birch | (noun) a switch consisting of a twig or a bundle of twigs from a birch tree; used to hit people as punishment | Synonyms: birch rod |
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(noun) any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark | Synonyms: birch tree |
(noun) hard close-grained wood of any of various birch trees; used especially in furniture and interior finishes and plywood | - |
birchbark | (noun) a canoe made with the bark of a birch tree | Synonyms: birch bark, birchbark canoe |
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birdbath | (noun) an ornamental basin (usually in a garden) for birds to bathe in | - |
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birdhouse | (noun) a shelter for birds | - |
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birth | (noun) the event of being born | Synonyms: nascence, nascency, nativity |
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(noun) a baby born; an offspring | - |
(noun) the process of giving birth | Synonyms: birthing, giving birth, parturition |
(noun) the kinship relation of an offspring to the parents | Synonyms: parentage |
(noun) the time when something begins (especially life) | - |
birthday | (noun) an anniversary of the day on which a person was born (or the celebration of it) | - |
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(noun) the date on which a person was born | Synonyms: natal day |
birthing | (noun) the process of giving birth | Synonyms: birth, giving birth, parturition |
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birthmark | (noun) a blemish on the skin that is formed before birth | Synonyms: nevus |
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birthplace | (noun) the place where someone was born | Synonyms: place of birth |
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(noun) where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence | Synonyms: cradle, place of origin, provenance, provenience |
birthrate | (noun) the ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year | Synonyms: birth rate, fertility, fertility rate, natality |
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birthright | (noun) a right or privilege that you are entitled to at birth | - |
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(noun) an inheritance coming by right of birth (especially by primogeniture) | Synonyms: patrimony |
birthroot | (noun) trillium of eastern North America having malodorous pink to purple flowers and an astringent root used in folk medicine especially to ease childbirth | Synonyms: purple trillium, red trillium, Trillium erectum |
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birthwort | (noun) creeping plant having curving flowers thought to resemble fetuses; native to Europe; naturalized Great Britain and eastern North America | Synonyms: Aristolochia clematitis |
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bishop | (noun) (chess) a piece that can be moved diagonally over unoccupied squares of the same color | - |
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(noun) port wine mulled with oranges and cloves | - |
(noun) a senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ | - |
bishopric | (noun) the territorial jurisdiction of a bishop | Synonyms: diocese, episcopate |
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bishopry | (noun) the office and dignity of a bishop | Synonyms: episcopate |
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bismuth | (noun) a heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically); usually recovered as a by-product from ores of other metals | Synonyms: atomic number 83, Bi |
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bitch | (noun) female of any member of the dog family | - |
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(noun) informal terms for objecting | Synonyms: beef, gripe, kick, squawk |
(noun) a person (usually but not necessarily a woman) who is thoroughly disliked | Synonyms: cunt |
(noun) an unpleasant difficulty | - |
bitchery | (noun) aggressive remarks and behavior like that of a spiteful malicious woman | - |
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bitchiness | (noun) malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty | Synonyms: cattiness, nastiness, spite, spitefulness |
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bitthead | (noun) the upper end of a bitt | - |
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blabbermouth | (noun) someone who gossips indiscreetly | Synonyms: talebearer, taleteller, tattler, tattletale, telltale |
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blackfish | (noun) female salmon that has recently spawned | - |
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(noun) small dark-colored whale of the Atlantic coast of the United States; the largest male acts as pilot or leader for the school | Synonyms: black whale, common blackfish, Globicephala melaena, pilot whale |
(noun) large dark-colored food fish of the Atlantic coast of North America | Synonyms: tautog, Tautoga onitis |
blackhead | (noun) a black-tipped plug clogging a pore of the skin | Synonyms: comedo |
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blackheart | (noun) heart cherry with dark flesh and skin | Synonyms: blackheart cherry |
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(noun) any of various diseases in which the central tissues blacken | - |
blacksmith | (noun) a smith who forges and shapes iron with a hammer and anvil | - |
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blackthorn | (noun) erect and almost thornless American hawthorn with somewhat pear-shaped berries | Synonyms: Crataegus calpodendron, Crataegus tomentosa, pear haw, pear hawthorn |
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(noun) a thorny Eurasian bush with plumlike fruits | Synonyms: Prunus spinosa, sloe |
blackwash | (noun) a wash that colors a surface black | - |
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(noun) a mixture of calomel and limewater that is used on syphilitic sores | Synonyms: black lotion |
(noun) an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation | Synonyms: assassination, character assassination |
blah | (noun) pompous or pretentious talk or writing | Synonyms: bombast, claptrap, fustian, rant |
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blahs | (noun) a general feeling of boredom and dissatisfaction | - |
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blameworthiness | (noun) a state of guilt | Synonyms: culpability, culpableness |
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blandishment | (noun) the act of urging by means of teasing or flattery | Synonyms: wheedling |
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(noun) flattery intended to persuade | Synonyms: cajolery, palaver |
blasphemer | (noun) a person who speaks disrespectfully of sacred things | - |
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blasphemy | (noun) blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character | Synonyms: desecration, profanation, sacrilege |
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(noun) blasphemous language (expressing disrespect for God or for something sacred) | - |
blastosphere | (noun) early stage of an embryo produced by cleavage of an ovum; a liquid-filled sphere whose wall is composed of a single layer of cells; during this stage (about eight days after fertilization) implantation in the wall of the uterus occurs | Synonyms: blastula |
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blather | (noun) foolish gibberish | Synonyms: blatherskite |
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blatherskite | (noun) foolish gibberish | Synonyms: blather |
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bleach | (noun) the act of whitening something by bleaching it (exposing it to sunlight or using a chemical bleaching agent) | - |
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(noun) the whiteness that results from removing the color from something | - |
(noun) an agent that makes things white or colorless | Synonyms: blanching agent, bleaching agent, whitener |
bleacher | (noun) a worker who bleaches (cloth or flour etc.) | - |
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bleachers | (noun) (used in the plural) an outdoor grandstand without a roof; patrons are exposed to the sun as linens are when they are bleached | - |
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blemish | (noun) a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body) | Synonyms: defect, mar |
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blepharism | (noun) condition in which a person blinks continuously | - |
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blepharitis | (noun) inflammation of the eyelids characterized by redness and swelling and dried crusts | - |
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blepharospasm | (noun) spasm of the eyelid muscle resulting in closure of the eye | - |
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blether | (noun) idle or foolish and irrelevant talk | Synonyms: chin music, idle talk, prate, prattle |
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blight | (noun) a state or condition being blighted | - |
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(noun) any plant disease resulting in withering without rotting | - |
blighter | (noun) a persistently annoying person | Synonyms: cuss, gadfly, pest, pesterer |
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(noun) a boy or man | Synonyms: bloke, chap, cuss, fella, feller, fellow, gent, lad |
blitheness | (noun) a feeling of spontaneous good spirits | Synonyms: cheerfulness |
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blockhead | (noun) a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence | Synonyms: bonehead, dumbass, dunce, dunderhead, fuckhead, hammerhead, knucklehead, loggerhead, lunkhead, muttonhead, numskull, shithead |
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blockhouse | (noun) a stronghold that is reinforced for protection from enemy fire; with apertures for defensive fire | - |
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bloodbath | (noun) indiscriminate slaughter | Synonyms: battue, bloodletting, bloodshed |
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bloodhound | (noun) a breed of large powerful hound of European origin having very acute smell and used in tracking | Synonyms: sleuthhound |
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bloodshed | (noun) indiscriminate slaughter | Synonyms: battue, bloodbath, bloodletting |
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(noun) the shedding of blood resulting in murder | Synonyms: gore |
bloodthirstiness | (noun) a disposition to shed blood | Synonyms: bloodiness |
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blotch | (noun) an irregularly shaped spot | Synonyms: splodge, splotch |
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blowfish | (noun) any of numerous marine fishes whose elongated spiny body can inflate itself with water or air to form a globe; several species contain a potent nerve poison; closely related to spiny puffers | Synonyms: globefish, puffer, pufferfish |
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(noun) delicacy that is highly dangerous because of a potent nerve poison in ovaries and liver | Synonyms: puffer, pufferfish, sea squab |
blowhard | (noun) a very boastful and talkative person | Synonyms: boaster, braggart, bragger, line-shooter, vaunter |
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blowhole | (noun) a hole for the escape of gas or air | Synonyms: vent-hole, vent, venthole |
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(noun) the spiracle of a cetacean located far back on the skull | - |
blowtorch | (noun) a burner that mixes air and gas to produce a very hot flame | Synonyms: blowlamp, torch |
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blucher | (noun) a high shoe with laces over the tongue | - |
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bluefish | (noun) bluish warm-water marine food and game fish that follow schools of small fishes into shallow waters | Synonyms: Pomatomus saltatrix |
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(noun) fatty bluish flesh of bluefish | - |
bluehead | (noun) small Atlantic wrasse the male of which has a brilliant blue head | Synonyms: Thalassoma bifasciatum |
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bluethroat | (noun) songbird of northern Europe and Asia | Synonyms: Erithacus svecicus |
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bluishness | (noun) The quality of being somewhat blue or having a tinge of blue. | - |
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blush | (noun) sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty) | Synonyms: flush |
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(noun) makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks | Synonyms: blusher, paint, rouge |
(noun) a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health | Synonyms: bloom, flush, rosiness |
blusher | (noun) makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks | Synonyms: blush, paint, rouge |
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(noun) yellowish edible agaric that usually turns red when touched | Synonyms: Amanita rubescens, blushing mushroom |
boardinghouse | (noun) a private house that provides accommodations and meals for paying guests | Synonyms: boarding house |
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boarfish | (noun) fish with a projecting snout | Synonyms: Capros aper |
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(noun) fish with large eyes and long snouts | - |
boarhound | (noun) large hound used in hunting wild boars | - |
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boathouse | (noun) a shed at the edge of a river or lake; used to store boats | - |
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boatmanship | (noun) skill in handling boats | - |
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bobsleigh | (noun) a long racing sled (for 2 or more people) with a steering mechanism | Synonyms: bob, bobsled |
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(noun) formerly two short sleds coupled together | Synonyms: bobsled |
bobwhite | (noun) a popular North American game bird; named for its call | Synonyms: bobwhite quail, partridge |
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bohemia | (noun) a group of artists and writers with real or pretended artistic or intellectual aspirations and usually an unconventional life style | - |
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bohemian | (noun) a nonconformist writer or artist who lives an unconventional life | - |
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bohemianism | (noun) conduct characteristic of a bohemian | - |
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bohrium | (noun) a transuranic element with atomic number 107 | Synonyms: atomic number 107, Bh, element 107 |
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bolograph | (noun) record or recording made by a bolometer | Synonyms: bologram |
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bolshie | (noun) emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries | Synonyms: Bolshevik, bolshy, Marxist, red |
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bolshy | (noun) emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries | Synonyms: Bolshevik, bolshie, Marxist, red |
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bombshell | (noun) an explosive bomb or artillery shell | - |
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(noun) a shocking surprise | Synonyms: thunderbolt, thunderclap |
(noun) an entertainer who has a sensational effect | - |
bombsight | (noun) a sighting device in an aircraft for aiming bombs | - |
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bondholder | (noun) a holder of bonds issued by a government or corporation | - |
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bonefish | (noun) slender silvery marine fish found in tropical mud flats and mangrove lagoons | Synonyms: Albula vulpes |
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bonehead | (noun) a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence | Synonyms: blockhead, dumbass, dunce, dunderhead, fuckhead, hammerhead, knucklehead, loggerhead, lunkhead, muttonhead, numskull, shithead |
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boneshaker | (noun) any wheeled vehicle that is dilapidated and uncomfortable | - |
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bonheur | (noun) (French) happiness and good humor | - |
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bonhomie | (noun) a disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to) | Synonyms: affability, affableness, amiability, amiableness, geniality |
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bonnethead | (noun) small harmless hammerhead having a spade-shaped head; abundant in bays and estuaries | Synonyms: bonnet shark, shovelhead, Sphyrna tiburo |
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bookcloth | (noun) a woven fabric (usually cotton) used for book covers. | Synonyms: book cloth |
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bookishness | (noun) exaggerated studiousness | - |
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bookshelf | (noun) a shelf on which to keep books | - |
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bookshop | (noun) a shop where books are sold | Synonyms: bookstall, bookstore |
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boorishness | (noun) inelegance by virtue of being an uncouth boor | Synonyms: uncouthness |
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(noun) the manner of a rude or insensitive person | - |
booth | (noun) small area set off by walls for special use | Synonyms: cubicle, kiosk, stall |
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(noun) a small shop at a fair; for selling goods or entertainment | - |
(noun) a table (in a restaurant or bar) surrounded by two high-backed benches | - |
boothose | (noun) protective stockings worn with or in place of boots | - |
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borough | (noun) one of the administrative divisions of a large city | - |
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(noun) an English town that forms the constituency of a member of parliament | - |
borsch | (noun) a Russian or Polish soup usually containing beet juice as a foundation | Synonyms: borscht, borsh, borshch, borsht, bortsch |
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borscht | (noun) a Russian or Polish soup usually containing beet juice as a foundation | Synonyms: borsch, borsh, borshch, borsht, bortsch |
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borsh | (noun) a Russian or Polish soup usually containing beet juice as a foundation | Synonyms: borsch, borscht, borshch, borsht, bortsch |
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