(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
abevacuation
abevacuation
noun
(medicine) An abnormal evacuation.
(medicine) Metastases.
abluvion
abluvion
noun
(obsolete, rare) That which is washed off.
abortiveness
abortiveness
noun
(countable) The result or product of being abortive.
(uncountable) The quality of being abortive.
aboveground
aboveground
adj
Alternative spelling of above ground
abovementioned
abovementioned
adj
(literary) mentioned above
absolvent
absolvent
adj
(rare) Absolving.
noun
(rare) An absolver.
absolving
absolving
verb
present participle of absolve
absorptiveness
absorptiveness
noun
The quality of being absorptive; absorptive power.
adverbiation
alveolosubnasal
ambiversion
ambiversion
noun
(psychology) A personality trait having balanced characteristics of both extroversion and introversion.
ambiversions
antisubversion
antisubversion
adj
Opposing or countering political subversion.
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.
approvableness
approvableness
noun
The state or quality of being approvable.
archvagabond
ariboflavinosis
ariboflavinosis
noun
(pathology) The medical condition caused by deficiency of riboflavin.
avicebron
avondbloem
avondbloem
noun
Alternative form of aandblom
avowableness
avowableness
noun
The state or quality of being avowable.
bacteriosolvent
bakeoven
bananivorous
bananivorous
adj
(rare) Feeding on bananas; banana-eating.
banovina
banovina
noun
(historical) Any of the provinces or banates into which the Kingdom of Yugoslavia was subdivided during the period 1929–1941.
baranov
bartonsville
bartonville
bavon
beaverton
beaverton
Proper noun
The name of several places
A city in Oregon, USA
A town in Ontario, Canada
A village in Alabama, USA
A hamlet in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
beavertown
bedcovering
bedcovering
noun
bedcover
bedcoverings
bedcoverings
noun
plural of bedcovering
beethoven
beethoven
Proper noun
usually applying to
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.
behoovefulness
behooving
behooving
verb
present participle of behoove
behoovingly
behoovingly
adv
Alternative form of behovingly
behoving
behoving
verb
present participle of behove
bellevernon
benediktov
benevento
benevolence
benevolence
noun
(UK, historical) A kind of forced loan or contribution levied by kings without legal authority, first so called under Edward IV in 1473.
(countable) An altruistic gift or act.
(uncountable) Charitable kindness.
(uncountable) Disposition to do good.
benevolences
benevolences
noun
plural of benevolence
benevolency
benevolent
benevolent
adj
Altruistic, charitable, good, just and fair.
Having a disposition to do good.
Possessing or manifesting love for mankind.
benevolently
benevolently
adv
In a benevolent manner.
benevolentness
benevolentness
noun
The state or quality of being benevolent.
benevolist
bentonville
benvenuto
benzoflavine
benzofulvene
benzofulvene
noun
(organic chemistry) Any benzo derivative of a fulvene
bevatron
bevatron
noun
A particle accelerator of the 1950s, capable of imparting energies of billions of electron volts.
bevatrons
bevatrons
noun
plural of bevatron
bevenom
bevington
bevomiting
bevomiting
verb
present participle of bevomit
bevon
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
bioenvironmental
bioenvironmental
adj
Of or pertaining to the interactions between the environment and living organisms
bioenvironmentaly
bioflavinoid
bioflavonoid
bioflavonoid
noun
flavonoid
biunivocal
biunivocal
adj
Relating to two, related univocal terms, sources etc.
bivoltine
bivoltine
adj
(biology) Having two broods or generations in a year
noun
(biology) A bivoltine organism.
bivoluminous
bivouacking
bivouacking
verb
present participle of bivouac
blagonravov
blagoveshchensk
blepharoconjunctivitis
blepharoconjunctivitis
noun
(medicine) The combination of conjunctivitis and blepharitis.
blountsville
blountsville
Proper noun
A town in
A town in
blountville
blountville
Proper noun
A in the U.S. state of that is the of
bloviating
bloviating
verb
present participle of bloviate
bloviations
bloviations
noun
plural of bloviation
boissevain
bolivian
boliviano
boliviano
noun
the unit of currency in Bolivia, divided into 100 centavos
bolivianos
bolivianos
noun
plural of boliviano
bolivians
bolshevikian
bolshevization
bolshevizing
bolshevizing
verb
present participle of bolshevize
bonav
bonaventura
bonaventure
bonaventurism
bonaveria
bonavist
bondservant
bondservant
noun
An indentured servant.
bondslave
bondslave
noun
One who works as a slave under an indenture; a bondsman or bondswoman.
bondsville
bondville
boneshave
boneville
bonneville
bonnieville
bonnive
bonnyvis
booneville
booneville
Proper noun
a city in Arkansas, USA
an unincorporated community in Iowa, USA.
a small city in Kentucky, USA
a city in Mississippi, USA
an unincorporated community in Tennessee, USA.
boonville
bordelonville
borodankov
borrovian
botvinnik
bougainvillaea
bougainvillaea
noun
Alternative spelling of bougainvillea
bougainvillaeas
bougainvillaeas
noun
plural of bougainvillaea
bougainville
bougainvillea
bougainvillea
noun
Any of several South American flowering shrubs or lianas, of the genus Bougainvillea, having three showy, colorful bracts attached below each group of three inconspicuous flowers.
bougainvillia
bougainvilliidae
bouleversement
bouleversement
noun
Complete overthrow; reversal; turmoil
bourneville
bouvines
bovenland
bovensmilde
bovina
bovine
bovine
adj
(not comparable) Belonging to the family, subfamily, tribe, or genera including cows, buffalo, and bison.
(not comparable) Of or pertaining to cattle.
Sluggish, dull, slow-witted.
noun
An animal of the family, subfamily, tribe, or genera including cattle, buffaloes and bison.
bovinely
bovinely
adv
In a bovine manner
sluggishly
bovines
bovines
noun
plural of bovine
bovinities
bovinities
noun
plural of bovinity
bovinity
bovinity
noun
The condition of being bovine.
bovovaccination
bovovaccination
noun
(historical) The vaccination of cattle with bovovaccine to prevent tuberculosis.
bovovaccine
bovovaccine
noun
(historical) A vaccine to prevent tuberculosis in cattle.
bowmansville
brandonville
bravadoing
bravadoing
verb
present participle of bravado
bravoing
bravoing
verb
present participle of bravo
breviconic
breviconic
adj
(malacology) Relating to, or composed of, brevicones.
breviloquence
breviloquence
noun
A pertinent and terse style of speech.
breviloquent
breviloquent
adj
Exhibiting breviloquence; concise.
brevirostrines
bronchoalveolar
bronchoalveolar
adj
Relating to both the bronchi and the alvioli of the lungs
bronchocavernous
bronchovesicular
bronchovesicular
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the bronchus and vesicles.
bronxville
brookhaven
brookhaven
Proper noun
Any of several towns and cities in the United States and Canada:
a city in Mississippi, USA, and the county seat of Named after Brookhaven, New York.
brooklandville
brownsville
brownsville
Proper noun
The name of many places in the United States of America:
a former settlement in California.
an unincorporated community in California.
a CDP in Florida.
an unincorporated community in Florida.
a ghost town in Illinois. It was the former county seat.
an unincorporated community in Illinois.
an unincorporated community in Indiana.
a small home-rule class city in Kentucky
an unincorporated community and CDP in Louisiana.
an unincorporated community and CDP in Maryland.
a small city in Minnesota.
an unincorporated community in Mississippi.
a neighbourhood in New York City.
a CDP in Ohio.
a city in Oregon.
a borough in Pennsylvania.
an unincorporated community in Pennsylvania.
an unincorporated community in South Dakota.
a city in Tennessee
a city in Texas
an unincorporated community in Vermont.
an unincorporated community in Washington.
an unincorporated community in West Virginia.
a village in Wisconsin.
a former community in British Columbia, Canada.
a community in Ontario, Canada.
a suburb of New South Wales, Australia.
brownville
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).