Of or relating to any of various early Paleolithic sites, particularly in Europe, that are characterized by the presence of bifacial stone axes.
Proper noun
The earliest epoch of the early Paleolithic stage or tradition characterized by the presence of bifacial stone axes, especially in Europe. name = oxf/>
abbreviating
abbreviating
verb
present participle of abbreviate
abbreviation
abbreviation
noun
(biology) Loss during evolution of the final stages of the ancestral ontogenetic pattern.
(linguistics) A shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase, used to represent the whole, utilizing omission of letters, and sometimes substitution of letters, or duplication of initial letters to signify plurality, including signs such as +, =, @.
(mathematics) Reduction to lower terms, as a fraction.
(music) A notation used in music score to denote a direction, as pp or mf.
(music) One or more dashes through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, demisemiquavers, or hemidemisemiquavers.
Any convenient short form used as a substitution for an understood or inferred whole.
The process of abbreviating.
The result of shortening or reducing; abridgment.
abbreviations
abbreviations
noun
plural of abbreviation
abdominovaginal
abdominovaginal
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the abdomen and the vagina
abdominovesical
abdominovesical
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the abdomen and the urinary bladder
aberdavine
aberdevine
aberdevine
noun
(obsolete outside dialects) The Eurasian siskin or spruce siskin, Spinus spinus, a small green and yellow finch related to the goldfinch.
(countable) The result or product of being abortive.
(uncountable) The quality of being abortive.
abovementioned
abovementioned
adj
(literary) mentioned above
abrasiveness
abrasiveness
noun
The property, quality or instance of being abrasive.
abrasivenesses
abrasivenesses
noun
plural of abrasiveness
absolving
absolving
verb
present participle of absolve
absorptiveness
absorptiveness
noun
The quality of being absorptive; absorptive power.
abstersiveness
abstersiveness
noun
The quality of being abstersive.
abstractiveness
abstractiveness
noun
The property of being abstractive.
abusiveness
abusiveness
noun
The quality of being abusive; rudeness of language, or violence to the person.
abusivenesses
adverbiation
advisableness
advisableness
noun
Synonym of advisability
ambivalence
ambivalence
noun
A state of uncertainty or indecisiveness.
The coexistence of opposing attitudes or feelings (such as love and hate) towards a person, object or idea.
ambivalences
ambivalences
noun
plural of ambivalence
ambivalency
ambivalent
ambivalent
adj
Alternately having one opinion or feeling, and then the opposite.
Simultaneously experiencing or expressing opposing or contradictory feelings, beliefs, or motivations.
ambivalently
ambivalently
adv
In an ambivalent manner.
ambiversion
ambiversion
noun
(psychology) A personality trait having balanced characteristics of both extroversion and introversion.
ambiversions
antisubversion
antisubversion
adj
Opposing or countering political subversion.
antisubversive
antisubversive
adj
(politics) Opposing or countering political subversion.
noun
One who opposes political subversion.
antivibrating
antivibrator
antivibrator
noun
A device attached to a vehicle or machine, etc. to reduce vibrations.
antivibratory
antivibratory
adj
preventing or reducing vibrations
approbativeness
approbativeness
noun
The state or quality of being approbative.
ariboflavinosis
ariboflavinosis
noun
(pathology) The medical condition caused by deficiency of riboflavin.
attributiveness
attributiveness
noun
The state or quality of being attributive.
availableness
availableness
noun
Competent power; validity; efficacy
The quality of being available.
avicebron
bacteriosolvent
bainville
baldwinsville
baldwinville
bananivorous
bananivorous
adj
(rare) Feeding on bananas; banana-eating.
baniva
banovina
banovina
noun
(historical) Any of the provinces or banates into which the Kingdom of Yugoslavia was subdivided during the period 1929–1941.
banville
barnardsville
barnesville
barnesville
Proper noun
a ghost town in Alabama, USA.
a city in Georgia, USA
an unincorporated community in Kansas, USA.
a small town in Maryland, USA.
a city in Minnesota, USA.
unincorporated communities in and Missouri, USA.
an unincorporated community in North Carolina, USA.
a village in Ohio, USA.
an unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, USA.
bartonsville
bartonville
basinerved
basiventral
basiventral
adj
At the base of the front
basketweaving
basketweaving
noun
(figurative) Any useless, unproductive, or lightweight activity.
The act of weaving baskets, as for example from grasses, wicker, or rope.
batavian
batavian
Adjective
From Batavia; Jakartan.
From the ancient Germanic tribe of the Batavi, living in the region of Batavia around Nijmegen.
Noun
Someone from Batavia; Jakartan.
Someone from the tribe of the Batavi.
bavarian
bavarian
noun
A type of custard-like food, made with fruit.
bavenite
bavenite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing aluminum, beryllium, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and silicon.
baviaantje
bavian
bavian
noun
(obsolete) A baboon.
bavin
bavin
adj
Made of firewood or kindling.
noun
(Southern England, archaic, countable) A bundle of wood or twigs, which may be used in broom-making.
(Southern England, archaic, countable) A faggot bound with only one band.
(UK, dialect, uncountable) Impure limestone.
verb
(Southern England, archaic) To bundle and bind wood into bavins.
beavering
beavering
noun
Hunting or trapping beaver.
verb
present participle of beaver
beaverkin
beaverkin
noun
(diminutive) A small or young beaver.
A small hat made of beaver fur.
beaverskin
beaverskin
noun
The pelt of a beaver.
bedcovering
bedcovering
noun
bedcover
bedcoverings
bedcoverings
noun
plural of bedcovering
bedeviling
bedeviling
noun
An act by which somebody is bedevilled; causing of trouble; harassment.
verb
(US) present participle of bedevil
bedevilling
bedevilling
verb
(Britain) present participle of bedevil
bedevilment
bedevilment
noun
The characteristic of being bedeviled.
bedevilments
bedevilments
noun
plural of bedevilment
bedriveling
bedriveling
verb
present participle of bedrivel
bedrivelling
beethovenian
beethovenian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to in particular his style of music.
beethovenish
beethovian
beethovian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to in particular his style of music.
behaving
behaving
noun
Behaviour.
verb
present participle of behave
behooving
behooving
verb
present participle of behoove
behoovingly
behoovingly
adv
Alternative form of behovingly
behoving
behoving
verb
present participle of behove
beknived
beldenville
belgravian
belgravian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Belgravia, London.
Of or pertaining to the fashionable or aristocratic life; fashionable, aristocratic.
Noun
A resident of Belgravia, London.
A member of the fashionable or aristocratic society assumed to reside in Belgravia.
believableness
believableness
noun
The state or quality of being believable; believability.
believing
believing
noun
Belief.
The act or process of having faith, trust, or confidence in.
verb
present participle of believe
believingly
believingly
adv
in a believing manner
belverdian
benavides
bendersville
beneceptive
benedictive
benedictive
adj
Of, relating to, or being a benediction or blessing.
noun
(linguistics) A particular verbal mood in Sanskrit language.
benedictively
benedictively
adv
In a benedictive manner.
benediktov
benefactive
benefactive
adj
(linguistics) Of or pertaining to the linguistic form or case or the semantic role of the beneficiary of an action. Expressed in English as "on behalf of" or "on one's behalf."
noun
A term or sentence element that serves a benefactive role or that is inflected for the benefactive case or a similar case (such as the dative case).
benevolist
bennettsville
bensenville
bentleyville
bentonville
benzoflavine
bereaving
bereaving
verb
present participle of bereave
bernardsville
bernville
berreaving
beshivering
besnivel
bevaring
beveling
beveling
noun
Alternative spelling of bevelling
bevelling
bevelling
noun
A bevel, a bevelled facet.
verb
present participle of bevel
bevillain
bevin
bevined
bevington
bevinsville
bevomiting
bevomiting
verb
present participle of bevomit
bhavani
bhavani
Proper noun
A Hindu goddess, consort of Shiva.
biconcave
biconcave
adj
(optics, anatomy) Having both sides concave
biconcavities
biconcavities
noun
plural of biconcavity
biconcavity
biconcavity
noun
The quality of being biconcave.
biconvex
biconvex
adj
Having both sides convex.
biconvexities
biconvexities
noun
plural of biconvexity
biconvexity
biconvexity
noun
The quality of being biconvex.
bidonville
bidonville
noun
A shantytown or slum, in French-speaking regions.
bidonvilles
bidonvilles
noun
plural of bidonville
bienvenu
bienvenue
bienville
bienville
Proper noun
a village in Louisiana, USA, which was named after the parish.
a commune in the department of northern France.
biliverdin
biliverdin
noun
(biochemistry) A green tetrapyrrolic bile pigment, a product of heme catabolism, responsible for the greenish color sometimes seen in bruises.
biliverdins
biliverdins
noun
plural of biliverdin
binervate
binervate
adj
(zoology, botany) Having only two nerves.
bioenvironmental
bioenvironmental
adj
Of or pertaining to the interactions between the environment and living organisms
bioenvironmentaly
bioflavinoid
bioflavonoid
bioflavonoid
noun
flavonoid
birchrunville
biunivocal
biunivocal
adj
Relating to two, related univocal terms, sources etc.
bivalence
bivalence
noun
The state or quality of being bivalent (in any sense)
bivalencies
bivalencies
noun
plural of bivalency
bivalency
bivalency
noun
The quality of being bivalent.
bivalent
bivalent
adj
(chemistry) Having a valence of 2; having two ligands
(genetics) Of, or relating to a pair of homologous synapsed chromosomes that occur during meiosis.
(of a vaccine) Protecting against two different viruses.
noun
(genetics) Any bivalent chromosome.
bivalents
bivalents
noun
plural of bivalent
bivalvian
bivalvian
adj
Of or relating to bivalves.
bivane
bivane
noun
A vane that is doubly jointed so as to indicate both horizontal and vertical components of a fluid's flow
bivariant
bivariant
adj
(mathematics) Having two independent variables.
(programming) Both covariant and contravariant.
biventer
biventer
noun
(anatomy) Any digastric part or organ.
biventral
biventral
adj
Having two bellies
digastric
bivins
bivinyl
bivinyls
bivoltine
bivoltine
adj
(biology) Having two broods or generations in a year