(American football) The area behind the line of scrimmage occupied before the snap by the team on offense.
(baseball, rare) Synonym of outfield.
(soccer, US) The area behind either the offensive or defensive line.
The players occupying this area.
backfills
backfills
noun
plural of backfill
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backfill
backflash
backflash
noun
Synonym of flashback (“dramatic device”)
The hazardous situation where the flame propagates backward down the hose of an oxyfuel welding and cutting system.
bailiffry
baldfaced
baldfaced
adj
Alternative form of bald-faced
balefires
balefires
noun
plural of balefire
balefully
balefully
adv
In a baleful, ominous manner.
ballfield
ballfield
noun
Baseball playing field.
ballproof
ballproof
adj
Incapable of being penetrated by balls from firearms; bulletproof.
bandfiled
banefully
banefully
adv
In a baneful way.
barrelful
barrelful
noun
As much as a barrel will hold.
barrowful
barrowful
noun
The amount that can fit in a barrow
bashfully
bashfully
adv
In a bashful manner.
basifugal
basifugal
adj
(botany) Tending or proceeding away from the base.
basketful
basketful
noun
The amount that will fit into a basket
bassfield
batfowled
batfowler
batfowler
noun
One who takes part in batfowling.
battleful
battleful
adj
Full of battles or conflicts.
beadflush
beakerful
beakerful
noun
The amount that a beaker will hold.
beanfield
beanfield
noun
A field where beans are grown.
beautiful
beautiful
adj
(of the weather) Pleasant; clear.
Attractive and possessing beauty.
Good, admirable.
Well executed.
noun
Someone who is beautiful. Can be used as a term of address.
bedfellow
bedfellow
noun
(by extension) An associate, often an otherwise improbable one.
One with whom one shares a bed.
bedflower
beefaloes
beeflower
befalling
befalling
adj
(archaic) Appertaining; appropriate; fitting.
noun
A happening; occurrence; chance; event.
verb
present participle of befall
beflagged
beflagged
adj
Decorated or hung with a flag or flags.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beflag
beflannel
beflatter
beflatter
verb
(transitive) To flatter greatly or excessively.
befleaing
befleaing
verb
present participle of beflea
beflecked
beflecked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of befleck
beflounce
beflowers
beflowers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beflower
befluster
befooling
befooling
verb
present participle of befool
befoulers
befoulers
noun
plural of befouler
befoulier
befouling
befouling
verb
present participle of befoul
befreckle
befrilled
befrilled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of befrill
befrumple
befuddled
befuddled
adj
confused or perplexed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of befuddle
befuddler
befuddler
noun
One who befuddles.
befuddles
befuddles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of befuddle
begulfing
belafonte
belfather
beliefful
beliefful
adj
(rare) Having belief or faith; faithful.
bellyfish
bellyfull
bellyfuls
bellyfuls
noun
plural of bellyful
beruffled
bielbrief
bielefeld
bielefeld
Proper noun
a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
bifilarly
bifilarly
adv
In a bifilar manner.
biflected
biflorate
biflorate
adj
(botany) Biflorous.
biflorous
biflorous
adj
(botany) Bearing two flowers or blooms.
bifluorid
bifoliate
bifoliate
adj
(botany) Having exactly two leaves. Compare bifoliolate, having two leaflets per leaf.
bifrontal
bifrontal
adj
Situated on both sides of the front (of the cranium)
billfolds
billfolds
noun
plural of billfold
birchleaf
bishopful
bisulfate
bisulfate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) Any salt containing this anion.
(inorganic chemistry) The univalent anion HSO₄⁻.
verb
To react with a bisulfate
To sulfate with two sulfate groups
bisulfide
bisulfide
noun
(chemistry) The anion HS⁻.
(chemistry, dated) Disulfide, the anion ⁻S–S⁻.
bisulfite
bisulfite
noun
(inorganic chemistry) The univalent group -HSO₃, or any salt containing it.
bitterful
bitterful
adj
Full of bitterness.
blackface
blackface
noun
(countable) A sheep of the Scottish Blackface breed.
(uncountable) A style of makeup in which a non-black person blackens their face, usually in order to portray a black person.
blackfeet
blackfins
blackfins
noun
plural of blackfin
blackfire
blackfish
blackfish
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) Any of various dark-coloured fishes of Australasia, especially the luderick, Girella tricuspidata, and a freshwater fish, Gadopsis marmoratus.
(Canada, US) Either of two dark-coloured fish of the west Atlantic, the tautog of New England (Tautoga onitis) and the black sea bass (Centropristis striata).
(chiefly Scotland) The Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, especially a female after spawning.
A pilot whale, genus Globicephalus (occasionally also used for various other whales).
Any of various dark-coloured fish of the Old World, especially the rudderfish (Centrolophus niger).
verb
(Internet slang, derogatory, of a white person) To adopt signifiers of black identity (for example, by darkening the skin, or wearing traditionally black hairstyles).
(fishing) To go fishing for blackfish.
blackfoot
blackfoot
noun
A tropical American bush of the genus Melampodium
blackford
blandford
blastoffs
blastoffs
noun
plural of blastoff
blatiform
blindfast
blindfish
blindfish
noun
Any of various fish, having only rudimentary eyes, that inhabit underground waters.
blindfold
blindfold
adj
Having the eyes covered so as to obscure vision
Thoughtless; reckless.
adv
With the eyes covered so as to obscure vision.
noun
A covering, usually a bandage, for the eyes, blocking light to the eyes.
Something that obscures vision (literally or metaphorically).
verb
To cover the eyes, in order to make someone unable to see.
To obscure understanding or comprehension.
blitheful
blitheful
adj
Full of gaiety; joyous.
bloodfins
bloodfins
noun
plural of bloodfin
bloodleaf
bloodleaf
noun
A plant of the genus Iresine that has colored leaves.
bloomfell
blowflies
blowflies
noun
plural of blowfly
blowproof
blowproof
adj
Resistant to being blown.
bluefield
bluffable
bluffable
adj
Capable of being bluffed.
bluffdale
bluffness
bluffness
noun
The quality of being bluff
boatfalls
bodefully
boilerful
boilerful
noun
Enough to fill a boiler.
boldfaced
boldfaced
adj
(typography) Of text emphasized by being set in a font having thicker strokes, yielding a heavier or darker appearance.
Impudent, brazen.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of boldface (to print or write in a bold manner)
boldfaces
boldfaces
noun
plural of boldface
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of boldface
bookshelf
bookshelf
noun
A shelf or shelves for storing books for easy visual reference.
bottleful
bottleful
noun
as much as a bottle will hold
bountiful
bountiful
adj
Having a quantity or amount that is generous or plentiful; ample.
branchful
branchful
noun
As much as a branch can hold.
braunfels
breachful
breachful
adj
(rare) Involving or characterized by a violation of law, of legal rights, or of other rules governing conduct.
breastful
breastful
noun
The amount that a breast will carry or hold.
breathful
breathful
adj
(obsolete) Full of odour; fragrant.
Characteristic of a breath; breath-like.
Focused on control of one's breathing.
Full of breath; breathy.
Not breathless; breathing easily.
Relaxed and quiet.
That breathes.
noun
A quantity that is exhaled in one breath.
A quantity that is inhaled in one breath.
That which is smelled or sensed in one breath.
The amount spoken on one breath.
breezeful
briefless
briefless
adj
(law) Lacking briefs (clients)
brimfield
brimfully
brimfully
adv
In a brimful manner
broadleaf
broadleaf
adj
Pertaining to trees with relatively broad, flat leaves as opposed to needles, or woodlands made up of such trees.
Used in the name of a plant or tree: having especially broad leaves.
noun
A tree (Terminalia latifolia, now Terminalia catappa) of Jamaica.
A type of tobacco having broad leaves, used for making cigars.
brogueful
bromfield
bromfield
Proper noun
Either of two villages in England.
bucketful
bucketful
noun
(by extension) A large quantity.
The quantity contained in a bucket.
buckfield
budgetful
buffaloed
buffaloed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of buffalo
buffaloes
buffaloes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of buffalo
bufotalin
bufotalin
noun
(organic chemistry) A cardiotoxic bufanolide steroid secreted by the common European toad (Bufo bufo) and other related toads such as Bufo melanostictus.
bulbiform
bulbiform
adj
Shaped like a bulb.
bullfeast
bullfeast
noun
(obsolete) A bullfight.
bullfight
bullfight
noun
A public spectacle, in Spain and some other Latin countries, in which a person baits and often kills a bull.
bullfinch
bullfinch
noun
(UK, archaic, hunting, slang) A large, thick quickset hedge.
Any of various other Old World finches in the genus Pyrrhula.
The Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula).
bullfrogs
bullfrogs
noun
plural of bullfrog
bulliform
bulliform
adj
(medicine) Having a blistered appearance; bullate.
noun
A bulliform cell
bullyhuff
bumfuzzle
bumfuzzle
verb
(transitive, chiefly Midland US, Southern US) To confuse or fluster.
bushelful
bushelful
noun
Enough to fill a bushel.
busulfans
butterfly
butterfly
noun
(alternate history) A random change in an aspect of the timeline seemingly unrelated to the primary point of divergence, resulting from the butterfly effect.
(finance) A combination of four options of the same type at three strike prices giving limited profit and limited risk.
(in the plural) A sensation of excited anxiety felt in the stomach.
(medicine, attributive) A use of surgical tape, cut into thin strips and placed across an open wound to hold it closed.
(now rare) Someone seen as being unserious and (originally) dressed gaudily; someone flighty and unreliable.
(sports) A type of stretch in which one sits on the ground with the legs folded into a shape like that of a butterfly's wings, slightly rocking them up and down, resembling the wings fluttering.
(swimming) The butterfly stroke.
A flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from moths by their diurnal activity and generally brighter colouring.
A person who changes partners frequently.
Any of several plane curves that look like a butterfly; see Butterfly curve (transcendental) and Butterfly curve (algebraic).
verb
(transitive) To cut (food) almost entirely in half and spread the halves apart, in a shape suggesting the wings of a butterfly.
(transitive) To cut strips of surgical tape or plasters into thin strips, and place across (a gaping wound) to close it.
(transitive, of the point of divergence of an alternate history scenario) To cause events after the point of divergence to not happen as they did in real history, and people conceived after the point of divergence to not exist in recognizable form, due to the random variations introduced by the butterfly effect.
calfbound
calfbound
adj
Bound in calfskin.
corflambo
debateful
debateful
adj
(obsolete) Contentious, argumentative, full of strife.
deferable
deferable
adj
Alternative form of deferrable
defilable
defilable
adj
Capable of being defiled.
definable
definable
adj
Able to be defined.
Many words are definable by using other words.
definably
definably
adv
In a definable manner; identifiably.
diabolify
diabolify
verb
(transitive) To ascribe diabolical qualities to; to change into, or represent as, a devil.
disbelief
disbelief
noun
Astonishment.
The loss or abandonment of a belief; cessation of belief.
Unpreparedness, unwillingness, or inability to believe that something is the case.
dobsonfly
dobsonfly
noun
Any insect of the subfamily Corydalinae, whose males have long mandibles, found in the Americas and related most closely to the fishfly.
draftable
draftable
adj
Capable of being drafted.
driftbolt
driftbolt
noun
A bolt for driving out other bolts.
elberfeld
enfeebled
enfeebled
adj
Weakened; reduced to a powerless state.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of enfeeble
enfeebler
enfeebler
noun
One who, or that which, enfeebles or weakens.
enfeebles
enfeebles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enfeeble