(law) Carrying away by force, especially of animals.
abbotsen
abbotson
abbotsun
abdicant
abdicant
adj
(rare) Abdicating; renouncing.
noun
One who abdicates.
abducent
abducent
adj
(obsolete) Drawing away from the median axis of the body, as a muscle; see etymology abducting.
noun
(neuroanatomy) An abducens nerve.
That which abducts.
abernant
aberrant
aberrant
adj
(botany, zoology) Deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal.
(sometimes figuratively) Straying from the right way; deviating from morality or truth.
Differing from the norm.
noun
(biology) A group, individual, or structure that deviates from the usual or natural type, especially with an atypical chromosome number.
A person or object that deviates from the rest of a group.
abetment
abetment
noun
(chiefly law) The act of abetting or assisting in a crime, wrongdoing etc.
Encouragement or assistance.
abetting
abetting
noun
The act of one who abets.
verb
present participle of abet
abietene
abietene
noun
(organic chemistry) A volatile oil distilled from the resin or balsam of the nut pine (Pinus sabiniana).
abington
abington
Proper noun
A small town in Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia.
A town in southeastern Massachusetts, south of Boston.
ablastin
ablastin
noun
(immunology) An immunoglobulin G antibody efficient against some protozoans, specifically Trypanosoma lewisi, by preventing reproduction.
ablating
ablating
verb
present participle of ablate
ablation
ablation
noun
(geology) The removal of a glacier by melting and evaporation; the lowering of a land surface by any of several means, as in wind erosion or mass wasting.
(meteorology) The depletion of surface snow and ice from a spacecraft or meteorite through melting and evaporation caused by friction with the atmosphere.
(obsolete) A carrying or taking away; removal.
(surgery) The surgical removal of a body part, an organ, or especially a tumor; the removal of an organ function; amputation.
abluents
abluents
noun
plural of abluent
ablution
ablution
noun
(Eastern Orthodoxy) The ritual consumption by the deacon or priest of leftover sacred wine of host after the Communion.
(Western Christianity) The rinsing of the priest's hand and the sacred vessel following the Communion with, depending on rite, water or a mix of it and wine, which may then be drunk by the priest.
(chemistry) Originally, the purifying of oils and other substances by emulsification with hot water; now more generally, a thorough cleansing of a precipitate or other non-dissolved substance.
(literary or humorous, usually in the plural) Washing oneself; bathing, cleaning oneself up.
(plural only, UK, military) The location or building where the showers and basins are located.
The act of washing or cleansing the body, or some part of it, as a religious rite.
The liquid used in the cleansing or ablution.
abnegate
abnegate
verb
(transitive) To deny (oneself something); to renounce or give up (a right, a power, a claim, a privilege, a convenience).
(transitive) To relinquish; to surrender; to abjure.
aborting
aborting
verb
present participle of abort
abortion
abortion
noun
(biology) Arrest of development of any organ, so that it remains an imperfect formation or is absorbed.
(figuratively) A misshapen person or thing; a monstrosity.
(figuratively) Failure or abandonment of a project, promise, goal etc.
(medicine) The expulsion from the womb of a foetus or embryo before it is fully developed, with loss of the foetus; either naturally as a spontaneous abortion (now usually called a miscarriage), or deliberately as an induced abortion.
(now rare) An aborted foetus; an abortus.
The cessation of an illness or disease at a very early stage.
abradant
abradant
adj
Tending to abrade; causing irritation; abrasive.
noun
A material used for grinding, as emery, sand, powdered glass, etc.; an abrasive.
abrotine
abrotine
noun
A colorless crystalline alkaloid obtained from abrotanum, C₂₁H₂₂N₂O.
absented
absented
verb
simple past tense and past participle of absent
absentee
absentee
adj
(attributive) Pertaining to one that is absent.
noun
(chiefly Britain, historical) A landholder who lives in another district or country than the one in which his estate is situated.
A person who is absent from his or her employment, school, post, duty, etc.
A voter that is not present at the time of voting; absentee voter.
One that is nonexistent or lacking.
absenter
absenter
adj
(rare) comparative form of absent: more absent
noun
One who stays away; one who absents herself or himself.
absentia
absentia
noun
absence
absently
absently
adv
In an absent-minded or abstracted manner.
absinthe
absinthe
noun
(US) Sagebrush.
(color) A moderate yellow green.
(figurative) Bitterness; sorrow.
A distilled, highly alcoholic, anise-flavored liquor originally made from grande wormwood, anise, and other herbs.
The herb absinthium Artemisia absinthium (grande wormwood); essence of wormwood.
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abstain
abundant
abundant
adj
(mathematics) Being an abundant number, i.e. less than the sum of all of its divisors except itself.
Fully sufficient; found in copious supply; in great quantity; overflowing.
Richly supplied; wealthy; possessing in great quantity.
abutilon
abutilon
noun
Any of the various tropical flowering plants of the genus Abutilon, such as the flowering maple, Indian mallow, or Chinese lantern.
abutment
abutment
noun
(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.
abutting
abutting
adj
Facing each other, front to front.
noun
abutment
verb
present participle of abut
aibonito
albanite
albation
albertin
alberton
alberton
Proper noun
A town in Montana
A township in Ontario
A town in Prince Edward Island, Canada
A town in Gauteng Province, South Africa
A town in Victoria, Australia
albeston
albicant
albicant
adj
(rare) Growing or becoming white.
ambients
ambients
noun
plural of ambient
ambition
ambition
noun
(countable) An object of an ardent desire.
(obsolete) The act of going about to solicit or obtain an office, or any other object of desire; canvassing.
(uncountable) A personal quality similar to motivation, not necessarily tied to a single goal.
(uncountable, countable) Eager or inordinate desire for some object that confers distinction, as preferment, honor, superiority, political power, or fame; desire to distinguish one's self from other people.
A desire, as in (sense 1), for another person to achieve these things.
verb
To seek after ambitiously or eagerly; to covet.
ambonite
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.
anabatic
anabatic
adj
(medicine) Of or pertaining to anabasis
(of a warm air current) rising (up a slope)
noun
Short for anabatic wind.
andabata
antabuse
antabuse
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Antabuse
antebath
antibalm
antibank
antibank
adj
Opposing banks (financial institutions).
antibias
antibias
adj
Opposing or countering bias.
antiblue
antiblue
adj
(US, colloquial) Anti-police.
(particle physics) Describing one of the three possible colours of an antiquark, corresponding to blue in a quark.
antibody
antibody
noun
(immunology) A protein produced by B-lymphocytes that binds to a specific antigen.
antiboss
antiboss
adj
hostile to the authority of bosses
antisnob
antisnob
adj
Opposing snobbery.
noun
One who opposes snobbery.
arbutean
arbutean
adj
(obsolete) Made from arbute, the wood of the strawberry tree.
atabrine
atabrine
noun
Synonym of quinacrine
atonable
atonable
adj
Capable of being atoned for.
autobahn
autobahn
noun
By analogy, any wide, high-speed road.
The high-speed intercity highways of Germany and Austria.
ayenbite
bacchant
bacchant
adj
fond of drunken revelry; wine-loving; reveling; carousing.
noun
A priest of Bacchus.
baconist
baconton
bacterin
bacterin
noun
A suspension of killed or attenuated bacteria for use as a vaccine.
bactrian
bactrian
Noun
A native or inhabitant of Bactria.
Proper noun
An extinct Eastern Iranian language which was spoken in the Central Asian region of Bactria, also called Tocharistan, in northern Afghanistan.
badenite
baetzner
bagatine
bagganet
bagnette
bagplant
bagtikan
baiginet
bailment
bailment
noun
(law) The handing over of control over, or possession of, personal property by one person, the bailor, to another, the bailee, for a specific purpose upon which the parties have agreed.
(obsolete) Bail.
bakerton
balanite
balatong
balatron
balatron
noun
A buffoon; one who speaks a lot of nonsense and is characterized by self-indulgence.
balconet
balconet
noun
Alternative form of balconette (“small balcony”)
ballaton
ballonet
ballonet
noun
Any of several small balloons, inside a dirigible, that can be inflated or deflated to control buoyancy during flight.
banakite
banakite
noun
(geology) A form of trachyandesite
banality
banality
noun
(countable) Something which is banal.
(rare, historical) A feudal right or obligation, especially the obligation for a peasant to grind grain at the lord's mill, or the profits accruing from such rights.
(uncountable) The quality of being banal.
bananist
banatite
banatite
noun
(petrology) granodiorite or rock of similar composition that intruded in the Banat region of Europe in the Cretaceous
bancroft
bancroft
Proper noun
A city in Idaho
A city in Iowa
A city in Kentucky
A town in Maine
A village in Michigan
A village in Nebraska
A town in Ontario, Canada
A town in South Dakota
A town in West Virginia
A in Wisconsin
bandaite
bandelet
bandelet
noun
(architecture) A small band or fillet; any little band or flat moulding, compassing a column, like a ring.
(computing theory) An orthonormal basis that is adapted to geometric boundaries, used in image processing.
banditry
banditry
noun
Acts characteristic of a bandit; armed robbery.
banditti
banditti
noun
(archaic) robbers or outlaws.
bandster
bandster
noun
(historical) A worker who ties corn into sheaves.
bandstop
bandstop
adj
Alternative spelling of band-stop
banewort
banewort
noun
Atropa belladonna, deadly nightshade.
Ranunculus flammula, spearwort
bangster
bangster
noun
(archaic, Scotland) A victor.
(archaic, Scotland) A violent, overbearing man; a ruffian, bully or braggart.
bangtail
bangtail
noun
(US) A racehorse.
(marketing) An envelope with a perforated flap on which promotional material is printed; the flap on such an envelope.
The tail of a horse or cow, allowed to grow out and then trimmed horizontally so as to form a tassel; a horse or cow having such a tail.
verb
To shear off the hair horizontally at the end of a cow or horse's tail.
banister
banister
noun
One of the vertical supports of a handrail; a baluster.
The handrail on the side of a staircase.
verb
To act as a banister
To construct a banister
banjoist
banjoist
noun
One who plays a banjo.
banknote
banknote
noun
(now historical) A promissory note issued by a bank, payable at a given time to a specific beneficiary.
A piece of paper currency.
bankrupt
bankrupt
adj
(finance) In a condition of bankruptcy; unable to pay one's debts.
Destitute of, or wholly lacking (something once possessed, or something one should possess).
Having been legally declared insolvent.
noun
(UK, law, obsolete) A trader who secretes himself, or does certain other acts tending to defraud his creditors.
One who becomes unable to pay his or her debts; an insolvent person.
verb
(transitive) To force into bankruptcy.
bankston
banneret
banneret
noun
(law, historical) Clipping of knight banneret: a knight entitled to subinfeudate his estate and to lead men in battle under his own banner.
(military, historical) A proposed but unadopted senior commissioned rank of the Royal Air Force equivalent to group captain.
A civil officer in some Swiss cantons.
A small banner.
banquete
banquets
banquets
noun
plural of banquet
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of banquet
banstead
banstead
Proper noun
A town in Surrey, England, part of the borough of Reigate and Banstead.
bantayan
bantered
bantered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of banter
banterer
banterer
noun
One who banters.
banthine
banthine
noun
(medicine) Synonym of methantheline
bantings
bantling
bantling
noun
(archaic) A bastard-child.
(archaic, UK dialectal) An infant or young child.
(archaic, derogatory) A brat.
barbiton
barbiton
noun
an ancient stringed musical instrument, apparently a type of lute or lyre
baritone
baritone
noun
(linguistics) Alternative form of barytone.
A person, instrument, or group that performs in the range between tenor and bass
The male voice between tenor and bass
The musical range between tenor and bass
a brass instrument similar to the euphonium, but with a cylindrical bore instead of a conical one; a baritone saxhorn
barnegat
barnhart
barniest
barniest
adj
superlative form of barny: most barny
baronets
baronets
noun
plural of baronet
barryton
bartends
bartends
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bartend
barthian
barthian
Adjective
Of or relating to (1886–1968), Swiss Reformed theologian.
bartisan
bartisan
noun
(architecture) A parapet with battlements projecting from the top of a tower in a castle or church.
bartizan
bartizan
noun
Alternative form of bartisan
bartonia
barytine
barytone
barytone
adj
(linguistics) Not having an accent on the last syllable.
(linguistics) Of or pertaining to a word not having an accent on the last syllable.
Archaic form of baritone.
noun
(linguistics) A word that is accented on the penultimate syllable.
(linguistics) A word that is not accented on the ultimate syllable.
barytons
barytons
noun
plural of baryton
basanite
basanite
noun
(geology) A basaltic extrusive rock, similar to chert.
bascinet
bascinet
noun
A light helmet, typically with a high, pointed skull, either open-faced (in early models) or made with a visor (later models).
basement
basement
noun
(geology) A mass of igneous or metamorphic rock forming the foundation over which a platform of sedimentary rocks is laid.
(sports, informal) Last place in a sports conference standings.
A floor of a building below ground level.
bashment
bashment
noun
(slang, countable, especially Jamaican) A party or rave.
(slang, uncountable, music, especially Jamaican) Dancehall music.
basinets
basinets
noun
plural of basinet
bassinet
bassinet
noun
A bascinet (type of helmet).
A newborn baby's bed, traditionally made of woven reeds or straw.
bastings
bastings
noun
plural of basting
bastions
bastions
noun
plural of bastion
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bastion
bastogne
bastonet
batangas
batavian
batavian
Adjective
From Batavia; Jakartan.
From the ancient Germanic tribe of the Batavi, living in the region of Batavia around Nijmegen.
Noun
Someone from Batavia; Jakartan.
Someone from the tribe of the Batavi.
batching
batching
verb
present participle of batch
batement
batement
noun
abatement; diminution
batiking
batiking
verb
present participle of batik
batoneer
batoneer
noun
One who uses a baton, specifically a conductor.
batonist
batswing
batswing
noun
(historical) A kind of gas burner with a slit at the top that causes the flame to take the shape of a bat's wing.
battened
battened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of batten
battener
battener
noun
One who battens or feasts.
battings
battings
noun
plural of batting
battling
battling
adj
Fertile.
Nourishing; fattening.
noun
A growing fat, or the process of causing to grow fat; a fattening.
That which nourishes or fattens, as food, or feed for animals, or manure for soil.
verb
present participle of battle
batwoman
batwoman
noun
(UK, military) A female batman (servant)
batwomen
batwomen
noun
plural of batwoman
bavenite
bavenite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing aluminum, beryllium, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and silicon.