backword
A contention, retort, or reply.
A contradiction or answer to put off an engagement; a countermand.
A section of commentary at the end of a book.

backwords
plural of backword

badders
The sport of badminton.

badinerie
A brief and lively dance.
The music to accompany this dance, or in this style.

badineries
plural of badinerie

badugi
A draw poker game in which the goal is to make the lowest possible four-card hand, with no pairs and cards of all four different suits.
A four-card hand in which all cards are of different suits and no two cards share the same rank.

baduk
An ancient Chinese board game, today also popular in Japan and Korea, played with 181 black stones and 180 white ones, typically on a board of 19 × 19 squares.

bagads
plural of bagad

bagatine
An old Italian coin.

bagatines
plural of bagatine

bagattini
plural of bagattino.

bagattino
An old Italian coin of little value.

baili
plural of bailo

bailo
title of the Venetian envoy to particularly the Sublime Porte

baioc
Obsolete form of bajocco.

baiocchi
plural of baiocco

baiocco
Alternative form of bajocco.

baioccos
plural of baiocco

baiocs
plural of baioc

bajocchi
plural of bajocco

bajocco
A coin, originally copper, later silver, issued by the Papal States from the 15th century to 1865. In the 19th century the value was five hundredths of a lira.

bajoccos
plural of bajocco

bakait
A boastful, overconfident, or rowdy person who talks or acts with exaggerated bravery, often without substance; a showoff or know-it-all.

balbis
A straight line terminated by a secondary line at each end, resembling the letter H.

balbises
plural of balbis

ballabile
A dance performed by the corps de ballet, or by the chorus in an opera.
The music to accompany this dance.

ballabiles
plural of ballabile

ballabili
plural of ballabile

ballerina
A ballet dancer (unisex term)
A ballet dancer (unisex term)
A ballet dancer (unisex term)
A ballet flat shoe.

ballerinas
plural of ballerina

ballerine
plural of ballerina

balustrading
work including one or more balustrades

balustradings
plural of balustrading

bambocciade
A bambocciante painting, depicting a scene from lower-class or rustic life.

bambocciades
plural of bambocciade

bambuco
A traditional music genre from Colombia, formed in the 19th and 20th centuries as a blend of Basque folk music and the European waltz.

bambucos
plural of bambuco

bancor
A hypothetical supranational currency.

bancors
plural of bancor

bandmistress
The conductor, leader, or musical director of a band.

bandmistresses
plural of bandmistress

bandstration
the arrangement of music for performance by a band
a composition that has been bandstrated

bandstrations
plural of bandstration

bandwork
Decorative work resembling interlaced bands.

bandyball
An old game resembling hockey.
The ball used in that sport.

bangra
Alternative form of bhangra.

bangras
plural of bangra

baquote
A quotation printed on the back cover of a book, magazine or similar medium.

baquotes
plural of baquote

barbooth
Alternative form of barbotte.

barbotte
A Canadian dice game akin to craps.

barbouti
Alternative form of barbotte.

barbulation
An arrangement of barbules.

barbulations
plural of barbulation

barcarole
A Venetian folk song traditionally sung by gondoliers, often in ⁶⁄₈ or ¹²⁄₈ time with alternating strong and weak beats imitating a rowing motion.
A piece of music composed in imitation of such a song.

barcaroles
plural of barcarole

barcarolle
Alternative spelling of barcarole.

barcarolles
plural of barcarolle

bardcore
A genre of music in which modern songs are covered in a medieval or ancient style, often involving the lyrics being adapted or translated into historically accurate language.

bardess
A female bard.

bardesses
plural of bardess

bardling
An inferior bard.

bardlings
plural of bardling

baritsu
Bartitsu, a martial art, based on jujitsu, popular in late-Victorian England.

barkitecture
The design and structure of doghouses.

basant
Alternative form of bezant.

basants
plural of basant

basaraco
Alternative form of budgerook.

basaracos
plural of basaraco

basaruco
Alternative form of budgerook.

basarucos
plural of basaruco

basebrawl
A fight that breaks out at a baseball game.

basebrawls
plural of basebrawl

basemap
The map used as the basic map. Other data may be overlaid upon a basemap: for example, an aerial imagery basemap on which is overlaid property lines.

basemaps
plural of basemap

basename
A filename without any path or directory information.

basenames
plural of basename

basho
A sumo tournament of any kind.

bashos
plural of basho

basketbrawl
A basketball game involving a brawl.
Highly physical basketball play.

basketbrawls
plural of basketbrawl

battement
A ballet move involving a beating action with an extended leg
A thumping or beating sensation

battements
plural of battement

batz
A batzen (former small copper coin from Germany and Switzerland).

batzen
A silver coin minted in Bern, Switzerland from the 15th century until the mid-19th century, equal to 10 rappen.

batzens
plural of batzen

batzes
plural of batz

baunos
plural of bauno

bazarucco
Alternative form of budgerook.

bazaruccos
plural of bazarucco

bazaruco
Alternative form of budgerook.

bazarucos
plural of bazaruco

bazlama
A circular leavened flatbread from Turkey.

bazlamas
plural of bazlama

bboard
bulletin board (electronic message system)

bboards
plural of bboard

beadery
Decoration with beads.

beadwork
Decorative work involving beads.

beanbrawl
A fight between teams at a baseball game, typically caused by a beanball.
A fiercely competitive baseball game.

beanbrawls
plural of beanbrawl

beatmaking
The work of a beatmaker; the creation of musical beats in hip-hop etc.

beatscape
A musical piece or passage consisting of richly textured beats

beatscapes
plural of beatscape

bedaya
Alternative form of bedhaya.

bedayas
plural of bedaya

bedhaya
A sacred ritual Javanese dance, associated with the royal palaces of Yogyakarta and Surakarta.
A performer of this dance.

bedhayas
plural of bedhaya

bedoyo
Alternative form of bedhaya.

bedoyos
plural of bedoyo

bedroll
A roll of bedding that can be carried when hiking or camping etc.

bedrolls
plural of bedroll

bedwork
An irrigation system based on a series of beds and ridges.

beghilos
The alphabet consisting of the letters that can be spelled out when a traditional calculator screen is viewed upside down.

beguinage
A walled community of small houses occupied by the Beguines.

beguinages
plural of beguinage

beguine
A ballroom dance, similar to a slow rumba, originally from French West Indies and popularized abroad largely through the song "Begin the Beguine"; the music for the dance.

beguines
plural of beguine

behaviourism
Standard spelling of behaviorism.

behaviourisms
plural of behaviourism

beheadment
In word games, the ability to form words by removing the initial letter.
Synonym of beheading.

beis
Alternative form of beth (Hebrew letter)

belfie
A self-taken photograph of one's own buttocks.

belfies
plural of belfie

belorussianism
Alternative spelling of Belorussianism.

belorussianisms
plural of belorussianism

bemol
The flat symbol (♭), or a flattened note.

bemols
plural of bemol

benchbook
A manual on legal procedure prepared for judges for use in court.

benchbooks
plural of benchbook

benchwork
work performed at a workbench
the structure supporting a model railway layout

benedictional
a book of benedictions.

benedictionals
plural of benedictional

benners
Ten pounds; a £10 banknote.
A bag of cannabis worth £10.

benthoscape
A landscape of the seafloor.

benthoscapes
plural of benthoscape

berceuse
A composition that resembles a lullaby, often in 6/8 time.

berceuses
plural of berceuse

bergeret
A pastoral song.

bergerets
plural of bergeret

bergerette
A form of early rustic French song.

bergerettes
plural of bergerette

besique
Archaic form of bezique.