(obsolete) The act of disowning or disinheriting a child.
(obsolete) The action of being deposed from the seat of power.
(obsolete, law) The renunciation of interest in a property or a legal claim; abandonment.
The act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder.
The voluntary renunciation of sovereign power.
abdications
abdications
noun
plural of abdication
abdicator
abdicator
noun
(obsolete) A person supporting the abdication of another.
abdominocardiac
abdominocardiac
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the abdomen and the heart.
abdominocentesis
abdominocentesis
noun
(surgery) Extraction of peritoneal fluid from the abdomen for evaluation, using a trocar
abdominocystic
abdominocystic
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the abdomen and to the bladder.
abdominohysterectomy
abdominohysterectomy
noun
(surgery) Removal of the uterus via an incision made in the abdominal wall rather than via the vagina.
abdominoscope
abdominoscope
noun
An instrument like an endoscope, for use in abdominoscopy.
abdominoscopy
abdominoscopy
noun
(medicine) Examination of the abdomen to detect abdominal disease, using an endoscope.
abdominothoracic
abdominothoracic
adj
Relating to the abdomen and the thorax, or chest.
abdominovesical
abdominovesical
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the abdomen and the urinary bladder
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
abjudication
abjudication
noun
(law, rare) Rejection by judicial sentence.
abjudicator
aborticide
aborticide
noun
An agent responsible for an abortion (the destruction of a fetus); abortifacient.
The act of destroying a fetus in the womb; feticide.
absconding
absconding
noun
An instance in which someone absconds.
verb
present participle of abscond
acetbromamide
acetobromanilide
acylamidobenzene
aerobicized
aerobicized
adj
(of a person's body) toned by the use of aerobics
amboceptoid
amboceptoid
noun
(obsolete) A hypothetical form of amboceptor that has undergone a degenerative change and lost its cytophil or complementophile groups.
amoebicidal
amoebicidal
adj
Relating to substances which could destroy amoebae.
amoebicide
amoebicide
noun
Alternative spelling of amebicide
antihydrophobic
antihydrophobic
adj
Counteracting or preventing hydrophobia.
noun
(rare) A remedy for hydrophobia.
archibaldo
archibold
arcimboldi
aspidobranchia
aspidobranchiata
aspidobranchiate
audubonistic
autobasidiomycetes
autobasidiomycetous
azodicarboxylic
baccharoid
backadation
backdropping
backdropping
verb
present participle of backdrop
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
backswording
backswording
noun
Sport or exercise using a backsword or singlestick.
backwardation
backwardation
noun
(obsolete) In the London Stock Exchange: a fee paid by a seller on settlement day either to the buyer or to a third party who lends stock, when the seller wishes to defer settlement until the next settlement day.
In full normal backwardation: the situation in a futures market where the price for future delivery of a commodity (the forward price) is lower than the price for immediate delivery (the spot price) or nearer delivery, generally arising from a near-term shortage of the commodity.
The situation in a stock market where the offer price for stock is lower than the bid price.
backwoodsiness
backwoodsiness
noun
The quality of being backwoodsy.
bacteriocidal
bacteriocidal
adj
Alternative form of bactericidal
bacteriodiagnosis
bacterioid
bacterioid
adj
(rare) Resembling a bacterium.
bacterioidal
bacteriorhodopsin
bacteriorhodopsin
noun
(biochemistry) Any of several related purple photosynthetic proteins, found in halobacteria, that act as proton pumps
bacteroid
bacteroid
adj
(biology) Resembling bacteria.
noun
(dated) A micro-organism such as a bacterium or yeast.
A bacterium of the species Bacteroides.
A symbiotic form of the nitrogen-fixing bacterium Rhizobia, or the root nodule that it produces.
bacteroidal
bacteroidal
adj
Relating to the bacteroids
bacteroideae
bacteroides
bactritoid
bactritoid
noun
Any extinct cephalopod of the order Bactritida
baculoid
badacsonyi
balanopsidaceae
balconied
balconied
adj
That has a balcony attached.
baldacchino
baldachino
baldachinos
baldachinos
noun
plural of baldachino
baldicoot
baldicoot
noun
(slang, archaic, derogatory) A monk with a shaven head.
The coot (bird), with its pure white wide frontal plate.
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.
bambocciade
bambocciade
noun
A painting depicting a grotesque scene from common or rustic life.
bandboxical
bandboxical
adj
(archaic) Small and flimsy; poky.
bandicoot
bandicoot
noun
A small Australian marsupial with a distinctive long snout, of the family Peramelidae (with the exception of genus Macrotis, called bilbies).
Any of several rat-like rodents of the genera Bandicota and Nesokia of southeast Asia.
verb
(Australia, informal) To steal growing vegetables from a garden
bandicoots
bandicoots
noun
plural of bandicoot
bandicoy
bandicoy
noun
(India) Alternative form of bendekai (“okra”)
barodynamic
barodynamic
adj
Relating to barodynamics.
barodynamics
barodynamics
noun
The science of the support and mechanics of bridges.
barricado
barricado
noun
(archaic) barricade
verb
(archaic) To barricade
barricadoed
barricadoed
adj
Obstructed, closed, or defended by a barricade; barricaded.
barricadoes
barricadoes
noun
plural of barricado
barricadoing
barricadoing
verb
present participle of barricado
barricados
basiarachnoiditis
basidiocarp
basidiocarp
noun
(mycology) A mushroom which has basidia.
basidiogenetic
basidiolichen
basidiolichen
noun
(lichenology) Any lichen in which the fungus is a member of the Basidiomycota
basidiolichenes
basidiomycete
basidiomycete
noun
(mycology) Any fungus of the phylum Basidiomycota, that produces sexual spores on a basidium.
basidiomycetes
basidiomycetes
noun
plural of basidiomycete
basidiomycetous
basidiomycetous
adj
Relating to the basidiomycetes.
basipoditic
basipoditic
adj
Relating to the basipodite.
batidaceous
batocrinidae
batrachoid
batrachoid
adj
(zoology) Of or pertaining to the family Batrachoididae of marine fishes, called toadfish.
(zoology, dated) Frog-like; batrachian.
noun
(zoology) Any species of the family Batrachoididae; a batrachoidid.
batrachoididae
batrachophidia
beaconsfield
beaconsfield
Proper noun
A market town in Buckinghamshire, England.
A town in Victoria, Australia.
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
becoiffed
becoiffed
adj
Having the hair arranged in a coif.
becousined
becowarding
becrinolined
becrinolined
adj
Dressed in a crinoline.
becrowding
becrowding
verb
present participle of becrowd
becushioned
bedclothing
bedclothing
noun
bedclothes
bedcovering
bedcovering
noun
bedcover
bedcoverings
bedcoverings
noun
plural of bedcovering
benediction
benediction
noun
A Roman Catholic rite by which bells, banners, candles, etc., are blessed with holy water and formally dedicated to God.
A short invocation for help, blessing and guidance from God, said on behalf of another person or persons (sometimes at the end of a church worship service).
Help, good fortune or reward from God or another supernatural source.
In the Anglican church, the ceremony used to institute an abbot, analogous to the consecration of a bishop.
benedictional
benedictional
noun
a book of benedictions.
benedictionale
benedictionary
benedictionary
noun
A collected series of benedictions.
benedictions
benedictions
noun
plural of benediction
benedicto
benedictory
benedictory
adj
Giving thanks
Of, pertaining to, or in the form of a benediction
benzhydroxamic
benzotrichloride
benzotrichloride
noun
(organic chemistry) The chlorinated derivative of toluene "(trichloromethyl)benzene"
berberidaceous
berberidaceous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to the family Berberidaceae of barberries.
berycoid
berycoid
adj
(zoology) Resembling or relating to the Berycidae, a family of marine fishes.
berycoidea
berycoidean
berycoidei
bezoardic
bezoardic
adj
Pertaining to, or compounded with, bezoar.
noun
A medicine containing bezoar.
bichloride
bichloride
noun
(chemistry) A dichloride.
bichlorides
bichlorides
noun
plural of bichloride
bichord
bichord
adj
(music, of a musical instrument) Having two strings
noun
(music) A chord of two notes played at the same time.
bichromated
bicolored
bicolored
adj
Alternative form of bicoloured
bicoloured
bicoloured
adj
Of two colours.
biconditional
biconditional
adj
Having two conditions
noun
(logic) An "if and only if" conditional wherein the truth of each term depends on the truth of the other
bicondylar
bicondylar
adj
Involving two condyles.
biconnected
biconnected
adj
(graph theory) Describing a connected graph from which two vertices must be removed for it to become disconnected.
bicorned
bicorned
Adjective
Having two horns; bicorn.
bicrofarad
bicrofarad
noun
(dated, nonstandard) A billionth of a farad.
bidactylous
bidcock
bidirectional
bidirectional
adj
Moving in two directions (usually opposite)
Operating or functioning in two directions (usually opposite)
noun
Such an antenna or microphone
bidirectionally
bidirectionally
adv
In opposite directions.
biflecnode
biflecnode
noun
(geometry) A fleflecnode
biocidal
biocidal
adj
Able to kill living organisms, especially microorganisms
biocide
biocide
noun
Any action or substance that can destroy living organisms.
biocides
biocides
noun
plural of biocide
biodynamic
biodynamic
adj
(Anthroposophy, agriculture, pseudoscience) Of, or relating to a form of organic agriculture with mystical and holistic elements, based on the teachings of Rudolf Steiner.
(New Age, psychoanalysis, pseudoscience) Of, or relating to a form of psychotherapy, massage and energy healing developed by Gerda Boyesen in Norway in the 1950s.
Of, or relating to the effects of motion on living things.
biodynamical
biodynamical
adj
Alternative form of biodynamic
biodynamics
biodynamics
noun
(agriculture) Biodynamic agricultural practices similar to organic farming.
(biology, dated) The doctrine of vital forces or energy.
biofeedback
biofeedback
noun
A technique consisting of measuring a person's quantifiable bodily functions, such as blood pressure, heart rate, skin temperature, sweat gland activity, and muscle tension, then conveying the information to the person in real-time.
biofeedbacks
biofeedbacks
noun
plural of biofeedback
biomedical
biomedical
adj
Of or pertaining to biomedicine.
noun
A product of the biomedicine industry.
biomedicine
biomedicine
noun
(countable) A medicine created with the use of living organisms.
The application of biology and physiology to clinical medicine.
The branch of medicine that studies the effects of environmental stress on organisms (most often in space travel).
biomedicines
biomedicines
noun
plural of biomedicine
birchwood
birchwood
noun
(countable) A wood largely populated with birch trees (Betula spp.).