A book used to teach the alphabet; alphabet book; primer.
An inscription consisting of the letters of an alphabet, almost always listed in order.
abecedarius
abecedarius
noun
An acrostic poem in which the lines begin with the letters of the alphabet in sequence.
abjudicator
aboveground
aboveground
adj
Alternative spelling of above ground
absurdities
absurdities
noun
plural of absurdity
adarbitrium
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.
adumbrative
adumbrative
adj
Of or pertaining to adumbration
adumbrellar
ambassadeur
ambuscaders
ambuscaders
noun
plural of ambuscader
archaimbaud
archbuilder
arnoldsburg
auribromide
aurobromide
backgrounds
backgrounds
noun
plural of background
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of background
badgerbrush
badgerbrush
noun
The plant Symphoricarpos occidentalis.
balustraded
balustraded
adj
Having balustrades.
balustrades
balustrades
noun
plural of balustrade
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
bauckiebird
beardtongue
beardtongue
noun
A flowering plant in the genus Penstemon with a prominent, often hairy, staminode.
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.
becurtained
becurtained
verb
simple past tense and past participle of becurtain
beglamoured
beglamoured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beglamour
beleaguered
beleaguered
adj
(figurative) Beset by trouble or difficulty.
Besieged; surrounded by enemy troops.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beleaguer
belinuridae
belowground
belowground
adj
beneath the surface of the ground; underground
benzdifuran
bergschrund
bergschrund
noun
Alternative form of bergshrund
bescoundrel
beshrouding
beshrouding
verb
present participle of beshroud
betrousered
betrousered
adj
(usually humorous) Wearing pants or trousers.
beuniformed
beuniformed
adj
(dated) Wearing a uniform.
biglandular
biglandular
adj
Having two glands
biquadratic
biquadratic
adj
(mathematics) Of a polynomial expression, involving only the zeroth, second, and fourth powers of a variable, as x⁴ + 3x² + 2. Sometimes extended to any expression involving the biquadrate or fourth power (but no higher powers), as x⁴ − 4x³ + 3x² − x + 1.
noun
(mathematics) A biquadratic equation.
birdmouthed
blackguards
blackguards
noun
plural of blackguard
bladdernuts
bladdernuts
noun
plural of bladdernut
bladensburg
blizzardous
blizzardous
adj
Marked by overly cold and snowy conditions; blizzardlike.
Unclear, hazy, difficult to view.
bloodsucker
bloodsucker
noun
(by extension) Any parasite.
(by extension) One who attempts to take as much from others as possible; a leech.
A vampire.
An animal that drinks the blood of others, especially by sucking blood through a puncture wound; a hemovore.
The changeable lizard (Calotes versicolor).
blubberhead
blubberhead
noun
(colloquial, dated) A fool.
bludgeoneer
bluehearted
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.
boatbuilder
boatbuilder
noun
A person involved in boatbuilding; one who builds boats.
bodybuilder
bodybuilder
noun
(bodybuilding) A person who uses diet and exercise to build an aesthetically muscular physique, in order to compete in bodybuilding.
bodyguarded
bodyguarded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bodyguard
bodysurfers
bodysurfers
noun
plural of bodysurfer
bodysurfing
bodysurfing
verb
present participle of bodysurf
boroughwide
boroughwide
adj
Throughout a borough.
bothridiums
boulderhead
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.
breadfruits
breadfruits
noun
plural of breadfruit
breadstuffs
breadstuffs
noun
plural of breadstuff
buccaneered
buccaneered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of buccaneer
bucerotidae
budgereegah
budgereegah
noun
Archaic form of budgerigar.
budgerigars
budgerigars
noun
plural of budgerigar
bulldoggers
bulldoggers
noun
plural of bulldogger
bullyragged
bullyragged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bullyrag
buprestidae
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.
burgherhood
burgherhood
noun
The role or status of burgher.
burglarised
burglarised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of burglarise
burglarized
burglarized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of burglarize
burkundauze
burkundauze
noun
Alternative form of burkundaz
burnettized
burnettized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of burnettize
butcherbird
butcherbird
noun
(South Africa) The fiscal shrike, Lanius collaris.
(US) Any of the shrikes in the genus Lanius.
Any of the magpie-like birds in the genus Cracticus, family Artamidae, of Australia and New Guinea.
butterfield
butterflied
butterflied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of butterfly
butterweeds
butterweeds
noun
plural of butterweed
buzzardlike
buzzardlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a buzzard.
candelabrum
candelabrum
noun
A candle holder.
carabideous
carabideous
adj
Relating to the carabidans
carborundum
carborundum
noun
Crystals of silicon carbide used as an abrasive.
carburetted
cloudbursts
cloudbursts
noun
plural of cloudburst
contributed
contributed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of contribute
corpsbruder
counterband
counterbend
counterbids
counterbids
noun
plural of counterbid
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of counterbid
counterbond
counterbond
noun
A bond to secure one who has given bond for another.
cumberbunds
cumberbunds
noun
Misspelling of cummerbunds.
cumbernauld
cumbernauld
Proper noun
a town in council area, Scotland, a new town founded in the 1950s on the site of a village of the same name
cumberworld
cumberworld
noun
(derogatory, obsolete) Someone who, or something which, is an encumbrance on the world; a useless person or thing.
cummerbunds
cummerbunds
noun
plural of cummerbund.
currycombed
currycombed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of currycomb
curveballed
curveballed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of curveball
daubreelite
daubreelite
noun
(mineralogy) A sulphide of chromium observed in some meteoric irons.
decarburise
decarburise
verb
Alternative form of decarburize
decarburize
decarburize
verb
To decarbonize.
decumbiture
decumbiture
noun
(astrology, now historical) The time one takes to one's bed during an illness, as used for astrological prognostications; or a chart drawn up to express this.
(obsolete) The fact of lying down, specifically of a person due to illness.
demibuckram
denumerable
denumerable
adj
(mathematics) Capable of being assigned a bijection to the natural numbers. Applied to sets which are not finite, but have a one-to-one mapping to the natural numbers.
denumerably
denumerably
adv
In a denumerable manner
deobstruent
deobstruent
adj
(medicine) Removing obstructions; having the power to clear or open the natural ducts of the fluids and secretions of the body; aperient.
noun
Any medicine that removes obstructions; an aperient.
disburdened
disburdened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disburden
disbursable
discubitory
discubitory
adj
(obsolete, nonce word) leaning; fitted for a reclining posture
disemburden
disemburden
verb
to disburden
disencumber
disencumber
verb
(transitive) To remove an encumbrance or burden from (someone or something); unburden.
disobstruct
disobstruct
verb
To clear away an obstruction.
disruptable
disruptable
adj
Capable of being disrupted.
distributed
distributed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of distribute
distributee
distributee
noun
One who receives a share of something that is distributed.
distributer
distributer
noun
Alternative form of distributor
distributes
distributes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of distribute
distributor
distributor
noun
(printing, historical) A machine for distributing type.
(printing, historical) An appliance, such as a roller, in a printing press, for distributing ink.
A device that distributes electric current, especially to the spark plugs in an internal combustion engine.
One who or that which distributes.
distritbute
disturbance
disturbance
noun
(psychology) A serious mental imbalance or illness.
A noisy commotion that causes a hubbub or interruption.
An interruption of that which is normal or regular.
Something that disturbs.
The act of disturbing, being disturbed.
disturbedly
disturbedly
adv
In a disturbed manner.
dithyrambus
dithyrambus
noun
Alternative form of dithyramb
dorsilumbar
dorsilumbar
adj
Alternative form of dorsolumbar
dorsolumbar
dorsolumbar
adj
(anatomy) dorsal and lumbar
dorsumbonal
doublecross
doublecross
noun
(plant breeding, animal breeding) The hybrid product of double-crossing.
An instance of betrayal of one who has been led to believe that the betrayer was assisting them.
verb
To betray someone by leading them into a trap after having gained their trust and led them to believe that they were actually being aided.
doublewords
doublewords
noun
plural of doubleword
doubtmonger
doubtmonger
noun
One who sows doubts in the minds of others.
doxorubicin
doxorubicin
noun
(pharmacology) An anthracycline antibiotic drug (trademark Adriamycin) with broad antineoplastic activity that is obtained from a bacterium (Streptomyces peucetius subsp. caesius) and is administered in the form of its hydrochloride C₂₇H₂₉NO₁₁·HCl in chemotherapy.
drumbeaters
drumbeaters
noun
plural of drumbeater
drumbeating
drumbeating
noun
A beating of drums.
drumbledore
dukhobortsy
dullbrained
dumbfounder
dumbfounder
noun
Someone who or that which dumbfounds.
verb
(transitive) To dumbfound.
dumbwaiters
dumbwaiters
noun
plural of dumbwaiter
durableness
durableness
noun
durability
edwardsburg
elucubrated
elucubrated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of elucubrate
equidurable
fauxbourdon
flaughtbred
floribundas
floribundas
noun
plural of floribunda
flubdubbery
flubdubbery
noun
Trivial matters; nonsense.
fluobromide
fullerboard
groundberry
groundburst
groundburst
noun
The explosion of a bomb dropped from the air when it hits the ground.