English Words: B

31,241 words · Page 105 of 625

Bastaniname

A surname from Persian.

bastardnoun

A person who was born out of wedlock, and hence often considered an illegitimate descendant.

bastard agrimonynoun

Aremonia agrimonoides, a herbaceous flowering plant in the rose family, Rosaceae.

bastard alkanetnoun

Lithospermum arvense, a flowering plant of the family Boraginaceae, native to Europe and Asia and known as an introduced species, in much of North America and Australia.

bastard big-footed mousenoun

Macrotarsomys bastardi, a species of rodent in the family Nesomyidae, found only in Madagascar.

bastard camphor treenoun

Synonym of Cape quince.

bastard dorynoun

An old wife: the fish Enoplosus armatus.

bastard foxnoun

A cross between a standard red fox and a silver fox, featuring fur coloration of both.

bastard gemsboknoun

roan antelope (Hippotragus equinus), native to savannas of the central latitudes of Africa.

bastard halibutnoun

The olive flounder.

bastard hartebeestnoun

The sassaby.

bastard sandalwoodnoun

Synonym of false sandalwood.

bastard stranglesnoun

A form of strangles, a bacterial upper respiratory tract infection of horses potentially causing airway obstruction, that has spread to other parts of the body and caused abscesses.

bastard verdictnoun

The verdict of "not proven" in Scottish law.

bastard violnoun

Synonym of viola bastarda.

bastard-domnoun

The condition, quality, or realm of a bastard; bastards collectively

bastardessnoun

A woman who was born out of wedlock, and hence often considered an illegitimate descendant.

bastardhoodnoun

The state, quality, or condition of a bastard

bastardingadj

damned, bloody; hateful

bastardiseverb

Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of bastardize.

bastardisernoun

Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of bastardizer.

bastardishadj

Like or characteristic of a bastard; bastardised

bastardismnoun

The condition of being born out of wedlock; bastardy.

bastarditisnoun

A tendency to act like a bastard (in a despicable manner), said as if it were due to a disease or affliction.

bastardizationnoun

The making of a bastard or bastards; Having children out of wedlock or destroying the legitimacy of children's paternity.

bastardizeverb

To claim or demonstrate that someone is a bastard, or illegitimate.

bastardizernoun

One who bastardizes.

bastardlessadj

Without a bastard; lacking or devoid of bastards

bastardlikeadj

Like, resembling, or characteristic of a bastard; bastardly

bastardlinessnoun

The state or quality of being bastardly.

bastardlingnoun

A young or petty bastard

bastardlyadj

Having been born out of marriage.

bastardly gullionnoun

A bastard's bastard.

bastardnessnoun

The condition or quality of a bastard

Bastardoname

A surname from Spanish.

bastardousadj

That is or is like a bastard; bastardly

bastardrynoun

The state of being a bastard (illegitimate child).

bastardshipnoun

The state or condition of a bastard; bastardness

bastardynoun

The condition of being illegitimate, of being born to an unmarried woman and man or as the fruit of adultery.

basteverb

To sew with long or loose stitches, as for temporary use, or in preparation for gathering the fabric.

bastedverb

simple past and past participle of baste

basternoun

One who bastes.

basterdnoun

Eye dialect spelling of bastard.

bastersnoun

plural of baster

bastesverb

third-person singular simple present indicative of baste

Bastetname

The goddess of the sun and the moon, of cats, and Lower Egypt; one of the "Eyes / Daughters of Ra", the consort of Ptah, often depicted as having a she-cat's head.

bastinoun

A slum.

Bastianame

A town and port, the capital of the department of Upper Corsica, Corsica, France.

Bastianname

A diminutive of the male given name Sebastian, from Ancient Greek.

bastichnoun

An obnoxious or contemptible person.

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