An article of women's clothing for the upper body, usually thigh-length and wrapping or tying in front; a bedjacket.
bedrown
bedward
bedward
adv
Toward bed.
bedwarf
bedwarf
verb
(archaic, transitive) To make a dwarf of; to stunt or hinder the growth of; to dwarf.
bedways
bedwell
bedwell
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To dwell around or about (a place); inhabit.
beelbow
beeswax
beeswax
noun
(colloquial, mildly humorous) “Business”, as in such phrases as mind your own beeswax and none of your beeswax.
A wax secreted by bees from which they make honeycomb; or, the processed form of this wax used in the manufacture of various goods.
verb
(transitive) To polish with beeswax.
beetewk
beetown
beeware
beeware
verb
Obsolete form of beware.
beeweed
beeweed
noun
Cleomella serrulata (syn. Cleome serrulata)
beewise
beewort
beewort
noun
The plant Acorus calamus, the sweet flag or calamus.
begnawn
begnawn
verb
(obsolete) past participle of begnaw
begrown
behowls
behowls
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of behowl
bejewel
bejewel
verb
To decorate or bedeck with jewels or gems.
beknown
beknown
adj
(obsolete) known
verb
past participle of beknow
bellows
bellows
noun
(figurative) That which fans the fire of hatred, jealousy, etc.
(informal or archaic) The lungs.
(photography) Flexible, light-tight enclosures connecting the lensboard and the camera back.
A device for delivering pressurized air in a controlled quantity to a controlled location. At its most simple terms a bellows is a container which is deformable in such a way as to alter its volume which has an outlet or outlets where one wishes to blow air.
Any flexible container or enclosure, as one used to cover a moving joint.
plural of bellow
verb
(intransitive, figuratively) To expand and contract like a bellows.
(intransitive, transitive) To operate a bellows; to direct air at (something) using a bellows.
(transitive) To fold up like a bellows; to accordion.
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bellow
beltway
beltway
noun
(US) A freeway that encircles a city.
belview
benward
benweed
benweed
noun
Common ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris, syn. Senecio jacobaea).
benwood
beowawe
beowulf
beowulf
Proper noun
An Anglo-Saxon personal name, usually with reference to the hero of an Old English epic poem, or to the poem itself.
bepewed
bepewed
adj
Furnished with pews.
beqwete
berwick
berwick
Proper noun
Any of various towns, including:
a town in Maine, USA.
berwind
beshrew
beshrew
verb
(transitive) An imperative uttered as a mildly imprecatory or merely expletive introductory exclamation.
(transitive, archaic) To invoke or wish evil upon; to curse.
besnows
besnows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of besnow
bespawl
bespawl
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To daub, make foul, or soil (someone or something) with spawl or spittle.
bestows
bestows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bestow
bestraw
bestrew
bestrew
verb
(transitive) To strew anything upon; strew over or about; cover or partially cover with things strewn; cover with straw or strewing.
(transitive) To strew or scatter about; throw or drop here and there.
bestrow
bestrow
verb
Alternative form of bestrew
beswarm
beswarm
verb
(transitive) To swarm over; to envelop in a swarm.
beswink
beswink
verb
(obsolete) to labour, toil; belabour
betowel
between
between
noun
A kind of needle, shorter than a sharp, with a small rounded eye, used for making fine stitches on heavy fabrics.
prep
Combined (by effort or ownership).
Done together or reciprocally.
In the position or interval that separates (two things), or intermediate in quantity or degree. (See Usage notes below.)
In transit from (one to the other, or connecting places).
One of (representing a choice).
Shared in confidence.
Taking together the combined effect of.
betwine
betwine
verb
(transitive) To twine together; entwine.
betwixt
betwixt
prep
(literary or archaic) Between.
bewails
bewails
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bewail
bewared
bewared
verb
(obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of beware
bewares
bewares
verb
(obsolete) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beware
bewaste
bewaste
verb
(transitive) To waste utterly or completely.
bewater
bewater
verb
(transitive) To water about or all over; cover, douse, or fill with water; make wet; water; hydrate.
beweary
beweeps
beweeps
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beweep
bewhite
bewhore
bewhore
verb
(transitive) To make a whore of; prostitute; treat as a whore.
(transitive, archaic) To call or pronounce a whore.
bewidow
bewield
bewield
verb
(transitive, rare) To hold in hand; rule; control; manage; handle; wield.
bewired
bewitch
bewitch
verb
(transitive) To astonish, amaze.
(transitive) To cast a spell upon.
(transitive) To fascinate or charm.
beworms
beworry
beworry
verb
(transitive) To fill with worry; cause to be worried; beset with cares; trouble; vex; harass.
(transitive) To worry about.
bewpers
bewraps
bewraps
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bewrap
bewrapt
bewrapt
adj
(archaic, poetic) wrapped
bewrays
bewrays
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bewray
bewreak
bewreak
verb
(transitive) To give vent in action to (incensed feelings).
(transitive, obsolete) To avenge; revenge.
bewreck
bewreck
verb
(transitive, dialectal) To wreck completely; ruin; destroy.
bewrite
bewrite
verb
(transitive) To write about; describe.
(transitive) To write to.
(transitive) To write; write from; copy.
bewwept
bezwada
bhowani
bidwell
bigelow
bigwigs
bigwigs
noun
plural of bigwig
bikeway
bikeway
noun
A bicycle lane or path.
billows
billows
noun
plural of billow
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of billow
billowy
billowy
adj
Swelling or swollen into large waves; full of billows or surges; resembling billows.
bindweb
bitwise
bitwise
adj
(computing) Treating a value as a series of bits rather than a numerical quantity.
biwabik
blawing
blawort
blawort
noun
(Scotland) Centaurea cyanus, the cornflower.
blewits
blewits
noun
A type of edible mushroom.
blowbys
blowbys
noun
plural of blowby
blowers
blowers
noun
plural of blower
blowess
blowess
noun
(obsolete, vulgar) A prostitute; a courtesan.
blowfly
blowfly
noun
Any of various flies of the family Calliphoridae that lay their eggs in rotting meat, dung, or open wounds.
blowgun
blowgun
noun
A hollow tube through which a dart or similar missile may be blown.
blowier
blowier
adj
comparative form of blowy: more blowy
blowing
blowing
noun
The act of one who blows, or that which blows.
verb
present participle of blow
blowjob
blowjob
noun
(figurative, derogatory) Excessive praise.
(sex, vulgar) An act of fellatio, or sucking a penis or other phallic object (such as a dildo). Stimulation of somebody's penis or testicles with a person's lips, tongue or mouth with the purpose of giving the receiver sexual pleasure. It may or may not result in orgasm.
blowoff
blowoff
noun
(UK, slang) A fart.
(colloquial) An outburst of temper or excitement.
A blowing off of steam, water, etc.
Something that is blown off.
The explosive separation of part of a rocket etc in order to prevent its destruction and allow for retrieval
blowout
blowout
noun
(Australia) An extreme and unexpected increase in costs, such as in government estimates for a project.
(geology) A sandy depression in a sand dune ecosystem caused by the removal of sediments by wind.
(slang) A large or extravagant meal.
(slang) A social function, especially one with large quantities of food.
(slang) An argument; an altercation.
(slang, sports) A sporting contest that is decidedly one-sided and whose outcome is no longer in doubt.
A sudden puncturing of a pneumatic tyre/tire.
A sudden release of oil and gas from a well.
An instance of having one's hair blow-dried and styled.
An unsightly flap of skin caused by an ear piercing that is too large.
The cleaning of the flues of a boiler from scale, etc., by a blast of steam.
blowpit
blowsed
blowups
blowups
noun
plural of blowup
blowzed
blowzed
adj
Rendered blowsy by weather, drink, exertion, etc.
bobtown
bobwood
bodwell
bodword
bogwood
bogwood
noun
The dark, shiny wood of trees, especially oaks, dug up from peat bogs, sometimes used for making ornaments.
bogwort
bogwort
noun
The bilberry or whortleberry plant.
bolckow
bonnwis
bonwier
borrows
borrows
noun
plural of borrow
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of borrow
borwort
boswall
boswell
boswell
Proper noun
of Norman origin from Beuzeville in France.
James Boswell, biographer of Samuel Johnson.
Noun
A devoted admirer and recorder of a person's words and deeds.
bothway
bourlaw
bowable
bowable
adj
(obsolete) Capable of being bowed or bent; flexible; yielding.
bowback
bowbent
bowbent
adj
bent, like a bow
bowdoin
boweled
bowered
bowered
adj
Furnished with a bower.
bowerly
bowfins
bowfins
noun
plural of bowfin
bowhead
bowhead
noun
A large whale, Balaena mysticetus, having a large, rounded head, that inhabits Arctic waters.
bowings
bowings
noun
plural of bowing
bowkail
bowknot
bowknot
noun
A knot that has two loops and two loose ends, either used decoratively, or to tie shoelaces.
bowlder
bowlder
noun
Dated form of boulder.
bowlegs
bowlegs
noun
plural of bowleg
bowlers
bowlers
noun
plural of bowler
bowless
bowless
adj
Without a bow.
bowlful
bowlful
Noun
As much as is held by a bowl.
bowlike
bowlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bow (bent frame for firing arrows).
bowline
bowline
noun
(nautical) A knot tied so as to produce an eye or loop in the end of a rope that will not slip or jam.
(nautical) A rope fastened near the middle of the leech or perpendicular edge of the square sails.
bowling
bowling
noun
(Ireland) Road bowling.
(New England) Candlepin bowling.
(cricket) The action of propelling the ball towards the batsman.
(gerund) The action of the verb bowl.
(slang) A particular style of walking associated with urban street culture.
A game played by rolling a ball down an alley and trying to knock over a triangular group of ten pins; ten-pin bowling/five-pin bowling
Any of several similar games played indoors or outdoors.
verb
present participle of bowl
bowpots
bowpots
noun
plural of bowpot
bowring
bowsery
bowshot
bowshot
noun
(archery) The act of firing an arrow from a bow.
The distance that the arrow of an average archer can effectively travel.
bowsing
bowsing
verb
present participle of bowse
bowsman
bowsman
noun
(nautical) A sailor who works in the bow of a vessel.
An archer.
bowssen
bowssen
verb
(obsolete) To drench; to soak; to immerse (in water believed to have curative properties).
bowtell
bowwood
bowwort
bowwows
bowwows
noun
plural of bowwow
bowyang
bowyang
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) A strap worn below the knee, especially by labourers, to keep the trousers up or to stop them stretching while bending.
bowyers
bowyers
noun
plural of bowyer
boxwood
boxwood
noun
(countable, uncountable) Any tree of genus Buxus.
(countable, uncountable) The box tree, Buxus sempervirens.
(uncountable) The hard, close-grained wood of this tree, used in delicate woodwork and in making inlays.
boxwork
boxwork
noun
(geology) A form of weathering found in caves
bradawl
bradawl
noun
An awl with a blade similar to a small, straight screwdriver; used for making holes, especially in wood to take screws.
bradway
branwen
brawest
brawled
brawled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brawl
brawler
brawler
noun
(video games, informal) A beat 'em up game.
One who brawls, engages in noisy, unseemly fights.