(chiefly geology) pertaining to clay; made of, containing, or resembling clay
argilloarenaceous
argilloarenaceous
adj
(soil science) Consisting of, or containing, clay and sand.
argillocalcareous
argillocalcareous
adj
(soil science) Consisting of, or containing, clay and calcareous earth.
argonautic
argonautic
adj
(by extension) adventurous
relating to Jason's ship, the Argo
argyrocephalous
argyropelecus
arosaguntacook
arsenotungstic
articulating
articulating
verb
present participle of articulate
aschaffenburg
ascigerous
ascigerous
adj
(botany) Having asci.
ascogenous
ascogenous
adj
(mycology) That grows from the ascogonium of a fungus
ascogonidium
ascogonium
ascogonium
noun
(mycology) The spiral female organ of an ascomycetous fungus from which asci are produced
assurgency
assurgency
noun
A tendency to rise.
astragalonavicular
auctioning
auctioning
verb
present participle of auction
audiogenic
audiogenic
adj
Produced by sound.
audiological
audiological
adj
Of or pertaining to audiology, or the study of hearing.
augitic
augitic
adj
Containing augite.
aurignac
aurignacian
aurignacian
Adjective
From or pertaining to a culture of the Upper Paleolithic, located in Europe and southwest Asia from circa 45,000 to 35,000 years ago, known from archaeological remains.
Noun
A member of the Aurignacian culture.
auscultating
auscultating
verb
present participle of auscultate
ausgleich
ausgleiche
auspicating
auspicating
verb
present participle of auspicate
autarchoglossa
autecologic
autecological
autecological
adj
Relating to autecology.
autecologically
autecologically
adv
In terms of autecology.
autecologies
autecologies
noun
plural of autecology
autecologist
autecologist
noun
One who studies autecology.
autecology
autecology
noun
one of two broad subdivisions of ecology, which studies the individual organism or species.
authenticating
authenticating
verb
present participle of authenticate
authigenetic
authigenetic
adj
Synonym of authigenic
authigenic
authigenic
adj
(geology) Generated where it is found or observed.
autobiographic
autobiographic
Adjective
Of or relating to a person's life or an account of a person's life, as told by the subject.
autobiographical
autobiographical
adj
Of or relating to a person's life or an account of a person's life, as told by the subject.
autobiographically
autobiographically
adv
In an autobiographical manner.
autocamping
autocamping
verb
present participle of autocamp
autochanger
autochanger
noun
(computing) An automatic tape loader, for switching automatically between several computer backup tapes.
A device for playing multiple music media of a certain kind (gramophone records, compact discs, etc.) in a predetermined sequence without user intervention.
autochronograph
autochronograph
noun
(rare, archaic) An instrument for the instantaneous self-recording or printing of time.
autoclaving
autoclaving
noun
sterilization in an autoclave
verb
present participle of autoclave
autocoprophagous
autocoprophagous
adj
That eats its own excrement.
autodiagnostic
autodiagnostic
adj
Relating to, or carrying out, autodiagnosis; self-diagnosing.
autodiagrammatic
autogamic
autogamic
adj
Exhibiting or relating to autogamy.
autogenetic
autogenetic
adj
Of or pertaining to autogenesis.
Self-generated.
autogenetically
autogenetically
adv
In an autogenetic manner.
autogenic
autogenic
adj
(specifically, of a process of soldering) Performed by fusing the parts to be joined without adding solder.
Independent of a medium.
Relating to autogenic training.
Self-produced.
autognostic
autognostic
adj
self-aware
autographic
autographic
adj
Containing or relating to an autograph.
autographical
autographical
adj
Relating to an autograph, or one's own handwriting.
Relating to, or used in, the process of autography.
autographically
autographically
adv
By means of autography.
autolaryngoscope
autolaryngoscope
noun
A laryngoscope modified for autolaryngoscopy
autolaryngoscopic
autolaryngoscopy
autolaryngoscopy
noun
laryngoscopy or one's own larynx
autolithographic
autolithographic
adj
Related to autolithographs or to autolithography
autological
autological
adj
(grammar, of a word, phrase, or especially an adjective) Possessing the property it describes.
automatictacessing
autopelagic
autopsychology
autoradiographic
autoradiographic
adj
Of or pertaining to an autoradiograph, a radiographic image produced by the decay of a radioactive substance
autosomatognostic
auxographic
avouching
avouching
verb
present participle of avouch
bacillogenous
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
backhauling
backhauling
verb
present participle of backhaul
bacterioagglutinin
bacterioagglutinin
noun
(medicine) An antibody which causes agglutination of bacteria.
(archaic, medicine) Of bacterial origin or causation.
bacteriophagous
bacteriophagous
adj
Pertaining to the predation and consumption of bacterium.
bangiaceous
barbecueing
barbecuing
barbecuing
verb
present participle of barbecue
batrachophagous
batrachophagous
adj
Feeding on frogs.
beccabunga
beclouding
beclouding
noun
The process of becoming clouded or obscured.
verb
present participle of becloud
becrusting
becudgel
becudgel
verb
(transitive) To cudgel thoroughly or soundly.
becudgeled
becudgeling
becudgeling
verb
present participle of becudgel
becudgelled
becudgelled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of becudgel
becudgelling
becudgels
becudgels
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of becudgel
becursing
becursing
verb
present participle of becurse
beduncing
beduncing
verb
present participle of bedunce
beggiatoaceous
beglerbegluc
begluc
begoniaceous
begoniaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Begoniaceae.
begrutch
begrutch
verb
Obsolete form of begrudge.
benzophloroglucinol
bergschrund
bergschrund
noun
Alternative form of bergshrund
bescourge
bescouring
biconjugate
biconjugate
adj
(botany) paired twice
(mathematics) conjugate in two ways
bifurcating
bifurcating
adj
dividing or forking into two
verb
present participle of bifurcate
bignoniaceous
bignoniaceous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to the flowering plant family Bignoniaceae.
biolinguistics
biolinguistics
noun
(linguistics) Study of the biology and evolution of language
biologicohumanistic
birectangular
birectangular
adj
Containing two right angles.
biscuiting
biscuitmaking
bivouacking
bivouacking
verb
present participle of bivouac
blackfigured
blackguard
blackguard
noun
(archaic) A man who uses foul language in front of a woman, typically a woman of high standing in society.
(old-fashioned, usually used only of men) A scoundrel; an unprincipled contemptible person; an untrustworthy person.
The lowest servant in a household charged with pots, pans, and other kitchen equipment.
verb
(intransitive) To act like a blackguard; to be a scoundrel.
(transitive) To revile or abuse in scurrilous language.
blackguarded
blackguarded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blackguard
blackguardism
blackguardism
noun
Blackguardly behaviour or language.
blackguardize
blackguardize
verb
To make blackguardly.
blackguardly
blackguardly
adj
Characteristic of a blackguard.
blackguardry
blackguards
blackguards
noun
plural of blackguard
blackgum
blackgum
noun
Alternative form of black gum (“tree”)
blackgums
blackgums
noun
plural of blackgum
blacksburg
blacktongue
bleachground
blockaderunning
blockbusting
blockbusting
adj
Having the characteristics of a blockbuster; hugely successful.
noun
(US) A technique used to encourage people to sell their property by giving the impression that a neighborhood is changing for the worse, especially by implying a change in its racial makeup.
blocksburg
bloodcurdling
bloodcurdling
adj
Causing great horror or terror.
bloodcurdlingly
bloodcurdlingly
adv
in a bloodcurdling manner
bloodsucking
bloodsucking
adj
(by extension, of a person) parasitic, leechlike or freeloading
(of an insect or animal) That draws off the blood of another animal, or a person.
bloodsuckings
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
bogsucker
bogsucker
noun
The American woodcock.
boguechitto
boiguacu
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.
borotungstic
bouncing
bouncing
adj
(obsolete, informal) Excessively big; whopping.
Healthy; vigorous.
noun
The act of something that bounces.
verb
present participle of bounce
bouncingly
bouncingly
adv
With a bouncing motion.
bourgeoisitic
bourgeoisitic
adj
(rare) bourgeois
brachigerous
brachiofaciolingual
brachygnathous
brachygnathous
adj
Relating to brachygnathia
branchiogenous
branchiostegous
branchiostegous
adj
branchiostegal
braunschweig
braunschweig
Proper noun
a city in Lower Saxony, Germany; Brunswick
braunschweiger
braunschweiger
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Braunschweiger (a sausage).
broncobusting
brunching
brunching
verb
present participle of brunch
bucaramanga
bucaramanga
Proper noun
A city in northeastern Colombia.
buccaneering
buccaneering
adj
bold, reckless and unscrupulous
noun
robbery on the high seas; piracy
verb
present participle of buccaneer
buccaning
buccaning
verb
present participle of buccan
buccanning
buccogingival
buccogingival
adj
(dentistry) In a direction with buccal and gingival vectors.
(dentistry) In a location on the buccal and gingival aspect (of a tooth or its socket).
buccolingual
buccolingual
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the cheek and the tongue.
(dentistry) In a direction with buccal and lingual vectors.
(dentistry) In a location on the buccal and lingual aspect (of a tooth or its socket).