A traditional Indian musical theater performance, telling stories from religious texts.
akindle
akinete
akinete
noun
(biology) A thick-walled, dormant cell found in cyanobacteria and green algae
akontae
alaskan
aleksin
alkalin
alkamin
alkanal
alkanal
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkyl aldehyde
alkanes
alkanes
noun
plural of alkane
alkanet
alkanet
noun
Alkanna tinctoria, a plant whose root is used as a red dye.
Anchusa barrelieri (false alkanet).
Anchusa ochroleuca (yellow alkanet).
Anchusa officinalis (common bugloss), a similar plant.
Lithospermum arvense (bastard alkanet or field gromwell).
Other plants of the genus Alkanna.
Pentaglottis sempervirens (green alkanet), a blue-flowered plant with evergreen leaves.
Puccoon (Sanguinaria canadensis).
The dyeing matter extracted from the plant, giving a deep red colour.
alkanna
alkanol
alkanol
noun
(organic chemistry) Any simple aliphatic alcohol.
alkenes
alkenes
noun
plural of alkene
alkenna
alkenyl
alkenyl
adj
(organic chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or derived from an alkene
noun
(organic chemistry) Any univalent radical derived from an alkene
alkines
alkines
noun
plural of alkine
alkoran
alkynes
alkynes
noun
plural of alkyne
alnitak
alnitak
Proper noun
A triple star in the constellation of Orion; Zeta (ζ) Orionis. It is one of the three stars that form Orion's Belt.
anankes
andarko
angakok
angakok
Noun
An Inuit shaman.
angakut
angarsk
angekok
angekok
noun
An Eskimo/Inuit sorcerer or shaman.
angekut
angeyok
angkhak
anklets
anklets
noun
plural of anklet
ankling
ankling
verb
present participle of ankle
anklong
anklung
anklung
noun
Alternative form of angklung
ankuses
ankuses
noun
plural of ankus
ankusha
ankylos
anniken
anoraks
anoraks
noun
plural of anorak
antakya
anticks
anticks
noun
plural of antick
antickt
antlike
antlike
adj
Resembling an ant. Often used specifically in reference to apparent size or significance.
anunaki
arcking
arensky
askance
askance
adj
Turned to the side, especially of the eyes.
adv
(of a look or glance) With disapproval, skepticism, or suspicion.
Sideways; obliquely.
verb
(rare, transitive) To look at (someone or something) with a sideways glance.
(rare, transitive) To turn (one's eye or gaze) to the side.
askelon
askings
askings
noun
plural of asking
asklent
ateknia
ateknia
noun
childlessness
atinkle
atinkle
adj
Making a tinkling sound.
auksinu
awakens
awakens
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of awaken
awaking
awaking
noun
Synonym of awakening
verb
present participle of awake
awnlike
awnlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of an awn.
backing
backing
adj
(music) Providing support for the main performer.
noun
(music) Musicians and vocalists who support the main performer.
(television, film) A backdrop.
A liner or other material added behind or underneath.
Support, especially financial.
The action of putting something back; a switching into reverse.
The mounting of a horse or other animal.
verb
present participle of back
backrun
backrun
noun
A reverse flow, either of a fluid or of an anchor chain.
bakatan
bakeman
bakepan
bakings
bakings
noun
plural of baking
bakongo
bakunda
bakunin
balkans
balkans
Proper noun
A geographical region in the southeast of Europe, roughly equivalent to the area covered by Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia (and Kosovo), sometimes including Romania and Slovenia.
balking
balking
noun
A frustration or disappointment; a check.
verb
present participle of balk
bandaka
bangkok
bangkok
noun
A kind of straw hat.
banjuke
banjuke
noun
Alternative form of banjouke
bankera
bankers
bankers
noun
plural of banker
banking
banking
noun
(aviation) A horizontal turn.
(rail transport) The practice of assisting a train up a steep incline (called a bank) with another locomotive at the rear.
A mechanical component to prevent vibration in a timepiece, etc.
The business of managing a bank.
The occupation of managing or working in a bank.
verb
present participle of bank
bankman
bankmen
banksia
banksia
noun
A plant belonging to the genus Banksia.
bannack
bannock
bannock
noun
(Canada) A biscuit bread made of wheat flour or cornmeal, fat, and sometimes baking powder, typically baked over a fire, wrapped around a stick or in a pan.
(especially Scotland, Northern England) An unleavened bread made with barley, wheat, or oatmeal.
barkhan
barking
barking
adj
(British slang) Clipping of barking mad.
noun
The action of the verb to bark.
verb
present participle of bark
barmkin
barmkin
noun
(obsolete) The battlement on the exterior fortification of a castle in northern England and parts of Scotland; a barbican.
basking
basking
noun
The act of one who basks.
verb
present participle of bask
batakan
beatnik
beatnik
noun
A person associated with the Beat Generation of the 1950s and 1960s or its style.
A person who dresses in a manner that is not socially acceptable and is supposed to reject conventional norms of thought and behavior; nonconformist in dress and behavior.
becking
becking
verb
present participle of beck
beckman
beckons
beckons
noun
plural of beckon
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beckon
beekman
behnken
beinked
beinked
adj
Covered in ink.
beknave
beknave
verb
(transitive, rare) To call (someone) a knave.
(transitive, rare) To treat as a knave.
beknots
beknown
beknown
adj
(obsolete) known
verb
past participle of beknow
belknap
bendick
benkley
bennink
beprank
berkman
berskin
bestink
beswink
beswink
verb
(obsolete) to labour, toil; belabour
betaken
betaken
verb
past participle of betake
bethank
bethank
verb
(transitive, rare) To bestow thanks upon; to thank.
bethink
bethink
verb
(intransitive) To meditate, ponder; to consider.
(obsolete, transitive) To think about, to recollect.
(reflexive) To think of (something or somebody) or that (followed by clause); to remind oneself, to consider, to reflect upon.
To determine, resolve.
betoken
betoken
verb
(transitive) To foreshow by present signs; indicate something future by that which is seen or known.
(transitive) To signify by some visible object; show by signs or tokens.
betrunk
betrunk
verb
(transitive) To deprive (a river) of its lower course or trunk by submergence or erosion of the land by the sea.
bickern
bickern
noun
An anvil with two projecting taper ends.
bikaner
bikinis
bikinis
noun
Brief underpants that reach to the hips rather than the waist.
plural of bikini
bilking
bilking
noun
The act of one who bilks (in any sense).
verb
present participle of bilk
binukau
birkner
blacken
blacken
verb
(intransitive, ergative) To become black.
(transitive) To cook (meat or fish) by coating with pepper, etc., and quickly searing in a hot pan.
(transitive, causative) To cause to be or become black.
(transitive, causative) To make dirty.
To defame or sully.
blanked
blanked
adj
(euphemistic, dated) damned; accursed (from the euphemistic printed form d—d)
In a state of blankness.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blank
blanker
blanker
adj
comparative form of blank: more blank
noun
(computing) An early form of screensaver that blanked out the screen display when it was not in use.
blanket
blanket
adj
General; covering or encompassing everything.
noun
A heavy, loosely woven fabric, usually large and woollen, used for warmth while sleeping or resting.
A layer of anything.
A streak or layer of blubber in whales.
A thick rubber mat used in the offset printing process to transfer ink from the plate to the paper being printed.
verb
(transitive) To cover with, or as if with, a blanket.
(transitive) To nullify the impact of (someone or something).
(transitive) To take the wind out of the sails of (another vessel) by sailing to windward of it.
(transitive) To toss in a blanket by way of punishment.
(transitive) To traverse or complete thoroughly.
Of a radio signal: to override or block out another radio signal.
blankit
blankly
blankly
adv
in a blank manner, especially showing no emotion or expression.
blenker
blinked
blinked
adj
(Appalachia) Sour.
Affected with blinking.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blink
blinker
blinker
noun
(cellular automata) In Conway's Game of Life, an arrangement of three cells in a row that switches between horizontal and vertical orientations in each generation.
(informal, US, automotive) Anything that blinks, such as the turn signal of an automobile.
(rare) The eyelid.
(slang) A black eye.
Eye shields attached to a hood for horses, to prevent them from seeing backwards and partially sideways.
Whatever obstructs sight or discernment.
verb
(transitive) To put blinkers on.
blunker
blunket
blunket
adj
(obsolete) Gray; grayish or light blue.
noun
(obsolete) A cloth, or kind of cloth (blanket cloth), generally but not always of this color.
(obsolete) A color, generally a light bluish gray or blue or gray, but sometimes seemingly a dark red or violet.
bocking
bocking
noun
A coarse woollen fabric, used for floor cloths, to cover carpets, etc.
bodikin
bodikin
noun
A diminutive of body, forming part of the exclamatory phrase "ods bodikin", a corruption of God's body.
bodkins
bodkins
noun
plural of bodkin
bohunks
bohunks
noun
plural of bohunk
bonkers
bonkers
adj
(informal) Mad; crazy.
noun
plural of bonker
bonking
bonking
verb
present participle of bonk
bonnock
bontoks
bookend
bookend
noun
(figurative) Something that comes before, after, or at both sides of something else.
A heavy object or moveable support placed at one or both ends of a row of books for the purpose of keeping them upright.
verb
(transitive) To come before and after, or at both sides of.
booking
booking
noun
(law) The process of photographing, fingerprinting and recording the identifying data of a suspect following arrest.
(sports) The issuing of a caution which is usually written down in a book, and results in a yellow card or (after two bookings) a red card, that is to say, the player is sent from the field of play.
A reservation for a service, such as travel or hotel accommodation.
The act or process of writing something down in a book or books, e.g. in accounting.
The engagement of a performer for a particular performance.
verb
present participle of book
bookman
bookman
noun
(historical, Old English law) One who held bookland.
A studious or learned man; a scholar; a student of books.
One who sells or publishes books; a bookseller.
bookmen
bookmen
noun
plural of bookman
boomkin
boomkin
noun
Alternative form of bumkin
bosniak
bosniak
Noun
A person belonging to an autochthonous South Slavic people living mainly in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Sandžak region of Serbia and Montenegro.
A person typically characterized by their ties to the Bosnian historical region, traditional adherence to Islam, and common culture and language.
botkins
botkins
noun
plural of botkin
botnick
bowknot
bowknot
noun
A knot that has two loops and two loose ends, either used decoratively, or to tie shoelaces.
boykins
boykins
noun
plural of boykin
bracken
bracken
noun
(uncountable) An area of countryside heavily populated by this fern.
(uncountable, countable) Any of several coarse ferns, of the genus Pteridium, that form dense thickets; often poisonous to livestock.
braking
braking
noun
The act of applying brakes.
verb
present participle of brake
brakpan
brankie
brecken
breskin
bricken
bricken
adj
(archaic) Made of brick.
brisken
brisken
verb
(transitive) To become, or make, brisk; to hasten.
brocken
broking
broking
noun
(computing) The action of a broker agent; exchange of messages or transactions involving a software agent.
The craft or profession of a broker; mediation in a sale or transaction.