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- ADORESthird-person singular simple present indicative of adore
- ADORNSthird-person singular simple present indicative of adorn
- AHOYUsed to hail a ship, a boat or a person, or to attract attention.
- AILMENTSomething which ails one; a disease; sickness.
- ALBINOCongenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); born with albinism.
- ALTOID
- ANGRA
- ANVILSplural of anvil
- AURASplural of aura
- BARET
- BAXTERSplural of baxter
- BEATENDefeated.
- BEGOTo go about; encompass; surround; beset, surround with hostile intent; to overrun.
- BELUGAA whale, Delphinapterus leucas, found in the Arctic Ocean.
- BENTOA Japanese takeaway lunch served in a box, often with the food arranged into an elaborate design.
- BENTOSplural of bento
- BESTOWTo apply or make use of (someone or something); to employ, to use. To apply (money) for some purpose; to expend, to spend.
- BESTOWINGpresent participle and gerund of bestow
- BIDETA low-mounted plumbing fixture or type of sink intended for washing the external genitalia and the anus.
- BIDETSplural of bidet
- BIFOCALHaving two focal lengths.
- BIFOCALSSpectacles that have corrective lenses of two different powers; used by people who need both distance and reading glasses.
- BIFOLDTwofold, double.
- BIRKA birch tree.
- BIRKSplural of birk
- BISMARA kind of steelyard used in Orkney.
- BLASTOIDA member of an extinct class of echinoderms, the Blastoidea.
- BLASTYResembling or characteristic of a blast or explosion.
- BLITZA sudden attack, especially an air raid; usually with reference to the Blitz.
- BLITZEDsimple past and past participle of blitz
- BLITZESplural of blitz
- BLIZARD
- BLUERcomparative form of blue: more blue
- BOASTEDsimple past and past participle of boast
- BODESplural of bode
- BOETA brother; often prefixed informally to a man’s first name.
- BOLDENSthird-person singular simple present indicative of bolden
- BOONA good thing; a thing to be thankful for or to appreciate duly.
- BOOSEA stall for an animal (usually a cow).
- BOOSTEDsimple past and past participle of boost
- BOOTA heavy shoe that covers part of the leg. A kind of sports shoe worn by players of certain games such as cricket and football (historically in the form of boots, now shorter, but s
- BORATEThe oxyanion BO3 or any of several more complex derivatives.
- BORAXA white or gray/grey crystalline salt, found in nature as a mineral, with a slight alkaline taste, used as a flux, in soldering metals, making enamels, fixing colors/colours on por
- BOUNDSplural of bound
- BOUTA period of something, especially one painful or unpleasant, like an illness.
- BOVINEOf, relating to, or characteristic of cattle, buffaloes, or bison.
- BOVINESplural of bovine
- BOWELSThe deepest or innermost part.
- BRASHOverly bold or self-assertive to the point of being insensitive, tactless or impudent; shameless.
- BRASTsimple past of burst
- BREK
- BREMAN
- BREVITYThe quality of being brief in duration.
- BRINESplural of brine
- BRINEY
- BRINYOf, relating to, resembling, or containing brine (“water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt”), such as seawater or tears; salty.
- BRISKENTo become, or make, brisk; to hasten.
- BRISKYSomewhat brisk; lively; energetic.
- BROCKA male badger.
- BRODTo goad or prick.
- BRODSthird-person singular simple present indicative of brod
- BRONG
- BRUTALSavagely violent, vicious, ruthless, or cruel, often in an unintelligent manner.
- BUFFOONOne who performs in a silly or ridiculous fashion; a clown or fool.
- BUNGLERSomeone who makes mistakes because of incompetence.
- BUNGLERSplural of bungler
- BUNKSplural of bunk
- BUNTThe middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard.
- BUNTSplural of bunt
- BUOYSplural of buoy
- BUTANEA hydrocarbon (either of the two isomers of C4H10, n-butane and 2-methylpropane) found in gaseous petroleum fractions.
- BUTCHEREDsimple past and past participle of butcher
- CADENTFalling.
- CADETSplural of cadet
- CALDRONSplural of caldron (alternative spelling of cauldrons).
- CANARYA small, usually yellow, finch (genus Serinus), a songbird native to the Canary Islands.
- CANTORA singer, especially someone who takes a special role of singing or song leading at a ceremony.
- CAPERSplural of caper
- CAPUTThe head.
- CATNIPAny of the about 250 species of flowering plant of the genus Nepeta, family Lamiaceae, certain of which are said to have medicinal qualities.
- CAULD
- CHADSmall pieces of paper punched out from the edges of continuous stationery, or from ballot papers, paper tape, punched cards, etc.
- CHADSplural of chad
- CHIDETo admonish in blame; to reproach angrily.
- CHOD
- CHODA
- CHOL
- CHUTNEYA sweet or savory but usually spicy condiment, originally from eastern India, made from a variety of fruits and/or vegetables, often containing significant amounts of fresh green o
- CLEMTo be hungry; starve.
- CLIMAXEDHaving attained a climax.
- CLITSplural of clit
- CODASplural of coda
- COLTERSplural of colter
- COMAR
- COMETA small Solar System body consisting mainly of volatile ice, dust and particles of rock whose very eccentric solar orbit periodically brings it close enough to the Sun that the ice
- CONDUITA channel or pathway through which something is conducted, carried, etc. A pipe or channel for conveying water, etc.
- CONTOUREDsimple past and past participle of contour
- CONTOURSplural of contour
- CRADLEA bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots.
- CREATETo bring into existence;