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.
ambushed
ambushed
adj
(figurative) Having been subjected to a shock for which one is unprepared.
Having been the target of an ambush.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ambush
ambusher
ambusher
noun
One who ambushes.
ambushes
ambushes
noun
plural of ambush
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ambush
ashbaugh
auerbach
autobahn
autobahn
noun
By analogy, any wide, high-speed road.
The high-speed intercity highways of Germany and Austria.
babouche
babouche
noun
A Turkish or Moroccan slipper having no heel.
babushka
babushka
noun
(By association) A stereotypical, Eastern European peasant grandmother-type figure.
A traditional floral headscarf worn by an Eastern European woman, tied under the chin.
An old woman, especially one of Eastern European descent.
Russian doll, matryoshka
bacchius
bacchius
noun
(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.
badmouth
badmouth
verb
(informal) To criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully.
baghouse
baghouse
noun
A fabric filter; an air pollution control device that removes particulates out of air or gas released from commercial processes or combustion for electricity generation.
bahadurs
bahadurs
noun
plural of bahadur
ballahou
ballahou
noun
Alternative form of ballahoo
baltheus
baluchis
balushai
balushai
noun
Alternative form of balushahi
bardulph
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.
barukhzy
bathtubs
bathtubs
noun
plural of bathtub
bathulda
bathurst
bathurst
Proper noun
a regional city in New South Wales, Australia.
baughman
bauhinia
bauhinia
noun
Any of flowering plants of the Bauhinia genus, some of which are known as orchid trees.
bayreuth
bearbush
bearhugs
bearhugs
noun
plural of bearhug
beauship
beauship
noun
(dated, humorous) The state of being a beau; the personality of a beau.
bechuana
bechuana
Noun
A member of the Tswana people.
bequeath
bequeath
verb
(law) To give or leave by will; to give by testament.
To give; to offer; to commit.
To hand down; to transmit.
bhumidar
blahlaut
bluehead
bluehead
noun
The blunt-headed wrasse or blue-headed wrasse, a fish of the species Thalassoma amblycephalum or Thalassoma bifasciatum.
bohuslav
bonaught
bouchard
boxhauls
boxhauls
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of boxhaul
brachium
brachium
noun
(anatomy) The upper arm.
branchus
brauhaus
bronaugh
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.
broughta
brouhaha
brouhaha
noun
A stir; a fuss or uproar.
brushman
brushman
noun
(informal) A male painter.
A man employed to clean with a brush.
buchanan
buchanan
Proper noun
from Scotland.
a small city in Georgia, USA
buchnera
buchwald
buckhead
buckwash
bukharin
bulkhead
bulkhead
noun
(nautical) A vertical partition dividing the hull into separate compartments; often made watertight to prevent excessive flooding if the ship's hull is breached.
A pressure-resistant sealed barrier to any fluid in a large structure.
A retaining wall along a waterfront.
A similar partition in an aircraft or spacecraft.
Mechanically, a partition or panel through which connectors pass, or a connector designed to pass through a partition.
bullhead
bullhead
noun
(Canada, US) The black bullhead, Ameiurus melas.
(Canada, US) The brown bullhead, Ameiurus nebulosus.
(Canada, US) The yellow bullhead, Ameiurus natalis.
(Europe, Asia) Any of various sculpins of the suborder Scorpaenoidei
(Europe, Asia) The European bullhead, Cottus gobio.
(New Zealand) A fish of species Gobiomorphus gobioides.
(horology) A chronograph (watch or stopwatch) with two push buttons arranged like the horns of a bull on the top end of the case, typically with the crown between them.
(rail transport) A bullhead rail.
(rare) An obstinate person.
A bullhead shark (Heterodontus spp.).
buphagus
buphonia
buraydah
burchard
burkhard
burkhart
burrhead
burrhead
noun
(derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) A black person.
bushbaby
bushbaby
noun
An small, nocturnal, African primate, similar to a lemur.
bushgoat
bushland
bushland
noun
(chiefly Australia) An area of land in a natural, uncultivated state; wilderness, open forest.
(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.
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.
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.
courbash
cubehead
dayblush
dschubba
dschubba
Proper noun
A star in the constellation Scorpio.
dubhgall
dumbhead
dumbhead
Noun
A stupid person.
dushanbe
dushanbe
Proper noun
The capital of Tajikistan.
dzhambul
enambush
enambush
verb
(obsolete) To ambush.
eurybath
eurybath
noun
A eurybathic organism.
flaxbush
flaxbush
noun
The bush (genus Phormium) bearing New Zealand flax.
gallbush
goatbush
guahiban
habakkuk
habakkuk
Proper noun
A prophetic book in the Old Testament of the Bible, one of the minor prophets; or the eighth part of the Tere Asar in the Jewish Tanakh.
A Jewish prophet of the Old Testament; author of the book that bears his name.
definition
habendum
habendum
noun
(law, dated) The part of a deed that formally defines the extent of ownership or tenancy granted.
habenula
habenula
noun
(anatomy) A circumscript mass of cells in the caudal and dorsal aspect of the dorsal thalamus.
habitual
habitual
adj
(grammar) Pertaining to an action performed customarily, ordinarily, or usually.
Of a person or thing: engaging in some behaviour as a habit or regularly.
Of or relating to a habit; established as a habit; performed over and over again; recurrent, recurring.
Regular or usual.
noun
(colloquial) One who does something habitually, such as a serial criminal offender.
(grammar) A construction representing something done habitually.
habitude
habitude
noun
(archaic) Habitual disposition; normal or characteristic mode of behaviour, whether from habit or from nature
(archaic) The essential character of one's being or existence; native or normal constitution; mental or moral constitution; bodily condition; native temperament.
(obsolete) Behaviour or manner of existence in relation to something else; relation; respect.
(obsolete) In full habitude: fully, wholly, entirely; in all respects.
(obsolete) an associate; an acquaintance; someone with whom one is familiar.
(obsolete, chemistry, in the plural) The various ways in which one substance reacts with another; chemical reaction.
Habit; custom; usage.
habitues
habitues
noun
plural of habitue
habiture
habsburg
habutaye
hackbush
hackbuts
hackbuts
noun
plural of hackbut
halibuts
halibuts
noun
plural of halibut
hamburgs
hapsburg
haquebut
haquebut
noun
Obsolete spelling of hagbut
harbours
harbours
noun
plural of harbour
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of harbour
harunobu
hatbrush
hatbrush
noun
A kind of clothesbrush for use on hats.
hauberks
hauberks
noun
plural of hauberk
haulback
hautbois
hautbois
noun
Any of a family of organ stops that contain reeds.
Any of the (now obsolete) predecessors of the oboe or cor anglais.
hautboys
hautboys
noun
plural of hautboy
hubbaboo
huberman
hubmaker
hudibras
huggable
huggable
adj
Capable of, or suitable for, being hugged.
hummable
hummable
adj
(music) Suitable for humming or humming along
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.
huntable
huntable
adj
Capable of being hunted.
hurtable
hurtable
adj
That can be hurt.
husbands
husbands
noun
plural of husband
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of husband
hushable
hushable
adj
Capable of being hushed.
huxtable
ketubahs
ketubahs
noun
plural of ketubah
kharouba
kourbash
kourbash
noun
Alternative spelling of kurbash
michabou
pushball
pushball
noun
(countable) The large ball used for this game.
(uncountable) A team game where players attempt to push a large inflatable lightweight ball into the opponent's goal.
rashbuss
rhabdium
rhubarbs
rhubarbs
noun
plural of rhubarb.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rhubarb
rhubarby
rhubarby
Adjective
Resembling or characteristic of rhubarb.
rhumbaed
rhumbaed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of rhumba
sagebush
saltbush
saltbush
noun
Any of the genus Atriplex of plants, especially Atriplex hortensis or Atriplex patula, found in dry habitats, that have edible leaves resembling spinach, including many desert and seashore plants and halophytes.
Sarcobatus vermiculatus
sambhurs
sambhurs
noun
plural of sambhur
shabeque
shabuoth
shadbush
shadbush
noun
Any plant in the genus Amelanchier.
shagbush
sharnbud
sharnbug
snagbush
soapbush
squabash
squabash
verb
(Scotland, slang, dated, transitive) To crush; to quash; to squash.
stagbush
subahdar
subahdar
noun
Alternative form of subadar
subchela
subgraph
subgraph
noun
(graph theory) A graph or network that makes up part of a larger graph or network.