the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan; called Arbela in classical times
baerl
baldr
baler
baler
noun
A machine for creating bales, e.g., of hay or cotton.
A person who creates bales, either by operating or feeding such a machine, or by creating the bales by hand.
balor
balor
Proper noun
A king of the Fomorians, supposed to have lived in Son of Buarainech. Husband of Cethleen. Father of Ethniu.
barly
belar
belar
noun
Alternative spelling of belah
beryl
beryl
adj
Of a dull bluish green colour.
noun
(countable) An example (a stone) of the mineral beryl.
(uncountable) A dull blueish green colour.
(uncountable, mineralogy) A mineral of pegmatite deposits, often used as a gemstone.
birle
birle
verb
(Scotland, obsolete) To drink deeply or excessively; carouse.
(Scotland, obsolete) To pour a drink (for).
birls
birls
noun
plural of birl
blair
blare
blare
noun
A loud sound.
Dazzling, often garish, brilliance.
verb
(intransitive) To make a loud sound.
(transitive) To cause to sound like the blare of a trumpet; to proclaim loudly.
blart
blart
noun
(Northern England, Midlands, Scotland) A loud noise or cry.
verb
(Northern England, Midlands, Scotland) To sound loudly or harshly; to cry out, wail, lament.
(Northern England, Midlands, Scotland, of sheep or cattle) To bleat, bellow, low.
blear
blear
adj
(of eyes or vision) Dim, unclear from water or rheum.
Causing or caused by dimness of sight.
verb
(intransitive) To be blear; to have blear eyes; to look or gaze with blear eyes.
(transitive, of an image) To blur, make blurry.
(transitive, of the eyes or eyesight) To make blurred or dim.
blere
blert
blier
blirt
blirt
noun
(Scotland) A fit of crying.
(nautical) A gust, as of of wind and rain.
verb
(Scotland) To burst into tears.
blore
blore
noun
(obsolete) The act of blowing; a roaring wind; a blast.
verb
(archaic, dialectal) To bray; bleat like an animal; bellow.
(archaic, dialectal) To cry; cry out; weep.
bluer
bluer
adj
comparative form of blue: more blue
noun
(UK, school slang) A blue blazer, part of the school uniform at Harrow School.
(rare) Synonym of blue (“blue liquid added to laundry to prevent yellowing”)
blurb
blurb
noun
A short description of a book, film, or other work, written and used for promotional purposes.
verb
(transitive) To supply with a blurb.
(transitive) To write or quote in a blurb.
blurs
blurs
noun
plural of blur
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blur
blurt
blurt
noun
An abrupt outburst.
verb
To utter suddenly and unadvisedly; to speak quickly or without thought; to divulge inconsiderately — commonly with out.
bolar
bolar
adj
Of or relating to bole or clay; partaking of the nature and qualities of bole; clayey.
boral
boral
noun
aluminium borotartrate, an astringent and antiseptic.
borel
boryl
boryl
noun
(organic chemistry) Any organic boron radical of the form R₂B- especially when linked to a metal atom
brail
brail
noun
(falconry) A thong of soft leather to bind up a hawk's wing.
(in the plural) The feathers around a hawk's rump.
(nautical) A small rope used to truss up sails.
(theater) A rope or line used to suspend lights or scenery in a certain position.
A stock at each end of a seine to keep it stretched.
verb
To reef, shorten or strike sail using brails.
brale
brawl
brawl
noun
(dance, music, historical) Alternative form of branle (“dance of French origin dating from the 16th century, performed by couples in a circle or a line; the music for this dance”)
(dance, obsolete) A type of dance move or step.
A disorderly argument or fight, usually with a large number of people involved.
verb
(intransitive) Especially of a rapid stream running over stones: to make a loud, confused noise.
(intransitive) To create a disturbance; to complain loudly.
(intransitive) To engage in a brawl; to fight or quarrel.
(intransitive, obsolete) To move to and fro, to quiver, to shake.
(transitive) To pour abuse on; to scold.
brill
brill
adj
(UK, slang) Wonderful, amusing; cool
noun
A type of flatfish, Scophthalmus rhombus.
broil
broil
noun
(archaic) A brawl; a rowdy disturbance.
Food prepared by broiling.
verb
(intransitive, Canada, US) To be exposed to great heat.
(intransitive, obsolete) To brawl.
(transitive) To cause a rowdy disturbance; embroil.
(transitive, Canada, US) To expose to great heat.
(transitive, Canada, US, obsolete in the U.K) To cook by direct, radiant heat.
broll
broll
Noun
Offspring, brat.
brool
brool
noun
A deep murmur.
brule
burel
burel
noun
A coarse woolen cloth.
burls
burls
noun
plural of burl
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of burl
burly
burly
adj
(Britain, East End of London, slang) Great, amazing, unbelievable.
(US, slang, surf culture and/or Southern California) Of large magnitude, either good or bad, and sometimes both.
(usually of a man) Large, well-built, and muscular.
Full of burls or knots; knotty.
byler
byrle
byrls
erbil
irbil
klber
labor
labor
noun
Alternative spelling of labour
verb
US standard spelling of labour.
labra
labra
noun
plural of labrum
lebar
liber
liber
noun
(botany) The inner bark of plants, next to the wood. It usually contains a large proportion of woody, fibrous cells, and is the part from which the fibre of the plant is obtained, as that of hemp, etc.
A book of public records.
libra
libra
noun
(historical) A Roman unit of mass, usually equivalent to 327 g.
(historical) A traditional Portuguese unit of mass, usually equivalent to 345 g and particularly used for trade in medicines.
(historical) A traditional Spanish unit of mass, usually around 460 g.
(historical) Alternative spelling of libbra, a traditional Italian unit of mass.
(historical) Synonym of arratel, a separate Portuguese unit of mass, usually around 460 g.
(historical) Synonym of pound, a notional pound of silver as a money of account, especially in medieval contexts.
libre
libre
adj
(historical) Not enslaved (of a black person in a French- or Spanish-colonized area, especially New Orleans).
(obsolete, rare) Especially of the will: free, independent, unconstrained.
(software) With very few limitations on distribution or the right to access the source code to create improved versions, but not necessarily free of charge.
noun
(historical) A free (not enslaved) black person in a French- or Spanish-colonized area, especially New Orleans.
libri
lobar
lobar
adj
Of or relating to a lobe.
lubra
lubra
noun
(Australia, now racially offensive) A female Aboriginal Australian.
rabal
rebel
rebel
noun
(US, historical) Synonym of Confederate: a citizen of the Confederate States of America, especially a Confederate soldier.
A person who resists an established authority, often violently.
verb
(intransitive) To resist or become defiant toward an authority.
ribal
roble
roble
noun
The California white oak (Quercus lobata).
rubel
ruble
ruble
noun
The monetary unit of Russia, Belarus and Transnistria equal to 100 kopeks (Russian: копе́йка (kopéjka), Belarusian: капе́йка (kapjéjka)). The Russian ruble's symbol is ₽.
slurb
slurb
noun
A homogeneous sprawl of urban and suburban developments.