(dated, physics) A unit of inductance equal to one billionth (1 x 10⁻⁹) of a henry, used in the centimeter-gram-second system of units.
abrahan
absinth
absinth
noun
Alternative form of absinthe
abthain
abthain
noun
Alternative form of abthane
ashburn
ashburn
Proper noun
a city in Georgia, USA
baching
baching
verb
present participle of bach
bachman
badchan
baghlan
baghlan
Proper noun
A city of Afghanistan, name of Baghlan Province
bahmani
bahnung
bahrain
bahrain
Proper noun
country in the Middle East. Official name: Kingdom of Bahrain.
bahrein
bandhor
bangash
banshee
banshee
noun
(Irish folklore) A female spirit, usually taking the form of a woman whose mournful wailing warns of an impending death.
(derogatory) A noisy or ill-tempered woman.
banshie
banshie
noun
Dated form of banshee.
barchan
barchan
noun
An arc-shaped sand ridge comprising well-sorted sand.
barkhan
bashing
bashing
noun
An instance of bashing; a physical or verbal attack.
verb
present participle of bash
bathing
bathing
noun
The act of swimming.
The act of taking a bath.
verb
present participle of bath
present participle of bathe
bathman
bathman
noun
A male attendant at a bathhouse.
bechern
bedunch
beechen
beechen
adj
Consisting or made of the wood or bark of the beech.
behenic
behenic
adj
Of or pertaining to behenic acid or its derivatives.
behinds
behinds
noun
plural of behind
behnken
behoney
behoney
verb
(transitive) To cover or smear with honey.
(transitive) To sweeten with honey, or with honeyed words.
behrens
behring
behrman
belshin
benched
benched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bench
bencher
bencher
noun
(Britain, obsolete, law) One of the senior governing members of an Inn of Court.
(Canada, law) A senior member of a law society in a Canadian province (except New Brunswick).
(UK, obsolete) An alderman of a corporation.
(obsolete) A member of a court or council.
(obsolete) One who frequents the benches of a tavern; an idler.
benches
benches
noun
plural of bench
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bench
beneath
beneath
adv
Below or underneath.
prep
Below.
Covered up or concealed by something.
In a position that is lower in rank, dignity, etc.
benight
benight
verb
(chiefly in passive) To overtake (a traveller etc) with the darkness of night, especially before shelter is reached.
To darken; to shroud or obscure.
To plunge or be overwhelmed in moral or intellectual darkness.
benisch
benorth
benorth
prep
(now Scotland) North of.
benshea
benshee
benshee
noun
Obsolete form of banshee.
benthal
benthal
adj
benthic
bentham
bentham
Proper noun
derived from any of several places.
Jeremy Bentham, English philosopher and social reformer.
benthic
benthic
adj
Pertaining to the benthos; living on the seafloor, as opposed to floating in the ocean.
noun
Any organism that lives on the seafloor
benthon
benthon
noun
(ecology, biology) The habitat at the bottom of a body of water.
benthos
benthos
noun
The flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water.
bepinch
bepinch
verb
(transitive, archaic) To pinch, or mark with pinches.
(transitive, dialectal) To pinch all over.
beshine
beshine
verb
(transitive, dialectal) To give light to.
(transitive, obsolete) To shine around or upon.
bethank
bethank
verb
(transitive, rare) To bestow thanks upon; to thank.
bethany
bethany
Proper noun
The village where Jesus stayed before going to Jerusalem and being crucified.
The village where Lazarus, Mary and Martha lived (Bible, John 11 v. 1)
Mary of Bethany, sometimes identified as Mary Magdalene.
name, transferred use of the biblical place name.
bethena
bethina
bethink
bethink
verb
(intransitive) To meditate, ponder; to consider.
(obsolete, transitive) To think about, to recollect.
(reflexive) To think of (something or somebody) or that (followed by clause); to remind oneself, to consider, to reflect upon.
To determine, resolve.
bethorn
bethune
beuthen
bhandar
bhavani
bhavani
Proper noun
A Hindu goddess, consort of Shiva.
bhayani
bhoodan
bhowani
bhunder
bhunder
Noun
A rhesus macaque.
bhutani
bhutani
Proper noun
A Baloch tribe residing in Balochistan, Pakistan.
The language of the aforementioned people.
biancha
bianchi
bighorn
bighorn
Noun
Either of two North American species of sheep, Ovis canadensis and Ovis dalli, having large, curving horns.
bingham
birchen
birchen
adj
Made from birch wood.
blancha
blanche
blanchi
blithen
blithen
verb
(intransitive) To become glad or blithe; gladden.
(transitive) To make glad or blithe; gladden.
bohunks
bohunks
noun
plural of bohunk
bonaght
bonheur
bothnia
bothnic
bothnic
Adjective
Bothnian
bouchon
brahman
brahman
noun
Alternative form of brahmin (member of the Hindu priestly class).
brahmin
brahmin
adj
Scholarly.
noun
(chiefly US, capitalized) A member of a social and cultural elite, especially in the New England region of the USA.
A learned person of refined taste and mild manners.
A member of the Hindu priestly caste, one of the four varnas or social groups based on occupation in ancient Hindu society.
A scholar, teacher, priest, intellectual, researcher, scientist, knowledge-seeker, or knowledge worker.
One who has realized or attempts to realize Brahman, i.e. God or supreme knowledge.
branchi
branchy
branchy
adj
Having many branches.
Tending to branch frequently.
branham
brechan
brenham
brichen
brinish
brinish
adj
Like brine; somewhat salty.
brochan
brohman
bronchi
bronchi
noun
plural of bronchus
broncho
broncho
noun
Alternative spelling of bronco
brython
brython
Noun
A (historical) Briton: a member of that people that spoke Brythonic languages.
buchman
buchner
bulchin
bulchin
noun
(obsolete) A little bull; a bull calf.
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
burhans
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.
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.
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
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
bushton
charbon
charbon
noun
A small black spot or mark remaining in the cavity of the corner tooth of a horse after the large spot or mark has become obliterated.
A very contagious and fatal disease of sheep, horses, and cattle; anthrax.
denbigh
habenal
habenal
adj
Of or pertaining to a habena
habenar
habitan
habitan
noun
Obsolete form of habitant.
hagborn
hagborn
adj
(archaic) Born of a hag or witch.
hambone
hambone
noun
(US slang, acting) A ham; an eager or inferior performer
(bowling, informal) Four consecutive strikes.
(music, dance) A certain type of dance that involves making noise with the body, especially by slapping parts of the body with one's hands
The bone at the center of a ham
verb
(intransitive) To dance the hambone.
hamborn
hanbury
handbag
handbag
noun
(mainly Commonwealth) A small bag used by women (or sometimes by men) for carrying various small personal items.
(uncountable, music) Ellipsis of handbag house.
verb
(Britain, transitive, humorous) To attack verbally or subject to criticism (typically used of a woman).
handbow
harbona
hatband
hatband
noun
A band fastened around a hat.
hayband
hayband
noun
A crude rope made from hay.
hebenon
hebenon
noun
(now rare) A plant or flower used in the works of Shakespeare and Marlowe to make a poison (cp. with John Gower's hebenus).
helbona
henbane
henbane
noun
A poisonous plant, Hyoscyamus niger, used sometimes as a drug that causes at least hallucinations, dilated pupils, restlessness, and flushed skin.
Any other plant of the genus Hyoscyamus.
henbill
henbits
henbits
noun
plural of henbit
henebry
hepburn
hepburn
Proper noun
A system of romanization of Japanese, short for "Hepburn romanization".
herbane
herbman
herborn
heyburn
heyburn
Proper noun
A city in Idaho.
hibbing
hibunci
hilborn
hipbone
hipbone
noun
(anatomy) Alternative spelling of hip bone
hobbian
hobbing
hobbing
verb
present participle of hob
hobnail
hobnail
noun
(obsolete) A clownish person; a rustic.
A short nail with a thick head, typically used in boot soles.
verb
(transitive) To tread down roughly, as with hobnailed shoes.
To fit with hobnails.
hobnobs
hobnobs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hobnob
hoboing
hoboing
verb
present participle of hobo
hoboken
holbein
honobia
hopbind
hopbind
noun
Alternative form of hopbine
hopbine
hopbine
noun
The climbing stem of the hop.
hornsby
hosbein
hubbing
hubbing
noun
The arrangement of a transportation network as a hub-and-spoke model.
huebner
husband
husband
noun
(UK dialectal) A polled tree; a pollard.
(UK) A manager of property; one who has the care of another's belongings, owndom, or interests; a steward; an economist.
A large cushion with arms meant to support a person in the sitting position.
A man in a marriage or marital relationship, especially in relation to his spouse.
A prudent or frugal manager.
A tiller of the ground; a husbandman.
The male of a pair of animals.
The master of a house; the head of a family; a householder.
verb
(transitive) To conserve.
(transitive) To engage or act as a husband to; assume the care of or responsibility for; accept as one's own.
(transitive) To manage or administer carefully and frugally; use to the best advantage; economise.
(transitive) To provide with a husband.
(transitive, obsolete) To till; cultivate; farm; nurture.
inbirth
inbirth
noun
(rare) An inner or inward birth
inhabit
inhabit
verb
(transitive) To be present in.
(transitive) To live or reside in.
inhibit
inhibit
verb
(Philippines) To recuse.
(transitive) To hold in or hold back; to keep in check; restrain.