(archaic) One of the tiles or squares of a tessellated pavement; an abaculus.
abducting
abducting
verb
present participle of abduct
abduction
abduction
noun
(anatomy) The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; the movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body.
(law) The wrongful, and usually forcible, carrying off of a human being.
(logic) A syllogism or form of argument in which the major premise is evident, but the minor is only probable.
Leading away; a carrying away.
accubitum
accubitum
noun
A bench or sofa for reclining at a table.
A dining hall or refectory.
A round dining table.
accubitus
adducible
adducible
adj
Capable of being adduced.
baccillum
bacterium
bacterium
noun
(microbiology) A single-celled organism with cell walls but no nucleus or organelles.
baculites
baculites
noun
plural of baculite
baculitic
bashmuric
becursing
becursing
verb
present participle of becurse
beduncing
beduncing
verb
present participle of bedunce
bepicture
betulinic
betulinic
adj
(organic chemistry) Relating to betulinic acid or its derivatives
biarcuate
biarcuate
adj
(botany) Having two arcuate curves
bibacious
bibacious
adj
Addicted to drinking alcohol.
bicalvous
bicaudate
bicaudate
adj
Having two tails
biclinium
bicolours
bicolours
noun
plural of bicolour
bicornous
bicornous
adj
Having two horns; bicorn.
bicornute
bicornute
adj
Synonym of bicornuate
bicuspids
bicuspids
noun
plural of bicuspid
bicycular
bicycular
adj
(archaic) Relating to bicycling.
bifurcate
bifurcate
adj
Divided or forked into two; bifurcated.
Having bifurcations.
verb
(intransitive) To divide or fork into two channels or branches.
(transitive) To cause to bifurcate.
bifurcous
bifurcous
adj
bifurcate
bilocular
bilocular
adj
Having two chambers, cells or compartments
binocular
binocular
adj
Using two eyes or viewpoints; especially, using two eyes or viewpoints to ascertain distance.
noun
(dated) Any binocular glass, such as an opera glass, telescope, or microscope.
A pair of binoculars.
attributive form of binoculars
binuclear
binuclear
adj
having two nuclei; binucleate
bipunctal
biscuitry
biscuitry
noun
(countable) An individual business that manufactures biscuits and similar items; a biscuit factory.
(uncountable) A form of unglazed earthenware.
(uncountable) A mass or collection of baked goods such as biscuits and bread.
(uncountable) The baking of biscuits, bread, and similar items.
(uncountable) The business of manufacturing biscuits.
(woodworking, uncountable) The process of inserting biscuits (thin ovals of wood or other material) into mating slots in order to provide a gluing surface.
biscutate
biscutate
adj
Having two shields or bucklers (or objects with such a shape)
bismuthic
bismuthic
adj
(chemistry) Of, or containing bismuth in its higher valence.
bisulcate
bisulcate
adj
cloven (cleft in two); cloven-hoofed
bivouaced
bivouacks
bivouacks
noun
plural of bivouack
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bivouack
bixaceous
bixaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Bixaceae.
bodacious
bodacious
adj
(Australian slang, US slang) Impressively great in size, and enormous; extraordinary.
(US) Audacious and unrestrained.
(US) Incorrigible and insolent.
(of a person) Sexy, attractive.
adv
(US, nonstandard) Bodaciously.
bounciest
bounciest
adj
superlative form of bouncy: most bouncy
bourbonic
bourbonic
adj
(humorous, very rare) Containing bourbon, or having the flavour of bourbon.
brachinus
bromauric
bronchium
bronchium
noun
(anatomy, usually in the plural) A bronchial tube; a subdivision of the bronchus.
bruchidae
brunching
brunching
verb
present participle of brunch
brunistic
brunswick
brunswick
Proper noun
A city in Germany; Braunschweig.
Any of several towns in the United States and elsewhere.
A suburb of Melbourne, Australia.
bschmusic
buccaning
buccaning
verb
present participle of buccan
buccinoid
buccinoid
adj
(zoology) Relating to the Buccinidae, a family of marine univalve shells.
(zoology) Resembling the genus Buccinum.
buchanite
buchonite
bucketing
bucketing
noun
A heavy pouring down of liquid; a deluge.
Synonym of binning (“data pre-processing technique”)
The act of moving material using a bucket.
verb
present participle of bucket
buckfield
buckishly
buckishly
adv
In a buckish manner.
buckskins
buckskins
noun
trousers and other clothing made from buckskin
bucktails
bucktails
noun
plural of bucktail
bucoliast
bucolical
bucolical
adj
Alternative form of bucolic
bucranium
bucranium
noun
The head of an ox.
bucuresti
bullfinch
bullfinch
noun
(UK, archaic, hunting, slang) A large, thick quickset hedge.
Any of various other Old World finches in the genus Pyrrhula.
The Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula).
bunchiest
bunchiest
adj
superlative form of bunchy: most bunchy
burgensic
busticate
busticate
verb
(transitive, colloquial, rare) To break into pieces.
butacaine
butacaine
noun
(pharmacology) A local anesthetic.
cabilliau
cabilliau
noun
Alternative form of kabbelow (“kind of salted cod”)
cabureiba
cabureiba
noun
Synonym of quinquino (“tree of genus Myroxylon”)
calibogus
calibogus
noun
A drink made of rum mixed with spruce beer.
caliburno
carbonium
carbonium
noun
(dated, chemistry, deprecated) Any of several organic cations; carbocation or carbenium.
carburise
carburise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of carburize.
carburize
carburize
verb
To carbonize
To treat or react with carbon
carnaubic
caroubier
caroubier
noun
carob (tree)
chabichou
cherubini
chibouque
chibouque
noun
Alternative form of chibouk
chubbiest
chubbiest
adj
superlative form of chubby: most chubby
cibarious
cibarious
adj
(obsolete) Relating to food.
(obsolete, rare) Relating to eating or digestion.
(rare) Edible.
clubbiest
clubbiest
adj
superlative form of clubby: most clubby
clubionid
clubionid
noun
(zoology) Any spider in the family Clubionidae.
coenobium
coenobium
noun
(biology) An arranged colony of algae that acts as a single organism; coenobe
Alternative spelling of cenobium (“monastic community”)
colubaria
colubrids
colubrids
noun
plural of colubrid
colubrina
colubrine
colubrine
adj
Relating to snakes.
Snakelike.
noun
Any snake of the subfamily Colubrinae
colubroid
columbeia
columbiad
columbiad
noun
(military, historical) A form of seacoast cannon; a long, chambered gun designed for launching shot or shells with heavy charges of powder, at high angles of elevation.
columbian
columbian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the discoverer of America, or his life or time.
Of or from any of the places called
American, from the United States of America
Noun
An inhabitant of any place called
An American, a person from the United States of America.
A stamp from the stamps.
A size of type between English and great primer, standardized as 16-point.
columbier
columbine
columbine
adj
(archaic) Pertaining to a dove or pigeon.
noun
Any plant of the genus Aquilegia, having distinctive bell-shaped flowers with spurs on each petal.
columbite
columbite
noun
(mineralogy) A black mineral that is a mixed iron and manganese niobate and tantalate, and is the main ore of niobium and tantalum.
columbium
columbium
noun
(obsolete) A former name of niobium.
columboid
concubine
concubine
noun
(chiefly historical) A slave-girl or woman, kept for instance in a harem, who is held for sexual service.
A sexual partner, especially a woman, to whom one is not or cannot be married.
A woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife.
concurbit
connubial
connubial
adj
Of or relating to the state of being married.
connubium
copublish
copublish
verb
(transitive) To jointly with another publisher publish (a work).
(transitive, music business) To have credit as a publisher of (a work published by another).
corbicula
corbicula
noun
(entomology) A bee's pollen basket; in honeybees and close relatives, the corbiculae are located on the outer (lateral) surface of the hind tibia.
plural of corbiculum
corbusier
coulombic
coulombic
adj
(dated) electric
(physics) relating to Coulomb's law and the force it involves
courbaril
courbaril
noun
(uncountable, dated) Animé, the resin of the tree, used in varnishes.
Hymenaea courbaril, a South American tree.
cribellum
cribellum
noun
(zoology) A spinning organ having many fine pores, situated in front of the spinners in some araneomorph spiders.
crucibles
crucibles
noun
plural of crucible
crumbiest
crumbiest
adj
superlative form of crumby: most crumby
crumblier
crumblier
adj
comparative form of crumbly: more crumbly
crumbling
crumbling
noun
Material that has crumbled away; crumbs.
verb
present participle and gerund of crumble
cubbishly
cubbishly
adv
In a cubbish manner.
cubically
cubically
adv
In a cubic manner
cubicular
cubicular
adj
(obsolete) Belonging to a chamber or bedroom.
cubiculum
cubiculum
noun
A small room carved out of the wall of a catacomb, used as mortuary chapels, and in Roman times, for Christian worship.
A small room, especially a bedroom, typically those small rooms found on the upper floor of a Roman house.
cubitalia
cubitiere
cubitiere
noun
The part of a suit of armor that protects the elbow; an elbow plate; an elbow guard.
cucurbita
cucurbita
noun
Alternative form of cucurbit (plant).
cucurbite
cucurbite
noun
Archaic form of cucurbit.
cucurbits
cucurbits
noun
plural of cucurbit
cumbering
cumbering
verb
present participle of cumber
cumbraite
cymbidium
cymbidium
noun
(botany) Any orchid of the genus Cymbidium.
decubital
decubital
adj
(medicine, broadly) Any position of lying down.
(medicine, dated) Relating to a pressure ulcer (a decubitus ulcer, that is, a bedsore).
(medicine, less broadly) A position of lying on one's side, in contrast with supine or prone positions of lying down.
decubitus
decubitus
noun
(medicine) The posture of someone in bed, lying down or reclining.
(pathology) Ellipsis of decubitus ulcer..
deducible
deducible
adj
Capable of being deduced.
deducibly
deducibly
adv
In a way that can be deduced.
dibucaine
dibucaine
noun
(organic chemistry) Cinchocaine.
diplumbic
discumber
discumber
verb
(archaic, transitive) To free from that which cumbers or impedes; to disencumber.
dubitancy
dubitancy
noun
doubt; uncertainty
duckbills
duckbills
noun
plural of duckbill
duckblind
ebauchoir
ecballium
embryulci
excalibur
fabricius
febricula
febricula
noun
A mild fever of short duration, of indefinite origin, and without any distinctive pathology.
fitchburg
fluoboric
hawcubite
hawcubite
Noun
A member of a street gang in London, England, circa 1700.
A ruffian or bully.
hubristic
hubristic
adj
Displaying hubris (as a personality characteristic).
Of, or relating to hubris; overly arrogant.
hypobulic
ickesburg
iliopubic
iliopubic
adj
(anatomy) Relating to, or between, the ilium and the pubis.
incubated
incubated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of incubate
incubates
incubates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of incubate
incubator
incubator
noun
(business) A support programme for the development of entrepreneurial companies.
(chemistry) Any apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a reaction.
(medicine) An apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a newborn baby.
A place to maintain the culturing of bacteria at a steady temperature.
An apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for the hatching of eggs.
incubuses
incumbant
incumbent
incumbent
adj
(Used with "on" or "upon") Imposed on someone as an obligation, especially due to one's office.
(botany, geology) Resting on something else; in botany, said of anthers when lying on the inner side of the filament, or of cotyledons when the radicle lies against the back of one of them
(zoology) Bent downwards so that the ends touch, or rest on, something else.
Being the current holder of an office or a title.
Lying; resting; reclining; recumbent.
Prevalent, prevailing, predominant.
noun
(business) A holder of a position as supplier to a market or market segment that allows the holder to earn above-normal profits.
The current holder of an office, such as ecclesiastical benefice or an elected office.
incumbers
incumbers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of incumber
incunable
incunable
noun
Alternative form of incunabulum
incurable
incurable
adj
Of an illness, condition, etc, that is unable to be cured; healless.