Of or pertaining to the fashionable or aristocratic life; fashionable, aristocratic.
Noun
A resident of Belgravia, London.
A member of the fashionable or aristocratic society assumed to reside in Belgravia.
bellingham
bellingham
Proper noun
a city in Washington state, USA
a suburb in London, England
bellmaking
bellmaking
noun
The manufacture of bells.
beltmaking
beltmaking
noun
The manufacture of belts.
bemadaming
bemadaming
verb
present participle of bemadam
benignancy
benignancy
noun
benignity
bepainting
bepainting
verb
present participle of bepaint
berengaria
bergsonian
bergsonian
Adjective
Of or relating to (1859–1941), French philosopher, who convinced many thinkers that immediate experience and intuition are more significant than rationalism and science in understanding reality.
berreaving
besmearing
besmearing
verb
present participle of besmear
bespeaking
bespeaking
verb
present participle of bespeak
besteading
besteading
noun
Help; assistance; aid; avail.
verb
present participle of bestead
beswarming
beswarming
verb
present participle of beswarm
betainogen
bethanking
bethanking
verb
present participle of bethank
bewearying
bewrapping
bewrapping
verb
present participle of bewrap
biangulate
biangulate
adj
Synonym of biangular
verb
To establish the two-dimensional position of a point by measuring the position of an intermediate point relative to a fixed point
bigeminate
blabbering
blabbering
noun
Foolish or incoherent talk; blather; babble.
verb
present participle of blabber
blackening
blackening
noun
(countable) The result or an instance of such an act or process; a black stain or mark.
(uncountable) The act or process of turning (becoming) black in colour.
Any of various (dark-colored) surface treatments for metal substrates, to inhibit corrosion; on steel, generally, synonym of bluing.
The act of defaming or sullying.
verb
present participle of blacken
blanketing
blanketing
noun
(countable) A layer of something that covers like a blanket.
(nautical, slang) A manoeuvre in which one vessel covers or becalms another with its sails.
(rail transport) Provision of a layer under the trackbed to prevent clay subsoil and water being forced to the surface by the weight of trains.
(uncountable, countable) Cloth for making blankets.
(uncountable, countable) The act or punishment of tossing in a blanket.
verb
present participle of blanket
blarneying
blarneying
verb
present participle of blarney
blathering
blathering
noun
Meaningless nonsense.
verb
present participle of blather
blattering
blattering
verb
present participle of blatter
bleatingly
bleatingly
adv
With bleating sounds.
boanergism
brachering
bracketing
bracketing
noun
(architecture) A series or group of brackets; brackets, collectively.
The act of enclosing (text, etc.) in brackets.
verb
present participle of bracket
brandering
brandering
verb
present participle of brander
bridgeland
brigandage
brigandage
noun
The lifestyle of a brigand.
brigandine
brigandine
noun
(historical) A coat of armor for the body, consisting of scales or plates, sometimes overlapping each other, generally of metal, and sewn or riveted to linen or other material.
brigantine
brigantine
noun
(nautical) a two-masted vessel, square-rigged on the foremast, but fore-and-aft-rigged mainsail with a square-rig above it on the mainmast.
Alternative form of brigandine
broadening
broadening
noun
The act of becoming broader.
The act of making (something) broader.
verb
present participle of broaden
burgaudine
burlingame
cabineting
cabotinage
cabotinage
noun
overacting; hamming
cacogenics
cacogenics
noun
(medicine) The opposite of eugenics; the aggregation of factors, through adverse sexual selection and reproduction, tending to promote bad genetic characteristics in people.
caginesses
cakemaking
cakemaking
noun
The making of cakes.
calipering
calipering
verb
present participle of caliper
camerlingo
camletting
campaigned
campaigned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of campaign
campaigner
campaigner
noun
(by extension) A military veteran.
A person who campaigns for a person running for political office or works, or supports, in an organised and active way towards a goal; an activist.
A person who has served in a military campaign.
Someone with experience in a certain field.
cancelling
caperingly
caperingly
adv
in a capering manner
carangidae
carcinogen
carcinogen
noun
A substance or agent that can cause cancer.
caretaking
caretaking
noun
The act of taking care or taking charge of something.
cariogenic
cariogenic
adj
Of, or relating to cariogenesis
Producing dental caries
carpogenic
carpogenic
adj
(botany) Producing fruit, or causing fruit to develop.
caseinogen
caseinogen
noun
uncoagulated casein
casemaking
casemaking
noun
The manufacture of cases.
cashiering
cashiering
noun
A dismissal of an individual from service, especially in the military.
verb
present participle of cashier
cassegrain
catenating
catenating
verb
present participle of catenate
cateringly
cathecting
cathecting
verb
present participle of cathect
centigrade
centigrade
adj
(of a scale) Having 100 divisions between two fixed points.
Celsius (since 1948).
noun
(countable) A unit of angle equal to the hundredth part of a quadrant. Its symbol is gon.
(countable, dated) A single degree on this scale.
(uncountable) A centigrade temperature scale having the freezing point of water defined as 0° and its boiling point defined as 100° at standard atmospheric pressure. Known as the Celsius scale since 1948.
(European folklore, also figurative) In pre-modern European folklore: an infant of a magical creature that was secretly exchanged for a human infant. In British, Irish and Scandinavian mythology the exchanged infants were thought to be those of fairies, sprites or trolls; in other places, they were ascribed to demons, devils, or witches.
(archaic, also figurative) A person apt to change their loyalty or thinking; a waverer.
(by extension) A person or object (especially when regarded as inferior) secretly exchanged for something else.
(by extension, informal, rare) An infant secretly exchanged with another infant deliberately or by mistake; a swapling.
(fantasy, science fiction) An organism which can change shape to mimic others; a shape-shifter.
(obsolete) An idiot, a simpleton.
channeling
channeling
noun
Alternative form of channelling
verb
present participle of channel
chapelling
chapelling
verb
present participle of chapel
chaptering
chaptering
verb
present participle of chapter
chargeling
chargeling
noun
A little or young charge (person in the care of another).
charminger
charminger
adj
comparative form of charming: more charming
chartering
chartering
verb
present participle of charter
chastening
chastening
noun
The act by which somebody is chastened.
verb
present participle of chasten
chattering
chattering
adj
That chatters
noun
A noise that chatters.
Output fluctuation before reaching a stable condition.
verb
present participle of chatter
cheapening
cheapening
noun
The process by which something is cheapened or made vulgar.
verb
present participle of cheapen
cheatingly
cheatingly
adv
in a cheating manner
cheddaring
cheddaring
noun
The stage of manufacturing Cheddar cheese and similar cheeses where the curd is cut into small pieces, often cubes, to drain the whey before being stacked and turned.
verb
present participle of cheddar
chivareing
ciceronage
ciceronage
noun
The activity of a cicerone; local guidance.
cinemagoer
cinemagoer
noun
One who visits a cinema in order to watch a film.
cingulated
cingulated
adj
Having a cingulum
clabbering
clabbering
verb
present participle of clabber
clambering
clambering
noun
The act of one who clambers.
verb
present participle of clamber
clappering
clappering
verb
present participle of clapper
clattering
clattering
adj
In a state or process of being clattered.
noun
A noise that clatters.
verb
present participle of clatter
cleavingly
cleavingly
adv
In a cleaving manner
coagencies
coagencies
noun
plural of coagency
coalescing
coalescing
noun
coalescence
verb
present participle of coalesce
coannexing
coarsening
coarsening
noun
The process or the result of becoming coarse
verb
present participle of coarsen
coassignee
coassignee
noun
A joint assignee.
cocreating
cocreating
verb
present participle of cocreate
coenacting
coenacting
verb
present participle of coenact
coequating
coequating
verb
present participle of coequate
cognisable
cognisable
adj
Alternative form of cognizable
cognisance
cognisance
noun
Alternative spelling of cognizance
cognizable
cognizable
adj
(law) Within the jurisdiction of a particular court.
Capable of being known or perceived.
cognizance
cognizance
noun
An emblem, badge or device, used as a distinguishing mark by the body of retainers of a royal or noble house.
Jurisdiction.
Notice or awareness.
collagenic
collagenic
Adjective
Relating to, or composed of collagen
collegians
collegians
noun
plural of collegian
collegiant
colligance
compagnies
concealing
concealing
noun
Material, etc., that conceals something.
gerund of conceal: an act of concealment.
verb
present participle of conceal
conemaking
congealing
congealing
verb
present participle of congeal
congenital
congenital
adj
(of a trait or a disease) Present since birth.
congiaries
congiaries
noun
plural of congiary
contignate
contiguate
contiguate
adj
(obsolete) Contiguous; touching.
corelating
coremaking
coremaking
noun
(engineering) The manufacture of the cores used to produce the hollow parts of castings.
corrigenda
corrigenda
noun
plural of corrigendum
costeaning
costeaning
noun
(mining) A process for discovering metallic lodes by sinking small pits through the superficial deposits to the solid rock, and then driving from one pit to another across the direction of the vein, so as to cross all the veins between the two pits.