Able to be added or deducted in consideration of something.
Appropriate; satisfactory; acceptable.
Intellectually admissible; valid; probable.
Permissible; tolerable; legitimate.
noun
permitted amount or activity.
allowably
allowably
adv
In an allowable manner.
arrowbush
awakeable
awardable
awardable
adj
Capable of being awarded.
backarrow
backswept
backswept
adj
Swept back.
backswing
backswing
noun
(sports) The preparatory stroke preceding that which produces contact with the target. Normally associated with sports using an implement such as a bat, club, racket or stick.
verb
To swing backward.
backsword
backsword
noun
(UK, dated) A stick with a basket handle, used in rustic amusements.
(UK, dated) The game in which the stick is used.
A sword with one sharp edge.
backwards
backwards
adj
Synonym of backward; see usage notes there.
backwater
backwater
noun
(idiomatic) A remote place; somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc.
(paper industry) Water used in the papermaking process. Recycled to reduce usage of fresh water, and usually containing residual amounts of chemicals and fibres.
A rowing stroke in which the oar is pushed forward to stop the boat; see back water
The water held back by a dam or other obstruction
verb
(idiomatic) To vacillate on a long-held position.
To row or paddle a backwater stroke.
backwoods
backwoods
adj
Pertaining to the backwoods.
Rough, uncouth, coarse, or crude in social matters.
noun
A remote or sparsely inhabited region, especially in North America; away from big towns and from the influence of modern life.
Partly or wholly uncleared forest, especially in North America.
backwraps
backwraps
noun
plural of backwrap
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backwrap
baconweed
baconweed
noun
Synonym of pigweed (“the plant Chenopodium album”)
bagataway
bagataway
noun
Alternative form of baggataway
bagwigged
bagwigged
adj
Wearing a bag wig.
bailiwick
bailiwick
noun
A person's concern or sphere of operations, their area of skill or authority.
The district within which a bailie or bailiff has jurisdiction.
bairnwort
baldcrown
ballgowns
ballgowns
noun
plural of ballgown
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ballgown
ballhawks
ballhawks
noun
plural of ballhawk
ballywack
balsawood
balsawood
noun
The wood of the balsa tree.
bandsawed
bandsawed
verb
simple past tense of bandsaw
bandwagon
bandwagon
noun
(figuratively) A current movement that attracts wide support.
A large wagon used to carry a band of musicians in a parade.
bandwidth
bandwidth
noun
(informal) The capacity, energy or time required.
(networking, informal) The rate of data flow in digital networks typically measured in bits per second; the bitrate.
(of a signal) The width of the smallest frequency band within which the signal can fit.
The width, usually measured in hertz, of a frequency band.
bandytown
bangweulu
barbwires
barbwires
noun
plural of barbwire
bardstown
bardstown
Proper noun
a home rule-class city in Kentucky, USA
barleymow
barrowful
barrowful
noun
The amount that can fit in a barrow
barrowist
barrowist
Noun
A follower of (c. 1550–1593), English Puritan and separatist.
barrowman
barrowman
noun
(mining, historical) A putter: one who puts the tubs of coal from the workings to the cranes, flats, or stations, so that they can be conveyed to the surface.
barrytown
bashawdom
bashawism
bashawism
noun
The behaviour of a bashaw.
basilweed
basilweed
noun
The wild basil, Clinopodium vulgare.
basswoods
basswoods
noun
plural of basswood
batchtown
batfowled
batfowler
batfowler
noun
One who takes part in batfowling.
bathwater
bathwater
noun
The water used in a bath (bathtub).
bawdiness
bawdiness
noun
A bawdy remark.
The state or characteristic of being bawdy.
bawdstrot
beachward
beachward
Adverb
Towards a beach.
beachwear
beachwear
noun
Clothing suitable for wearing on the beach, though not necessarily for swimming in.
beachwood
beadworks
beadworks
noun
plural of beadwork
bearwoods
beclowned
beclowned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beclown
becowards
becrawled
becrawled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of becrawl
becrowded
becrowded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of becrowd
bedewoman
bedfellow
bedfellow
noun
(by extension) An associate, often an otherwise improbable one.
One with whom one shares a bed.
bedflower
bedstraws
bedstraws
noun
plural of bedstraw
bedwarfed
bedwarfed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bedwarf
bedwarmer
bedwarmer
noun
(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.