One who, or that which, backs; especially one who backs an entrant in a contest, or who supports an enterprise by funding it.
bactra
bacury
balcer
baraca
baraca
Proper noun
An international, interdenominational organization of Bible classes for young men, founded in the late 19th century.
barack
barack
noun
Hungarian apricot brandy
barcan
barcas
barche
barcoo
barcot
barcus
bardic
bardic
adj
Of or pertaining to bards.
noun
A bardic circle or competition: a gathering or contest at which stories, poems, and/or songs are recited.
bareca
baroco
barsac
baruch
bearce
becard
becard
noun
A South American flycatcher of the genus Pachyramphus
becher
becker
becker
noun
(archaic) A European fish, Pagrus pagrus
becram
becurl
becurl
verb
(transitive) To cover or deck out with curls.
(transitive, archaic) To curl; make curly.
bicarb
bicarb
noun
(informal) Bicarbonate.
bichir
bichir
noun
Any of a group of ray-finned fish of the family Polypteridae in the order Polypteriformes.
bicker
bicker
noun
(Scotland) A wooden drinking-cup or other dish.
(Scotland, obsolete) A fight with stones between two parties of boys.
A skirmish; an encounter.
A wrangle; also, a noise, as in angry contention.
The process by which selective eating clubs at Princeton University choose new members.
verb
(of rain) To patter.
To brawl or move tremulously, quiver, shimmer (of a water stream, light, flame, etc.)
To quarrel in a tiresome, insulting manner.
To skirmish; to exchange blows; to fight.
bicorn
bicorn
adj
Having two horns.
noun
(historical) A two-cornered hat worn by European and American military and naval officers from the 1790s.
(mathematics) A plane curve having two cusps
bicron
bicron
noun
A billionth of a metre.
bierce
blcher
bocher
bochur
bomarc
borsch
boruca
boxcar
boxcar
noun
(rail transport, US) An enclosed railway goods wagon, typically with a sliding door.
verb
(mathematics, transitive) To reduce to a boxcar function.
bracae
bracci
braced
braced
adj
(heraldry, of multiple figures of the same form) Interlaced.
Having braces or similar supports.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brace
bracer
bracer
noun
(archery) A covering to protect the arm of the bowman from the vibration of the string.
A medicine, as an astringent or a tonic, which gives tension or tone to any part of the body.
Armor for the forearm; a brassard.
Something bracing; a stimulant.
That which braces, binds, or makes firm; a band or bandage.
braces
braces
noun
(Britain) A pair of straps crossing one's shoulders and extending down to one's trousers, where a clip or button arrangement allows them to affix to the trousers, ensuring that they will not fall off.
(dated) Handcuffs.
(orthodontics) A device worn on the teeth to straighten them.
plural of brace
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brace
bracey
brache
brachs
bracky
bracky
adj
(archaic) brackish
bracon
bracts
bracts
noun
plural of bract
branca
branch
branch
noun
(Mormonism) A local congregation of the LDS Church that is not large enough to form a ward; see Wikipedia article on ward in LDS church.
(chiefly Southern US) A creek or stream which flows into a larger river.
(computing) A group of related files in a source control system, including for example source code, build scripts, and media such as images.
(computing) A sequence of code that is conditionally executed.
(geometry) One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance.
(nautical) A certificate given by Trinity House to a pilot qualified to take navigational control of a ship in British waters.
(rail transport) A branch line.
A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant in such a line.
A location of an organization with several locations.
An area in business or of knowledge, research.
Any of the parts of something that divides like the branch of a tree.
The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing.
verb
(intransitive) To arise from the trunk or a larger branch of a tree.
(intransitive) To produce branches.
(intransitive, computing) To jump to a different location in a program, especially as the result of a conditional statement.
(transitive) To strip of branches.
(transitive, colloquial) To discipline (a union member) at a branch meeting.
(transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) divide into separate parts or subdivisions.
brasca
breach
breach
noun
(archaic) A bruise; a wound.
(archaic) A hernia; a rupture.
(figurative) A difference in opinions, social class etc.
(law) A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment
A breaking of waters, as over a vessel or a coastal defence; the waters themselves
A breaking out upon; an assault.
A breaking up of amicable relations, a falling-out.
A gap or opening made by breaking or battering, as in a wall, fortification or levee / embankment; the space between the parts of a solid body rent by violence
The act of breaking, in a figurative sense.
verb
(intransitive, of a whale) To leap out of the water.
(law, informal, transitive, usually passive) To charge or convict (someone) of breaching the terms of a bail, probation, recognizance, etc.
(transitive) To make a breach in.
(transitive) To violate or break.
(transitive, nautical, of the sea) To break into a ship or into a coastal defence.
brecht
brecia
brecon
brecon
Proper noun
A town in Powys, Wales.
breech
breech
adj
(obstetrics) Born, or having been born, breech.
adv
(obstetrics, of birth) With the hips coming out before the head.
noun
(firearms) The part of a cannon or other firearm behind the chamber.
(historical, now only in the plural) A garment whose purpose is to cover or clothe the buttocks.
(nautical) The external angle of knee timber, the inside of which is called the throat.
(now rare) The buttocks or backside.
(obstetrics) A breech birth.
verb
(dated, transitive) To beat or spank on the buttocks.
(dated, transitive) To dress in breeches. (especially) To dress a boy in breeches or trousers for the first time (the breeching ceremony).
(poetic, transitive, obsolete) To cover as if with breeches.
(transitive) To fasten with breeching.
(transitive) To fit or furnish with a breech.
bricks
bricks
noun
plural of brick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brick
bricky
bricky
adj
Covered with brick.
Similar to brick in texture, colour, shape, etc.
noun
(slang) A bricklayer.
brince
broach
broach
noun
(architecture, UK, dialect) A spire rising from a tower.
(masonry) A broad chisel for stone-cutting.
A series of chisel points mounted on one piece of steel. For example, the toothed stone chisel shown here.
A spit for cooking food.
A spit-like start on the head of a young stag.
Alternative spelling of brooch
An awl; a bodkin; also, a wooden rod or pin, sharpened at each end, used by thatchers.
The pin in a lock which enters the barrel of the key.
The stick from which candle wicks are suspended for dipping.
verb
(intransitive) To be turned sideways to oncoming waves, especially large or breaking waves.
(nautical, intransitive, of a submerged submarine, torpedo, or similar) To break the surface of the water.
(transitive) To cause to turn sideways to oncoming waves, especially large or breaking waves (usually followed by to; also figurative).
(transitive) To make a hole in, especially a cask of liquor, and put in a tap in order to draw the liquid.
(transitive) To open, to make an opening into; to pierce.
(transitive, figuratively) To begin discussion about (something).
broche
broche
noun
Obsolete form of brooch.
verb
Obsolete form of broach.
brocho
brocht
brocks
brocks
noun
plural of brock
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brock
brocky
bromic
bromic
adj
(chemistry) of, or relating to bromine or its compounds, especially those in which it has a valency of five
bronco
bronco
noun
A horse of western North America that is wild or not fully broken.
broncs
broncs
noun
plural of bronc
brooch
brooch
noun
A painting all of one colour, such as a sepia painting.
A piece of ornamental jewellery having a pin allowing it to be fixed to garments worn on the upper body.
verb
(transitive) To adorn as with a brooch.
brucia
brucie
brucin
brucin
noun
Archaic form of brucine.
brunch
brunch
noun
A meal eaten later in the day than breakfast and earlier than lunch, and often consisting of typical foods from both of those meals.
verb
To eat brunch.
bsarch
bucare
bucher
bucker
bucker
noun
(mining) A broad-headed hammer used in bucking ore.
(mining) One who bucks ore.
A horse or other animal that bucks.
buckra
buckra
adj
(African-American Vernacular, archaic) White.
noun
(Caribbean) A white person.
(dated, now rare, African-American Vernacular, derogatory) A poor white person.
bucure
burack
bursch
bursch
noun
(archaic) A German university student.
cabber
cabber
noun
A horse that draws a cab.
cabers
cabers
noun
plural of caber
cabery
cabiri
cabler
cabler
noun
(entertainment) A cable television network or system operator.
Someone who cables, who puts together or fixes cables.
cabral
cabree
cabree
noun
Archaic form of cabri (“pronghorn”).
cabret
cabrie
cabrie
noun
Obsolete form of cabri (“pronghorn”).
cabrit
cabrit
noun
Alternative form of cabrée
caburn
caburn
noun
(nautical) A small line made of spun yarn, to bind or worm cables, seize tackles, etc.
cairba
camber
camber
noun
(architecture) An upward concavity in the underside of a beam, girder, or lintel; also, a slight upward concavity in a straight arch.
(automotive) The alignment on the roll axis of the wheels of a road vehicle, where positive camber signifies that the wheels are closer together at the bottom than the top.
(aviation) The curvature of an airfoil.
(nautical) A small enclosed dock in which timber for masts (etc.) is kept to weather.
A slight convexity, arching or curvature of a surface of a road, beam, roof, ship's deck etc., so that liquids will flow off the sides.
The slope of a curved road created to minimize the effect of centrifugal force.
verb
To adjust the camber of the wheels of a vehicle.
To curve upwards in the middle.
cambra
carbin
carbon
carbon
noun
(countable) An atom of this element, in reference to a molecule containing it.
(countable, informal) A carbon copy.
(countable, informal) A sheet of carbon paper.
(ecology, uncountable) carbon dioxide, in the context of climate change.
(informal) Ellipsis of carbon fiber (reinforced polymer)..
(uncountable) The chemical element (symbol C) with an atomic number of 6. It can be found in pure form for example as graphite, a black, shiny and very soft material, or diamond, a colourless, transparent, crystalline solid and the hardest known material.
A carbon rod or pencil used in an arc lamp.
A fossil fuel that is made of impure carbon such as coal or charcoal.
A plate or piece of carbon used as one of the elements of a voltaic battery.
verb
(Internet, transitive, uncommon) To cause (someone) to receive a carbon copy of an email message.
carboy
carboy
noun
A large, rigid bottle, originally made of glass and mainly used for fermentation, and now commonly made of plastic and used to store liquids.
verb
(transitive) To bottle in a carboy.
carbro
carbro
noun
(photography, historical) A print made from carbon tissue coated in pigmented gelatin, which is then selectively hardened by contact with a silver bromide paper print rather than exposure to light.
carbyl
carbyl
noun
(organic chemistry) A divalent carbon radical R₂C=
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) The divalent radical derived from ethane -CH₂CH₂-
caribe
caribe
noun
piranha fish
caribi
caribs
caroba
carobs
carobs
noun
plural of carob
chaber
cherub
cherub
noun
(biblical) A winged creature attending God, described by Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite (c. 5th–6th century) as the second highest order of angels, ranked above thrones and below seraphim; similar to a lamassu in the pre-exilic texts of the Hebrew Bible, more humanoid in later texts.
(figuratively) A person, especially a child, seen as being particularly angelic or innocent.
An artistic depiction of such a being, typically in the form of a winged child or a child's head with wings but no body.
cibber
cibory
cimbri
cobber
cobber
noun
(Australia) A pal, buddy, mate, friend; often used in direct address by one male to another.
(Australia) A sweet consisting of a small block of hard caramel covered in chocolate.
cobbra
cobbra
noun
(Australia) head, skull
cobras
cobras
noun
plural of cobra
coburg
coburg
Proper noun
An independent city in Bavaria, Germany.
Noun
A thin single-twilled worsted fabric with cotton or silk.
A kind of bread roll.
coburn
comber
comber
noun
A long, curving wave breaking on the shore.
A machine that combs wool, etc.
A person who combs wool, etc.
Serranus cabrilla, the gaper, a fish found in European waters.
combre
corban
corban
noun
An alms basket; a vessel to receive gifts of charity; a treasury of the church, where offerings are deposited.
An offering to God, especially in fulfilment of a vow.
corbed
corbel
corbel
noun
(architecture) A structural member jutting out of a wall to carry a superincumbent weight.
verb
(transitive) To furnish with a corbel or corbels; to support by a corbel; to make in the form of a corbel.
corbet
corbie
corbie
noun
A raven or crow (typically Corvus corax).
Either of two moth species of genus Oncopera, whose larvae feed on grasses, especially Oncopera intricata.
corbin
corymb
corymb
noun
(botany) A cluster of flowers with a flat or convex top.
courbe
crabbe
crabby
crabby
adj
Visibly irritated or annoyed; grouchy, irritable, in a foul mood; given to complaining or finding fault in an annoyed way.
crabbed; difficult, or perplexing.
craber
craber
noun
(archaic) The water rat.
crabit
crabut
crambe
crambo
crambo
noun
(countable) A word rhyming with another word.
(uncountable) A guessing game in which players guess words that rhyme with a clue word, seeking a word that is kept secret or concealed.
crible
crosby
crosby
Proper noun
A town near Liverpool, England.
crumbs
crumbs
intj
(chiefly Britain) An expression of mild surprise.
noun
plural of crumb
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crumb
crumby
crumby
adj
Alternative spelling of crummy
Crumbly; inclined to break into crumbs.
cubera
cubero
cubers
cubers
noun
plural of cuber
cubrun
cucurb
cumber
cumber
verb
(transitive, dated) To slow down; to hinder; to burden; to encumber.
cumbre
cumbre
verb
Archaic form of cumber.
curbed
curbed
adj
restrained
verb
simple past tense and past participle of curb
curber
curber
noun
(historical slang) A type of thief who used a ‘curb’ or hooked pole to steal things through open windows.
Someone or something which curbs.
curuba
curuba
noun
Synonym of cassabanana
cyborg
cyborg
noun
(science fiction) A being which is part machine and part organic.
A human, animal or other being with electronic or bionic prostheses.
verb
(science fiction) To convert (something) into a cyborg.
cymbre
fabric
fabric
noun
(archaic) The act of constructing, construction, fabrication.
(archaic) The structure of anything, the manner in which the parts of a thing are united; workmanship, texture, make.
(computing) Interconnected nodes that look like a textile fabric when diagrammed.
(now rare) An edifice or building.
(petrology) The appearance of crystalline grains in a rock.
A material made of fibers, a textile or cloth.
The framework underlying a structure.
The texture of a cloth.
verb
(transitive) To cover with fabric.
iberic
lubric
lubric
adj
(obsolete) Having a smooth surface; slippery.
(obsolete) Lascivious; wanton; lewd.
reback
reback
verb
(transitive) To repair (a book) by replacing the spine.