(artificial intelligence) Describing a heuristic that never overestimates the cost of reaching a goal.
Capable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed; allowable, permissible, acceptable.
admissibly
admissibly
adv
in a manner that is admissible; acceptably
airbrushed
airbrushed
adj
(by extension) Having had imperfections and blemishes removed through digital manipulation.
Having been manipulated with an airbrush.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of airbrush
albaspidin
alcibiades
ameboidism
ameboidism
noun
movements, especially in some nerve cells, that resemble those of the amoeba
andabatism
antibodies
antibodies
noun
plural of antibody
ascendible
ascendible
adj
Capable of being ascended; climbable.
ashipboard
ashipboard
adv
on shipboard
backfields
backfields
noun
plural of backfield
backslided
backslider
backslider
noun
A recidivist; one who backslides, especially in a religious sense; an apostate.
She married him thinking to change his ways, and for a while he got religion, but he was ever a backslider; she soon began finding bottles stashed about the house.
backslides
backslides
noun
plural of backslide
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backslide
badacsonyi
badmintons
badmintons
noun
plural of badminton
bakshished
bakshished
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bakshish
baldachins
baldachins
noun
plural of baldachin
balistidae
balkanised
balkanised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of balkanise
balladised
balladries
balladries
noun
plural of balladry
balladwise
balladwise
adv
In the style of a ballad.
balourdise
bandicoots
bandicoots
noun
plural of bandicoot
banditries
banditries
noun
plural of banditry
bandlimits
bandlimits
noun
plural of bandlimit
bandsawing
bandsawing
verb
present participle of bandsaw
bandstring
bandstring
noun
(obsolete or historical) Any of the strings used to fasten the collar and bands of 17th-century clothing; often decorated with tassels.
bandurrias
bandurrias
noun
plural of bandurria
bandwidths
bandwidths
noun
plural of bandwidth
barbarised
barbarised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of barbarise
barefisted
barricades
barricades
noun
plural of barricade
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of barricade
barricados
barrigudos
barrigudos
noun
plural of barrigudo
basidorsal
basidorsal
adj
At the base of the rear
noun
A cartilage on the dorsolateral side of the notochord
basilidian
basinerved
basipodite
basipodite
noun
(anatomy) The basal joint of the legs of crustaceans.
basiradial
bastardice
bastardies
bastardies
noun
plural of bastardy
bastardise
bastardise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of bastardize.
bastardism
bastardism
noun
The condition of being born out of wedlock; bastardy.
bastardize
bastardize
verb
To beget out of wedlock.
To claim or demonstrate that someone is a bastard, or illegitimate.
To reduce from a higher to a lower state, such as by removing refined elements or introducing debased elements; to debase.
bastinaded
bastinaded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bastinade
bastinades
bastinades
noun
plural of bastinade
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bastinade
beadleship
beadleship
noun
The office of a beadle.
beatitudes
beatitudes
noun
plural of beatitude
becousined
bedimplies
bedlamised
bedminster
bedminster
Proper noun
A district of Bristol, England, formerly a small town in Somerset
bedouinism
bedouinism
noun
Nomadic desert life, like that of the bedouins.
bedsprings
bedsprings
noun
plural of bedspring
beeswinged
beeswinged
adj
(by extension) Covered with a filmy layer.
Of wine: having the filmy, translucent crust called beeswing.
befetished
befetished
adj
(dated) Wearing amulets or talismans.
beforesaid
beforesaid
adj
(archaic) Previously said.
beldamship
bemuslined
bemuslined
adj
Dressed or covered in muslin.
benedictus
bepistoled
bepistoled
adj
Supplied with a pistol.
bermudians
beshivered
besmirched
besmirched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of besmirch
besmudging
besmudging
verb
present participle of besmudge
besteading
besteading
noun
Help; assistance; aid; avail.
verb
present participle of bestead
bestridden
bestridden
verb
past participle of bestride
bestriding
bestriding
verb
present participle of bestride
bestudding
bestudding
verb
present participle of bestud
bicuspidal
bicuspidal
adj
(geometry) Having two cusps.
bifidities
bifidities
noun
plural of bifidity
billboards
billboards
noun
plural of billboard
bioassayed
bioassayed
adj
Subjected to bioassay
birdbrains
birdbrains
noun
plural of birdbrain
birdhouses
birdhouses
noun
plural of birdhouse
birdnester
birthdates
birthdates
noun
plural of birthdate
bishopbird
bishophood
bishophood
noun
The state, condition, or office of a bishop; the episcopate.
bishopweed
bishopweed
noun
Alternative form of bishopsweed
bismerpund
bismerpund
noun
(historical) An old Swedish unit of weight, equivalent to 5.101 kilograms.
bismuthide
bismuthide
noun
(inorganic chemistry) Any compound of bismuth with a more electropositive element
bisphenoid
bistipuled
bisulcated
bisulphide
bisulphide
noun
Alternative spelling of bisulfide
blackbirds
blackbirds
noun
plural of blackbird
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blackbird
bladesmith
bladesmith
noun
A maker of knives and swords.
blandished
blandished
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blandish
blandisher
blandisher
noun
Flatterer.
blandishes
blandishes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blandish
blastodisc
blastodisc
noun
Alternative form of blastodisk
blastodisk
blastodisk
noun
(biology) A round, flattened region of cells from which the embryo of many vertebrates begins to develop in the fertilized ovum; a germinal disk
blastoidea
blindfolds
blindfolds
noun
plural of blindfold
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blindfold
blindstory
blindstory
noun
(architecture) The triforium, as opposed to the clerestory.
blissfield
bloodiness
bloodiness
noun
The characteristic of being bloody.
bloodlines
bloodlines
noun
plural of bloodline
bloodstain
bloodstain
noun
A spot or area that has been discolored by having absorbed blood.
bluefields
bobadilish
bobadilism
bobsleding
bodiliness
bodiliness
noun
corporeality; the quality of being bodily
bodkinwise
boedromius
boldacious
boldacious
adj
(US) brazen, impudent, unrestrained.
bollandist
bollandist
Noun
Any member of an association of scholars, originally all Jesuits, who since the early seventeenth century have studied hagiography and the cult of the saints in Christianity.
bondsville
bordelaise
bordelaise
adj
(postpositive) Served with Bordelaise sauce.
noun
Ellipsis of Bordelaise sauce.
borderings
borderings
noun
plural of bordering
borderside
bostrychid
bostrychid
noun
Misspelling of bostrichid.
boundaries
boundaries
noun
plural of boundary
bounderish
bounderish
adj
Pertaining to or having the characteristics of a bounder; loutish; boorish.
bowdlerise
bowdlerise
verb
Alternative form of bowdlerize
bowdlerism
bowdlerism
noun
A policy of bowdlerization, or censorship by removing what is considered indecent.
boyfriends
boyfriends
noun
plural of boyfriend
bradyseism
bradyseism
noun
(volcanology) A gradual uplift or descent of part of the Earth's surface caused by the filling or emptying of an underground magma chamber and/or hydrothermal activity, particularly in volcanic calderas
brandished
brandished
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brandish
brandisher
brandisher
noun
One who brandishes.
brandishes
brandishes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brandish
brandisite
bravadoism
bredstitch
breediness
breediness
noun
The quality or characteristic of being breedy.
bridehouse
bridesmaid
bridesmaid
noun
(sports, entertainment) A person or team that perennially finishes well, but never first.
A woman who attends a bride during her wedding ceremony, as part of the main wedding party.
verb
To act as a bridesmaid for; to attend a bride during her wedding ceremony.
bridestake
bridgeless
bridgeless
adj
(graph theory) Having no bridges.
(of a body of water) Having no bridges.
That cannot be bridged.
bridleless
bridleless
adj
Without a bridle.
bridlewise
bridlewise
adj
(of a horse) Responsive to the bridle.
brigadiers
brigadiers
noun
plural of brigadier
brigandish
brigandish
adj
like a brigand or robber
brigandism
brigandism
noun
The criminal operations of brigands.
briggsdale
broadlings
broadsided
broadsided
verb
simple past tense and past participle of broadside
broadsider
broadsider
noun
A gun on the broadside of a vessel.
broadsides
broadsides
noun
plural of broadside
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of broadside