(anatomy) The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; the movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body.
(law) The wrongful, and usually forcible, carrying off of a human being.
(logic) A syllogism or form of argument in which the major premise is evident, but the minor is only probable.
Leading away; a carrying away.
abjudging
abjudging
verb
present participle of abjudge
ablutions
ablutions
noun
A building that houses bathing and toilet facilities on a military base.
plural of ablution
abnormous
abnormous
adj
(archaic) Abnormal; irregular; misshapen.
abounding
abounding
adj
Ample, plenty, abundant.
noun
An abundance.
verb
present participle of abound
abrotanum
abrotanum
noun
A bushy wormwood from Europe, sometimes used in the brewing of beer., southernwood, Artemisia abrotanum.
abruption
abruption
noun
(archaic) A sudden termination or interruption.
A sudden breaking off; a violent separation of bodies.
abuilding
abuilding
adj
(archaic, excluding US) Being built or under construction, as a structure or a vessel.
(archaic, excluding US) Developing or arising, as a trend or an idea.
abundance
abundance
noun
(Scotland) enough, sufficiency.
(card games) A bid to take nine or more tricks in solo whist.
A large quantity; many.
An overflowing fullness or ample sufficiency; profusion; copious supply; superfluity; plentifulness.
Frequency, amount, ratio of something within a given environment or sample.
Wealth; affluence; plentiful amount of resources.
abundancy
abundancy
noun
A state of plentifulness.
abutilons
abutilons
noun
plural of abutilon
abutments
abutments
noun
plural of abutment
accumbent
accumbent
adj
(botany) Lying against anything, as one part of a leaf against another leaf
Leaning or reclining, as the ancients did at their meals.
noun
One who rests in an accumbent position, especially at table.
adumbrant
adumbrant
adj
Giving a faint shadow, or slight resemblance; shadowing forth.
albinuria
albinuria
noun
Synonym of albiduria
albuginea
albuginea
noun
(anatomy) A layer of white, fibrous tissue.
albugines
alburnett
alburnous
alburnous
adj
Of or pertaining to alburnum.
alburnums
alburnums
noun
plural of alburnum
altenburg
ambulance
ambulance
noun
(military) A mobile field hospital.
(obsolete, US) A prairie wagon.
An emergency vehicle designed for transporting seriously ill or injured people to a hospital.
verb
(transitive) To transport by ambulance.
ambulante
ambushing
ambushing
verb
present participle of ambush
ambustion
ambustion
noun
(medicine, obsolete) A burn or scald.
angurboda
antiurban
antiurban
adj
(sociology) Showing a negative view of cities or city life
anukabiet
anukabiet
noun
An old Thai unit of length, approximately 2.6 centimetres.
arbuthnot
ashburton
ashburton
Proper noun
a small town on the edge of Dartmoor, Devon, England.
a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria.
a river in Western Australia, which flows into the Indian Ocean.
a large town in Canterbury, New Zealand.
a river (with two branches) in Canterbury which flows past the town to the Pacific Ocean.
a town in Natal, South Africa.
a neighbourhood in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
aubergine
aubergine
noun
(Britain) An Asian plant, Solanum melongena, cultivated for its edible purple, green, or white ovoid fruit; eggplant.
(Britain) The fruit of this plant, eaten as a vegetable.
(color) A dark purple colour; eggplant.
aurangzeb
aurungzeb
autobahns
autobahns
noun
plural of autobahn
azorubine
azorubine
noun
(organic chemistry) a red azo dye used as a food colouring, mostly in baked goods
babungera
baduhenna
baigneuse
baldaquin
baldaquin
noun
Alternative form of baldacchin
baldoquin
balibuntl
bandobust
bandurria
bandurria
noun
A bird, the black-faced ibis.
A plectrum-plucked stringed instrument with a flat-backed pear-shaped body, with twelve strings in six courses in its most common modern form, originating in Spain.
bandusian
banefully
banefully
adv
In a baneful way.
bangweulu
banjulele
banjulele
noun
Alternative form of banjolele
bankrupcy
bankrupcy
noun
Misspelling of bankruptcy.
bankrupts
bankrupts
noun
plural of bankrupt
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bankrupt
banqueted
banqueted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of banquet
banqueter
banqueter
noun
A guest at a banquet.
banquette
banquette
noun
(Louisiana, Texas) A sidewalk.
(dated) A bench or similar seat on top of a diligence or other public vehicle.
(military) A narrow area behind a defensive wall's parapet elevated above its terreplein and used by defenders to shoot at attackers.
A bench built into a wall, especially (military) one built into a wall of a defensive trench, used for sitting and for shooting at attackers.
An upholstered bench, e.g., along a wall of a restaurant or lounge area.
bantustan
bantustan
noun
(derogatory) A political entity reminiscent of the old apartheid-era territories of the same name.
(originally South Africa, historical) Any of ten former territories defined as homelands for black South Africans.
(uncountable, specifically, historical) A pidgin spoken by French and First Nations people in the 17th century in the region of North America now called Montreal.
barkbound
barkbound
adj
Prevented from growing, by having the bark too firm or close.
barnumism
barnumize
barnumize
verb
Alternative form of Barnumize
baronduki
baudekins
baudekins
noun
plural of baudekin
bauhinias
bauhinias
noun
plural of bauhinia
bealtuinn
bearhound
bearhound
noun
A dog for baiting or hunting bears.
beauseant
beauseant
noun
The black and white standard of the Knights Templar.
bechuanas
bedaubing
bedaubing
verb
present participle of bedaub
behusband
belauding
belauding
verb
present participle of belaud
beothukan
beraunite
beraunite
Noun
A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing hydrogen, iron, oxygen, and phosphorus.
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.
beudanite
bhaunagar
bhutanese
biangular
biangular
adj
Having two angles or corners.
bidiurnal
bidiurnal
adj
Every other day.
biguanide
biguanide
noun
(organic chemistry) The compound imidodicarbonimidic diamide derived from guanidine
Any of a class of antihyperglycemic and antimalarial drugs based upon this compound.
bilingual
bilingual
adj
Characterized by the use or presence of two languages.
Having the ability to speak two languages.
Hypernym: multilingual
Spoken or written in two different languages.
noun
A person who is able to use two languages.
bilinguar
bilinguar
adj
Obsolete form of bilingual.
binocular
binocular
adj
Using two eyes or viewpoints; especially, using two eyes or viewpoints to ascertain distance.
noun
(dated) Any binocular glass, such as an opera glass, telescope, or microscope.
A pair of binoculars.
attributive form of binoculars
binuclear
binuclear
adj
having two nuclei; binucleate
bipunctal
bisannual
bisinuate
bisinuate
adj
(botany) doubly sinuate
blackburn
blackburn
Proper noun
A town in Lancashire, England
blancanus
blandburg
blennuria
blunthead
boarhound
boarhound
noun
A large dog, descended from breeds originally used to hunt boars.
bollandus
bondurant
borussian
bosanquet
bottineau
bottineau
Proper noun
A city in North Dakota.
botulinal
botulinal
adj
Of or pertaining to botulism or botulin toxins.
bouffancy
bouffancy
noun
The quality of being bouffant.
bouffante
bouffants
bouffants
noun
plural of bouffant
boulanger
boulanger
noun
(Guyana) eggplant; aubergine
boundable
boundable
adj
Able to be bounded or circumscribed.
bouphonia
brachinus
branchful
branchful
noun
As much as a branch can hold.
branguses
brasquing
brauneria
braunfels
braunites
braunites
noun
plural of braunite
brauronia
breadnuts
breadnuts
noun
plural of breadnut
brummagen
brumstane
brunellia
brunhilda
brunonian
brunonian
Adjective
Of or relating to (1735–1788), Scottish physician who taught that disease was caused by either excessive or inadequate stimulation.
Noun
A student of Rhode Island, USA.
brushland
brushland
noun
an area mostly covered with brush growth
bryanthus
bubonidae
buccaneer
buccaneer
noun
(nautical) Any of a group of seamen who cruised on their own account on the Spanish Main and in the Pacific in the 17th century, who were similar to pirates but did not prey on ships of their own nation.
A pirate.
verb
To engage in piracy against any but one's own nation's ships.
buccaning
buccaning
verb
present participle of buccan
buccanned
bucentaur
bucentaur
noun
A Venetian barge modelled on the state barge (called Bucentaur) used annually on Ascension Day in the ancient ceremony of the marriage of the state with the Adriatic.
A supposed mythical monster, half ox, half man.
buchanite
buckbeans
buckbeans
noun
plural of buckbean
bucketman
buckwagon
buckwagon
noun
(South Africa) A strong wagon with a frame over the wheels used for hauling goods.
(US) A buckboard; a wagon for personal transport as well as transporting goods.
bucranium
bucranium
noun
The head of an ox.
buddleman
bufonidae
bufotalin
bufotalin
noun
(organic chemistry) A cardiotoxic bufanolide steroid secreted by the common European toad (Bufo bufo) and other related toads such as Bufo melanostictus.
bulgarian
bullation
bullation
noun
(medicine) The formation of bullae or blisters.
bullivant
bullsnake
bullsnake
noun
Pituophis catenifer sayi, a large non-venomous colubrid snake endemic to the central United States, northern Mexico, and southwestern Canada.
bundaberg
bundahish
bundesrat
bundesrat
Proper noun
federal council of Germany
bundestag
bundestag
Proper noun
The federal/state parliament of Germany.
bungaloid
bungaloid
noun
(sometimes derogatory) A house resembling a bungalow.
bungalows
bungalows
noun
plural of bungalow
bungmaker
buninahua
bunkerage
bunkerage
noun
(nautical) Oil or coal used for the engine of a vessel
(nautical) The act of bunkering (loading a vessel with oil or coal)
bunkerman
bunkerman
noun
(historical) A man in charge of an industrial coal storage bunker.
bunkmates
bunkmates
noun
plural of bunkmate
bunodonta
buonamani
buonamano
buonamano
noun
In Italian contexts, a tip or gratuity.
buoyances
buoyances
noun
plural of buoyance
buoyantly
buoyantly
adv
In a buoyant manner.
burdalone
burkundaz
burkundaz
noun
(India, now historical) An armed guard or watchman.
burmannia
burratine
burrawang
burrawang
noun
(Australia) Any of various cycads in the genus Macrozamia.