Tending to abash; causing embarrassment or the loss of self-possession.
verb
present participle of abash
alberghi
alberghi
noun
plural of albergo
albright
ashbaugh
baahling
bagheera
bagheera
Proper noun
A fictional panther character in Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book.
Noun
The deputy leader of a pack of Cub Scouts.
baghouse
baghouse
noun
A fabric filter; an air pollution control device that removes particulates out of air or gas released from commercial processes or combustion for electricity generation.
balaghat
baloghia
barghest
barghest
noun
(mythology, Britain) A legendary monstrous black dog, said to possess large teeth and claws, and (sometimes) to be capable of changing form.
(mythology, Britain) Any ghost, wraith, hobgoblin, elf, or spirit.
batching
batching
verb
present participle of batch
baughman
beaching
beaching
noun
An event in which a marine animal beaches itself.
verb
present participle of beach
bearhugs
bearhugs
noun
plural of bearhug
bedights
bedights
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedight
bedlight
bedlight
noun
A bedside light.
bedright
bedright
noun
Alternative form of bedrite
begorrah
begorrah
intj
(Ireland) Alternative spelling of begorra
begrutch
begrutch
verb
Obsolete form of begrudge.
behaving
behaving
noun
Behaviour.
verb
present participle of behave
behoving
behoving
verb
present participle of behove
beknight
beknight
verb
(transitive, rare) To make a knight of.
belching
belching
noun
The act of producing a belch.
verb
present participle of belch
bellaghy
benching
benching
noun
An instance of a person being removed temporarily from an active role in a group or team activity.
verb
present participle of bench
benghazi
benghazi
Proper noun
A Mediterranean sea port in Libya.
berghaan
berghaan
noun
(South Africa) Verreaux's eagle (Aquila verreauxii)
berghoff
bergholz
berthage
berthage
noun
A place for mooring vessels in a dock or harbor.
berthing
berthing
noun
(nautical) An instance of a ship being brought to be berthed, to rest at some docking facility.
(obsolete, nautical) The planking outside of a vessel, above the sheer strake.
A berth, especially figuratively, a place to sleep.
verb
present participle of berth
besought
besought
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beseech
simple past tense and past participle of beseek
bethpage
betrough
bhadgaon
bhagavat
bhungini
bigheads
bigheads
noun
plural of bighead
bighorns
bighorns
noun
plural of bighorn
bighting
bighting
verb
present participle of bight
bigmouth
bigmouth
adj
(zoology) Applied to various creatures that have a large mouth.
noun
(informal, derogatory) One who talks too much or says things which should not be said.
bigotish
bigotish
adj
Characteristic or typical of a bigot.
biograph
biograph
noun
(rare) A biographical essay.
An early device to show moving pictures on a screen.
verb
(rare, transitive) To write a biography of.
biophagy
biophagy
noun
The property of being a biophage, a living organism that feeds on other living organisms.
birching
birching
noun
A beating with a birch.
verb
present participle of birch
birthing
birthing
noun
(nautical) Alternative spelling of berthing
(sometimes attributive) The act of giving birth.
verb
present participle of birth
bitching
bitching
adj
(slang) Excellent; outstanding.
(slang, less common) Awful, terrible.
noun
(vulgar, colloquial) A spiteful criticism or complaint.
verb
present participle of bitch
blachong
blighted
blighted
adj
Having caused to suffer a blight.
Having suffered a blight.
Ruined, spoiled.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blight
blighter
blighter
noun
(Britain, often disrespectful) A person, usually male, especially one who behaves in an objectionable or pitiable manner.
A man or child, especially an annoying one.
One who blights.
blushing
blushing
adj
Showing blushes; rosy red.
noun
The act of one who blushes; a blush.
verb
present participle of blush
bogglish
bogglish
adj
Uncertain, doubtful; skittish
bonaught
boothage
borghese
borghild
borgholm
boroughs
boroughs
noun
plural of borough
botching
botching
verb
present participle of botch
botteghe
botteghe
noun
plural of bottega
boughpot
boughpot
noun
Alternative form of bough pot
boughten
boughten
adj
(archaic or regional, West Country, Cornwall, Canada, US) Having been purchased or bought (rather than homemade).
verb
(archaic or regional, chiefly US) past participle of buy
braggish
braggish
adj
bragging; boastful.
breughel
brighten
brighten
verb
(intransitive) To become brighter or more cheerful in mood
(intransitive) To grow bright, or more bright in color; to clear up
(transitive) To make bright or brighter in color.
(transitive) To make illustrious, or more distinguished; to add luster or splendor to
(transitive, figuratively) To make more cheerful and pleasant; to enliven
brighter
brighter
adj
comparative form of bright: more bright
brightly
brightly
adv
In a bright manner.
brighton
bringeth
bringeth
verb
(archaic) third-person singular simple present form of bring
broguish
broguish
adj
Pertaining to or marked by a brogue, a thick accent.
bronaugh
brougham
brougham
noun
A four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage, designed in 1839. It had an open seat for the driver in front of the closed cabin for two or four passengers.
An automobile, a sedan without a roof over the driver's seat.
broughta
brueghel
brushing
brushing
adj
(dated) brisk; light
noun
(uncountable, Internet) A fraudulent technique in which an online seller sends out fake orders (such as empty boxes) and adds positive reviews about those orders, ostensibly from the recipient.
An instance of brushing.
verb
present participle of brush
bughouse
bughouse
adj
(US, slang) Crazy, insane.
noun
(South Africa, slang) A cheap and dirty cinema.
(US, slang) A flea-infested hotel, lodging-house etc.
(US, slang) A hospital, especially a lunatic asylum.
bullough
bunching
bunching
noun
(countable) An arrangement of items in a bunch.
(uncountable) The illegitimate supplying of laboratory animals that are actually kidnapped pets or illegally trapped strays.
verb
present participle of bunch
bunghole
bunghole
noun
Alternative spelling of bung-hole
buphagus
burghers
burghers
noun
plural of burgher
burghley
burleigh
burleigh
Proper noun
Any of various towns in the English-speaking world.
burnight
busching
bushgoat
bushings
bushings
noun
plural of bushing
bushongo
doughboy
doughboy
noun
(US) An American infantryman, especially one from World War I.
A kind of flour dumpling.
Frybread.
dubhgall
embright
friborgh
galabeah
galabieh
gallbush
gebhardt
gehlbach
ghiberti
goatbush
godthaab
goombahs
goombahs
noun
plural of goombah
grabhook
grubhood
guahiban
habiting
habiting
noun
(poetic, obsolete) clothing; garb
(poetic, obsolete) habitation; living place
verb
present participle of habit
habsburg
hagberry
hagberry
noun
Its bittersweet astringent fruit, readily eaten by birds.
Prunus padus, a species of cherry native to northern Europe and northern Asia, the bird cherry.
hamburgs
handbags
handbags
intj
(Britain, slang) Said jocularly in response to a particularly derogatory, bitchy or catty dialogue; calm down; cool it.
noun
(UK, slang) An insignificant fight or argument.
plural of handbag
hangable
hangable
adj
Able to be hung or suspended.
Punishable with execution by hanging.
hangbird
hangbird
noun
The Baltimore oriole (Icterus galbula), whose nest is suspended from the limb of a tree.
hapsburg
harbinge
harbinge
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To lodge, stay.
(rare, neologism) To be a harbinger; to presage.
herbaged
herbaged
Adjective
Covered with grass.
herbager
herbages
herbages
noun
plural of herbage
hertberg
herzberg
highball
highball
noun
(climbing) A very high bouldering problem, often with a hard landing.
(rail transport) An all clear or full speed ahead signal.
A cocktail made from a spirit plus soda water etc.
Short for highball glass.
verb
(US, slang, possibly dated) To move quickly; to hightail.
To make an estimate which tends toward exaggeration.
highborn
highborn
adj
(archaic) Born a member of an upper-level social class (although not necessarily retaining high social standing)
(archaic) Of high social standing as a result of having been born a member of an upper-level social class.
(figuratively) Of superior or premium quality; magnificent; expensive.
Of, pertaining to, or befitting people of high social standing.
highboys
highboys
noun
plural of highboy
highbred
highbred
adj
(Of bred animals) Of high-quality stock.
(Of humans) Showing good breeding and refined manners.