An antibody formed in response to an agent (autoantigen) produced by the organism itself
autobasidia
autobasidia
noun
plural of autobasidium
autobasidiomycetes
autobasidiomycetous
autobasidium
autobasidium
noun
(mycology) Synonym of holobasidium
autobolide
autohybridization
autoinhibited
autoinhibited
adj
Subject to, or produced by autoinhibition
verb
simple past tense and past participle of autoinhibit
automobiled
automobiled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of automobile
autoxidizability
autoxidizability
noun
Alternative form of autoxidisability
autoxidizable
autoxidizable
adj
Alternative form of autoxidisable
auxobody
ayyubid
babudom
babudom
noun
Administrative bureaucracy, or red tape, in India.
baburd
background
background
adj
Less important or less noticeable in a scene or system.
noun
(computing) A type of activity on a computer that is not normally visible to the user.
(computing) The image or color over which a computer's desktop items are shown (e.g. icons or application windows).
(physics) Clipping of background radiation.
A less important feature of scenery (as opposed to foreground).
A part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject; context.
Information relevant to the current situation about past events; history.
One's social heritage, or previous life; what one did in the past.
verb
(journalism) To gather and provide background information (on).
To put in a position that is not prominent.
simple past tense and past participle of backgrind
backgrounded
backgrounded
adj
(computing) (of a task) Made non-interactive
Moved to the background
verb
simple past tense and past participle of background
backgrounder
backgrounder
noun
(chiefly US) A briefing or document typically provided prior to a meeting or other event that gives basic details on subjects that are likely to be mentioned.
A cattle farmer or rancher who runs a backgrounding operation.
A person employed to draw backgrounds for a comic or cartoon.
backgrounds
backgrounds
noun
plural of background
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of background
backhauled
backhauled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backhaul
baculoid
badaud
badaud
noun
A person given to idle observation of everything, with wonder or astonishment; a credulous or gossipy idler.
badgerbrush
badgerbrush
noun
The plant Symphoricarpos occidentalis.
badineur
badious
badious
adj
(formal) Chestnut-coloured.
badious:
badju
badju
noun
Dated form of baju.
badmouth
badmouth
verb
(informal) To criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully.
badmouthed
badmouthed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of badmouth
badmouthing
badmouthing
verb
present participle of badmouth
badmouths
badmouths
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of badmouth
baduhenna
bagaudae
bagpudding
bahadur
bahadur
noun
(India, historical) A Mughal honorific connoting martial courage and valor, suffixed to name or title, which it raises by half a degree. Commonly bestowed upon loyal princes and victorious military commanders by Mughal emperors, and later by their British successors.
(originally) A warrior, especially a Mongol.
bahadurs
bahadurs
noun
plural of bahadur
baillaud
bainbrudge
bakunda
balantidium
balantidium
noun
Any parasite of the genus Balantidium.
balbusard
baldaquin
baldaquin
noun
Alternative form of baldacchin
baldoquin
balducta
balductum
balductum
adj
(obsolete) nonsensical
noun
(obsolete) senseless talk or writing; balderdash.
a posset
balduin
baldur
ballyllumford
balourdise
balunda
balustered
balustered
adj
Having one or more balusters.
balustrade
balustrade
noun
A row of balusters topped by a rail, serving as an open parapet, as along the edge of a balcony, terrace, bridge, staircase, or the eaves of a building.
balustraded
balustraded
adj
Having balustrades.
balustrades
balustrades
noun
plural of balustrade
balustrading
balustrading
noun
(architecture) work including one or more balustrades
bamused
bandcutter
bandeau
bandeau
noun
(medicine) A band.
A band for the hair.
A narrow, tight bra, especially when strapless; hence, any women's top made from a similar band of fabric.
bandeaus
bandeaux
bandeaux
noun
A bandeau, a single band (or a set of such bands) for a woman’s hair.
plural of bandeau
bandhu
bandobust
bandundu
bandung
bandung
Proper noun
A capital city of the West Java Province, Indonesia.
bandur
bandura
bandura
noun
A Ukrainian plucked stringed instrument with a tear-shaped body, like an asymmetrical lute or a vertical zither, which is played with both hands while held upright on the lap.
bandurria
bandurria
noun
A bird, the black-faced ibis.
A plectrum-plucked stringed instrument with a flat-backed pear-shaped body, with twelve strings in six courses in its most common modern form, originating in Spain.
bandurrias
bandurrias
noun
plural of bandurria
bandusia
bandusian
banebrudge
bankrupted
bankrupted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bankrupt
banqueted
banqueted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of banquet
barbecued
barbecued
adj
Cooked on a barbecue.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of barbecue
barbequed
barbequed
adj
Alternative spelling of barbecued
verb
Alternative spelling of barbecued simple past tense and past participle of barbeque
barbuda
barbudo
barbudos
bardocucullus
bardulph
bareknuckled
barkbound
barkbound
adj
Prevented from growing, by having the bark too firm or close.
barleduc
barleducs
baronduki
barracuda
barracuda
noun
(figuratively) One who uses harsh or predatory means to compete.
Any large marine fish of the genus Sphyraena that have elongated bodies, a projecting lower jaw, displaying prominent fang-shaped teeth, and are aggressive predators.
barracudas
barracudas
noun
plural of barracuda
barracudina
barracudina
noun
Any of the elongated ray-finned fish of the order Paralepididae.
barramunda
barramunda
noun
Neoceratodus forsteri, the Queensland lungfish.
barramundas
barramundas
noun
plural of barramunda
barramundi
barramundi
noun
A diadromous fish of species Lates calcarifer, of the Centropomidae family, order Perciformes.
barramundies
barramundis
barramundis
noun
plural of barramundi
barriguda
barriguda
noun
The palm tree Iriartea ventricosa.
barrigudo
barrigudo
noun
(archaic) The brown woolly monkey
barrigudos
barrigudos
noun
plural of barrigudo
barundi
basidiomycetous
basidiomycetous
adj
Relating to the basidiomycetes.
basidiosporous
basidium
basidium
noun
(mycology) A small structure, shaped like a club, found in the Basidiomycota division of fungi, that bears four spores at the tips of small projections. [from 19th c.]
basiglandular
basilosauridae
basqued
basqued
adj
Having a basque.
basutoland
basutoland
Proper noun
Lesotho.
batardeau
batardeau
noun
(military) A wall built across the ditch of a fortification, with a sluice gate to regulate the height of water in the ditch on both sides of the wall.
bathulda
batidaceous
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
bauckiebird
baud
baud
noun
(computing, informal) bps (bits per second), regardless of how many bits are represented by each symbol.
(computing, telecommunications) A unit of data transmission symbol rate; the number of signalling events per second.
baudekin
baudekins
baudekins
noun
plural of baudekin
baudelaire
baudery
baudette
baudin
baudoin
baudouin
baudrons
baudrons
noun
(Britain, dated) cat
baudronses
baudronses
noun
plural of baudrons
bauds
bauds
noun
plural of baud
bauld
baulked
baulked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of baulk
bausond
bausond
adj
Alternative form of bawsunt
bawdyhouse
bawdyhouse
noun
Alternative spelling of bawdy-house
bawdyhouses
bawdyhouses
noun
plural of bawdyhouse
bdellium
bdellium
noun
Probably an aromatic gum like balsam that was exuded from a tree, probably one of several species in the genus Commiphora.
bdelliums
bdelliums
noun
plural of bdellium
bdelloura
bdellouridae
beadflush
beadhouse
beadhouse
noun
(historical) An almshouse for poor people who pray daily for their benefactors.
beadhouses
beadhouses
noun
plural of beadhouse
beardtongue
beardtongue
noun
A flowering plant in the genus Penstemon with a prominent, often hairy, staminode.
beardtongues
beardtongues
noun
plural of beardtongue
bearhound
bearhound
noun
A dog for baiting or hunting bears.
beatitude
beatitude
noun
(uncountable) Supreme, utmost bliss and happiness.
Any one of the Biblical blessings given by Jesus in Matthew 5:3–12. E.g.: "Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth"(Matthew 5:5).
beatitudes
beatitudes
noun
plural of beatitude
beaudoin
beaued
beauford
beauregard
beautied
beautied
adj
(obsolete, poetic) beautiful; embellished
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beauty
beautified
beautified
adj
Having been made beautiful.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beautify
beautihood
beautydom
beautydom
noun
The estate or rank of a beauty or of beautiful women.
beblubbered
beblubbered
adj
(obsolete) Befouled with blood.
Disfigured by blubbering; befouled with tears.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beblubber
bebouldered
bebouldered
adj
Covered or scattered with boulders.
bebuttoned
bebuttoned
adj
Wearing clothes, or an item of clothing, with many buttons.
bechuanaland
bechuanaland
Proper noun
A former name of what is now Botswana, used until 1966
becloud
becloud
verb
(transitive) To cause to become obscure or muddled.
(transitive, figurative) To cast in a negative light, cast a pall over, darken.
(transitive, usually passive) To cover or surround with clouds.
beclouded
beclouded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of becloud
beclouding
beclouding
noun
The process of becoming clouded or obscured.
verb
present participle of becloud
beclouds
beclouds
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of becloud