An act in which something or someone is abandoned; abandonment, neglect
verb
present participle and gerund of abandon
abdicating
abdicating
verb
present participle of abdicate
abdominogenital
abdominogenital
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the abdomen and to the genitals.
abdominovaginal
abdominovaginal
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the abdomen and the vagina
abducing
abducing
verb
present participle of abduce
abducting
abducting
verb
present participle of abduct
abednego
abednego
Proper noun
One of the captives in the Bible who came out of the fiery furnace unharmed.
abiding
abiding
adj
Continuing or persisting in the same state: lasting, enduring; steadfast.
noun
(obsolete) An abode.
The action of one who abides; the state of an abider.
verb
present participle of abide
abidingly
abidingly
adv
In an abiding manner; permanently.
abidingness
abidingness
noun
The state or quality abiding.
abingdon
abingdon
Proper noun
A town on the Thames in Oxfordshire (formerly Berkshire), England.
A town in Virginia, USA
abjudging
abjudging
verb
present participle of abjudge
abjudicating
abjudicating
verb
present participle of abjudicate
abnegated
abnegated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abnegate
aboding
aboding
noun
(obsolete) A foreboding.
verb
present participle of abode
abounding
abounding
adj
Ample, plenty, abundant.
noun
An abundance.
verb
present participle of abound
aboundingly
aboundingly
adv
In an abounding manner; in a manner that abounds.
To an abounding degree.
aboveground
aboveground
adj
Alternative spelling of above ground
abrading
abrading
verb
present participle of abrade
abridgement
abridgement
noun
(chiefly UK) Alternative form of abridgment
abridgements
abridgements
noun
plural of abridgement
abridging
abridging
verb
present participle of abridge
abridgment
abridgment
noun
(US) An epitome or compend, as of a book; a shortened or abridged form; an abbreviation.
(US) The act of abridging; reduction or deprivation
(US) The state of being abridged or lessened.
(dated, law) Any of various brief statements of case law made before modern reporting of legal cases.
(law) The leaving out of certain portions of a plaintiff's demand, the writ still holding good for the remainder.
(obsolete) That which abridges or cuts short; hence, an entertainment that makes the time pass quickly
abridgments
abridgments
noun
plural of abridgment
absconding
absconding
noun
An instance in which someone absconds.
verb
present participle of abscond
abuilding
abuilding
adj
(archaic, excluding US) Being built or under construction, as a structure or a vessel.
(archaic, excluding US) Developing or arising, as a trend or an idea.
acknowledgeable
acknowledgeable
adj
Able to be acknowledged.
Worthy of acknowledgement.
adhibiting
adhibiting
verb
present participle of adhibit
adsorbing
adsorbing
verb
present participle of adsorb
adumbrating
adumbrating
verb
present participle of adumbrate
aggrandizable
aggrandizable
adj
(very rare) Capable of being made great; increasable.
ambuscading
ambuscading
verb
present participle of ambuscade
angerboda
angrbodha
angurboda
archvagabond
arnoldsburg
backdating
backdating
noun
The act by which something is backdated.
verb
present participle of backdate
backdropping
backdropping
verb
present participle of backdrop
background
background
adj
Less important or less noticeable in a scene or system.
noun
(computing) A type of activity on a computer that is not normally visible to the user.
(computing) The image or color over which a computer's desktop items are shown (e.g. icons or application windows).
(physics) Clipping of background radiation.
A less important feature of scenery (as opposed to foreground).
A part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject; context.
Information relevant to the current situation about past events; history.
One's social heritage, or previous life; what one did in the past.
verb
(journalism) To gather and provide background information (on).
To put in a position that is not prominent.
simple past tense and past participle of backgrind
backgrounded
backgrounded
adj
(computing) (of a task) Made non-interactive
Moved to the background
verb
simple past tense and past participle of background
backgrounder
backgrounder
noun
(chiefly US) A briefing or document typically provided prior to a meeting or other event that gives basic details on subjects that are likely to be mentioned.
A cattle farmer or rancher who runs a backgrounding operation.
A person employed to draw backgrounds for a comic or cartoon.
backgrounds
backgrounds
noun
plural of background
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of background
backhanding
backhanding
verb
present participle of backhand
backliding
backloading
backloading
noun
(transport) The transportation of cargo or shipment on a return trip, using the space already paid for and used for the outward leg.
verb
present participle of backload
backpedaling
backpedaling
noun
The act of distancing oneself from a previously supported idea, action, behaviour, etc.; a U-turn or flip-flop.
verb
(US) present participle of backpedal
backsliding
backsliding
adj
sliding back
noun
An occasion on which one backslides, especially in a moral sense.
verb
present participle of backslide
backslidingness
backswording
backswording
noun
Sport or exercise using a backsword or singlestick.
backwinding
backwinding
verb
present participle of backwind
bacteriodiagnosis
badgeman
badgeman
noun
(UK) An almshouse man.
A man who wears a badge.
badgemen
badgemen
noun
plural of badgeman
badgering
badgering
noun
The act of one who badgers, pesters, or annoys.
verb
present participle of badger
badgeringly
badgeringly
adv
So as to badger or annoy.
badging
badging
verb
present participle of badge
badigeon
badigeon
noun
A cement or paste (as of plaster and freestone, or of sawdust and glue or lime) used by sculptors and builders to fill holes, cover defects, or finish a surface.
badinage
badinage
noun
Playful raillery; banter.
verb
To engage in badinage or playful banter.
badinaged
badinaged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of badinage
badinages
badinages
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of badinage
badinaging
badinaging
verb
present participle of badinage
badling
badling
noun
(rare) An effeminate or womanish man.
(rare) One who is bad; a worthless person.
A brood, group, or flock of ducks.
badmeng
badmouthing
badmouthing
verb
present participle of badmouth
badoeng
baganda
baginda
bagpudding
bainbridge
bainbrudge
balanoglossida
balding
balding
adj
becoming bald, especially having male pattern baldness
verb
present participle of bald
baldling
balladising
balladizing
balladizing
verb
present participle of balladize
balladling
balladling
noun
A short ballad.
balladmonger
balladmonger
noun
A seller or composer of ballads.
balladmongering
balladmongering
noun
The work of a balladmonger, selling or composing ballads.
ballhandling
ballhandling
noun
(basketball) Skillful handling of the basketball when dribbling, passing or receiving
balustrading
balustrading
noun
(architecture) work including one or more balustrades
bandage
bandage
noun
(figuratively, by extension) A provisional or makeshift solution that provides insufficient coverage or relief.
A strip of cloth bound round the head and eyes as a blindfold.
A strip of gauze or similar material used to protect or support a wound or injury.
verb
To apply a bandage to something.
bandaged
bandaged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bandage
bandager
bandager
noun
One who applies a bandage.
bandagers
bandagers
noun
plural of bandager
bandages
bandages
noun
plural of bandage
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bandage
bandaging
bandaging
noun
Strips of cloth or other material used to create a bandage.
verb
present participle of bandage
bandagist
bandagist
noun
One who applies bandages.
Someone who produces or sells bandages.
bandarlog
bandeng
banderlog
banderoling
bandfiling
bandgap
bandgap
noun
(physics) A gap in a frequency range in which waves cannot propagate.
(physics) The energy difference between two allowed ranges of electron energy in a solid; especially the difference between the energies of the valence band and the conduction band.
banding
banding
noun
A division into bands or brackets.
A pattern of band-like markings.
Obsolete form of bandying.
The formation of a band or brigade.
verb
present participle of band
bandlimiting
bandlimiting
noun
(physics) The limiting of a signal's Fourier transform or power spectral density to zero above a certain finite frequency.
bandoeng
bandog
bandog
noun
(archaic) A dog that has been tied up; a mastiff or other kind of guard dog.
(figurative, literary) Anything that behaves like a bandog; something or someone who pursues doggedly.
(obsolete, slang, cant) A bailiff or prison guard.
(specifically) A type of large, ferocious dog, bred by crossing American pit bull terriers with Neapolitan mastiffs.
bandogs
bandogs
noun
plural of bandog
bandsawing
bandsawing
verb
present participle of bandsaw
bandspreading
bandstring
bandstring
noun
(obsolete or historical) Any of the strings used to fasten the collar and bands of 17th-century clothing; often decorated with tassels.
bandung
bandung
Proper noun
A capital city of the West Java Province, Indonesia.
bandwagon
bandwagon
noun
(figuratively) A current movement that attracts wide support.
A large wagon used to carry a band of musicians in a parade.
bandwagons
bandwagons
noun
plural of bandwagon
bandying
bandying
noun
gerund of bandy (“the act of one who bandies”)
verb
present participle of bandy
bandylegged
banebrudge
bangboard
banged
banged
adj
Alternative form of bhanged
Having the hair styled in bangs.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bang
bangladesh
bangled
bangled
adj
Wearing bangles
bangtailed
bangtailed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bangtail
barding
barding
noun
(historical) Armour for a warhorse.
verb
present participle of bard
bardings
bardings
noun
plural of barding
bardling
bardling
noun
An inferior bard.
barehanding
bargained
bargained
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bargain
bargander
bargander
noun
(Norfolk, dialect) Synonym of shelduck
barricading
barricading
verb
present participle of barricade
barricadoing
barricadoing
verb
present participle of barricado
bartending
bartending
verb
present participle of bartend
basidiogenetic
basiglandular
bastardising
bastardising
verb
present participle of bastardise
bastardizing
bastardizing
noun
The act or process by which something is bastardized.
verb
present participle of bastardize
bastinading
bastinading
verb
present participle of bastinade
bastinadoing
bastinadoing
verb
present participle of bastinado
battledoring
battleground
battleground
noun
(US politics) Ellipsis of battleground state.
(figurative) Any place or situation of dispute or contention
(figurative) Any subject of dispute or contention.
A location where a battle may be fought, or has been fought.
battlegrounds
battlegrounds
noun
plural of battleground
baynebridge
beading
beading
noun
(architecture) A decorative, ornamental molding often used to conceal a joint.
(craft) beadwork
A Samburu ceremony in which a father gives a necklace to his daughter.
The beads or bead-forming quality of certain liquors.
verb
present participle of bead
beadings
beadings
noun
plural of beading
bearding
bearding
noun
(television) An undesirable video artifact whereby darker parts of a signal bleed across horizontally into the brighter parts.
verb
present participle of beard
beardtongue
beardtongue
noun
A flowering plant in the genus Penstemon with a prominent, often hairy, staminode.
beardtongues
beardtongues
noun
plural of beardtongue
beblooding
beblooding
verb
present participle of beblood
bechignoned
bechignoned
adj
Wearing one's hair in a chignon.
beclouding
beclouding
noun
The process of becoming clouded or obscured.
verb
present participle of becloud
becowarding
becrowding
becrowding
verb
present participle of becrowd
becudgeling
becudgeling
verb
present participle of becudgel
becudgelling
bedabbling
bedabbling
verb
present participle of bedabble
bedamning
bedamning
verb
present participle of bedamn
bedangled
bedarkening
bedarkening
verb
present participle of bedarken
bedaubing
bedaubing
verb
present participle of bedaub
bedazzling
bedazzling
verb
present participle of bedazzle
bedazzlingly
bedazzlingly
adv
So as to bedazzle; stunningly bright or glamorous.
bedclothing
bedclothing
noun
bedclothes
bedcovering
bedcovering
noun
bedcover
bedcoverings
bedcoverings
noun
plural of bedcovering
bedding
bedding
noun
(Britain) The textiles associated with the bed, as well as the mattress, bedframe, or bed base (such as box spring).
(US) The textiles associated with a bed, e.g., sheets, pillowcases, bedspreads, blankets, etc.
(geology) A structure occurring in granite and similar massive rocks that allows them to split in well-defined planes horizontally or parallel to the land surface.
(horticulture) The temporary planting of fast-growing plants into flower beds to create colourful, temporary, seasonal displays, during spring, summer or winter.
Any material used by or provided to animals to lie on.