A miniature, handheld paint sprayer, powered by compressed air or other gas, used for delicate, artistic painting, or sometimes retouching of photographs.
verb
To paint using an airbrush.
To touch up or enhance a photograph or person, often with intent to mislead.
ambusher
ambusher
noun
One who ambushes.
archsnob
ashberry
asheboro
backrush
backrush
noun
A rushing backward; a retreat.
bahadurs
bahadurs
noun
plural of bahadur
bairnish
bairnish
adj
(UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Having the manners of a child; childish; silly.
banisher
banisher
noun
One who banishes.
barashit
barchans
barchans
noun
plural of barchan
bardship
bardship
noun
The state of being a bard.
barghest
barghest
noun
(mythology, Britain) A legendary monstrous black dog, said to possess large teeth and claws, and (sometimes) to be capable of changing form.
(mythology, Britain) Any ghost, wraith, hobgoblin, elf, or spirit.
bartosch
batchers
batchers
noun
plural of batcher
bathorse
bathorse
noun
A horse which carries an officer's baggage during a campaign. Also spelt bat-horse and bat horse.
bathurst
bathurst
Proper noun
a regional city in New South Wales, Australia.
bawhorse
bawhorse
noun
Obsolete form of bathorse.
bayshore
bearbush
bearhugs
bearhugs
noun
plural of bearhug
bearship
bearship
noun
The character or personality of a bear.
becharms
becharms
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of becharm
becoresh
behavers
behavers
noun
plural of behaver
behearse
belchers
belchers
noun
plural of belcher
benchers
benchers
noun
plural of bencher
bephrase
berhymes
berhymes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of berhyme
bertsche
bescorch
bescorch
verb
(transitive) To scorch about, around, or all over; scorch completely.
beshiver
beshower
beshrews
beshrews
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beshrew
beshriek
beshroud
beshroud
verb
(transitive) To cover with or as with a shroud.
(transitive, figuratively) To hide in darkness, as with a cloak.
besmirch
besmirch
verb
(transitive) To tarnish something, especially someone's reputation.
(transitive, literary) To make dirty.
bethorns
betroths
betroths
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of betroth
bighorns
bighorns
noun
plural of bighorn
bimorphs
bimorphs
noun
plural of bimorph
bioherms
bioherms
noun
plural of bioherm
birchers
birchers
noun
plural of bircher
birchism
birdshot
birdshot
noun
A rifle or pistol cartridge containing small shot instead of a single larger projectile.
A small lead or steel shot, or ammunition, used in shotgun shells.
bisharin
blathers
blathers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blather
blethers
blethers
noun
plural of blether
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blether
blithers
blithers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blither
bluchers
bluchers
noun
plural of blucher
blushers
blushers
noun
plural of blusher
boarfish
boarfish
noun
The Caproidae
The Pentacerotidae
boarship
borchers
borghese
boroughs
boroughs
noun
plural of borough
borsches
borsches
noun
plural of borsch
borschts
borschts
noun
plural of borscht
boshvark
bosworth
bosworth
Proper noun
A city/town in Missouri, US.
botchers
botchers
noun
plural of botcher
bothrops
brachets
brachets
noun
plural of brachet
brachysm
brachysm
noun
(botany) Unusually small size resulting from the shortening of internodes.
brackish
brackish
adj
(of water) Salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries.
Distasteful; unpleasant; not appealing to the taste.
Repulsive
bradshaw
bradshaw
Proper noun
The name of several places in Northern England.
derived from these places.
Noun
A former railway guide and timetable published by George Bradshaw
braggish
braggish
adj
bragging; boastful.
brahmans
brahmans
noun
plural of brahman
brahmins
brahmins
noun
plural of brahmin
brahmism
brainish
brainish
adj
(obsolete) hot-headed; furious
branches
branches
noun
plural of branch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of branch
branchus
brandish
brandish
noun
The act of flourishing or waving.
verb
(transitive) To bear something with ostentatious show.
(transitive) To move or swing a weapon back and forth, particularly if demonstrating anger, threat or skill.
brashear
brashest
brashest
adj
superlative form of brash: most brash
brashier
brashier
adj
comparative form of brashy: more brashy
brassish
brassish
adj
(UK, obsolete) brittle
brassy; resembling or characteristic of brass
brattish
brattish
adj
Characteristic of a brat; childishly rude and annoying.
noun
Alternative form of brattice
brauhaus
breaches
breaches
noun
plural of breach
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of breach
breadths
breadths
noun
plural of breadth
breathes
breathes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of breathe
brechams
brechans
breeches
breeches
noun
(informal) Trousers; pantaloons.
A garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs; smallclothes.
plural of breech
brenthis
brickish
brickish
adj
(slang, UK, dated) Like a brick, a helpful or reliable person.
Resembling or characteristic of brick.
brioches
brioches
noun
plural of brioche
brioschi
briskish
briskish
adj
Somewhat brisk.
britches
britches
noun
(chiefly Appalachia, Southern US) Alternative form of breeches (pants, trousers).
broaches
broaches
noun
plural of broach
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of broach
broadish
broadish
adj
Somewhat broad.
brockish
brockish
adj
(obsolete) beastly; brutal
broguish
broguish
adj
Pertaining to or marked by a brogue, a thick accent.
bronchos
bronchos
noun
plural of broncho
bronchus
bronchus
noun
Either of two airways, which are primary branches of the trachea, leading directly into the lungs.
brooches
brooches
noun
plural of brooch
brothels
brothels
noun
plural of brothel
brothers
brothers
noun
plural of brother
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brother
brownish
brownish
adj
Of a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown.
brunches
brunches
noun
plural of brunch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brunch
brushcut
brushcut
noun
Alternative form of brush cut
brushers
brushers
noun
plural of brusher
brushful
brushful
noun
A sufficient quantity to fill the bristles of a brush.
brushier
brushier
adj
comparative form of brushy: more brushy
brushing
brushing
adj
(dated) brisk; light
noun
(uncountable, Internet) A fraudulent technique in which an online seller sends out fake orders (such as empty boxes) and adds positive reviews about those orders, ostensibly from the recipient.
An instance of brushing.
verb
present participle of brush
brushite
brushite
noun
(mineralogy) A mineral formed by the interaction of guano with calcite and clay at a low pH, believed to be a precursor of apatite.
brushlet
brushman
brushman
noun
(informal) A male painter.
A man employed to clean with a brush.
brushmen
brushmen
noun
plural of brushman
brushoff
brushoff
noun
Alternative spelling of brush-off
brushton
brushups
brushups
noun
plural of brushup
bullrush
bullrush
noun
(colloquial) A headlong rush into something, heedless of danger.
Alternative spelling of bulrush
bulrushy
bulrushy
adj
Covered in bulrushes.
Resembling a bulrush.
burghers
burghers
noun
plural of burgher
burhinus
burrfish
burrfish
noun
Chilomycterus schoepfi, a fish of the family Diodontidae distinguished from the porcupinefish by the shorter and blunter spines covering the somewhat spherical body.
burthens
burthens
noun
plural of burthen
busheler
busheler
noun
Alternative form of busheller
bushfire
bushfire
noun
(Australia) An uncontrolled fire in a wooded or grassy area; a wildfire.
bushrope
bushrope
noun
Synonym of liana
butchers
butchers
noun
Alternative form of butcher's (Cockney rhyming slang).
plural of butcher
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of butcher
byronish
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
courbash
cowherbs
crabbish
crabbish
adj
Somewhat sour or cross; crabby.
crabfish
crabfish
noun
(archaic) A freshwater crab found in Southern European rivers, streams, and lakes, Potamon fluviatile or Cancer fluviatilis.
(archaic) A lobster or crayfish.
drabbish
drabbish
adj
(archaic) Having the character of a drab or low wench.
Somewhat drab in colour.
drybrush
drybrush
noun
(painting) A form of brushwork that involves stroking lightly with a minimally loaded brush to create a textured look.
flybrush
forebush
frubbish
habsburg
halberds
halberds
noun
plural of halberd
halberts
halberts
noun
plural of halbert
hamburgs
hansboro
hapsburg
harbeson
harbison
harbours
harbours
noun
plural of harbour
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of harbour
hatbrush
hatbrush
noun
A kind of clothesbrush for use on hats.
hauberks
hauberks
noun
plural of hauberk
hebraise
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
hebraist
hebraist
Noun
A scholar who specializes in the study of the Hebrew language.
A proponent of Hebrew as the language of the Zionist movement.