(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.
banovina
banovina
noun
(historical) Any of the provinces or banates into which the Kingdom of Yugoslavia was subdivided during the period 1929–1941.
bavarois
bavarois
noun
A pudding similar to pastry cream but thickened with gelatin or isinglass instead of flour or cornstarch, and flavoured with liqueur.
beauvoir
behavior
behavior
noun
(countable) An instance of the way a living creature behaves.
(countable, uncountable, biology, psychology) Observable response produced by an organism.
(uncountable) Human conduct relative to social norms.
(uncountable) The way a device or system operates.
(uncountable) The way a living creature behaves or acts generally.
(uncountable, informal) A state of probation about one's conduct.
behoving
behoving
verb
present participle of behove
bevoiled
bevomits
bevomits
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bevomit
biconvex
biconvex
adj
Having both sides convex.
biovular
biovular
adj
(of twins) derived from two separate ova; non-identical or fraternal
bivector
bivector
noun
(mathematics) An antisymmetric tensor of second rank.
bivouacs
bivouacs
noun
plural of bivouac
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bivouac
bloviate
bloviate
verb
(intransitive, US) To speak or discourse at length in a pompous or boastful manner.
boastive
boastive
adj
(archaic) presumptuous
boilover
boilover
noun
A hazardous situation where an attempt is made to extinguish semi-enclosed oil- or petrochemical-fuelled fire with water, generating steam which propels the burning fuel outwards.
bolivars
bolivian
bolivias
bolivias
noun
plural of bolivia
bonavist
bonnyvis
borislav
bouviers
bouvines
bovarism
bovarism
noun
Alternative spelling of bovarysm
bovarist
bovicide
bovicide
noun
One who kills cows.
The killing of a cow.
boviform
boviform
adj
Shaped like an ox.
bovinely
bovinely
adv
In a bovine manner
sluggishly
bovinity
bovinity
noun
The condition of being bovine.
bozovich
bravoing
bravoing
verb
present participle of bravo
bravoite
bucovina
bukovina
divebomb
divebomb
verb
(auto racing) To attempt an overtake by braking very late on corner entry.
(of a bird) To attack (especially the head of) a person or animal that strays into their territory.
(of a motorist) To overtake slower traffic by way of a more circuitous route, such as a pair of freeway exit and entrance ramps.
(of an aircraft) To bomb whilst in a steep dive.
dobrovir
jovilabe
jovilabe
noun
(astronomy, historical) A scientific instrument used to determine the orbital periods of Jupiter's moons and to compute the times of their eclipses.
liveborn
liveborn
adj
born alive
lovebird
lovebird
noun
(figurative, usually in the plural) One of the members of an openly affectionate couple.
Any small parrot from one of the nine species within the genus Agapornis. Sometimes they are kept as cage birds and are noted for their affection towards each other.
verb
(intransitive) To express romantic affection openly.
oblivial
oblivial
adj
Of or relating to oblivion.
oblivion
oblivion
noun
(obsolete) Amnesty.
A form of purgatory.
The state of being completely forgotten, of being reduced to a state of non-existence, extinction, or nothingness, including through war and destruction. (Figuratively) for an area like hell, a wasteland.
The state of forgetting completely, of being oblivious, unconscious, unaware, as when sleeping, drunk, or dead.
verb
(transitive) To consign to oblivion; to efface utterly.
obviable
obviable
adj
Capable of being obviated.
obviated
obviated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of obviate
obviates
obviates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of obviate
obviator
obviator
noun
One who obviates.
ovenbird
ovenbird
noun
An American warbler, Seiurus aurocapilla, that builds such a nest of vegetation.
Any bird of the Central and South America family Furnariidae.
Originally, any of several small European birds that build dome-shaped nests; such as the long-tailed tit, willow warbler and chiffchaff.
overbait
overbias
overbias
noun
The use of more bias current in an analog magnetic recorder than is required for maximum sensitivity.
verb
To use more bias current in an analog magnetic recorder than is required for maximum sensitivity.
overbide
overbide
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To outlive; survive.
overbids
overbids
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overbid
overbill
overbill
verb
(transitive) To bill an excessive amount, particularly an amount greater than one is legally entitled to.
overbite
overbite
noun
(dentistry) A malocclusion in which the upper teeth extend over the lower ones.
verb
To use excessive acid in an etching process, so that the result is too deep.
overboil
overboil
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To boil excessively.
overbrim
overbrim
verb
(intransitive) To be so full as to overflow.
(transitive) To flow over the brim of; to overflow.
subolive
subovoid
subovoid
adj
(mycology) Somewhat ovoid.
vibrator
vibrator
noun
(historical) A device designed to electromechanically interrupt current flowing to the step-up transformer which was used to generate the high tension positive supply in old battery-operated (automotive) valve radios.
(weaving) Any of various vibrating devices, such as one for slackening the warp as a shed opens.
A device for vibrating the pen of a siphon recorder to diminish frictional resistance on the paper.
A trembler, as of an electric bell.
A vibrating device used for massage or sexual stimulation.
A vibrating reed for transmitting or receiving pulsating currents in a harmonic telegraph system.
A vibrating reed in a musical instrument, especially a reed organ.
An attachment, usually pneumatic, in a moulding machine to shake the pattern loose.
An ink-distributing roller in a printing machine, having an additional vibratory motion.
An oscillator.
vibratos
vibratos
noun
plural of vibrato
vibrioid
vibrioid
adj
Having the curved commalike shape characteristic of the genus Vibrio of gram-negative bacteria.
vibrions
vibrions
noun
plural of vibrion
vibronic
vibronic
adj
(physics) Describing relationships between electronic and vibrational motions or quantum states