A village in Broxtowe borough, Nottinghamshire, England.
attributions
attributions
noun
plural of attribution
backcourtman
backcourtman
noun
(basketball) A backcourt player.
backcourtmen
backcourtmen
noun
plural of backcourtman
backgrounded
backgrounded
adj
(computing) (of a task) Made non-interactive
Moved to the background
verb
simple past tense and past participle of background
backgrounder
backgrounder
noun
(chiefly US) A briefing or document typically provided prior to a meeting or other event that gives basic details on subjects that are likely to be mentioned.
A cattle farmer or rancher who runs a backgrounding operation.
A person employed to draw backgrounds for a comic or cartoon.
balaniferous
balaniferous
adj
(nonce word) Bearing or producing acorns.
bananivorous
bananivorous
adj
(rare) Feeding on bananas; banana-eating.
baragouinish
battleground
battleground
noun
(US politics) Ellipsis of battleground state.
(figurative) Any place or situation of dispute or contention
(figurative) Any subject of dispute or contention.
A location where a battle may be fought, or has been fought.
beardtongues
beardtongues
noun
plural of beardtongue
beglamouring
beglamouring
verb
present participle of beglamour
benzoazurine
bifurcations
bifurcations
noun
plural of bifurcation
binocularity
binocularity
noun
Binocular vision.
bleachground
blepharoncus
bloomingburg
bloomsburian
blusteration
blusteration
noun
blustering
bodyguarding
bodyguarding
noun
The profession of a bodyguard, protecting another from harm.
bondieuserie
bondieuserie
noun
Any devotional ornament or church object, especially one having little artistic value; a religious knick-knack.
borotungstic
boulangerite
boulangerite
noun
(mineralogy) A lead antimony sulfide mineral that forms metallic grey monoclinic crystals.
bouleuterion
bouleuterion
noun
(architecture, historical) A building in Ancient Greece, housing the boule (council of citizens), where public affairs were discussed.
bounderishly
bounderishly
adv
In a bounderish manner.
bourbonesque
bourignonism
bourignonist
boutonnieres
boutonnieres
noun
plural of boutonniere
branchiosaur
branchiosaur
noun
Any prehistoric amphibian of the genus Branchiosaurus
branchiurous
brassbounder
brassbounder
noun
(nautical, historical) A young ship's apprentice whose parents paid for him to have certain privileges on board.
breviloquent
breviloquent
adj
Exhibiting breviloquence; concise.
bronchiloquy
broncobuster
broncobuster
noun
(chiefly US) A person who breaks horses so that they can be ridden with a saddle.
brontosaurus
brontosaurus
noun
One of the largest land animals to ever walk the earth; a Brontosaurus.
broussonetia
brunoniaceae
buddenbrooks
buffooneries
buffooneries
noun
plural of buffoonery
bulbonuclear
bundlerooted
burdensomely
burdensomely
adv
In a burdensome fashion.
burgettstown
burtonsville
buttermonger
buttermonger
noun
(historical) A seller of butter.
buttonholder
buttonholers
buttonholers
noun
plural of buttonholer
butyrousness
byelorussian
carbonaceous
carbonaceous
adj
of, relating to, rich in, or yielding carbon, or a compound of carbon.
carburetions
carburetions
noun
plural of carburetion
confabulator
confabulator
noun
One who confabulates.
configurable
configurable
adj
Capable of being configured; customisable; permitting rearrangement or adjustment.
constabulary
constabulary
adj
Characteristic of police; police-like, rather than military.
Of or relating to constables.
noun
A police force.
The police in a particular district or area.
contributary
contributary
adj
Obsolete form of contributory.
contributing
contributing
verb
present participle and gerund of contribute
contribution
contribution
noun
An amount of money given toward something.
Something given or offered that adds to a larger whole.
The act of contributing.
The taking part, often with the idea that it has led to (scientific etc.) progress.
contributive
contributive
adj
Tending to contribute; making a contribution
contributors
contributors
noun
plural of contributor
contributory
contributory
adj
(obsolete) Paying tribute, tributary.
Of, pertaining to, or involving a contribution
Tending to contribute to a result
contubernial
contubernial
adj
Alternative form of contubernal
contubernium
conturbation
conturbation
noun
disorder, disturbance
conurbations
conurbations
noun
plural of conurbation
cornubianite
cornubianite
noun
(mineralogy) A dark-blue laminated rock found in Cornwall with granite.
corytuberine
corytuberine
noun
(organic chemistry) An aporphine alkaloid found in the family Hernandiaceae of flowering plants.
counterblast
counterblast
noun
A work that strongly refutes or criticises another.
counterblows
counterblows
noun
plural of counterblow
counterbored
counterbored
verb
simple past tense and past participle of counterbore
counterborer
counterbrace
counterbrace
verb
(engineering, transitive) To brace in such a way that opposite strains are resisted.
(nautical, transitive) To brace in opposite directions.
counterbrand
counterbrand
noun
A replacement brand of this kind on cattle.
verb
(transitive) To brand (cattle) with a new and different brand, to mark change of ownership.
cumbrousness
cumbrousness
noun
The state or quality of being cumbrous.
currycombing
currycombing
verb
present participle of currycomb
daunorubicin
daunorubicin
noun
(pharmacology) A synthetic anthracycline antibiotic C₂₇H₂₉NO₁₀ which is a nitrogenous glycoside that interferes with DNA synthesis and is used in the treatment of acute leukemia and other cancers.
dibenzofuran
dibenzofuran
noun
(organic chemistry) The tricyclic heterocycle in which two benzene rings are fused to that of furan; any of its derivatives, especially the halogenated derivatives that are similar to dioxins
dibranchious
distribution
distribution
noun
(business, marketing) The process by which goods get to final consumers over a geographical market, including storing, selling, shipping and advertising.
(card games) The way in which a player's hand is divided in suits, or in which a particular suit is divided between the players.
(economics) The apportionment of income or wealth in a population.
(finance) The process or result of the sale of securities, especially their placement among investors with long-term investment strategies.
(logic) The resolution of a whole into its parts.
(mathematics, differential geometry) A subset of the tangent bundle of a manifold that satisfies certain properties; used to construct the notions of integrability and foliation of a manifold.
(mathematics, statistics) A probability distribution; the set of relative likelihoods that a variable will have a value in a given interval.
(printing, historical) The process of sorting the types and placing them in their proper boxes in the cases.
(rhetoric) A rhetorical technique in which a subject is divided into multiple cases based on some property or properties, and each case is addressed individually.
(software) A set of bundled software components
(steam engines) The steps or operations by which steam is supplied to and withdrawn from the cylinder at each stroke of the piston: admission, suppression or cutting off, release or exhaust, and compression of exhaust steam prior to the next admission.
An act of distributing or state of being distributed.
An apportionment by law (of funds, property).
Anything distributed; portion; share.
The frequency of occurrence or extent of existence.
The result of distributing; arrangement.
The total number of something sold or delivered to the clients.
disturbation
disturbation
Noun
disturbance
doubleganger
doubleganger
noun
A doppelganger.
doublehorned
doxorubicins
doxorubicins
noun
plural of doxorubicin
dumbfounders
dumbfounders
noun
plural of dumbfounder
elucubration
elucubration
noun
The act of elucubrating.
emballonurid
emballonurid
noun
(zoology) Any member of the Emballonuridae.
endoglobular
endoglobular
adj
Synonym of endoglobar
enterolobium
fibroneuroma
fibronuclear
fluorbenzene
fluorocarbon
fluorocarbon
noun
(chemistry) Any derivative of a hydrocarbon in which every hydrogen atom has been replaced by fluorine.
fractonimbus
funambulator
funambulator
noun
tightrope walker
gainsborough
gainsborough
Proper noun
A town in Lincolnshire, England.
A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.
glabrousness
glabrousness
noun
The quality of being glabrous.
globularness
globularness
noun
The quality of being globular.
globulinuria
globulinuria
noun
(pathology) The presence of globulin in the urine.
granuloblast
granuloblast
noun
Synonym of myeloblast (an immature granulocyte)
groundbursts
groundbursts
noun
plural of groundburst
harrisonburg
harrisonburg
Proper noun
a village in Louisiana, USA
an independent city in Virginia, USA, which is the county seat of
hydroturbine
importunable
importunable
adj
(obsolete) heavy; insupportable
incubatorium
incubatorium
noun
(science fiction) A place where fetuses are stored in a state of incubation.
(zoology) A brood pouch.
ingleborough
inobscurable
inobscurable
adj
(uncommon) Synonym of unobscurable.
insalubrious
insalubrious
adj
Unhealthful, not providing or promoting health.
interborough
interborough
adj
Between boroughs.
interfibrous
interfibrous
adj
(anatomy) Between fibers.
interlobular
interlobular
adj
(anatomy) Between lobules.
intersoluble
intersoluble
adj
(chemistry) Each soluble within the other.
intralobular
intralobular
adj
(anatomy) Within lobules.
introducible
introducible
adj
able to be introduced
johannesburg
johannesburg
Proper noun
The largest city of South Africa.
jonesborough
laborousness
labouredness
laboursaving
libaniferous
lubrications
lubrications
noun
plural of lubrication
lubrifaction
lubrifaction
noun
lubrication
lucubrations
lucubrations
noun
plural of lucubration
lyndeborough
marcobrunner
masturbation
masturbation
noun
(figurative) A vain activity.
Manual erotic stimulation of the genitals or other erotic regions, often to orgasm, either by oneself or a partner.
membranously
membranously
adv
In a membranous manner.
menobranchus
menobranchus
noun
(archaic) mudpuppy
middlebourne
middlebourne
Proper noun
an unincorporated community in Ohio, USA.
a town in West Virginia, USA
moneygrubber
moneygrubber
noun
A person who is avariciously and greedily intent on accumulating money.
nasoturbinal
nasoturbinal
adj
Alternative form of nasoturbinate
nebuliferous
neighbouress
neighbouress
noun
(rare) A female neighbor.
neighbouring
neighbouring
adj
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of neighboring
neoytterbium
neoytterbium
noun
(obsolete) ytterbium
neurobiology
neurobiology
noun
(biology) The scientific study of nerve and brain function in people and animals.
neuroblastic
neuroblastic
adj
Of or pertaining to a neuroblastoma.
neurofibrils
neurofibrils
noun
plural of neurofibril
neurofibroma
neurofibroma
noun
(medicine) A benign tumor composed of fibroblasts surrounding nerve cells
nimbostratus
nimbostratus
noun
(meteorology) According to the World Meteorological Organization, a mid-level, principal cloud type, generally formless and dark grey in colour, which forms from altostratus occurring in layers at the middle altitude of the troposphere (usually above 2400 metres). Nimbostratus usually brings precipitation as the mid-level clouds thicken and subside into the low level of the troposphere. Frontal or cyclonic lift can also carry the top of a deep nimbostratus layer into the high levels of the troposphere. Also classified or characterized as multi-level; abbreviated Ns.