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
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.
backhaus
backrush
backrush
noun
A rushing backward; a retreat.
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
baltheus
baluchis
balushai
balushai
noun
Alternative form of balushahi
bathtubs
bathtubs
noun
plural of bathtub
bathurst
bathurst
Proper noun
a regional city in New South Wales, Australia.
bearbush
bearhugs
bearhugs
noun
plural of bearhug
beauship
beauship
noun
(dated, humorous) The state of being a beau; the personality of a beau.
beehouse
beehouse
noun
A beehive or apiary.
behistun
beshouts
beshouts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beshout
beshroud
beshroud
verb
(transitive) To cover with or as with a shroud.
(transitive, figuratively) To hide in darkness, as with a cloak.
besmouch
besmutch
besmutch
Verb
To besmirch.
besought
besought
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beseech
simple past tense and past participle of beseek
bethumps
bethumps
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bethump
bismuths
bismuths
noun
plural of bismuth
bluchers
bluchers
noun
plural of blucher
bluebush
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.
blushers
blushers
noun
plural of blusher
blushful
blushful
adj
Full of blushes.
blushing
blushing
adj
Showing blushes; rosy red.
noun
The act of one who blushes; a blush.
verb
present participle of blush
boethius
bohuslav
boroughs
boroughs
noun
plural of borough
bouchees
bouchons
boxhauls
boxhauls
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of boxhaul
branchus
brauhaus
broguish
broguish
adj
Pertaining to or marked by a brogue, a thick accent.
bronchus
bronchus
noun
Either of two airways, which are primary branches of the trachea, leading directly into the lungs.
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
bubblish
bubblish
adj
(economics) Resembling or characteristic of an economic bubble.
Filled with bubbles.
Resembling or characteristic of bubbles.
buckbush
buckbush
noun
(Australia) A prickly annual shrub, Salsola australis
(Canada, US) Shrubs of Canada and the central US, Symphoricarpos occidentalis(also known as wolfberry and Symphoricarpos orbicularis (coralberry).
buckshee
buckshee
adj
(slang) Extra, spare.
noun
A gift or bribe.
A wound that is relatively minor but sufficient to get a soldier sent away from the front to the hospital.
An extra portion, ration etc.
buckshot
buckshot
noun
(chiefly US) Lead shot used in shotgun cartridges, made of larger pellets than birdshot and suitable for hunting larger game. [from 18th c.]
buckwash
buddhism
buddhist
bueschel
bughouse
bughouse
adj
(US, slang) Crazy, insane.
noun
(South Africa, slang) A cheap and dirty cinema.
(US, slang) A flea-infested hotel, lodging-house etc.
(US, slang) A hospital, especially a lunatic asylum.
bullrush
bullrush
noun
(colloquial) A headlong rush into something, heedless of danger.
Alternative spelling of bulrush
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.
bullshot
bullshot
noun
(neologism, video games) A phony screenshot created for promotional purposes.
A cocktail made from vodka and beef bouillon.
bulrushy
bulrushy
adj
Covered in bulrushes.
Resembling a bulrush.
buphagus
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
busching
bushbaby
bushbaby
noun
An small, nocturnal, African primate, similar to a lemur.
bushbeck
bushbody
bushbuck
bushbuck
noun
(informal) Any relatives of the above that share the same habitat.
Either of two species of antelope (Tragelaphus scriptus or Tragelaphus sylvaticus, considered by some sources to be the single species Tragelaphus scriptus) found in Sub-Saharan Africa.
busheled
busheler
busheler
noun
Alternative form of busheller
bushfire
bushfire
noun
(Australia) An uncontrolled fire in a wooded or grassy area; a wildfire.
bushgoat
bushidos
bushiest
bushiest
adj
superlative form of bush: most bush
bushings
bushings
noun
plural of bushing
bushkill
bushland
bushland
noun
(chiefly Australia) An area of land in a natural, uncultivated state; wilderness, open forest.
bushless
bushless
adj
Without bushes.
bushlike
bushlike
adj
Resembling a bush; bushly.
bushment
bushment
noun
(obsolete) A surprise party; a company of soldiers secretly deployed.
(obsolete) An ambush.
(obsolete) The troops concealed in an ambush.
bushnell
bushnell
Proper noun
a city in Florida, USA
a city in Illinois, USA.
an unincorporated community in Missouri, USA.
a village in Nebraska, USA.
a small town in South Dakota, USA.
bushongo
bushrope
bushrope
noun
Synonym of liana
bushtits
bushtits
noun
plural of bushtit
bushveld
bushveld
noun
(South Africa) A terrain of thick scrubby trees and bush in dense thickets, with grassy groundcover between.
Alternative form of butcher's (Cockney rhyming slang).
plural of butcher
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of butcher
chabouks
chabouks
noun
plural of chabouk
chasuble
chasuble
noun
(Christianity) The outermost liturgical vestment worn by clergy for celebrating Eucharist or Mass.
chibouks
chibouks
noun
plural of chibouk
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.
clubbish
clubbish
adj
(obsolete) Disposed to club together.
(obsolete) rude; clownish
Somewhat resembling a club.
cobhouse
cobhouse
noun
(figuratively) A flimsy arrangement or structure.
A flimsy structure, as one built by children from small bits of wood and other materials.
A structure built of cob.
An outbuilding of inferior construction.
courbash
dayblush
drybrush
drybrush
noun
(painting) A form of brushwork that involves stroking lightly with a minimally loaded brush to create a textured look.
dschubba
dschubba
Proper noun
A star in the constellation Scorpio.
dumbfish
dushanbe
dushanbe
Proper noun
The capital of Tajikistan.
enambush
enambush
verb
(obsolete) To ambush.
enbusshe
flaxbush
flaxbush
noun
The bush (genus Phormium) bearing New Zealand flax.
flybrush
forebush
frubbish
gallbush
goatbush
habitues
habitues
noun
plural of habitue
habsburg
hackbush
hackbuts
hackbuts
noun
plural of hackbut
halibuts
halibuts
noun
plural of halibut
hamburgs
hapsburg
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
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
hempbush
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).
holibuts
holibuts
noun
plural of holibut
homburgs
homburgs
noun
plural of homburg
houseboy
houseboy
noun
(chiefly historical) A young male domestic servant, especially in a British colony in former times.
(chiefly historical, derogatory, offensive) A non-white adult male domestic servant.
housebug
hubertus
hubrises
hubrises
noun
plural of hubris
hudibras
humblers
humblers
noun
plural of humbler
humblest
humblest
adj
superlative form of humble: most humble
husbands
husbands
noun
plural of husband
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of husband
hushable
hushable
adj
Capable of being hushed.
ironbush
ketubahs
ketubahs
noun
plural of ketubah
kourbash
kourbash
noun
Alternative spelling of kurbash
limebush
lotebush
lotebush
noun
A shrub native to dry, scrubby areas in the southwestern US and Mexico, with thorny branches and an edible fruit, Ziziphus obtusifolia