(pharmacology) A drug or an agent that induces an abortion.
absorbefacient
absorbefacient
adj
(medicine) Inducing or increasing absorption (of a drug).
noun
(medicine) Any such medicine that induces absorption.
adenofibroma
adenofibroma
noun
(pathology) A benign glandular and fibrous (connective) neoplasm
adenofibrosis
adenofibrosis
noun
(pathology) a benign nodular microscopic lesion of the prostate consisting of acinar tissue with increased stroma
(pathology) a nodular, benign breast lesion consisting of hyperplastic distorted lobules of acinar tissue with increased collagenous stroma
adenoliomyofibroma
adenomyofibroma
afibrinogenemia
afibrinogenemia
noun
(medicine) A blood disorder in which the blood does not clot normally due to a lack of, or a malfunction involving, fibrinogen.
afterband
afterbrain
afterbrain
noun
(anatomy) A posterior subdivision of the hindbrain; the myelencephalon
afterburner
afterburner
noun
(aviation) A device in a jet engine which injects fuel into the exhaust system to increase the thrust.
afterburners
afterburners
noun
plural of afterburner
afterburning
afterburning
noun
(aviation) The injection of extra fuel into a jet engine downstream of the turbines in order to achieve extra thrust.
albuminiferous
albuminiferous
adj
Supplying albumen.
albuminiform
albuminofibrin
angiofibroma
angiofibroma
noun
(pathology) A benign neoplasm that affects fibrous tissue.
antefebrile
antefebrile
adj
Preceding a fever
antifebrile
antifebrile
adj
(pharmacology) Countering fever.
noun
(pharmacology) A medicine or substance that counters fever.
antifebrin
antifibrinolysin
antifibrinolysis
archbuffoon
ariboflavinosis
ariboflavinosis
noun
(pathology) The medical condition caused by deficiency of riboflavin.
aschaffenburg
babyproofing
babyproofing
noun
The act or process of making babyproof.
backfiring
backfiring
noun
A failure that leads to further misfortune.
The occurrence of a backfire.
verb
present participle of backfire
backfriend
backfriend
noun
(UK, dialectal) A friend at one's back; a backer; one who does his best for another; a supporter.
(UK, dialectal) A hangnail.
(UK, dialectal, obsolete) A false friend; a secret enemy.
bacteriofluorescin
bairnsfather
balaniferous
balaniferous
adj
(nonce word) Bearing or producing acorns.
balloonflower
bancroft
bancroft
Proper noun
A city in Idaho
A city in Iowa
A city in Kentucky
A town in Maine
A village in Michigan
A village in Nebraska
A town in Ontario, Canada
A town in South Dakota
A town in West Virginia
A in Wisconsin
banecroft
banffshire
banffshire
Proper noun
a historic county in north-east Scotland, which was absorbed into Region in 1975. Its county town was
bannerfish
bannerfish
noun
A large fish of the genus Istiophorus, of the swordfish family, with a broad banner-like dorsal fin; the sailfish.
Any of several species of butterflyfish in the genus Heniochus that superficially resemble the Moorish idol, though unrelated.
barefacedness
barefacedness
noun
The state or quality of being barefaced.
barfing
barfing
verb
present participle of barf
barnful
barnful
noun
The amount that can fit in a barn
batterfang
battlefront
battlefront
noun
The area in which opponents or opposing ideas meet.
The region or line along which opposing armies engage in combat.
battlefronts
battlefronts
noun
plural of battlefront
beachfront
beachfront
adj
Of property (real estate): located on a beach.
noun
The portion of land or property that runs alongside and facing a beach.
beachfronts
beachfronts
noun
plural of beachfront
beanfeaster
beanfeaster
noun
(chiefly Britain) One who takes part in a beanfeast.
bedwarfing
bedwarfing
verb
present participle of bedwarf
beferned
befinger
befinger
verb
(transitive) To finger all over.
befingered
befingered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of befinger
befingering
befingering
verb
present participle of befinger
befingers
befingers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of befinger
beflowering
beflowering
verb
present participle of beflower
beforehand
beforehand
adj
(archaic, often followed by with) In a state of anticipation or preoccupation.
(obsolete) In comfortable circumstances as regards property; forehanded.
adv
At an earlier or preceding time.
beforehandedness
beforementioned
beforementioned
Adjective
Previously mentioned.
beforeness
beforeness
noun
The state or quality of being before.
befortune
befortune
verb
(poetic, dated, transitive) To befall.
befretting
befriend
befriend
verb
(transitive) To become a friend of, to make friends with.
(transitive) To favor.
(transitive, dated) To act as a friend to, to assist.
befriended
befriended
verb
simple past tense and past participle of befriend
befriender
befriender
noun
One who befriends.
befriending
befriending
noun
The process of making friends with somebody.
verb
present participle of befriend
befriendment
befriendment
noun
The act of befriending.
befriends
befriends
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of befriend
befringe
befringe
verb
To furnish or adorn with a fringe.
befringed
befringed
adj
Having a fringe
verb
simple past tense and past participle of befringe
befringes
befringes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of befringe
befringing
befringing
verb
present participle of befringe
befrounce
benefactor
benefactor
noun
Somebody who gives a gift, often money to a charity.
Someone who performs good or noble deeds.
benefactors
benefactors
noun
plural of benefactor
benefactorship
benefactorship
noun
The role or status of benefactor.
benefactory
benefactory
adj
Yielding benefit; doing good.
noun
One who gives benefit to others; a benefactor.
benefactress
benefactress
noun
A female benefactor.
benefactresses
benefactresses
noun
plural of benefactress
benefactrices
benefactrices
noun
plural of benefactrix
benefactrix
benefactrix
Noun
A female benefactor.
benefactrixes
beneficiaire
beneficiaries
beneficiaries
noun
plural of beneficiary
beneficiary
beneficiary
adj
Bestowed as a gratuity.
Holding some office or valuable possession, in subordination to another; holding under a feudal or other superior; having a dependent and secondary possession.
noun
(insurance) One who benefits from the payout of an insurance policy.
(law) One who benefits from the distribution, especially out of a trust or estate.
One who benefits or receives an advantage.
beneficiaryship
beneficiaryship
noun
The role or status of beneficiary.
benefiter
benefiter
noun
A person who benefits somebody else; benefactor.
A person who receives a benefit.
benzdifuran
benzofluorene
benzofluorene
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of three isomeric polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in which a benzene ring is fused to a fluorene moiety
benzofuran
benzofuran
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of a class of bicyclic heterocycles consisting of a benzene ring fused with one of furan.
benzofurans
benzofurans
noun
plural of benzofuran
benzofuroquinoxaline
benzofuryl
benzothiofuran
benzotrifluoride
benzotrifluoride
noun
(organic chemistry) The fluorinated derivative of toluene "(trifluoromethyl)benzene"
benzotrifuran
benzoylformic
bergenfield
bernstorff
bettendorf
beuniformed
beuniformed
adj
(dated) Wearing a uniform.
biafran
biafran
Adjective
Of, from or relating to Biafra.
Extremely skinny.
Noun
A native or inhabitant of Biafra.
biforin
biforine
biforine
noun
(botany) An oval sac or cell, found in the leaves of certain araceous plants, with an opening at each end through which raphides, generated inside, are discharged.
biforking
bifront
bifront
adj
Having two fronts, faces or aspects.
bifrontal
bifrontal
adj
Situated on both sides of the front (of the cranium)
bifronted
bifronted
adj
Having two fronts.
bifurcating
bifurcating
adj
dividing or forking into two
verb
present participle of bifurcate
bifurcation
bifurcation
noun
(biology) A division into two branches.
(by extension) Any place where one thing divides into two.
(computer science) A command that executes one block or other of commands depending on the result of a condition.
(geography) A place where two roads, tributaries etc. part or meet.
(mathematics) The change in the qualitative or topological structure of a given family as described by bifurcation theory.
(nautical) The point where a channel divides when proceeding from seaward.
Either of the forks or other branches resultant from such a division.
The act of bifurcating; branching or dividing in two.
bifurcations
bifurcations
noun
plural of bifurcation
binford
binford
Proper noun
A city/town in North Dakota.
biotransformation
biotransformation
noun
(biochemistry) The changes (both chemical and physical) that occur to a substance (especially a drug) by the actions of enzymes within an organism
bipenniform
bipenniform
adj
Resembling a feather on both sides
bipennate
birefracting
birefraction
birefringence
birefringence
noun
(physics) The splitting of a ray of light into two parallel rays of perpendicular polarization by passage through an optically anisotropic medium; the property of a material that light passing through it is so split.
birefringent
birefringent
adj
Having two refractive indices (depending on orientation)
Of or pertaining to birefringence
bitripinnatifid
bituminiferous
bituminiferous
adj
Producing bitumen.
blandford
blandfordia
blanford
blanketflower
blanketflower
noun
Gaillardia; a plant of the genus Gaillardia.
blenniiform
blenniiform
noun
Any fish of the suborder Blennioidei or order Blenniiformes of blennies.
blenniiformes
blindfolder
blindfolder
noun
One who, or an object which, blindfolds someone.
blunderful
blunderful
adj
Inclined to blunder.
bodysurfing
bodysurfing
verb
present participle of bodysurf
bogfern
bombproofing
bombproofing
verb
present participle of bombproof
boneflower
bonfire
bonfire
noun
(figuratively) Something like a bonfire (sense 1 or 2) in heat, destructiveness, ferocity, etc.
(obsolete) A fire lit to cremate a dead body; a funeral pyre.
A fire lit outdoors to burn unwanted items; originally (historical), heretics or other offenders, or banned books; now, generally agricultural or garden waste, or rubbish.
A large, controlled outdoor fire lit to celebrate something or as a signal.
verb
(ceramics) To fire (pottery) using a bonfire.
(intransitive, rare) To make, or celebrate around, a bonfire.
(obsolete) To start a bonfire in (a place); to light up (a place) with a bonfire.
To destroy (something) by, or as if by, burning on a bonfire; (more generally) to burn or set alight.
bonfires
bonfires
noun
plural of bonfire
bonhoeffer
boniform
boniform
adj
Sensitive or responsive to moral excellence.
borofluorin
bowfront
bowfront
adj
Having a bow window in front.
Having an outward curving front.
boyfriend
boyfriend
noun
A male friend.
A male partner in an unmarried romantic relationship.
boyfriends
boyfriends
noun
plural of boyfriend
brachiofaciolingual
braincraft
braincraft
noun
(rare) Intellectual work; thinking.
brainfag
branchful
branchful
noun
As much as a branch can hold.
branchiferous
branchiferous
adj
(anatomy) Having gills; branchiate.
branchiform
brandify
branford
braniff
bransford
brantford
brantford
Proper noun
A city in Ontario, Canada
brantsford
braunfels
brazenface
brazenface
noun
An impudent or shameless person.
brazenfaced
brazenfaced
adj
(dated) impudent; shameless
brazenfacedly
brazenfacedness
breakfasting
breakfasting
noun
The act of eating breakfast.
verb
present participle of breakfast
breakfront
breakfront
noun
(chiefly attributive) Any piece of furniture (especially a bookcase or cabinet) that has a central section that projects farther forward than the other sections.