(prosody) A metrical foot composed of a short syllable and two long ones; according to some, two long and a short.
bacillus
bacillus
noun
(figurative, by extension) Something which spreads like bacterial infection.
Any bacilliform (rod-shaped) bacterium.
Any of various rod-shaped, spore-forming aerobic bacteria in the genus Bacillus, some of which cause disease.
baculine
baculine
adj
Of or pertaining to the rod or punishment with the rod.
baculite
baculite
noun
(paleontology) Any of the extinct genus Baculites of cephalopod heteromorph ammonites.
baculoid
baluchis
banausic
banausic
adj
(formal) Of or pertaining to technical matters; mechanical.
(formal) Uncultured, unrefined, utilitarian.
barocius
bauxitic
bauxitic
adj
Containing or relating to bauxite.
bicaudal
bicaudal
adj
(zoology) Having two tails
bicolour
bicolour
adj
(British spelling) Having two colours
noun
(British spelling) A flag with such colours, consisting of two stripes that are either vertical or horizontal.
(British spelling) A flower, cat etc., that has two colours.
bicrural
bicrural
adj
having two legs
bicursal
bicursal
adj
(mathematics) Used to describe a curve composed of two moving points; e.g. a hyperbola.
Being composed of two continuous paths or lines.
bicuspid
bicuspid
adj
Having two points or prominences; ending in two points; said of teeth, leaves, fruit, etc.
noun
A tooth with two cusps; a premolar tooth.
bifurcal
bifurcal
adj
Synonym of bifurcate
biscuits
biscuits
noun
plural of biscuit
bivouacs
bivouacs
noun
plural of bivouac
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bivouac
bluetick
bluetick
noun
A coonhound of a certain breed originating in the United States,
verb
(Internet slang) To ignore (a message) sent via a social messaging app, especially one where a reply is expected or requested.
boiguacu
boracium
boracium
noun
(obsolete) An old name for the chemical element boron.
bouchier
boudicca
bouncier
bouncier
adj
comparative form of bouncy: more bouncy
bouncily
bouncily
adv
In a bouncy manner.
bouncing
bouncing
adj
(obsolete, informal) Excessively big; whopping.
Healthy; vigorous.
noun
The act of something that bounces.
verb
present participle of bounce
brachium
brachium
noun
(anatomy) The upper arm.
brancusi
bridecup
brucines
bructeri
buccinae
buccinal
buccinal
adj
Shaped or sounding like a trumpet.
buccinum
buchheim
buckling
buckling
adj
Wavy; curly, as hair.
noun
(geology) A folding into hills and valleys.
A young male domestic goat of between one and two years.
Smoked herring.
The act of fastening a buckle.
The action of collapsing under pressure or stress.
verb
present participle of buckle
buckskin
buckskin
adj
Of a grayish yellow in colour.
noun
A grayish yellow in colour.
A person clothed in buckskin, particularly an American soldier of the Revolutionary war.
A soft strong leather, usually yellowish or grayish in color, made of deerskin.
Breeches made of buckskin.
Clothing made from buckskin.
The skin of a male deer, a buck.
bucktail
bucktail
noun
The tail of a deer, traditionally used as a fishing lure.
bucolics
bucolics
noun
plural of bucolic
bucolion
bucovina
bucrania
bucrania
noun
plural of bucranium
bulfinch
bulgaric
bulimiac
bulimiac
adj
Alternative form of bulimic
bullfice
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
buncoing
buncoing
verb
present participle of bunco
bursicle
bursicle
noun
(botany) A sheath that covers the viscidium in some plants.
busching
butanoic
butanoic
adj
(organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to butanoic acid or its derivatives
buttrick
cabeliau
cachibou
cachibou
noun
The tree Bursera simaruba.
caliburn
cambiums
cambouis
carbungi
carbungi
noun
An Australian cattail (Typha angustifolia)
caribous
caribous
noun
plural of caribou
cenobium
cenobium
noun
A monastery, a monastic community.
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.
cibarium
cibarium
noun
A pouchy space in front of the mouth cavity of some insects, used to store and chew food.
ciborium
ciborium
noun
(Christianity) A covered receptacle for holding the consecrated wafers of the Eucharist.
(architecture) A fixed vaulted canopy over a Christian altar, supported on four columns.
ciboules
ciboules
noun
plural of ciboule
clubbier
clubbier
adj
comparative form of clubby: more clubby
clubbily
clubbily
adv
In a clubby manner
clubbing
clubbing
noun
(countable) An instance of using a club.
(countable, medicine) A thickening of the ends of fingers and toes.
(uncountable) The practice of frequenting nightclubs.
The development of clubroot in a plant.
verb
present participle of club
clubbish
clubbish
adj
(obsolete) Disposed to club together.
(obsolete) rude; clownish
Somewhat resembling a club.
clubbism
clubbism
noun
(archaic) clubmanship; cliquishness
clubbist
clubbist
noun
A member of a club; one who frequents clubs.
clubfist
clubfist
noun
(obsolete) A coarse, brutal fellow.
A large, heavy fist.
colobium
colubrid
colubrid
noun
Any snake in the family Colubridae, completely covered in scales and mostly nonvenomous.
columbia
columbia
Proper noun
America; the United States; an appellation given in honor of
The female personification of the USA.
A city in Kentucky, USA
A small town in Louisiana, USA
A city in Mississippi, USA
A city in Missouri, USA
The capital city of the state of South Carolina in the United States of America
A city in Tennessee, USA
A river shared by Canada and the United States.
Shortened form of Columbia University.
The space shuttle Columbia (named after a famous American sailing ship, Columbia Rediviva).
columbic
columbid
columbid
noun
Any dove or pigeon in the family Columbidae.
columbin
columbin
noun
(organic chemistry) A white, crystalline, bitter substance.
conubium
coquimbo
coumbite
cribrous
cribrous
adj
(rare, usually in anatomical descriptions) Perforated, as in the manner of a sieve.
crucible
crucible
noun
(chemistry) A cup-shaped piece of laboratory equipment used to contain chemical compounds when heating them to very high temperatures.
(figuratively) A very difficult and trying experience, that acts as a refining or hardening process.
A heat-resistant container in which metals are melted, usually at temperatures above 500°C, commonly made of graphite with clay as a binder.
The bottom and hottest part of a blast furnace; the hearth.
crumbier
crumbier
adj
comparative form of crumby: more crumby
crumbing
crumbing
verb
present participle of crumb
cubanite
cubanite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing copper, iron, and sulfur.
cubanize
cubanize
Verb
To make Cuban.
cubation
cubation
noun
(mathematics) The act of finding the volume or cubic content of a body; the result thus found.
(obsolete) The act of lying down; a reclining.
cubelium
cubicity
cubicity
noun
The property of being cubic.
cubicles
cubicles
noun
plural of cubicle
cubicone
cubicula
cubicula
noun
plural of cubiculum
cubiculo
cubiform
cubiform
adj
Having the shape of a cube
cubistic
cubistic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or in the style of cubism.
cubitale
cuboidal
cuboidal
adj
(geometry) Of, pertaining to, or having the shape of a cuboid
Resembling a cube
cuboides
cucurbit
cucurbit
noun
(obsolete) A receptacle, originally gourd-shaped and used for liquids or chemicals; a bottle or other container.
Any member of the family Cucurbitaceae of gourds.
cullible
cullible
adj
(dated) Easily deceived; gullible.
cumbrian
cumbrian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Cumbria or Cumberland
Noun
A native or inhabitant of Cumbria.
cungeboi
curbings
curbings
noun
plural of curbing
curblike
curblike
adj
Alternative form of kerblike
curbline
curbside
curbside
adj
Adjacent to the curb.
noun
A location next to the curb
curiboca
curitiba
curitiba
Proper noun
capital
curityba
decubiti
decubiti
noun
plural of decubitus
ditchbur
duckbill
duckbill
noun
(informal) A hadrosaur.
(informal) The duck-billed platypus.
A fish of the family Percophidae
Bull ray (Aetomylaeus bovinus, now Pteromylaeus bovinus).
Percophis brasiliensis (Brazilian flathead).
ductible
ductible
adj
Capable of being drawn out; ductile.
dysbulic
dysbulic
adj
Of or relating to dysbulia
educible
educible
adj
Able to be deduced
Able to be elicited or evoked
epipubic
epipubic
adj
Relating to the epipubis.
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.
icebound
icebound
adj
Completely surrounded by ice and therefore unable to move.
incubate
incubate
verb
(transitive) To brood, raise, or maintain eggs, organisms, or living tissue through the provision of ideal environmental conditions.
(transitive, figurative) To incubate metaphorically; to ponder an idea slowly and deliberately as if in preparation for hatching it.
incubous
incubous
adj
(botany) Describing an arrangement of leaves such that distal (anterior) parts of older leaves overlap the proximal (posterior) parts of younger ones.
incumber
killbuck
killbuck
noun
(obsolete, figuratively) A violent person.
kilobuck
kilobuck
noun
(informal, usually in the plural) A thousand dollars.
lubitsch
lubrical
lubrical
adj
Obsolete form of lubric.
michabou
microbus
microbus
noun
A station wagon shaped like a small bus.
muckibus
mulciber
obidicut
oblicque
outbitch
outbitch
verb
(transitive, slang) To surpass in bitching, or bitchiness.
outclimb
outclimb
verb
(transitive) To climb better or farther than.
pinchbug
prepubic
prepubic
adj
(anatomy) Situated in front of, or anterior to, the pubis; relating to the prepubis.
pubertic
publicae
publican
publican
noun
(Ancient Rome, historical) A tax collector, especially one working in Judea and Galilee during New Testament times (1st century C.E.) who was generally regarded as sinful for extorting more tax than was due, and as a traitor for serving the Roman Empire.
(Australia, New Zealand, by extension) The manager or owner of a hotel.
(Christianity) A person excommunicated from the church; an excommunicant or excommunicate; also, a person who does not follow a Christian religion; a heathen, a pagan.
(by extension, archaic) Any person who collects customs duties, taxes, tolls, or other forms of public revenue.
(chiefly Britain) The landlord (manager or owner) of a public house (“a bar or tavern, often also selling food and sometimes lodging; a pub”).
One regarded as extorting money from others by charging high prices.
publicly
publicly
adv
By, for, or on behalf of the public.
In public, openly, in an open and public manner.
publicum
qubecois
reitbuck
reitbuck
noun
Alternative form of reitbok (“reedbuck”)
republic
republic
noun
(archaic) A state, which may or may not be a monarchy, in which the executive and legislative branches of government are separate.
A state where sovereignty rests with the people or their representatives, rather than with a monarch or emperor; a country with no monarchy.
One of the subdivisions constituting Russia. See oblast.