A kind of dispatch boat or "advice boat", carrying orders before the development of effective remote communication; an advice boat, or dispatch boat.
A mid-sized colonial warship
advisory; information; advice; intelligence.
avoca
avoid
avoid
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To become void or vacant.
(intransitive, obsolete) To retire; to withdraw, depart, go away.
(transitive) To stay out of the way of (something harmful).
(transitive) To try not to meet or communicate with (a person); to shun
(transitive, law) To defeat or evade; to invalidate.
(transitive, now law) To make void, to annul; to refute (especially a contract).
(transitive, obsolete) To emit or throw out; to void.
(transitive, obsolete) To get rid of.
(transitive, obsolete) To make empty; to clear.
To try not to do something or to have something happen
to keep away from; to keep clear of; to stay away from
avoir
avoke
avoke
verb
(obsolete) To call from or back again.
avoue
avour
avowe
avows
avows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of avow
avrom
avron
aweto
aweto
noun
(New Zealand) A parasitic fungus of the genus Ophiocordyceps.
awoke
awoke
verb
(rare) past participle of awake
simple past tense of awake
awols
awols
noun
plural of awol
awork
awork
Adverb
At work; in action.
axiom
axiom
noun
(logic, mathematics, proof theory) A fundamental assumption that serves as a basis for deduction of theorems; a postulate (sometimes distinguished from postulates as being universally applicable, whereas postulates are particular to a certain science or context).
(philosophy) A seemingly self-evident or necessary truth which is based on assumption; a principle or proposition which cannot actually be proved or disproved.
An established principle in some artistic practice or science that is universally received.
axion
axion
noun
(physics) A hypothetical subatomic particle postulated to resolve certain symmetry problems concerning the strong nuclear force.
axoid
axoid
adj
(anatomy, mathematics) Relating to an axis
Relating to an axe
noun
(anatomy) axis (bone)
(mathematics) A helix surrounding an axis
axone
axone
noun
Dated spelling of axon.
axons
axons
noun
plural of axon
axson
axton
axton
Proper noun
name transferred from the surname.
aynor
ayond
ayond
adv
(Northern England) Beyond.
ayont
ayont
adv
(Scotland, Northern England) Beyond.
ayous
azido
azido
noun
(chemistry, in combination) The univalent radical N₃- related to azide
azlon
azlon
noun
A regenerated protein fiber; textile fiber derived from a protein such as casein (milk) or zein (maize).
A textile made of these fibers.
azoch
azofy
azoic
azoic
adj
(dated) Anterior to the existence of animal life
(dated) Destitute of any vestige of organic life, or at least of animal life
(dated) Formed when there was no animal life on the globe
azole
azole
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of a class of five-membered unsaturated heterocycles having three carbon atoms, one nitrogen atom and two double bonds
azons
azote
azote
noun
(chemistry, now historical) nitrogen.
azoth
azoth
noun
(alchemy) The first principle of metals, that is, mercury, which was formerly supposed to exist in all metals, and to be extractable from them.
The universal remedy of Paracelsus.
azoxy
azoxy
noun
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) The divalent functional group of general formula R-N=NO-R^'; such compounds are considered the oxides of azo compounds.
babol
baboo
baboo
noun
Dated form of babu.
bacao
bacon
bacon
noun
(cycling, slang, uncountable) Road rash.
(slang, derogatory) The police or spies.
Cured meat from the sides, belly, or back of a pig.
Thin slices of the above in long strips.
badon
bagio
bahoe
bahoo
bahoo
noun
Alternative form of bahu
bailo
bailo
noun
(historical) title of the Venetian envoy to particularly the Sublime Porte
baioc
baioc
noun
Obsolete form of bajocco.
balao
balao
noun
The halfbeak.
balbo
balko
ballo
balon
baloo
balor
balor
Proper noun
A king of the Fomorians, supposed to have lived in Son of Buarainech. Husband of Cethleen. Father of Ethniu.
balow
banco
banco
adj
Being or relating to a type of court involving a bench of judges, often an appeals court.
noun
(attributive) A bank, especially that of Venice; formerly used to indicate bank money, as distinguished from the current money when it has become depreciated.
(gambling) In baccarat or chemin de fer, a bet on the banker hand.
bando
bando
noun
(MLE, MTE, regionally African-American Vernacular) drug lair, trap house
(countable) The curve-ended stick used in this game.
(sports) A traditional Burmese martial art.
(uncountable) A Welsh team sport related to hockey, hurling, shinty, and bandy.
banjo
banjo
noun
(UK, Dagenham) A cul-de-sac with a round end.
(mining) A miner's round-nosed shovel.
(slang) An object shaped like a banjo, especially a frying pan or a shovel.
A stringed musical instrument (chordophone), usually with a round body, a membrane-like soundboard and a fretted neck, played by plucking or strumming the strings.
Any of various similar musical instruments, such as the Tuvan doshpuluur, with a membrane-like soundboard.
verb
(transitive, slang, Britain) To beat, to knock down.
(transitive, slang, Britain, military) To shell or attack (a target).
To play a banjo.
banon
bapco
barco
bardo
bardo
noun
(Tibetan Buddhism) The state of existence between death and subsequent reincarnation.
baroi
baron
baron
noun
(UK, prison slang) A prisoner who gains power and influence by lending or selling tobacco.
(by extension) A person of great power in society, especially in business and politics.
(law, obsolete) A husband.
A baron of beef, a cut made up of a double sirloin.
A male member of the lowest rank of English nobility (the equivalent rank in Scotland is lord).
Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Euthalia.
The male ruler of a barony.
barto
basco
basho
basho
noun
(sumo) a sumo tournament of any kind
basom
bason
bason
noun
(obsolete) Alternative form of basin
basos
basov
basso
basso
noun
(music) A bass singer, especially in opera.
(music) An instrumental part written for a bass instrument.
(music) The double bass, or contrabasso.
Obsolete spelling of bashaw or pasha.
basto
basto
noun
The ace of clubs in quadrille and omber.
baton
baton
noun
(US) A short stout club used primarily by policemen; a truncheon (UK).
(heraldry) A riband with the ends cut off, resembling a baton, as shown on a coat of arms.
(heraldry) An abatement in coats of arms to denote illegitimacy. (Also spelled batune, baston).
(music) The stick of a conductor in musical performances.
(sports) An object transferred by runners in a relay race.
A short vertical lightweight post, not set into the ground, used to separate wires in a fence.
A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes.
verb
To strike with a baton.
bator
baubo
bauno
bauno
noun
Mangifera caesia; a wild mango found in the Philippines.
bavon
bayok
bayou
bayou
noun
A slow-moving, often stagnant creek or river.
A swamp; a marshy (stagnant) body of water.
bazoo
bazoo
noun
(Canada, US, dated) A simple wind instrument, such as a kazoo or tin horn.
(US, slang) A person's mouth.
beano
beano
noun
(figuratively) Any home-made gas or indigestion remedy.
A beanfeast; any noisy celebration, a party.
Alternative form of bingo
bebog
bebop
bebop
noun
(music) An early form of modern jazz played by small groups and featuring driving rhythms and complex, often dissonant harmonies.
verb
(intransitive) To participate in bebop jazz, such as by dancing in a way associated with the genre.
(intransitive, usually with a directional preposition) To walk in an easygoing, carefree manner.
becco
bedog
bedog
verb
(transitive) to follow like a dog, harass, torment; bully
bedot
befog
befog
verb
To confuse, mystify (a person); to make less acute or perceptive, to cloud (a person’s faculties).
To envelop in fog or smoke.
To obscure, make less clear (a subject, issue, etc.).
befop
begob
begob
intj
(dated, dialectal, Ireland) by God
begod
begod
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To exalt to the dignity of a god; to deify.
begot
begot
verb
(now rare) past participle of beget
bejou
bekko
bekko
noun
A koi carp with black markings on white, red or yellow skin.
bello
bello
noun
A young man; sweetheart.
below
below
adv
(nautical) On or to a lower deck, especially as relative to the main deck.
(of a temperature) Below zero.
In or to a lower place.
Later in the same text.
On or to a lower storey.
prep
(stage directions) Downstage of.
Downstream of.
Lower in spatial position than.
Lower than in value, price, rank, concentration, etc.
South of.
Unsuitable to the rank or dignity of; beneath.
bemol
bemol
noun
(music, obsolete) The flat symbol (♭), or a flattened note.
benco
benzo
benzo
adj
(organic chemistry) Of a ring compound, especially a heterocycle, which also has a fused benzene ring.
noun
(informal) Clipping of benzodiazepine.
(organic chemistry) A divalent radical formed by the removal of two adjacent hydrogen atoms from a benzene ring.
(organic chemistry) Sometimes used in place of the phenyl group.
beode
beora
beore
berio
berob
berob
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To rob; to plunder.
beroe
beroe
noun
(zoology) A small, oval, transparent jellyfish, belonging to the Ctenophora.
besom
besom
noun
(Scotland, Northern England, derogatory) A troublesome woman.
A broom made from a bundle of twigs tied onto a shaft.
Any cleansing or purifying agent.
verb
(archaic, poetic) To sweep.
besot
besot
verb
(transitive) To muddle, stupefy, or cause to act foolishly, as with alcoholic liquor or infatuation.
beton
betso
bevon
bevor
bevor
noun
(historical) A portion of plate armour to protect the lower face and the neck, typically in two parts, called upper bevor and lower bevor.
bezzo
bezzo
noun
(historical) An old silver Venetian coin worth half a soldo.
bhola
bhoot
bhoot
noun
(India) A supernatural creature, usually the ghost of a deceased person.
biabo
bibio
bicol
bicol
Proper noun
A region of the Philippines located at south-eastern Luzon.
The language of the native inhabitants of the region.
Noun
The inhabitants of the region.
bigod
bigot
bigot
noun
(obsolete) One who is overly pious in matters of religion, often hypocritically or else superstitiously so.
One who is narrow-mindedly devoted to their own ideas and groups, and intolerant of (people of) differing ideas, races, genders, religions, politics, etc.
bijou
bijou
adj
(Polari) small, little (often implying affection)
(of a residence) small and elegant
intricate; finely made
noun
A jewel.
A piece of jewelry; a trinket.
A small intricate piece of metalwork.
bikol
bilbo
bilbo
noun
(historical) A kind of sword with well-tempered and flexible blade, originally produced in Bilbao.
A device for punishment. See bilboes.
bilio
bilos
bilos
noun
plural of bilo
bilow
bimbo
bimbo
noun
(derogatory, slang) A physically attractive woman who lacks intelligence.
(derogatory, slang) A stupid or foolish person.
bingo
bingo
adj
(US, aviation slang, chiefly military, primarily of fuel) Just sufficient to return to base (or, alternatively, to divert to an alternative airfield). (also written Bingo or BINGO)
intj
(informal) Used to declare "You've just made my point!" or "My point exactly!"
(informal) Used when finding what one has been looking for or trying to recall, or on successful completion of a task.
Used by players of bingo to claim a win.
noun
(countable) A win in such a game.
(countable, Scrabble, US) A play where all seven of a player's letter tiles are played.
(slang, obsolete) Brandy.
(uncountable) A game of chance for two or more players, who mark off numbers on a grid as they are announced by the caller; the game is won by the first person to call out "bingo!" or "house!" after crossing off all numbers on the grid or in one line of the grid.
(uncountable) A similar game or amusement in which participants tick off themed words, phrases or pictures as these are called out, or as they are mentioned, for example during a speech or performance:
verb
(intransitive) To give the winning cry of "bingo!" in a game.
(intransitive) To play all of one's seven tiles in one move in the game of Scrabble, earning a score bonus.
(intransitive) To play the game of bingo.
(intransitive, US, aviation slang, chiefly military) To return to base.
biola
biome
biome
noun
All the genomes of such a community.
Any major regional biological community such as that of forest or desert.
biont
biont
noun
A living organism
biose
biose
noun
(biochemistry) Any carbohydrate having two carbon atoms; in reality - glycolaldehyde
(biochemistry) Synonym of disaccharide
biota
biota
noun
(ecology) The living organisms of a region.
The coniferous tree Platycladus orientalis (syn. Biota orientalis, Oriental arborvitae).
bipod
bipod
noun
A two-legged stand.
biron
bison
bison
noun
A large, wild bovid of the genus Bison.
bisso
biton
bitto
bitto
noun
a cheese produced in the Valtelline valley in Lombardy
bjork
bjorn
bloat
bloat
adj
(obsolete) bloated.
noun
(derogatory, slang, dated) A worthless, dissipated fellow.
(figurative) Wasteful use of space or other resources.
(veterinary medicine) Pathological overdistention of rumen with gas in a ruminant.
Distention of the abdomen from death.
verb
(intransitive) To become distended; to swell up.
(intransitive, veterinary medicine) To get an overdistended rumen, talking of a ruminant.
To cause to become distended.
To fill soft substance with gas, water, etc.; to cause to swell.
To fill with vanity or conceit.
To increase to an excessive amount.
To preserve by slightly salting and lightly smoking.
blobs
blobs
noun
plural of blob
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blob
bloch
block
block
noun
(UK) Solitary confinement.
(chemistry) A portion of a macromolecule, comprising many units, that has at least one feature not present in adjacent portions.
(computing) A contiguous range of Unicode code points used to encode characters of a specific type; can be of any size evenly divisible by 16, up to 65,536 (a full plane).
(computing) A logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors (see cluster).
(cricket) A blockhole.
(cricket) A shot played by holding the bat vertically in the path of the ball, so that it loses momentum and drops to the ground.
(cricket) The popping crease.
(cricket) The position of a player or bat when guarding the wicket.
(cryptography) A fixed-length group of bits making up part of a message.
(falconry) The perch on which a bird of prey is kept.
(obsolete) A blockhead; a stupid fellow; a dolt.
(philately) A joined group of four (or in some cases nine) postage stamps, forming a roughly square shape.
(printing, dated) A piece of hard wood on which a stereotype or electrotype plate is mounted.
(programming) A region of code in a program that acts as a single unit, such as a function or loop.
(rail transport) A section of a railroad where the block system is used.
(slang) The human head.
(sports) An action to interfere with the movement of an opposing player or of the object of play (ball, puck).
(viticulture) A discrete group of vines in a vineyard, often distinguished from others by variety, clone, canopy training method, irrigation infrastructure, or some combination thereof.
(volleyball) A defensive play by one or more players meant to deflect a spiked ball back to the hitter’s court.
A case or frame housing one or more sheaves (pulleys), used with ropes to increase or redirect force, for example as part of lifting gear or a sailing ship's rigging. See also block and tackle.
A cellblock.
A chopping block: a cuboid base for cutting or beheading.
A contiguous group of urban lots of property, typically several acres in extent, not crossed by public streets.
A logical extent or region; a grouping or apportionment of like things treated together as a unit.
A mould on which hats, bonnets, etc., are shaped.
A physical area or extent of something, often rectangular or approximately rectangular.
A roughly cuboid building.
A section of split logs used as fuel.
A set of sheets (of paper) joined together at one end, forming a cuboid shape.
A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
A temporary or permanent ban that prevents access to an online account or service, or connection to or from a designated telephone number, IP address, or similar.
A wig block: a simplified head model upon which wigs are worn.
Interference or obstruction of cognitive processes.
Misspelling of bloc.
Something that prevents something from passing.
The distance from one street to another in a city or suburb that is built (approximately) to a grid pattern.
verb
(intransitive, cricket) To play a block shot.
(programming, intransitive) To wait for some condition to become true.
(transitive) To bar (a message or communication), or bar connection with (an online account or service, a designated telephone number, IP address, etc.).
(transitive) To bar (someone undesirable) from connecting via telephone, instant messaging, etc., or from accessing an online account or service, or similar.
(transitive) To fill or obstruct (something) so that it is not possible to pass.
(transitive) To prevent (something from happening or someone from doing something).
(transitive) To prevent (something or someone) from passing.
(transitive) To shape or sketch out roughly.
(transitive) To stretch or mould (a knitted item, a hat, etc.) into the desired shape.
(transitive, cricket) To hit with a block.
(transitive, slang, obsolete) To knock (a person's hat) down over their eyes.
(transitive, sports) To impede (an opponent or opponent's play).
(transitive, theater) To specify the positions and movements of the actors for (a section of a play or film).
blocs
blocs
noun
plural of bloc
bloem
blois
bloke
bloke
noun
(Australia, Britain, New Zealand, Ireland, informal) A man who behaves in a particularly laddish or overtly heterosexual manner.
(Australia, New Zealand, UK, Ireland) An exemplar of a certain masculine, independent male archetype.
(Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, informal) A fellow, a man; especially an ordinary man, a man on the street.
(Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, naval slang) (A lower deck term for) the captain or executive officer of a warship, especially one regarded as tough on discipline and punishment.
(chiefly Quebec, colloquial) An anglophone (English-speaking) man.
blond
blond
adj
(of a person) Having blond hair.
Alternative spelling of blonde (“stupid”)
Of a bleached or pale golden (light yellowish) colour.
noun
(color) A pale yellowish (golden brown) color, especially said of hair color.
A person with this hair color.
verb
(transitive) To color or dye blond.
blood
blood
noun
(UK, MLE, slang) Alternative form of blud (“Informal address to a male.”)
(especially African-American Vernacular) A friend or acquaintance, especially one who is black and male.
(figurative) Bloodshed.
(historical) One of the four humours in the human body.
(medicine, countable) A blood test or blood sample.
(obsolete) A lively, showy man; a rake; a dandy.
(poetic) The juice of anything, especially if red.
A blood horse, one of good pedigree.
A family relationship due to birth, such as that between siblings; contrasted with relationships due to marriage or adoption (see blood relative, blood relation, by blood).
A vital liquid flowing in the bodies of many types of animals that usually conveys nutrients and oxygen. In vertebrates, it is colored red by hemoglobin, is conveyed by arteries and veins, is pumped by the heart and is usually generated in bone marrow.
Alternative letter-case form of Blood (member of a certain gang).
Temper of mind; disposition; mood
The sap or juice which flows in or from plants.
verb
(medicine, historical) To let blood (from); to bleed.
(transitive) To cause something to be covered with blood; to bloody.
(transitive) To initiate into warfare or a blood sport, traditionally by smearing with the blood of the first kill witnessed.
bloom
bloom
noun
(collective) Flowers.
(cooking) A white area of cocoa butter that forms on the surface of chocolate when warmed and cooled.
(figuratively) A state or time of beauty, freshness, and vigor; an opening to higher perfection, analogous to that of buds into blossoms.
(mineralogy) A bright-hued variety of some minerals.
(television) An undesirable halo effect that may occur when a very bright region is displayed next to a very dark region of the screen.
(uncountable) The opening of flowers in general; the state of blossoming or of having the flowers open.
(video games) The increase in bullet spread over time as a gun's trigger is kept held.
A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud.
A yellowish deposit or powdery coating which appears on well-tanned leather.
Anything giving an appearance of attractive freshness.
Rosy colour; the flush or glow on a person's cheek.
The clouded appearance which varnish sometimes takes upon the surface of a picture.
The delicate, powdery coating upon certain growing or newly-gathered fruits or leaves, as on grapes, plums, etc.
The spongy mass of metal formed in a furnace by the smelting process.
verb
(cooking) To bring out the flavor of a spice by cooking it in oil.
(intransitive) Of a plant, to produce blooms; to open its blooms.
(intransitive, figuratively) Of a person, business, etc, to flourish; to be in a state of healthful, growing youth and vigour; to show beauty and freshness.
(transitive) To bestow a bloom upon; to make blooming or radiant.
(transitive) To cause to blossom; to make flourish.
bloop
bloop
noun
(informal) A low-pitched beeping sound.
(onomatopoeia) The sound of a fish blowing air bubbles in water.
(onomatopoeia) The sound of something, especially a fish, sloshing about in water.
(slang, baseball) Synonym of blooper
The robot produced a series of beeps and bloops before giving its answer to the problem.
verb
(baseball) To make a hit just beyond the infield.
(informal) To produce a low-pitched beeping sound.
(onomatopoeia, especially of a fish) To blow air bubbles or audibly slosh about in water.
(television, transitive) To cover up splices in a soundtrack tape to eliminate the unwanted noise they may produce.
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.
blote
blote
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To cure (herrings, etc.) by salting and smoking them; to bloat.
blots
blots
noun
plural of blot
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blot
blout
blown
blown
adj
(automotive) Given a hot rod blower.
(obsolete) Stale; worthless.
(of glass) Formed by blowing.
Covered with the eggs and larvae of flies; flyblown.
Distended, swollen, or inflated.
Having failed.
Panting and out of breath.
Under the influence of drugs, especially marijuana.