(biology) Automatic differentiation and specialization of cells; autonomous development.
(mathematics, computing) The automatic differentiation of a function by a computer.
The differentiation of a whole into distinct parts; self-differentiation.
autofecundation
autofecundation
noun
Self-impregnation.
autofermentation
autofermentation
noun
endogenous fermentation
autofluorescence
autofluorescence
noun
(biology, microscopy) Self-induced fluorescence.
(biology, microscopy) The fluorescence of substances other than the fluorophore of interest.
autoinfection
autoinfection
noun
The infection of a primary host with a parasite, particularly a helminth, in such a way that the complete life cycle of the parasite happens in a single organism, without the involvement of another host.
autoreflection
autoreinfusion
autotransformer
autotransformer
noun
(electrical engineering) A transformer with a single winding, its output being taken from taps.
aveniform
aveniform
adj
Having the appearance of oats.
azoflavine
azoflavine
noun
A particular yellow azo dye.
bacteriofluorescin
balaniferous
balaniferous
adj
(nonce word) Bearing or producing acorns.
balloonfishes
balloonfishes
noun
plural of balloonfish
balloonflower
banecroft
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
beaconsfield
beaconsfield
Proper noun
A market town in Buckinghamshire, England.
A town in Victoria, Australia.
beatification
beatification
noun
The act of beatifying, or the state of being beatified; especially, in the Roman Catholic Church, the act or process of ascertaining and declaring that a deceased person is one of "the blessed," or has attained the second degree of sanctity, — usually a stage in the process of canonization.
beatifications
beatifications
noun
plural of beatification
beautification
beautification
noun
Making beautiful, beautifying, improving the appearance of something.
beautifications
beautifications
noun
plural of beautification
beeftongue
beflounce
beflowering
beflowering
verb
present participle of beflower
befogging
befogging
verb
present participle of befog
befooling
befooling
verb
present participle of befool
befoolment
befoolment
noun
The condition of being befooled.
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.
befouling
befouling
verb
present participle of befoul
befoulment
befoulment
noun
That which makes or has been made soiled.
The act of befouling; soiling; making dirty.
befountained
befountained
adj
Furnished with a fountain.
befrounce
behoovefulness
belafonte
bellefonte
bellefonte
Proper noun
a ghost town in Alabama, USA, and the former county seat.
a town in Arkansas, USA.
a town in Delaware, USA.
a small city in Kentucky, USA.
a borough in Pennsylvania, USA
benchfellow
benefaction
benefaction
noun
An act of charity; almsgiving.
An act of doing good; a benefit, a blessing.
benefactions
benefactions
noun
plural of benefaction
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.
beneficiation
beneficiation
noun
The reduction in size of particles of ore (or similar physical processing) before further processing to recover the metal
benioff
benzoflavine
benzofluorene
benzofluorene
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of three isomeric polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in which a benzene ring is fused to a fluorene moiety
benzofulvene
benzofulvene
noun
(organic chemistry) Any benzo derivative of a fulvene
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
benzosulfimide
benzosulfimide
noun
(organic chemistry) Synonym of saccharin
benzothiofuran
benzotrifluoride
benzotrifluoride
noun
(organic chemistry) The fluorinated derivative of toluene "(trifluoromethyl)benzene"
benzotrifuran
benzoylformic
bernstorff
bettendorf
beuniformed
beuniformed
adj
(dated) Wearing a uniform.
biflecnode
biflecnode
noun
(geometry) A fleflecnode
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.
bifronted
bifronted
adj
Having two fronts.
bioscientific
bioscientific
adj
Relating to bioscience.
bipenniform
bipenniform
adj
Resembling a feather on both sides
bipennate
birefraction
bituminiferous
bituminiferous
adj
Producing bitumen.
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
blindfolded
blindfolded
adj
Wearing a blindfold
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blindfold
blindfoldedly
blindfoldedness
blindfoldedness
noun
The state or quality of being blindfolded.
blindfolder
blindfolder
noun
One who, or an object which, blindfolds someone.
bloemfontein
bloemfontein
Proper noun
A major city and the judicial capital of South Africa.
bloomfieldian
bloomfieldian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to (1887–1949), American linguist and pioneer of linguistic structuralism.
Noun
A supporter of Leonard Bloomfieldian's linguistic theories.
boastfulness
boastfulness
noun
The characteristic of being boastful.
bodefulness
bogfern
boldfacedness
bonchief
bonefish
bonefish
noun
(New England) A doctorfish, common dogfish, Squalus acanthias.
A surgeonfish of the family Acanthuridae, especially genus Acanthurus.
Albula vulpes, the type of the genus and family.
Any of various game fish, of the family Albulidae, found in shallow, tropical waters.
bonefishes
bonefishes
noun
plural of bonefish
bonefishing
bonefishing
noun
Angling for bonefish.
bonefishings
boneflower
bonfield
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
boniface
boniface
noun
The proprietor of a hotel or restaurant; an innkeeper.
bonifaces
bonifaces
noun
plural of boniface
boonfellow
bouffante
bountifulness
bountifulness
noun
The characteristic of being bountiful.
boyfriend
boyfriend
noun
A male friend.
A male partner in an unmarried romantic relationship.
boyfriends
boyfriends
noun
plural of boyfriend
branchiferous
branchiferous
adj
(anatomy) Having gills; branchiate.
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.
breakfronts
breakfronts
noun
plural of breakfront
brentford
brentford
Proper noun
a town in west London, England, on the north side of the River Thames and within the London Borough of Hounslow.
brownfield
brownfield
adj
(software engineering) Being a development that has to integrate with legacy systems.
noun
(often attributive) A site, to be used for housing or commerce, that has been previously used for industry and may be contaminated or need extensive clearing
brownfields
brownfields
noun
plural of brownfield
bufflehorn
buffone
buffooneries
buffooneries
noun
plural of buffoonery
buffoonery
buffoonery
noun
The behaviour expected of a buffoon; foolishness, silliness.
buffoonesque
buffoonishness
bufonidae
bufonite
bufonite
noun
(paleontology, obsolete) A fossil consisting of the petrified teeth and palatal bones of fishes belonging to the family of pycnodonts, whose remains occur in the oolite and chalk formations.
bufotenin
bufotenin
noun
Alternative spelling of bufotenine
bufotenine
bufotenine
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid, found in the skins of some toads, related to serotonin.
bulletproofing
bulletproofing
verb
present participle of bulletproof
bunchflower
bunchflower
noun
A perennial herb, Melanthium virginicum, having a branched cluster of pale flowers
caernarfon
caffeone
caffoline
caffoline
noun
(organic chemistry) An organic compound with chemical formula C₅H₉N₃O₂, obtained from caffeine by successively removing one methylamine and two carbonic anhydride groups.
calcaneofibular
calcaneofibular
adj
Relating to the calcaneus and fibula.
calefaction
calefaction
noun
The act of warming or heating.
The state or condition of being heated.
californite
californite
noun
(mineralogy) A green vesuvianite found in California, resembling jade and used as a gemstone.
calorifacient
calorifacient
adj
(physiology, dated) Having or relating to the power of producing heat; applied to foods which, being rich in carbon, as the fats, are supposed to give rise to heat in the animal body by oxidation.
canaliferous
canaliferous
adj
(zoology, of the shell of a mollusc) Having a canal.
candyflosses
candyflosses
noun
plural of candyfloss
cankerflower
carboniferous
carboniferous
adj
Containing or producing carbon.
carniferous
carniferous
adj
Obsolete form of carnivorous.
cathodofluorescence
cementification
cementification
noun
Synonym of cementogenesis
cenospecific
cenospecific
adj
Alternative form of coenospecific
cenospecifically
centerfold
centerfold
noun
(by extension) Any very sexually attractive person, who is therefore material for such a photograph.
A large photograph printed on this sheet, typically in the form of a nude, or provocatively dressed, sexually attractive woman or man.
The person appearing in such a photograph.
The single sheet of paper that forms the middle two pages of a magazine or other publication.
centerfolds
centerfolds
noun
plural of centerfold
centifolious
centifolious
adj
Having a hundred leaves.
centrefold
centrefold
noun
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of centerfold
centrifugalisation
centrifugalisation
noun
Alternative form of centrifugation
centrifugalization
centrifugalization
noun
Synonym of centrifugation
centrifugation
centrifugation
noun
The process in which mixtures are separated using the centripetal force generated by spinning in a centrifuge.
centrisciform
certification
certification
noun
A professional qualification that certifies a person's ability.