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Word
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Definition
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| babeldom
| a confused sound of voices
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| baccate
| having berries; berry-like
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| bacchanal
| drunkard; reveller
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| bacciferous
| bearing berries
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| bacciform
| shaped like a berry
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| baccivorous
| eating berries
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| bacillicide
| killer of berries
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| backstay
| stay extending from ship's mastheads to the side of the ship
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| bactericide
| killer of bacteria
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| baculiform
| rod-shaped
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| baculine
| of, like or pertaining to the stick or cane; of, like or pertaining to flogging
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| baculum
| penis bone in some mammals
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| baculus
| rod, staff or scepter of power
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| badigeon
| plaster and ground stone mixture for repairing masonry
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| badinage
| playful repartee or banter
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| badious
| chestnut-coloured
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| baedeker
| guide book
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| baetyl
| magical or holy meteoric stone
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| baft
| cheap coarse cotton fabric
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| bagarre
| scuffle or brawl
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| bagging
| coarse fabric for making bags or sacks
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| bagnio
| bathing house
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| bahadur
| self-important official
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| bahuvrihi
| compound word whose second part is a noun but that acts as an adjective
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| bail
| barrier or pole separating horses in an open stable
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| bailivate
| office of a bailiff
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| bailment
| delivery of goods in trust
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| baisemain
| kiss on the hand
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| baize
| coarse napped cotton or wool fabric
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| bakelite
| type of solid plastic
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| balaniferous
| acorn-bearing
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| balanism
| use of suppositories
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| balanoid
| acorn-shaped
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| balatron
| joker; clown
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| balbriggan
| knitted cotton fabric
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| balbutient
| stammering
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| baldachin
| rich embroidered silk and gold fabric
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| baldaquin
| covering or canopy over a throne or altar
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| baldric
| shoulder strap for holding sword
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| balefire
| bonfire or beacon-fire
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| balisaur
| long-tailed badger
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| balistarius
| crossbowman
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| balistraria
| cross-shaped opening in wall for firing arrows
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| balize
| pole mounted on seashore as beacon
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| ballaster
| one who supplies ships with ballast
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| balletomania
| abnormal fondness for ballet
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| ballistocardiograph
| instrument for detecting body movements caused by heartbeat
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| ballistophobia
| fear of missiles
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| ballottement
| diagnosis of pregnancy by applying sharp force to abdomen
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| balmorality
| superficial enthusiasm for Scottish culture
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| balneary
| bath
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| balneology
| the science of the therapeutic use of baths
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| balustrade
| row of columns supporting a stair rail
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| balzarine
| light cotton dress material
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| banausic
| materialistic; merely mechanical; pertaining to workshops
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| bandelet
| small flat moulding around a column
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| banderol
| flat band with an inscription; small banner
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| bandobast
| detailed organization; settlement
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| bandolier
| shoulder belt for carrying ammunition
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| bangtail
| mustang or wild horse
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| bannock
| flat unleavened loaf of bread
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| banquette
| raised way or footway above a parapet
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| bantling
| brat; whelp; bastard child
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| baptistery
| part of church reserved for performing baptisms
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| bar
| unit of pressure of one million dynes per square centimeter
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| baragnosis
| loss of ability to distinguish weight
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| baragouin
| any jargon or unintelligible language
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| barathea
| pebbly silk or worsted fabric with broken rib weave
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| barathrum
| an abyss; an insatiable person
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| barbarocracy
| government by barbarians
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| barbate
| bearded
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| barbette
| earthen terrace inside the parapet of a rampart
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| barbican
| projecting watchtower over the gate of a castle
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| barbigerous
| bearded; bearing a beard
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| barbula
| small tuft of hair just below the lower lip
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| barcarole
| gondolier's song
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| bardel
| pack saddle
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| bardocucullus
| hooded cloak worn by monks
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| bardolatry
| excessive devotion to or worship of Shakespeare
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| barege
| gauzy fabric of silk, cotton, wool, or worsted
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| bargemaster
| owner of a barge
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| barkentine
| three-masted vessel
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| barleycorn
| old unit of length equal to one-third inch
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| barm
| yeast; froth on fermenting liquor
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| barmaster
| local judge among miners
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| barmcloth
| an apron
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| barmkin
| battlement or turret on the outer wall of a castle
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| barn
| unit of area measurement of particles equal to 100 square femtometres
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| barnard
| member of gang of thieves who acts as decoy
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| barodynamics
| science of the support and mechanics of bridges
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| barognosis
| ability to perceive weight
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| barograph
| instrument for recording air pressure
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| barology
| study of gravitation
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| baroscope
| weather-glass
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| barouche
| four-wheeled hooded carriage
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| barracan
| fine silk cloth
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| barracoon
| depot for slaves
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| barras
| coarse linen fabric
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| barrateen
| some kind of fabric
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| barratry
| inciting riot or violence
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| barre
| placing capo or finger across guitar strings
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| barrulet
| narrow heraldic bar
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| bartisan
| parapet or battlement
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| barton
| farmyard
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| baryecoia
| deafness; hardness of hearing
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| baryphonic
| having difficulty speaking
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| bascule
| apparatus of which one end rises as the other sinks
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| basial
| of, like or pertaining to kissing
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| basiation
| kissing
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| basilica
| Roman Catholic church given special privileges
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| basilicon
| kind of ointment
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| bassinet
| light, conical helmet
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| bastinade
| to beat with a stick or baton, especially on the feet
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| bastion
| tower at the corner of a fortification
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| bastle
| fortified house with vaulted ground floor
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| bathmism
| directive evolutionary force
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| batholith
| large mass of intruded igneous rock
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| bathophobia
| fear of falling from a high place
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| bathos
| appearance of the commonplace in elevated matter
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| bathykolpian
| deep-bosomed
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| bathymeter
| instrument for recording contours of deep oceans
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| bathyorographical
| of, like or pertaining to depth underwater or elevation above sea level
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| bathypelagic
| found in the depths of the sea
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| bathysmal
| of, like or pertaining to the depths of the ocean
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| bathythermograph
| instrument for recording water temperature as compared to depth
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| batik
| method of dyeing fabric by covering certain sections with wax
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| batiste
| fine soft sheer fabric of plain weave
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| batology
| the study of brambles
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| batophobia
| fear of heights or being close to tall buildings
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| batrachian
| of, like or pertaining to frogs or toads
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| batrachivorous
| frog-eating
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| batrachophobia
| fear of frogs and toads
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| batraquomancy
| divination using frogs
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| batten
| timber used to fasten down a door or hatch
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| battledore
| bat used to strike shuttlecock; game played with such a bat
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| battology
| futile, futile repetition in speech or writing
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| battue
| indiscriminate slaughter; driving game towards slaughter
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| baud
| unit of data transmission speed of one signal event per second
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| bausond
| having white spots on the forehead
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| bavardage
| chattering; prattle
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| bavian
| insignificant or unskilled poet
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| bavin
| a bundle of brushwood
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| bayadere
| fabric with horizontal stripes in strongly contrasting colours
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| bdellism
| use of leeches for blood-letting
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| bdelloid
| of, like or pertaining to leeches
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| bdellotomy
| act of cutting a leech to increase its suction
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| beadle
| church caretaker or usher
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| beadle
| mace-bearing official of an institution
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| beadsman
| monk or almoner who prays for benefactor
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| beata
| beatified woman
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| Beatlemania
| obsession with the Beatles
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| beatster
| fish net repairer
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| beatus
| beatified man
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| beaupers
| linen fabric used for flags
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| beaver
| hinged face guard on a helmet
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| beblubbered
| disfigured from weeping
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| bechic
| relieving coughs
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| becket
| large hook or bracket used to hold tackle or spars
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| beckets
| rope handles
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| bedaggle
| to soil by dragging along the wet ground
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| bedswerver
| unfaithful spouse
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| bee
| hardwood on either side of bowsprit through which forestays are reeved
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| beele
| double-pointed miner's pick
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| beerocracy
| government by brewers or brewing interests
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| beeskep
| straw beehive
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| beestings
| the first milk drawn from a cow after calving
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| beforetime
| formerly
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| behoof
| a benefit resulting from some course of action
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| bel
| unit of noise intensity equal to ten decibels
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| belay
| to secure a rope by winding on a pin or cleat
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| belcher
| coloured; spotted neckerchief
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| beldam
| an old woman; a hag; an ancestress
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| belemnoid
| shaped like a dart
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| belike
| most likely; probably
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| bellarmine
| large jug with rounded belly and narrow neck
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| bellcote
| ornamental structure to hold one or two large bells
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| bellecism
| inclination towards violence; hawkishness
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| belleter
| bell-founder
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| belliferous
| bringing war
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| belling
| deer's mating call
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| bellipotent
| militarily powerful
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| bellonion
| mechanical instrument combining trumpets and drums
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| bellwether
| one who takes the lead; indicator of trends
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| beloid
| shaped like an arrow
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| belomancy
| divination by means of arrows
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| belonephilia
| sexual obsession with sharp objects
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| belonephobia
| fear of pins and needles
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| belonoid
| shaped like a needle
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| belvedere
| raised covered terrace or pavilion
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| belvedere
| raised turret or lantern on the top of a house
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| bema
| raised part of an Eastern church containing the altar
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| benedict
| a newly married man who has long been a bachelor
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| benefactive
| indicating for whom or which
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| benefic
| kindly; benign; beneficent
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| benefice
| ecclesiastical office to which revenue is attached
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| beneficiate
| to treat ores to remove impurities
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| benet
| exorcist
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| bengaline
| crosswise ribbed fabric
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| benthic
| of, like or pertaining to the depths of the ocean
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| benthos
| flora and fauna of the ocean floor
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| berceau
| covered walk
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| berceuse
| lullaby
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| bergamask
| country dance
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| berge
| spy glass or telescope
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| berlin
| four-wheeled covered carriage
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| berline
| crude winter sled
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| berm
| narrow shelf or ledge at the top or bottom of a slope
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| bersatrix
| baby-sitter
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| besom
| curler's broom
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| bestiarian
| individual opposed to vivisection
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| bestiocracy
| rule by beasts
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| bethel
| a place of worship for seamen; nonconformist chapel
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| betimes
| in short time; speedily
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| bêtise
| foolish act or situation
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| betwixt
| between
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| bewray
| to reveal; to betray; to divulge
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| bezel
| oblique side or face of a cut gem
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| bezesteen
| Eastern marketplace
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| bezique
| card game played with two decks of cards
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| bezoar
| stony material found in ruminants' stomachs
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| bialate
| two-winged
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| biarchy
| government by two people; diarchy
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| bibacious
| overly fond of drinking
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| bibelot
| trinket; miniature book of elegant design
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| bibitory
| of, like or pertaining or pertaining to drinking
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| biblioclasm
| destruction of books or the Bible
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| bibliogenesis
| production of books
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| bibliognost
| well-read individual; person with wide knowledge of books
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| biblioklept
| book-thief
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| bibliolatry
| worship of the Bible or other books
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| bibliology
| study of books
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| bibliomancy
| divination by opening a book at random
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| bibliomania
| craze for books or reading
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| bibliopegist
| bookbinder
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| bibliophagist
| one who devours books, literally or figuratively
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| bibliophily
| love or fondness for books or reading
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| bibliophobia
| fear of books
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| bibliopoesy
| making of books
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| bibliopolist
| bookseller
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| bibliopoly
| bookselling
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| bibliotaph
| one who hoards or hides books
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| bibliotics
| study of documents to determine authenticity
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| bibulous
| addicted to alcohol
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| bicapitate
| two-headed
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| bickern
| anvil pointed at both ends
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| bicollateral
| having two identical sides
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| bicorn
| having two horns or points
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| biddery
| metal alloy inlaid with silver and/or gold
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| bidenticulate
| having two teeth
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| biduous
| lasting two days
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| bienséance
| something appropriate or proper
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| bifarious
| organized in two rows
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| bifid
| divided in two by a deep split
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| bifilar
| having two threads
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| bigential
| consisting of two races, genera, or subspecies
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| biggin
| a building
|
| bight
| a wide bay; a bend or coil in a rope
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| bijugate
| having heads on both sides of a coin
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| bilbo
| iron bar used to shackle prisoners' feet
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| bilge
| lower point of inner hull of a ship
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| bilious
| ill-tempered; very unpleasant
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| billingsgate
| coarsely abusive language
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| billon
| base metal, alloy of copper, tin or silver
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| bilocation
| ability to be in two places at once
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| biloquist
| one capable of speaking with two distinct voices
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| bimetallism
| currency exchange on both the gold and silver standards
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| binarchy
| government by two people; diarchy
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| binate
| doubled; coupled
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| binaural
| of, pertaining to or heard by both ears
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| bindle
| blanket roll
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| binnacle
| case in which a ship's compass is kept
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| binotonous
| consisting or comprised of two musical tones
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| biobibliography
| annotated biographical bibliography
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| biocenosis
| state of association of creatures in a certain region
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| biocentric
| having life as main principle
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| biocide
| killing living material
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| bioecology
| study of interaction of life in the environment
|
| biogenesis
| theory that all life is derived from living matter alone
|
| biognosy
| general study or theory of life
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| biolith
| rock formed by living creatures
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| biometrics
| study of biological measurement
|
| bionergy
| vital essence or force
|
| bionomics
| study of organisms interacting in their environments
|
| biopic
| film telling the life-story of a celebrity
|
| biotaxy
| classification of living organisms
|
| biotope
| region of uniform environment and types of organisms
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| bipennate
| two-winged
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| biramous
| forked; with two branches
|
| bireme
| rowed ship or galley with two banks of oars
|
| biretta
| square three-ridged cap worn by Catholic clergy
|
| birl
| to make a log spin by walking on it
|
| birostrate
| double-beaked
|
| bis
| twice; in two places
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| biserial
| in two rows or columns
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| bismer
| shame; disgrace; scorn
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| bisociation
| association of an object with two or more ideas
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| bisontine
| of, like or pertaining to bison
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| bistoury
| narrow surgical knife
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| bistre
| pigment with brownish colour derived from soot
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| bisulcate
| cloven-footed; cleft in two
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| bitheism
| belief in two gods
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| bitts
| posts mounted on a ship for fastening ropes
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| biune
| combining two entities into one
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| biverbal
| of, like or pertaining to two words; having a double sense
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| bivious
| offering a choice; splitting between two directions
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| blackguard
| a menial helper
|
| blackguard
| to vituperate; to portray as a scoundrel
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| blackmaster
| undertaker
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| blague
| humbug; pretentious nonsense
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| blain
| a boil or blister
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| blandiloquence
| complimentary speech; flattery
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| blandish
| to flatter and coax; to cajole
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| blarney
| skilful flattery
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| blastogenesis
| reproduction by budding
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| blattnerphone
| instrument used to record sound on magnetic tape
|
| blattoid
| of, like or pertaining to cockroaches
|
| blauwbok
| extinct bluish-coloured antelope of southern Africa
|
| blazon
| heraldic arms painted on knight's shield or surcoat
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| blench
| to shrink or flinch
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| blendling
| hybrid
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| blendure
| mixing
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| blennoid
| of or resembling mucus
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| blennophobia
| fear of slime
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| blepharal
| of, like or pertaining to eyelids
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| bletcherous
| having an ugly design
|
| bletherskate
| a garrulous talker of nonsense
|
| bletonism
| alleged ability to find an underground water supply
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| blewit
| type of edible toadstool
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| blissom
| subject to or having strong sexual desires
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| bloomery
| factory where iron bars are manufactured
|
| bloviate
| to write or speak windily
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| blucher
| leather half-boot
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| bluepeter
| blue flag with white square in centre used as ship's signal
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| bluestocking
| early feminist; educated or literary woman
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| blunge
| to mix clay with water
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| blype
| piece of skin that peels off after a sunburn
|
| boanerges
| skilled orator with powerful voice
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| boatswain
| ship's crewmember in charge of equipment and maintenance
|
| bobeche
| circular wax catcher that fits over a candle
|
| bobstay
| rope used on ships to steady the bowsprit
|
| bocking
| smoked herring
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| bodach
| old man; churl; goblin or spectre
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| bodement
| prediction or prophecy
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| bodewash
| cow dung
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| bodge
| piece of poor or clumsy workmanship
|
| bodkin
| small tool for pricking holes; small dagger
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| boeotian
| stupid; dull
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| boethetic
| helpful, curative
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| bogan
| quiet tributary or backwater
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| boggart
| spectre; bugbear; goblin
|
| bolar
| of, like or pertaining to clay
|
| bolection
| moulding around a panel
|
| bolero
| Spanish dance with sudden pauses and sharp turns
|
| bolide
| large meteor that bursts; a fireball
|
| bollard
| short post on a wharf or ship to which ropes are tied
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| bolometer
| instrument for measuring radiant energy or infrared light
|
| bolthead
| straight-necked distillation vessel or flask
|
| boltrope
| strong rope stitched to edges of a sail
|
| bolus
| rounded mass
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| boman
| well dressed criminal
|
| bombaster
| one who stuffs or pads things
|
| bombastry
| bombastic language or composition
|
| bombazine
| twilled silk and worsted fabric
|
| bombé
| bulging outwards
|
| bombic
| of, like or pertaining to silkworms
|
| bombilate
| to hum, buzz or drone
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| bombosity
| the buttocks
|
| bombous
| convex; rounded
|
| bombycine
| of, like or pertaining to silk or cotton
|
| bombylious
| humming or buzzing
|
| bonasus
| bison
|
| bonbonnière
| small box used for sweetmeats
|
| bonce
| large marble used in games
|
| bonification
| paying of bonus or reward
|
| boniform
| having the form of good
|
| bonify
| to improve or ameliorate
|
| boning
| estimating straightness by looking along a row of poles
|
| bonism
| the doctrine that the world is good but not perfect
|
| bonzery
| Buddhist monastery
|
| bonzoline
| artificial ivory-like substance used to make billiard balls
|
| boodle
| counterfeit money; funds obtained by corruption
|
| boopic
| ox-eyed
|
| borage
| rough-stemmed herb used in salads
|
| borasco
| violent wind squall
|
| borato
| thin fabric
|
| borborology
| filthy talk
|
| borborygmus
| rumbling noise in the intestines
|
| bordar
| tenant who holds land at his lord's pleasure
|
| bordereau
| detailed bill or invoice
|
| bordure
| border surrounding a heraldic shield
|
| bore
| tidal flow of water up estuaries
|
| borné
| limited; narrow-minded
|
| borsella
| instrument for shaping glass vessels
|
| bort
| diamond fragments or dust
|
| borzoi
| wolf-hound
|
| boscage
| thick foliage; woodland
|
| boschveldt
| bush country; wilderness
|
| bosket
| thicket; plantation
|
| bosky
| covered with trees or shrubs
|
| bossa-nova
| Brazilian dance similar to samba
|
| bosselated
| knobby
|
| boston
| waltz-like dance
|
| bosun
| boatswain
|
| bot
| larva of a botfly that infests horses
|
| botanomancy
| divination using burning branches or plants
|
| botryoidal
| like a bunch of grapes
|
| bottine
| small boot
|
| bottomry
| using the ship as collateral to finance a sea voyage
|
| bottony
| having three buds like a trefoil
|
| bouclé
| fabric of uneven looped yarn
|
| bouillotte
| card game resembling poker
|
| bouleuterion
| meeting-place; assembly hall
|
| bouleversement
| overturning; reversal; ruin
|
| boult
| to sift through cloth; to examine by sifting
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| boun
| to prepare; to dress; to set out
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| bourasque
| tempest
|
| bourdon
| drone bass of a bagpipe or organ
|
| bourrée
| French baroque dance with quick rhythm
|
| boustrophedon
| writing alternating left-right then right-left
|
| boutade
| sudden outburst
|
| bovicide
| slaughter of cattle; one who kills cattle
|
| boviform
| cow-shaped
|
| bower
| anchor carried at bow of a ship
|
| bowery
| seedy or run-down district of a city
|
| bowline
| rope used to keep weather edge of a sail taut
|
| bowsprit
| spar that extends at bows of a ship
|
| boyau
| communication trench
|
| boyg
| a problem difficult to get to grips with
|
| brabble
| to squabble or quarrel
|
| braccate
| having feathered legs or feet
|
| bracciale
| bracket or socket mounted on a wall
|
| brach
| female hunting hound
|
| brachet
| whelp; brat; bitch hound
|
| brachiation
| act of swinging by one's arms from place to place
|
| brachiferous
| bearing or having branches or arms
|
| brachiotomy
| amputation of an arm
|
| brachycatalectic
| lacking two syllables from end of a line of verse
|
| brachycerous
| having horns or antennae clipped or removed
|
| brachydactylous
| having short or stubby fingers
|
| brachymetropia
| short-sightedness
|
| brachyology
| laconic, abbreviated or interrupted speech
|
| brachypodous
| short-legged
|
| brachypterous
| short-winged
|
| brackish
| saltish; very salty
|
| brackle
| to break bread or cake into pieces
|
| bracteate
| thin beaten plate of gold or silver
|
| bradawl
| small boring tool
|
| bradyseism
| slow up-and-down movement of the earth's crust
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| brail
| leather strap to bind a hawk's wing
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| brails
| ropes on edge of sail for hauling up
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| braird
| to appear above ground (of crops)
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| branchial
| of, like or pertaining to gills
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| branchiferous
| having or bearing gills
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| branchiform
| gill-shaped
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| brandling
| striped earthworm used as fishing bait
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| brank
| to prance; toss the head; to strut
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| bransle
| an old French follow-the-leader dance
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| brasero
| a place where criminals and heretics are burned
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| brash
| collection of broken pieces of rock or ice
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| brassage
| difference between cost of minting coin and its value
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| brassard
| badge worn on the arm; piece of armour for the arm
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| brattice
| fixed tower of wood on a castle wall
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| brattice
| partition in mine shaft used to support walls and roof
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| braxy
| disease of sheep causing fits
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| brayer
| instrument for spreading ink in printing
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| bream
| to clean a ship's bottom by burning off seaweed
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| breastsummer
| beam supporting front of a building; bressummer
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| breccia
| geological formation of angular fragments of rock
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| breedbate
| someone looking for an argument
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| brehon
| judge or magistrate in ancient Ireland
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| breloque
| an ornament attached to a watch
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| breme
| fierce; cruel; keen
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| bressummer
| beam supporting a wall over an opening
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| bretasche
| partition to control ventilation in a mine
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| breve
| mark over letter to indicate a short vowel sound
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| brevet
| commission enabling officer to take higher rank
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| breviary
| book containing daily church service
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| breviate
| a brief compendium; a lawyer's brief
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| brevicaudate
| short-tailed
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| breviloquence
| short-windedness; tendency towards brevity in speech
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| breviped
| short-legged creature
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| brevipennate
| having short wings
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| briarean
| many-handed
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| bricole
| harness for humans to pull heavy loads
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| bridewell
| house of corrections; jail
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| bridgewater
| anything undesirable or worthless
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| bridoon
| light military bridle
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| brigandine
| leather armour with metal scales
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| brigantine
| two-masted ship
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| brigue
| to intrigue
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| brilliantine
| light lustrous cotton and worsted fabric
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| brilliantine
| perfumed oil for making hair glossy
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| brindled
| marked with streaks or spots
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| brio
| enthusiastic vigour
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| brisure
| part of a parapet breaking from the general direction
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| britska
| open four-wheeled carriage
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| broadcloth
| dense twilled wool or worsted fabric
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| brobdingnagian
| immense
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| brocade
| rich silk fabric with raised patterns
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| brocard
| elementary law or principle; canon; axiom; maxim
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| broch
| luminous ring around the moon
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| broché
| with raised pattern
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| brochette
| skewer for holding food steady while cooking
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| brocken
| two-year-old stag
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| brockfaced
| having a white mark on the face or snout
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| brodequin
| light boot worn inside heavier boots
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| broderie
| embroidery pattern
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| brogan
| strong and tough working shoe
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| broma
| food; aliment
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| bromatology
| study of food
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| bromidrosis
| strong-smelling sweat
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| bromopnea
| bad breath
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| bronchos
| temporary loss of voice; laryngitis
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| bronchoscope
| instrument for examining the windpipe
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| brontology
| scientific study of thunder
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| brontomancy
| divination using thunder
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| brontophobia
| fear of thunder and lightning
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| brouette
| small two-wheeled carriage
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| brougham
| one-horse closed carriage
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| bruit
| something rumoured widely; to report or spread rumour
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| brumal
| of, like or pertaining to winter
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| brumous
| foggy; wintry
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| brunneous
| dark brown
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| bruxism
| habitual grinding of the teeth
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| bruxomania
| compulsion for grinding teeth
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| bryology
| the study of mosses and liverworts
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| bubaline
| of, like or pertaining to buffalo or antelopes
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| bubonalgia
| painful inflammation of the groin
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| buccal
| of, like or pertaining to the mouth or cheek
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| buccan
| metal frame on which meat is dried and/or roasted
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| buccina
| Roman curved trumpet
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| buccinal
| shaped or sounding like a trumpet
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| buccula
| double chin
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| bucentaur
| legendary half-man and half-ox
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| buck-and-wing
| solo tap dance with many leg flings and leaps
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| buckram
| stiff-finished cotton or linen used for linings of garments
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| bucoliast
| writer of pastoral poems
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| bucolic
| of, like or pertaining to the tending of cattle; rustic; rural
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| buddle
| sloping container for washing ore
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| bufoniform
| shaped like a toad
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| bufotenine
| hallucinogen found in certain tropical toads
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| buhl
| inlaying of precious material onto furniture
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| bulbiferous
| bearing bulbs
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| bulgur
| cooked broken wheat
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| bulimy
| extreme hunger
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| bulla
| round seal attached to a papal bull
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| bullace
| wild plum
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| bullantic
| capitalized and ornamented, as letters used on papal bulls
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| bullary
| collection of papal bulls
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| bullate
| having a blistered or puckered appearance
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| bulliform
| shaped like a blister or boil
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| bullionism
| belief in the importance of metallic currency in economics
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| bullition
| the act of boiling
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| bullock
| an ox or castrated bull
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| bullyrag
| to assault with abusive language; to badger
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| bulse
| a small bag for diamonds or gold dust
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| bulwark
| the side of a ship above the deck
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| bumboat
| small boat used in harbours to carry provisions
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| bumicky
| cement mixed with stone chips used in masonry
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| bummel
| stroll; leisurely journey
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| bump
| coarse cotton fabric
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| bumpkin
| spar projecting from stern of ship
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| bumptious
| offensively conceited or self-assertive
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| buncombe
| speech-making intended for the mass media
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| bunt
| middle of sail, fish-net or cloth when slack
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| bunting
| light loosely woven fabric used for flags
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| buntline
| rope attached to middle of square sail to haul it up to the yard
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| burdet
| cotton fabric
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| burgage
| tenure in socage for a yearly rent
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| burganet
| light helmet with nose and cheek protection
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| burgee
| small ship's flag used for identification or signalling
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| burgensic
| of, like or pertaining to a borough or its citizens
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| burgrave
| commander of a German town or castle
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| burke
| to suppress quietly; to bypass or avoid
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| burlap
| coarse plain-woven jute or hemp fabric
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| burnet
| dark brown; dark woollen cloth
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| burrel
| coarse russet cloth
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| burrole
| an eavesdropper
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| burrstone
| type of rock used to make millstones
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| bursal
| of, like or pertaining to a state's revenues
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| bursary
| treasury of a monastery or college
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| burse
| square cloth case to carry the corporal during Communion service
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| bursiculate
| resembling a small pouch
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| bursiform
| shaped like a pouch or purse
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| buskin
| tragedy as a dramatic genre
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| buss
| rude or playful kiss
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| buteonine
| of, like or pertaining to buzzards
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| butt
| unit of volume equal to two hogsheads or 126 gallons
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| buttery
| storeroom for provisions and liquors
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| butyraceous
| resembling, producing or having the qualities of butter
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| butyric
| of, like or pertaining to butter
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| byre
| a cow barn
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| byrnie
| coat of mail or breastplate
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| byssaceous
| delicately filamentous
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| byssiferous
| having tufts or threads
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| byssine
| silky; soft; having many threads
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| byssoid
| fibrous; cottony soft
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| byssus
| mummy-wrapping fabric
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| bywoner
| agricultural labourer
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