A village on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt which contains several ancient Egyptian, Greek, and Roman structures.
A bay outside this village, at the mouth of the Nile, where on 1 August 1798 a British fleet led by defeated the French in the
backout
backout
noun
(aerospace) A reversed countdown (i.e. ascending numbers) in response to problems leading up to a launch.
A reversal or undoing of tasks previously done (often in reverse order).
backrun
backrun
noun
A reverse flow, either of a fluid or of an anchor chain.
backups
backups
noun
plural of backup
bakeout
bakeout
noun
The act of heating a material in a vacuum in order to drive off volatile components
bakhmut
bakunda
bakunin
banjuke
banjuke
noun
Alternative form of banjouke
bauckie
baulked
baulked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of baulk
bazluke
beakful
beakful
noun
As much (food) as a creature's beak will hold or carry.
belouke
belucki
beothuk
beothuk
Noun
A member of one of the historical aboriginal peoples of Canada.
Proper noun
The extinct language of these people.
bestuck
bestuck
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bestick
betrunk
betrunk
verb
(transitive) To deprive (a river) of its lower course or trunk by submergence or erosion of the land by the sea.
bhikshu
bhikshu
noun
(Buddhism) A bhikkhu.
binukau
blaubok
blaubok
noun
(archaic) The bluebuck.
blautok
blockus
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.
bohunks
bohunks
noun
plural of bohunk
bookful
bookful
adj
(obsolete) Full of book-knowledge; stuffed with ideas gleaned from books.
noun
As much as a book holds.
bordiuk
bourkha
bourock
breakup
breakup
noun
(Alaska and northern Canada, seasons, time) The time of year during which winter ice covering bodies of water disintegrates; more generally, spring.
A loss of emotional control; a breakdown.
The act of breaking up; disintegration or division.
The termination of a friendship or a romantic relationship.
broucek
brubeck
bruckle
bruckle
adj
(dialectal) Frail, weak, fragile.
brufsky
brusker
brusker
adj
comparative form of brusk: more brusk
bruskly
bruskly
adv
Alternative spelling of brusquely
bubukle
bubukle
noun
(obsolete, nonce word) A red pimple.
buckass
buckden
buckeen
buckeen
noun
(Ireland, historical) a poor young man of the lower Anglo-Irish gentry who aspires to the habits and dress of the wealthy.
buckels
buckers
buckers
noun
plural of bucker
buckets
buckets
noun
plural of bucket
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bucket
buckety
buckety
adj
Resembling a bucket.
buckeye
buckeye
noun
(US) A confection made from peanut butter fudge partially dipped in chocolate to leave a circle of peanut butter visible, supposed to resemble the nut of the Ohio buckeye tree.
(US, slang) A native or resident of the American state of Ohio.
Aesculus hippocastanum, the horse chestnut.
Any of several species of the related Mexican buckeye (genus Ungnadia).
Any of several species of trees of the genus Aesculus.
The Junonia coenia butterfly.
The seed or fruit of these plants.
bucking
bucking
noun
(forestry) The process of cutting a felled and delimbed tree into logs.
The act of a quadruped kicking both hind legs upward at once.
The act or process of soaking or boiling cloth in an alkaline liquid in the operation of bleaching.
The liquid used in this process.
The process of breaking up or pulverizing ores.
verb
present participle of buck
buckish
buckish
adj
(now rare) Like a dandy; foppish.
(obsolete) Like a male goat; foul-smelling or lascivious.
buckism
buckled
buckled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of buckle
buckler
buckler
noun
(nautical) A block of wood or plate of iron made to fit a hawse hole, or the circular opening in a half-port, to prevent water from entering when the vessel pitches.
(obsolete) A shield resembling the Roman scutum. In modern usage, a smaller variety of shield is usually implied by this term.
(zoology) One of the large, bony, external plates found on many ganoid fishes.
(zoology) The anterior segment of the shell of a trilobite.
A kind of shield, of various shapes and sizes, held in the hand or worn on the arm (usually the left), for protecting the front of the body. In the sword and buckler play of the Middle Ages in England, the buckler was a small shield, used not to cover the body but to stop or parry blows.
One who buckles something.
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To shield; to defend.
buckles
buckles
noun
plural of buckle
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of buckle
buckley
bucklin
bucklum
buckman
buckner
buckoes
buckone
buckpot
buckram
buckram
noun
A coarse cloth of cotton, linen or hemp, stiffened with size or glue, used in bookbinding to cover and protect the books, in garments to keep them in the form intended, and for wrappers to cover merchandise.
A plant, Allium ursinum, also called ramson, wild garlic, or bear garlic.
verb
(transitive) To stiffen with or as if with buckram.
buckras
buckras
noun
plural of buckra
bucksaw
bucksaw
noun
A saw, in a metal frame, used to cut lengths of wood.
budlike
budlike
adj
Resembling a bud (newly formed leaf or flower, not yet unfolded).
budukha
bukeyef
bukhara
bukhara
Proper noun
A city in Uzbekistan, founded in the 6th century
bukshee
bukshee
noun
Alternative form of bukshi
bulkage
bulkage
noun
bulk
bulkier
bulkier
adj
comparative form of bulky: more bulky
bulkily
bulkily
adv
in a bulky manner
bulking
bulking
noun
(bodybuilding) A period of intentional weight gain.
verb
present participle of bulk
bulkish
bulkish
adj
bulky; large
bullock
bullock
noun
(archaic) A young bull.
A castrated bull; an ox.
verb
To bully.
bulwark
bulwark
noun
(figurative) Any means of defence or security.
(nautical) The planking or plating along the sides of a nautical vessel above her gunwale that reduces the likelihood of seas washing over the gunwales and people being washed overboard.
A breakwater.
A defense or safeguard.
A defensive wall or rampart.
verb
(transitive) To fortify something with a wall or rampart.
(transitive) To provide protection of defense for something.
bumicky
bumkins
bumkins
noun
plural of bumkin
bummack
bummock
bummock
noun
(Scotland, obsolete) A brewing of ale.
A submerged, downward-projecting piece of ice.
bumpkin
bumpkin
noun
(nautical) A short boom or spar used to extend a sail or secure a stay.
A clumsy, unsophisticated person; a yokel.
Dance, a series of reels, Scottish.
bundook
bundook
noun
(slang, UK) A service-issue rifle.
bunkers
bunkers
noun
plural of bunker
bunkery
bunking
bunking
verb
present participle of bunk
bunkoed
bunkoed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bunko
bunkums
bunkums
noun
plural of bunkum
bunraku
bunraku
noun
A traditional form of Japanese puppet theatre.
burbank
burbank
Proper noun
A city in California
A heavy cotton canvas, used for convertible tops for cars in the early 20th century
burbark
burdick
burdock
burdock
noun
Any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium.
burkers
burkers
noun
plural of burker
burkett
burking
burking
verb
present participle of burke
burkite
burkitt
burkley
burlesk
burlesk
noun
Obsolete form of burlesque.
buroker
burrock
burrock
noun
A small weir or dam in a river to direct the stream to gaps where fish traps are placed.
buskers
buskers
noun
plural of busker
busking
busking
noun
(obsolete) Clothing; dress; ornaments worn.
verb
present participle of busk
buskins
buskins
noun
plural of buskin
buskirk
bussock
buttock
buttock
noun
(nautical) The convexity of a ship behind, under the stern.
(usually in the plural) Each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body between the base of the back, the perineum and the top of the legs.
buyback
buyback
noun
(countable) A free drink given to a patron by a bartender.
A government purchase scheme intended to achieve a specific goal such as habitat protection or a reduction in firearm numbers.
The repurchase of something previously sold, especially of stock by the company that issued it.
buzukia
buzukis
buzukis
noun
plural of buzuki
chabouk
chabouk
noun
Alternative form of chabuk
chabuks
chabuks
noun
plural of chabuk
chakobu
chibouk
chibouk
noun
A Turkish tobacco pipe.
cutback
cutback
noun
(roofing) Solvent-thinned bitumen used in cold process roofing adhesives, cements and coatings.
(soccer) An offensive pass played into a position further from the attacking goal line.
(surfing) Maneuver where the surfer turns and surfs back towards where the wave is breaking.
A reduction of some sort in an existing program or service.
cutbank
cutbank
noun
(Canada, US) The outer edge of the bend in a stream or river, where the water cuts into the bank leaving the opposite side flat.
debunks
debunks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of debunk
dibbuks
dibbuks
noun
plural of dibbuk
dubenko
dybbuks
dybbuks
noun
plural of dybbuk
hackbut
hauberk
hauberk
noun
(less common) A similar shirt of scale mail, plate, leather, or other armor material.
A coat of mail; especially, the long coat of mail of the European Middle Ages, as contrasted with the habergeon, which is shorter and sometimes sleeveless.
hawbuck
hawbuck
noun
(obsolete) A vulgar, ignorant country fellow.
huckaby
inkbush
inkbush
noun
The plant Cestrum laevigatum.
The plant Forestiera eggersiana.
The plant Suaeda torreyana.
jukebox
jukebox
noun
(computing) An automated carousel for the storage and retrieval of tapes, CD-ROMs, etc.
(computing, by extension) A software application capable of replaying tracks from a digital music collection.
A coin-operated machine that plays recorded music; it has push-buttons to make selections.
verb
(by extension) To play or repeat as if on a jukebox.
(transitive) To play (music or digital content) on a jukebox
To format or set up for playing by a jukebox.
To play and listen to music from a jukebox.
jumbuck
jumbuck
noun
(Australia) A sheep.
kabukis
kashube
kebbuck
kebbuck
noun
A whole wheel or ball of cheese.
ketubah
ketubah
noun
A traditional Jewish marriage contract that outlines the rights and responsibilities of the groom in relation to the bride.
ketubim
khubber
khutbah
khutbah
noun
(Islam) A talk or sermon delivered in mosques before the Friday prayer, or at other special occasions.
kibbutz
kibbutz
noun
A community, usually an agricultural one in Israel, based on a high level of social and economical sharing, equality, direct democracy and tight social relations.
klabund
knubbly
knubbly
adj
knobbly
knublet
kolobus
krubuts
kubachi
kubango
kubanka
kubanka
noun
A hat similar to the papakha, but shorter and with no ear flaps.
kubelik
kubrick
kurbash
kurbash
noun
A whip or strap about a yard in length.
verb
(transitive) To beat with a kurbash.
kurumba
kyabuka
lubbock
lubbock
Proper noun
A city, the county seat of Lubbock County, Texas, United States.
mekbuda
mudbank
mudbank
noun
An area of mud, possibly submerged, near the edge of a body of water.
nebbuck
outback
outback
adj
Characteristic of the most remote and desolate areas of Australia; very remote from urban areas.
adv
To or towards the most remote and desolate areas of Australia.
noun
(Australia) The most remote and desolate areas of Australia; the desert and areas too arid for growing crops.
outbake
outbake
verb
(transitive) To heat (equipment) at low pressure to remove adsorbed gas from surfaces.
(transitive) To surpass in baking; to bake better than.
outbark
outbark
verb
(transitive) To surpass in barking.
outbook
outbook
verb
(transitive) To achieve more bookings than.
(transitive, chess) To surpass in one's knowledge of book moves.