(obsolete) A medicine to which is attributed the property of causing abortion, abortifacient.
(obsolete) Someone or something born or brought forth prematurely; an abortion.
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To cause an abortion; to render without fruit.
abrazite
abreacts
abreacts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abreact
abristle
abristle
adj
Bristling.
abrogate
abrogate
adj
(archaic) Abrogated; abolished.
verb
(molecular biology, transitive) To block a process or function.
(transitive) To put an end to; to do away with.
(transitive, law) To annul by an authoritative act; to abolish by the authority of the maker or her or his successor; to repeal; — applied to the repeal of laws, decrees, ordinances, the abolition of customs, etc.
abrotine
abrotine
noun
A colorless crystalline alkaloid obtained from abrotanum, C₂₁H₂₂N₂O.
abrupter
abrupter
adj
comparative form of abrupt: more abrupt
absenter
absenter
adj
(rare) comparative form of absent: more absent
noun
One who stays away; one who absents herself or himself.
absterge
absterge
verb
(transitive, archaic, now rare) To make clean by wiping; to wipe away.
absterse
absterse
verb
(transitive, now rare) To absterge; to cleanse; to purge away.
abstrude
abstrude
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To thrust away.
abstruse
abstruse
adj
(obsolete) Concealed or hidden; secret.
Difficult to comprehend or understand; obscure.
abutters
abutters
noun
plural of abutter
acerbate
acerbate
adj
(rare) Embittered; having a sour disposition or nature.
verb
(transitive) To exasperate; to irritate.
(transitive) To make bitter or sour.
acerbest
acerbest
adj
superlative form of acerb: most acerb
acerbity
acerbity
noun
(countable) Something harsh (e.g. a remark, act or experience).
Harshness, bitterness, or severity
Sourness of taste, with bitterness and astringency, like that of unripe fruit.
adalbert
adelbert
aerobate
aerobate
verb
(aviation) To perform aerobatics.
aeroboat
aeroboat
noun
(archaic) A form of hydroaeroplane; a flying boat.
afterbay
afterbay
noun
(hydrology) a stream, conduit, pond or reservoir, of a hydroelectric power plant at the outlet of the turbines.
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
albrecht
alembert
amberite
amberite
noun
A kind of smokeless powder.
ambivert
ambivert
noun
(psychology) A person who is neither clearly extroverted nor introverted, but has characteristics of each.
ambreate
ambreate
noun
(chemistry) A salt of ambreic acid.
ambrette
ambrette
noun
The essential oil produced from the seeds of the musk mallow.
The musk mallow plant (Abelmoschus moschatus).
arbalest
arbalest
noun
A crossbow.
A crossbowman.
arbelest
arbiters
arbiters
noun
plural of arbiter
arbitrer
arboreta
arboreta
noun
plural of arboretum
arbutase
arbutean
arbutean
adj
(obsolete) Made from arbute, the wood of the strawberry tree.
atabrine
atabrine
noun
Synonym of quinacrine
atrabile
atremble
atremble
adj
Trembling.
aubretia
aubretia
noun
Any plant of the genus Aubrieta
aubrette
aubrieta
aubrieta
noun
Alternative spelling of aubrietia.
backrest
backrest
noun
A guide attached to the slide rest of a lathe, and placed in contact with the work to steady it in turning.
The back piece of a chair, used to support the sitter's back.
backster
backster
noun
(obsolete) A baker.
bacteria
bacteria
noun
(US) A type, species, or strain of bacterium.
(US, proscribed) Alternative form of bacterium.
(dated, medicine) An oval bacterium, as distinguished from a spherical coccus or rod-shaped bacillus.
(derogatory, slang) Lowlife, slob (could be treated as plural or singular).
plural of bacterium
bacteric
bacteric
adj
Of or relating to bacteria.
bacterid
bacterid
noun
(pathology) A bacterial infection of the skin
bacterin
bacterin
noun
A suspension of killed or attenuated bacteria for use as a vaccine.
bacubert
baetzner
bakerite
bakerite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing boron, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and silicon.
bakerton
balestra
balewort
balister
balister
noun
(obsolete) An arbalister or crossbowman.
balloter
balloter
noun
One who votes by ballot.
baluster
baluster
noun
(architecture) A short column used in a group to support a rail, as commonly found on the side of a stairway; a banister. [from 17th c.]
bandster
bandster
noun
(historical) A worker who ties corn into sheaves.
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.
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
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.
bantered
bantered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of banter
banterer
banterer
noun
One who banters.
baptizer
baptizer
noun
One who baptizes.
bararite
bararite
noun
(mineralogy) A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral white mineral containing fluorine, hydrogen, nitrogen, and silicon.
barathea
barathea
noun
A soft fabric, made from various combinations of wool, silk and cotton, with a lightly ribbed surface.
barbated
barbated
adj
Having barbed points.
barbette
barbette
noun
(nautical) The inside fixed trunk of a warship's gun-mounting, on which the turret revolves. It contains the hoists for shells and cordite from the shell-room and magazine.
A mound of earth or a platform in a fortification, on which guns are mounted to fire over the parapet.
barbotte
barbotte
noun
A Canadian dice game akin to craps.
bardiest
bareboat
bareboat
adj
Being or pertaining to a charter for the hire of a boat without any crew or provisions included.
barefoot
barefoot
adj
(CB radio, slang) Transmitting without the use of an amplifier.
(informal) Of a vehicle on an icy road: not using snow chains.
Wearing nothing on the feet.
adv
(CB radio slang) Transmitting without the use of an amplifier.
She likes to go barefoot in the summertime.
barghest
barghest
noun
(mythology, Britain) A legendary monstrous black dog, said to possess large teeth and claws, and (sometimes) to be capable of changing form.
(mythology, Britain) Any ghost, wraith, hobgoblin, elf, or spirit.
barguest
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
barkiest
barkiest
adj
superlative form of barky: most barky
barletta
barmiest
barmiest
adj
superlative form of barmy: most barmy
barnegat
barniest
barniest
adj
superlative form of barny: most barny
barometz
barometz
noun
(mythology) A purported zoophyte, half-animal and half-plant, said to grow in the form of a sheep.
The golden chicken fern or woolly fern (Cibotium barometz), the rhizomes of which are covered in furry brown hair; the legend (sense 1) is supposed to have arisen because, when inverted, the rhizomes with stalks growing out of them resemble lambs.
baronets
baronets
noun
plural of baronet
barquest
barrater
barrelet
barrelet
noun
Alternative form of barrelette (“structure in mouse brainstem”)
barretor
barretor
noun
Alternative form of barrator
barretry
barretry
noun
Archaic form of barratry.
barrette
barrette
noun
(entomology) Synonym of katepimeron.
A clasp or clip for gathering and holding the hair.
verb
(transitive) To put (hair) into a barrette.
barrulet
barrulet
noun
(heraldry) The smallest diminutive of the bar, one quarter as wide.
bartelso
bartends
bartends
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bartend
bartered
bartered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of barter
barterer
barterer
noun
One who barters: one who trades goods for other goods without involving money.
barthite
bartlemy
bartlett
bartlett
Proper noun
From the pet form of Bartholomew.
A village in Illinois State.
A city in Kansas State.
A village in Nebraska State.
A town in New Hampshire State.
A city in Tennessee State.
A city in Texas State.
Noun
A kind of English pear.
barylite
barylite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing barium, beryllium, oxygen, and silicon.
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.
basketry
basketry
noun
Baskets collectively.
The process of weaving unspun vegetable fibers to make a basket.
bataleur
batchers
batchers
noun
plural of batcher
bateleur
bateleur
noun
A species of eagle, Terathopius ecaudatus, endemic to Africa and Arabia.
bathorse
bathorse
noun
A horse which carries an officer's baggage during a campaign. Also spelt bat-horse and bat horse.
bathrobe
bathrobe
noun
A robe usually made of terrycloth intended to be worn when one is still damp from bathing or when there is no immediate need to dress fully.
batoneer
batoneer
noun
One who uses a baton, specifically a conductor.
batteler
batteler
noun
(Oxford University, obsolete) A student who is supplied with provisions from the buttery; formerly, one who paid for nothing but what he called for.
battener
battener
noun
One who battens or feasts.
battered
battered
adj
(cooking) Coated with batter (noun).
Beaten repeatedly or consistently; beaten up.
Beaten up through a lot of use; in rough condition; weathered.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of batter
batterer
batterer
noun
(cooking) One who applies batter.
One who batters their spouse: one who commits domestic violence.
One who batters.
batterie
batterie
noun
(dance) A brilliant display of virtuosity in which the dancer's legs open and close rapidly while in the air, with the illusion of striking together and rebounding.
(music) The percussion section of an orchestra or band, the battery; marching instruments in a drumline, as opposed to the pit.
battlers
battlers
noun
plural of battler
bayreuth
beamster
beamster
noun
A workman engaged in beaming or slicking hides.
bearcats
bearcats
noun
plural of bearcat
bearcoot
bearfoot
bearwort
bearwort
noun
A perennial alpine plant, Meum athamanticum.
beatrice
beatrisa
beatster
beauetry
beaufert
beaufort
bebatter
becarpet
becarpet
verb
(transitive, poetic) To cover like a carpet.
bechtler
becrusts
bedirter
bedoctor
bedoctor
verb
(transitive) To address as 'doctor'.
(transitive) To care for in the manner of a doctor.
(transitive) To confer a doctoral degree upon.
bedright
bedright
noun
Alternative form of bedrite
bedstraw
bedstraw
noun
(obsolete) straw put into a bed
Any plant of the genus Cruciata.
any plant of herb genus Galium of the madder family with small pointed leaves and hairy stems with small, white or yellow flowers
bedworth
beeriest
beeriest
adj
superlative form of beery: most beery
beetlers
beetlers
noun
plural of beetler
beetrave
beetrave
noun
(archaic) The common beet, Beta vulgaris.
beetroot
beetroot
noun
(UK, New Zealand, Australia) A normally deep-red-coloured root vegetable usually cooked or pickled before eating; Synonym of beet.
(usually uncountable) The edible part of the root of a beet plant, raw or prepared.
verb
(intransitive, informal) To turn a bright red or purple colour.
befetter
befetter
verb
(transitive) To confine with fetters; restrain as if by fetters.
begetter
begetter
noun
(figuratively) An originator; a creator.
A procreator; one who begets.
begrutch
begrutch
verb
Obsolete form of begrudge.
behither
behither
prep
(rare, obsolete) On this side of.
belatrix
belcourt
beletter
beletter
verb
(rare) To add letters (indicating rank or education etc.) to one's name as little more than decoration
belitter
belitter
verb
(transitive) To bestrew with rubbish or things in disorder.
(transitive) To bring forth a litter; have young; litter.
(transitive) To strew with litter (for the floor).