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.
bacchius
bacchius
noun
(prosody) A metrical foot composed of a short syllable and two long ones; according to some, two long and a short.
baluchis
balushai
balushai
noun
Alternative form of balushahi
bauhinia
bauhinia
noun
Any of flowering plants of the Bauhinia genus, some of which are known as orchid trees.
beauship
beauship
noun
(dated, humorous) The state of being a beau; the personality of a beau.
behistun
bhikkuni
bhojpuri
bhumibol
bhumidar
bhungini
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.
bihourly
bihourly
adj
Occurring once every two hours.
adv
Once every two hours.
bismuths
bismuths
noun
plural of bismuth
bluefish
bluefish
noun
(Bermuda) The puddingwife wrasse (Halichoeres radiatus).
(Canada) An Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus).
(Malaysia) Kyphosus vaigiensis.
(UK) A sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria).
A New Zealand bluefish (Girella cyanea).
A voracious fish (Pomatomus saltatrix) found in waters of the Atlantic and Indian Ocean.
bluntish
bluntish
adj
Somewhat blunt.
They spent hours laboriously chopping wood with bluntish axes.
blushing
blushing
adj
Showing blushes; rosy red.
noun
The act of one who blushes; a blush.
verb
present participle of blush
boethius
bohemium
bohemium
noun
(chemistry) Former name of rhenium.
bothrium
bothrium
noun
(zoology) A tentacle; a nerve ending that has a similar morphology
bouchier
bountith
bountith
noun
(Scotland, historical) A bonus payment made by an employer to a servant.
brachium
brachium
noun
(anatomy) The upper arm.
broguish
broguish
adj
Pertaining to or marked by a brogue, a thick accent.
brunhild
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.
bubblish
bubblish
adj
(economics) Resembling or characteristic of an economic bubble.
Filled with bubbles.
Resembling or characteristic of bubbles.
buchheim
buddhism
buddhist
buhrmill
bukharin
bulfinch
bullhide
bullshit
bullshit
adj
(vulgar, slang) absurd, irrational, or nonsensical (Most often said of speech, information, or content.)
intj
(vulgar, slang) An expression of disbelief at what one has just heard.
noun
(card games, possibly vulgar) A card game in which players try to discard their hands first, following rules that encourage bluffing, calling others' bluffs, and penalizing others by tricking them into inaccurate accusations.
(philosophy) Statements made without regard for their truth value.
(rhetoric) Statements that are intentionally misleading, whether true or not.
(vulgar, literally) Feces produced by a bull.
(vulgar, slang) Statements that are transparently or offensively false.
(vulgar, slang) Synonym of shit (in its sense of any stuff, especially when viewed negatively or with collegial vulgarity).
(vulgar, slang, usual sense) Statements that are false or exaggerated to impress or cheat the listener.
verb
(intransitive, vulgar, slang) To come up with on the spot; to improvise.
(intransitive, vulgar, slang) To have casual conversation with no real point; to shoot the breeze.
(transitive, intransitive, vulgar, slang) To tell lies, exaggerate; to mislead; to deceive.
bullwhip
bullwhip
noun
A whip made from plaited leather, often with a knotted end, for use with livestock.
verb
(transitive) To beat with a bullwhip.
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
buphonia
burhinus
burleigh
burleigh
Proper noun
Any of various towns in the English-speaking world.
burnight
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.
busching
bushfire
bushfire
noun
(Australia) An uncontrolled fire in a wooded or grassy area; a wildfire.
bushidos
bushiest
bushiest
adj
superlative form of bush: most bush
bushings
bushings
noun
plural of bushing
bushkill
bushlike
bushlike
adj
Resembling a bush; bushly.
bushtits
bushtits
noun
plural of bushtit
bushwife
cachibou
cachibou
noun
The tree Bursera simaruba.
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
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.
ditchbur
dumbfish
frubbish
guahiban
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
halibuts
halibuts
noun
plural of halibut
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.
heublein
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.
highbush
highbush
adj
Being, or coming from, a bush of high stature (used in names of certain fruits, such as highbush blueberry and highbush cranberry).
hillburn
holibuts
holibuts
noun
plural of holibut
hubrises
hubrises
noun
plural of hubris
hudibras
hugibert
huidobro
humbling
humbling
adj
Of higher rank, status, quality, strength, etc.; inducing a feeling of inferiority.
noun
An event which causes humbleness; a set-down.
verb
present participle of humble
ironbush
limebush
lubitsch
michabou
milkbush
milkbush
noun
Any of various plants of the genus Euphorbia.
mintbush
mintbush
noun
Any of various bushy evergreen shrubs of the genus Prostanthera, usually with strongly aromatic leaves.
numbfish
numbfish
noun
An electric ray of the family Narcinidae, capable of delivering numbing shocks.
obtusish
obtusish
adj
Somewhat obtuse.
outbirth
outbirth
noun
A result or consequence.
outbitch
outbitch
verb
(transitive, slang) To surpass in bitching, or bitchiness.
pinchbug
pinebush
quebrith
quebrith
noun
(alchemy) sulfur
reimbush
rhabdium
richburg
rubbishy
rubbishy
adj
Of little or no value; worthless.
Strewn with litter.
snubbish
snubbish
adj
Inclined to snub or belittle others.
Somewhat snub.
subchief
subchief
noun
A lesser or secondary chief.
subhalid
subhumid
subhumid
adj
(of a climate) Having a humidity typical of grassland or prairie
subhyoid
subhyoid
adj
(anatomy) Beneath the hyoid bone
subniche
subniche
noun
A niche making up part of a larger niche.
subshire
thibault
thonburi
thumbing
thumbing
noun
The act by which something is thumbed.
verb
present participle of thumb
thumbkin
thumbkin
noun
An instrument of torture for compressing the thumb; a thumbscrew.
thurible
thurible
noun
A censer, especially one hanging on a chain.
tshiluba
tshiluba
Proper noun
A Bantu language spoken by about 6.3 million people in the Kasaï Occidental and Kasaï Oriental provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
turbiths
ulbricht
unbishop
unbishop
verb
(transitive) To deprive (a city etc.) of a bishop.
(transitive) To deprive (a clergyman) of episcopal dignity or rights.