The state of being abased or humbled; humiliation.
abashment
abashment
noun
The state of being abashed; embarrassment from shame.
abatement
abatement
noun
(Scotland) Waste of stuff in preparing to size.
(heraldry) A mark of dishonor on an escutcheon; any figure added to the coat of arms tending to lower the dignity or station of the bearer.
(law) The action of a person that abates, or without proper authority enters a residence after the death of the owner and before the heir takes possession.
(law) The reduction of the proceeds of a will, when the debts have not yet been satisfied; the reduction of taxes due.
An amount abated; that which is taken away by way of reduction; deduction; decrease; a rebate or discount allowed; in particular from a tax.
The act of abating, or the state of being abated; a lessening, diminution, or reduction; a moderation; removal or putting an end to; the suppression.
abetments
abetments
noun
plural of abetment
abiliment
abiliment
noun
Obsolete form of habiliment.
abodement
abodement
noun
(obsolete) A foreboding; an omen.
abominate
abominate
adj
(rare) Abominable; detested.
verb
(transitive) To feel disgust towards; to loathe or detest thoroughly; to hate in the highest degree, as if with religious dread.
(transitive, colloquial) To dislike strongly.
abutments
abutments
noun
plural of abutment
accumbent
accumbent
adj
(botany) Lying against anything, as one part of a leaf against another leaf
Leaning or reclining, as the ancients did at their meals.
noun
One who rests in an accumbent position, especially at table.
alabamine
alabamine
noun
(obsolete) Former name for the chemical element astatine.
ambiances
ambiances
noun
plural of ambiance
ambiences
ambiences
noun
plural of ambience
ambigenal
amboinese
ambrosane
ambrosine
ambulance
ambulance
noun
(military) A mobile field hospital.
(obsolete, US) A prairie wagon.
An emergency vehicle designed for transporting seriously ill or injured people to a hospital.
verb
(transitive) To transport by ambulance.
ambulante
amendable
amendable
adj
Capable of being amended.
amoebaean
amoebaean
adj
Alternative form of amoebean
bailments
bailments
noun
plural of bailment
bairnteam
bairnteem
bairntime
baisemain
baldmoney
baldmoney
noun
(obsolete) A Gentianeae tribe plant, gentian or felwort.
Meum athamanticum, an ornamental plant in the Apiaceae family.
balminess
balminess
noun
The characteristic of being balmy.
balmonies
balsamine
balsamine
noun
A plant, the Impatiens balsamina, or garden balsam.
bankerdom
bankerdom
noun
The world of bankers and finance.
bannerman
bannerman
noun
A man who belonged to the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty.
A person assigned to carry the colours, standards or guidons of a military unit.
A person of Manchu descent.
A samurai in the direct service of the Tokugawa shogunate of feudal Japan, also known as a hatamoto.
bannermen
bannermen
noun
plural of bannerman
bantamize
bantamize
verb
(transitive) To breed (a chicken, or occasionally a dog) into a miniature variety.
barenboim
barnumize
barnumize
verb
Alternative form of Barnumize
basements
basements
noun
plural of basement
bastiment
battement
battement
noun
(ballet) A ballet move involving a beating action with an extended leg
(obsolete) A thumping or beating sensation
batterman
beakerman
beakermen
beaminess
beaminess
noun
The state or quality of being beamy.
beamingly
beamingly
adv
In a beaming way, or while beaming.
beaterman
beatermen
becalming
becalming
verb
present participle of becalm
beckerman
becrampon
bedamning
bedamning
verb
present participle of bedamn
bedewoman
bedmaking
bedmaking
noun
The skill or act of making beds (arranging the sheets, etc.).
beggarman
beggarman
noun
A male beggar.
bellemina
belomancy
belomancy
noun
Studying the flight of arrows, an ancient form of divination used by the Greeks and Arabs.
bemaddens
bemaddens
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bemadden
bemeaning
bemeaning
verb
present participle of bemean
bemelmans
bemoaning
bemoaning
noun
The act of one who bemoans something.
verb
present participle of bemoan
benamidar
benamidar
noun
(South Asia) The person who acts as a proxy in a benami transfer of property.
benchmark
benchmark
noun
(computing) A computer program that is executed to assess the performance of the runtime environment.
A standard by which something is evaluated or measured.
A surveyor's mark made on some stationary object and shown on a map; used as a reference point.
verb
(intransitive, followed by at) To give certain results in a benchmark test.
(transitive, intransitive, followed by against) To use something (e.g., a competitor's product) as a standard to improve one's own thing.
beniamino
benjamins
benjamins
noun
plural of benjamin
benjamite
benjamite
Noun
A Benjaminite.
benkelman
benthamic
benthamic
Adjective
Of or pertaining to or Benthamism.
benzamide
benzamide
noun
(organic chemistry) The amide of benzoic acid or any of its derivatives; several of its derivatives are pharmaceuticals
benzamido
benzamine
benzamine
noun
aniline
benzamino
berbamine
berbamine
noun
A particular calcium channel blocker.
bermudian
bermudian
Adjective
Of, from, or pertaining to Bermuda, or the Bermudian people.
Personal legal status equivalent to citizenship for the country of Bermuda.
Noun
A person from Bermuda or of Bermudian descent.
beshaming
beshaming
verb
present participle of beshame
bigeminal
bigeminal
adj
Occurring in pairs; doubled or twinned
noun
The occurrence of premature atrial or ventricular heartbeats in pairs.
birlieman
bismarine
blastment
blastment
noun
(archaic) A sudden strike or injury; a pernicious thing.
bleachman
bohemians
bohemians
noun
plural of bohemian
boilerman
boilerman
noun
A person who tends the fire for a steam engine
bombasine
bombasine
noun
Alternative form of bombazine
bombazeen
bombazine
bombazine
noun
A twilled or corded fabric made from silk, wool, or cotton dyed black.
bombinate
bombinate
verb
to buzz or hum
bonderman
bonnetman
boogerman
boogerman
noun
Alternative form of bogeyman
boogeyman
boogeyman
noun
Alternative spelling of bogeyman
boomerang
boomerang
noun
(Australian rules football, rugby) A boomerang kick.
(RAF slang) An early return of an aircraft whose mission was aborted, often due to technical failures.
(theater) A device for changing the color of a followspot.
A breakdancing move in which the performer walks on their hands while keeping the legs raised off the ground.
A flat curved airfoil that spins about an axis perpendicular to the direction of flight, originally used in various parts of the world as a hunting weapon or, in returnable types, for sports or training.
verb
(RAF slang) To abort a mission and return to base early.
(intransitive) To return or rebound unexpectedly, especially when the result is undesired; to backfire.
(intransitive) To travel in a curved path.
borromean
borromean
Adjective
Of or relating to the aristocratic Borromeo family of Northern Italy.
bosjesman
bosjesman
Noun
A Bushman.
bottleman
bottleman
noun
A man who aids a boxer by passing him a bottle of water to drink during a fight.
brahmanee
brahminee
brainstem
brainstem
noun
Alternative spelling of brain stem
brakesman
brakesman
noun
A brakeman; a railroad employee responsible for a train's brakes, couplings etc.
Someone who operates the winch in a mine.
brakesmen
brakesmen
noun
plural of brakesman
bridesman
bridesman
noun
A male bridesmaid; a man who attends a bride during her wedding ceremony, as part of the wedding party.
A male friend or companion of the bridegroom, having various ceremonial duties at a wedding.
bridgeman
bridleman
brinsmade
brominate
brominate
verb
(chemistry, transitive) To treat or react with bromine or hydrobromic acid, to introduce bromine into a compound.
bromopnea
bromopnea
noun
(medicine, dated) The condition of having bad breath.
brummagen
brumstane
bucketman
buddleman
bungmaker
bunkerman
bunkerman
noun
(historical) A man in charge of an industrial coal storage bunker.
bunkmates
bunkmates
noun
plural of bunkmate
bushelman
bushelman
noun
(US, dialect) A tailor's assistant for repairing garments.
butterman
butterman
noun
(dated) A man who makes or sells butter.
byrewoman
byrlawmen
cambering
cambering
noun
A slight convexity or slope for drainage etc.; a camber.
verb
present participle of camber
carbamine
carbamine
noun
(organic chemistry) An isocyanide of a hydrocarbon radical.
combinate
combinate
adj
united; joined; betrothed
noun
The result of a combining of two or more components.
crambinae
cumbrance
cumbrance
noun
(obsolete) encumbrance
cymbaline
dambonite
dambonite
noun
(chemistry, archaic) A white crystalline sugary substance obtained from an African caoutchouc.
debarment
debarment
noun
(US, law) In the United States Food and Drugs Act, a penalty imposed on persons or companies that commit crimes in connection with applications for approval of drugs, in which such persons are barred from submitting or assisting in the submission of such an application.
The act or an instance of debarring.
dobermans
embalming
embalming
noun
The work of an embalmer.
verb
present participle of embalm
embanking
embanking
verb
present participle of embank
embarking
embarking
noun
An embarkation.
verb
present participle of embark
embarment
embarring
embarring
verb
present participle of embar
embayment
embayment
noun
A bay. (the water)
A topographical feature that used to be a bay, like the Mississippi embayment.
The process by which a bay is formed.
The shoreline of a bay, an indentation in a shoreline. (the land, not the water)
embiidina
emblazing
emblazing
verb
present participle of emblaze
emblazons
emblazons
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of emblazon
embossman
embossman
noun
An embossograph operator.
embracing
embracing
noun
The act of embracing (in various senses).
verb
present participle of embrace
embrangle
embrangle
verb
(transitive) To embroil.
embroaden
embroaden
verb
Synonym of broaden
embryonal
embryonal
Adjective
embryonic
emendable
emendable
adj
Capable of being emended, corrigible.
endamebae
endamebas
endamebic
endamoeba
endamoeba
noun
Alternative form of endameba
enmarbled
enmarbled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of enmarble
entamebae
entamebae
noun
plural of entameba
entamebas
entamebic
entamebic
adj
Relating to entamebae.
entamoeba
entamoeba
noun
Alternative spelling of entameba
escambron
excambion
excambion
noun
(law, Scotland) exchange or barter, especially of lands.
flambeing
flambeing
verb
present participle of flambe
funambule
gambesons
gambesons
noun
plural of gambeson
habronema
habronema
noun
Any nematode of the genus Habronema.
hambleton
hambleton
Proper noun
a local government district in North Yorkshire, England.
a village in district, Lancashire, England
a village, also known as Upper Hambleton, in England