(rare, transitive) To eradicate; to pull up by the roots.
abreacting
abreacting
verb
present participle of abreact
abreaction
abreaction
noun
(psychoanalysis) The re-living of an experience with a view to purging its emotional dross.
acerbating
acerbating
verb
present participle of acerbate
antibromic
antibromic
adj
(archaic) Having the power to eliminate offensive smells.
noun
(archaic) Any substance capable of eliminating offensive smells.
arcboutant
bacitracin
bacitracin
noun
(pharmacology) A nonprescription polypeptide antibiotic isolated from a bacillus (Bacillus subtilis or Bacillus licheniformis), usually provided in topical ointment form especially against gram-positive bacteria.
backstring
backtender
backtenter
balatronic
balatronic
adj
buffoonish
bandcutter
bankruptcy
bankruptcy
noun
(finance, law) A legally declared or recognized condition of insolvency of a person or organization.
barycenter
barycenter
noun
(geometry) The centroid, the geometric center of a plane figure
(physics) The center of a mass; often specifically, the point at which the gravitational forces exerted by two objects are equal
verb
To determine such a barycenter
barycentre
barycentre
noun
(mathematics, physics, astronomy) The point at the centre of a system; an average point, weighted according to mass or other attribute. The term is usually used in astronomy for the centre of mass about which a system rotates, for example, the moon and the earth rotate about a common point within the earth but not near the centre. Jupiter and the Sun rotate about a common point just outside the surface of the Sun.
batocrinus
batrachian
batrachian
adj
Pertaining to or resembling a frog or toad.
noun
(rare) A frog or toad.
beachfront
beachfront
adj
Of property (real estate): located on a beach.
noun
The portion of land or property that runs alongside and facing a beach.
becrusting
beneceptor
beneceptor
noun
(anatomy) A sensory receptor that sends pleasurable or beneficial signals.
benefactor
benefactor
noun
Somebody who gives a gift, often money to a charity.
Someone who performs good or noble deeds.
berecyntia
betancourt
betorcinol
bicarinate
bicarinate
adj
(biology) Dividing into two points at the end.
bicornuate
bicornuate
adj
(medicine) Resembling a pair of horns, as a malformed uterus may.
biocentric
biocentric
adj
Supporting or pertaining to biocentrism.
biocontrol
biocontrol
noun
(biology) The biological control of pests by the use of organisms that are natural predators, parasites, or pathogens
verb
To exercise such control
blackprint
blackthorn
blackthorn
noun
A large shrub or small tree, Prunus spinosa, that is native to Europe, western Asia, and north Africa. It has a dark bark and bears thorns.
A stick or staff taken from this tree.
brachydont
brachydont
adj
Having low-crowned, short teeth.
noun
(zoology) Any organism with brachydont teeth.
bracketing
bracketing
noun
(architecture) A series or group of brackets; brackets, collectively.
The act of enclosing (text, etc.) in brackets.
verb
present participle of bracket
braincraft
braincraft
noun
(rare) Intellectual work; thinking.
branchiata
branchiate
branchiate
adj
(anatomy) Furnished with branchiae; gilled, having gills.
branchiest
branchiest
adj
superlative form of branchy: most branchy
branchport
bratticing
bratticing
noun
The material used for forming brattices.
verb
present participle of brattice
britannica
bronchitic
bronchitic
adj
Of or pertaining to bronchitis.
noun
A person who has bronchitis.
bronchitis
bronchitis
noun
(countable) An occurrence of, a case (patient) of, or a type of bronchitis.
(uncountable) An inflammation of the bronchi of the lungs, that causes the cilia of the bronchial epithelial cells to stop functioning.
brownistic
buccinator
buccinator
noun
(anatomy) A thin broad muscle forming the wall of the cheek.
buchnerite
butchering
butchering
noun
The act by which someone or something is butchered; a slaughter or killing.
verb
present participle of butcher
cantabrian
cantabrian
Adjective
From, or pertaining to, Cantabria
Proper noun
A Romance language spoken in Cantabria.
Noun
Someone from Cantabria.
Someone from Canterbury
cantabrize
canterbury
canterbury
noun
A rack for magazines or other papers, usually wooden, often done as a decorative piece.
carbonated
carbonated
adj
(mineralogy) Containing calcium carbonate, often as a result of mineral carbonation.
Containing carbon dioxide gas under pressure, especially pertaining to beverages, as natural mineral water or man-made drinks.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of carbonate
carbonates
carbonates
noun
plural of carbonate
carbonator
carbonator
noun
A device that carries out carbonation.
celebrants
celebrants
noun
plural of celebrant
centerable
centerable
adj
Able to be centered.
chambertin
colbertine
colbertine
noun
(obsolete) A kind of lace.
combinator
combinator
noun
(computer science) A lambda expression which has no free variables in it.
contraband
contraband
adj
Prohibited from being traded.
noun
(countable, US, historical) A black slave during the American Civil War who had escaped to, or been captured by, Union forces.
(uncountable) Any goods which are illicit or illegal to possess.
(uncountable) Goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods.
verb
(obsolete) To declare prohibited; to forbid.
(obsolete) To import illegally; to smuggle.
contrabass
contrabass
noun
Any of the several contrabass instruments.
Double bass; string bass.
The part or section one octave lower than bass.
The person or instrument performing the contrabass part.
contradebt
contribute
contribute
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To give something that is or becomes part of a larger whole.
cornbottle
corybantes
corybantic
corybantic
adj
frenetic, ecstatic and orgiastic
of or pertaining to a Corybant
coulterneb
coulterneb
Noun
The puffin.
counterbid
counterbid
noun
(business) A bid made in response to a previous bid by another party
verb
To make a counterbid
crabeating
cribbiting
cribration
cribration
noun
The separation of the finer parts of drugs from the coarser parts by sifting.
culbertson
cumberment
cumberment
noun
encumberment; encumbrance
curbstoner
curbstoner
noun
(slang, auto) A freelancer used car dealer who places for-sale ads and meets a prospective buyer at a designated curbside address.
curbstones
curbstones
noun
plural of curbstone
cybernated
cybernated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cybernate
cybernetic
cybernetic
adj
Of or relating to computers and internet.
Of or relating to cybernetics—the mathematical study of communication and control in the animal and the machine.
describent
describent
Noun
A generatrix.
erubescent
erubescent
adj
red or reddish; blushing
herbescent
herbescent
adj
Growing into herbs.
incubators
incubators
noun
plural of incubator
incubatory
incubatory
adj
Serving for incubation.
incubiture
incubiture
noun
(obsolete) incubation
interblock
interblock
adj
Between blocks.
noun
A space or interval between two adjacent blocks or cells on a grid.
interpubic
interpubic
adj
(anatomy) Between the pubic bones or cartilage.
intricable
intricable
adj
(obsolete) Intricate, entangled.
lubricants
lubricants
noun
plural of lubricant
narcobatus
notchboard
notchboard
noun
(carpentry) The board that receives the ends of the steps in a staircase.
obtruncate
obtruncate
verb
To deprive of a limb; to lop.
procumbent
procumbent
adj
(botany) That trails along the ground
(dentistry) inclined towards the lips
prone or prostrate
rabbinitic
recubation
recubation
noun
(obsolete) recumbence
strongback
strongback
noun
(carpentry) A load-bearing post with a T-shaped cross-section, where the short T-tail prevents bowing of the long post.
(nautical) A strong bar placed across a hatch opening to hold hatch boards or hatch covers. (FM 55-501)
(nautical) The fore-and-aft spar extending from stem to stern on a lifeboat and serving as a raised spreader for a boat cover. (FM 55-501)
(sculpture) A backing pole used to reinforce and stabilize vertically-oriented sculptures.
(space science) A vertical structure used to support and stabilize a rocket, often hosting fuel and power umbilical connections. Usually retracted immediately before launch.
subcentral
subcentral
adj
Nearly central; not quite central.
Under the centre.
subchanter
subchanter
noun
An underchanter; a precentor's deputy in a cathedral; a succentor.
subcontrol
subcontrol
noun
(chiefly computing, graphical user interface) A control making up part of a larger control.
subcrenate
subcrenate
adj
(botany, zoology) Having a notched or scalloped margin
subcurrent
subcurrent
noun
A secondary or subsidiary current.
tabernacle
tabernacle
noun
(US) A temporary place of worship, especially a tent, for a tent meeting, as with a venue for revival meetings.
(biblical) The portable tent used before the construction of the temple, where the shekinah (presence of God) was believed to dwell.
(by extension) Any house of worship, especially a Mormon church.
(by extension) The Jewish Temple at Jerusalem (as continuing the functions of the earlier tabernacle).
(figuratively) Any abode or dwelling place, or especially the human body as the temporary dwelling place of the soul, or life.
(nautical) A hinged device allowing for the easy folding of a mast 90 degrees from perpendicular, as for transporting the boat on a trailer, or passing under a bridge.
A small ornamented cupboard or box used for the reserved sacrament of the Eucharist, normally located in an especially prominent place in a Roman Catholic church.
A sukkah, the booth or 'tabernacle' used during the Jewish Feast of Sukkot.
Any portable shrine used in heathen or idolatrous worship.
Any temporary dwelling; a hut, tent, or booth.
verb
(intransitive) To dwell; to abide for a time.
tenebrific
tenebrific
adj
gloomy; obscure
thorncombe
torbanitic
torbanitic
adj
Of or relating to torbanite.
transcribe
transcribe
verb
(biochemistry) To cause DNA to undergo transcription.
(computing) To transfer data from one recording medium to another.
(dictation) To make such a conversion from live or recorded speech to text.
(linguistics) To represent speech by phonetic symbols.
(music) To adapt a composition for a voice or instrument other than the original; to notate live or recorded music.
To convert a representation of language, typically speech but also sign language, etc., to another representation. The term now usually implies the conversion of speech to text by a human transcriptionist with the assistance of a computer for word processing and sometimes also for speech recognition, the process of a computer interpreting speech and converting it to text.
tuberculin
tuberculin
noun
An antigen used in the diagnosis of tuberculosis.
turbulence
turbulence
noun
(countable) An instance or type of such state or disturbance.
(uncountable) Disturbance in a gas or fluid, characterized by evidence of internal motion or unrest.
(uncountable) The state or fact of being turbulent or agitated; tempestuousness, disturbance.
(uncountable, aviation) Specifically, a state of agitation or disturbance in the air which is disruptive to an aircraft.
turbulency
turbulency
noun
Archaic form of turbulence.
turnbroach
turnbroach
noun
(obsolete) A turnspit.
turnbuckle
turnbuckle
noun
(nautical) A link threaded on both ends of a short bar which is used to pull objects together. (FM 55-501)
A coupling device consisting of two eyelets or other connection points connected in screw threads. The joint in between can be turned to shorten or lengthen the device with mechanical advantage provided by the screw threads.