A penalty for committing bloodshed, specifically under Anglo-Saxon law a penalty to be paid to the king or aldorman as distinct from the wergeld.
blowsiest
blowsiest
adj
superlative form of blowsy: most blowsy
blowtubes
blowtubes
noun
plural of blowtube
blowziest
blowziest
adj
superlative form of blowzy: most blowzy
boatowner
boatowner
noun
Someone who owns a boat
bobwhites
bobwhites
noun
plural of bobwhite
bowerston
bowralite
boyertown
brentwood
brentwood
Proper noun
a town in Essex, England.
a town in New Hampshire, USA
brewerton
bridewort
bridewort
noun
Filipendula ulmaria
Spiraea alba, the pale bridewort
Spiraea salicifolia
browbeats
browbeats
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of browbeat
browniest
browniest
adj
superlative form of browny: most browny
brucetown
buglewort
buttwomen
bytownite
bytownite
noun
(mineralogy) A plagioclase feldspar, the fifth member of the Albite-Anorthite solid solution series. Bytownite is rare, and normally occurs in small grains in lime-rich igneous rocks. Clear pale yellow crystals have come from Mexico and Oregon.
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.
downbeats
downbeats
noun
plural of downbeat
embowment
embowment
noun
(architecture) A bent or curved section.
liebowitz
misbestow
misbestow
verb
(transitive) To bestow improperly.
outbawled
outbawled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outbawl
outbellow
outbellow
verb
(transitive) To bellow louder or longer than.
outwarble
outwarble
verb
(transitive) To surpass in warbling; to outsing.
powerboat
powerboat
noun
A small, fast motorboat.
prebestow
tubeworks
umbelwort
umbelwort
noun
Any plant of the Umbelliferae (Apiaceae).
warbonnet
warbonnet
noun
Alternative spelling of war bonnet
waterboro
waterbosh
waterbroo
wattleboy
webfooted
webfooted
adj
Having webbed feet.
webfooter
weisbrodt
westabout
westabout
adj
Westward, heading west.
adv
Westwards, heading west.
westbound
westbound
adj
Which is, or will be, moving towards the west.
adv
Towards the west; in a westerly direction.
westbrook
westbrook
Proper noun
Any of a number of places in England and elsewhere.
whaleboat
whaleboat
noun
A boat resembling this and carried on a warship or other ship.
A long narrow rowing boat, formerly used in whaling, which is pointed at both ends so that it can move either forwards or backwards equally well.
whiteblow
whiteblow
noun
(obsolete) whitlow-grass, Draba verna
whitebook
whiteboys
whiteboys
noun
plural of whiteboy
whitecomb
witteboom
witteboom
noun
(South Africa) silver tree
wobbliest
wobbliest
adj
superlative form of wobbly: most wobbly
wombstone
worktable
worktable
noun
(historical) A small table used by ladies for doing needlework.
