(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.
acetabuliferous
acetabuliferous
adj
Furnished with fleshy cups for adhering to bodies, as cuttlefish, etc.
acetabuliform
acetabuliform
adj
(botany) Shaped like a saucer or shallow cup.
afforestable
afforestable
adj
Suitable for being afforested.
afterblow
afterbodies
afterbodies
noun
plural of afterbody
afterbody
afterbody
noun
(astronautics) A section or piece of a launch vehicle, rocket, or spacecraft that enters the atmosphere unprotected behind the nose cone or other body that is protected for entry.
(astronomy) A companion body that trails a satellite or spacecraft.
(nautical) The part of a vessel abaft midships.
The afterpart of a vehicle.
albification
albification
noun
(obsolete) The act or process of making white.
alkylbenzenesulfonate
alkylbenzenesulfonates
alphabetiform
alphabetiform
adj
Having the form of a developed alphabet or its letters, as opposed to crude pictographic symbols.
antifibrinolysin
antifibrinolysis
archboutefeu
arteriofibrosis
asbestiform
asbestiform
adj
(crystallography) Having a particular kind of fibrosity in which fibers have high tensile strength and flexibility
noun
(mineralogy) Any of asbestos-like forms of several minerals.
bacteriform
bacteriofluorescin
bafyot
bancroft
bancroft
Proper noun
A city in Idaho
A city in Iowa
A city in Kentucky
A town in Maine
A village in Michigan
A village in Nebraska
A town in Ontario, Canada
A town in South Dakota
A town in West Virginia
A in Wisconsin
banecroft
barcroft
barefoot
barefoot
adj
(CB radio, slang) Transmitting without the use of an amplifier.
(informal) Of a vehicle on an icy road: not using snow chains.
Wearing nothing on the feet.
adv
(CB radio slang) Transmitting without the use of an amplifier.
She likes to go barefoot in the summertime.
barefooted
barefooted
adj
Wearing nothing on the feet; barefoot.
basaltiform
basaltiform
adj
In the form of basalt; columnar.
basification
basification
noun
(chemistry) The act or process of making something more basic; raising the pH of something.
batfowl
batfowled
batfowler
batfowler
noun
One who takes part in batfowling.
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.
batfowls
bathflower
bathoflore
bathofloric
battlefront
battlefront
noun
The area in which opponents or opposing ideas meet.
The region or line along which opposing armies engage in combat.
battlefronts
battlefronts
noun
plural of battlefront
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
bearfoot
bearfoots
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
beaufort
beautification
beautification
noun
Making beautiful, beautifying, improving the appearance of something.
beautifications
beautifications
noun
plural of beautification
bedfoot
beeftongue
beflout
befoolment
befoolment
noun
The condition of being befooled.
beforementioned
beforementioned
Adjective
Previously mentioned.
beforested
beforetime
beforetime
adv
(archaic) Formerly, previously.
beforetimes
beforetimes
adv
(archaic) Previously; in the past.
befortune
befortune
verb
(poetic, dated, transitive) To befall.
befoulment
befoulment
noun
That which makes or has been made soiled.
The act of befouling; soiling; making dirty.
befountained
befountained
adj
Furnished with a fountain.
belafonte
belfort
bellefonte
bellefonte
Proper noun
a ghost town in Alabama, USA, and the former county seat.
a town in Arkansas, USA.
a town in Delaware, USA.
a small city in Kentucky, USA.
a borough in Pennsylvania, USA
benefaction
benefaction
noun
An act of charity; almsgiving.
An act of doing good; a benefit, a blessing.
benefactions
benefactions
noun
plural of benefaction
benefactor
benefactor
noun
Somebody who gives a gift, often money to a charity.
Someone who performs good or noble deeds.
benefactors
benefactors
noun
plural of benefactor
benefactorship
benefactorship
noun
The role or status of benefactor.
benefactory
benefactory
adj
Yielding benefit; doing good.
noun
One who gives benefit to others; a benefactor.
beneficiation
beneficiation
noun
The reduction in size of particles of ore (or similar physical processing) before further processing to recover the metal
benzothiofuran
benzotrifluoride
benzotrifluoride
noun
(organic chemistry) The fluorinated derivative of toluene "(trifluoromethyl)benzene"
benzotrifuran
bernstorff
bethflower
bettendorf
biflorate
biflorate
adj
(botany) Biflorous.
bifoliate
bifoliate
adj
(botany) Having exactly two leaves. Compare bifoliolate, having two leaflets per leaf.
bifoliolate
bifoliolate
adj
(botany) Having two leaflets, as some compound leaves do.
biforate
biforate
adj
(architecture) Having two doors or windows
(botany) Having two perforations
Having two openings
biformity
biformity
noun
A double form.
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.
bifrost
bifrost
Proper noun
The rainbow bridge that connects Asgard with Midgard.
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.
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
bigfoot
bigfoot
verb
(intransitive, informal, sometimes capitalized) To behave in an authoritative, commanding manner.
(transitive, informal, sometimes capitalized) To control or manage forcefully; to exercise authority over.
bigfoots
bigfoots
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bigfoot
bilifaction
bilification
biosafeties
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
biperforate
biperforate
adj
Having two foramina or perforations
birefraction
bischofite
bischofite
noun
(mineralogy) An evaporite, consisting of magnesium chloride with the chemical formula MgCl₂·6H₂O, found with potash deposits in Saxony.
bismuthiferous
bismuthiferous
adj
Containing or producing bismuth.
bituminiferous
bituminiferous
adj
Producing bitumen.
blackfoot
blackfoot
noun
A tropical American bush of the genus Melampodium
blanketflower
blanketflower
noun
Gaillardia; a plant of the genus Gaillardia.
blastoff
blastoff
noun
The countdown and launch of a rocket, missile or spacecraft
blastoffs
blastoffs
noun
plural of blastoff
blatiform
blattiform
bloemfontein
bloemfontein
Proper noun
A major city and the judicial capital of South Africa.
bluffton
boarstaff
boastful
boastful
adj
Tending to boast or brag.
boastfully
boastfully
adv
In a boastful manner.
boastfulness
boastfulness
noun
The characteristic of being boastful.
boatfalls
boatful
boatful
noun
Enough of something to fill a boat, or a boat filled with the thing in question
boatlifting
boatlifting
verb
present participle of boatlift
bobfloat
bocstaff
bonification
bonification
noun
The paying of a bonus (especially in relation to taxes).
bookcraft
bookcraft
noun
(archaic) Authorship; literary skill.
booklift
bootful
bootful
noun
As much as a boot will hold.
botflies
botflies
noun
plural of botfly
botfly
botfly
noun
One of several dipterous insects of the family Oestridae, the larvae of which are parasites on many animals, including humans.
botsford
bottleflower
bottleful
bottleful
noun
as much as a bottle will hold
bottlefuls
bottlesful
bottlesful
noun
plural of bottleful
botuliform
botuliform
adj
Having the shape of a sausage
bouffant
bouffant
adj
Of hair or clothing, full-bodied or puffy; puffed out away from head or body.
noun
A puffy, round hairstyle, popular in the mid-to-late 16th century, characterized by hair raised high on the head and usually covering the ears or hanging down on the sides.
bouffante
bouffants
bouffants
noun
plural of bouffant
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.
boutefeu
boutefeu
noun
(obsolete) An incendiary; an inciter of quarrels.
bowfront
bowfront
adj
Having a bow window in front.
Having an outward curving front.
bowstaff
bracteiform
brantford
brantford
Proper noun
A city in Ontario, Canada
brantsford
breakfront
breakfront
noun
(chiefly attributive) Any piece of furniture (especially a bookcase or cabinet) that has a central section that projects farther forward than the other sections.
breakfronts
breakfronts
noun
plural of breakfront
brentford
brentford
Proper noun
a town in west London, England, on the north side of the River Thames and within the London Borough of Hounslow.
brevifoliate
brickcroft
broomstaff
broomstaff
noun
(obsolete) A broomstick.
brotuliform
brutification
buffcoat
buffont
buffont
noun
(chiefly historical) An item of neckwear (a neckerchief), usually of linen, gauze, or lace, worn around the neck and puffed out over the bosom, popular from the 1750s to 1790s.
Alternative form of bouffant
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.
bulletproof
bulletproof
adj
(idiomatic) Reliable, infallible, sturdy or error-tolerant.
(of a material) Capable of withstanding a direct shot by a bullet fired from a gun.
(usually of an idea or concept) Unbreakable, very tough.
verb
(slang) to make resistant to failure.
To make proof against bullets.
bulletproofed
bulletproofed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bulletproof