(archaic, thieves' cant) The illegitimate child of an unmarried woman and a married man.
abought
abought
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aby
baching
baching
verb
present participle of bach
bagatha
bagehot
baghdad
baghdad
Proper noun
The capital of, and largest city in Iraq, situated in the center of the country on the Tigris river; an ancient city and historical center of the Muslim world.
bagheli
baghlan
baghlan
Proper noun
A city of Afghanistan, name of Baghlan Province
bagwash
bagwash
noun
(historical) A type of laundry in which the washing was returned to the customer in a bag, undried and unpressed.
bahnung
balough
bangash
bargham
bashing
bashing
noun
An instance of bashing; a physical or verbal attack.
verb
present participle of bash
bathing
bathing
noun
The act of swimming.
The act of taking a bath.
verb
present participle of bath
present participle of bathe
bearhug
bearhug
noun
Alternative spelling of bear hug
verb
(transitive) To embrace in a bear hug.
bedight
bedight
adj
(archaic) That has been equipped or bedecked.
verb
(archaic) To equip or bedeck.
beghard
beghard
Noun
One of an association of religious laymen living in semimonastic communities in imitation of the Beguines, and influenced by Albigensian teachings and by the
beghtol
begorah
behedge
behedge
verb
(transitive) To determine the boundary or limit of; define.
(transitive) To hedge about; surround with or as with a hedge.
(transitive) To straiten; restrict; constrain; limit.
(transitive) To surround; beset; plague; hinder.
behight
behight
verb
(dialectal, Northern England) To be designated.
(obsolete) To call; to name; to address.
(obsolete) To command; to order.
(obsolete) To consider or esteem to be; to declare to be.
(obsolete) To mean, or intend.
(obsolete, transitive) To give in trust; to commit; to entrust.
(obsolete, transitive) To vow, promise (someone).
behring
belight
belight
verb
(intransitive, rare, dialectal) To become lit up; shine up; dawn.
(transitive, rare, dialectal) To light up; illuminate.
benight
benight
verb
(chiefly in passive) To overtake (a traveller etc) with the darkness of night, especially before shelter is reached.
To darken; to shroud or obscure.
To plunge or be overwhelmed in moral or intellectual darkness.
biggish
biggish
adj
Somewhat big.
bighead
bighead
noun
(countable, colloquial) Any of several species of fish having a large head.
(countable, colloquial, especially used by children) A person having an inflated opinion of himself; a conceited or arrogant person.
(uncountable, colloquial) Any of several animal diseases that cause swelling of the head.
bighorn
bighorn
Noun
Either of two North American species of sheep, Ovis canadensis and Ovis dalli, having large, curving horns.
bighted
bighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bight
bingham
blighia
blights
blights
noun
plural of blight
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blight
blighty
blighty
noun
Alternative form of Blighty
boddagh
boggish
boggish
adj
boggy
boghole
boghole
noun
A depression in waterlogged soil
bonaght
borough
borough
noun
(historical, Britain, law) An association of men who gave pledges or sureties to the king for the good behaviour of each other.
(obsolete) A fortified town.
(rare) A town or city.
A district in Alaska having powers similar to a county.
A town having a municipal corporation and certain traditional rights.
An administrative district in some cities, e.g., London.
An administrative unit of a city which, under most circumstances according to state or national law, would be considered a larger or more powerful entity; most commonly used in American English to define the five counties that make up New York City.
Other similar administrative units in cities and states in various parts of the world.
boughed
boughed
adj
Having (a specified kind of) boughs.
breaghe
brigham
brighid
brights
brights
noun
(US, road transport) The high-beam intensity setting of motor vehicle headlamps.
(colloquial, dated) Household utensils (such as cutlery, ornaments, and plate) made of shiny metal.
Bold or vivid colours; also, clothes, cosmetics, etc., with such colours.
plural of bright
brought
brought
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bring
bugfish
bugfish
noun
(US, dated) The menhaden.
bughead
bugshas
bugshas
noun
plural of bugsha
buphaga
burghal
burghal
adj
(UK) Relating to a burgh or borough.
burgher
burgher
noun
A citizen of a medieval city.
A member of the medieval mercantile class.
A prosperous member of the community; a middle class citizen (may connote complacency).
bushing
bushing
noun
(electrical engineering) A lining for an opening through which a conductor passes, providing insulation and mechanical protection for the conductor.
(mechanical engineering) A threaded bushing: a fastener element that is inserted into an object, usually to add a threaded hole in a softer or thin material.
(mechanical engineering) A type of bearing, a cylindrical lining designed to reduce friction and wear inside a hole, often used as a casing for a shaft, pin or hinge.
(mechanical engineering) An elastic bearing used as a type of vibration isolator, commonly made of rubber. An interface between two parts, damping the movement and the energy transmitted.
An adapter for joining pipes of different size.
verb
present participle of bush
bushpig
bushpig
noun
Alternative form of bush pig
cohberg
denbigh
dogbush
gadbush
ghebeta
ghiblis
ghiblis
noun
plural of ghibli
gombach
goombah
goombah
noun
(US, slang) A companion, pal, close friend, or associate, especially among Italian-American men. It sometimes has the connotation of an older friend who acts as a patron, protector or adviser.
(US, slang, derogatory, ethnic slur) A person of Italian descent (often implies the person is connected to Italian organized crime)
Alternative form of gumbe, a Jamaican drum.
guahibo
hagboat
hagbolt
hagborn
hagborn
adj
(archaic) Born of a hag or witch.
hagbush
hagbuts
hagbuts
noun
plural of hagbut
hamberg
hamberg
Proper noun
A city/village in North Dakota.
hamburg
hamburg
noun
(slang, Midwestern US) hamburger (food)
(uncountable, New England) ground beef; hamburger meat
verb
(Grenada) To annoy.
handbag
handbag
noun
(mainly Commonwealth) A small bag used by women (or sometimes by men) for carrying various small personal items.
(uncountable, music) Ellipsis of handbag house.
verb
(Britain, transitive, humorous) To attack verbally or subject to criticism (typically used of a woman).
hedberg
hedgebe
herbage
herbage
noun
(law) The natural pasture of a land, considered as distinct from the land itself; hence, right of pasture (on another man's land).
Herbaceous plant growth, especially grass.
Herbs collectively.
The fleshy, often edible, parts of plants.
hibbing
highboy
highboy
noun
(dated) A political highflier.
(dated) One who enjoys the high life.
A tall chest of drawers raised up on high legs.
hobbing
hobbing
verb
present participle of hob
hobgood
hoboing
hoboing
verb
present participle of hobo
hogback
hogback
noun
(geology) A sharp steep-sided ridge formed by the erosion of tilting strata
A Viking grave marker taking the form of a recumbent monument, generally with a curved (hogbacked) ridge and outwardly curved sides.
A hogframe.
hogbush
homburg
homburg
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Homburg
hubbing
hubbing
noun
The arrangement of a transportation network as a hub-and-spoke model.
humbugs
humbugs
noun
plural of humbug
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of humbug
maghreb
maghreb
Proper noun
Northwest Africa, the region of Africa north of the Sahara and west of the Nile. The lands of the Maghreb are generally considered to be the coastal plains of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and western Libya.
maghrib
maghrib
noun
(Islam) The sunset Islamic prayer.
Maghrib, Maghreb (region)
nashgab
nashgob
oshogbo
schberg
shagbag
shebang
shebang
noun
(computing) The character string "#!" used at the beginning of a computer file to indicate which interpreter can process the commands in the file, chiefly used in Unix and related operating systems.
(informal) Any matter of present concern; thing; or business; most commonly in the phrase "the whole shebang".
(informal, US, archaic) A lean-to or temporary shelter.
(informal, US, archaic) A place or building; a store, saloon, or brothel.