budozone
An area associated with the budding of virions

budozones
plural of budozone

bugerow
Obsolete form of budgerow.

bugerows
plural of bugerow

buhrmill
A mill that operates with a burrstone.

buhrmills
plural of buhrmill

bullaun
A natural depression in a stone, often filled with water and sometimes pebbles.

bullauns
plural of bullaun

bulldust
Fine red dust, found in desert regions of Australia.
Nonsense; blatantly false statements.

bumbrusher
An usher at a school.

bumbrushers
plural of bumbrusher

bunaria
plural of bunarium

bunarium
An obsolete unit of area, approximately 120 ares or 120,000 square metres.

bundar
A port or haven.

bundars
plural of bundar

bundu
A wilderness region, away from cities.

bundus
plural of bundu

bungaloft
A bungalow with a loft.

bungalofts
plural of bungaloft

bunkroom
A room with bunks for sleeping.

bunkrooms
plural of bunkroom

bunraku
A traditional form of Japanese puppet theatre.

burb
A suburb.

burbs
plural of burb

burdei
A half-dugout shelter, a combination of a sod house and a log cabin, found in Eastern Europe

burdeis
plural of burdei

burgage
A medieval tenure in socage under which property in England and Scotland was held under the king or a lord of a town, and was maintained for a yearly rent or for rendering an inferior service (not knight's service) such as watching and warding.

burgages
plural of burgage

burghbote
A tax paid toward the building or repairing of castles or walls for the defense of a city or town.

burh
A fortified dwelling place belonging to a king or noble; a prehistoric fort.

burhs
plural of burh

buron
A traditional Auvergne shepherd's hut with a thatched roof, or a rustic mountain chalet in the same style.

burons
plural of buron

bursaries
plural of bursary

bursary
A monetary award to university students that allows them to continue their studies.
The treasury of a religious order or public institution.

buryingplace
The place where a dead person is buried.

buryingplaces
plural of buryingplace

bushfire
An uncontrolled fire in a wooded or grassy area; a wildfire.

bushfires
plural of bushfire

bushtop
The upper section of a bush.

bushtops
plural of bushtop

bushveld
A terrain characterized by thick scrubby trees and dense thickets of bush, interspersed with grassy groundcover.

bushvelds
plural of bushveld

bushveldt
Alternative spelling of bushveld.

businessplace
A location where business takes place.

businessplaces
plural of businessplace

bussar
Obsolete spelling of bazaar.

bussars
plural of bussar

bustaurant
An eat-in restaurant situated inside a converted bus.

bustaurants
plural of bustaurant

butchershop
A store that sells meat.
A military hospital or its division where surgeries upon the wounded are performed.

butchershops
plural of butchershop

butsudan
A Buddhist shrine, comprising a wooden cabinet with doors that enclose and protect a religious icon.

butsudans
plural of butsudan

butteca
A boutique; a small shop.

buttecas
plural of butteca

buttercross
A type of market cross associated with English market towns and dating from mediaeval times; fresh market produce was laid out and displayed on the circular stepped bases of the cross.

buttercrosses
plural of buttercross

buttplay
Stimulation of the anus or anal region, usually for the purpose of sexual gratification.

buvette
bar (place where beverages are sold), mainly in French contexts

buvettes
plural of buvette

byfellow
A fellow of a college (in the University of Cambridge) not on the foundation, and not having the privileges of a foundation fellow.

byfellows
plural of byfellow

byground
Ground or a piece of ground lying out of the way.
A secondary ground or cause.

bygrounds
plural of byground

bypass
A road that passes around something, such as a residential area or business district.
A replacement road for obsolete road that is no longer in use because devastating natural disasters (earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides).
The act of going past or around.
A section of pipe that conducts a fluid around some other fixture.
An electrical shunt.
An alternative passage created to divert a bodily fluid around a damaged organ; the surgical procedure to construct such a bypass.

bypassed
simple past and past participle of bypass

bypasses
plural of bypass

bypath
An unfrequented path; an indirect route; a byway.

bypaths
plural of bypath

byroad
A road less frequented than a highway; a byway.

byroads
plural of byroad

bytown
A subsidiary or subordinate town
A town that has its own name and postal code, but which is governed by another town

bytowns
plural of bytown

bywalks
plural of bywalk

byway
A road or track not following a main route; a secondary or minor road or path.
A road that is not frequently travelled.
a little-known or arcane field of study or detail.

byways
plural of byway

cabinette
A small cabin.

cabinettes
plural of cabinette

cabstand
A place where taxis wait for passengers; a taxi rank.

cabstands
plural of cabstand

cacistocracies
plural of cacistocracy (alternative spelling of kakistocracies).

cacistocracy
Alternative spelling of kakistocracy.

cacochymia
A vitiated state of the humours, or bodily fluids.

cacochymias
plural of cacochymia

cacochymies
plural of cacochymy

cacochymy
Alternative form of cacochymia.

caenobia
plural of caenobium

caenobium
Rare spelling of coenobium.

caer
A Welsh fortress.

caers
plural of caer

caesaropapacy
Synonym of caesaropapism.

caesaropapalism
Synonym of caesaropapism.

caesaropapism
The combination of state (originally imperial) power with religious authority; state authority over ecclesiastical matters.

caesaropapisms
plural of caesaropapism

caesaropopism
Synonym of caesaropapism.

cafegymatorium
A school hall used at various times as a cafeteria, a gymnasium, and an auditorium.

cafetier
Hotel employee working in a cafeterie (pantry).

cafetiers
plural of cafetier

cafetoria
plural of cafetorium

cafetorium
A large room, usually in a school, used as both a cafeteria and an auditorium.

cafetoriums
plural of cafetorium

caingin
Land that has been cleared using slash-and-burn techniques.

caingins
plural of caingin

caissarone
An iminopurine found in the sea anemone Bunodosoma caissarum.

cajon
A large valley surrounded by mountains of considerable height (especially in Latin America), through which a river runs.
Alternative form of cajón.

cajons
plural of cajon

cakage
Alternative form of cakeage.

cakeage
A fee levied by a restaurant on customers who bring their own cake (such as a birthday cake) rather than buying one on the premises.

cakehouse
A place where cakes are sold.
A place for the storage of cakes of material, such as seedcake.

cakehouses
plural of cakehouse

calaboose
A prison or jail/gaol.

calabooses
plural of calaboose

calabozo
calaboose; prison

calabozos
plural of calabozo

calcosphere
A spherical form of mineralised dentin

calcospheres
plural of calcosphere

caldaria
plural of caldarium

caldarium
In Roman baths, the hottest room, with a plunge-pool. It preceded the tepidarium and frigidarium.
In modern spas, a room with a hot floor.
An intermediate or warm greenhouse.

caldariums
plural of caldarium

caldera
A large crater formed by collapse of the cone or edifice of a volcano.

calderas
plural of caldera

calendries
plural of calendry

calendry
The calculation and development of calendars, especially the determination of the timing of astronomical movements.
A specialized calendar or set of calendars.

calidaria
plural of calidarium

calidarium
Synonym of caldarium.

calidariums
plural of calidarium

califate
Alternative form of caliphate.

califates
plural of califate

caliphate
Monarchical government based on a claim of succession to the Islamic State of Muhammad, ruled by a caliph.

caliphates
plural of caliphate

calistheneum
A gym, especially one for light physical exercise by women and children.

calitoxin
A sea anemone neurotoxin produced by Calliactis parasitica.

calitoxins
plural of calitoxin