(architecture) That element that shares a common boundary or surface with its neighbor.
(dentistry) The tooth that supports a denture or bridge.
(engineering) A construction that supports the ends of a bridge; a structure that anchors the cables on a suspension bridge.
(engineering) The part of a valley or canyon wall against which a dam is constructed.
(engineering, architecture) The solid portion of a structure that supports the lateral pressure of an arch or vault.
A fixed point or surface where resistance is obtained.
Something that abuts, or on which something abuts.
The point of junction between two things, in particular a support, that abuts.
The state of abutting.
adnumber
albumean
albumens
albumens
noun
plural of albumen
albumins
albumins
noun
plural of albumin
alburnum
alburnum
noun
sapwood; the soft, newer wood in the trunk of a tree found between the bark and the hardened heartwood.
alumbank
ambulant
ambulant
adj
Able to walk.
Designed for use by somebody with a disability that impairs, but does not prevent, walking.
noun
A patient who is able to walk.
ambuling
bannimus
bannimus
noun
A form of expulsion of any individual from the University of Oxford, by putting the proctorial edict up in some public place, as a denunciation or promulgation of it. It also served to prevent the individual from claiming the cause of expulsion.
baughman
beaumont
beaumont
Proper noun
An English habitational surname from any of several places in France.
A city in Texas, USA
bemusing
bemusing
verb
present participle of bemuse
benumbed
benumbed
adj
Lacking emotion or interest; dulled.
Lacking sensation; numb.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of benumb
bermudan
bermudan
Noun
A person from Bermuda or of Bermudian descent.
Adjective
Of, from, or pertaining to Bermuda, or the Bermudian peoples.
biennium
biennium
noun
A period of two years, particularly for purposes involving intercalation or fiscal calculations.
bimanous
bimanous
adj
(biology) Having two hands (rather than any other distal part of a forelimb).
bimanual
bimanual
adj
Involving or using both hands
binarium
bitumens
bitumens
noun
plural of bitumen
blackmun
blechnum
bluemont
bluesman
bluesman
noun
a male blues musician
bluesmen
bluesmen
noun
plural of bluesman
branscum
bronteum
brunizem
brushman
brushman
noun
(informal) A male painter.
A man employed to clean with a brush.
brushmen
brushmen
noun
plural of brushman
buccinum
buggyman
buggyman
noun
(historical) A man employed to transport material, such as the bloom from a furnace, on a wheeled carriage or buggy.
The male driver of a buggy.
buggymen
buggymen
noun
plural of buggyman
bultmann
bumbling
bumbling
adj
Acting in a confused or ineffectual way; incompetent; showing little or no skill.
noun
The act of one who bumbles; a mistake or error, especially through clumsiness.
verb
present participle of bumble
bumpkins
bumpkins
noun
plural of bumpkin
buncombe
buncombe
noun
(archaic) Alternative spelling of bunkum
bunemost
bungarum
bungarum
noun
(dated) A krait (venomous snake of the genus Bungarus)
bunkmate
bunkmate
noun
Especially, one who shares a bunk bed.
One who sleeps in the same area as another person.
bushment
bushment
noun
(obsolete) A surprise party; a company of soldiers secretly deployed.
(obsolete) An ambush.
(obsolete) The troops concealed in an ambush.
buttyman
buttyman
noun
(mining) Synonym of butty (“miner who works under contract”)
cenobium
cenobium
noun
A monastery, a monastic community.
columban
columbin
columbin
noun
(organic chemistry) A white, crystalline, bitter substance.
conubium
crumbing
crumbing
verb
present participle of crumb
cumbrian
cumbrian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Cumbria or Cumberland
Noun
A native or inhabitant of Cumbria.
dumbness
dumbness
noun
(dated) Muteness, silence; abstention from speech.
(dated) Show or gesture without words; pantomime; dumb-show.
(dated) The state of being mute: that is, of not communicating vocally, whether from selective mutism (refusal to speak) or from an inability to speak.
(informal) The quality of being stupid or foolish.
duncombe
embruing
embruing
verb
present participle of embrue
embuskin
enambush
enambush
verb
(obsolete) To ambush.
encumber
encumber
verb
(transitive) To burden with a legal claim or other obligation.
(transitive) To load down something with a burden.
(transitive) To restrict or block something with a hindrance or impediment.
fumbling
fumbling
noun
An instance of clumsiness, especially of the hands or fingers.
verb
present participle of fumble
gabendum
galbanum
galbanum
noun
A bitter, aromatic resin or gum, extracted from plants of the genus Ferula, that resembles assafoetida and has been used in incense and in aromatherapy
habendum
habendum
noun
(law, dated) The part of a deed that formally defines the extent of ownership or tenancy granted.
huberman
humbling
humbling
adj
Of higher rank, status, quality, strength, etc.; inducing a feeling of inferiority.
noun
An event which causes humbleness; a set-down.
verb
present participle of humble
imbruing
imbruing
verb
present participle of imbrue
incumber
jumbling
jumbling
noun
The act by which something is jumbled or confused.
verb
present participle of jumble
kimbundu
labdanum
labdanum
noun
A sticky brown resin obtained from species of rockrose, used mainly in perfume.
laburnum
laburnum
noun
Any tree of genus Laburnum. They have bright yellow flowers and are poisonous.
manubria
mawbound
millburn
mintbush
mintbush
noun
Any of various bushy evergreen shrubs of the genus Prostanthera, usually with strongly aromatic leaves.
misbegun
misbegun
adj
begun badly or incorrectly
misbound
misbound
verb
simple past tense and past participle of misbind
monbuttu
moorburn
moorburn
noun
The controlled burning of moorland vegetation to encourage new growth (either heather or grassland) for the management of moorland game and wildlife or for improving the grazing potential.
moribund
moribund
adj
Almost obsolete, nearing an end.
Approaching death; about to die; dying; expiring.
noun
A person who is near to dying.
mowburnt
mowburnt
adj
(obsolete) Of hay: stacked before it is sufficiently dry, leading to excessive fermentation and sometimes toxicity.
muirburn
mumbling
mumbling
noun
An act in which someone mumbles something
verb
present participle of mumble
nebulium
nebulium
noun
(astronomy, physics, obsolete) A supposed chemical element proposed as a result of spectral analysis of light from a nebula; the emission lines concerned are now known to be due to doubly-ionized oxygen.
nelumbos
nelumbos
noun
plural of nelumbo
nembutal
nembutal
noun
(pharmacology) A trade name of pentobarbital.
nembutsu
nimbused
nimbused
adj
Furnished with a nimbus, or halo.
nimbuses
nimbuses
noun
plural of nimbus
niobiums
niobiums
noun
plural of niobium
nobelium
nobelium
noun
a transuranic chemical element (symbol No) with an atomic number of 102.
northumb
nubiform
nubiform
adj
cloud-shaped
numbered
numbered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of number
numberer
numberer
noun
One who numbers.
numbfish
numbfish
noun
An electric ray of the family Narcinidae, capable of delivering numbing shocks.
numbness
numbness
noun
Absent or reduced sensitivity to cutaneous stimulation.
Inability or reduced ability to experience emotion.
nussbaum
olibanum
olibanum
noun
A gum resin from trees of the genus Boswellia, formerly used as a medicine and now mainly as incense.
penumbra
penumbra
noun
(astronomy) A region around the edge of a sunspot, darker than the sun's surface but lighter than the middle of the sunspot.
(figuratively) An area of uncertainty or intermediacy between two mutually exclusive states or categories.
(figuratively) An area that lies on the edge of something; a fringe.
(medicine, preceded by "ischaemic", after a stroke) A region of the brain that has lost only some of its blood supply, and retains structural integrity but has lost function.
A partially shaded area around the edges of a shadow, especially an eclipse.
Something related to, connected to, and implied by, the existence of something else that is necessary for the second thing to be full and complete in its essential aspects.
plumbean
plumbean
adj
Synonym of plumbeous
plumbing
plumbing
noun
(countable) A Murasugi sum where each disk summed along has its boundary subdivided into four segments.
(informal) A system of vessels or ducts in the human body, especially the genitourinary system.
(informal, figurative) Practical, concrete work serving to support other work.
The pipes, together with the joints, tanks, stopcocks, taps, and other fixtures of a water, gas, or sewage system in a house or other building.
The trade or occupation of a plumber.
rambutan
rambutan
noun
A tree, Nephelium lappaceum, of Southeast Asia.
renumber
renumber
verb
To number again, to assign new numbers to.
rubenism
rumbaing
rumbaing
verb
present participle of rumba
rumbling
rumbling
adj
Deep- and slow-sounding.
noun
A deep low noise.
A muted sound of complaint or discontent.
verb
present participle of rumble
subhuman
subhuman
adj
Less than human; lacking characteristics of a human.
noun
Anything which is less than human.
submania
submanic
submanor
submenta
submenta
noun
plural of submentum
sunbeams
sunbeams
noun
plural of sunbeam
sunbeamy
sunbeamy
adj
Like a sunbeam; bright, golden, cheerful.
tablinum
tablinum
noun
(historical) An anteroom in a house of ancient Rome, opening out of the atrium opposite the main entry and often containing the family statues and archives.
tamburan
thumbing
thumbing
noun
The act by which something is thumbed.
verb
present participle of thumb
thumbkin
thumbkin
noun
An instrument of torture for compressing the thumb; a thumbscrew.
thumbnut
thumbnut
noun
(engineering) A nut with a knurled rim which can be turned with thumb and forefinger.
Synonym of wingnut
tubwoman
tumbling
tumbling
noun
The act of something that tumbles.
verb
present participle of tumble
umbering
umbering
verb
present participle of umber
umbonate
umbonate
adj
(mycology, of a mushroom etc) Having an umbo
umbonial
umbonial
adj
Of or relating to an umbo.
umbonule
unambush
unbeamed
unbeamed
adj
Not confined to a beam (of radiation)
unbecome
unbecome
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To misbecome.
unbenumb
unbenumb
verb
(transitive) To relieve of numbness; to restore sensation to.
unbeseem
unbeseem
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To be unseemly or unsuitable for.
unblamed
unblamed
adj
Not blamed.
unbombed
unbombed
adj
Not bombed.
unbosoms
unbosoms
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of unbosom
unbottom
unbottom
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To remove the grounding or basis of.
unbumped
unbumped
adj
Not bumped.
uncombed
uncombed
adj
Not combed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of uncomb
uncumber
uncumber
verb
(rare) To disencumber.
unhumble
unhumble
adj
Not humble.
unhumbly
unhumbly
adv
In a way that is not humble; without humility.
uniambic
uniambic
adj
Not iambic.
unimbued
unimbued
adj
Not imbued.
unkembed
unkembed
adj
Obsolete form of uncombed.
unlimber
unlimber
adj
Not limber; lacking flexibility.
verb
(by extension) To clumsily put into employ a large weapon or object.
(obsolete) To deploy an artillery piece for firing (i.e. to detach it from its limber).
To stretch muscles, limbs, etc., that have been cramped or unused for some time.
To unsling something, as a backpack, carried on the body with a strap; to bring something carried into the hands for use.
unmember
unmember
verb
(transitive) To deprive of membership, as for example in a church.
unmobbed
unmobbed
adj
Not mobbed.
unmobile
unmorbid
unmorbid
adj
Not morbid.
unnimbed
unnimbed
adj
Without a nimb or halo.
unnimble
unnimble
adj
Not nimble.
unnimbly
unnimbly
adv
In an unnimble manner.
unnumbed
unnumbed
adj
Not numbed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unnumb
unnumber
unsomber
unsomber
adj
Alternative form of unsombre
unsombre
unsombre
adj
Not sombre.
untombed
untombed
adj
Having never been placed in a tomb, or having been removed from it.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of untomb
urbanism
urbanism
noun
The culture or way of life of people who live in cities.
The study of cities, their geographic, economic, political, social, and cultural environment.
Urban planning.
Urbanization.
viburnum
viburnum
noun
any of many shrubs and trees, of the genus Viburnum, native to the Northern Hemisphere that have showy clusters of flowers