(archaic, medicine) Of bacterial origin or causation.
bacteriophagous
bacteriophagous
adj
Pertaining to the predation and consumption of bacterium.
badgerbrush
badgerbrush
noun
The plant Symphoricarpos occidentalis.
baghouse
baghouse
noun
A fabric filter; an air pollution control device that removes particulates out of air or gas released from commercial processes or combustion for electricity generation.
baguets
baguets
noun
plural of baguet
baguettes
baguettes
noun
plural of baguette
baigneuse
baigneuses
bangiaceous
banquetings
banquetings
noun
plural of banqueting
bansalague
bansalague
noun
(Philippines) The wood of the tree Mimusops elengi.
barbigerous
barbigerous
adj
(rare, humorous) Having a beard; bearded; hairy.
bargehouse
barguest
barguests
barguests
noun
plural of barguest
baseplug
baserunning
baserunning
noun
(baseball) The act of running bases, or a player's skill in doing so
baserunnings
basigenous
basipterygium
basipterygium
noun
A cartilage at the base of the fins of some fish that develops into the metapterygium upon maturity.
batesburg
battlegrounds
battlegrounds
noun
plural of battleground
beardtongues
beardtongues
noun
plural of beardtongue
bearhugs
bearhugs
noun
plural of bearhug
beaugregories
becrusting
becudgels
becudgels
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of becudgel
becursing
becursing
verb
present participle of becurse
bedbugs
bedbugs
noun
plural of bedbug
bedrugs
bedrugs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedrug
beefburgers
beefburgers
noun
plural of beefburger
beggiatoaceous
begoniaceous
begoniaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Begoniaceae.
begrudges
begrudges
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of begrudge
beguess
beguess
Verb
To guess about; speculate; conjecture.
beguilements
beguilements
noun
plural of beguilement
beguilers
beguilers
noun
plural of beguiler
beguiles
beguiles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beguile
beguilingness
beguilingness
noun
Quality of being beguiling.
beguines
beguines
noun
plural of beguine
begulfs
begums
begums
noun
plural of begum
beleaguers
beleaguers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beleaguer
belugas
belugas
noun
plural of beluga
bemusing
bemusing
verb
present participle of bemuse
bergius
bergquist
bergschrund
bergschrund
noun
Alternative form of bergshrund
berrysburg
besague
besague
noun
A kind of double-bladed axe.
A kind of martel or war-hammer, with its head(s) shaped like a pick, mattock, or beak.
A plate (as of armor) that protects an otherwise-exposed area, such as the armpit (alternative form of besagew), the elbow, or the hand
bescourge
bescouring
beshouting
beshouting
verb
present participle of beshout
beshrouding
beshrouding
verb
present participle of beshroud
besmudge
besmudge
verb
To smudge.
besmudged
besmudged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of besmudge
besmudges
besmudges
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of besmudge
besmudging
besmudging
verb
present participle of besmudge
besmutting
besmutting
verb
present participle of besmut
besought
besought
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beseech
simple past tense and past participle of beseek
bespousing
bespousing
verb
present participle of bespouse
bestraught
bestraught
adj
(obsolete) Distracted; mad, distraught.
bestudding
bestudding
verb
present participle of bestud
besugar
besugo
betelgeuse
bignoniaceous
bignoniaceous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to the flowering plant family Bignoniaceae.
biogenous
biogenous
adj
biogenic; produced by living things
bismutoplagionite
bistournage
bladensburg
blakesburg
blennogenous
blennogenous
adj
Generating mucus.
bloodguiltiness
bloodguiltiness
noun
Guilt of having shed blood or killed someone.
bloodguiltless
bloodguiltless
adj
Free from bloodguilt.
bludgeons
bludgeons
noun
plural of bludgeon
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bludgeon
bluegills
bluegills
noun
plural of bluegill
bluegrass
bluegrass
noun
(music, uncountable) A subgenre of country music with roots in Scots-Irish Appalachian folk music, blues, and jazz and characterized by banjos, fiddles, acoustic guitars, dobros, and mandolins; but containing no drums, electric guitars, pianos or other keyboard or wind instruments.
Kentucky bluegrass, Poa pratensis.
bluegrasses
bluegrasses
noun
plural of bluegrass
bluegums
bluegums
noun
plural of bluegum
blueings
blueings
noun
plural of blueing
bluelegs
bluestocking
bluestocking
noun
(historical) A member of an 18th-century Blue Stockings Society.
(historical) The English parliament of 1653, more commonly called the Barebones Parliament
(usually derogatory) A scholarly, literary, or cultured woman.
bluestockingish
bluestockingish
adj
Like a bluestocking, or scholarly woman.
bluestockingism
bluestockingism
noun
(colloquial) The character or manner of a bluestocking; female pedantry.
bluestockings
bluestockings
noun
plural of bluestocking
bluetongues
bluetongues
noun
plural of bluetongue
blunderings
blunderings
noun
plural of blundering
blungers
blungers
noun
plural of blunger
blunges
blunges
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blunge
blustering
blustering
adj
Engaged in or involving the process of blustering, speaking or protesting loudly.
Pompous or arrogant in one's speech or bearing.
Very windy; (of wind) blowing very strongly, blustery.
noun
A noisy blowing, as of a blast of wind.
Swaggering; braggartry; noisy pretension.
verb
present participle of bluster
blusteringly
blusteringly
adv
in a blustering manner
boardinghouse
boardinghouse
noun
Alternative spelling of boarding house
boardinghouses
boardinghouses
noun
plural of boardinghouse
bogsucker
bogsucker
noun
The American woodcock.
bogusness
bogusness
noun
The quality of being bogus.
bogusnesses
boltuprightness
boraginaceous
boraginaceous
adj
(botany) Of, relating to, or resembling the Boraginaceae, a plant family which includes the borage, heliotrope, beggar's lice, and many pestiferous plants.
boragineous
boragineous
adj
(botany) Relating to the borage tribe; boraginaceous.
borotungstate
boroughmaster
boroughmaster
noun
The mayor, governor, or bailiff of a borough.
bougainvillaeas
bougainvillaeas
noun
plural of bougainvillaea
boughless
bougies
bougies
noun
plural of bougie
bourgeois
bourgeois
adj
(Marxism) Of or relating to the capitalist class, (usually derogatory) the capitalist exploitation of the proletariat.
(historical) Of or relating to the bourgeoisie, the third estate of the French Ancien Regime.
Of or relating to the middle class, (often derogatory) their presumed overly conventional, conservative, and materialistic values.
noun
(Marxism) A capitalist, (usually derogatory) an exploiter of the proletariat.
(history) An individual member of the bourgeoisie, the third estate of the French Ancien Regime.
(politics, collectively, usually in the plural) The middle class.
(printing, dated) A size of type between brevier and long primer, standardized as 9-point.
(rare) An individual member of the middle class.
(usually derogatory) A person of any class with bourgeois (i.e., overly conventional and materialistic) values and attitudes.
verb
(transitive) To make bourgeois.
bourgeoise
bourgeoise
noun
A female member of the bourgeoisie; a wealthy woman
bourgeoises
bourgeoises
noun
plural of bourgeoise
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bourgeois
bourgeoisie
bourgeoisie
noun
(Marxism) The capitalist class.
(historical) A class of citizens who were wealthier members of the third estate.
bourgeoisies
bourgeoisies
noun
plural of bourgeoisie
bourgeoisify
bourgeoisify
Verb
To make bourgeois.
bourgeoisitic
bourgeoisitic
adj
(rare) bourgeois
bourgeons
bourgeons
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bourgeon
bourges
boussingaultite
boussingaultite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing hydrogen, magnesium, nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur.
brachigerous
branchiogenous
branchiostegous
branchiostegous
adj
branchiostegal
brandenburgs
branguses
braunschweig
braunschweig
Proper noun
a city in Lower Saxony, Germany; Brunswick
braunschweiger
braunschweiger
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Braunschweiger (a sausage).
breakshugh
breakthroughes
breakthroughs
breakthroughs
noun
plural of breakthrough
breastplough
breastplough
noun
A kind of plough, worked by handles near the worker's breast, and in some types by pushing with the breast/chest, by which ploughing can be done by hand (without a draft animal), albeit more slowly and difficultly, or by which turf (peat) can be cut for fuel; the type commonly used in preindustrial Britain is analogous to a spade with a large T-shaped handle gripped with both hands.
bremsstrahlung
bremsstrahlung
noun
The electromagnetic radiation produced by the deceleration of a charged particle, such as an electron, when it is deflected by another charged particle, such as an atomic nucleus.