(chiefly law) The act of abetting or assisting in a crime, wrongdoing etc.
Encouragement or assistance.
abutment
abutment
noun
(architecture) That element that shares a common boundary or surface with its neighbor.
(dentistry) The tooth that supports a denture or bridge.
(engineering) A construction that supports the ends of a bridge; a structure that anchors the cables on a suspension bridge.
(engineering) The part of a valley or canyon wall against which a dam is constructed.
(engineering, architecture) The solid portion of a structure that supports the lateral pressure of an arch or vault.
A fixed point or surface where resistance is obtained.
Something that abuts, or on which something abuts.
The point of junction between two things, in particular a support, that abuts.
The state of abutting.
alembert
amatembu
amberite
amberite
noun
A kind of smokeless powder.
ambients
ambients
noun
plural of ambient
ambition
ambition
noun
(countable) An object of an ardent desire.
(obsolete) The act of going about to solicit or obtain an office, or any other object of desire; canvassing.
(uncountable) A personal quality similar to motivation, not necessarily tied to a single goal.
(uncountable, countable) Eager or inordinate desire for some object that confers distinction, as preferment, honor, superiority, political power, or fame; desire to distinguish one's self from other people.
A desire, as in (sense 1), for another person to achieve these things.
verb
To seek after ambitiously or eagerly; to covet.
ambivert
ambivert
noun
(psychology) A person who is neither clearly extroverted nor introverted, but has characteristics of each.
amblotic
amblotic
adj
Causing or relating to amblosis; abortifacient.
ambonite
ambreate
ambreate
noun
(chemistry) A salt of ambreic acid.
ambrette
ambrette
noun
The essential oil produced from the seeds of the musk mallow.
The musk mallow plant (Abelmoschus moschatus).
ambulant
ambulant
adj
Able to walk.
Designed for use by somebody with a disability that impairs, but does not prevent, walking.
noun
A patient who is able to walk.
ambulate
ambulate
verb
(intransitive) To walk; to relocate oneself under the power of one's own legs.
amitabha
amoibite
antibalm
arbustum
armbrust
atremble
atremble
adj
Trembling.
backmost
backmost
adj
farthest back
badmouth
badmouth
verb
(informal) To criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully.
bailment
bailment
noun
(law) The handing over of control over, or possession of, personal property by one person, the bailor, to another, the bailee, for a specific purpose upon which the parties have agreed.
(obsolete) Bail.
bakemeat
bakemeat
noun
(obsolete) Any baked product (such as a pie)
balmiest
balmiest
adj
superlative form of balmy: most balmy
baphomet
baphomet
Proper noun
A deity which medieval Christians mistakenly imagined that pagans, the Knights Templar and (sometimes) Muslims worshipped, and which figures into some modern occultist and Satanic religions.
baptisms
baptisms
noun
plural of baptism
barmiest
barmiest
adj
superlative form of barmy: most barmy
barometz
barometz
noun
(mythology) A purported zoophyte, half-animal and half-plant, said to grow in the form of a sheep.
The golden chicken fern or woolly fern (Cibotium barometz), the rhizomes of which are covered in furry brown hair; the legend (sense 1) is supposed to have arisen because, when inverted, the rhizomes with stalks growing out of them resemble lambs.
bartlemy
basement
basement
noun
(geology) A mass of igneous or metamorphic rock forming the foundation over which a platform of sedimentary rocks is laid.
(sports, informal) Last place in a sports conference standings.
A floor of a building below ground level.
bashment
bashment
noun
(slang, countable, especially Jamaican) A party or rave.
(slang, uncountable, music, especially Jamaican) Dancehall music.
batamote
batement
batement
noun
abatement; diminution
bathmats
bathmats
noun
plural of bathmat
bathmism
bathmism
noun
(obsolete) A supposed "growth force" in vitalism.
bathroom
bathroom
noun
(chiefly US, South Africa, Canada, euphemistic) A lavatory: a room containing a toilet and (typically but not necessarily) a bathtub.
A room containing a shower and/or bathtub, and (typically but not necessarily) a toilet.
batwoman
batwoman
noun
(UK, military) A female batman (servant)
batwomen
batwomen
noun
plural of batwoman
baysmelt
beamiest
beamiest
adj
superlative form of beamy: most beamy
beamster
beamster
noun
A workman engaged in beaming or slicking hides.
beastdom
beastdom
noun
The condition of a beast; beasthood.
beastman
beastman
noun
(fantasy) An intelligent man-sized beast with varying characteristics.
beaumont
beaumont
Proper noun
An English habitational surname from any of several places in France.
A city in Texas, USA
becometh
becometh
verb
(archaic) third-person singular simple present form of become
bedmates
bedmates
noun
plural of bedmate
bedtimes
bedtimes
noun
plural of bedtime
behemoth
behemoth
noun
(biblical) A great and mighty beast God shows Job in Job 40:15–24.
(by extension) Any great and mighty monster.
(figurative) Something which has the qualities of great power and might, and monstrous proportions.
bellmont
belmonte
beltrami
beltrami
Proper noun
a tiny "city" in Polk County, Minnesota, USA
a neighbourhood in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
bemantle
bemartyr
bemaster
bemaster
verb
(obsolete) To master throughly; dominate.
bemisted
bemisted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bemist
bemitred
bergamot
bergamot
noun
A coarse tapestry, manufactured from flock of cotton or hemp, mixed with ox's or goat's hair.
A tree of the orange family (Citrus × limon, syn. Citrus bergamia), having a roundish or pear-shaped fruit, from the rind of which an essential oil of delicious odor is extracted, much prized as a perfume.
A variety of pear.
A variety of snuff perfumed with bergamot.
Mentha × piperita, nothosubspecies citrata, more commonly known as bergamot mint
Monarda didyma, also known as American bergamot or bee balm.
The essence or perfume made from the fruit.
The fruit from the bergamot tree
besmooth
besmooth
Verb
To make smooth.
besmutch
besmutch
Verb
To besmirch.
bestream
bestream
verb
(intransitive) To stream around, about, or all over; flood.
(transitive) To drench; mark by streams of.
(transitive) To flow in a stream; stream down.
(transitive, by extension) To cover or be covered in; adorn; wear.
betacism
betacism
noun
(phonology) A sound change in which [b] (the voiced bilabial plosive) shifts to [v] (the voiced labiodental fricative).
A speech disorder involving excessive use of the [b] sound, or conversion of other sounds into it.
bethumps
bethumps
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bethump
betimber
betimber
verb
(transitive) To build.
(transitive) To furnish with timber; timber.
betjeman
bevomits
bevomits
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bevomit
biamonte
biatomic
biatomic
adj
(chemistry, nonstandard) diatomic
bigamist
bigamist
noun
One who practices bigamy.
bigmouth
bigmouth
adj
(zoology) Applied to various creatures that have a large mouth.
noun
(informal, derogatory) One who talks too much or says things which should not be said.
bihamate
biliment
biliment
noun
(obsolete) A woman's ornament; habiliment.
biltmore
bimastic
bimester
bimester
noun
A period of two months.
bimetals
bimetals
noun
plural of bimetal
bimethyl
bimethyl
noun
Synonym of dimethyl
bimotors
bimotors
noun
plural of bimotor
biometer
biometer
noun
(biology) A device that is used to detect the presence of life by detecting and measuring minute amounts of evolved carbon dioxide.
biometry
biometry
noun
(dated) The measurement of biological data.
The analysis of biological statistics; biostatistics.
The application of biostatistics to security; biometrics.
birthdom
birthdom
noun
Privilege of birth; one's inheritance; birthright.
The land of one's birth.
bismuths
bismuths
noun
plural of bismuth
bitheism
bitheism
noun
A form of dualism that recognizes two deities which are not in conflict or opposition (as good vs evil) but rather are in two exclusive forms or states (like male and female).
bitumens
bitumens
noun
plural of bitumen
blastema
blastema
noun
(physiology) A clump of undifferentiated cells or blasts, from which an organ or body part will develop, either during the normal growth of an embryo or in the regeneration of a lost body part.
blastman
blastoma
blastoma
noun
(pathology) A tumour that is caused by malignancies in precursor cells or blasts.
blomkest
bluemont
bluestem
bluestem
noun
(US) Any of various grasses having bluish stems, including little bluestem and big bluestem.
boatsman
boatsman
noun
A boatman.
boatsmen
boatsmen
noun
plural of boatsman
bodement
bodement
noun
(obsolete) An omen; a prognostic.
bodiment
boehmist
boehmite
boehmite
noun
(mineralogy) A mixed oxide and hydroxide of aluminium.
bombasts
bombasts
noun
plural of bombast
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bombast
bombazet
bombazet
noun
A kind of thin woollen cloth that may be either plain or twilled.
bookmate
bookmate
noun
A schoolfellow; an associate in studying.
boomboat
boomiest
boomiest
adj
superlative form of boomy: most boomy
boomlets
boomlets
noun
plural of boomlet
boomster
boomster
noun
One engaged in booming the market or a political candidate for office; one who works up a boom.
boomtown
boomtown
noun
Alternative form of boom town
boothman
boothman
noun
(archaic or chiefly dialectal) A corn merchant, especially one in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
(rare) One who mans a booth, such as at a fair or (historically) a Thing.
A projectionist at a movie theater.
bothrium
bothrium
noun
(zoology) A tentacle; a nerve ending that has a similar morphology
bottomed
bottomed
adj
(in combination) Having some specified type of bottom.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bottom
bottomer
bottomer
noun
(mining) A person employed to attend to the bottom of the shaft.
A person who makes the seat part of a chair.
bottomry
bottomry
noun
(nautical) An early form of maritime contract in which the owner of a ship could borrow money using the ship as collateral.
botulism
botulism
noun
(pathology) Poisoning caused by the toxin from Clostridium botulinum, an anaerobic bacterium that grows in improperly prepared food.
bramante
bregmata
bregmata
noun
plural of bregma
bregmate
bromated
bromated
adj
(chemistry) brominated
bromates
bromates
noun
plural of bromate
bromlite
bromlite
noun
(mineralogy) The mineral alstonite.
bromuret
bromuret
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) A bromide.
bronteum
brottman
brutedom
brutedom
noun
The condition of being a brute; brutality.
brutisms
brutisms
noun
plural of brutism
bsbusmgt
bsindmgt
bultmann
bumbaste
bumboats
bumboats
noun
plural of bumboat
bumpiest
bumpiest
adj
superlative form of bumpy: most bumpy
bunemost
bunkmate
bunkmate
noun
Especially, one who shares a bunk bed.
One who sleeps in the same area as another person.
burgamot
burgamot
noun
Archaic form of bergamot.
burhmoot
bushment
bushment
noun
(obsolete) A surprise party; a company of soldiers secretly deployed.
(obsolete) An ambush.
(obsolete) The troops concealed in an ambush.
butolism
buttyman
buttyman
noun
(mining) Synonym of butty (“miner who works under contract”)
buxomest
buxomest
adj
superlative form of buxom: most buxom
cambiata
cambists
cambists
noun
plural of cambist
catacomb
catacomb
noun
(often plural) An underground system of tunnels and chambers with recesses for graves, used (in former times) as a cemetery; a tunnel system used for burying the dead, as in Paris or Ancient Rome.
chimbote
clubmate
clubmate
noun
A person who is in the same club as another person
combated
combated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of combat
combater
combater
noun
One who combats.
[…] in that great day of the Lord hee shall come to iudge the quicke and dead, bringing these Garlands in hand as the prises for the combaters […]
combusts
combusts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of combust
coumbite
crabmeat
crabmeat
noun
The meat of a crab.
crampbit
crumblet
crumblet
noun
A small crumb.
demibath
demibelt
demitube
drumbeat
drumbeat
noun
(by extension) A repetitive beating sound.
(figuratively) A driving force.
The beating of a drum.
The sound of a beating drum.
embattle
embattle
noun
(heraldry) A merlon, or a single one of the series of solid projections of a battlement.
verb
(intransitive) To be arrayed for battle.
(transitive) To arrange in order of battle; to array for battle.
(transitive) To furnish with battlements; to give the form of battlements to.
To prepare or arm for battle; to equip as for battle.
embetter
embetter
Verb
To make better; improve.
embitter
embitter
verb
To cause to be bitter.
emboites
embolite
embolite
noun
(mineralogy) A mineral consisting of silver chloride and silver bromide; a variety of bromian chlorargyrite.