(obsolete) An act of abetting; of helping; of giving aid.
(obsolete) Fraud or cunning.
verb
(obsolete) To back up one's forecast of a doubtful issue, by staking money, etc., to bet.
(obsolete, transitive) To urge on, stimulate (a person to do) something desirable.
(transitive) To incite; to assist or encourage by aid or countenance in crime.
(transitive) To support, countenance, maintain, uphold, or aid (any good cause, opinion, or action); to maintain.
abit
abit
adv
(nonstandard, proscribed) Alternative form of a bit.
abut
abut
verb
(intransitive) To lean against on one end; to end on, of a part of a building or wall.
(intransitive) To touch by means of a mutual border, edge or end; to border on; to lie adjacent (to); to be contiguous (said of an area of land)
(transitive) To border upon; be next to; abut on; be adjacent to.
acct
acct
noun
Abbreviation of account.
Abbreviation of accountant.
acpt
acta
actg
acth
acts
acts
noun
plural of act
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of act
actu
adat
adat
noun
Traditional custom or law, in Islamic parts of Southeast Asia.
adet
adit
adit
noun
A horizontal or nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine, as contrasted with a shaft or vertical entry passage. An adit may be used for ventilation, haulage, drainage, or other purposes.
adjt
advt
afft
agct
aget
agit
agst
ahet
aint
aint
abbrev
(informal, nonstandard) Alternative form of ain't
airt
airt
noun
(Scotland) direction; quarter
verb
(Scotland) To guide; to direct.
aith
aits
aits
noun
plural of ait
ajit
alit
alta
alta
noun
Rose bengal dye worn by Indian women on the feet during festivals.
alto
alto
noun
(colloquial, music) An alto saxophone
A musical part or section higher than tenor and lower than soprano, formerly the part that performed a countermelody above the tenor or main melody.
A person or musical instrument that performs the alto part.
alts
alts
noun
plural of alt
amat
amdt
amit
anat
anet
anet
noun
The herb dill, or dillseed.
anta
anta
noun
(architecture) A kind of pier produced by thickening a wall at its termination, treated architecturally as a pilaster, with capital and base.
ante
ante
noun
(poker) In poker and other games, the contribution made by all players to the pot before dealing the cards.
A price or cost, as in up the ante.
verb
To make an investment in money, effort, or time before knowing one's chances.
To pay the ante in poker. Often used as ante up.
anti
anti
adj
(chemistry) That has a torsion angle between 90° and 180°
Opposed to something.
noun
(fandom slang, often derogatory) A fan who objects to a particular creator, franchise, fandom, character, ship, etc., especially on moral or sociopolitical grounds.
A person opposed to a concept or principle.
prep
(rare) Alternative form of anti-
ants
ants
noun
plural of ant
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ant
antu
appt
appt
noun
Abbreviation of appointment.
apts
apts
noun
plural of apt
aret
aret
verb
(obsolete) To impute (something) as a fault to or upon someone.
arst
arta
arte
arts
arts
noun
The liberal arts.
The study of languages and literature.
The study of literature, philosophy, and the arts.
plural of art.
arty
arty
adj
(sometimes derogatory) Pretending to artistic worth; high-flown.
Inclined towards the arts.
noun
(military, slang) An artillery crew member.
(military, slang) Artillery.
asat
asst
asta
asti
astm
astm
Proper noun
of former name of ASTM International
astr
atal
atap
atap
noun
Alternative form of attap
atar
atar
noun
Alternative spelling of attar
atat
atco
atda
ated
ated
verb
(childish) simple past tense and past participle of eat
atef
atef
noun
The feathered white crown of the Ancient Egyptian deity Osiris.
aten
ates
atik
atip
atis
atka
atle
atli
atma
atmo
atmo
noun
(physics, dated) The standard atmospheric pressure used in certain physical measurements and calculations; conventionally, that pressure under which the barometer stands at 760 millimeters, at a temperature of 0° Centigrade, at the level of the sea, and in the latitude of Paris.
atms
atom
atom
noun
(Canada, usually attributive) An age group division in hockey for nine- to eleven-year-olds.
(chemistry, physics) The smallest possible amount of matter which still retains its identity as a chemical element, now known to consist of a nucleus surrounded by electrons.
(computing, programming, Lisp) An individual number or symbol, as opposed to a list; a scalar value.
(historical) The smallest medieval unit of time, equal to fifteen ninety-fourths of a second.
(history of science) A hypothetical particle posited by Greek philosophers as an ultimate and indivisible component of matter.
(mathematics) A non-zero member of a partially ordered set that has only zero below it (assuming that the poset has a least element, its "zero").
(mathematics, set theory) An element of a set that is not itself a set; an urelement.
(now generally regarded figuratively) The smallest, indivisible constituent part or unit of something.
(philosophy) In logical atomism, a fundamental fact that cannot be further broken down.
A mote of dust in a sunbeam.
A very small amount; a whit.
aton
atop
atop
adv
(literary or archaic) On, to, or at the top.
prep
On the top of.
On the top, with "of".
atrs
atry
atta
atta
abbrev
that's the; that's a
noun
(India) A type of wholegrain flour from the Indian subcontinent.
attc
atte
attn
attn
noun
Abbreviation of attention, used as a heading in letters to indicate for whom the letter is intended.
attu
atty
atua
atul
atum
atum
Proper noun
The creator god of Heliopolis, the original source of all matter, associated with the evening sun.
atwo
atwo
adv
(obsolete) In two; in twain; asunder.
atys
ault
aunt
aunt
noun
(endearing) A woman of an older generation than oneself, especially a friend of one's parents, by means of fictive kin.
(obsolete) A procuress or bawd.
(obsolete) Any elderly woman.
The female cousin or cousin-in-law of one’s parent.
The sister or sister-in-law of one’s parent.
aust
aute
auth
auth
noun
Abbreviation of authentication.
Abbreviation of authoritarian.
Abbreviation of authorization.
verb
(informal, computing) To authenticate.
auto
auto
adj
Clipping of automatic. (of a gearbox / transmission)
noun
(India) An autorickshaw.
(chiefly attributively) An automobile.
A car with an automatic gearbox / transmission.
A setting for automatic operation.
An automatic gearbox / transmission.
verb
(intransitive, dated) To travel by automobile.
awat
awst
bact
baft
baft
noun
Alternative form of bafta (“type of material”)
prep
Alternative form of abaft
baht
baht
adv
(Yorkshire) Without.
noun
The official currency of Thailand, equal to 100 satang.
bait
bait
adj
(MLE) Obvious; blatant.
(MLE) Well-known; famous; renowned.
noun
(East Anglia) A small meal taken mid-morning while farming.
(Internet slang) A post intended to get a rise out of others.
(Northern England) A miner's packed meal.
(Tyneside) A packed lunch.
A light or hasty luncheon.
A portion of food or drink, as a refreshment taken on a journey; also, a stop for rest and refreshment.
Any substance, especially food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, trap, or net.
Anything which allures; something used to lure or entice someone or something into doing something
Food containing poison or a harmful additive to kill animals that are pests.
verb
(intransitive) (of a horse or other animal) To take food, especially during a journey.
(intransitive) (of a person) To stop to take a portion of food and drink for refreshment during a journey.
(obsolete, intransitive) To flap the wings; to flutter as if to fly; or to hover, as a hawk when she stoops to her prey.
(transitive) To affix bait to a trap or a fishing hook or fishing line.
(transitive) To attract with bait; to entice.
(transitive) To intentionally annoy, torment, or threaten by constant rebukes or threats; to harass.
(transitive) To set dogs on (an animal etc.) to bite or worry; to attack with dogs, especially for sport.
(transitive, now rare) To feed and water (a horse or other animal), especially during a journey.
balt
bant
bant
noun
(slang) Clipping of banter.
bapt
bart
bast
bast
noun
Fibre made from the phloem of certain plants and used for matting and cord.
bate
bate
noun
A vat which contains this liquid.
An alkaline lye which neutralizes the effect of the previous application of lime, and makes hides supple in the process of tanning.
Strife; contention.
verb
(archaic, transitive) To leave out, except, bar.
(intransitive) To contend or strive with blows or arguments.
(intransitive, falconry) Of a falcon: To flap the wings vigorously; to bait.
(intransitive, slang) To masturbate.
(obsolete or nonstandard) simple past tense of beat; = beat.
(transitive) To reduce the force of something; to abate.
(transitive) To restrain, usually with the sense of being in anticipation
(transitive) To soak leather so as to remove chemicals used in tanning; to steep in bate.
(transitive, sometimes figuratively) To cut off, remove, take away.
To allow by way of abatement or deduction.
To deprive of.
To lessen by retrenching, deducting, or reducing; to abate; to beat down; to lower.
To waste away.
bath
bath
noun
(by extension) A substance or preparation in which something is immersed.
(historical units of measure) A former Hebrew unit of liquid volume (about 23 L or 6 gallons).
(real estate, informal) Clipping of bathroom.
A building or area where bathing occurs.
A tub or pool which is used for bathing: bathtub.
The act of bathing.
The body of liquid one bathes in.
verb
(intransitive, informal, Commonwealth) To bathe (oneself); to have a bath.
(transitive, Commonwealth) To wash a person or animal in a bath.
bats
bats
adj
(informal) Mad, insane.
noun
plural of bat
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bat
batt
batt
noun
(Polari, usually in the plural) A shoe.
Pieces of fabric or fibre used for stuffing; as for batting or insulation
batz
batz
noun
(historical) A small copper coin, with a mixture of silver, formerly current in some parts of Germany and Switzerland.
bdft
beat
beat
adj
(African-American Vernacular and gay slang) Having impressively attractive makeup.
(US slang) Exhausted.
(slang) Boring.
(slang, of a person) Ugly.
Dilapidated, beat up.
Relating to the Beat Generation.
noun
(Australia) An area frequented by gay men in search of sexual activity. See gay beat.
(archaic) A low cheat or swindler.
(authorship) A short pause in a play, screenplay, or teleplay, for dramatic or comedic effect.
(colloquial, dated) That which beats, or surpasses, another or others.
(dated or obsolete, Southern US) A precinct.
(dated) A place of habitual or frequent resort.
(dated) An act of reporting news or scientific results before a rival; a scoop.
(fencing) A smart tap on the adversary's blade.
(hunting) The act of scouring, or ranging over, a tract of land to rouse or drive out game; also, those so engaged, collectively.
(journalism) The primary focus of a reporter's stories (such as police/courts, education, city government, business etc.).
(music) A pulse on the beat level, the metric level at which pulses are heard as the basic unit. Thus a beat is the basic time unit of a piece.
(music) The rhythm signalled by a conductor or other musician to the members of a group of musicians.
(slang) A makeup look; compare beat one's face.
A beatnik.
A pulsation or throb.
A rhythm.
A stroke; a blow.
The instrumental portion of a piece of hip-hop music.
The interference between two tones of almost equal frequency
The route patrolled by a police officer or a guard.
verb
(especially colloquial) past participle of beat
(intransitive) To move with pulsation or throbbing.
(intransitive) To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock vigorously or loudly.
(intransitive, MLE, MTE, slang, vulgar) To have sexual intercourse.
(intransitive, nautical) To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind.
(military, intransitive) To make a succession of strokes on a drum.
(transitive) To arrive at a place before someone.
(transitive) To hit; to strike.
(transitive) To indicate by beating or drumming.
(transitive) To strike (water, foliage etc.) in order to drive out game; to travel through (a forest etc.) for hunting.
(transitive) To strike or pound repeatedly, usually in some sort of rhythm.
(transitive) To win against; to defeat or overcome; to do or be better than (someone); to excel in a particular, competitive event.
(transitive, UK, in haggling for a price of a buyer) To persuade the seller to reduce a price.
(transitive, slang) To rob.
To be in agitation or doubt.
To exercise severely; to perplex; to trouble.
To make a sound when struck.
To mix food in a rapid fashion. Compare whip.
To sound with more or less rapid alternations of greater and lesser intensity, so as to produce a pulsating effect; said of instruments, tones, or vibrations not perfectly in unison.
To tread, as a path.
simple past tense of beat
beet
beet
noun
(US, Canada) A beetroot, a swollen root of such a plant.
Beta vulgaris, a plant with a swollen root which is eaten or used to make sugar.
verb
(transitive, obsolete, dialect) To improve; to mend.
(transitive, obsolete, dialect) To kindle a fire.
(transitive, obsolete, dialect) To rouse.
belt
belt
noun
(astronomy) A collection of small bodies (such as asteroids) which orbit a star.
(astronomy) One of certain girdles or zones on the surface of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, supposed to be of the nature of clouds.
(baseball) The part of the strike zone at the height of the batter's waist.
(military, nautical) A band of armor along the sides of a warship, protecting the ship's vital spaces.
(music) A vocal tone produced by singing with chest voice above the break (or passaggio), in a range typically sung in head voice.
(usually capitalized) A geographical region known for a particular product, feature or demographic (Corn Belt, Bible Belt, Black Belt, Green Belt).
(weaponry) A device that holds and feeds cartridges into a belt-fed weapon.
A band that is used in a machine to help transfer motion or power.
A band used as a restraint for safety purposes, such as a seat belt.
A band worn around the waist to hold clothing to one's body (usually pants), hold weapons (such as a gun or sword), or serve as a decorative piece of clothing.
A powerful blow, often made with a fist or heavy object.
A quick drink of liquor.
A trophy in the shape of a belt, generally awarded for martial arts.
Anything that resembles a belt, or that encircles or crosses like a belt; a strip or stripe.
verb
(transitive) To drink quickly, often in gulps.
(transitive) To encircle.
(transitive) To fasten a belt on.
(transitive) To hit with a belt.
(transitive) To invest (a person) with a belt as part of a formal ceremony such as knighthood.
(transitive, baseball) To hit a pitched ball a long distance, usually for a home run.
(transitive, colloquial) To hit someone or something.
(transitive, informal, normally belt out) To scream or sing in a loud manner.
bent
bent
adj
(Of a person) leading a life of crime.
(Of something that is usually straight) Folded, dented.
(colloquial, chiefly UK) Corrupt, dishonest.
(colloquial, chiefly US) Suffering from the bends.
(derogatory, colloquial, chiefly UK) Homosexual.
(slang) High from both marijuana and alcohol.
(slang, soccer) Inaccurately aimed.
Determined or insistent.
noun
A declivity or slope, as of a hill.
A grassy area, grassland.
A predisposition to act or react in a particular way.
An inclination or talent.
Any of various stiff or reedy grasses.
Particular direction or tendency; flexion; course.
Such a subunit as a component of a barn's framing, joined to other bents by girts and summer beams.
Such a subunit as a reinforcement to, or integral part of, a bridge's framing.
Tension; force of acting; energy; impetus.
The old dried stalks of grasses.
The state of being curved, crooked, or inclined from a straight line; flexure; curvity.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bend
bert
best
best
adj
Most superior; most favorable.
Most; largest.
superlative form of good: most good.
adv
To the most advantage; with the most success, cause, profit, benefit, or propriety.
superlative form of well: most well
noun
(countable) The person (or persons; or thing or things) that is (are) most excellent.
(uncountable) One's best behavior.
(uncountable) The supreme effort one can make, or has made.
verb
(modal verb, colloquial) Had best.
(transitive) To beat in a contest.
To surpass in skill or achievement.
beta
beta
adj
(computing) Preliminary; prerelease. Refers to an incomplete version of a product released for initial testing.
(of a person, object or action) Associated with the beta male/female archetype.
Designates the second in an order of precedence.
Identifying a molecular position in an organic chemical compound.
noun
(aviation) Sideslip angle.
(aviation) The range of engine power settings in which the blade pitch angle of a constant-speed propeller is controlled directly by the angle of the engine's throttle lever (rather than varying with engine torque and airspeed to maintain a constant propeller RPM), allowing the propeller to be disked to generate high drag and slow the aircraft quickly.
(climbing) Information about a route which may aid someone in climbing it.
(computing, video games, countable) Software in such a phase; a preliminary version.
(computing, video games, uncountable) The phase of development after alpha testing and before launch, in which software, while not complete, has been released to potential users for testing.
(fandom slang) In omegaverse fiction, a person of a secondary sex similar to normal humans, lacking the biological drives of alphas and omegas but generally capable of bonding and mating with either.
(finance) Average sensitivity of a security's price to overall securities market prices.
(physics) A beta particle or beta ray.
(slang, manosphere, masculism) Ellipsis of beta male, a man who is less competent or desirable than an alpha male.
Alternative spelling of betta (“fish in the genus Betta”)
The second letter of the Greek alphabet (Β, β), preceded by alpha (Α, α) and followed by gamma, (Γ, γ). In modern Greek it represents the voiced labiodental fricative sound of v found in the English words have and vase.
Used in marking scheme: α, β, γ or α+, α, α-, β etc.
verb
(chiefly Internet) To beta-read a text.
(computing) To preliminarily release computer software for initial testing prior to final release.
bete
bete
verb
Obsolete spelling of beat
Obsolete spelling of beet
beth
beth
noun
The second letter of the Aramaic alphabet, 𐡁
The second letter of the Hebrew alphabet, ב
The second letter of the Syriac alphabet, ܒ
bets
bets
noun
plural of bet
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bet
bett
betz
bhat
bhat
Proper noun
that is common in many ethnicities in India.
Traditionally among Brahmins, a Brahmin who has learned all the four Vedas.
bhut
bint
bint
noun
(Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, derogatory) A woman, a girl.
biot
biot
noun
(physics, dated) Synonym of abampere
(science fiction) A robot composed of living components
birt
birt
noun
(UK, dialect, archaic) A fish of the turbot kind; the brill.
bist
bist
verb
(UK dialectal, Black Country, Bristol, West Country, Northern England) Originally used to form the second person singular of be, but can denote other present tense forms, such as: are, am, is
How bist?
I bist goin' 'ome.
Where bist goin'.
bite
bite
noun
(colloquial, dated) A cheat; a trick; a fraud.
(colloquial, dated, slang) A sharper; one who cheats.
(figuratively) aggression
(printing) A blank on the edge or corner of a page, owing to a portion of the frisket, or something else, intervening between the type and paper.
(slang) A cut, a proportion of profits; an amount of money.
(slang) An act of plagiarism.
(slang) Something unpleasant.
(television) Short for sound bite.
A piece of food of a size that would be produced by biting; a mouthful.
A small meal or snack.
The act of biting.
The hold which the short end of a lever has upon the thing to be lifted, or the hold which one part of a machine has upon another.
The swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting.
The wound left behind after having been bitten.
verb
(intransitive) To attack with the teeth.
(intransitive) To behave aggressively; to reject advances.
(intransitive) To cause a smarting sensation; to have a property which causes such a sensation; to be pungent.
(intransitive) To cause sharp pain; to produce anguish; to hurt or injure; to have the property of so doing.
(intransitive) To have significant effect, often negative.
(intransitive) To take hold; to establish firm contact with.
(intransitive) To take or keep a firm hold.
(intransitive, African-American Vernacular, slang) To plagiarize, to imitate.
(intransitive, figurative) To accept something offered, often secretly or deceptively, to cause some action by the acceptor.
(intransitive, of a fish) To bite a baited hook or other lure and thus be caught.
(intransitive, slang) To lack quality; to be worthy of derision; to suck.
(intransitive, transitive, of an insect) To sting.
(obsolete) To deceive or defraud; to take in.
(transitive) To cut into something by clamping the teeth.
(transitive) To hold something by clamping one's teeth.
(transitive) To take hold of; to hold fast; to adhere to.
(transitive, informal, vulgar) To perform oral sex on. Used in invective.
(transitive, sometimes figurative) To cause sharp pain or damage to; to hurt or injure.
biti
bito
bits
bits
noun
(MLE) neighbourhood; hood; manor; ends.
plural of bit
bitt
bitt
noun
(nautical) A bollard.
(nautical) The bitts.
verb
(nautical, transitive) To put round the bitts.
bkpt
blat
blat
noun
The Soviet system of connections and social relationships; one's social or business network (in Russian or Soviet society).
verb
(intransitive) To cry, as a calf or sheep; bleat.
(intransitive) To make a senseless noise.
(transitive) To utter loudly or foolishly; blurt.
To produce an overrich or overblown sound on a brass instrument such as a trumpet, trombone, or tuba.
To talk inconsiderately; blab.
blet
blet
verb
To undergo bletting, a fermentation process in certain fruit beyond ripening.
blit
blit
noun
(computing) A logical operation in which a block of data is rapidly moved or copied in memory, most commonly used to animate two-dimensional graphics.
verb
(computing, transitive) To transfer by a blit operation.
blot
blot
noun
(backgammon) An exposed piece in backgammon.
(biochemistry) A method of transferring proteins, DNA or RNA, onto a carrier.
(by extension) A stain on someone's reputation or character; a disgrace.
A blemish, spot or stain made by a coloured substance.
verb
(intransitive) to soak up or absorb liquid.
(transitive) To dry (writing, etc.) with blotting paper.
(transitive) To impair; to damage; to mar; to soil.
(transitive) To obliterate, as writing with ink; to cancel; to efface; generally with out.
(transitive) To obscure; to eclipse; to shadow.
(transitive) To spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink.
(transitive) To stain with infamy; to disgrace.
(transitive) to cause a blot (on something) by spilling a coloured substance.
bmet
bnet
boat
boat
noun
(Australian politics, informal) The refugee boats arriving in Australian waters, and by extension, refugees generally.
(chemistry) One of two possible conformations of cyclohexane rings (the other being chair), shaped roughly like a boat.
(poker slang) A full house.
A craft used for transportation of goods, fishing, racing, recreational cruising, or military use on or in the water, propelled by oars or outboard motor or inboard motor or by wind.
A vehicle, utensil, or dish somewhat resembling a boat in shape.
verb
(intransitive) To travel by boat.
(transitive) To place in a boat.
(transitive) To transport in a boat.
bolt
bolt
adv
Suddenly; straight; unbendingly.
noun
(US, politics) A refusal to support a nomination made by the party with which one has been connected; a breaking away from one's party.
(military, mechanical engineering) A sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm.
(nautical) The standard linear measurement of canvas for use at sea: 39 yards.
A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a cylindrical body that is threaded, with a larger head on one end. It can be inserted into an unthreaded hole up to the head, with a nut then threaded on the other end; a heavy machine screw.
A bar of wood or metal dropped in horizontal hooks on a door and adjoining wall or between the two sides of a double door, to prevent the door(s) from being forced open.
A burst of speed or efficiency.
A large roll of fabric or similar material, as a bolt of cloth.
A lightning spark, i.e., a lightning bolt.
A sieve, especially a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting flour and meal; a bolter.
A sliding pin or bar in a lock or latch mechanism.
A small personal-armour-piercing missile for short-range use, or (in common usage though deprecated by experts) a short arrow, intended to be shot from a crossbow or a catapult.
A stalk or scape (of garlic, onion, etc).
A sudden event, action or emotion.
A sudden flight, as to escape creditors.
A sudden spring or start; a sudden leap aside.
An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter.
verb
(US, politics) To refuse to support a nomination made by a party or caucus with which one has been connected; to break away from a party.
(intransitive) To escape.
(intransitive) To flee, to depart, to accelerate suddenly.
(intransitive, botany, of lettuce, spinach, garlic, onion, etc) To produce flower stalks and flowers or seeds quickly or prematurely; to form a bolt (stalk or scape); to go to seed.
(law) To discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as cases at law.
(transitive) To cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge (an animal being hunted).
To connect or assemble pieces using a bolt.
To drink one's drink very quickly; to down a drink.
To secure a door by locking or barring it.
To separate, assort, refine, or purify by other means.
To sift the bran and germ from wheat flour.
To sift, especially through a cloth.
To strike or fall suddenly like a bolt.
To swallow food without chewing it.
To utter precipitately; to blurt or throw out.
boot
boot
noun
(Australia, Britain, New Zealand, South Africa, automotive) The luggage storage compartment of a sedan or saloon car.
(Britain, slang) An unattractive person, ugly woman.
(US) A crust end-piece of a loaf of bread.
(US) A parking enforcement device used to immobilize a car until it can be towed or a fine is paid; a wheel clamp.
(US, military, law enforcement, slang) A recently arrived recruit; a rookie.
(archaic) A place for baggage at either end of an old-fashioned stagecoach.
(archaic, dialectal) Remedy, amends.
(aviation) A rubber bladder on the leading edge of an aircraft’s wing, which is inflated periodically to remove ice buildup; a deicing boot.
(baseball) A bobbled ball.
(botany) The inflated flag leaf sheath of a wheat plant.
(computing) The act or process of bootstrapping; the starting or re-starting of a computing device.
(construction) A flexible cover of rubber or plastic, which may be preformed to a particular shape and used to protect a shaft, lever, switch, or opening from dust, dirt, moisture, etc.
(countable, uncountable) That which is given to make an exchange equal, or to make up for the deficiency of value in one of the things exchanged; compensation; recompense.
(firearms) A hard plastic case for a long firearm, typically moulded to the shape of the gun and intended for use in a vehicle.
(informal) A bootleg recording.
(informal, with definite article) The act or process of removing or firing someone (dismissing them from a job or other post).
(obsolete) A medicinal cure or remedy.
(obsolete) A place at the side of a coach, where attendants rode; also, a low outside place before and behind the body of the coach.
(obsolete) Profit; gain; advantage; use.
(obsolete) Repair work; the act of fixing structures or buildings.
(slang) A linear amplifier used with CB radio.
(slang, ethnic slur) A black person.
(slang, motorsports) A tyre.
(sports) A kind of sports shoe worn by players of certain games such as cricket and football.
(uncountable) Profit, plunder.
(usually preceded by definite article) A torture device used on the feet or legs, such as a Spanish boot.
A blow with the foot; a kick.
A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg.
verb
(MLE, criminal slang) To shoot, to kill by gunfire.
(colloquial, Canada, US, usually with it) To step on the accelerator of a vehicle for faster acceleration than usual or to drive faster than usual.
(computing) To bootstrap; to start a system, e.g. a computer, by invoking its boot process or bootstrap.
(computing, informal) To disconnect forcibly; to eject from an online service, conversation, etc.
(informal) To eject; kick out.
(often with up) To start or restart a computer or other electronic system; to bootstrap.
(transitive, obsolete) To avail, benefit, profit.
(transitive, obsolete) To benefit, to enrich; to give in addition.
To apply corporal punishment (compare slippering).
To kick.
To put boots on, especially for riding.
bort
bort
noun
Poor-quality diamond, used for industrial cutting or abrasion; a poorly crystallized diamond.
bota
bote
bote
noun
A privilege or allowance of necessaries, especially in feudal times.
A right to take wood from property not one's own.
Atonement, compensation, amends, satisfaction; as, manbote, a compensation for a man slain.
both
both
conj
(obsolete) Including all of (used with and).
Including both of (used with and).
det
Each of the two; one and the other; referring to two individuals or items.
pron
Each of the two, or of the two kinds.
boti
bots
bots
noun
plural of bot
bott
bott
noun
Alternative spelling of bot (the larva of the botfly)
bout
bout
noun
(boxing) A boxing match.
(dated) The going and returning of a plough, or other implement used to mark the ground and create a headland, across a field.
(fencing) An assault (a fencing encounter) at which the score is kept.
(music) A bulge or widening in a musical instrument, such as either of the two characteristic bulges of a guitar.
(roller derby) A roller derby match.
A fighting competition.
A period of something, especially one painful or unpleasant.
prep
(colloquial) Aphetic form of about
verb
To contest a bout.
boyt
brat
brat
noun
(derogatory, slang) A child who is regarded as mischievous, unruly, spoiled, or selfish.
(historical) A rough cloak or ragged garment.
(informal) Bratwurst.
(military) Acronym of Born, Raised, And Transferred.
(mining) A thin bed of coal mixed with pyrites or carbonate of lime.
(obsolete) The young of an animal.
(obsolete, UK, Scotland, dialect) A coarse kind of apron for keeping the clothes clean; a bib.
(slang) A child (at any age) of an active military service member.
(slang) A human child.
A turbot or flatfish.
verb
(BDSM, intransitive) To act in a bratty manner (as the submissive).