(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.
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.
abutilons
abutilons
noun
plural of abutilon
alburnous
alburnous
adj
Of or pertaining to alburnum.
ambustion
ambustion
noun
(medicine, obsolete) A burn or scald.
angurboda
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.
autobahns
autobahns
noun
plural of autobahn
azorubine
azorubine
noun
(organic chemistry) a red azo dye used as a food colouring, mostly in baked goods
(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.
baronduki
bearhound
bearhound
noun
A dog for baiting or hunting bears.
beothukan
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
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
brauronia
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.
bubonidae
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.
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.
bullation
bullation
noun
(medicine) The formation of bullae or blisters.
bungaloid
bungaloid
noun
(sometimes derogatory) A house resembling a bungalow.
bungalows
bungalows
noun
plural of bungalow
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
bushwoman
bushwoman
noun
(Australia) A woman who lives or has lived in the Australian outback.
butanolid
butanolid
noun
Alternative form of butanolide
butanones
butanones
noun
plural of butanone
buttwoman
calfbound
calfbound
adj
Bound in calfskin.
caliburno
carbonium
carbonium
noun
(dated, chemistry, deprecated) Any of several organic cations; carbocation or carbenium.
carbonous
carbonous
adj
Of, relating to, or containing carbon.
casebound
casebound
adj
(of a book) hardcover (attributive)
chadbourn
clubwoman
clubwoman
noun
(dated) A woman who is a member of a club.
cohusband
colubrina
columbian
columbian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the discoverer of America, or his life or time.
Of or from any of the places called
American, from the United States of America
Noun
An inhabitant of any place called
An American, a person from the United States of America.
A stamp from the stamps.
A size of type between English and great primer, standardized as 16-point.
conchubar
connubial
connubial
adj
Of or relating to the state of being married.
conusable
conusable
adj
(obsolete) cognizable; liable to be tried or judged.
countable
countable
adj
(grammar, of a noun) Freely usable with the indefinite article and with numbers, and therefore having a plural form.
(mathematics, of a set) Countably infinite; having a bijection with the natural numbers.
(mathematics, of a set) finite or countably infinite; having a one-to-one correspondence (bijection) with a subset of the natural numbers.
Capable of being counted; having a quantity.
noun
(grammar) A countable noun.
countably
countably
adv
(mathematics) In a way that can be put into one-to-one correspondence with the natural numbers or any subset thereof.
In a countable manner; in a way that can be counted.
cubomancy
doubtance
doubtance
noun
(obsolete) doubt; uncertainty
dumbarton
dumbarton
Proper noun
a town in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland.
a CDP in Henrico County, Virginia, USA.
dunbarton
eastbound
eastbound
adj
Moving or heading towards the east.
adv
Toward the east.
enharbour
enharbour
verb
(transitive) To find (something) harbour or safety in; to dwell in or inhabit.
funambulo
guanabano
guanabano
noun
Alternative form of guanabana (“soursop, custard apple”)
handbound
handbound
adj
(of a book) bound by hand
hardbound
hardbound
adj
(of a book) Having a hardcover; hardback
houghband
incubator
incubator
noun
(business) A support programme for the development of entrepreneurial companies.
(chemistry) Any apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a reaction.
(medicine) An apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a newborn baby.
A place to maintain the culturing of bacteria at a steady temperature.
An apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for the hatching of eggs.
intubator
intubator
noun
A device which facilitates the insertion of an intubation tube.
A person who performs intubation.
isobutane
isobutane
noun
(organic chemistry) A hydrocarbon, a particular isomer of C₄H₁₀ found in natural gas.
Acting or tending to confound, obfuscate, or obscure.
Typical of or pertaining to obscurants; obscurantic; obscurantistic.
noun
A person who seeks to prevent or hinder enquiry and the advancement of knowledge or wisdom; an agent of endarkenment.
An opposer of lucidity and transparency in the political and intellectual spheres.
One who acts to confound or obfuscate; an obscurantist.
obumbrant
obumbrant
adj
overhanging
olibanums
olibanums
noun
plural of olibanum
ombudsman
ombudsman
noun
A designated internal mediator in an organization whose duty is to assist members with conflict resolution and other problems and to serve as an independent consultant to recommend changes to policies or procedures to improve organization effectiveness, efficiency, and humaneness.
An appointed official whose duty is to investigate complaints, generally on behalf of individuals such as consumers or taxpayers, against institutions such as companies and government departments.
osnabruck
osnaburgs
osnaburgs
noun
plural of osnaburg
oubliance
outbaking
outbaking
verb
present participle of outbake
outbanned
outbanter
outbranch
outbranch
noun
(data structures) One of several edges in a directed graph that has an endpoint in a specified vertex and for which the direction of the edge goes from the specified vertex to another vertex.
(law) Something that results from a law, ruling, or record, but which is separate from that law, ruling, etc.
A branch of a business that has been spun off from the parent company.
A branch of a path, stream, vessel, duct, etc. that carries whatever travels along the patch, etc away from the main path etc.
A branch of a tree, bush, or shrub that extends outward; offshoot.
An offshoot or outgrowth; something that develops from something else.
verb
To form an outbranch; to branch out or spin off.
To form more branches than.
outbrazen
outbrazen
verb
(transitive) To bear down with a brazen face.
(transitive) To surpass in impudence.
ovalbumen
ovalbumen
noun
Alternative form of ovalbumin
ovalbumin
ovalbumin
noun
(biochemistry) A glycoprotein which is the primary constituent of egg white.
pronubial
pronubial
adj
Promoting, or presiding over, marriage.
puntabout
puntabout
noun
A practice-session in rugby in which the ball is kicked between players.
The ball used for this practice.
radbourne
rainbound
rainbound
adj
Unable to move or proceed because of heavy rain.
raybourne
rosenbaum
runabouts
runabouts
noun
plural of runabout
savonburg
saxonburg
soundable
soundable
adj
Able to be sounded, or pronounced.
Capable of being sounded, or having its depth gauged.
subaction
subaction
noun
(obsolete) The act of reducing to any state, as of mixing two bodies completely.
An action that makes up part of a more complex action.
subcantor
subcantor
noun
Synonym of succentor
subcasino
subcasino
noun
A casino forming part of a larger casino.
subdeacon
subdeacon
noun
(Catholicism, chiefly historical) A Catholic cleric who assists the deacon at High Mass and normally reads the Epistle at the Eucharist.
(Catholicism, chiefly historical) A Catholic clerical rank in the major orders below that of a deacon.
(Eastern Christianity) The highest of the minor orders below that of a deacon
subganoid
sublation
sublation
noun
(chemistry) A flotation method in which the material to be separated is adsorbed on the surface of gas bubbles in a liquid and is collected on an upper layer of an immiscible liquid
(philosophy) In Hegelian philosophy, the situation where a thesis and antithesis interact.
Removal, taking away.
subnormal
subnormal
adj
(computing theory) denormal
Less than normal.
noun
(geometry) That part of the axis of a curved line which is intercepted between the ordinate and the normal.
A person whose abilities are less than normal.
subordain
subpatron
subpoenal
subpoenas
subpoenas
noun
plural of subpoena
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of subpoena
subreason
subreason
noun
A subsidiary reason
subzonary
tabourine
tabouring
tabouring
verb
present participle of tabour
tambourin
tambourin
noun
(obsolete) An old lively Provençal dance, common on the stage.
Obsolete form of tambourine (percussion instrument)
tamburone
tubaphone
tubatoxin
turbantop
turbofans
turbofans
noun
plural of turbofan
turnabout
turnabout
noun
A merry-go-round.
A reversal of a decision or opinion etc; a change of mind or flip-flop
The act of turning about so as to face in the opposite direction
ubication
ubication
noun
The condition or fact of being in, or occupying, a certain place or position; location; whereness; ubiety.
umbonated
umbonated
adj
Alternative form of umbonate
unaborted
unaborted
adj
Not aborted, not having been aborted.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unabort
unarbored
unbaronet
unboarded
unboarded
adj
Not boarded.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unboard
unboasted
unboasted
adj
Not boasted.
unbombast
unbombast
verb
(transitive, rare) To take down or discredit (bombastic speech or writing).