(Christianity) The condition where a church's leaders have severed ties to a larger body and thus no longer report to a higher authority.
autodialers
autodialers
noun
plural of autodialer
autodialled
autoloaders
autoloaders
noun
plural of autoloader
autolysates
autolysates
noun
plural of autolysate
autolyzates
autolyzates
noun
plural of autolyzate
automatable
automatable
adj
able to be automated
automobiled
automobiled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of automobile
automobiles
automobiles
noun
plural of automobile
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of automobile
autopelagic
auxetically
auxetically
adv
By auxesis.
auxiliaries
auxiliaries
noun
plural of auxiliary
auxoamylase
avellaneous
avicultures
avicultures
noun
plural of aviculture
awfulnesses
awfulnesses
noun
plural of awfulness
azosulphine
bacchuslike
balaneutics
balefulness
balefulness
noun
The characteristic of being baleful.
ballouville
balustraded
balustraded
adj
Having balustrades.
balustrades
balustrades
noun
plural of balustrade
banefulness
banefulness
noun
The state or quality of being baneful.
barbellulae
bareknuckle
barlafumble
barlafumble
intj
(Scotland, obsolete) A cry for peace or truce in children's games.
barrelhouse
barrelhouse
noun
(music) A loud, percussive type of blues piano suitable for noisy bars or taverns.
A rough and tumble drinking establishment.
bashfulness
bashfulness
noun
The quality or property of being bashful
beauteously
beauteously
adv
In a beauteous manner.
beautifully
beautifully
adv
In a beautiful manner.
beblubbered
beblubbered
adj
(obsolete) Befouled with blood.
Disfigured by blubbering; befouled with tears.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beblubber
bebouldered
bebouldered
adj
Covered or scattered with boulders.
becudgeling
becudgeling
verb
present participle of becudgel
becudgelled
becudgelled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of becudgel
beglamoured
beglamoured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beglamour
beguilement
beguilement
noun
The action or process of beguiling; the characteristic of being beguiling.
beguilingly
beguilingly
adv
In a beguiling manner
behavioural
behavioural
adj
(British spelling) Of or pertaining to behaviour.
belabouring
belabouring
verb
present participle of belabour
beleaguered
beleaguered
adj
(figurative) Beset by trouble or difficulty.
Besieged; surrounded by enemy troops.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beleaguer
beleaguerer
beleaguerer
noun
One who beleaguers.
belinuridae
beliquoring
belliferous
belliferous
adj
(rare, formal) Bringing war.
bellmouthed
bellmouthed
adj
Alternative form of bell-mouthed
bellybutton
bellybutton
noun
(informal) The navel or umbilicus.
belorussian
belowground
belowground
adj
beneath the surface of the ground; underground
benumbingly
benumbingly
adv
in a benumbing manner
bequeathals
bequeathals
noun
plural of bequeathal
bernoullian
bescoundrel
betulaceous
betulaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Betulaceae.
biangulated
biangulated
adj
Alternative form of biangulate
bibliothque
bicephalous
bicephalous
adj
(zoology) Having two heads.
bicuculline
bicuculline
noun
(biochemistry) A light-sensitive competitive antagonist of GABA receptors; it is used in the study of epilepsy
bifurcately
bifurcately
adv
In a bifurcate manner.
biguttulate
biguttulate
adj
Having two guttules
biliousness
biliousness
noun
The state of being bilious.
bimaculated
bimaculated
adj
Alternative form of bimaculate
bimillenium
bimolecular
bimolecular
adj
(chemistry) Relating to bimolecules
(chemistry, of a reaction) involving two molecules
consisting of two layers of molecules
binucleated
binucleated
adj
binucleate
biomolecule
biomolecule
noun
(biochemistry) molecules, such as amino acids, sugars, nucleic acids, proteins, polysaccharides, DNA, and RNA, that occur naturally in living organisms
bipupillate
bipupillate
adj
(zoology) Having an eyespot on the wing, with two dots within it of a different colour, as in some butterflies.
biquarterly
biquarterly
adj
Twice every quarter, i.e. eight times per year.
biscuitlike
biscuitlike
Adjective
Resembling a biscuit or some aspect of one.
bisexualism
bisexualism
noun
Bisexuality.
bisexuality
bisexuality
noun
(chiefly botany) The state of being bisexual (“having both male and female parts or roles”).
(of humans or other animals) The state of being sexually or romantically attracted to members of either sex or gender.
bistipulate
blacktongue
bladdernuts
bladdernuts
noun
plural of bladdernut
bladensburg
blanquettes
blanquettes
noun
plural of blanquette
blasphemous
blasphemous
adj
Lacking piety or respect for the sacred. Resembling blasphemy.
bleachhouse
blithefully
blithefully
adv
In a blitheful manner.
blockbusted
blockbuster
blockbuster
noun
(US) One who engages in blockbusting (technique encouraging people to sell property).
(informal) Something, especially an event or a film, book or other creative work, that is intended to achieve high sales (perhaps indicated by large budgets or high advertising spending) or that is conceived on a large or epic scale
(informal) Something, such as a film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales, as opposed to a box office bomb.
(slang) Anything very large or powerful; a whopper.
A high-explosive bomb used for the purposes of demolishing extensive areas, such as a city block.
A large firework of the firecracker type; an M-80.
blockhouses
blockhouses
noun
plural of blockhouse
bloodsucker
bloodsucker
noun
(by extension) Any parasite.
(by extension) One who attempts to take as much from others as possible; a leech.
A vampire.
An animal that drinks the blood of others, especially by sucking blood through a puncture wound; a hemovore.
The changeable lizard (Calotes versicolor).
blountville
blountville
Proper noun
A in the U.S. state of that is the of
blubberhead
blubberhead
noun
(colloquial, dated) A fool.
bludgeoneer
bludgeoning
bludgeoning
noun
An assault with a club or similar weapon.
verb
present participle of bludgeon
blueberries
blueberries
noun
plural of blueberry
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blueberry
blueblossom
blueblossom
noun
An evergreen shrub, Ceanothus thyrsiflorus, endemic to Oregon and California.
bluebonnets
bluebonnets
noun
plural of bluebonnet
bluebottles
bluebottles
noun
plural of bluebottle
bluegrasses
bluegrasses
noun
plural of bluegrass
bluehearted
bluejackets
bluejackets
noun
plural of bluejacket
blueprinted
blueprinted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blueprint
blueprinter
blueprinter
noun
A person or machine that produces blueprints.
blueshifted
blueshifted
adj
Whose frequency/wavelength has been changed by a blueshift
bluetongues
bluetongues
noun
plural of bluetongue
bluffnesses
blunderbore
blunderbuss
blunderbuss
noun
An old style of muzzleloading firearm and early form of shotgun with a distinctive short, large caliber barrel that is flared at the muzzle, therefore able to fire scattered quantities of nails, stones, shot, etc. at short range.
verb
(transitive) To shoot with a blunderbuss.
blunderhead
blunderhead
noun
Someone who habitually makes mistakes or blunders
blunderings
blunderings
noun
plural of blundering
blundersome
blundersome
adj
Apt or prone to cause blunders; troublesome; difficult; problematic.
Indicating or marked by blunders or mistakes; messed-up.
bluntnesses
bluntnesses
noun
plural of bluntness
blurredness
blurredness
noun
The property of being blurred.
boatbuilder
boatbuilder
noun
A person involved in boatbuilding; one who builds boats.
bodefulness
bodybuilder
bodybuilder
noun
(bodybuilding) A person who uses diet and exercise to build an aesthetically muscular physique, in order to compete in bodybuilding.
boilerhouse
boilerhouse
noun
(nautical) The deckhouse above a ship's boiler and engine room.
A building containing a boiler.
boilersuits
boilersuits
noun
plural of boilersuit
boletaceous
boletaceous
adj
Belonging to the family Boletaceae of mushrooms.
bottlebrush
bottlebrush
noun
A cylindrical brush on a thin shaft that is used to clean bottles.
An uncommon cave formation resulting from a rise in water level such that a stalactite becomes immersed in water that is supersaturated with calcium carbonate, causing the stalactite to become coated with pool spar.
Any of various trees or shrubs of the myrtle family, especially of the genera Callistemon and Melaleuca, native to Australia and adjacent areas, having spikes of flowers with numerous conspicuous stamens.
botulinuses
boulderhead
bouleuteria
bouleuteria
noun
plural of bouleuterion
boundlessly
boundlessly
adv
In a boundless manner.
bounteously
bounteously
adv
In a bounteous manner.
bourneville
boviculture
boviculture
noun
The rearing and care of cattle.
bramblebush
breechclout
breechclout
noun
(dated) A breechcloth or loincloth.
brimfulness
brimfulness
noun
Quality of being brimful.
brittlebush
brittlebush
noun
A shrub native to deserts in the southwestern US and northern Mexico, Encelia farinosa.
brucelloses
brucelloses
noun
plural of brucellosis
brucellosis
brucellosis
noun
(pathology) Infection by a bacterium of the genus Brucella, which is carried by ruminants and other mammals, with symptoms include recurring fevers, sweating, weakness, anorexia, headaches, depression, and generalized aches and pains.
bruckleness
brulyiement
brunellesco
brutalities
brutalities
noun
plural of brutality
bubbleheads
bubbleheads
noun
plural of bubblehead
bucklandite
buffleheads
buffleheads
noun
plural of bufflehead
bulbiferous
bulbiferous
adj
(botany) Producing bulbs or bulbils.
bulbochaete
bulborectal
bulginesses
bulimulidae
bulkheading
bulkheading
noun
bulkheads in general
bulkinesses
bulkinesses
noun
plural of bulkiness
bulldoggers
bulldoggers
noun
plural of bulldogger
bulletining
bulletining
verb
present participle of bulletin
bulletmaker
bulletmaker
noun
A manufacturer of bullets.
bulletproof
bulletproof
adj
(idiomatic) Reliable, infallible, sturdy or error-tolerant.
(of a material) Capable of withstanding a direct shot by a bullet fired from a gun.
(usually of an idea or concept) Unbreakable, very tough.
verb
(slang) to make resistant to failure.
To make proof against bullets.
bullfighter
bullfighter
noun
One who engages in bullfighting; a toreador or matador.