(automotive) A protective system in automobiles in which when a crash occurs, a bag containing nitrogen, formed by the explosive decomposition of sodium azide, quickly inflates in front of the driver or passenger, preventing injury to the head. Side air bags, including the back seat passengers, also prevent injury.
(slang) A person who talks too much; a windbag or gossip.
A similar inflated bag used in performing stunts, etc.
ambigu
ambigu
noun
(dated) An entertainment at which a medley of dishes is set on at the same time; a buffet.
baaing
baaing
noun
The bleating of a sheep.
verb
present participle of baa
badgir
badgir
noun
(India, historical) A windcatcher.
bagani
baggie
baggie
noun
(US) A small bag, especially a small, clear, plastic bag.
baggit
baggit
noun
A salmon that has just spawned.
bagios
bagnio
bagnio
noun
(obsolete) A building for bathing, sweating.
(obsolete) In Turkey, a prison for slaves.
baguio
baguio
noun
(Philippines) A typhoon.
bagwig
bagwig
noun
Alternative form of bag wig
baking
baking
adj
(figuratively) Of a person, an object, or the weather: very hot; boiling, broiling, roasting.
That bakes.
noun
(countable) The production of a batch of baked product.
An action in which something is baked.
The way in which something is baked.
verb
present participle of bake.
baling
baling
noun
A collection of material packaged into a bale.
verb
present participle of bale
bangia
bangui
bangui
Proper noun
The capital of the Central African Republic.
baning
baning
verb
present participle of bane
bargir
bargir
noun
(India, historical) A trooper of irregular cavalry who is (unlike a silladar) not the owner of his troop horse and arms, but either is put in by another person, perhaps a native officer in the regiment who takes part of his pay, or has his horse from the state he serves.
baring
baring
noun
The act by which something is laid bare.
verb
present participle of bare
basing
basing
noun
The storage or housing of something within a base.
verb
present participle of base
bating
bating
adj
(Cornwall, Devon, dialect) Of the moon, when it is waning.
prep
(now rare) Apart from; except.
verb
present participle of bate
baying
baying
noun
Action of the verb to bay; howling.
An instance of baying; a howl.
verb
present participle of bay
begani
begari
begift
begift
verb
(transitive) To entrust; endow.
(transitive) To give a gift or gifts to; bestow or present with gifts.
(transitive) To give as a gift.
begild
begild
verb
(transitive) To gild; to cover with gold.
begins
begins
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of begin
begird
begird
verb
(transitive, archaic) To bind with a band or girdle; to gird.
(transitive, archaic) To encircle, surround, as with a gird; enclose; encompass.
begirt
begirt
verb
simple past tense and past participle of begird
beglic
begrim
beguin
beigel
beigel
noun
(UK) Alternative spelling of bagel
beiges
beiges
noun
plural of beige
beings
beings
noun
plural of being
beking
belgic
belgic
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the Belgae, a German tribe who anciently possessed the country between the Rhine, the Seine, and the ocean.
Of or pertaining to the Netherlands or to Belgium.
benign
benign
adj
(in combination) Not harmful to the environment.
(medicine) Not posing any serious threat to health; not particularly aggressive or recurrent.
(of a climate or environment) mild and favorable
Kind; gentle; mild.
bergin
bering
bering
verb
(transitive, intransitive, dated) To encircle (something) with a ring or some other circular object (such as a shackle).
besigh
besigh
verb
(transitive) To sigh over.
besing
besing
verb
(transitive) To sing of or sing about; celebrate in song or poetry; sing the praises of; praise; laud.
(transitive) To sing to.
bewhig
bewigs
bewigs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bewig
bhangi
bhangi
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Bhangi
bhungi
biagio
bidget
biding
biding
noun
(archaic) Residence; habitation.
An awaiting; expectation.
verb
present participle of bide
biegel
bigamy
bigamy
noun
(ecclesiastical law, historical) A second marriage after the death of a spouse.
The state of having two (legal or illegal) spouses simultaneously.
bigate
bigeye
bigeye
noun
Any fish in the taxonomic family Priacanthidae, which have large eyes.
Any of certain fish or shark species identified by their large eyes, in particular bigeye tuna, Thunnus obesus.
biggah
bigged
bigged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of big
biggen
biggen
verb
(rare, obsolete) To make bigger
Pronunciation spelling of begin.
bigger
bigger
adj
comparative form of big: more big
verb
(nonstandard, rare) To make or become bigger.
biggie
biggie
noun
Alternative spelling of biggy
biggin
biggin
noun
(archaic) A child's cap; (figuratively) childhood.
(historical) An official's hood or coif.
A coffee pot with a strainer or perforated metallic vessel for holding the ground coffee, through which boiling water is poured.
bights
bights
noun
plural of bight
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bight
bigler
biglot
bigner
bignou
bigots
bigots
noun
plural of bigot
bigram
bigram
noun
(linguistics) A pair, often of words or tags, used in analysis.
bigtha
bigwig
bigwig
noun
(humorous) A person of importance to a group or organization.
biking
biking
noun
The practice of riding a motorcycle.
The sport of riding a bicycle.
verb
present participle of bike
bilged
bilged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bilge
bilges
bilges
noun
plural of bilge
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bilge
bimong
binged
binged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bing
simple past tense and past participle of binge
bingee
bingen
binger
binger
noun
Someone who binges.
binges
binges
noun
plural of binge
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of binge
bingey
binghi
binghi
Noun
An Aboriginal person.
bingle
bingle
noun
(Australia, informal) A minor collision, especially between motor vehicles.
(baseball, slang) A base hit in which the batter stops safely at first base.
A hairstyle for women that is somewhere between a bob and a shingle.
verb
(baseball, slang) To achieve a base hit in which the batter stops safely at first base.
To arrange the hair in this style.
bingos
bingos
noun
plural of bingo
biofog
biogas
biogas
noun
A mixture of methane and carbon dioxide, produced by anaerobic digestion of organic waste matter, used as a fuel
biogen
biogen
noun
(biology, dated) biophor
(biology, dated) bioplasm
birgit
birgit
Proper noun
An Afro-Asiatic language spoken in southeastern Chad.
birgus
biting
biting
adj
Causing a stinging sensation.
Cutting or incisive.
Tending to bite.
noun
(Kenya) A bite-sized snack.
An instance of something being bitten.
verb
present participle of bite
blight
blight
noun
(by extension) Anything that impedes growth or development or spoils any other aspect of life.
(phytopathology) A rapid and complete chlorosis, browning, then death of plant tissues such as leaves, branches, twigs, or floral organs.
The bacterium, virus or fungus that causes such a condition.
verb
(intransitive) To suffer blight.
(transitive) To affect with blight; to blast; to prevent the growth and fertility of.
(transitive) To spoil, ruin, or destroy (something).
bluing
bluing
noun
A substance used in laundry to whiten clothes.
Any of several processes to protect steel against rust.
verb
present participle of blue
bodgie
bodgie
noun
(Australia, New Zealand, slang) A member of a 1950s rock subculture; a teddy boy.
boding
boding
adj
foreboding, ominous, portending.
noun
gerund of bode: a prediction of disaster; an omen, a portent.
verb
present participle of bode
boeing
boeing
Proper noun
An American aerospace company that has created many commercial airplanes.
boggin
bogier
bogies
bogies
noun
plural of bogie
boigid
boigie
boling
boning
boning
noun
Bone structure.
Placement of a curse by pointing with a bone, practiced by Australian aborigines; an act of pointing the bone.
The arrangement of bones in a corset.
The fertilization of a field with bone meal.
The process or result of leveling using a boning rod.
The removal of bones from a carcass; filleting.
verb
present participle of bone
boogie
boogie
noun
(informal) A piece of solid or semisolid mucus in or removed from the nostril cavity.
(informal) A style of swing dance.
(skydiving, informal) A large, organised skydiving event.
verb
(intransitive) To dance a boogie.
(intransitive, informal) To move, walk, leave, exit.
booing
booing
noun
A disapproving exclamation by a member of an audience.
verb
present participle of boo
borghi
borgia
borgia
Proper noun
Famously borne by a prominent family during the Renaissance.
boring
boring
adj
(chiefly Manglish) Suffering from boredom; mildly annoyed and restless through having nothing to do.
Capable of penetrating; piercing.
Causing boredom or tiredness; making you to feel tired and impatient.
Used, designed to be used, or able to drill holes.
noun
(usually in the plural) Fragment thrown up when something is bored or drilled.
A pit or hole which has been bored.
verb
present participle of bore
bougie
bougie
adj
(Britain, Canada, slang) Fancy or good-looking, without the same connotations of snobbery or pretentiousness as in sense 1.
(chiefly African-American Vernacular, slang, usually derogatory) Behaving like or pertaining to people of a higher social status, middle-class / bourgeois people (sometimes carrying connotations of fakeness, elitism, or snobbery).
noun
(chiefly African-American Vernacular, slang, usually derogatory) A person who exhibits bougie behavior.
(medicine) A tapered cylindrical instrument for introducing an object into a tubular anatomical structure, or to dilate such a structure, as with an esophageal bougie.
A wax candle.
bowing
bowing
noun
A bending.
A technique for using the bow on a string instrument such as a violin.
The act of bending at the waist, as a sign of respect or greeting.
verb
present participle and gerund of bow (all senses)
boxing
boxing
noun
(construction) Casing.
(object-oriented programming) Automatic conversion of value types to objects by wrapping them within a heap-allocated reference type.
(sports) A sport where two opponents punch each other with gloved fists to head and torso; the object being to score more points by the end of the match or by knockout, or technical knockout.
Material used for making boxes or casing.
verb
present participle of box
bridge
bridge
noun
(anatomy) The upper bony ridge of the human nose.
(billiards, snooker, pool) A cue modified with a convex arch-shaped notched head attached to the narrow end, used to support a player's (shooter's) cue for extended or tedious shots. Also called a spider.
(billiards, snooker, pool) A particular form of one hand placed on the table to support the cue when making a shot in cue sports.
(bowling) The gap between the holes on a bowling ball
(card games) A card game played with four players playing as two teams of two players each.
(chemistry) An intramolecular valence bond, atom or chain of atoms that connects two different parts of a molecule; the atoms so connected being bridgeheads.
(computing) A device which connects two or more computer buses, typically in a transparent manner.
(cycling) The situation where a lone rider or small group of riders closes the space between them and the rider or group in front.
(dentistry) A prosthesis replacing one or several adjacent teeth.
(diplomacy) A statement, such as an offer, that signals a possibility of accord.
(electronics) An unintended solder connection between two or more components or pins.
(electronics) Any of several electrical devices that measure characteristics such as impedance and inductance by balancing different parts of a circuit
(graph theory) An edge which, if removed, changes a connected graph to one that is not connected.
(gymnastics) A similar position in gymnastics.
(medicine) A rudimentary procedure before definite solution
(music) A contrasting section within a song that prepares for the return of the original material section.
(music, lutherie) The piece, on string instruments, that supports the strings from the sounding board.
(nautical) An elevated platform above the upper deck of a mechanically propelled ship from which it is navigated and from which all activities on deck can be seen and controlled by the captain, etc; smaller ships have a wheelhouse, and sailing ships were controlled from a quarterdeck.
(networking) A system which connects two or more local area networks at layer 2 of OSI model.
(poetry) A point in a line where a break in a word unit cannot occur.
(programming) A software component connecting two or more separate systems.
(roller derby) An elongated chain of teammates, connected to the pack, for improved blocking potential.
(wrestling) A defensive position in which the wrestler is supported by his feet and head, belly-up, in order to prevent touch-down of the shoulders and eventually to dislodge an opponent who has established a position on top.
A connection, real or abstract.
A construction spanning a waterway, ravine, or valley from an elevated height, allowing for the passage of vehicles, pedestrians, trains, etc.
A day falling between two public holidays and consequently designated as an additional holiday.
A low wall or vertical partition in the fire chamber of a furnace, for deflecting flame, etc.; a bridge wall.
A solid crust of undissolved salt in a water softener.
Anything supported at the ends and serving to keep some other thing from resting upon the object spanned, as in engraving, watchmaking, etc., or which forms a platform or staging over which something passes or is conveyed.
verb
(computing, communication) To connect two or more computer buses, networks etc. with a bridge.
(music) To transition from one piece or section of music to another without stopping.
(roller derby) To employ the bridge tactic. (See Noun section.)
(wrestling) To go to the bridge position.
To be or make a bridge over something.
To span as if with a bridge.
briggs
bright
bright
adj
(metallurgy) Of a metal object or surface: lacking any protective coating or surface treatment for the prevention of corrosion.
(music) Of a rhythm or tempo: lively, upbeat.
Clearly apparent; conspicuous.
Emitting much light; visually dazzling; luminous, lucent, radiant.
Glorious; illustrious.
Having a clear, quick intellect; intelligent.
In good spirits; happy, optimistic.
Manifest to the mind as light is to the eyes; clear, evident, plain.
Of a colour: not muted or pale; bold, brilliant, vivid.
Of a musical instrument, sound, or a voice: clearly audible; clear, resounding, and often high-pitched.
Of a period of history or time: happy, prosperous, successful.
Of a person: lively, vivacious.
Of a place: not dark; well-lit.
Of a room or other place: having acoustic qualities that tend to cause much echoing or reverberation of sound, particularly at high frequencies.
Of a scent or taste: not bland or mild; bold, sharp, strong.
Of a substance: clear, transparent; also, pure, unadulterated; (specifically) of wine: free of suspended particles; not cloudy; fine.
Of an object, surface, etc.: having vivid colour(s); colourful.
Of an object, surface, etc.: reflecting much light; having a high lustre; gleaming, shiny.
Of an opportunity or outlook: having a reasonable chance of success; favourable, good.
Of climate or weather: not cloudy or gloomy; fair; also, of a period of time, the sky, etc.: characterized by much sunshine and good weather.
Of conversation, writing, etc.: imaginative or sparkling with wit; clever, witty.
Of light: brilliant, intense.
Of the eyes: able to see clearly; of eyesight: keen, sharp.
Of the face or eyes, or a smile: showing happiness or hopefulness; cheerful, lively.
adv
(archaic) Referring to sight, sound, understanding, etc.: clearly, distinctly; brightly.
(often literary) In a bright manner; brightly, glowingly, luminously, lustrously.
Referring to colour: with bold or vivid colours; brightly, boldly, vividly.
noun
(chiefly in the plural) Something (especially a product intended for sale) that has vivid colours or a lustrous appearance.
(figuratively) Glory, splendour.
(painting) An artist's brush used in acrylic and oil painting with a long ferrule and a flat, somewhat tapering bristle head.
A person with a naturalistic worldview with no mystical or supernatural elements.
Brightness, glow.
verb
(intransitive, also figuratively) Often followed by up: to become bright (in various senses); to brighten.
(transitive) Often followed by up: to cast light on (someone or something); to brighten, to illuminate.
(transitive, figuratively) Often followed by up: to cause (someone or something) to be bright (in various senses); to brighten; specifically, to make (someone or something) energetic, or happy and optimistic.
brigid
brigid
Proper noun
The goddess of the Sacred Flame of Kildare and the patron goddess of the Druids. Daughter of Dagda of the Tuatha Dé Danann.
Brigid of Kildare (c.451-521), an Irish saint partly confused with the goddess.
name sometimes borrowed from Irish. English form: Bridget.
brigit
brigue
brigue
noun
(obsolete) Intrigue; secretive machinations.
verb
(obsolete) To achieve or obtain by underhand methods.
brings
brings
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bring
budgie
budgie
noun
(informal) A budgerigar.
budwig
burgin
busing
busing
noun
The transportation of schoolchildren, by bus, to schools in other neighbourhoods in order to alleviate social inequalities or to achieve racial integration.
buying
buying
noun
The act of making a purchase.
verb
present participle of buy
cubing
cubing
noun
The activity of solving the Rubik's cube.
verb
present participle of cube
dogrib
dogrib
Noun
A member of a people native to the Northwest Territories of Canada.
Proper noun
The Athabaskan language of this people.
ebbing
ebbing
noun
The action of something that ebbs.
verb
present participle of ebb
elbing
figboy
gabari
gabbai
gabbai
noun
(Judaism) An assistant in a synagogue
gabbie
gabies
gabies
noun
plural of gaby
gabion
gabion
noun
(civil engineering) A porous metal cylinder filled with stones and used in a variety of civil engineering contexts, especially in the construction of retaining walls, the reinforcing of steep slopes, or in the prevention of erosion in river banks.
(historical, military) A cylindrical basket or cage of wicker which was filled with earth or stones and used in fortifications and other engineering work (a precursor to the sandbag).
A knickknack, objet d'art, curiosity, collectable.
A woven wire mesh unit, sometimes rectangular, made from a continuous mesh panel and filled with stones sometimes coated with polyvinyl chloride.
gabumi
galibi
gambia
gambir
gambir
noun
Alternative form of gambier
gambit
gambit
noun
(chess) An opening in chess in which a minor piece or a pawn is sacrificed to gain an advantage.
A remark intended to open a conversation.
Any ploy or stratagem.
verb
(chess, transitive) To sacrifice (a pawn or minor piece) to gain an advantage.
gariba
gbaris
gebbie
geibel
gerbil
gerbil
noun
One of several species of small, jumping, murine rodents, of the genus Gerbillus and certain other genera in subfamily Gerbillinae, with leaping powers resembling the jerboa, native to Africa, India, and Southern Europe.
verb
(intransitive) To rotate inside a monowheel or similar apparatus due to sudden acceleration or braking.
(intransitive, slang) To insert a small animal into one's rectum (a sexual practice in urban myth).
ghibli
ghibli
noun
(Libya) sirocco
gibaro
gibbar
gibbed
gibbed
adj
(New Zealand) Finished with plasterboard, as opposed to some other surface material.
Fitted with a gib.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of gib
gibber
gibber
noun
(Australia) A stone or rock, of chalcedony or similar mineral, found strewn over arid regions of inland Australia; a gibber stone.
(Australia, obsolete) A large boulder or rocky outcrop; also, an overhanging rock formation.
A balky horse.
Gibberish, unintelligible speech.
verb
To jabber, talk rapidly and unintelligibly or incoherently.
gibbet
gibbet
noun
A human-shaped structure made of iron bands designed to publicly display the corpse of an executed criminal.
An upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display.
The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended; the jib.
verb
(transitive) To execute (someone), or display (a body), on a gibbet.
(transitive) To expose (someone) to ridicule or scorn.
gibbie
gibbol
gibbon
gibbon
noun
A small ape of the family Hylobatidae with long limbs, which it uses to travel through rainforests by swinging from branch to branch.