(obsolete) the role or duration of being an abigail, or lady's maid.
achroglobin
agoraphobes
agoraphobes
noun
plural of agoraphobe
agoraphobia
agoraphobia
noun
(rare) An aversion to markets.
The fear of wide open spaces, crowds, or uncontrolled social conditions.
agoraphobic
agoraphobic
adj
Of, pertaining to or suffering from agoraphobia.
noun
One who suffers from agoraphobia.
agyrophobia
agyrophobia
noun
fear of crossing the street
airbrushing
airbrushing
verb
present participle of airbrush
albedograph
alphabeting
alphabeting
verb
present participle of alphabet
amphibology
amphibology
noun
(archaic) Amphiboly.
anglophobes
anglophobes
noun
plural of anglophobe
anglophobia
anglophobia
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Anglophobia
anglophobic
anglophobic
Adjective
Having an aversion to England or the English.
antiburgher
antiburgher
noun
(historical, Scotland) A member of a faction of the Scottish Presbyterian Church that refused to take the burgess oath in 1747; since reunited.
backhanding
backhanding
verb
present participle of backhand
backhauling
backhauling
verb
present participle of backhaul
backlashing
backlashing
verb
present participle of backlash
backlighted
backwashing
backwashing
noun
A form of water treatment in which water is pumped backwards through the filter media, sometimes with intermittent use of compressed air.
badgerbrush
badgerbrush
noun
The plant Symphoricarpos occidentalis.
badmouthing
badmouthing
verb
present participle of badmouth
bakshishing
bakshishing
verb
present participle of bakshish
balinghasay
balinghasay
noun
The tropical tree Buchanania arborescens.
ballyhooing
ballyhooing
verb
present participle of ballyhoo
barehanding
barographic
barographic
adj
Measured using a barograph
bechignoned
bechignoned
adj
Wearing one's hair in a chignon.
bedclothing
bedclothing
noun
bedclothes
bedrenching
bedrenching
verb
present participle of bedrench
behindsight
behoovingly
behoovingly
adv
Alternative form of behovingly
beknighting
beknighting
verb
present participle of beknight
bellhanging
bellyaching
bellyaching
noun
Quit your bellyaching and get back to work!
Whining and complaining, often contrived to evoke pity or shirk responsibility.
verb
present participle of bellyache
benightedly
benightedly
adv
In a benighted manner.
benightmare
benightment
benightment
noun
The state or condition of being benighted.
bequeathing
bequeathing
verb
present participle of bequeath
bergamasche
bergschrund
bergschrund
noun
Alternative form of bergshrund
bescorching
bescorching
verb
present participle of bescorch
beshadowing
beshadowing
verb
present participle of beshadow
beshivering
beshrouding
beshrouding
verb
present participle of beshroud
besmirching
besmirching
verb
present participle of besmirch
besmoothing
besmoothing
verb
present participle of besmooth
bhaktimarga
bibliograph
bibliograph
noun
Archaic form of bibliographer.
bibliophage
bibliophage
noun
(figuratively) A person who loves to read books; a bookworm.
A creature that consumes books’ physical contents.
biggishness
biggishness
noun
The state or condition of being biggish.
billheading
biographees
biographees
noun
plural of biographee
biographers
biographers
noun
plural of biographer
biographies
biographies
noun
plural of biography
biographist
biographist
noun
(dated) A biographer.
biographize
biographize
Verb
To write a biography of.
birthrights
birthrights
noun
plural of birthright
blanchingly
blanchingly
adv
In a blanching way.
blandishing
blandishing
verb
present participle of blandish
blaspheming
blaspheming
noun
An act of blasphemy.
verb
present participle of blaspheme
blastophaga
blenchingly
blightingly
blightingly
adv
So as to blight.
boggishness
boguechitto
bolographic
boltheading
bondholding
bondholding
adj
(finance) Holding bonds.
bonefishing
bonefishing
noun
Angling for bonefish.
borderlight
boroughship
boroughwide
boroughwide
adj
Throughout a borough.
brachialgia
brachialgia
noun
(medicine) pain in the arm
brachiating
brachiating
adj
That moves by the use of limbs; especially by swinging through the trees using the arms
verb
present participle of brachiate
bradyphagia
bradyphagia
noun
Unusual slowness in eating
brandishing
brandishing
noun
The action of the verb to brandish.
verb
present participle of brandish
brantingham
brattishing
brattishing
noun
(architecture) Carved openwork, as of a shrine, battlement, or parapet.
A brattice.
verb
present participle of brattish
breathingly
bridgeheads
bridgeheads
noun
plural of bridgehead
brighteners
brighteners
noun
plural of brightener
brightening
brightening
noun
An instance of becoming brighter.
verb
present participle of brighten
brightsmith
brightsmith
noun
A whitesmith.
brightworks
brightworks
noun
plural of brightwork
brontograph
brontograph
noun
A tracing or chart showing the phenomena accompanying a thunderstorm.
An instrument for making such tracings, such as a recording brontometer.
brushmaking
brushmaking
noun
The manufacture of brushes.
buckwashing
budgereegah
budgereegah
noun
Archaic form of budgerigar.
bulgarophil
bulkheading
bulkheading
noun
bulkheads in general
bulldoggish
bullfighter
bullfighter
noun
One who engages in bullfighting; a toreador or matador.
burgherhood
burgherhood
noun
The role or status of burgher.
burgheristh
burghership
burghership
noun
The rights and privileges of a burgher; burgess-ship.
The state of being a burgher; citizenship.
burghmaster
burghmaster
noun
(UK, mining, historical) An officer who directs and lays out the meres or boundaries for the workers.
A burgomaster.
burnishings
burnishings
noun
plural of burnishing
bushbashing
bushbashing
verb
present participle of bushbash
bushfighter
bushfighter
noun
One who takes part in bushfighting.
bushrangers
bushrangers
noun
plural of bushranger
bushranging
bushranging
noun
The outlaw lifestyle of a bushranger.
bushwalking
bushwalking
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) The activity of hiking or backpacking.
verb
present participle of bushwalk
butterbough
cabbagehead
cabbagehead
noun
(geology) A roughly spherical aggregation of a mineral.
A common type of jellyfish, Stomolophus meleagris
A head of cabbage.
A stupid person; an idiot.
A style of smokestack on a wood-burning locomotive that has a roughly spherical top on a straight narrow stack.
The larval form (caterpillar) of Crocidolomia pavonana, which is a pest that eats cabbages.
changeabout
clubhauling
clubhauling
noun
(nautical) A risky maneuver whereby a sail-boat tacks (turns into and through the wind) by dropping one of the front anchors, the intent being to turn the boat in a tighter space than would be possible using the rudder and sails alone, especially when difficult conditions such as light winds or heavy swell make tacking more difficult than usual.
verb
present participle of clubhaul
delightable
delightable
adj
(obsolete) Delightful.
disbenching
disbenching
verb
present participle of disbench
eichbergite
englishable
ergophobiac
farnborough
farnborough
Proper noun
a town in north-east Hampshire, England.
a residential area in the London Borough of Bromley.
a village in Berkshire, and a village in Warwickshire, both in England.
flaughtbred
forestburgh
gallophobia
garnishable
garnishable
adj
Able to be garnished.
gibberishes
gibberishes
noun
plural of gibberish
globefishes
globefishes
noun
plural of globefish
globeholder
gnathobasic
gnathobasic
adj
Related to, or characteristic of a gnathobase
gopherberry
gristhorbia
grithbreach
grithbreach
noun
(obsolete) breach of the peace ; The penalty for breach of the peace.
gudebrother
gymnophobia
gymnophobia
noun
An inordinate fear or hatred of nudity.
habituating
habituating
adj
habit-forming
verb
present participle of habituate
haemoglobic
haemoglobin
haemoglobin
noun
(British spelling, biochemistry) Alternative spelling of hemoglobin
hagiophobia
hagiophobia
noun
The fear, dislike, or hatred of holiness and/or of holy things.
hamletsburg
hangability
hangability
noun
The quality of being hangable; suitability for hanging or suspension.
haptoglobin
haptoglobin
noun
(biochemistry) A protein in blood plasma that binds free hemoglobin released from erythrocytes and thereby inhibits its oxidative activity.
harbingered
harbingered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of harbinger
hardinsburg
harmonsburg
harrodsburg
harveysburg
harzburgite
harzburgite
noun
An ultramafic igneous rock, a variety of peridotite consisting mostly of olivine and low-calcium pyroxene.
hattiesburg
headborough
headborough
noun
(historical, law) Synonym of tithingman: a peace officer or underconstable.
(historical, law) Synonym of tithingman: the head of a tithing.
helsingborg
helsingborg
Proper noun
a city of western Sweden, in the province of Scania
hemoglobins
hemoglobins
noun
plural of hemoglobin
herbarizing
herbarizing
verb
present participle of herbarize
herbologies
herborizing
herborizing
noun
A botanical expedition for the purpose of finding and classifying plant species.
verb
present participle of herborize
herringbone
herringbone
noun
(skiing) A method of climbing a hill by pointing the skis outward in a V-shape to keep from sliding backwards.
A bone of a herring.
A zigzag pattern, especially made by bricks, on a cloth, or by stitches in sewing.
Twilled fabric woven in rows of parallel sloping lines.
verb
(skiing) To climb a hill by pointing the skis outward in a V-shape to keep from sliding backwards.
To stitch in a herringbone pattern.
hibernating
hibernating
verb
present participle of hibernate
hibernology
highballing
highballing
verb
present participle of highball
highbinders
highbinders
noun
plural of highbinder
highbinding
highbrowism
highbrowism
noun
highbrow attitudes and policies generally
higinbotham
hobbledygee
hollansburg
hummingbird
hummingbird
noun
Any of various small American birds in the family Trochilidae that have the ability to hover.