(nanotechnology, countable) A nanodevice capable of assembling nanodevices, possibly including copies of itself, according to a plan.
(programming, countable) A program that reads source code written in assembly language and produces executable machine code, possibly together with information needed by linkers, debuggers and other tools.
backframe
bacterium
bacterium
noun
(microbiology) A single-celled organism with cell walls but no nucleus or organelles.
bairnteam
bairnteem
bairntime
bakemeier
baldomero
balmorhea
baltimore
baltimore
Proper noun
A city in central Maryland, USA
bamberger
bankerdom
bankerdom
noun
The world of bankers and finance.
bannerman
bannerman
noun
A man who belonged to the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty.
A person assigned to carry the colours, standards or guidons of a military unit.
A person of Manchu descent.
A samurai in the direct service of the Tokugawa shogunate of feudal Japan, also known as a hatamoto.
bannermen
bannermen
noun
plural of bannerman
barenboim
barleymow
barmaster
barmaster
noun
(historical) A local judge among miners.
An officer of the barmote.
barmecide
barnumize
barnumize
verb
Alternative form of Barnumize
barometer
barometer
noun
(figurative, by extension) Anything used as a gauge or indicator.
An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure.
barometry
barometry
noun
The art or process of making barometrical measurements.
barrymore
bartolemo
bartolome
batterman
beakerman
beakermen
beaterman
beatermen
beaverism
becharmed
becharmed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of becharm
beckerman
beclamors
beclamors
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beclamor
beclamour
beclamour
verb
Alternative form of beclamor
becrampon
becriming
becrimson
becrimson
verb
(transitive, poetic) To turn crimson; to redden.
bedframes
bedframes
noun
plural of bedframe
bedmakers
bedmakers
noun
plural of bedmaker
bedwarmer
bedwarmer
noun
(historical) A covered metal pan attached to a long handle, holding live coals and used to warm a bed.
beemaster
beemaster
noun
(dated) A beekeeper.
beermaker
beermaker
noun
One who makes beer; a brewer.
befrumple
beggardom
beggardom
noun
The realm or state of beggars.
beggarism
beggarism
noun
beggary
beggarman
beggarman
noun
A male beggar.
beglamour
beglamour
verb
To bedazzle; to deceive as if by magic.
To make glamorous.
begriming
begriming
verb
present participle of begrime
begrimmed
bellmaker
bellmaker
noun
someone who makes bells
beltmaker
beltmaker
noun
Someone who makes belts.
bemitered
bemonster
bemonster
verb
(transitive) To fill or cover with monsters.
(transitive) To make monstrous or like a monster; make hideous; deform.
(transitive) To regard or treat (someone) as a monster; to call (someone) a monster.
bemurmure
bemurmurs
benamidar
benamidar
noun
(South Asia) The person who acts as a proxy in a benami transfer of property.
benchmark
benchmark
noun
(computing) A computer program that is executed to assess the performance of the runtime environment.
A standard by which something is evaluated or measured.
A surveyor's mark made on some stationary object and shown on a map; used as a reference point.
verb
(intransitive, followed by at) To give certain results in a benchmark test.
(transitive, intransitive, followed by against) To use something (e.g., a competitor's product) as a standard to improve one's own thing.
berbamine
berbamine
noun
A particular calcium channel blocker.
berchemia
bergamask
bergamiol
bergamiol
noun
Synonym of linalyl acetate
bergamots
bergamots
noun
plural of bergamot
bergomask
bergomask
noun
(obsolete) A kind of rustic dance.
bergstrom
berhyming
berhyming
verb
present participle of berhyme
berkelium
berkelium
noun
A transuranic chemical element (symbol Bk) with an atomic number of 97.
bermensch
bermudian
bermudian
Adjective
Of, from, or pertaining to Bermuda, or the Bermudian people.
Personal legal status equivalent to citizenship for the country of Bermuda.
Noun
A person from Bermuda or of Bermudian descent.
bermudite
beryllium
beryllium
noun
The chemical element (symbol Be) with an atomic number of 4; a soft silvery-white low density alkaline earth metal with specialist industrial applications.
besmeared
besmeared
adj
Smeared over; soiled, sullied.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of besmear
besmearer
besmearer
noun
One who besmears.
besmother
beswarmed
beswarmed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beswarm
betrample
betrample
verb
(transitive) To trample over; affect by much trampling; trample excessively.
betrumpet
betrumpet
verb
(transitive) To trumpet about; trumpet the praise of.
beworming
bicameral
bicameral
adj
(government) Of, having, or relating to two separate legislative chambers or houses.
(mentality) Relating to the functions of the two cerebral hemispheres in the history of human beings ‘hearing’ the speech of gods or idols, according to Julian Jaynes's theory of the bicameral mind.
(typography) Of a script or typeface: having two cases, upper case and lower case.
Being or having a system with two, often unequal, chambers or compartments; of, signifying, relating to, or being the product of such a two-chambered system.
bimesters
bimesters
noun
plural of bimester
bimotored
bimotored
adj
twin-engine
biometric
biometric
adj
Of or pertaining to biometry.
Of, pertaining to or using biometrics
biostrome
biostrome
noun
(geology) A horizontally bedded stratum of fossilized remains of sedentary organisms
birdlimed
birdlimed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of birdlime
birdlimes
birdlimes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of birdlime
birdwomen
birdwomen
noun
plural of birdwoman
birlieman
birthmate
birthmate
noun
A person who has the same birthday as another.
bismarine
blackmore
blakemore
blemisher
blemisher
noun
One who or that which blemishes.
bloomeria
bodymaker
bodymaker
noun
a craftsman
boehmeria
boilerman
boilerman
noun
A person who tends the fire for a steam engine
bolometer
bolometer
noun
(physics) A sensitive device for detecting and measuring the energy of electromagnetic radiation.
boltmaker
boltmaker
noun
A machine that manufactures bolts.
A manufacturer of bolts.
bombarded
bombarded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bombard
bombarder
bombarder
noun
One who bombards.
bombaster
bonderman
boogerman
boogerman
noun
Alternative form of bogeyman
bookmaker
bookmaker
noun
(gambling) A person (or a business) who calculates odds and accepts bets, especially on horse racing; a bookie.
A person who compiles books from the writings of others.
A person who prints or binds books.
boomerang
boomerang
noun
(Australian rules football, rugby) A boomerang kick.
(RAF slang) An early return of an aircraft whose mission was aborted, often due to technical failures.
(theater) A device for changing the color of a followspot.
A breakdancing move in which the performer walks on their hands while keeping the legs raised off the ground.
A flat curved airfoil that spins about an axis perpendicular to the direction of flight, originally used in various parts of the world as a hunting weapon or, in returnable types, for sports or training.
verb
(RAF slang) To abort a mission and return to base early.
(intransitive) To return or rebound unexpectedly, especially when the result is undesired; to backfire.
(intransitive) To travel in a curved path.
bootmaker
bootmaker
noun
A maker of boots; a cobbler.
borderism
borromean
borromean
Adjective
Of or relating to the aristocratic Borromeo family of Northern Italy.
bottomers
bottomers
noun
plural of bottomer
bowlmaker
bowlmaker
noun
A manufacturer of bowls.
bradmaker
brahmanee
brahminee
brahmsite
brainstem
brainstem
noun
Alternative spelling of brain stem
brakesman
brakesman
noun
A brakeman; a railroad employee responsible for a train's brakes, couplings etc.
Someone who operates the winch in a mine.
brakesmen
brakesmen
noun
plural of brakesman
bramblier
bramblier
adj
comparative form of brambly: more brambly
brawlsome
brawlsome
adj
Inclined to brawl; quarrelsome.
bregmatic
bregmatic
adj
(anatomy) Pertaining to the bregma.
bremeness
bremerton
bressomer
bridemaid
bridemaid
noun
Archaic form of bridesmaid.
bridesman
bridesman
noun
A male bridesmaid; a man who attends a bride during her wedding ceremony, as part of the wedding party.
A male friend or companion of the bridegroom, having various ceremonial duties at a wedding.
bridesmen
bridesmen
noun
plural of bridesman
bridgeman
bridgemen
bridleman
brimfield
brimmered
brimstone
brimstone
noun
(archaic) Used attributively as an intensifier in exclamations.
(archaic) sulfur.
(obsolete) A whore.
The butterfly Gonepteryx rhamni of the Pieridae family.