borefield
An area where bores or wells are drilled.

borefields
plural of borefield

boreotropics
A northern tropical region, at the latitude of southern Europe, that lasted until about 38 million years ago

borghetti
plural of borghetto

borghetto
An Italian shanty town.

borghettos
plural of borghetto

borgo
A small Italian village.

borgos
plural of borgo

bornellid
Any sea slug in the family Bornellidae.

bornellids
plural of bornellid

bornhardt
A dome-shaped, steep-sided rock such as Sugarloaf Mountain in Rio de Janeiro.

bornhardts
plural of bornhardt

boroughmaster
The mayor, governor, or bailiff of a borough.

boroughmasters
plural of boroughmaster

boroughreeve
The governor of a town or city, especially for fiscal purposes.
A chief municipal officer; a portreeve or mayor.

boroughreeves
plural of boroughreeve

borrasca
A mine that is no longer producing profitably.

borrascas
plural of borrasca

borstal
A way up a hill in the South Downs.
Any of the prisons set up in Britain for delinquent boys from 1895 to 1983.
Any institution which provides education to young offenders.

borstall
Alternative form of borstal (“way up a hill”).

borstalls
plural of borstall

borstals
plural of borstal

boschveld
Alternative spelling of bushveld.

boselliid
Any sea slug of the family Boselliidae

boselliids
plural of boselliid

boskin
a partition in a cowshed to separate cattle

boskins
plural of boskin

bosporus
A strait or narrow sea between two seas, or a lake and a sea.

bostal
Eye dialect spelling of borstal.

bostals
plural of bostal

botanica
A shop that deals in herbs and charms used especially by followers of santería.

botanicas
plural of botanica

bottega
A workshop or studio in Italy.

bottegas
plural of bottega

botteghe
plural of bottega

bottomland
Flat land along a river, lying a few feet above normal high water, naturally fertile, and often consisting of alluvial deposits.

bottomlands
plural of bottomland

bottomspace
The psychological state of the submissive or bottom during sadomasochistic activity.

boudoir
A woman's private sitting room, dressing room, or bedroom.
An army tent.

boudoirs
plural of boudoir

bouffon
A style of performance focused on mockery, associated with French theater.
A clown or buffoon character.

bouffons
plural of bouffon.

bougar
A rafter or cross spar of a roof especially of a cottage.

bougars
plural of bougar

boultel
A moulding with quarter-circle convexity, found just below the abacus in the Tuscan and Roman Doric capital; a torus; an ovolo.
One of the shafts of a clustered column.

boultels
plural of boultel

boultin
Alternative form of boultel.

boultins
plural of boultin

bovate
Synonym of oxgang.

bovates
plural of bovate

bowerland
A rural area; farmland; bowery.

bowline
A rope fastened near the middle of the leech or perpendicular edge of the square sails.
A knot tied so as to produce an eye or loop in the end of a rope that will not slip or jam.

bowlines
plural of bowline

bowtel
Alternative form of boultel.

bowtels
plural of bowtel

braaivleis
braai meat.

brachiolaria
The second stage of larval development in many sea stars, following the bipinnaria

brachiolarias
plural of brachiolaria

bradyseism
A gradual uplift or descent of part of the Earth's surface caused by the filling or emptying of an underground magma chamber and/or hydrothermal activity, particularly in volcanic calderas

bradyseismism
Alternative form of bradyseism.

bradyseisms
plural of bradyseism

brae
The sloping bank of a river valley.
Any hillside or slope.

braes
plural of brae

braidplain
An area encompassing the active and inactive channels of a braided river.

branchway
A path or route formed by the branches of trees.

branchways
plural of branchway

brandscape
The range of brands available in the market or a specific market segment, especially considered collectively as a cultural phenomenon.

brandscapes
plural of brandscape

brandwidth
The level of brand recognition or market share enjoyed by a product, service, or company.

braneworld
A world that is a brane, with its own limited set of dimensions, in any of several brane cosmology theories.

brasco
A lavatory: a room for urination and defecation.
A toilet: a fixture intended for urination and defecation.

brascos
plural of brasco

brassboard
An experimental or demonstration test model, intended for field testing outside the laboratory environment.

brassboards
plural of brassboard

brassworks
A place where brass is manufactured and/or shaped.

breakwall
A wall, typically built outside of a harbour, that diminishes damage due to battering by the waves.

breakwalls
plural of breakwall

breastaurant
A restaurant featuring scantily clad female waitstaff.
A lactating woman or her breasts, viewed as a source of nutrition for a child.

breastaurants
plural of breastaurant

breastpoint
The place or point of a breast.

breastpoints
plural of breastpoint

breezeway
A covered walkway, with open sides, that connects two buildings.
The space between two groups of rowhouses in the middle of a city block.

breezeways
plural of breezeway

breweriana
Collectable items associated with a brewery or one of its brands.

brewpub
A public house with a brewery (usually a microbrewery) attached.

brewpubs
plural of brewpub

brickeries
plural of brickery

brickery
A place where bricks are manufactured or stored.

brickfield
A place where bricks are made; a brickyard.

brickfields
plural of brickfield

brickworks
A place where bricks are made.

brickyard
A place where bricks are, or once were, produced or distributed.

brickyards
plural of brickyard

bridgehead
An area around the end of a bridge.
A fortification around the end of a bridge.
An area of ground on the enemy's side of a river or other obstacle, especially one that needs to be taken and defended in order to secure an advance.
Either of the two atoms in different parts of a molecule that are connected by a bridge of two or more other atoms

bridgeheads
plural of bridgehead

bridgelessness
Absence of a bridge.

bridgelet
A small bridge.

bridgelets
plural of bridgelet

brinicle
A formation of frozen brine, occurring beneath sea ice and analogous to a stalactite.

brinicles
plural of brinicle

broasterie
A shop that serves meat that is broasted (fried in oil under pressure).

broasteries
plural of broasterie

bronzeworks
plural of bronzework

broogh
A steep bank or grassy cliff.

brooghs
plural of broogh

brooklet
A little brook.

brooklets
plural of brooklet

broomland
Land on which broom grows.

broose
A race from the church to the bridegroom's house, part of wedding festivities.

brooses
plural of broose

brotie
A horizontal bar from which sheets of rubber are hung to dry.

broties
plural of brotie

brumation
A lethargic state that some ectothermic animals, such as many reptiles, assume during cold conditions. Partly analogous to hibernation, but physiological differences include that brumation does not depend on stored fat, but rather on reduced metabolic activity.

bruncheonette
A small diner or restaurant that serves brunch.

bruncheonettes
plural of bruncheonette

brushbar
A rotating bar with brushlike bristles, used in certain cleaning appliances.

brushbars
plural of brushbar

brushfire
A large fire in a scrubland or prairie, as opposed to a forest fire, which occurs in forests.
A war that arises suddenly and is limited in scope or area.

brushfires
plural of brushfire

brushland
An area mostly covered with brush growth.

brushlands
plural of brushland

bryoflora
bryophytes considered as a group

bucak
A subdistrict of a district within a Turkish province.

bucaks
plural of bucak

bucellarii
plural of bucellarius

bucellarius
A formation of escort troops used in the Roman Empire in Late Antiquity.

budgero
Obsolete form of budgerow.

budgeroe
Obsolete form of budgerow.

budgeroes
plural of budgero
plural of budgeroe

budgeros
plural of budgero

budgerow
A kind of large river barge.

budgerows
plural of budgerow