(historical) A bench at the front of an alehouse or inn where drinkers can sit.
baahling
balachan
balaphon
beholden
beholden
adj
(usually with 'to') Obligated to provide, display, or do something for another; indebted, obliged.
belayneh
belching
belching
noun
The act of producing a belch.
verb
present participle of belch
benchful
benchful
noun
As much as a bench will hold.
benchlet
benchlet
noun
(literally) A small bench
A stool
benchley
biathlon
biathlon
noun
(winter sports, uncountable) Racing combining cross-country skiing and rifle shooting; (countable) a particular instance of such a race.
bilithon
biphenol
biphenol
noun
(organic chemistry) Any compound that has two phenolic hydroxy groups; such a phenolic derivative of biphenyl
biphenyl
biphenyl
noun
(organic chemistry, countable) Any substituted or otherwise altered version of biphenyl, such as PCBs
(organic chemistry, uncountable) A colourless solid hydrocarbon, C₁₂H₁₀, consisting of two benzene rings linked together by a single bond
bitanhol
bitanhol
noun
The tropical tree Calophyllum inophyllum.
blachong
blanched
blanched
adj
bleached
lacking complexion or color
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blanch
blancher
blancher
noun
(obsolete) One who, or that which, frightens away or turns aside.
A machine for blanching or whitening.
One who, or that which, blanches or whitens; especially, one who anneals and cleanses money, or a chemical preparation for this purpose.
blanches
blanches
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blanch
blandish
blandish
verb
(transitive) To persuade someone by using flattery; to cajole.
(transitive) To praise someone dishonestly; to flatter or butter up.
blankish
blankish
adj
Somewhat blank; more or less blank.
blechnum
blenched
blenched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blench
blencher
blencher
noun
(obsolete) One who flinches or shrinks back.
(obsolete) One who, or that which, scares another; specifically, a person stationed to prevent the escape of the deer during a hunt.
blenches
blenches
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blench
blenheim
blenheim
Proper noun
the largest town in Marlborough region, in the South Island of New Zealand.
blindish
blindish
adj
As if blind; characteristic of blindness.
blondish
blondish
adj
Similar to a stereotypical dumb blonde.
Somewhat blond in colour.
bluntish
bluntish
adj
Somewhat blunt.
They spent hours laboriously chopping wood with bluntish axes.
blushing
blushing
adj
Showing blushes; rosy red.
noun
The act of one who blushes; a blush.
verb
present participle of blush
bondhold
bornholm
bornholm
Proper noun
a Danish island in the Baltic Sea
brunhild
brynhild
bulfinch
bullhorn
bullhorn
noun
(chiefly US) A megaphone which electronically amplifies a person’s natural voice.
bunchily
bunchily
adv
In a bunchy manner.
bunghole
bunghole
noun
Alternative spelling of bung-hole
bushland
bushland
noun
(chiefly Australia) An area of land in a natural, uncultivated state; wilderness, open forest.
bushnell
bushnell
Proper noun
a city in Florida, USA
a city in Illinois, USA.
an unincorporated community in Missouri, USA.
a village in Nebraska, USA.
a small town in South Dakota, USA.
chanabal
clubhand
clubhand
noun
(medicine) A short, distorted hand.
emblanch
emblanch
verb
(obsolete) To whiten.
fahlband
fahlband
noun
(geology) A stratum in crystalline rock that contains metallic sulfides.
habenula
habenula
noun
(anatomy) A circumscript mass of cells in the caudal and dorsal aspect of the dorsal thalamus.
habilant
handball
handball
noun
(countable) The medium-sized inflated ball used in this sport.
(countable, Australian Rules Football) An act of passing a football by holding it with one hand and hitting it with the other.
(countable, US) The small rubber ball used in this sport.
(countable, soccer) The offence of a player other than the goalkeeper touching the ball with the hand or arm on the field during play.
(uncountable) A team sport where two teams of seven players each (six players and a goalkeeper) pass and bounce a ball trying to throw it in the goal of the opposing team.
(uncountable, Australia) A schoolyard game in which a tennis ball is struck with the hand, played on a improvised court on the asphalt or pavement.
(uncountable, US, Ireland) A sport in which players alternately strike the ball against a wall with their hand. Irish and American variants have slightly different rules.
verb
(Australian rules football) To (legally) pass a football by holding it with one hand and hitting it with the other.
(sexuality, slang) To insert a hand into someone's anus.
(soccer) To illegally touch the ball with the hand or arm.
To manually load or unload a container, trailer, or to otherwise manually move bulk goods (often on pallets) from one type of transport receptacle to another.
handbell
handbell
noun
(music) A small bell designed to be rung by hand.
handbill
handbill
noun
A chopping instrument; billhook.
A loose printed sheet, to be distributed by hand.
A pruning hook.
handblow
handblow
noun
A blow struck with the hand.
handbolt
hangable
hangable
adj
Able to be hung or suspended.
Punishable with execution by hanging.
hannibal
hannibal
Proper noun
name of mostly historical use. Most notably borne by the the Carthaginian general Hannibal Barca.
A city in Missouri: Hannibal.
heelband
helbonia
helbonna
hellbent
hellbent
adj
Alternative spelling of hell-bent
hellborn
hellborn
adj
Born or originated in hell.
heublein
hibernal
hibernal
adj
Of or pertaining to winter; brumal or hiemal
hillburn
hinnible
hobbling
hobbling
noun
gerund of hobble: the movement of one who hobbles.
verb
present participle of hobble
hobnails
hobnails
noun
plural of hobnail
hornbill
hornbill
noun
Any of various birds of the family Bucerotidae, with bills resembling a cow's horns. Many species have a casque above the bill, and many imprison their young in a tree.
humbling
humbling
adj
Of higher rank, status, quality, strength, etc.; inducing a feeling of inferiority.
noun
An event which causes humbleness; a set-down.
verb
present participle of humble
huntable
huntable
adj
Capable of being hunted.
hyblaean
inhabile
inhabile
adj
(obsolete) Not apt or fit; inappropriate; unsuitable.