simple past tense and past participle of ambulance
amebicidal
amebicidal
adj
(American spelling) Alternative form of amoebicidal
amoebicidal
amoebicidal
adj
Relating to substances which could destroy amoebae.
archbald
archbeadle
archbold
archbuilder
archdissembler
archibald
archibaldo
archibold
arcimboldi
ascendable
ascendable
adj
Capable of being ascended.
ascendible
ascendible
adj
Capable of being ascended; climbable.
azodicarboxylic
bacchylides
bacchylides
Proper noun
An Ancient Greek name, particularly borne by a 5th century Ancient Greek lyric poet.
bachelordom
bachelordom
noun
The state of a male who is a bachelor, i.e. unwed.
bachelordoms
bachelorhood
bachelorhood
noun
The condition of being a bachelor.
bachelorhoods
bachelorhoods
noun
plural of bachelorhood
bacillicidal
bacillicidal
adj
Killing bacilli.
bacillicide
bacillicide
noun
(rare) Any material that kills bacilli.
bacillicidic
bacillicidic
adj
bacillicidal
backfield
backfield
noun
(American football) The area behind the line of scrimmage occupied before the snap by the team on offense.
(baseball, rare) Synonym of outfield.
(soccer, US) The area behind either the offensive or defensive line.
The players occupying this area.
backfields
backfields
noun
plural of backfield
backfilled
backfilled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backfill
backflipped
backflipped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backflip
backfold
backhandedly
backhauled
backhauled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backhaul
backland
backland
noun
Land that lies behind or beyond some primary settlement or development.
backlands
backlands
noun
plural of backland
backlashed
backlashed
adj
Having a backlash.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backlash
backliding
backlighted
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
backlogged
backlogged
adj
Having an excessive list of tasks to do, especially tasks that should have already been performed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backlog
backpedal
backpedal
verb
(intransitive) To pedal backwards on a bicycle.
(intransitive) To step backwards.
(intransitive, idiomatic) To distance oneself from an earlier claim or statement; back off from an idea.
backpedaled
backpedaled
verb
(US) simple past tense and past participle of backpedal
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
backpedalled
backpedalled
verb
(British spelling) simple past tense and past participle of backpedal
backslapped
backslapped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backslap
backslid
backslid
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backslide
backslidden
backslidden
verb
past participle of backslide
backslide
backslide
noun
(dance) A dance move in which the feet are alternately slid back and the heels lifted, giving the illusion of walking forwards while actually moving backwards.
A backward regression; a reverting back to a worse state.
verb
(Christianity) To revert back into a life of sin after being saved.
To regress; to slip backwards or revert to a previous, worse state.
To shirk responsibility; to renege on one's obligations or commitments.
backslided
backslider
backslider
noun
A recidivist; one who backslides, especially in a religious sense; an apostate.
She married him thinking to change his ways, and for a while he got religion, but he was ever a backslider; she soon began finding bottles stashed about the house.
backsliders
backsliders
noun
plural of backslider
backslides
backslides
noun
plural of backslide
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backslide
backsliding
backsliding
adj
sliding back
noun
An occasion on which one backslides, especially in a moral sense.
verb
present participle of backslide
backslidingness
backspliced
backspliced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backsplice
backveld
backveld
noun
(southern Africa) Backward and unsophisticated rural areas.
backvelder
backvelder
noun
A native or inhabitant of the backveld.
backwardly
backwardly
adv
In a backward direction.
bacolod
bactericidal
bactericidal
adj
Of or pertaining to a bactericide.
That kills bacteria.
noun
A bactericide.
bactericidally
bactericidally
adv
In a bactericidal manner.
bacteriocidal
bacteriocidal
adj
Alternative form of bactericidal
bacterioidal
bacteroidal
bacteroidal
adj
Relating to the bacteroids
baculoid
badderlocks
badderlocks
noun
(Scotland) The edible seaweed Alaria esculenta
balanced
balanced
adj
Containing elements in appropriate proportion; proportionately weighted on all dimensions and therefore unlikely to tip over.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of balance
balancedness
balancedness
noun
The state or quality of being balanced.
balanopsidaceae
balantidic
balconied
balconied
adj
That has a balcony attached.
baldacchini
baldacchino
baldachin
baldachin
noun
Alternative spelling of baldacchin
baldachined
baldachined
adj
Covered by a baldacchin.
baldachini
baldachino
baldachinos
baldachinos
noun
plural of baldachino
baldachins
baldachins
noun
plural of baldachin
baldcrown
baldfaced
baldfaced
adj
Alternative form of bald-faced
baldicoot
baldicoot
noun
(slang, archaic, derogatory) A monk with a shaven head.
The coot (bird), with its pure white wide frontal plate.
baldric
baldric
noun
A broad belt used to hold a sword, sometimes richly ornamented, worn diagonally from shoulder to hip (across the breast, and under the opposite arm); less properly, any belt.
baldrick
baldrick
noun
Alternative form of baldric
baldricked
baldricked
adj
Wearing a baldrick (ornamental belt).
baldricks
baldricks
noun
plural of baldrick
baldrics
baldrics
noun
plural of baldric
baldricwise
baldricwise
adv
In the manner of a baldric.
balducta
balductum
balductum
adj
(obsolete) nonsensical
noun
(obsolete) senseless talk or writing; balderdash.
a posset
balladic
balladic
adj
(music) Characteristic of a ballad
balladical
balladical
adj
Alternative form of balladic
balladromic
ballistocardiogram
ballistocardiogram
noun
The visual output that a ballistocardiograph produces.
ballistocardiograph
ballistocardiograph
noun
An instrument which measures ballistic forces on the heart, producing a graphical representation of repetitive motions of the human body arising from the sudden ejection of blood into the great vessels with each heartbeat.
ballistocardiographic
ballistocardiographic
adj
Relating to ballistocardiography
ballistocardiography
ballistocardiography
noun
The science of the preparation and diagnostic interpretation of ballistocardiograms.
balmarcodes
bandboxical
bandboxical
adj
(archaic) Small and flimsy; poky.
bardocucullus
barefacedly
barefacedly
adv
In a barefaced manner
bareknuckled
barleduc
barleducs
barmecidal
barmecidal
adj
unreal; illusory
barnacled
barnacled
adj
(figurative, by extension) Thickly covered in something, as if with barnacles.
(figuratively) Encumbered with something unnecessary or undesirable, especially through a slow, gradual process of accumulation.
(figuratively) Marked by personal experiences; worldly.
Crusted with barnacles.
Familiar with the ocean and/or seafaring.
Old and weathered, particularly with respect to persons or things associated with the ocean.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of barnacle
barraclade
basidiolichen
basidiolichen
noun
(lichenology) Any lichen in which the fungus is a member of the Basidiomycota
basidiolichenes
batchelder
beaconsfield
beaconsfield
Proper noun
A market town in Buckinghamshire, England.
A town in Victoria, Australia.
becalmed
becalmed
adj
(nautical, of a sailing ship) Unable to move due to lack of wind.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of becalm
bechalked
bechalked
adj
Chalk-covered or chalky.
Having a surface that has been written on in chalk.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bechalk
bechuanaland
bechuanaland
Proper noun
A former name of what is now Botswana, used until 1966
becircled
becircled
adj
(poetic) encircled
beclad
beclad
adj
Clothed about; clad.
beclamored
beclamored
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beclamor
beclasped
beclasped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beclasp
becloaked
becloaked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of becloak
beclogged
beclogged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beclog
beclothed
beclothed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beclothe
becloud
becloud
verb
(transitive) To cause to become obscure or muddled.
(transitive, figurative) To cast in a negative light, cast a pall over, darken.
(transitive, usually passive) To cover or surround with clouds.
beclouded
beclouded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of becloud
beclouding
beclouding
noun
The process of becoming clouded or obscured.
verb
present participle of becloud
beclouds
beclouds
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of becloud