Nouns

Words that name people, places, things, or ideas

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Showing 1851 to 1900 of 27,685 words

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bluebill

noun

diving ducks of North America having a bluish-grey bill

bluebonnet

noun

a brimless dark blue Scottish cap with a flat top and a plum...

bluecoat

noun

a person dressed all in blue (as a soldier or sailor)

blueing

noun

a process that makes something blue (or bluish)

bluegill

noun

important edible sunfish of eastern and central United State...

bluejacket

noun

a serviceman in the navy

bluestem

noun

tall grass with smooth bluish leaf sheaths grown for hay in...

bluepoint

noun

small edible oyster typically from the southern shore of Lon...

bluenose

noun

a native or inhabitant of Nova Scotia

bluetick

noun

a very fast American hound; white mottled with bluish grey

bluehead

noun

small Atlantic wrasse the male of which has a brilliant blue...

bluestocking

noun

a woman having literary or intellectual interests

blueweed

noun

a coarse prickly European weed with spikes of blue flowers;...

bluetongue

noun

a viral disease of sheep and cattle that is transmitted by b...

bluffness

noun

good-natured frankness

bluethroat

noun

songbird of northern Europe and Asia

blunderbuss

noun

a short musket of wide bore with a flared muzzle

blunderer

noun

someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence

blusterer

noun

a person who causes trouble by speaking indiscreetly

blucher

noun

Prussian general who is remembered for his leadership in the...

bluing

noun

a process that makes something blue (or bluish)

bmus

noun

a bachelor's degree in music

bo's'n

noun

a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of...

boarhound

noun

large hound used in hunting wild boars

boarfish

noun

fish with a projecting snout

boatbill

noun

tropical American heron related to night herons

boatbuilder

noun

a person who builds boats

boastfulness

noun

outspoken conceit

boatmanship

noun

skill in handling boats

bobber

noun

a small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing li...

bobbysoxer

noun

an adolescent girl wearing bobby socks (common in the 1940s)

bobolink

noun

migratory American songbird

bobfloat

noun

a small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing li...

bobbysocks

noun

a sock that reaches just above the ankle

bobsledding

noun

riding on a bobsled

boccie

noun

Italian bowling played on a long narrow dirt court

bobwhite

noun

a popular North American game bird; named for its call

bocci

noun

Italian bowling played on a long narrow dirt court

bodkin

noun

a blunt needle for threading ribbon through loops

boehme

noun

German mystic and theosophist who founded modern theosophy;...

boeotia

noun

a district of ancient Greece to the northwest of Athens

boehmenism

noun

the mystical theological doctrine of Jakob Boehme that influ...

bogbean

noun

perennial plant of Europe and America having racemes of whit...

boisterousness

noun

a turbulent and stormy state of the sea

boldface

noun

a typeface with thick heavy lines

bollworm

noun

any of various moth caterpillars that destroy cotton bolls

boltzmann

noun

Austrian physicist who contributed to the kinetic theory of...

bolingbroke

noun

the first Lancastrian king of England from 1399 to 1413; dep...

bolshie

noun

emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals...

bolshy

noun

emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals...