(informal) To criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully.
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.
bathroom
bathroom
noun
(chiefly US, South Africa, Canada, euphemistic) A lavatory: a room containing a toilet and (typically but not necessarily) a bathtub.
A room containing a shower and/or bathtub, and (typically but not necessarily) a toilet.
becometh
becometh
verb
(archaic) third-person singular simple present form of become
beerbohm
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.
besmooth
besmooth
Verb
To make smooth.
besmouch
bhumibol
bichrome
bichrome
adj
Having two colours
bigmouth
bigmouth
adj
(zoology) Applied to various creatures that have a large mouth.
noun
(informal, derogatory) One who talks too much or says things which should not be said.
bimorphs
bimorphs
noun
plural of bimorph
biochemy
biochemy
noun
(archaic) biochemistry
bioherms
bioherms
noun
plural of bioherm
birthdom
birthdom
noun
Privilege of birth; one's inheritance; birthright.
The land of one's birth.
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
boomorah
boomorah
noun
(archaic) The water chevrotain (Hyemoschus aquaticus).
boothman
boothman
noun
(archaic or chiefly dialectal) A corn merchant, especially one in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
(rare) One who mans a booth, such as at a fair or (historically) a Thing.
A projectionist at a movie theater.
borgholm
bornholm
bornholm
Proper noun
a Danish island in the Baltic Sea
bothrium
bothrium
noun
(zoology) A tentacle; a nerve ending that has a similar morphology
brougham
brougham
noun
A four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage, designed in 1839. It had an open seat for the driver in front of the closed cabin for two or four passengers.
An automobile, a sedan without a roof over the driver's seat.
burhmoot
chambioa
chambord
chiliomb
chimbote
choliamb
choliamb
noun
(poetry) A limping iamb.
choriamb
choriamb
noun
A choriambus.
combfish
combfish
noun
An Australasian wrasse, Coris picta, having a comb-like stripe
embroche
goombahs
goombahs
noun
plural of goombah
hamboned
hamboned
adj
Extremely drunk
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hambone
hambones
hambones
noun
plural of hambone
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
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.
hemiobol
hemiobol
noun
(historical) A coin worth half an obol.
hobbyism
hobbyism
noun
An interest in hobbies.
hoboisms
hobomoco
holcombe
homburgs
homburgs
noun
plural of homburg
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.
hopthumb
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.
humberto
humboldt
humboldt
Proper noun
A village in Illinois, USA.
A city in Iowa, USA.
A small city in Kansas, USA.
A small city in Minnesota, USA.
A small city in Nebraska, USA.
A community in Nevada, USA.
An unincorporated community in Ohio, USA.
A neighbourhood in Oregon, USA.
A city in Saskatchewan, Canada.
A town in South Dakota, USA.
A city in and USA.
A town and unincorporated community in Wisconsin, USA.
hymnbook
hymnbook
noun
(Britain) A book containing a collection of hymns.
imbolish
jobsmith
jobsmith
noun
(historical) A blacksmith who performs various work other than shoeing horses, such as the making of agricultural equipment.
lambhood
lambhood
noun
The state or period of being a lamb.
matchbox
matchbox
noun
A small cardboard box in which matches are kept.
Any small die-cast toy car, usually collectible.
michabou
monobath
monobath
adj
(photography) Such that the development process involves immersion in only one chemical bath.
morbihan
morbihan
Proper noun
One of the départements of Brittany, France
mothball
mothball
noun
(usually in the plural) A small ball of chemical pesticide (typically naphthalene) and deodorant placed in or around clothing and other articles susceptible to damage from mold or moth larvae in order to protect them from this damage.
verb
(transitive) To store or shelve something no longer used.
(transitive, figuratively) To stop using (something), but keep it in good condition.
northumb
obeahism
obeahism
noun
Alternative form of obiism
oberheim
rehoboam
rehoboam
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Rehoboam
remoboth
rhabdome
rhabdome
noun
In sponges, the shaft of a cladose rhabdus, bearing the cladome.
rhabdoms
rhabdoms
noun
plural of rhabdom
rhomboid
rhomboid
adj
resembling, or shaped like a rhombus or rhomboid
noun
A parallelogram which is neither a rhombus nor a rectangle
A solid shape which has rhombic faces
Any of several muscles that control the shoulders
semihobo
thrombin
thrombin
noun
(biochemistry) An enzyme in blood that facilitates blood clotting by converting fibrinogen to fibrin (by means of ionized calcium).
thrombus
thrombus
noun
(hematology, pathology) A blood clot formed from platelets and other elements that forms in a blood vessel in a living organism, and causes thrombosis or obstruction of the vessel at its point of formation or travel to other areas of the body.