(figurative) Having been subjected to a shock for which one is unprepared.
Having been the target of an ambush.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ambush
ambusher
ambusher
noun
One who ambushes.
ambushes
ambushes
noun
plural of ambush
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ambush
baalshem
bamboche
baphomet
baphomet
Proper noun
A deity which medieval Christians mistakenly imagined that pagans, the Knights Templar and (sometimes) Muslims worshipped, and which figures into some modern occultist and Satanic religions.
bashment
bashment
noun
(slang, countable, especially Jamaican) A party or rave.
(slang, uncountable, music, especially Jamaican) Dancehall music.
beachman
beachmen
bechamel
bechamel
noun
Alternative spelling of béchamel
becharms
becharms
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of becharm
becometh
becometh
verb
(archaic) third-person singular simple present form of become
beerbohm
behammer
behemoth
behemoth
noun
(biblical) A great and mighty beast God shows Job in Job 40:15–24.
(by extension) Any great and mighty monster.
(figurative) Something which has the qualities of great power and might, and monstrous proportions.
benchman
benchman
noun
A worker who uses a workbench.
benchmar
benchmen
benchmen
noun
plural of benchman
berhymed
berhymed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of berhyme
berhymes
berhymes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of berhyme
beshamed
beshamed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beshame
beshames
beshames
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beshame
besmirch
besmirch
verb
(transitive) To tarnish something, especially someone's reputation.
(transitive, literary) To make dirty.
besmooth
besmooth
Verb
To make smooth.
besmouch
besmutch
besmutch
Verb
To besmirch.
bethumps
bethumps
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bethump
bichrome
bichrome
adj
Having two colours
bihamate
bimethyl
bimethyl
noun
Synonym of dimethyl
biochemy
biochemy
noun
(archaic) biochemistry
bioherms
bioherms
noun
plural of bioherm
bitheism
bitheism
noun
A form of dualism that recognizes two deities which are not in conflict or opposition (as good vs evil) but rather are in two exclusive forms or states (like male and female).
blechnum
blenheim
blenheim
Proper noun
the largest town in Marlborough region, in the South Island of New Zealand.
boehmian
boehmist
boehmite
boehmite
noun
(mineralogy) A mixed oxide and hydroxide of aluminium.
bohemian
bohemian
adj
Unconventional, especially in habit or dress.
noun
An unconventional or nonconformist artist or writer.
bohemias
bohemias
noun
plural of bohemia
bohemium
bohemium
noun
(chemistry) Former name of rhenium.
bonhomie
bonhomie
noun
(countable) A cheerful remark.
(uncountable) A friendly, good-natured, pleasant manner; an affable and approachable disposition; friendliness.
(uncountable) An atmosphere of friendliness and good cheer.
bonhomme
brechams
brushmen
brushmen
noun
plural of brushman
buchheim
bushment
bushment
noun
(obsolete) A surprise party; a company of soldiers secretly deployed.
(obsolete) An ambush.
(obsolete) The troops concealed in an ambush.
chambers
chambers
noun
(Britain) Originally, a set of rooms at an Inn of Court used by one or more barristers as an office and residence; now, the office of one or more barristers in any building.
(Britain, historical) In full king's chambers: parts of the sea next to the coast of England and Wales delimited by imaginary lines connecting headlands, over which the Crown asserted exclusive jurisdiction; these have now been superseded by the concept of the territorial sea.
(archaic) A set of rooms in a building used as an office or a residential apartment.
Chiefly in in chambers: a judge's private office which is used for hearings that do not need to be held in open court.
Euphemistic form of chamber pot (“a container used for defecation and urination”); also, synonym of potty (“a small (chiefly plastic) pot used by children for defecation and urination when toilet-training”).
plural of chamber
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chamber
chambery
chamblee
chambrel
cherubim
cherubim
noun
A cherub.
chimbley
chimbley
noun
(UK, dialect) Alternative form of chimney
chimbote
demibath
dumbhead
dumbhead
Noun
A stupid person.
emblanch
emblanch
verb
(obsolete) To whiten.
embreach
embright
embroche
enambush
enambush
verb
(obsolete) To ambush.
ephebeum
ephebeum
noun
A hall, in an ancient Greek palaestra, used for gymnastic exercise
habendum
habendum
noun
(law, dated) The part of a deed that formally defines the extent of ownership or tenancy granted.
haberman
hamboned
hamboned
adj
Extremely drunk
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hambone
hambones
hambones
noun
plural of hambone
harambee
harambee
noun
A traditional Kenyan community self-help event or organization.
hardbeam
hardbeam
noun
A tree, the hornbeam.
hebdomad
hebdomad
noun
(Gnosticism) A group of seven world-creating archons (supernatural beings) often regarded as somewhat hostile; also, a term of address for the Demiurge (“a being sometimes seen as the creator of evil”).
(historical or Christianity) A period of seven days; a week.
(obsolete) A group of seven.
hebetomy
hebotomy
hebraism
hebraism
Noun
the identification of a usage, trait, or characteristic of the Hebrew language. By successive extension it is sometimes applied to the Jewish people, their faith, national ideology, or culture.
Excessive use of expressions derived from Hebrew
hecatomb
hecatomb
noun
(Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome) A great feast and public sacrifice to the gods, originally of a hundred oxen.
(by extension) Any great sacrifice; a great number of people, animals or things, especially as sacrificed or destroyed; a large amount.
hemameba
hemiobol
hemiobol
noun
(historical) A coin worth half an obol.
hempbush
holcombe
homebody
homebody
noun
(Canada, US, informal) A person who prefers to remain at home, rather than participate in social events elsewhere.
homeborn
homeborn
adj
born at home, by homebirth, rather than in a hospital
born in a given place, native, indigenous
homebred
homebred
adj
Born or raised in one's own home or country; native, indigenous.
Homely or rustic; plain, unpolished.
noun
A person or animal raised at home.
An inexperienced or unsophisticated person; a rustic.
homebrew
homebrew
noun
(Canada, sports, countable) A player who plays for the team named after their own native town.
(informal) Anything created by enthusiasts rather than commercial entities (especially video games or amateur radio equipment).
A beer brewed by enthusiasts rather than commercially.
verb
(informal) To create something as an enthusiast, rather than using a commercial option.
To brew one's beer or other alcoholic beverage at home.
hornbeam
hornbeam
noun
A hop hornbeam (Ostrya virginiana).
A tree of the genus Carpinus, having a smooth gray bark and a ridged trunk, the wood being white and very hard, common along the banks of streams in the United States.
The wood of these trees.
huberman
hubmaker
humberto
humblers
humblers
noun
plural of humbler
humblest
humblest
adj
superlative form of humble: most humble
hummable
hummable
adj
(music) Suitable for humming or humming along
limebush
maebashi
maebashi
Proper noun
capital city of Gunma prefecture, Japan.
malherbe
maribeth
marybeth
massebah
massebah
noun
(Judaism) A sacred Jewish pillar.
memsahib
memsahib
noun
(India, historical, as a respectful term of address) A white European woman in colonial India.
obeahism
obeahism
noun
Alternative form of obiism
oberheim
rehoboam
rehoboam
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Rehoboam
rehumble
reimbush
remoboth
rhabdome
rhabdome
noun
In sponges, the shaft of a cladose rhabdus, bearing the cladome.
rhumbaed
rhumbaed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of rhumba
sambathe
sembrich
semihobo
shamable
shamable
adj
Capable of being shamed.
shambled
shambled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of shamble
shambles
shambles
noun
(archaic) A butcher's shop.
A great mess or clutter.
A scene of bloodshed, carnage or devastation.
A scene of great disorder or ruin.
A slaughterhouse.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of shamble
shimberg
subtheme
subtheme
noun
A specific theme within a larger theme
thebaism
thimbled
thimbled
adj
(nautical, technology) Of a cable or rope, or a piece of machinery or other device: having a thimble (“ring-, thimble-, or tube-shaped component”).
Of a finger: having a thimble (“cup-shaped cap used in sewing to push the needle through material”) on the tip; of a person: wearing a thimble on one's finger.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of thimble
thimbles
thimbles
noun
plural of thimble
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of thimble
thrimble
thrumble
unhumble
unhumble
adj
Not humble.
whimbrel
whimbrel
noun
A large migratory wading bird, Numenius phaeopus, of the family Scolopacidae, with a long downcurved bill.