(now rare) Pertaining to someone learning the alphabet or basic studies; elementary; rudimentary.
Arranged in an alphabetical manner.
Pertaining to the alphabet, or several alphabets.
Relating to or resembling an abecedarius.
noun
(archaic) Someone engaged in teaching the alphabet; an elementary teacher; one that teaches the methods and principles of learning.
(rhetoric) A work which uses words or lines in alphabetical order.
An elementary student, a novice; one in the early steps of learning.
Someone who is learning the alphabet.
aboveground
aboveground
adj
Alternative spelling of above ground
abridgement
abridgement
noun
(chiefly UK) Alternative form of abridgment
abridgments
abridgments
noun
plural of abridgment
adumbrating
adumbrating
verb
present participle of adumbrate
adumbration
adumbration
noun
(countable) A faint sketch; a brief representation, an outline.
(countable, philosophy, specifically phenomenology) The form of an object as seen by an observer.
(countable, uncountable, figuratively) A rough or symbolic representation; a vague indication of what is to come, a foreshadowing.
(specifically, heraldry) The outline of a charge (“image displayed on an escutcheon”), sometimes filled in with a darker shade than the field.
(uncountable) The state of being in shadow or shade; (countable) a shadow.
androphobia
androphobia
noun
Fear of or aversion to men.
anthribidae
arabinoside
arabinoside
noun
(organic chemistry) A glycoside which yields arabinose after being split by hydrolysis.
arnoldsburg
backgrounds
backgrounds
noun
plural of background
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of background
backhanders
backhanders
noun
plural of backhander
badgeringly
badgeringly
adv
So as to badger or annoy.
baedekerian
banderillas
banderillas
noun
plural of banderilla
banderoling
bandkeramik
bandleaders
bandleaders
noun
plural of bandleader
bandmasters
bandmasters
noun
plural of bandmaster
bandoleered
bandoleered
adj
Alternative form of bandoliered
bandoliered
bandoliered
adj
Wearing a bandolier.
bardesanism
bardesanist
bardesanite
bardolphian
barehanding
barnstormed
barnstormed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of barnstorm
barodynamic
barodynamic
adj
Relating to barodynamics.
baronethood
baronetised
baronetized
barotseland
barracudina
barracudina
noun
Any of the elongated ray-finned fish of the order Paralepididae.
barramundas
barramundas
noun
plural of barramunda
barramundis
barramundis
noun
plural of barramundi
barricading
barricading
verb
present participle of barricade
batodendron
baynebridge
beardedness
beardedness
noun
The state or quality of being bearded.
beardtongue
beardtongue
noun
A flowering plant in the genus Penstemon with a prominent, often hairy, staminode.
becowarding
becurtained
becurtained
verb
simple past tense and past participle of becurtain
bedarkening
bedarkening
verb
present participle of bedarken
bedcovering
bedcovering
noun
bedcover
beddingroll
bediapering
bediapering
verb
present participle of bediaper
bedrabbling
bedrabbling
verb
present participle of bedrabble
bedraggling
bedraggling
verb
present participle of bedraggle
bedrenching
bedrenching
verb
present participle of bedrench
bedriveling
bedriveling
verb
present participle of bedrivel
befriending
befriending
noun
The process of making friends with somebody.
verb
present participle of befriend
begarlanded
begarlanded
adj
Decorated with garlands.
belinuridae
belowground
belowground
adj
beneath the surface of the ground; underground
benchmarked
benchmarked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of benchmark
benedictory
benedictory
adj
Giving thanks
Of, pertaining to, or in the form of a benediction
benzdifuran
benzohydrol
bergenfield
bergschrund
bergschrund
noun
Alternative form of bergshrund
beringleted
beringleted
adj
Having the hair in ringlets.
bernardston
bertrandite
bertrandite
noun
(mineralogy) A basic beryllium sorosilicate that is an ore of beryllium.
berycoidean
bescoundrel
beshrouding
beshrouding
verb
present participle of beshroud
bespreading
bespreading
verb
present participle of bespread
besprinkled
besprinkled
adj
Sprinkled.
beuniformed
beuniformed
adj
(dated) Wearing a uniform.
bewildering
bewildering
adj
Very baffling, confusing, or perplexing, often due to a very large choice being available.
noun
gerund of bewilder: bewilderment.
verb
present participle of bewilder
biglandular
biglandular
adj
Having two glands
bihydrazine
bilertinned
biliverdins
biliverdins
noun
plural of biliverdin
birdbanding
birdbrained
birdbrained
adj
silly and frivolous; empty-headed
birddogging
birkeniidae
birobidzhan
bitterender
blackhander
bladdernose
bladdernuts
bladdernuts
noun
plural of bladdernut
bladensburg
blandfordia
blandishers
blandishers
noun
plural of blandisher
blearedness
blearedness
noun
The state or quality of being bleared, dimness of the eyes.
blindfolder
blindfolder
noun
One who, or an object which, blindfolds someone.
blindstorey
bloodmonger
bloodmonger
noun
A brutal or indiscriminate killer.
bludgeoneer
blueprinted
blueprinted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blueprint
blunderbore
blunderbuss
blunderbuss
noun
An old style of muzzleloading firearm and early form of shotgun with a distinctive short, large caliber barrel that is flared at the muzzle, therefore able to fire scattered quantities of nails, stones, shot, etc. at short range.
verb
(transitive) To shoot with a blunderbuss.
blunderhead
blunderhead
noun
Someone who habitually makes mistakes or blunders
blunderings
blunderings
noun
plural of blundering
blundersome
blundersome
adj
Apt or prone to cause blunders; troublesome; difficult; problematic.
Indicating or marked by blunders or mistakes; messed-up.
blurredness
blurredness
noun
The property of being blurred.
bodysurfing
bodysurfing
verb
present participle of bodysurf
bombardment
bombardment
noun
(physics) the incidence of an intense stream of high-energy particles directed at a substance
heavy artillery fire
the act of bombing, especially towns or cities
bondholders
bondholders
noun
plural of bondholder
bondservant
bondservant
noun
An indentured servant.
bookbinders
bookbinders
noun
plural of bookbinder
bookbindery
bookbindery
noun
A building where books are assembled and bound.
boomeranged
boomeranged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of boomerang
boondoggler
boondoggler
noun
A person who boondoggles; a wastrel
borderlands
borderlands
noun
plural of borderland
borderlines
borderlines
noun
plural of borderline
bowermaiden
bowstringed
bowstringed
adj
Supplied or fitted with a bowstring.
bradenville
bradykinins
bradykinins
noun
plural of bradykinin
brahmanhood
brainwashed
brainwashed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brainwash
brancardier
branchiopod
branchiopod
noun
Any of the very many aquatic crustaceans of the class Branchiopoda, such as the fairy shrimps and water fleas.
branchstand
brandenburg
brandenburg
Proper noun
Brandenburg an der Havel, a German town.
Land Brandenburg, a state of modern Germany.
The lands of Brandenburg (Mark Brandenburg, Provinz Brandenburg), provinces of Prussia from 1815 to 1946.
a home rule-class city in Kentucky, USA, and the county seat of Named after Solomon Brandenburg, a land owner.
Noun
A kind of decoration for the breast of a coat, sometimes only a frog with a loop, but in some military uniforms enlarged into a broad horizontal stripe.
brandishers
brandishers
noun
plural of brandisher
brandishing
brandishing
noun
The action of the verb to brandish.
verb
present participle of brandish
brandsolder
brandsville
brawnedness
brawnedness
noun
The state or quality of being brawned.
brazenfaced
brazenfaced
adj
(dated) impudent; shameless
breadearner
breadmaking
breadmaking
noun
The making of bread.
breadwinner
breadwinner
noun
The primary income-earner in a household.
bridemaiden
brigandages
brigandages
noun
plural of brigandage
brigandines
brigandines
noun
plural of brigandine
broadenings
broadenings
noun
plural of broadening
broadnesses
broadnesses
noun
plural of broadness
broadsiding
broadsiding
verb
present participle of broadside
brobdingnag
brobdingnag
Proper noun
A fictional country inhabited by giants, which appears in Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels.
broederbond
bromocyanid
bromohydrin
bromohydrin
noun
(organic chemistry) Any halohydrin in which the halogen is bromine.
brownfields
brownfields
noun
plural of brownfield
buccaneered
buccaneered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of buccaneer
buprestidan
buprestidan
noun
(zoology, chiefly in the plural, dated) Any of a number of jewel beetles of the family Buprestidae, usually with shiny metallic colours.
burdigalian
burdigalian
Proper noun
A subdivision of the Miocene epoch.
burkundauze
burkundauze
noun
Alternative form of burkundaz
burnettized
burnettized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of burnettize
candelabras
candelabras
noun
plural of candelabra
candelabrum
candelabrum
noun
A candle holder.
candleberry
candleberry
noun
Any of the plants in the genus Myrica, containing about 35-50 species of small trees and shrubs in the family Myricaceae, order Fagales, with a wide distribution, including Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and South America.
The fruit of plants in the genus Myrica.
carbamidine
carbamidine
noun
(organic chemistry) Synonym of guanidine
carbanilide
carbanilide
noun
(organic chemistry) N,N'-diphenylurea, used in organic synthesis
carbonadoed
carbonadoed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of carbonado
carbonadoes
carbonimide
carbonimide
noun
(organic chemistry) The imide of carbonic acid; any derivative of this compound
carbonnades
carbonnades
noun
plural of carbonnade
carborundum
carborundum
noun
Crystals of silicon carbide used as an abrasive.
centerboard
centerboard
noun
(American spelling, nautical) Alternative spelling of centreboard
centreboard
centreboard
noun
(British spelling, nautical) The adjustable keel on a small yacht or dinghy that acts, among other things, as ballast and to counteract the sideways force of the wind.