(historical) In Ancient Greece, an enclosure in the temple of Asclepios where patients slept.
abient
abient
adj
(psychology) Characterized by avoidance or withdrawal.
absent
absent
adj
(comparable) Inattentive to what is passing; absent-minded; preoccupied.
(not comparable) Being away from a place; withdrawn from a place; not present; missing.
(not comparable) Not existing; lacking.
noun
(obsolete, Scotland) An absentee; a person who is not there.
(with definite article) Something absent, especially absent people collectively; those who were or are not there.
prep
In the absence of; without; except.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) Stay away; withdraw.
(reflexive) To keep (oneself) away.
(transitive, archaic) To keep (someone) away.
(transitive, rare) Leave.
aintab
antebi
arbtrn
ayntab
bagnet
bagnet
noun
(Philippines) crispy pork belly
bagnut
baktun
baktun
noun
Alternative spelling of b'ak'tun
balant
banate
banate
noun
Synonym of banat
bandit
bandit
noun
(military, aviation) An aircraft identified as an enemy, but distinct from "hostile" or "threat" in that it is not immediately to be engaged.
(sports, slang) A runner who covertly joins a race without having registered as a participant.
An outlaw.
One who cheats others.
One who robs others in a lawless area, especially as part of a group.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To rob, or steal from, in the manner of a bandit.
banket
banket
noun
A sweet almond dessert pastry that originated in the Netherlands.
bannat
bannat
noun
Alternative form of banat (“territory governed by a ban”)
bannet
bannut
bannut
noun
(dialectal, England) The English walnut.
bantam
bantam
adj
Small or miniature.
Spirited or aggressive.
noun
(sports) A competitor in an age division between peewee and midget.
Any of several small chickens, especially of a breed that is a miniature version of another breed.
bantay
banter
banter
noun
Sharp, good-humoured, playful, typically spontaneous conversation.
verb
(UK, dialect) To haggle; cheapen the price.
(intransitive) To engage in banter or playful conversation.
(intransitive) To play or do something amusing.
(transitive) To delude or trick; to play a prank upon.
(transitive) To joke about; to ridicule (a trait, habit, etc.).
(transitive) To tease (someone) mildly.
(transitive, US, Southern and Western, colloquial) To challenge to a match.
bantin
bantry
bantus
barnet
barnet
noun
(Cockney rhyming slang) hair (on one's head)
barton
barton
noun
(archaic) an arrangement of blocks and pulleys; a burton
A farmyard.
the lands of a manor reserved for the Lord's use
basnat
basnet
basten
baston
baston
noun
(heraldry) Obsolete form of baton.
(obsolete) A staff or cudgel.
(obsolete) An officer bearing a painted staff, who formerly was in attendance upon the king's court to take into custody persons committed by the court.
bataan
bating
bating
adj
(Cornwall, Devon, dialect) Of the moon, when it is waning.
prep
(now rare) Apart from; except.
verb
present participle of bate
batino
batino
noun
Alstonia macrophylla, Southeast Asian tree of the dogbane family
batlan
batlon
batman
batman
noun
(Turkish units of measure) A unit of weight established in 1931 equal to 10 kg.
(by extension, informal) A personal assistant or supporter.
(historical units of measure) A Turkish unit of weight varying by location, time, and item from 2–8 okas (about 2.5–10 kg).
(military) A servant or valet to a military officer.
verb
(slang, mountaineering) To climb up or down a rope free hand (i.e. as Batman does).
To act as a batman, wait on an officer.
batmen
batmen
noun
plural of batman
batons
batons
noun
plural of baton
batoon
batoon
noun
(archaic) A baton.
verb
Archaic form of baton.
batson
batten
batten
noun
(nautical) A long strip of wood, metal, fibreglass etc., used for various purposes aboard ship, especially one inserted in a pocket sewn on the sail in order to keep the sail flat.
(theater) In stagecraft, a long pipe, usually metal, affixed to the ceiling or fly system in a theater.
A thin strip of wood used in construction to hold members of a structure together or to provide a fixing point.
The movable bar of a loom, which strikes home or closes the threads of a woof.
verb
(intransitive) To become better; improve in condition, especially by feeding.
(intransitive) To gratify a morbid appetite or craving; gloat.
(intransitive) To thrive by feeding; grow fat; feed oneself gluttonously.
(intransitive) To thrive, prosper, or live in luxury, especially at the expense of others; fare sumptuously.
(intransitive, figurative) To feed (on); to revel (in).
(nautical) To fasten or secure a hatch etc using battens.
(transitive) To fertilize or enrich, as land.
(transitive) To improve by feeding; fatten; make fat or cause to thrive due to plenteous feeding.
To furnish with battens.
batton
batton
noun
Archaic form of batten.
batzen
batzen
noun
(historical) A silver coin minted in Bern, Switzerland from the 15th century until the mid-19th century, equal to 10 rappen.
beaten
beaten
adj
(cooking, of a liquid) Mixed by paddling with a wooden spoon or other implement.
(dated) Trite; hackneyed.
Defeated.
Repeatedly struck, or formed or flattened by blows.
verb
past participle of beat
beaton
bejant
bejant
noun
A first-year male student at the University of St Andrews in Scotland.
benita
bernat
besant
betain
bezant
bezant
noun
(heraldry) The heraldic representation of a gold coin.
(history) A coin made of gold or silver, minted at Byzantium and used in currency throughout mediaeval Europe.
bhutan
binate
binate
adj
(botany) Double; growing in pairs or couples.
verb
(Catholicism, intransitive) To perform bination; to hold Mass twice on the same day.
bizant
boaten
bonita
botany
botany
noun
(countable) A botanical treatise or study, especially of a particular system of botany or that of a particular place.
(uncountable) The scientific study of plants, a branch of biology. Typically those disciplines that involve the whole plant.
The plant life of a geographical area; flora.
The properties and life phenomena exhibited by a plant, plant type, or plant group.
brandt
branta
brants
brants
noun
plural of brant
briant
brotan
bruant
bryant
bryant
Proper noun
derived from Brian.
name transferred from the surname.
buntal
buntal
noun
A fibre obtained from palms of the genus Corypha.
butane
butane
noun
(organic chemistry) A hydrocarbon (either of the two isomers of C₄H₁₀ n-butane, and 2-methyl-propane) found in gaseous petroleum fractions.
(organic chemistry, uncountable) The n-butane isomer only.
byzant
byzant
noun
Alternative form of bezant
cantab
cantab
Noun
A graduate of Cambridge University.
ethban
libant
libant
adj
Sipping; touching lightly.
mabton
manbot
manbot
noun
A male or masculine robot.
Alternative form of manbote
naboth
numbat
numbat
noun
A small marsupial carnivore, Myrmecobius fasciatus, endemic to western Australia, that eats almost exclusively termites.
oatbin
obtain
obtain
verb
(intransitive, archaic) To exist or be the case; to hold true, be in force.
(intransitive, obsolete) To prevail, be victorious; to succeed.
(intransitive, obsolete) To secure (that) a specific objective or state of affairs be reached.
(transitive) To get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way.
(transitive, obsolete) To hold; to keep, possess or occupy.
outban
taband
tabina
taiban
tanbur
tanbur
noun
(music) In classical Turkish music, a long-necked, fretted, plucked lute, or various similar lutes of West and Central Asia.
tanjib
tanjib
noun
A kind of figured muslin made in Awadh.
tanzeb
tanzib
tanzib
noun
Alternative form of tanjib
theban
theban
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Thebes.
Noun
Someone of, from, or pertaining to, Thebes.
thuban
thuban
Proper noun
A white giant star in the constellation Draco; Alpha (α) Draconis. It was the pole star 5000 years ago.
tubman
tubman
noun
(UK, law, obsolete) One of the two most experienced barristers in the Court of Exchequer (the other being the postman).
turban
turban
noun
A man's headdress made by winding a length of cloth round the head.
A woman's close-fitting hat with little or no brim.