(historical) A covered metal pan attached to a long handle, holding live coals and used to warm a bed.
beechwood
beechwood
noun
A wood largely populated with beech trees.
The wood of beech trees (Fagus spp.).
beeflower
beefwoods
beefwoods
noun
plural of beefwood
beeswaxes
beeswaxes
noun
plural of beeswax
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beeswax
beeswings
beeswings
noun
plural of beeswing
beewinged
beflowers
beflowers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beflower
behowling
behowling
verb
present participle of behowl
bejeweled
bejeweled
adj
covered in jewels, especially as decoration
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bejewel
belleview
bellowers
bellowers
noun
plural of bellower
bellowing
bellowing
noun
The sound produced when someone or something bellows
verb
present participle of bellow
bellwaver
bellworts
bellworts
noun
plural of bellwort
benchwork
benchwork
noun
the structure supporting a model railway layout
work performed at a workbench
bentwoods
bentwoods
noun
plural of bentwood
berkowitz
beshadows
beshadows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beshadow
beshawled
beshawled
adj
Wearing a shawl.
beshrewed
beshrewed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beshrew
besnowing
besnowing
verb
present participle of besnow
bestowage
bestowage
noun
(obsolete) Stowage.
bestowals
bestowals
noun
plural of bestowal
bestowing
bestowing
verb
present participle of bestow
bestrewed
bestrewed
verb
simple past tense of bestrew
bestrowed
bestrowed
verb
simple past tense of bestrow
beswarmed
beswarmed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beswarm
besweeten
besweeten
verb
(literary, rare) Sublimely sweeten.
beswelter
betowered
bewailers
bewailers
noun
plural of bewailer
bewailing
bewailing
noun
The act of one who bewails something.
verb
present participle of bewail
bewearied
bewearies
beweeping
beweeping
verb
present participle of beweep
bewelcome
bewelcome
verb
(transitive, intensive) To welcome; greet or bestow with a welcome; welcome fully or completely.
bewhisker
bewhisker
verb
(transitive) To give or add whiskers to; to put whiskers on.
bewhisper
bewhisper
verb
(transitive, rare) To whisper.
bewhistle
bewigging
bewigging
verb
present participle of bewig
bewilders
bewilders
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bewilder
bewitched
bewitched
adj
(Of a person) entranced, charmed, fascinated, as though subject to a magical influence.
Under a spell; subject to an act of witchcraft.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bewitch
bewitcher
bewitcher
noun
One who bewitches; an enchanter.
bewitches
bewitches
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bewitch
beworming
beworried
beworried
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beworry
beworries
beworries
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beworry
beworship
bewrapped
bewrapped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bewrap
bewrathed
bewrayers
bewrayers
noun
plural of bewrayer
bewraying
bewraying
noun
The act or process of divulging or revealing information
verb
present participle of bewray
bewrought
bewrought
adj
(obsolete) embroidered
bigwigged
billowier
billowier
adj
comparative form of billowy: more billowy
billowing
billowing
noun
The act of something that billows; a billow.
verb
present participle of billow
bindweeds
bindweeds
noun
plural of bindweed
birchwood
birchwood
noun
(countable) A wood largely populated with birch trees (Betula spp.).
(uncountable) The wood from a birch tree.
birdwatch
birdwatch
noun
A session of observing and identifying birds.
verb
(intransitive) To take part in birdwatching; to observe and identify birds.
birdwoman
birdwoman
noun
(informal) a female aviator.
A mythological creature that is part woman and part bird.
A woman who works with birds.
birdwomen
birdwomen
noun
plural of birdwoman
birthwort
birthwort
noun
Any plant species of the genus Aristolochia.
Birthroot, Trillium erectum
bitewings
bitewings
noun
plural of bitewing
blackhawk
blackware
blackware
noun
Any pottery of a black or nearly black colour.
blackwash
blackwash
noun
(chiefly politics) A villainization campaign.
(medicine) A lotion made by mixing calomel and limewater.
(slang, New Zealand) A whitewash victory for any New Zealand national sporting team.
(slang, cricket) A whitewash victory for the West Indies cricket team. Started in the 1984–86 "Blackwash" series of the West Indian cricket team in England in 1984.
(slang, mining) Public campaigns and advertising funded by the coal industry to draw attention away from environmentally unsustainable practices or to justify exclusion from carbon taxes.
verb
(transitive) To blacken, to cover with a black color.
(transitive) To portray in a revisionist fashion as belonging to a black race of people.
(transitive) To villainize, to present in a damaging light.
blackweed
blackweed
noun
Common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia.)
blackwell
blackwood
blackwood
noun
(uncountable) The very dark wood of such trees.
African blackwood (Dalbergia melanoxylon), of Africa
Australian blackwood (Acacia melanoxylon), of eastern Australia
Bombay blackwood (Dalbergia latifolia), of India
Haematoxylum campechianum, a tree from Mexico.
blackwork
blackwork
noun
(obsolete) Work connected with funerals, as an undertaker's assistant or a maker of mourning clothes, etc.
(sewing) A form of counted-thread embroidery that is usually stitched on even-weave fabric with a twisted thread.
blackwort
bladewise
bladewise
adj
In the manner of a blade.
blindweed
blindworm
blindworm
noun
Anguis fragilis (slowworm), a small species of legless lizard.
blockwood
bloodweed
bloodwite
bloodwite
noun
A penalty for committing bloodshed, specifically under Anglo-Saxon law a penalty to be paid to the king or aldorman as distinct from the wergeld.
bloodwood
bloodwood
noun
(Australia) Certain eucalypts
(Jamaica) A loblolly bay (tree) (Gordonia haematoxylon).
(uncountable) The wood of such trees.
Any of several trees from the genus Pterocarpus, of the African and Asian tropics.
Brosimum paraense, a tree found in Central and South America.
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blowhole
blowiness
blowpipes
blowpipes
noun
plural of blowpipe
blowpoint
blowpoint
noun
(obsolete) A child's game of blowing small fragments of wood through a tube.
blowproof
blowproof
adj
Resistant to being blown.
blowsiest
blowsiest
adj
superlative form of blowsy: most blowsy
blowspray
blowtorch
blowtorch
noun
(US, military, slang) A jet fighter.
A tool which projects a controlled stream of a highly flammable gas over a spark in order to produce a controlled flame.
verb
To apply a blowtorch to something.
blowtubes
blowtubes
noun
plural of blowtube
blowziest
blowziest
adj
superlative form of blowzy: most blowzy
bluewater
bluewater
adj
(nautical) Oceangoing, capable of travelling in rough seas.
blueweeds
blueweeds
noun
plural of blueweed
bluewoods
bluewoods
noun
plural of bluewood
blushwort
blushwort
noun
Any of various plants of the genus Aeschynanthus.
blutwurst
blutwurst
noun
(US) A blood sausage, blood pudding
boardwalk
boardwalk
noun
A slightly elevated path for pedestrians over sandy or swampy ground, typically made out of wood; specifically (Canada, US) one running alongside a body of water or beach.
verb
To install a boardwalk over.
boatowner
boatowner
noun
Someone who owns a boat
boatswain
boatswain
noun
A kind of gull, the jaeger.
The officer (or warrant officer) in charge of sails, rigging, anchors, cables etc. and all work on deck of a sailing ship.
The petty officer of a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen.
The tropicbird.
boatwoman
boatwoman
noun
A woman who manages a boat.
bobwhites
bobwhites
noun
plural of bobwhite
bodyworks
bodyworks
noun
plural of bodywork
boggstown
bollworms
bollworms
noun
plural of bollworm
bondwoman
bondwoman
noun
A woman who is bound in servitude; a female slave.
bondwomen
bondwomen
noun
plural of bondwoman
bookwards
bookworms
bookworms
noun
plural of bookworm
boomtowns
boomtowns
noun
plural of boomtown
borrowers
borrowers
noun
plural of borrower
borrowing
borrowing
noun
(linguistics) A borrowed word, adopted from a foreign language; loanword.
An instance of something being borrowed.
verb
(slang, crime) Slang term for shoplifting.
present participle of borrow
boswellia
botchwork
botchwork
noun
Inferior and shoddy work.
boulework
boulework
noun
(woodworking) Obsolete form of buhl work.
bowdichia
bowedness
bowedness
noun
Quality of being bowed.
bowelless
bowelless
adj
(obsolete) Without pity.
bowellike
bowelling
bowelling
verb
present participle of bowel
bowerbird
bowerbird
noun
Alternative spelling of bower bird
bowerlike
bowerston
boweryish
bowlegged
bowlegged
adj
Alternative spelling of bow-legged
bowlmaker
bowlmaker
noun
A manufacturer of bowls.
bowmaking
bowmaking
noun
The manufacture of bows (for archery or for musical instruments).
bowralite
bowsprits
bowsprits
noun
plural of bowsprit
bowstring
bowstring
noun
(historical) The string of an archer's bow, as used by the Turks for strangling offenders.
The string of an archer's bow.
verb
(transitive) To strangle with a bowstring.
bowstrung
bowstrung
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bowstring
boxwallah
boxwallah
noun
(India, historical) An Indian pedlar who sold goods from a box or trunk.
boyertown
braidwood
brainward
brainwash
brainwash
noun
A distorting effect upon one's memory, belief, or ideas, as by propaganda.
verb
(figuratively, dated) To take from an electronically controlled machine its stored-up information; to erase a computer's programming. (1960)
(psychology) To affect one's mind by using extreme mental pressure or any other mind-affecting process. (e.g. hypnosis)
To persuade completely and forcibly.
brainwave
brainwave
noun
A sudden idea, understanding, or inspiration; a brainstorm
Any of many rhythmic fluctuations of electric potential between parts of the brain, especially those seen on an electroencephalogram
brainwood
brainwork
brainwork
noun
Work done with the brain; mental effort.
branchway
branchway
noun
(poetic) A path or route formed by the branches of trees.
brandwein
brantwood
brasstown
brassware
brassware
noun
Articles made from brass, treated as a group.
brasswork
brasswork
noun
Work or ornamentation made of brass.
bratwurst
bratwurst
noun
A small pork sausage, usually served fried.
brawliest
brawliest
adj
superlative form of brawly: most brawly
brawlsome
brawlsome
adj
Inclined to brawl; quarrelsome.
brawniest
brawniest
adj
superlative form of brawny: most brawny
breakaway
breakaway
adj
(entertainment industry) Enjoying rapid popular success.
(ice hockey) Occurring during or as a result of a breakaway (see Noun)
Capable of breaking off without damaging the larger structure.
Having broken away from a larger unit.
The breakaway republic is slowly establishing order and civil society.
noun
(Australia) A channel of floodwater that has burst from its usual course; or the track or channel eroded by the water.
(Australia) A stampede of animals.
(Australia) An animal that breaks away from a herd.
(Australia, geography) An eroding steep slope on the edge of a plateau; an escarpment.
(boxing) The act of getting away from one's opponent; the separation of the boxers after a spell of infighting.
(cycle racing) A group of riders which has gone ahead of the peloton.
(ice hockey) A situation in the game where one or more players of a team attack towards the goal of the other team without having any defenders in front of them.
(theater) An item of scenery designed to be broken or destroyed during the performance.
A particular yo-yo trick http://yoyo.wikia.com/wiki/Breakaway.
A swing dance in which the leader occasionally swings the follower out into an open position.
The act of breaking away from something.
breakdown
breakdown
noun
(US) Any rapid bluegrass dance tune, especially featuring a five-string banjo.
(US, dated) A noisy, rapid, shuffling dance engaged in competitively by a number of persons or pairs in succession, common in traditional African American music from the Southern United States.
(US, dated) Any noisy dance performed by shuffling the feet, usually by one person at a time.
(chemistry) Breaking of chemical bonds within a compound to produce simpler compounds or elements.
(film, television) A detailed description of a forthcoming project, including the characters and roles required.
(music) The percussion break of songs chosen by a DJ for use in hip-hop music.
(physics) The sudden transition of an electrical insulator to a conductor when subjected to a sufficiently strong voltage, caused by the partial or complete ionization of the insulator.
(sports) A loss of organization (of the parts of a system).
A failure, particularly mechanical in nature.
A musical technique by which the music is stripped down, becoming simpler, varying in heaviness depending on the genre.
A physical collapse or lapse of mental stability.
Listing, division or categorization in great detail.
Something that has experienced a mechanical failure.