(obsolete, transitive) To unyoke; set free; uncouple.
abought
abought
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aby
absolutizing
absolutizing
verb
present participle of absolutize
abutting
abutting
adj
Facing each other, front to front.
noun
abutment
verb
present participle of abut
adumbrating
adumbrating
verb
present participle of adumbrate
afterburning
afterburning
noun
(aviation) The injection of extra fuel into a jet engine downstream of the turbines in order to achieve extra thrust.
agglutinability
agglutinability
noun
The quality or degree of being agglutinable.
agglutinable
agglutinable
adj
Able to be agglutinated; that readily undergoes agglutination
agrobacterium
agrobacterium
noun
A soil bacterium, of the genus Agrobacterium, which can fix nitrogen, and causes the formation of crown galls in plants.
albategnius
albuginitis
altenburg
ambiguities
ambiguities
noun
plural of ambiguity
ambiguity
ambiguity
noun
(countable) words or statements that are open to more than one interpretation, explanation or meaning, especially if that meaning cannot be determined from its context.
(uncountable) The state of being ambiguous.
ambulating
ambulating
verb
present participle of ambulate
angulatogibbous
antibourgeois
antibourgeois
adj
(sociology) Opposed to the bourgeoisie.
antibug
antibug
adj
Serving to counteract bugs (surveillance devices).
Serving to kill or repel bugs (insects).
antiburgher
antiburgher
noun
(historical, Scotland) A member of a faction of the Scottish Presbyterian Church that refused to take the burgess oath in 1747; since reunited.
antiburglar
antiburglar
adj
Opposing or countering burglars.
antiburglary
antiburglary
adj
Opposing or countering burglary.
antibusing
antibusing
adj
(US politics) Opposing the use of busing to achieve racial integration in schools
antiglobulin
antiglobulin
noun
(immunology) antihuman globulin
antihumbuggist
arbitrageur
arbitrageur
noun
(finance) One who engages in arbitrage, such as a financial broker or an investment bank.
arbitrageurs
arbitrageurs
noun
plural of arbitrageur
assubjugate
assubjugate
verb
(obsolete) To bring into subjection.
atlasburg
attenborough
attenborough
Proper noun
A village in Broxtowe borough, Nottinghamshire, England.
attributing
attributing
verb
present participle of attribute
aubergiste
aubergiste
noun
An innkeeper or landlord in French-speaking countries.
aubergistes
aubergistes
noun
plural of aubergiste
augmentable
augmentable
adj
Capable of being augmented or increased.
Capable of increasing.
austinburg
autobiographal
autobiographal
adj
(archaic) autobiographical
autobiographer
autobiographer
noun
One who writes his or her own life or biography.
autobiographers
autobiographers
noun
plural of autobiographer
autobiographic
autobiographic
Adjective
Of or relating to a person's life or an account of a person's life, as told by the subject.
autobiographical
autobiographical
adj
Of or relating to a person's life or an account of a person's life, as told by the subject.
autobiographically
autobiographically
adv
In an autobiographical manner.
autobiographies
autobiographies
noun
plural of autobiography
autobiographist
autobiographist
noun
An autobiographer.
autobiography
autobiography
noun
(countable) A self-written biography; the story of one's own life.
(uncountable) Biographies of this kind regarded as a literary genre.
autobiology
autoboating
automobiling
automobiling
verb
present participle of automobile
autosuggestibility
autosuggestibility
noun
The quality of being autosuggestible.
autosuggestible
autosuggestible
adj
Prone to autosuggestion.
bacterioagglutinin
bacterioagglutinin
noun
(medicine) An antibody which causes agglutination of bacteria.
(archaic, medicine) Of bacterial origin or causation.
bacteriophagous
bacteriophagous
adj
Pertaining to the predation and consumption of bacterium.
badmouthing
badmouthing
verb
present participle of badmouth
bagnut
baguet
baguet
noun
(architecture, zoology) Alternative form of baguette
baguets
baguets
noun
plural of baguet
baguette
baguette
noun
(architecture) A small molding, like the astragal, but smaller; a bead.
(ethnic slur, mildly offensive, slang) A French person, or a person of French descent.
(zoology) One of the minute bodies seen in the divided nucleoli of some Infusoria after conjugation.
A gem cut in such a shape.
A narrow, relatively long rectangular shape.
A variety of bread that is long and narrow in shape.
baguettes
baguettes
noun
plural of baguette
balaghaut
balustrading
balustrading
noun
(architecture) work including one or more balustrades
bankrupting
bankrupting
verb
present participle of bankrupt
banqueteering
banqueteering
noun
The act of participating in banquets, particularly as a frequent activity (also used attributively).
verb
present participle of banqueteer
banqueting
banqueting
noun
The act of holding or participating in a banquet.
verb
present participle of banquet
banquetings
banquetings
noun
plural of banqueting
barguest
barguests
barguests
noun
plural of barguest
basipterygium
basipterygium
noun
A cartilage at the base of the fins of some fish that develops into the metapterygium upon maturity.
batesburg
batrachophagous
batrachophagous
adj
Feeding on frogs.
battenburg
battleground
battleground
noun
(US politics) Ellipsis of battleground state.
(figurative) Any place or situation of dispute or contention
(figurative) Any subject of dispute or contention.
A location where a battle may be fought, or has been fought.
battlegrounds
battlegrounds
noun
plural of battleground
beardtongue
beardtongue
noun
A flowering plant in the genus Penstemon with a prominent, often hairy, staminode.
beardtongues
beardtongues
noun
plural of beardtongue
beartongue
beautifying
beautifying
adj
That beautifies; tending to make beautiful.
noun
The action of the verb to beautify.
verb
present participle of beautify
becrusting
beeftongue
befraught
befraught
adj
(rare) fraught
beggiatoaceous
begruntle
begruntle
verb
(transitive) To make or render uneasy; disconcert.
begrutch
begrutch
verb
Obsolete form of begrudge.
begrutten
begrutten
adj
(dialectal, Scotland) Showing the effects of much weeping; marred or swollen in the face through continued weeping.
beguilement
beguilement
noun
The action or process of beguiling; the characteristic of being beguiling.
beguilements
beguilements
noun
plural of beguilement
begut
beleaguerment
beleaguerment
noun
The fact or state of beleaguering; a state of blockade or siege.
belitung
bellyflaught
belugite
bequeathing
bequeathing
verb
present participle of bequeath
bergquist
bergut
berrugate
beshouting
beshouting
verb
present participle of beshout
besmutting
besmutting
verb
present participle of besmut
besought
besought
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beseech
simple past tense and past participle of beseek
bestraught
bestraught
adj
(obsolete) Distracted; mad, distraught.
bestudding
bestudding
verb
present participle of bestud
betelgeuse
betelgeux
bethought
bethought
adj
(of a person) Minded; disposed.
(of a thing) Intended; purposed; contrived.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bethink
bethumping
bethumping
verb
present participle of bethump
betongue
betongue
verb
(transitive) To assail with the tongue; flout; rally.
betrough
bewrought
bewrought
adj
(obsolete) embroidered
biangulate
biangulate
adj
Synonym of biangular
verb
To establish the two-dimensional position of a point by measuring the position of an intermediate point relative to a fixed point
biangulated
biangulated
adj
Alternative form of biangulate
biconjugate
biconjugate
adj
(botany) paired twice
(mathematics) conjugate in two ways
bifurcating
bifurcating
adj
dividing or forking into two
verb
present participle of bifurcate
bigmouth
bigmouth
adj
(zoology) Applied to various creatures that have a large mouth.
noun
(informal, derogatory) One who talks too much or says things which should not be said.
bigmouthed
bigmouthed
adj
(of a person) Loud or talkative, especially in an indiscreet manner.
Having a large mouth.
bigmouths
bigmouths
noun
plural of bigmouth
biguttate
biguttulate
biguttulate
adj
Having two guttules
bijugate
bijugate
adj
(botany) Of a compound leaf, having two pairs of leaflets
(botany) Of leaf arrangement, having pairs of (opposite) leaves, spirally arranged, producing a double spiral
bilinguality
bilinguality
noun
(rare) bilingualism
bilinguist
bilinguist
noun
(linguistics) One who speaks two languages.
biltongue
biltongue
noun
Archaic form of biltong.
binturong
binturong
noun
A large species of civet, Arctictis binturong, of southern Asia.
biolinguistics
biolinguistics
noun
(linguistics) Study of the biology and evolution of language
biologicohumanistic
birectangular
birectangular
adj
Containing two right angles.
biscuiting
biscuitmaking
bismutoplagionite
bistournage
bitburg
bituminising
bituminising
verb
present participle of bituminise
bituminizing
bituminizing
verb
present participle of bituminize
blacktongue
blitzbuggy
blitzbuggy
noun
(archaic) A jeep (military vehicle).
blockbusting
blockbusting
adj
Having the characteristics of a blockbuster; hugely successful.
noun
(US) A technique used to encourage people to sell their property by giving the impression that a neighborhood is changing for the worse, especially by implying a change in its racial makeup.
bloodguilt
bloodguilt
noun
guilt of wrongfully causing death or shedding blood
bloodguiltiness
bloodguiltiness
noun
Guilt of having shed blood or killed someone.
bloodguiltless
bloodguiltless
adj
Free from bloodguilt.
bloodguilts
bloodguilty
bloodguilty
adj
Guilty of murder or bloodshed.
bloodlusting
blueprinting
blueprinting
verb
present participle of blueprint
bluestocking
bluestocking
noun
(historical) A member of an 18th-century Blue Stockings Society.
(historical) The English parliament of 1653, more commonly called the Barebones Parliament
(usually derogatory) A scholarly, literary, or cultured woman.
bluestockingish
bluestockingish
adj
Like a bluestocking, or scholarly woman.
bluestockingism
bluestockingism
noun
(colloquial) The character or manner of a bluestocking; female pedantry.
bluestockings
bluestockings
noun
plural of bluestocking
bluetongue
bluetongue
noun
A disease of ruminants, caused by Bluetongue virus of the genus Orbivirus, carried by mosquitos, midges etc
bluetongues
bluetongues
noun
plural of bluetongue
blunting
blunting
noun
The process by which something is made blunt.
verb
present participle of blunt
blurting
blurting
noun
Something that is blurted, or spoken hastily without thinking.
verb
present participle of blurt
blustering
blustering
adj
Engaged in or involving the process of blustering, speaking or protesting loudly.
Pompous or arrogant in one's speech or bearing.
Very windy; (of wind) blowing very strongly, blustery.