(prosody) A metrical foot composed of a short syllable and two long ones; according to some, two long and a short.
backhaul
backhaul
noun
(broadcasting) Uncut program content that is transmitted point-to-point to an individual television or radio station, network or other receiving entity where it will be integrated into a finished show.
(military) The shipment of material to or through an area from which the material had previously been shipped.
(transport) A return trip after delivery of cargo.
(travel, aviation, fare construction) Travel to a destination via a further point, or a higher fare point, than the destination (higher intermediate point).
verb
To transmit (data or footage) from a remote site to a central site from where it is re-transmitted.
backhaus
backrush
backrush
noun
A rushing backward; a retreat.
baluchis
barouche
barouche
noun
A four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage with collapsible half-hood, two double seats facing each other, and an outside seat for the driver.
bechuana
bechuana
Noun
A member of the Tswana people.
beechnut
beechnut
noun
The small, triangular, edible nut of the beech tree.
begrutch
begrutch
verb
Obsolete form of begrudge.
benchful
benchful
noun
As much as a bench will hold.
besmouch
besmutch
besmutch
Verb
To besmirch.
blechnum
bluchers
bluchers
noun
plural of blucher
bouchard
bouchees
bouchier
bouchons
brachium
brachium
noun
(anatomy) The upper arm.
branchus
brochure
brochure
noun
A booklet of printed informational matter, like a pamphlet, often for promotional purposes.
bronchus
bronchus
noun
Either of two airways, which are primary branches of the trachea, leading directly into the lungs.
brunched
brunched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brunch
brunches
brunches
noun
plural of brunch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brunch
brushcut
brushcut
noun
Alternative form of brush cut
bucchero
bucchero
noun
A type of dark grey Etruscan terracotta pottery.
buchanan
buchanan
Proper noun
from Scotland.
a small city in Georgia, USA
buchheim
buchnera
buchwald
buckbush
buckbush
noun
(Australia) A prickly annual shrub, Salsola australis
(Canada, US) Shrubs of Canada and the central US, Symphoricarpos occidentalis(also known as wolfberry and Symphoricarpos orbicularis (coralberry).
buckhead
buckhorn
buckhorn
noun
A horn of a buck.
The royal fern, Osmunda regalis.
buckshee
buckshee
adj
(slang) Extra, spare.
noun
A gift or bribe.
A wound that is relatively minor but sufficient to get a soldier sent away from the front to the hospital.
An extra portion, ration etc.
buckshot
buckshot
noun
(chiefly US) Lead shot used in shotgun cartridges, made of larger pellets than birdshot and suitable for hunting larger game. [from 18th c.]
buckwash
bueschel
bulfinch
bunchier
bunchier
adj
comparative form of bunchy: more bunchy
bunchily
bunchily
adv
In a bunchy manner.
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
burchard
burchett
busching
bushbeck
bushbuck
bushbuck
noun
(informal) Any relatives of the above that share the same habitat.
Either of two species of antelope (Tragelaphus scriptus or Tragelaphus sylvaticus, considered by some sources to be the single species Tragelaphus scriptus) found in Sub-Saharan Africa.
bushwack
bushwack
verb
Alternative spelling of bushwhack
butchers
butchers
noun
Alternative form of butcher's (Cockney rhyming slang).
plural of butcher
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of butcher
butchery
butchery
noun
(rare) An abattoir, a slaughterhouse.
(slang) The stereotypical behaviors and accoutrements of being a butch lesbian.
A disastrous effort, an atrocious failure.
A meat market
The butchering of meat.
The cruel, ruthless killings of humans, as at a slaughterhouse.
butzbach
cachibou
cachibou
noun
The tree Bursera simaruba.
chabouks
chabouks
noun
plural of chabouk
chabutra
chabutra
noun
(India) A paved terrace attached to a house or garden.
chadburn
chasuble
chasuble
noun
(Christianity) The outermost liturgical vestment worn by clergy for celebrating Eucharist or Mass.
chawbuck
chawbuck
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To beat with a chabuk.
chebulic
cherubic
cherubic
adj
Of, or like a baby; infantile
Of, or relating to a cherub; angelic.
cherubim
cherubim
noun
A cherub.
cherubin
cherubin
noun
Obsolete form of cherub.
Obsolete form of cherubim (plural of cherub)
chibouks
chibouks
noun
plural of chibouk
chubasco
chubasco
noun
(nautical) A violent squall with thunder and lightning, encountered during the rainy season along the Pacific coast of Central America and South America.
chubbier
chubbier
adj
comparative form of chubby: more chubby
chubbily
chubbily
adv
In a chubby manner.
clubbish
clubbish
adj
(obsolete) Disposed to club together.
(obsolete) rude; clownish
Somewhat resembling a club.
clubhand
clubhand
noun
(medicine) A short, distorted hand.
clubhaul
clubhaul
verb
(transitive, nautical) To force (a sailing vessel) to change tack by dropping the lee-anchor and hauling in the anchor cable to swing the stern to windward.
cobhouse
cobhouse
noun
(figuratively) A flimsy arrangement or structure.
A flimsy structure, as one built by children from small bits of wood and other materials.
A structure built of cob.
An outbuilding of inferior construction.
courbash
cubehead
cuthbert
cuthburt
debouche
debouche
verb
(hydrology, of a river or stream) To discharge into a larger body of water such as a lake or sea.
(military, of a body of soldiers) To enter into battle.
ditchbur
dschubba
dschubba
Proper noun
A star in the constellation Scorpio.
hackbush
hackbuts
hackbuts
noun
plural of hackbut
haulback
hibiscus
hibiscus
noun
A cocktail made with champagne and cranberry juice.
A flowering plant of the genus Hibiscus, especially Hibiscus syriacus, found in tropical to temperate regions, of some species used for making infusions/tea.
hobucken
humpback
humpback
noun
(by extension) A hump or protuberance on the shoulders or back of an animal.
(derogatory, now offensive) A person with a humpback; a person who suffers from kyphosis.
(figurative) A rounded topographical feature, such as a mountain or hill.
A humpback salmon.
A humpback whale.
A humped back (deformity in humans caused by abnormal curvature of the upper spine).
verb
To hunt humpback whales.
lubitsch
michabou
outbelch
outbelch
verb
To belch more or louder than.
outbitch
outbitch
verb
(transitive, slang) To surpass in bitching, or bitchiness.
pinchbug
richburg
schubert
schubert
Proper noun
Franz Schubert, Austrian composer
scorbuch
stubchen
subchela
subchief
subchief
noun
A lesser or secondary chief.
subepoch
subepoch
noun
(geology) A geochronologic unit comprising one or more ages, being a period of generally agreed significance within an epoch.
subniche
subniche
noun
A niche making up part of a larger niche.
subpunch
touchbox
touchbox
noun
A box containing lighted tinder, formerly carried by soldiers for kindling matchlocks.
trabucho
ulbricht
unbreech
unbreech
verb
(military, transitive) To free the breech of (a cannon etc.) from its fastenings or coverings.
(transitive) To remove the breeches of; to divest or strip of breeches.