buoy
A float moored in water to mark a location, warn of danger, indicate a navigational channel or for other purposes
A float moored in water to mark a location, warn of danger, indicate a navigational channel or for other purposes
A sign where the non-dominant hand is held in a stationary configuration as a landmark for meaning associations with the dominant hand.

buoyed
Marked with buoys

buoying
present participle and gerund of buoy

buoys
plural of buoy

buplever
A bupleurum.

buplevers
plural of buplever

bus
A motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of people along roads.
A motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of people along roads.
Any motorized vehicle, such as a motorbike or car.
An electrical conductor or interface serving as a common connection for two or more circuits or components.
Part of a MIRV missile, having on-board motors used to deliver the warhead to a target.
An ambulance.
An aeroplane.
A network topology with each computer connected to a single cable.

bused
simple past and past participle of bus

busfare
Alternative spelling of bus fare.

busfares
plural of busfare

bushpeople
plural of bushperson

busing
present participle and gerund of bus

busroute
Rare form of bus route.

bussed
Having or involving transportation by bus.
Involving desegregation through bussing from the inner city to the suburbs.
Having had the remains of a meal removed.
Having a bus (electrical conductor or interface serving as a common connection for two or more circuits or components)
Transferring power by an electrical connection as opposed to using a direct physical coupling.
Having been kissed lightly.

busses
plural of bus
plural of buss

bussing
present participle and gerund of bus
present participle and gerund of buss

butterflied
simple past and past participle of butterfly

butterfly
A flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from moths by their diurnal activity and generally brighter colouring.
A use of surgical tape, cut into thin strips and placed across an open wound to hold it closed.
The butterfly stroke.
Any of several plane curves that look like a butterfly; see Butterfly curve (transcendental) and Butterfly curve (algebraic).
Ellipsis of butterflies in one’s stomach (“A sensation of excited anxiety felt in the stomach”).
Someone seen as being unserious and (originally) dressed gaudily; someone flighty and unreliable.
A combination of four options of the same type at three strike prices giving limited profit and limited risk.
A random change in an aspect of the timeline seemingly unrelated to the primary point of divergence, resulting from the butterfly effect.
A type of stretch in which one sits on the ground with the legs folded into a shape like that of a butterfly's wings, slightly rocking them up and down, resembling the wings fluttering.
A person who changes partners frequently.
A safety link or detaching hook above the cage attached to the winding rope to prevent the cage from being overwound.
party switcher; turncoat.

butterflying
present participle and gerund of butterfly

buttom
Misspelling of bottom.

buttonhole
A hole through which a button is pushed to secure a garment or some part of one.
A flower worn in a buttonhole for decoration.
A flower worn in a buttonhole for decoration.
A small slot-like cut or incision, made for example by an accident with the scalpel.
The mouth, nose or eyes of a tiny appearance.
vagina, coin slot.
The butthole (anus).

buttonholed
simple past and past participle of buttonhole

buttonholes
third-person singular simple present indicative of buttonhole

buttonholing
present participle and gerund of buttonhole

buttonholings
plural of buttonholing

byefe
Obsolete spelling of beef.

cabinetries
plural of cabinetry

caddie
Synonym of cadet (“a gentleman (often a younger son from a noble family) who joined the military without a commission as a career”).
A young man; a boy, a lad; specifically (derogatory), one regarded as of low social status; a ragamuffin.
A person engaged to run errands such as carrying goods and messages; a commissionaire, an errand boy or errand girl, a gofer; specifically, a member of an organized group of such persons working in large Scottish cities and towns in the early 18th century.
A person hired to assist a golfer by carrying their golf clubs and providing advice.

caddied
simple past and past participle of caddie
simple past and past participle of caddy

caddieing
present participle and gerund of caddie

caddies
plural of caddie
plural of caddy

caddy
A small box or tin (can) with a lid for holding dried tea leaves used to brew tea.
A (usually small) box, chest, or tin with a lid, and often with partitions, used to keep things in.
A small lidded bin for food waste.
A movable tray or other mechanism for holding (sometimes within a piece of equipment or machinery), securing, and transporting a removable component.
A lightweight wheeled cart; specifically, one attached to a bicycle as a conveyance for a child, or pulled by hand and used to transport groceries away from a shop.

caddying
present participle and gerund of caddy
present participle and gerund of caddie

caffufle
Misspelling of kerfuffle.

cafuffle
Misspelling of kerfuffle.

cage
An enclosure made of bars, normally to hold animals.
The passenger compartment of a lift.
The goal.
An automobile.
Something that hinders freedom.
A prison or prison cell.
The area from which competitors throw a discus or hammer.
An outer framework of timber, enclosing something within it.
A skeleton frame to limit the motion of a loose piece, such as a ball valve.
A wirework strainer, used in connection with pumps and pipes.
The drum on which the rope is wound in a hoisting whim.
The protective wire mask at the front of a helmet.
A regular graph that has as few vertices as possible for its girth.
In killer sudoku puzzles, an irregularly-shaped group of cells that must contain a set of unique digits adding up to a certain total, in addition to the usual constraints of sudoku.

caged
Confined in a cage.
Produced by birds confined in cages; not free-range.
Resembling a cage.
Jailed, imprisoned, incarcerated.

cages
plural of cage

caging
present participle and gerund of cage

cagings
plural of caging

calathump
Alternative form of callithump.

calathumps
plural of calathump

calculists
plural of calculist

calithump
Alternative form of callithump.

calithumps
plural of calithump

callathump
Alternative form of callithump.

callathumps
plural of callathump

callithump
A somewhat riotous parade, accompanied with the blowing of tin horns and other discordant noises.
A burlesque serenade; a charivari.

callithumps
plural of callithump

cancelier
To turn in flight.

canceliered
simple past and past participle of cancelier

canceliering
present participle and gerund of cancelier

canceliers
third-person singular simple present indicative of cancelier

candidate
A person who seeks to be elected or appointed to a position or privilege.
A person who is thought likely or worthy to gain a position or privilege.
A participant in an examination.
Someone or something likely or suited to undergo or be chosen for a purpose.
A student taking a degree who has finished the coursework but has other remaining requirements such as a dissertation.
The recipient of certain academic degrees, now mainly awarded in Scandinavia.
A gene which may play a role in a given disease.

candidated
simple past and past participle of candidate

candidates
plural of candidate

candidating
The taking of the position of a candidate; specifically, the preaching of a clergyman with a view to settlement.

candleglows
plural of candleglow

candlestand
A holder for candles; a branched candlestick.

candlestands
plural of candlestand

canidate
Pronunciation spelling of candidate.

canidates
plural of canidate

canonise
Non-Oxford British English spelling of canonize.