(uncountable, specifically, historical) A pidgin spoken by French and First Nations people in the 17th century in the region of North America now called Montreal.
bardiglio
bardiglio
noun
An Italian variety of marble, commonly having a dark grey or bluish ground traversed by veins.
bargainor
bargainor
noun
(law) One who makes a bargain or contract with another, especially to sell property.
bariolage
bariolage
noun
(music) A rapid alternation of two notes on two strings of a violin etc
barrigudo
barrigudo
noun
(archaic) The brown woolly monkey
beaconing
beaconing
noun
(computing, telecommunications) A continuous signaling of error conditions on a LAN, or small packets on a wireless LAN (WLAN).
(computing, telecommunications) In a token ring network, the process of isolating a fault domain with signals, so that recovery actions can take place.
verb
present participle of beacon (The emitting of signals from a beacon).
bebington
beckoning
beckoning
adj
That beckons.
noun
Such a wave or similar action.
verb
present participle of beckon
becomings
becomings
noun
plural of becoming
befogging
befogging
verb
present participle of befog
befooling
befooling
verb
present participle of befool
befouling
befouling
verb
present participle of befoul
beggiatoa
beholding
beholding
adj
Obsolete form of beholden.
noun
The act by which something is beheld; regard; contemplation.
verb
present participle of behold
behooving
behooving
verb
present participle of behoove
behowling
behowling
verb
present participle of behowl
belington
belitoeng
bellowing
bellowing
noun
The sound produced when someone or something bellows
verb
present participle of bellow
belonging
belonging
noun
(countable, chiefly in the plural) Something physical that is owned.
(Australia) An anabranch, backwater or oxbow lake that is temporarily cut off from the main river, especially one that is only filled with water during the rainy season and can sometimes dry up completely.
billowing
billowing
noun
The act of something that billows; a billow.
verb
present participle of billow
biltongue
biltongue
noun
Archaic form of biltong.
bintangor
bintangor
noun
A hardwood tree of the genus Calophyllum.
binturong
binturong
noun
A large species of civet, Arctictis binturong, of southern Asia.
biogasses
biogasses
noun
plural of biogas
biogenase
biogenies
biogenous
biogenous
adj
biogenic; produced by living things
biognosis
biognosis
noun
The investigation of life.
biography
biography
noun
A person's life story, especially one published.
The art of writing this kind of story.
verb
(transitive) To write a biography of.
biologese
biologese
noun
The jargon used by biologists.
biologics
biologics
noun
plural of biologic
biologies
biologies
noun
plural of biology
biologism
biologism
noun
The use or emphasis of biological principles or methods in explaining human, especially social, behavior.
biologist
biologist
noun
A student of biology; one versed in the science of biology.
biologize
biologize
verb
(transitive) To make biological; to assimilate into a biological framework or context.
bishoping
bishoping
verb
present participle of bishop
bjoerling
blazoning
blazoning
noun
The action of the verb to blazon; the activity of describing heraldic coats of arms.
verb
present participle of blazon
bloodings
bloodings
noun
plural of blooding
bloodying
bloodying
verb
present participle of bloody
blotching
blotching
noun
The situation of having blotches; blotchiness.
verb
present participle of blotch
boardings
boardings
noun
plural of boarding
boastings
boastings
noun
plural of boasting
bobsleigh
bobsleigh
noun
(UK) The sled used in the sport of bobsleigh.
(obsolete) A sleigh for saw logs or heavy timber resting on two pairs of two short runners.
(uncountable, UK) A winter sport in which teams make timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked purpose-built iced tracks in a gravity-powered sled.
verb
To ride a bobsleigh.
boettiger
bogginess
bogginess
noun
The state or quality of being boggy.
boilingly
boilingly
adv
in a boiling manner
bollinger
bollixing
bollixing
verb
present participle of bollix
bolloxing
bolloxing
verb
present participle of bollox
bombsight
bombsight
noun
A device which allows bombs to be accurately dropped from moving aircraft so as to hit a desired target.
bongoists
bongoists
noun
plural of bongoist
bonington
bonnering
bonneting
bonneting
noun
The act of a person being bonneted, i.e. having their cap pulled down over their head.
verb
present participle of bonnet
boohooing
boohooing
verb
present participle of boohoo
boomingly
boomingly
adv
In a booming manner; loudly.
bordering
bordering
adj
Having a common boundary or border
noun
A pattern or ornament forming a border.
verb
present participle of border
boresight
boresight
noun
The optical axis of a directional antenna.
borrowing
borrowing
noun
(linguistics) A borrowed word, adopted from a foreign language; loanword.
An instance of something being borrowed.
verb
(slang, crime) Slang term for shoplifting.
present participle of borrow
bothering
bothering
noun
The action of troubling or disturbing someone
verb
present participle of bother
bottoming
bottoming
verb
present participle of bottom
bourgeois
bourgeois
adj
(Marxism) Of or relating to the capitalist class, (usually derogatory) the capitalist exploitation of the proletariat.
(historical) Of or relating to the bourgeoisie, the third estate of the French Ancien Regime.
Of or relating to the middle class, (often derogatory) their presumed overly conventional, conservative, and materialistic values.
noun
(Marxism) A capitalist, (usually derogatory) an exploiter of the proletariat.
(history) An individual member of the bourgeoisie, the third estate of the French Ancien Regime.
(politics, collectively, usually in the plural) The middle class.
(printing, dated) A size of type between brevier and long primer, standardized as 9-point.
(rare) An individual member of the middle class.
(usually derogatory) A person of any class with bourgeois (i.e., overly conventional and materialistic) values and attitudes.
verb
(transitive) To make bourgeois.
bourguiba
bowelling
bowelling
verb
present participle of bowel
bowmaking
bowmaking
noun
The manufacture of bows (for archery or for musical instruments).
bowstring
bowstring
noun
(historical) The string of an archer's bow, as used by the Turks for strangling offenders.
The string of an archer's bow.
verb
(transitive) To strangle with a bowstring.
boxmaking
boxmaking
noun
The manufacture of boxes.
bridgepot
bridgeton
brighouse
bringdown
bringdown
noun
comedown
disappointment, letdown
broaching
broaching
verb
present participle of broach
broadling
brocading
brocading
noun
The pattern or decoration made by brocading.
verb
present participle of brocade
bromating
bromating
verb
present participle of bromate
bromeigon
bromising
bromizing
bromizing
verb
present participle of bromize
bromleigh
bronzings
bronzings
noun
plural of bronzing
brooching
brooching
verb
present participle of brooch
broodling
broodling
noun
(science fiction) a member of a brood in science fiction
a member of a brood, as of animals
brookings
brookings
Proper noun
A city in South Dakota, USA
A city in Oregon, USA.
bruington
bryogenin
bullimong
bullimong
noun
(UK, obsolete) A mixture of oats, barley, etc. sown to provide cattle feed.
bungaloid
bungaloid
noun
(sometimes derogatory) A house resembling a bungalow.
burrowing
burrowing
noun
The act or result of making a burrow.
verb
present participle of burrow
buttoning
buttoning
noun
A fastening with buttons.
verb
present participle of button
calibogus
calibogus
noun
A drink made of rum mixed with spruce beer.
cambogias
cogitable
cogitable
adj
thinkable, conceivable, able to be imagined.
combating
combating
verb
Alternative spelling of combatting: present participle of combat
combining
combining
noun
The act by which things are combined or brought together.
verb
present participle of combine
corbeling
corbeling
noun
A series of corbels or piece of continuous corbeled masonry.
demiglobe
demobbing
demobbing
verb
present participle of demob
desorbing
desorbing
verb
present participle of desorb
diabology
diabology
noun
The study of the Devil in religion.
disoblige
disoblige
verb
(Britain) To offend by an act of unkindness or incivility.
(Britain) to be unwilling to oblige; to disappoint, to inconvenience, not to cooperate.
disrobing
disrobing
noun
Removal of the clothes.
verb
present participle of disrobe
dogbodies
doughbird
doughbird
noun
The Eskimo curlew (Numenius borealis).
ebonising
ebonising
verb
present participle of ebonise
ebonizing
ebonizing
verb
present participle of ebonize
embodying
embodying
noun
embodiment
verb
present participle of embody
embosking
embosking
verb
present participle of embosk
embossing
embossing
noun
A raised design or symbol that has been embossed.
verb
present participle of emboss
embroglio
embroglio
noun
Alternative form of imbroglio
englobing
englobing
verb
present participle of englobe
ennobling
ennobling
noun
An act of making noble.
verb
present participle of ennoble
entombing
entombing
verb
present participle of entomb
enwombing
enwombing
verb
present participle of enwomb
fibroglia
fibroglia
noun
fibrils on the surface of fibroblasts
forboding
forboding
adj
Alternative form of foreboding
verb
present participle of forbode
gabaonite
gabionade
gabionade
noun
A construction of gabions
gabionage
gabionage
noun
A structure made of gabions (cylinders filled with stones).