goal through which the players try to throw the ball.
(basketball) The act of putting the ball through the basket, thereby scoring points.
(figurative) A set or collection of intangible things.
(informal, euphemistic) Bastard.
(military, aircraft) A drogue (or para-drogue) in the probe-and-drogue refueling method
(obsolete) In a stage-coach, two outside seats facing each other.
(slang) The bulge of the male genitals seen through clothing.
(uncountable) The game of basketball.
A dance movement in some line dances, where men put their arms round the women's lower backs, and the women put their arms over the men's shoulders, and the group (usually of four, any more is difficult) spins round, which should result in the women's feet leaving the ground.
A lightweight container, generally round, open at the top, and tapering toward the bottom.
A singlestick with a basket hilt.
A wire or plastic container similar in shape to a basket, used for carrying articles for purchase in a shop.
verb
(transitive) To place in a basket or baskets.
(transitive, publishing) To cross-collateralize the royalty advances for multiple works so that the creator is not paid until all of those works have achieved a certain level of success.
basnet
basote
basset
basset
noun
(geology) The edge of a geological stratum at the surface of the ground; the outcrop.
(uncountable, card games) A card game resembling faro.
A basset hound.
verb
(geology, intransitive) To incline upward so as to appear at the surface.
basted
basted
adj
Having been cooked by basting.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of baste
basten
baster
baster
noun
A tool for basting meat with fat or gravy.
One who bastes.
bastes
bastes
noun
plural of baste
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of baste
bateau
bateau
noun
A small, flat-bottomed type of boat.
batell
batete
bathed
bathed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bath
simple past tense and past participle of bathe
bather
bather
noun
A bathing costume
A sunbather
One who bathes (cleans oneself with water, for example in a bathtub).
One who gives a bath to another.
One who immerses oneself in water for pleasure or refreshment: one who swims (for example at a lake or beach).
bathes
bathes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bathe
batler
batlet
batlet
noun
A short bat for beating clothes when washing them.
batley
batmen
batmen
noun
plural of batman
batted
batted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bat
battel
battel
adj
(obsolete) fertile; fruitful; productive
noun
(UK, Eton College, obsolete) A small allowance of food collegers receive from their dames (matrons) in addition to their college allowance
(UK, Oxford University, chiefly in the plural) Fees charged by a college for accommodation and living expenses.
(UK, Oxford University, chiefly in the plural, obsolete) Provisions ordered from the kitchen and buttery.
(UK, law, obsolete) A single combat.
Archaic spelling of battle.
verb
(intransitive, Oxford University) To stand indebted in the college-books for provisions and drink from the buttery.
(intransitive, Yeshivish) To waste, especially time.
(transitive) To make fertile.
(transitive, Yeshivish) To nullify.
(transitive, intransitive, Oxford University) To supply with provisions from the buttery.
batten
batten
noun
(nautical) A long strip of wood, metal, fibreglass etc., used for various purposes aboard ship, especially one inserted in a pocket sewn on the sail in order to keep the sail flat.
(theater) In stagecraft, a long pipe, usually metal, affixed to the ceiling or fly system in a theater.
A thin strip of wood used in construction to hold members of a structure together or to provide a fixing point.
The movable bar of a loom, which strikes home or closes the threads of a woof.
verb
(intransitive) To become better; improve in condition, especially by feeding.
(intransitive) To gratify a morbid appetite or craving; gloat.
(intransitive) To thrive by feeding; grow fat; feed oneself gluttonously.
(intransitive) To thrive, prosper, or live in luxury, especially at the expense of others; fare sumptuously.
(intransitive, figurative) To feed (on); to revel (in).
(nautical) To fasten or secure a hatch etc using battens.
(transitive) To fertilize or enrich, as land.
(transitive) To improve by feeding; fatten; make fat or cause to thrive due to plenteous feeding.
To furnish with battens.
batter
batter
noun
(baseball) The player attempting to hit the ball with a bat.
(cooking, countable, uncountable) A beaten mixture of flour and liquid (usually egg and milk), used for baking (e.g. pancakes, cake, or Yorkshire pudding) or to coat food (e.g. fish) prior to frying.
(countable, printing) A bruise on the face of a plate or of type in the form.
(countable, slang) A binge; a heavy drinking session.
(cricket) A player of the batting side now on the field.
(cricket) Any player selected for his or her team principally to bat, as opposed to a bowler.
(cricket) The player now receiving strike; the striker.
A paste of clay or loam.
An incline on the outer face of a built wall.
verb
(UK, slang, usually in the passive) To intoxicate.
(architecture) To slope (of walls, buildings etc.).
(cooking) To coat with batter (the food ingredient).
(figurative) To defeat soundly; to thrash.
(metalworking) To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly.
(military) A general action, fight, or encounter, in which all the divisions of an army are or may be engaged; a combat, an engagement.
(military, clipping of) battle buddy
(military, now rare) A division of an army; a battalion.
(military, obsolete) The main body of an army, as distinct from the vanguard and rear; the battalia.
A contest, a struggle.
verb
(intransitive) To join in battle; to contend in fight
(transitive) To fight or struggle; to enter into a battle with.
To feed or nourish (someone or something).
To render (land, soil, etc.) fertile or fruitful.
battue
battue
noun
(countable, hunting) A hunt performed in this manner.
(uncountable, hunting, often attributively) A form of hunting in which game is forced into the open by the beating of sticks on bushes, etc.
batule
batule
noun
A springboard in a circus or gymnasium.
batzen
batzen
noun
(historical) A silver coin minted in Bern, Switzerland from the 15th century until the mid-19th century, equal to 10 rappen.
bawtie
bawtie
noun
Alternative form of bawty
baxter
baxter
noun
(obsolete, UK, Scotland) A baker; originally, a female baker.
bayeta
bayete
baylet
baylet
noun
A little bay.
beasts
beasts
noun
plural of beast
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beast
beatae
beatas
beatee
beatee
noun
One who receives a beating.
beaten
beaten
adj
(cooking, of a liquid) Mixed by paddling with a wooden spoon or other implement.
(dated) Trite; hackneyed.
Defeated.
Repeatedly struck, or formed or flattened by blows.
verb
past participle of beat
beater
beater
noun
(Canada) A harp seal pup after its first moult and before its second moult.
(US, informal) A sleeveless undershirt.
(US, informal) An old or dilapidated automobile in poor operating condition.
(informal) A shoe suitable for everyday wear, during which they may get dirty or scuffed, as opposed to more valuable shoes that one wishes to keep in good condition.
A kitchen implement for mixing.
A papermaking machine for processing fibres by fibrillation in order to improve bonding strength
A person who drives game towards shooters in a hunting party, typically working in a group with other beaters.
A stick used to play a percussion instrument.
A weaving tool designed to push the weft yarn securely into place. It contains the comb-like insert reed and is sometimes a part of the loom.
In the sport of Quidditch or Muggle quidditch, a player who attempts to hit the opposing team's players with bludgers and to block the bludgers from hitting their own team's players.
Someone or something that beats.
beaton
beatty
beatus
beatus
noun
(religion) A person who has been beatified.
beauti
beauts
beauts
noun
plural of beaut
beauty
beauty
adj
(Canada) Of high quality, well done.
intj
(Canada) Cool!
(Canada) Thanks!
noun
(archaic, in the plural) Beautiful passages or extracts of poetry.
(obsolete) Prevailing style or taste; rage; fashion.
(physics, obsolete) A beauty quark (now called bottom quark).
(with the definite article) The excellence or genius of a scheme or decision.
An excellent or egregious example of something.
Beauty treatment; cosmetology.
Someone who is beautiful.
Something that is particularly good or pleasing.
The quality of being (especially visually) attractive, pleasing, fine or good-looking; comeliness.
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To make beautiful.
bebait
bebite
beblot
beblot
verb
(transitive) To blot all over; stain.
bechet
becket
becket
noun
(England, dialect, historical) A spade for digging turf in the Fens.
(nautical) A loop of rope with a knot at one end to catch in an eye at the other end. Used to secure oars etc. at their place.
(nautical) A short piece of rope spliced to form a circle
(nautical) The clevis of a pulley block.
(nautical, slang) A pocket in clothing.
(obsolete) chough (the bird)
(sewing) A loop of thread, typically braided, attached at each end to a jacket. Used to pass through the brooch bar of medals to affix them to the jacket without damaging it.
A method of joining fabric, for example the doors of a tent, by interlacing loops of cord (beckets) through eyelet holes and adjacent loops.
An eye in the end of a rope.
becost
bedebt
bedirt
bedirt
verb
(transitive) To cover or defile with dirt.
bedolt
bedote
bedsit
bedsit
noun
(Britain, Ireland) A form of rented accommodation consisting of a single room for use as both sitting room and bedroom; there may also be a small kitchen area and washing and toilet facilities, but these amenities are more commonly outside the room and shared by several tenants.
bedust
bedust
verb
(archaic) To cover with dust.
beento
beetle
beetle
adj
Protruding, jutting, overhanging.
noun
(uncountable) A game of chance in which players attempt to complete a drawing of a beetle, different dice rolls allowing them to add the various body parts.
A machine in which fabrics are subjected to a hammering process while passing over rollers, as in cotton mills; a beetling machine.
A type of mallet with a large wooden head, used to drive wedges, beat pavements, etc.
Alternative letter-case form of Beetle (“car”)
Any of numerous species of insect in the order Coleoptera characterized by a pair of hard, shell-like front wings which cover and protect a pair of rear wings when at rest.
verb
To beat with a heavy mallet.
To finish by subjecting to a hammering process in a beetle or beetling machine.
To loom over; to extend or jut.
To move (away) quickly, to scurry away.
befist
befits
befits
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of befit
befret
begats
begats
noun
(nonstandard) plural of begat
begets
begets
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beget
begift
begift
verb
(transitive) To entrust; endow.
(transitive) To give a gift or gifts to; bestow or present with gifts.
(transitive) To give as a gift.
begirt
begirt
verb
simple past tense and past participle of begird
behest
behest
noun
(obsolete) A vow; a promise.
A command, bidding; sometimes also, an authoritative request; now usually in the phrase at the behest of.
verb
(obsolete) To promise; vow.
behint
behoot
beirut
beirut
Proper noun
The capital city of Lebanon.
The drinking game of beer pong.
beitch
bejant
bejant
noun
A first-year male student at the University of St Andrews in Scotland.
beknit
beknit
verb
(transitive) To girdle or encircle.
(transitive) To knit.
beknot
belait
belast
belast
adj
(obsolete) burdened, charged, bound.
belate
belate
verb
(transitive) To impede; cause something to be late; delay; benight.
beleft
beleft
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beleave
belita
belite
bellot
beloit
beloit
Proper noun
A city in Kansas, USA, and the county seat of Mitchell County.
A village in Ohio
A city and town in Wisconsin
belout
belout
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To address or speak of with contemptuous language.
(transitive, obsolete) To call (someone) a lout.
belted
belted
adj
(of a garment) Fitted with a belt.
(of animals etc.) Characterized by a white band around the body.
Wearing a belt.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of belt
belter
belter
noun
(Britain, informal) A very good-looking person.
(Britain, informal) Anything that is particularly good of its class.
(science fiction) A person who mines asteroids for minerals or lives in the vicinity of an asteroid belt.
A song suitable for forceful singing.
One who sings forcefully.
One who uses the specific vocal technique of belting.
beltie
beltir
beltis
belton
belton
Proper noun
an unincorporated community in Kentucky, USA.
a city in Missouri, USA.
a city in South Carolina, USA.
a city in Texas, USA
a community in Ontario, Canada.
a village in England
a village in Lincolnshire, England
a village in England
belute
belute
verb
(transitive) To bespatter, as with mud.
bemata
bemeet
bemeet
verb
(transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To meet with.
bement
bemete
bemete
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To measure.
bemist
bemist
verb
(transitive) To cover or envelop with mist, or as with mist.
bemixt
bemixt
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bemix; archaic spelling of bemixed.
bemoat
bemolt
benita
benito
bennet
bennet
noun
The common yellow-flowered avens of Europe (Geum urbanum); herb bennet.
hemlock
valerian
benoit
benote
benote
verb
(transitive, obsolete, rare) To annotate or make notes upon, especially excessively.