(cytology) An embryonic cell that can develop to form glandular parenchyma
adiabolist
adiabolist
noun
(obsolete) one who does not believe in the Devil.
adjustable
adjustable
adj
capable of being adjusted
noun
Anything that can be adjusted.
adjustably
adjustably
adv
In a way that is adjustable.
admissable
admissable
adj
Alternative spelling of admissible
admissible
admissible
adj
(artificial intelligence) Describing a heuristic that never overestimates the cost of reaching a goal.
Capable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed; allowable, permissible, acceptable.
admissibly
admissibly
adv
in a manner that is admissible; acceptably
adsorbable
adsorbable
adj
Able to be adsorbed
adverbless
adverbless
adj
Without an adverb or adverbs.
albaspidin
alcibiades
ascendable
ascendable
adj
Capable of being ascended.
ascendible
ascendible
adj
Capable of being ascended; climbable.
backfields
backfields
noun
plural of backfield
backlashed
backlashed
adj
Having a backlash.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backlash
backslided
backslider
backslider
noun
A recidivist; one who backslides, especially in a religious sense; an apostate.
She married him thinking to change his ways, and for a while he got religion, but he was ever a backslider; she soon began finding bottles stashed about the house.
backslides
backslides
noun
plural of backslide
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backslide
baldachins
baldachins
noun
plural of baldachin
baldassare
balderdash
balderdash
noun
(archaic) A worthless mixture, especially of liquors.
(obsolete) Obscene language or writing.
Senseless talk or writing; nonsense.
verb
(archaic) To mix or adulterate.
baldmoneys
baldnesses
baldnesses
noun
plural of baldness
balistidae
balkanised
balkanised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of balkanise
balladeers
balladeers
noun
plural of balladeer
balladised
balladries
balladries
noun
plural of balladry
balladwise
balladwise
adv
In the style of a ballad.
balourdise
balsamweed
balsamweed
noun
The plant Impatiens balsamina.
balustered
balustered
adj
Having one or more balusters.
balustrade
balustrade
noun
A row of balusters topped by a rail, serving as an open parapet, as along the edge of a balcony, terrace, bridge, staircase, or the eaves of a building.
banderoles
banderoles
noun
plural of banderole
bandlessly
bandlimits
bandlimits
noun
plural of bandlimit
bandoleers
bandoleers
noun
plural of bandoleer
bandoleros
bandoleros
noun
plural of bandolero
bangladesh
basidorsal
basidorsal
adj
At the base of the rear
noun
A cartilage on the dorsolateral side of the notochord
basilidian
basiradial
basutoland
basutoland
Proper noun
Lesotho.
beadleship
beadleship
noun
The office of a beadle.
bedlamised
bedraggles
bedraggles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedraggle
beldamship
berascaled
bespangled
bespangled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bespangle
bestraddle
bestraddle
verb
(transitive) To bestride.
bicuspidal
bicuspidal
adj
(geometry) Having two cusps.
billboards
billboards
noun
plural of billboard
bisulcated
blackbirds
blackbirds
noun
plural of blackbird
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blackbird
blackheads
blackheads
noun
plural of blackhead
bladesmith
bladesmith
noun
A maker of knives and swords.
bladygrass
blandished
blandished
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blandish
blandisher
blandisher
noun
Flatterer.
blandishes
blandishes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blandish
blasphemed
blasphemed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blaspheme
blastoderm
blastoderm
noun
(embryology) The germination point in an ovum from which the embryo develops.
blastodisc
blastodisc
noun
Alternative form of blastodisk
blastodisk
blastodisk
noun
(biology) A round, flattened region of cells from which the embryo of many vertebrates begins to develop in the fertilized ovum; a germinal disk
blastoidea
blockaders
blockaders
noun
plural of blockader
blockheads
blockheads
noun
plural of blockhead
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blockhead
bloodstain
bloodstain
noun
A spot or area that has been discolored by having absorbed blood.
bloomsdale
boardwalks
boardwalks
noun
plural of boardwalk.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of boardwalk
bobadilish
bobadilism
boldacious
boldacious
adj
(US) brazen, impudent, unrestrained.
bollandist
bollandist
Noun
Any member of an association of scholars, originally all Jesuits, who since the early seventeenth century have studied hagiography and the cult of the saints in Christianity.
bordelaise
bordelaise
adj
(postpositive) Served with Bordelaise sauce.
noun
Ellipsis of Bordelaise sauce.
bosselated
bosselated
adj
(medicine) Marked or covered with many bosses (protuberances)
boulevards
boulevards
noun
plural of boulevard
bransolder
briggsdale
broadlands
broadlings
broadlooms
broadlooms
noun
plural of broadloom
brodeglass
brownsdale
brutalised
brutalised
verb
(Britain) simple past tense and past participle of brutalise
bullialdus
carbolised
carbolised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of carbolise
cascadable
cascadable
adj
Able to be cascaded.
clapboards
clapboards
noun
plural of clapboard
clipboards
clipboards
noun
plural of clipboard
cnidoblast
cnidoblast
noun
(biology) A cell in the epidermis of cnidarians in which the nematocyst develops
deathblows
deathblows
noun
plural of deathblow
debasingly
debasingly
adv
In a debasing manner.
defeasible
defeasible
adj
(law, logic) Capable of being defeated, terminated, annulled, voided or invalidated.
dermoblast
deshabille
deshabille
noun
a garment worn when one is in a state of undress; a négligée
the state of being partially clothed
designable
designable
adj
Capable of being designed.
desireable
desireable
adj
Archaic form of desirable.
despicable
despicable
adj
Fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; mean.
noun
A wretched or wicked person.
despicably
despicably
adv
In a despicable or mean manner; contemptibly
despisable
despisable
adj
(archaic) Worthy to be despised.
detestable
detestable
adj
Stimulating disgust or detestation; offensive; shocking.
detestably
detestably
adv
In a detestable manner.
diableries
diableries
noun
plural of diablerie
diabolepsy
diabolised
diabolised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of diabolise
dialysable
dialysable
adj
(US) Alternative form of dialyzable
diblastula
diblastula
noun
An embryonal sac having two cell layers, ectoderm and entoderm.
disability
disability
noun
(disability theory) An inability imposed on a person by society's failure to accommodate their physical or mental differences from others, as opposed to impairment.
(uncountable, informal) Regular payments received by a disabled person, usually from the state
A mental condition causing a difficulty with an intellectual task.
State of being disabled; deprivation or want of ability; absence of competent physical, intellectual, or moral power, means, fitness, and the like.
Want of legal qualification to do a thing; legal incapacity or incompetency.
disbalance
disbalance
noun
A lack of balance, imbalance.
verb
To cause to be unbalanced.
disbursals
disbursals
noun
plural of disbursal
discutable
disenabled
disenabled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disenable
dishabille
dishabille
noun
A loose, negligent dress.
Extreme casual or disorderly dress, for example, with the shirt-tail out, sleeves unbuttoned, etc.
dislikable
dislikable
adj
Not capable or worthy of being liked; not liked; regarded with displeasure or aversion.
dislocable
dismayable
disownable
disownable
adj
Able to be disowned.
For which there is a penalty of being disowned.
disposable
disposable
adj
Available to be used.
That can be disposed of.
That is designed to be discarded rather than reused, refilled or repaired.
noun
Any object that is designed to be disposed of rather than refilled or repaired.
disputable
disputable
adj
Of opinions, propositions or questions, subject to dispute; not settled.
disputably
disputably
adv
In a disputable manner.
dissipable
dissipable
adj
(obsolete) Capable of being dissipated or dispersed.
disyllabic
disyllabic
adj
Comprising two syllables.
noun
a word consisting of two syllables
disyllable
disyllable
noun
A word comprising two syllables.
drinkables
drinkables
noun
plural of drinkable
endorsable
endorsable
adj
(law, of a driving offence) Leading to endorsement of one's driving licence with penalty points.
(of an airline ticket) That other airlines are obliged to accept in the event of the airline that issued the ticket failing to fly the ticket-holder.
Able or fit to be endorsed.
flashboard
flashboard
noun
(US) A board placed temporarily upon a milldam, to raise the water in the pond above its usual level.
flushboard
flushboard
noun
Alternative form of flashboard
handlebars
handlebars
noun
plural of handlebar
healdsburg
indorsable
indorsable
adj
Alternative form of endorsable
labialised
labialised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of labialise
ladiesburg
lambdacism
lambdacism
noun
(phonology) A pronunciation shift whereby /l/ or other closely related phonemes are substituted for other sounds (typically /r/), as Sally for Sarah or Moll for Mary.
landisburg
middlebass
mislabeled
mislabored
moldboards
moldboards
noun
plural of moldboard
obsidional
obsidional
adj
Pertaining to a siege.
piebaldism
piebaldism
noun
(medicine) A rare autosomal dominant disorder of melanocyte development, whose common characteristics include a congenital white forelock, scattered normally-pigmented and hyperpigmented macules, and a triangular depigmented patch on the forehead.
predisable
ribaldness
ribaldries
ribaldries
noun
plural of ribaldry
ribaldrous
ribaldrous
adj
(archaic) Of a ribald quality.
roadblocks
roadblocks
noun
plural of roadblock
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of roadblock
sabellidae
saddleback
saddleback
adj
saddle-backed
noun
(New Zealand) The bird Philesturnus carunculatis.
(UK) The great black-backed gull.
(architecture) A coping that is thicker in the middle than at the edges.
(geology) An anticline.
A breed of pig which is black with a pink saddle-shaped marking.
A raccoon oyster.
A roof in the same shape, having a gable at each end.
A saddle-shaped ridge forming a shallow pass between two peaks.
A variety of domestic goose.
Any of various creatures having a saddle-shaped marking on the back.
The larva of the bombycid moth.
verb
(slang) To engage in anal sex with the intention of preserving one's virginity (chiefly by Christian teenagers)
saddlebags
saddlebags
noun
plural of saddlebag
saddlebill
saddlebill
noun
Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis, a large wading bird in the stork family, found in parts of Africa.
saddlebows
saddlebows
noun
plural of saddlebow
sandblasts
sandblasts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sandblast