(pharmacology) A drug or an agent that induces an abortion.
absorbefacient
absorbefacient
adj
(medicine) Inducing or increasing absorption (of a drug).
noun
(medicine) Any such medicine that induces absorption.
afterbrain
afterbrain
noun
(anatomy) A posterior subdivision of the hindbrain; the myelencephalon
afterburning
afterburning
noun
(aviation) The injection of extra fuel into a jet engine downstream of the turbines in order to achieve extra thrust.
albification
albification
noun
(obsolete) The act or process of making white.
antefebrile
antefebrile
adj
Preceding a fever
antifebrile
antifebrile
adj
(pharmacology) Countering fever.
noun
(pharmacology) A medicine or substance that counters fever.
antifebrin
antifibrinolysin
antifibrinolysis
backfitting
backfitting
verb
present participle of backfit
bacteriofluorescin
bairnsfather
basification
basification
noun
(chemistry) The act or process of making something more basic; raising the pH of something.
batfowling
batfowling
noun
A method of catching birds at night, by holding a torch or other light, and beating the bush or perch where they roost so that the birds fly towards the light.
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
beatifying
beatifying
verb
present participle of beatify
beautification
beautification
noun
Making beautiful, beautifying, improving the appearance of something.
beautifications
beautifications
noun
plural of beautification
beautifulness
beautifulness
noun
The quality of being beautiful; beauty.
beautifying
beautifying
adj
That beautifies; tending to make beautiful.
noun
The action of the verb to beautify.
verb
present participle of beautify
befitting
befitting
adj
appropriate, becoming
verb
present participle of befit
befittingly
befittingly
adv
In a befitting manner
befittingness
befittingness
noun
The state or quality of being befitting.
beforementioned
beforementioned
Adjective
Previously mentioned.
befountained
befountained
adj
Furnished with a fountain.
befretting
befriendment
befriendment
noun
The act of befriending.
benefaction
benefaction
noun
An act of charity; almsgiving.
An act of doing good; a benefit, a blessing.
benefactions
benefactions
noun
plural of benefaction
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).
benefactorship
benefactorship
noun
The role or status of benefactor.
benefactrices
benefactrices
noun
plural of benefactrix
benefactrix
benefactrix
Noun
A female benefactor.
benefactrixes
beneficent
beneficent
adj
Given to acts that are kind, charitable, philanthropic or beneficial.
beneficential
beneficential
adj
Relating to beneficence.
beneficently
beneficently
adv
In a beneficent manner
beneficiate
beneficiate
verb
(mining, obsolete) To reduce (ores).
beneficiated
beneficiated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beneficiate
beneficiates
beneficiates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beneficiate
beneficiating
beneficiating
verb
present participle of beneficiate
beneficiation
beneficiation
noun
The reduction in size of particles of ore (or similar physical processing) before further processing to recover the metal
beneficient
beneficient
adj
(sometimes proscribed) beneficent
benefit
benefit
noun
(insurance) A payment made in accordance with an insurance policy or a public assistance scheme.
(obsolete) beneficence; liberality
An advantage; help or aid from something.
An event, such as a theatrical performance, given to raise funds for some cause.
Intended audience (as for the benefit of).
verb
(intransitive) To receive a benefit (from); to be a beneficiary.
(transitive) To be or to provide a benefit to.
benefited
benefited
verb
simple past tense and past participle of benefit
benefiter
benefiter
noun
A person who benefits somebody else; benefactor.
A person who receives a benefit.
benefiting
benefits
benefits
noun
plural of benefit
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of benefit
benefitted
benefitted
verb
Alternative form of benefited
benefitting
benefitting
verb
present participle of benefit
benzothiofuran
benzotrifluoride
benzotrifluoride
noun
(organic chemistry) The fluorinated derivative of toluene "(trifluoromethyl)benzene"
benzotrifuran
besanctify
bifront
bifront
adj
Having two fronts, faces or aspects.
bifrontal
bifrontal
adj
Situated on both sides of the front (of the cranium)
bifronted
bifronted
adj
Having two fronts.
bifunctional
bifunctional
adj
(chemistry, of a compound) Having two functional groups or binding sites.
(chemistry, of a reaction) Involving two functional groups or binding sites.
Having two functions.
bifurcating
bifurcating
adj
dividing or forking into two
verb
present participle of bifurcate
bifurcation
bifurcation
noun
(biology) A division into two branches.
(by extension) Any place where one thing divides into two.
(computer science) A command that executes one block or other of commands depending on the result of a condition.
(geography) A place where two roads, tributaries etc. part or meet.
(mathematics) The change in the qualitative or topological structure of a given family as described by bifurcation theory.
(nautical) The point where a channel divides when proceeding from seaward.
Either of the forks or other branches resultant from such a division.
The act of bifurcating; branching or dividing in two.
bifurcations
bifurcations
noun
plural of bifurcation
bilifaction
bilification
bioscientific
bioscientific
adj
Relating to bioscience.
biotransformation
biotransformation
noun
(biochemistry) The changes (both chemical and physical) that occur to a substance (especially a drug) by the actions of enzymes within an organism
bipinnatifid
bipinnatifid
adj
(botany) Doubly pinnatifid.
birefracting
birefraction
birefringent
birefringent
adj
Having two refractive indices (depending on orientation)
Of or pertaining to birefringence
bitripinnatifid
bituminiferous
bituminiferous
adj
Producing bitumen.
blindfast
bloemfontein
bloemfontein
Proper noun
A major city and the judicial capital of South Africa.
boatlifting
boatlifting
verb
present participle of boatlift
bonification
bonification
noun
The paying of a bonus (especially in relation to taxes).
bountiful
bountiful
adj
Having a quantity or amount that is generous or plentiful; ample.
bountifully
bountifully
adv
In a bountiful manner.
bountifulness
bountifulness
noun
The characteristic of being bountiful.
braincraft
braincraft
noun
(rare) Intellectual work; thinking.
breakfasting
breakfasting
noun
The act of eating breakfast.
verb
present participle of breakfast
breastfeeding
breastfeeding
noun
(countable) An instance (session) of such feeding activity.
(uncountable) The act or process of feeding a baby or young child milk from a lactating breast.
verb
present participle of breastfeed
brutification
brutifying
brutifying
verb
present participle of brutify
buffeting
buffeting
noun
(aviation) random, irregular motion of the plane or of one of its parts caused by turbulences in the airflow
A blow or motion that buffets.
verb
present participle of buffet
buffetings
buffetings
noun
plural of buffeting
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.
bufotalin
bufotalin
noun
(organic chemistry) A cardiotoxic bufanolide steroid secreted by the common European toad (Bufo bufo) and other related toads such as Bufo melanostictus.
bufotenin
bufotenin
noun
Alternative spelling of bufotenine
bufotenine
bufotenine
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid, found in the skins of some toads, related to serotonin.
bufotoxin
bufotoxin
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of a family of toxic substances found in toads, other amphibians, and some plants and mushrooms.
bulletproofing
bulletproofing
verb
present participle of bulletproof
bullfighting
bullfighting
noun
A traditional spectacle, popular in Spain and many former Spanish colonies, in which a matador manipulates and ultimately kills a bull at close range.
bushfighting
bushfighting
noun
Fighting in the bush, or from behind bushes, trees, or thickets.
butterfingered
butterfingered
adj
Prone to dropping things; clumsy.
butterfingers
butterfingers
noun
A tendency to drop things, or to be clumsy or uncoordinated.
One's fingers which tend to drop things, or are clumsy or uncoordinated.
Someone who tends to drop things; (more generally) someone who is clumsy or uncoordinated; a klutz.
butterflying
butterflying
verb
present participle of butterfly
butteryfingered
carbonification
carbonification
noun
(geology) The conversion of organic plant matter into coal over time in the absence of air.
certifiableness
certifiableness
noun
The quality of being certifiable (able to be certified).
chondrofibromatous
confabulating
confabulating
verb
present participle of confabulate
confabulation
confabulation
noun
(psychology) A fabricated memory believed to be true.
A casual conversation; a chat.
confabulations
confabulations
noun
plural of confabulation
confirmability
confirmability
noun
The state or property of being capable of being confirmed.
confiscatable
confiscatable
Adjective
That can be confiscated.
confluxibility
conformability
conformability
noun
conformableness
confusability
confusability
noun
The condition of being confusable.
confutability
confutability
noun
The state of being confutable or disprovable.
defensibility
defensibility
noun
The state or quality of being defensible
defibrillating
defibrillating
verb
present participle of defibrillate
defibrillation
defibrillation
noun
The stopping of the fibrillation of the heart in order to restore normal contractions, especially by the use of an electric shock.
defibrinate
defibrinate
verb
(transitive, medicine) (of blood) To remove fibrin from; to deprive of fibrin.
defibrinated
defibrinated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of defibrinate
defibrinates
defibrinates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defibrinate
defibrination
defibrination
noun
The act or process of depriving of fibrin.
definability
definability
noun
The quality of being definable.
deuterofibrinose
diabolification
differentiability
differentiability
noun
The ability to be differentiated.
differentiable
differentiable
adj
(calculus, not comparable) Having a derivative, said of a function whose domain and codomain are manifolds.
(comparable, of multiple items) able to be differentiated; distinguishable, as for example by differing appearance or measurable characteristics.
diffrangibility
diffrangibility
noun
Ability to be diffracted.
disbenefits
disbenefits
noun
plural of disbenefit
discomfortableness
discomfortableness
noun
The quality of being discomfortable.
dissyllabification
dissyllabification
noun
A division into two syllables.
eburnification
eburnification
noun
The conversion of certain substances into others which have the appearance or characteristics of ivory.
enforceability
enforceability
noun
The quality of being enforceable.
enforcibility
enforcibility
noun
Alternative form of enforceability
fabianist
fabricant
fabricant
noun
One who fabricates; a manufacturer.
fabricating
fabricating
verb
present participle of fabricate
fabrication
fabrication
noun
(cooking) The act of cutting up an animal carcass as preparation for cooking; butchery.
(countable) That which is fabricated; a falsehood
(uncountable) The act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction; manufacture
fabricational
fabrications
fabrications
noun
plural of fabrication
factabling
fashionability
fashionability
noun
Fashionableness.
fatbrained
faticableness
fatigableness
fatigableness
noun
susceptibility to fatigue
featherbedding
featherbedding
noun
(US) The employment of more workers than is necessary, typically because of labor union rules (or sometimes deals with organized crime, a government, etc), especially upon the introduction of new technology.
verb
present participle of featherbed
featherbrain
featherbrain
noun
Alternative spelling of feather-brain.
featherbrained
featherbrained
adj
Alternative spelling of feather-brained
febricant
febricant
adj
(archaic) Causing fever.
noun
(archaic) A patient who has a fever.
febricitant
febricitant
adj
(rare, obsolete) Feverish.
noun
(rare, obsolete) One affected with fever.
febricitation
febrifacient
febrifacient
adj
(rare, archaic) Producing a fever.
noun
A substance that produces a fever.
februation
februation
noun
Purification, rejuvenation, or renewal, especially ritual or ceremonial.
The object of such purification; a sacrifice.
felsobanyite
fermentability
fermentability
noun
The condition of being fermentable
fermentescible
fermentescible
adj
fermentable
fiberization
fiberization
noun
The process of fiberizing.
fibration
fibration
noun
(algebraic topology) A continuous mapping satisfying the homotopy lifting property with respect to any space.