(postpositive) Characterized by a high level of activity or gossip; in a buzz (“feeling or rush of energy or excitement”), buzzing.
baiza
baize
baize
noun
(dated) A coarse woolen material with a long nap; usually dyed in plain colors.
A thick, soft, usually woolen cloth resembling felt; often colored green and used for coverings on card tables, billiard and snooker tables, etc.
verb
To cover or line with baize.
balza
bazar
bazar
noun
Obsolete spelling of bazaar
bazil
bazil
noun
Alternative form of basil (a tanned sheepskin)
bazin
bazoo
bazoo
noun
(Canada, US, dated) A simple wind instrument, such as a kazoo or tin horn.
(US, slang) A person's mouth.
beitz
benzo
benzo
adj
(organic chemistry) Of a ring compound, especially a heterocycle, which also has a fused benzene ring.
noun
(informal) Clipping of benzodiazepine.
(organic chemistry) A divalent radical formed by the removal of two adjacent hydrogen atoms from a benzene ring.
(organic chemistry) Sometimes used in place of the phenyl group.
bezae
bezan
bezel
bezel
noun
(computing) The area on the front of a computing device surrounding the display.
(computing) The panel that covers the front of a computer case, or the panel covering each drive bay that can be removed to install a removable drive that requires external access, such as a CD/DVD-ROM drive, which usually has its own preinstalled bezel.
The oblique side or face of a cut gem; especially the upper faceted portion of a brilliant (diamond), which projects from its setting.
The rim and flange which encompasses and fastens a jewel or other object, such as the crystal of a watch, in the cavity in which it is set.
The sloping edge or face on a cutting tool.
bezil
bezil
noun
Alternative form of bezel
bezzi
bezzi
noun
plural of bezzo
bezzo
bezzo
noun
(historical) An old silver Venetian coin worth half a soldo.
bizel
bizen
bizen
noun
(UK dialects, Northern England, Scotland) Something serving as a warning or an example to be avoided.
(UK dialects, Northern England, Scotland, rare, obsolete) Something monstrous or portentous; a shocking sight; sorry spectacle; disgraceful thing.
bizes
bizet
bizet
noun
The upper faceted portion of a brilliant-cut diamond, which projects from the setting and occupies the zone between the girdle and the table.
blatz
blaze
blaze
noun
(color) A high-visibility orange colour, typically used in warning signs and hunters' clothing.
(poker) A hand consisting of five face cards.
A bursting out, or active display of any quality.
A fire, especially a fast-burning fire producing a lot of flames and light.
A spot made on trees by chipping off a piece of the bark, usually as a surveyor's mark.
Intense, direct light accompanied with heat.
Publication; the act of spreading widely by report
The white or lighter-coloured markings on a horse's face.
verb
(figurative) To be furiously angry; to speak or write in a rage.
(intransitive) To be on fire, especially producing bright flames.
(intransitive) To send forth or reflect a bright light; shine like a flame.
(intransitive, poetic) To be conspicuous; shine brightly a brilliancy (of talents, deeds, etc.).
(slang) To smoke marijuana.
(transitive) To blow, as from a trumpet
(transitive) To cause to shine forth; exhibit vividly; be resplendent with.
(transitive) To disclose; bewray; defame
(transitive) To indicate or mark out (a trail, especially through vegetation) by a series of blazes.
(transitive) To publish; announce publicly
(transitive) To set a mark on (as a tree, usually by cutting off a piece of its bark).
(transitive, figurative) To set a precedent for the taking-on of a challenge; lead by example.
(transitive, heraldry) To blazon
(transitive, only in the past participle) To mark with a white spot on the face (as a horse).
(transitive, rare) To set in a blaze; burn.
blazy
blitz
blitz
noun
(cooking) The act of blending or puréeing food using a blender or processor.
(countable) A sudden attack, especially an air raid; usually with reference to the Blitz.
(countable) A swift and overwhelming attack or effort.
(countable, American football) A play in which additional defenders beyond the defensive linemen rush the passer.
(uncountable, chess) Short for blitz chess.
verb
(intransitive, American football) To perform a blitz.
(transitive) To attack quickly or suddenly, as by an air raid or similar action.
(transitive, cooking) To purée or chop (food products) using a food processor or blender.
(transitive, informal) To do something quickly or in one session.
blizz
bonze
bonze
noun
A Buddhist monk or priest in East Asia.
booze
booze
noun
(colloquial, countable, archaic) A session of drinking alcohol; a drinking party.
(colloquial, uncountable) Any alcoholic beverage. (Especially hard liquor.)
verb
(slang) To drink alcohol.
boozy
boozy
adj
(of a person) Inclined to consume a significant amount of alcohol.
(of a person) Intoxicated by alcohol.
(of an event) Involving a large consumption of alcohol.
(of food) Containing or cooked with alcohol.
bortz
bortz
noun
Diamond of inferior quality, commonly used for drill tips; abrasive diamond powder; bort.
bozal
bozal
adj
(historical) Of a slave, recently brought to a colony from Africa.
noun
(historical) A (black) slave recently brought to a (European, especially Spanish) colony from Africa.
(uncommon) Alternative form of bosal (“noseband on a horse”)
bozen
bozoo
bozos
bozos
noun
plural of bozo
bozze
braza
braza
noun
(historical) Synonym of estado, a traditional Spanish unit of length equivalent to about 1.67 m.
braze
braze
noun
A kind of small charcoal used for roasting ore.
verb
(obsolete) To burn or temper in fire.
(transitive) To cover with brass, or as with brass.
To join two metal pieces, without melting them, using heat and diffusion of a jointing alloy of capillary thickness.
bretz
briza
brize
brize
noun
The breezefly.
brizo
brizz
bruzz
buaze
buaze
noun
A strong fiber produced from Securidaca longipedunculata, a small tree of Africa.
burez
buzzy
buzzy
adj
(informal) Being the subject of cultural buzz.
(informal) Using a large number of buzzwords.
Having a buzzing sound.
byzas
dzoba
ibiza
ibiza
Proper noun
One of the Balearic Islands of Spain.
jabez
obaza
sabzi
sabzi
noun
(India) Any green vegetable.
(India) The larger leaves and the seed capsules of Indian hemp which are used to make bhang.
uzbak
uzbeg
uzbek
zabra
zabra
noun
A small sailing vessel used off the coasts of Spain and Portugal.
zabti
zabti
noun
Alternative form of zabt (“Indian land revenue system”)
zambo
zebec
zebra
zebra
noun
(informal) A fish, the zebra cichlid.
(medicine, slang) An unlikely diagnosis, especially for symptoms probably caused by a common ailment. (Originates in the advice often given to medical students: "when you hear hoofbeats, think of horses, not zebras".)
(sports, slang) A referee.
(vulgar, derogatory, slang, ethnic slur) A biracial person, specifically one born to a member of the Sub-Saharan African race and a Caucasian.
A zebra crossing.
Any of three species of subgenus Hippotigris: E. grevyi, E. quagga, or E. zebra, all with black and white stripes and native to Africa.
Any of various papilionid butterflies of the subgenus Paranticopsis of the genus Graphium, having black and white markings.
zebub
zebub
noun
(archaic) Synonym of zimb
zebus
zebus
noun
plural of zebu
zeeba
zibet
zibet
noun
(archaic) The large Indian civet (Viverra zibetha).
zimbi
zimbi
noun
(archaic) A cowrie shell, once used as a form of currency in parts of Africa.
zineb
zineb
noun
An organic fungicide and insecticide sprayed on cereal grasses, fruit trees, etc.