birdbolts
plural of birdbolt

biscayen
A kind of large-calibre musket ball.

biscayens
plural of biscayen

bisectrices
plural of bisectrix

bisectrix
The line bisecting the angle between the optic axes of a biaxial crystal.

bisectrixes
plural of bisectrix

bladelessness
Lack of a blade.

bladelet
A small stone blade with one sharp and one blunt edge

bladelets
plural of bladelet

bladepoint
The point or tip of a blade.

bladepoints
plural of bladepoint

blocksize
The size of a block of data (in a file or a transmission)

blocksizes
plural of blocksize

blogware
Software that is designed for facilitating the creation of blogs.

blowback
A type of action where the pressure from the fired cartridge blows a sliding mechanism backward to extract the fired cartridge, chamber another cartridge, and cock the hammer.
An unintended adverse result, especially of covert political action.
The act of shotgunning (inhaling from a pipe etc. and exhaling into another smoker's mouth).
On a steam locomotive, the reversal of exhaust gases when the regulator is closed without using the blower.
Synonym of backscatter.

blowbacks
plural of blowback

blowie
A blow job.
A blowfly, Lucilia cuprina.
The common toadfish, Tetractenos hamiltoni.

blowies
plural of blowie.
plural of blowy.

blowpoint
A child's game, probably involving blowing small fragments of wood through a tube at targets.

blucher
A form of horse-drawn carriage; a Blucher coach.
A sturdy laced leather half-boot.

bluchers
plural of blucher

bobbin
A spool or cylinder around which wire is coiled.
In a sewing machine, the small spool that holds the lower thread.
The little rounded piece of wood at the end of a latch string, which is pulled to raise the latch.
A fine cord or narrow braid.

bobbins
plural of bobbin

bobwire
barbed wire

bocca
The round hole in the furnace of a glassworks through which the fused glass is taken out.

boccas
plural of bocca

bocce
A game, similar to bowls or pétanque, played on a long, narrow, dirt-covered court, or informally, as a lawn game.
One of the eight balls that the player throws in a game of bocce.

bocces
plural of bocce

bocci
Alternative form of bocce.

boccie
Alternative spelling of bocce.

bocha
A two-door sedan chair.

bochah
Alternative form of bocha.

bochahs
plural of bochah

bochas
plural of bocha

bockey
A large basket woven from oak splints.

bockeys
plural of bockey

bodypack
A small box housing a transmitter and battery pack, used with a microphone.

bodypacks
plural of bodypack

bodyplate
A protective plate that covers the torso.

bodyplates
plural of bodyplate

bolthead
A round-bottomed flask with a long neck (used especially for distillation)
The head of a bolt.

boltheads
plural of bolthead

bombardelle
A small bombard (type of cannon).

bombardelles
plural of bombardelle.

bombolo
A thin spheroidal glass retort (flask), in which camphor is sublimed.

bomboloes
plural of bombolo

bombolos
plural of bombolo

bondstone
A stone for bonding masonry to a similar backing; a stone that reaches a considerable distance into, or entirely through a wall, for the purpose of binding it together.

bondstones
plural of bondstone

bondwire
A wire that connects the components of an integrated circuit

bondwires
plural of bondwire

bongwater
The water through which smoke is filtered in a bong or water pipe.

bookchest
A chest for the storage of books.

bookchests
plural of bookchest

bookware
Software that is published in, or distributed with, a book.

bookwheel
A millwheel-shaped contraption allowing a reader to toggle between different books, all kept upright on separate shelves as the wheel turns.

bookwheels
plural of bookwheel

boomie
A barge rigged as a ketch

boomies
plural of boomie

borderstone
A stone marking a border or boundary

borderstones
plural of borderstone

bordure
A contrasting border around a shield.

bordures
plural of bordure

boronisation
Alternative form of boronization.

boronization
A wall conditioning technique for fusion machines, where a thin film of boron is deposited on the walls of the vacuum vessel in order to reduce the impurity content.

boronizations
plural of boronization

bossaball
An originally Spanish team sport, similar to volleyball, played on an inflatable court with a trampoline on each side of the net.

bothrenchyma
Dotted or pitted ducts or vessels forming the pores seen in many kinds of wood.

bothrosome
An organelle that supports the ectoplasmic net of a labyrinthulid

bothrosomes
plural of bothrosome

bottleful
as much as a bottle will hold

bottlefuls
plural of bottleful

bottlemaking
The manufacture of bottles.

bottlesful
plural of bottleful

bottlo
A door-to-door trader in used bottles.
A shop that sells alcoholic beverages.

bottlos
plural of bottlo

boucharde
A bush hammer.

bouchardes
plural of boucharde.

bouncedown
The throwing of the ball down onto the ground by the umpire, after which the ruckmen from opposing teams battle for control of the ball.

bouncedowns
plural of bouncedown

boundarying
The creation of a boundary.

bourne
A boundary; a limit.
A goal or destination.

bournes
plural of bourne

boutcha
Pronunciation spelling of about you.

boutchas
plural of boutcha

bowlmaking
The manufacture of bowls.

bowlo
A bowling club.

bowlos
plural of bowlo

bowstave
The stave of a bow, to which the string is attached.

bowstaves
plural of bowstave

boxla
box lacrosse

boxload
A load comprising a full box.

boxloads
plural of boxload

boxologies
plural of boxology

boxology
A representation of an organized structure as a graph of labelled nodes ("boxes") and connections between them (as lines or arrows).

brachiophore
The supporting plate for the tentacle-bearing arms on a brachiopod.

brachiophores
plural of brachiophore

braguinha
Synonym of cavaquinho.

braguinhas
plural of braguinha

braguinho
Synonym of cavaquinho.

braguinhos
plural of braguinho

brakeful
Enough to fill a brake (type of carriage).

brakefuls
plural of brakeful

brakeload
Enough to fill a brake (type of carriage).

brakeloads
plural of brakeload

brandise
A three-legged stand for a pot or pan over a fire.

brasiery
Alternative form of braziery.

brassie
A wooden-headed golf club with a brass base plate, similar to a modern two wood.

brassies
plural of brassie
plural of brassy

brassware
Articles made from brass, treated as a group.

brasswares
plural of brassware

braziery
brassware

breadbag
A canvas sack for the storage of hardtack.

breadbags
plural of breadbag

breakerman
The operator of a breaker (machine for breaking rocks or coal).

breakermen
plural of breakerman.

breastbeam
Part of a loom.

breastbeams
plural of breastbeam

breastwheel
A water wheel where the stream of water strikes neither so high as in the overshot wheel, nor so low as in the undershot, but generally at about half the height of the wheel, being kept in contact with it by the breasting. The water acts on the floatboards partly by impulse, partly by its weight.

breastwheels
plural of breastwheel

breba
A fig that develops in the spring on the previous year's shoot growth.

brebas
plural of breba

brichka
Alternative form of britchka.

brichkas
plural of brichka

brickkiln
A kiln in which bricks are baked.

brickkilns
plural of brickkiln

bridgetree
The beam that supports the spindle socket of the runner in a grinding mill.

bridgetrees
plural of bridgetree

brifter
On a bicycle, a lever that combines brake and gear shifter functions.

brifters
plural of brifter

brightup
A pulse of the beam (cathode ray) in a cathode ray tube that causes a blank screen to fluoresce.

brinnies
plural of brinny

brinny
A stone thrown as a missile.

britchka
A type of horse-drawn carriage, with a foldable roof covering.

britchkas
plural of britchka

britscha
Alternative form of britchka.

britschas
plural of britscha

britschka
Alternative form of britchka.

britschkas
plural of britschka

britshka
Alternative form of britchka.

britshkas
plural of britshka