Dionysus, the Greek god of wine and vivid social gatherings.
bahadur
bahadur
noun
(India, historical) A Mughal honorific connoting martial courage and valor, suffixed to name or title, which it raises by half a degree. Commonly bestowed upon loyal princes and victorious military commanders by Mughal emperors, and later by their British successors.
(originally) A warrior, especially a Mongol.
bahnung
bakhmut
balmuth
balough
baluchi
barthou
bashful
bashful
adj
Indicating bashfulness.
Shy; not liking to be noticed; socially timid.
bathtub
bathtub
noun
A large container for holding water in which a person may bathe (take a bath).
bauchle
bauchle
noun
(Scotland) A bungled or muddled situation; a mess.
(Scotland) A fool.
(Scotland, chiefly in the plural) An old shoe.
verb
(Scotland) To insult, to upbraid, to make a fool of someone.
(Scotland) To misuse, to bungle.
bauhaus
bauhaus
Proper noun
a style in modernist architecture and modern design, from "Staatliches Bauhaus" in Weimar, Germany
bauleah
baybush
bearhug
bearhug
noun
Alternative spelling of bear hug
verb
(transitive) To embrace in a bear hug.
beauish
beauish
adj
Like a beau; characteristic of a beau; foppish; fine.
bebrush
becrush
bedunch
beluchi
bemouth
bemouth
verb
(transitive) To mouth the praises of (a person); talk grandiloquently; declaim.
(transitive) To place in the mouth; to put one's mouth on; (by extension) to eat.
beothuk
beothuk
Noun
A member of one of the historical aboriginal peoples of Canada.
Proper noun
The extinct language of these people.
beshout
beshout
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To shout at.
besouth
bethuel
bethumb
bethumb
verb
(transitive) To take hold of or mark with the thumbs; soil or mark with frequent thumbing.
bethump
bethump
verb
(transitive) To thump soundly.
bethune
beuthel
beuthen
bhikshu
bhikshu
noun
(Buddhism) A bhikkhu.
bhudevi
bhunder
bhunder
Noun
A rhesus macaque.
bhutani
bhutani
Proper noun
A Baloch tribe residing in Balochistan, Pakistan.
The language of the aforementioned people.
bismuth
bismuth
noun
A chemical element (symbol Bi) with an atomic number of 83: a brittle silvery-white metal.
blucher
blucher
noun
(historical) A form of horse-drawn carriage; a Blucher coach.
A sturdy laced leather half-boot.
blueish
blueish
adj
Alternative spelling of bluish
blushed
blushed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blush
blusher
blusher
noun
(countable) Agent noun of blush; one who blushes.
(countable) Any of several closely related, edible species of the genus Amanita, including Amanita rubescens and Amanita novinupta.
(countable, uncountable) Face makeup that makes the cheeks rosier.
blushes
blushes
noun
Embarrassment.
plural of blush
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blush
blushet
blushet
noun
(obsolete) A modest girl.
bohunks
bohunks
noun
plural of bohunk
bonheur
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.
bouchal
bouchee
boucher
bouchon
boughed
boughed
adj
Having (a specified kind of) boughs.
bourkha
boxbush
boxhaul
boxhaul
verb
(nautical, transitive, intransitive) To bring (a square-rigged ship) onto a new tack by hauling back the foresails whilst steering hard round.
brought
brought
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bring
bruchid
bruchid
noun
(zoology) Any of the bean weevils in the family Bruchidae, now considered to be the chrysomelid subfamily Bruchinae.
bruchus
bruscha
brushed
brushed
adj
rubbed, especially as a finish.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brush
brusher
brusher
noun
(Internet) An online seller who uses the fraudulent technique of brushing.
(mining, historical) A person employed to cut or blast the roof or floor of a roadway and so give more height.
(mining, historical) A person who gets the mineral down by blasting in the working face after it has been "holed".
Someone who brushes (any of the meanings).
brushes
brushes
noun
plural of brush
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brush
brushet
brushup
brushup
noun
Alternative form of brush-up
brutish
brutish
adj
Bestial; lacking human sensibility
Of, or in the manner of a brute
buchite
buchloe
buchman
buchner
buchtel
buckish
buckish
adj
(now rare) Like a dandy; foppish.
(obsolete) Like a male goat; foul-smelling or lascivious.
buddhic
buddhic
Adjective
Buddhist.
budmash
budmash
noun
(India) Alternative spelling of badmash
budukha
buehler
buehrer
bugfish
bugfish
noun
(US, dated) The menhaden.
bughead
bugshas
bugshas
noun
plural of bugsha
bukhara
bukhara
Proper noun
A city in Uzbekistan, founded in the 6th century
bukshee
bukshee
noun
Alternative form of bukshi
bulchin
bulchin
noun
(obsolete) A little bull; a bull calf.
bulkish
bulkish
adj
bulky; large
bullish
bullish
adj
(stock market, of the price of financial instruments) Characterized by rising value.
Aggressively self-confident or assertive; bullheaded
Having a muscular physique, built 'like a bull'
Optimistic; overly or foolishly optimistic or hopeful
bulrush
bulrush
noun
(Americas) Sedges in the genera Bolboschoenus or Schoenoplectus (formerly considered Scirpus), having clusters of spikelets.
(UK) Cattails or reedmace, in the genus Typha
(biblical) A plant referred to in the story of Moses as growing along the banks of the Nile, which is believed to be the papyrus (Cyperus papyrus).
bunched
bunched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bunch
buncher
buncher
noun
(electronics, physics) A circuit that causes electrons or other charged particles in a particle beam to group together.
(manufacturing) A machine that twists strands together during the manufacture of metal wire; a strander.
(military, RAF, World War II) A ground-based radio transmitter, configured within a system to guide aircraft to their allocated airfields.
A person who bunches.
An illegitimate supplier of laboratory animals who obtains the animals by kidnapping pets or illegally trapping strays.
bunches
bunches
noun
Hair gathered together in two or more parts; pigtails.
plural of bunch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bunch
buphaga
buqshas
buqshas
noun
plural of buqsha
burbush
burdash
burdash
noun
(obsolete) A form of fringed sash or cravat worn by gentlemen
burfish
burfish
noun
A spinose plectognath fish of the Atlantic coast of the United States (especially Chilo mycterus geometricus) having the power of distending its body with water or air, so as to resemble a chestnut bur.
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).
burhans
burhead
burhead
noun
(US) Any plant in the genus Echinodorus
burnham
burnham
Proper noun
A village in Buckinghamshire and partly in Slough, Berkshire, England.
A town in Essex, England; see Burnham-on-Crouch.
A seaside town in Somerset, England; see Burnham-on-Sea.
burnish
burnish
noun
(uncountable) The making of something bright, shiny, and smooth by, or (by extension) as if by, rubbing; (countable) an instance of this; a burnishing, a polishing, a shining.
A shine of something which has been polished; a lustre, a polish.
A shiny layer applied to a surface or other thing.
verb
(by extension) Of a thing: to increase in size; to expand, to spread out, to swell.
(figuratively) To appear positive and highly respected.
(figuratively) To make (someone or something) appear positive and highly respected.
Of a person's body: to grow large or stout; to fatten, to fill out.
Of a stag: to remove the velvet (“skin and fine fur”) from (its antlers) by rubbing them against something; to velvet.
To become bright, glossy, and smooth; to brighten, to gleam, to shine forth.
To make (something, such as a surface) bright, shiny, and smooth by, or (by extension) as if by, rubbing; to polish, to shine.
burrhel
burrish
burrish
adj
rough; prickly; burry
burthen
burthen
noun
(obsolete or historical, nautical) The tonnage of a ship based on the number of tuns of wine that it could carry in its holds.
Archaic form of burden.
burucha
burucha
noun
Scraps of rubber that dry in the wounds made to the tree.
bushboy
bushboy
noun
A young bushman; a boy who lives or camps in the bush.
bushels
bushels
noun
plural of bushel
bushers
bushers
noun
plural of busher
bushful
bushful
noun
As much as a bush holds.
bushido
bushido
noun
An ethical code of the samurai that was prevalent in feudal Japan that advocated unquestioning loyalty to the master at all costs and obedience in all deeds, valuing honor above life.
bushier
bushier
adj
comparative form of bushy: more bushy
bushily
bushily
adv
In a bushy manner.
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
bushire
bushlet
bushlet
noun
A little bush.
bushman
bushman
noun
(Australia) A man who lives in or has extensive experience of the Australian bush or outback.
bushmen
bushmen
noun
plural of bushman
bushore
bushpig
bushpig
noun
Alternative form of bush pig
bushtit
bushtit
noun
A North American long-tailed tit, of the genus Psaltriparus, that has mostly grey plumage
Any of the long-tailed tits of the family Aegithalidae
bushton
bushwah
bushwah
Noun
Nonsense.
bushwas
busyish
busyish
adj
Somewhat busy.
butcher
butcher
adj
comparative form of butch: more butch
noun
(Cockney rhyming slang, from butcher's hook) A look.
(colloquial, archaic, card games) A king playing card.
(figurative) A brutal or indiscriminate killer.
(informal, obsolete) A person who sells candy, drinks, etc. in theatres, trains, circuses, etc.
A person who prepares and sells meat (and sometimes also slaughters the animals).
verb
(transitive) To kill brutally.
(transitive) To mess up hopelessly; to botch.
(transitive) To ruin (something), often to the point of defamation.
(transitive) To slaughter (animals) and prepare (meat) for market.
(transitive) To work as a butcher.
butches
butches
noun
plural of butch
chabouk
chabouk
noun
Alternative form of chabuk
chabuks
chabuks
noun
plural of chabuk
chakobu
chambul
chebule
cherubs
cherubs
noun
plural of cherub
chibouk
chibouk
noun
A Turkish tobacco pipe.
chubbed
chubbed
adj
chubby
chumble
chumble
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To peck at or nibble.
cubbish
cubbish
adj
Reminiscent of a cub, i.e. shy and naive.
cubhood
cubhood
noun
(by extension) youth
the state of being a cub
curbash
debauch
debauch
noun
An individual act of debauchery.
An orgy.
verb
(intransitive) To indulge in revelry.
(transitive) To debase (something); to lower the value of (something).
(transitive) To morally corrupt (someone); to seduce.
debouch
debouch
noun
(geography) A narrow outlet from which a body of water pours.
(military) A fortress at the end of a defile.
verb
(intransitive) To pour forth from a narrow opening; to emerge from a narrow place like a defile into open country or a wider space.
dogbush
ebauche
ebauche
noun
Alternative spelling of ébauche used particularly for a partially built watch.
ephebus
faubush
furbish
furbish
verb
To polish or burnish.
To renovate or recondition.
gadbush
guahibo
habacuc
habitue
habitue
noun
Alternative spelling of habitué
habitus
habitus
noun
(anatomy, medicine) the general shape and appearance of the body, usually with reference to weight, adipose distribution, posture, and gait; most often called by the collocation body habitus.
(botany) habit
(liturgy) The liturgical clothing of monks, nuns and the clerical community, metaphorically referring to the religious mode of life.
(sociology) The lifestyle, values, dispositions and expectations of particular social groups that are acquired through the activities and experiences of everyday life.
(zoology) habitude; mode of life; bearing.
(zoology, chiefly invertebrates) General appearance.
habutae
habutai
habutai
noun
Alternative form of habotai
hackbut
hagbush
hagbuts
hagbuts
noun
plural of hagbut
halibiu
halibut
halibut
noun
A large flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus, which sometimes leaves the ocean floor and swims vertically.
hamburg
hamburg
noun
(slang, Midwestern US) hamburger (food)
(uncountable, New England) ground beef; hamburger meat