(obsolete) Drawing away from the median axis of the body, as a muscle; see etymology abducting.
noun
(neuroanatomy) An abducens nerve.
That which abducts.
abducentes
abducentes
noun
plural of abducens
abducing
abducing
verb
present participle of abduce
abducting
abducting
verb
present participle of abduct
abduction
abduction
noun
(anatomy) The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; the movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body.
(law) The wrongful, and usually forcible, carrying off of a human being.
(logic) A syllogism or form of argument in which the major premise is evident, but the minor is only probable.
Leading away; a carrying away.
abductions
abductions
noun
plural of abduction
aberduvine
aberduvine
noun
Alternative form of aberdevine.
abjudging
abjudging
verb
present participle of abjudge
abjudicating
abjudicating
verb
present participle of abjudicate
abjudication
abjudication
noun
(law, rare) Rejection by judicial sentence.
abound
abound
verb
(intransitive) To be copiously supplied
(intransitive) To be full to overflowing.
(intransitive) To be highly productive.
(intransitive) To be present or available in large numbers or quantities; to be plentiful.
(intransitive) To revel in.
(intransitive, obsolete) To be wealthy.
abounded
abounded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abound
abounder
abounder
noun
One who has plenty, one who abounds (in something).
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.
abounds
abounds
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abound
aboveground
aboveground
adj
Alternative spelling of above ground
abscound
absurdness
absurdness
noun
(rare) The quality of being absurd; absurdity.
absurdnesses
absurdnesses
noun
plural of absurdness
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.
abundance
abundance
noun
(Scotland) enough, sufficiency.
(card games) A bid to take nine or more tricks in solo whist.
A large quantity; many.
An overflowing fullness or ample sufficiency; profusion; copious supply; superfluity; plentifulness.
Frequency, amount, ratio of something within a given environment or sample.
Wealth; affluence; plentiful amount of resources.
abundances
abundances
noun
plural of abundance
abundancy
abundancy
noun
A state of plentifulness.
abundant
abundant
adj
(mathematics) Being an abundant number, i.e. less than the sum of all of its divisors except itself.
Fully sufficient; found in copious supply; in great quantity; overflowing.
Richly supplied; wealthy; possessing in great quantity.
abundantia
abundantly
abundantly
adv
Extremely.
In an abundant manner; in a sufficient degree; in large measure.
adnumber
adumbrant
adumbrant
adj
Giving a faint shadow, or slight resemblance; shadowing forth.
adumbrating
adumbrating
verb
present participle of adumbrate
adumbration
adumbration
noun
(countable) A faint sketch; a brief representation, an outline.
(countable, philosophy, specifically phenomenology) The form of an object as seen by an observer.
(countable, uncountable, figuratively) A rough or symbolic representation; a vague indication of what is to come, a foreshadowing.
(specifically, heraldry) The outline of a charge (“image displayed on an escutcheon”), sometimes filled in with a darker shade than the field.
(uncountable) The state of being in shadow or shade; (countable) a shadow.
adumbrations
adumbrations
noun
plural of adumbration
airbound
airbound
adj
Of a pump etc.: containing too much air, such that the flow is impeded.
albumenised
albumenised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of albumenise
albumenized
albumenized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of albumenize
albumenoid
albumenoid
noun
Alternative form of albuminoid
albuminised
albuminised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of albuminise
albuminized
albuminized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of albuminize
albuminoid
albuminoid
adj
like albumen
of albumin
noun
A simple protein of a subclass mainly derived from animal connective or supportive tissue
albuminoidal
albuminoidal
adj
(chemistry) Of the nature of an albuminoid.
aldebaranium
aldebaranium
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) A rejected name for ytterbium.
ambidextrousness
ambidextrousness
noun
The state or quality of being ambidextrous.
ambulanced
ambulanced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ambulance
ambuscading
ambuscading
verb
present participle of ambuscade
angurboda
antialbumid
antialbumid
noun
(biochemistry) A compound formed from albumin by pancreatic and gastric digestion, convertible into antipeptone.
antisubsidy
antisubsidy
adj
(politics) Opposing a subsidy.
arnoldsburg
astoundable
astoundable
adj
Capable of being astounded.
atmidalbumin
auburndale
audibleness
audibleness
noun
The state or quality of being audible.
audubon
audubonistic
autoantibody
autoantibody
noun
An antibody formed in response to an agent (autoantigen) produced by the organism itself
autohybridization
autoinhibited
autoinhibited
adj
Subject to, or produced by autoinhibition
verb
simple past tense and past participle of autoinhibit
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
badineur
badmouthing
badmouthing
verb
present participle of badmouth
baduhenna
bagpudding
bainbrudge
bakunda
balantidium
balantidium
noun
Any parasite of the genus Balantidium.
baldaquin
baldaquin
noun
Alternative form of baldacchin
baldoquin
balduin
balunda
balustrading
balustrading
noun
(architecture) work including one or more balustrades
bandcutter
bandeau
bandeau
noun
(medicine) A band.
A band for the hair.
A narrow, tight bra, especially when strapless; hence, any women's top made from a similar band of fabric.
bandeaus
bandeaux
bandeaux
noun
A bandeau, a single band (or a set of such bands) for a woman’s hair.
plural of bandeau
bandhu
bandobust
bandundu
bandung
bandung
Proper noun
A capital city of the West Java Province, Indonesia.
bandur
bandura
bandura
noun
A Ukrainian plucked stringed instrument with a tear-shaped body, like an asymmetrical lute or a vertical zither, which is played with both hands while held upright on the lap.
bandurria
bandurria
noun
A bird, the black-faced ibis.
A plectrum-plucked stringed instrument with a flat-backed pear-shaped body, with twelve strings in six courses in its most common modern form, originating in Spain.
bandurrias
bandurrias
noun
plural of bandurria
bandusia
bandusian
banebrudge
bankrupted
bankrupted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bankrupt
banqueted
banqueted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of banquet
bareknuckled
barkbound
barkbound
adj
Prevented from growing, by having the bark too firm or close.
baronduki
barracudina
barracudina
noun
Any of the elongated ray-finned fish of the order Paralepididae.
barramunda
barramunda
noun
Neoceratodus forsteri, the Queensland lungfish.
barramundas
barramundas
noun
plural of barramunda
barramundi
barramundi
noun
A diadromous fish of species Lates calcarifer, of the Centropomidae family, order Perciformes.
barramundies
barramundis
barramundis
noun
plural of barramundi
barundi
basiglandular
basutoland
basutoland
Proper noun
Lesotho.
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
baudekin
baudekins
baudekins
noun
plural of baudekin
baudin
baudoin
baudouin
baudrons
baudrons
noun
(Britain, dated) cat
baudronses
baudronses
noun
plural of baudrons
bausond
bausond
adj
Alternative form of bawsunt
beardtongue
beardtongue
noun
A flowering plant in the genus Penstemon with a prominent, often hairy, staminode.
beardtongues
beardtongues
noun
plural of beardtongue
bearhound
bearhound
noun
A dog for baiting or hunting bears.
beaudoin
bebuttoned
bebuttoned
adj
Wearing clothes, or an item of clothing, with many buttons.
bechuanaland
bechuanaland
Proper noun
A former name of what is now Botswana, used until 1966
beclouding
beclouding
noun
The process of becoming clouded or obscured.
verb
present participle of becloud
becousined
becudgeling
becudgeling
verb
present participle of becudgel
becudgelling
becurtained
becurtained
verb
simple past tense and past participle of becurtain
becushioned
bedaubing
bedaubing
verb
present participle of bedaub
bedouin
bedouin
noun
A member of nomadic Arab tribes dwelling in the desert.
bedouinism
bedouinism
noun
Nomadic desert life, like that of the bedouins.
bedouins
bedouins
noun
plural of bedouin
bedrugging
bedrugging
verb
present participle of bedrug
beduin
beduins
bedumbing
bedumbing
verb
present participle of bedumb
bedunce
bedunce
verb
(transitive, archaic, rare) To treat as, or reduce to, a dunce; to make stupid.
bedunced
bedunced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bedunce
bedunces
bedunces
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedunce
bedunch
beduncing
beduncing
verb
present participle of bedunce
bedung
bedung
verb
(transitive) To cover with dung or manure.
(transitive, sometimes figuratively) To bedaub or defile.
befountained
befountained
adj
Furnished with a fountain.
befuddlement
befuddlement
noun
The state of being befuddled.
befuddlements
befuddlements
noun
plural of befuddlement
befuddling
befuddling
verb
present participle of befuddle
begrudging
begrudging
adj
grudgeful, envious
reluctant
verb
present participle of begrudge
begrudgingly
begrudgingly
adv
In a begrudging manner; in a manner that is envious or reluctant.