(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).
abluents
abluents
noun
plural of abluent
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.
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A distilled, highly alcoholic, anise-flavored liquor originally made from grande wormwood, anise, and other herbs.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.
absinthe green:
absolent
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.
albanite
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
ambients
ambients
noun
plural of ambient
ambonite
antabuse
antabuse
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Antabuse
antebath
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.
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.
ayenbite
bacterin
bacterin
noun
A suspension of killed or attenuated bacteria for use as a vaccine.
badenite
baetzner
bagatine
bagganet
bagnette
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
balconet
balconet
noun
Alternative form of balconette (“small balcony”)
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
banatite
banatite
noun
(petrology) granodiorite or rock of similar composition that intruded in the Banat region of Europe in the Cretaceous
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.
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
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.
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.
bantered
bantered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of banter
banterer
banterer
noun
One who banters.
banthine
banthine
noun
(medicine) Synonym of methantheline
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
barniest
barniest
adj
superlative form of barny: most barny
baronets
baronets
noun
plural of baronet
bartends
bartends
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bartend
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.
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.
bastogne
bastonet
batement
batement
noun
abatement; diminution
batoneer
batoneer
noun
One who uses a baton, specifically a conductor.
battened
battened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of batten
battener
battener
noun
One who battens or feasts.
batwomen
batwomen
noun
plural of batwoman
bavenite
bavenite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing aluminum, beryllium, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and silicon.
bayonets
bayonets
noun
plural of bayonet
bealeton
bealtine
beanfest
beaniest
beaniest
adj
superlative form of beany: most beany
beastman
beastman
noun
(fantasy) An intelligent man-sized beast with varying characteristics.
beatings
beatings
noun
plural of beating
beatniks
beatniks
noun
plural of beatnik
beaumont
beaumont
Proper noun
An English habitational surname from any of several places in France.
A city in Texas, USA
bedstand
bedstand
noun
nightstand
beechnut
beechnut
noun
The small, triangular, edible nut of the beech tree.
beesting
beesting
noun
Alternative form of bee sting
Alternative form of beestings (“The first milk drawn from an animal (especially a cow) after it has given birth”)
beetling
beetling
adj
Jutting or protruding, especially of a person's brows.
noun
The process by which fabrics, etc. are beetled, or beaten with a mallet.
verb
present participle of beetle
begotten
begotten
adj
Brought into being by one's begetter(s).
verb
past participle of beget
behenate
behenate
noun
(chemistry) Any salt or ester of behenic acid.
behistun
beignets
beignets
noun
plural of beignet
beknight
beknight
verb
(transitive, rare) To make a knight of.
belalton
belating
belating
verb
present participle of belate
belitong
belitung
bellmont
belmonte
belonite
belonite
noun
One of the minute acicular or dendritic crystalline forms sometimes observed in glassy volcanic rocks.
beltings
beltings
noun
plural of belting
beltline
beltline
noun
(automotive) The imaginary line marking the upper end of the lower body of an automobile, running just below the bottoms of the windows
A beltway: a circular expressway around a city
bemantle
benchlet
benchlet
noun
(literally) A small bench
A stool
bendicta
bendicty
benedict
benedict
adj
(obsolete) Having mild and salubrious qualities.
noun
(rare) A newly married man, especially one who was previously a confirmed bachelor.
verb
(of eggs) To poach and serve on an English muffin with ham or bacon and hollandaise sauce.
(rare) to bless.
benedikt
benefact
benefact
verb
(transitive, rare, nonstandard) To benefit; to act as benefactor toward.
benefits
benefits
noun
plural of benefit
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of benefit
benetted
benetted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of benet
benettle
benettle
verb
(obsolete) To vex or provoke.
To whip or sting with nettles.
benezett
benfleet
benitier
benitier
noun
(Christianity) The vase or vessel for holy water in Roman Catholic churches.
bentinck
bentonia
bentstar
bentwood
bentwood
noun
(countable) An object, especially a piece of furniture, made from bentwood.
(woodworking, countable and uncountable, sometimes attributive) Lengths of wood that have been made pliable by heating with steam and then bent into the appropriate shape (to make furniture, ships' hulls, etc.).
benzoate
benzoate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of benzoic acid.
bepaints
bepaints
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bepaint
berating
berating
verb
present participle of berate
bernetta
bernette
berryton
berstine
berthing
berthing
noun
(nautical) An instance of a ship being brought to be berthed, to rest at some docking facility.
(obsolete, nautical) The planking outside of a vessel, above the sheer strake.
A berth, especially figuratively, a place to sleep.
verb
present participle of berth
bertrand
bertrant
besonnet
besprent
besprent
adj
(archaic) besprinkled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of besprenge
bestench
bestness
bestness
noun
The quality or state of being the best.
bestrewn
bestrewn
verb
past participle of bestrew
bestrown
bestrown
verb
(archaic) past participle of bestrew
betaines
betaines
noun
plural of betaine
betaking
betaking
verb
present participle of betake
betangle
betangle
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To tangle around or about, entwine, encumber.
betatron
betatron
noun
(physics) A form of cyclotron used to accelerate electrons to high speed.
betelnut
betelnut
noun
Alternative form of betel nut
bethania
bethanks
bethanks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bethank
bethanna
bethanne
bethinks
bethinks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bethink
bethorns
bethwine
betiding
betiding
verb
present participle of betide
betjeman
betocsin
betokens
betokens
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of betoken