The placenta and other material expelled via the birth canal following childbirth or parturition in mammals.
afterbirths
afterbirths
noun
plural of afterbirth
afterbreach
alphabetiform
alphabetiform
adj
Having the form of a developed alphabet or its letters, as opposed to crude pictographic symbols.
archboutefeu
artzybasheff
bairnsfather
bathflower
bathoflore
beachfront
beachfront
adj
Of property (real estate): located on a beach.
noun
The portion of land or property that runs alongside and facing a beach.
beachfronts
beachfronts
noun
plural of beachfront
befathered
befeather
befeather
verb
(transitive) To deck or cover with feathers.
befraught
befraught
adj
(rare) fraught
befreight
belfather
benefactorship
benefactorship
noun
The role or status of benefactor.
benzothiofuran
bethflower
bismuthiferous
bismuthiferous
adj
Containing or producing bismuth.
breathful
breathful
adj
(obsolete) Full of odour; fragrant.
Characteristic of a breath; breath-like.
Focused on control of one's breathing.
Full of breath; breathy.
Not breathless; breathing easily.
Relaxed and quiet.
That breathes.
noun
A quantity that is exhaled in one breath.
A quantity that is inhaled in one breath.
That which is smelled or sensed in one breath.
The amount spoken on one breath.
bullfighter
bullfighter
noun
One who engages in bullfighting; a toreador or matador.
bullfighters
bullfighters
noun
plural of bullfighter
burschenschaft
burschenschaften
bushfighter
bushfighter
noun
One who takes part in bushfighting.
butterfish
butterfish
noun
(informal) The sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria) (the sablefish is not a true butterfish; but is called such informally)
(obsolete) The Murray perch, Oligorus mitchelli; an Australian perciform fish of Murray river, now known as trout cod, Maccullochella macquariensis http://www.fishbase.org/Nomenclature/SynonymsList.php?ID=6308&SynCode=26048&GenusName=Maccullochella&SpeciesName=macquariensis, http://www.fishbase.org/summary/Maccullochella-macquariensis.html.
A rock gunnel, Pholis gunnellus, an eel-like fish found in the intertidal and subtidal zones of the North Atlantic.
Perciform fish of the family Stromateidae, including the genera Pampus, Peprilus and Stromateus.
The New Zealand fish Odax pullus, also known as greenbone.
butterfishes
butterfishes
noun
plural of butterfish
butterflyfish
butterflyfish
noun
Any of a group of conspicuous tropical marine fish of the family Chaetodontidae; the bannerfish and coralfish are also included in this group. Butterflyfish are fairly small, mostly from 12 to 22 cm (c.7-9 in) in length.
butterflyfishes
butterflyfishes
noun
plural of butterflyfish
faithbreach
faithbreach
noun
(rare, archaic or poetic) Breach of honour, faith, or loyalty; disloyalty.
faithbreaker
faithbreaker
noun
Someone who breaks a promise or violates a treaty.
featherback
featherback
noun
Any fish of the family Notopteridae.
featherbed
featherbed
noun
(UK, Dartmoor) A bog covered by a layer of moss, presenting a hazard to walkers.
A mattress stuffed with feathers.
verb
(intransitive) To engage in featherbedding; to employ more workers than necessary to fulfill a labor union requirement.
(transitive) To treat someone with excessive indulgence; to pamper, cosset or mollycoddle.
featherbedded
featherbedded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of featherbed
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
featherbeds
featherbeds
noun
plural of featherbed
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of featherbed
featherbird
featherbone
featherbone
noun
A whalebone substitute made from the quills of geese and turkeys.
featherbrain
featherbrain
noun
Alternative spelling of feather-brain.
featherbrained
featherbrained
adj
Alternative spelling of feather-brained
feeblehearted
feebleheartedly
feebleheartedness
fetterbush
fetterbush
noun
Leucothoe fontanesiana
Leucothoe spp., especially
Lyonia lucida (shiny lyonia)
Pieris floribunda (mountain fetterbush)
fibrochondrosteal
filibranchiate
fingerbreadth
fingerbreadth
noun
A (usually approximate and informal) unit of measurement based upon the radial width of the human finger.
fisherboat
fisherboat
noun
Alternative form of fisher-boat
flaughtbred
folberth
foliobranchiate
footbreadth
footbreadth
noun
The breadth of a foot; used as a measure.
forbathe
forbathe
verb
(archaic, transitive) To bathe abundantly or thoroughly.
forestburgh
forthbringer
forthbringer
noun
One who or that which brings forth.
frightable
frightenable
frightenable
adj
Capable of being frightened.
frontbencher
frontbencher
noun
(politics) A Member of Parliament who sits on the front bench, and is typically part of the cabinet.
furbishment
hemafibrite
hemafibrite
Noun
synadelphite
hyperflexibility
hyperflexibility
noun
The condition of being hyperflexible
inferobranchiate
inferobranchiate
adj
(zoology) Having the gills on the sides of the body, under the margin of the mantle; belonging to the Inferobranchiata.
mynpachtbrief
osteochondrofibroma
rabbitfishes
rabbitfishes
noun
plural of rabbitfish
refurbishment
refurbishment
noun
The act of refurbishing; renovation.
shaftesbury
shaftesbury
Proper noun
A in
An English
subtrochleariform
therebefore
therebefore
adv
before that time; beforehand
therebiforn
thereinbefore
thereinbefore
adv
(formal) In a preceding part of that (speech, book, etc.); before that.