Foolish; absurd; ridiculous; inclined to incessant merriment or laughter.
abderite
abderite
Noun
An inhabitant or native of Abdera, in Thrace.
Democritus, the Laughing Philosopher.
abdicant
abdicant
adj
(rare) Abdicating; renouncing.
noun
One who abdicates.
abdicate
abdicate
verb
(intransitive) To relinquish or renounce a throne, or other high office or dignity; to renounce sovereignty.
(transitive) To surrender, renounce or relinquish, as sovereign power; to withdraw definitely from filling or exercising, as a high office, station, dignity; to fail to fulfill responsibility for.
(transitive, obsolete) To depose.
(transitive, obsolete) To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit.
(transitive, obsolete) To reject; to cast off; to discard.
(transitive, reflexive, obsolete) To formally separate oneself from or to divest oneself of.
abditive
abditive
adj
(rare) Having the quality of hiding
abditory
abditory
noun
(rare) A concealed location used for storage or to hide items.
abdomina
abducing
abducing
verb
present participle of abduce
abidance
abidance
noun
Adherence; compliance; conformity.
The act of abiding or continuing; abode; stay; continuance; dwelling.
abingdon
abingdon
Proper noun
A town on the Thames in Oxfordshire (formerly Berkshire), England.
A town in Virginia, USA
aboideau
aboideau
noun
(Canada, Acadian) A tide gate, designed to protect marshland, so constructed as to let out water at low tide, but to prevent an influx of water at high tide.
abrading
abrading
verb
present participle of abrade
abridged
abridged
adj
Cut or shortened, especially of a literary work.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abridge
abridger
abridger
noun
One who abridges.
abridges
abridges
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abridge
abscised
abscised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abscise
abseiled
abseiled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abseil
adhibits
adhibits
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adhibit
airbound
airbound
adj
Of a pump etc.: containing too much air, such that the flow is impeded.
albified
albified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of albify
albumoid
amberoid
ambroids
amoebida
amoeboid
amoeboid
adj
Resembling or characteristic of an amoeba, particularly in having amoeboid movement.
noun
A single-celled organism that moves or feeds by amoeboid movement.
andiroba
andiroba
noun
Any of the South and Central American trees of the genus Carapa, especially Carapa guianensis.
The high-end wood of the andiroba tree.
antibody
antibody
noun
(immunology) A protein produced by B-lymphocytes that binds to a specific antigen.
arabized
arboroid
arboroid
adj
Synonym of arborescent
ascribed
ascribed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ascribe
audibles
audibles
noun
plural of audible
baalized
babished
babished
verb
simple past tense and past participle of babish
babyfied
babyfied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of babyfy
backside
backside
adj
(board sports) Approaching an obstacle backward
noun
(euphemistic) A person's buttocks.
(figuratively) The reverse or opposite of anything.
(obsolete) The back side of a page: a verso.
The back side of an estate: the backyard and outbuildings behind a main house, especially (UK dialect, euphemistic) an outhouse.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see back, side.
backslid
backslid
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backslide
backwind
backwind
noun
(nautical) The flow of air so deflected
verb
(nautical) To deflect air into the back of a sail or of a vessel
(transitive) To wind backwards.
bacterid
bacterid
noun
(pathology) A bacterial infection of the skin
baculoid
badarian
badenite
badigeon
badigeon
noun
A cement or paste (as of plaster and freestone, or of sawdust and glue or lime) used by sculptors and builders to fill holes, cover defects, or finish a surface.
badinage
badinage
noun
Playful raillery; banter.
verb
To engage in badinage or playful banter.
badineur
badoglio
bagpiped
bagpiped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bagpipe
bahmanid
baidarka
baidarka
noun
Alternative form of bidarka
baillaud
bailwood
baladine
balaenid
balaenid
noun
(zoology) Any member of the family Balaenidae.
balanoid
balanoid
adj
(zoology) Resembling an acorn; applied to the acorn barnacles
baldakin
baldling
baldrick
baldrick
noun
Alternative form of baldric
baldrics
baldrics
noun
plural of baldric
balistid
balistid
noun
(zoology) Any triggerfish in the family Balistidae.
balladic
balladic
adj
(music) Characteristic of a ballad
ballised
bandaite
bandfile
bandfish
bandfish
noun
Any of many perciform fish of the family Cepolidae
bandicoy
bandicoy
noun
(India) Alternative form of bendekai (“okra”)
bandidos
bandikai
banditry
banditry
noun
Acts characteristic of a bandit; armed robbery.
banditti
banditti
noun
(archaic) robbers or outlaws.
bandusia
bandying
bandying
noun
gerund of bandy (“the act of one who bandies”)
verb
present participle of bandy
banished
banished
adj
Having been subject to banishment; kicked out and forbidden from returning; forbidden and prohibited.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of banish
bankside
bankside
noun
The land by a riverbank.
baptised
baptised
adj
(of a person) Who has been baptised.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of baptise
baptized
baptized
adj
(of a person) who has been baptized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of baptize
baradari
baradari
noun
A square building or pavilion with twelve doors designed to allow free flow of air.
The existence of social strata that dictate political alliances among South Asian Muslims.
bardiest
bardings
bardings
noun
plural of barding
bardlike
bardlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bard.
bardling
bardling
noun
An inferior bard.
bardship
bardship
noun
The state of being a bard.
barmaids
barmaids
noun
plural of barmaid
basiated
basidial
basidial
adj
Relating to the basidium.
basidium
basidium
noun
(mycology) A small structure, shaped like a club, found in the Basidiomycota division of fungi, that bears four spores at the tips of small projections. [from 19th c.]
basified
basified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of basify
basilard
basilard
noun
Alternative form of baselard
basildon
basildon
Proper noun
A new town in Essex, England
bassarid
bathilda
batoidei
baudekin
baudouin
bawdiest
bawdiest
adj
superlative form of bawdy: most bawdy
bawdrick
bawdrics
bawdrics
noun
plural of bawdric
bawdries
bawdries
noun
plural of bawdry
bawdship
bawdship
noun
The employment or office of a bawd
bayfield
bayfield
Proper noun
A village in Barbados.
A town in Colorado.
A rural community in New Brunswick, Canada.
A community in Nova Scotia, Canada.
A village in Ontario, Canada.
A city and town in Wisconsin.
bdellium
bdellium
noun
Probably an aromatic gum like balsam that was exuded from a tree, probably one of several species in the genus Commiphora.
bdelloid
bdelloid
adj
Of or pertaining to rotifers of the subclass Bdelloidea
noun
A rotifer of the subclass Bdelloidea
beadiest
beadiest
adj
superlative form of beady: most beady
beadings
beadings
noun
plural of beading
beadlike
beadlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bead.
beambird
beambird
noun
A small European flycatcher, the spotted flycatcher, Muscicapa striata, that often nests on a beam in a building.
bearbind
bearbind
noun
European bindweed, lesser bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis).
Hedge bindweed (Calystegia sepium)
bearding
bearding
noun
(television) An undesirable video artifact whereby darker parts of a signal bleed across horizontally into the brighter parts.
verb
present participle of beard
bearhide
beaudoin
beautied
beautied
adj
(obsolete, poetic) beautiful; embellished
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beauty
becrimed
bedchair
bedchair
noun
A chair with adjustable back to enable an invalid to sit up in bed.
beddings
beddings
noun
plural of bedding
bedevils
bedevils
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedevil
bedewing
bedewing
verb
present participle of bedew
bediaper
bediaper
verb
(transitive, usually used in passive) To put a diaper on (someone).
bedights
bedights
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedight
bedimmed
bedimmed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bedim
bedimple
bedimple
verb
(transitive) To produce dimples in; to dimple.
bedirter
bedismal
bedivere
bedizens
bedizens
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedizen
bedlamic
bedlight
bedlight
noun
A bedside light.
bedouins
bedouins
noun
plural of bedouin
bedquilt
bedquilt
noun
A quilt used for spreading over a bed, as the topmost layer of bedclothes.
bedrails
bedrails
noun
plural of bedrail
bedright
bedright
noun
Alternative form of bedrite
bedrivel
bedrivel
verb
(transitive) to drivel on, to put or spill saliva on
bedsides
bedsides
noun
plural of bedside
bedsonia
bedsonia
noun
(dated) The chlamydia microorganism.
bedticks
bedticks
noun
plural of bedtick
bedtimes
bedtimes
noun
plural of bedtime
befiddle
befilmed
befilmed
adj
(poetic, archaic, rare) Covered with a film.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of befilm
befitted
befitted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of befit
befriend
befriend
verb
(transitive) To become a friend of, to make friends with.
(transitive) To favor.
(transitive, dated) To act as a friend to, to assist.
begirded
begirdle
begirdle
verb
To encircle or surround, as with a girdle.
begrimed
begrimed
adj
Dirty, soiled, grimy.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of begrime
beguiled
beguiled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beguile
behinder
behinder
adv
(nonstandard) comparative form of behind: more behind
noun
A person employed in metalworking to take folded metal sheets from the doubler and pass them back to the rollerman.
bekilted
bekilted
adj
Wearing a kilt.
bekissed
bekissed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bekiss
beknived
beladied
beladied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of belady
beladies
beladies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of belady
belemnid
belfield
belfried
belfried
adj
(in combination) Having a belfry or belfries of a specified number or kind.