(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.
abductors
abductors
noun
plural of abductor
ablastous
ablastous
adj
Lacking a germ or bud.
ablutions
ablutions
noun
A building that houses bathing and toilet facilities on a military base.
plural of ablution
aboiteaus
aboiteaus
noun
plural of aboiteau
aboiteaux
abortuses
abortuses
noun
plural of abortus
abrotanum
abrotanum
noun
A bushy wormwood from Europe, sometimes used in the brewing of beer., southernwood, Artemisia abrotanum.
abruptest
abruptest
adj
superlative form of abrupt: most abrupt
abruption
abruption
noun
(archaic) A sudden termination or interruption.
A sudden breaking off; a violent separation of bodies.
absoluter
absoluter
adj
(rare) comparative form of absolute: more absolute
absolutes
absolutes
noun
plural of absolute
abstruser
abstruser
adj
(rare) comparative form of abstruse: more abstruse
absurdest
absurdest
adj
superlative form of absurd: most absurd
absurdist
absurdist
adj
Of, or relating to absurdism.
noun
An advocate of absurdism, in particular a writer of absurd topics.
absurdity
absurdity
noun
(countable) That which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction.
(obsolete, rare) Dissonance.
(uncountable) The quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment.
abutilons
abutilons
noun
plural of abutilon
abutments
abutments
noun
plural of abutment
accubitum
accubitum
noun
A bench or sofa for reclining at a table.
A dining hall or refectory.
A round dining table.
accubitus
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.
acetabula
acetabula
noun
plural of acetabulum
adumbrant
adumbrant
adj
Giving a faint shadow, or slight resemblance; shadowing forth.
adumbrate
adumbrate
verb
To foreshadow vaguely.
To give a vague outline.
To obscure or overshadow.
aetobatus
airbursts
airbursts
noun
plural of airburst
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of airburst
alburnett
altenburg
ambiguity
ambiguity
noun
(countable) words or statements that are open to more than one interpretation, explanation or meaning, especially if that meaning cannot be determined from its context.
(uncountable) The state of being ambiguous.
ambitious
ambitious
adj
(followed by "of" or the infinitive) Very desirous
(of a person or their character) Having or showing ambition; wanting a lot of power, honor, respect, superiority, or other distinction.
Hard to achieve.
Resulting from, characterized by, or indicating, ambition
ambulante
ambulated
ambulated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ambulate
ambulates
ambulates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ambulate
ambulatio
ambulator
ambulator
noun
A walker; one who walks.
ambustion
ambustion
noun
(medicine, obsolete) A burn or scald.
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.
aracatuba
arboretum
arboretum
noun
A place where many varieties of tree are grown for research, educational, and ornamental purposes.
arbuthnot
arbutuses
arbutuses
noun
plural of arbutus
arkabutla
asbestous
asbestous
Adjective
Relating to, or resembling, asbestos.
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.
ashtabula
atlasburg
atterbury
attribute
attribute
noun
(computer graphics, dated) A numeric value representing the colours of part of the screen display.
(computing, object-oriented programming) An option or setting belonging to some object.
(grammar) A word that qualifies a noun.
(logic) That which is predicated or affirmed of a subject; a predicate; an accident.
(programming) A semantic item with which a method or other code element may be decorated.
A characteristic or quality of a thing.
An object that is considered typical of someone or some function, in particular as an artistic convention.
verb
To ascribe (something) to a given cause, reason etc.
To associate ownership or authorship of (something) to someone.
aubretias
aubretias
noun
plural of aubretia
aubrietas
aubrietas
noun
plural of aubrieta
aubrietia
aubrietia
noun
A creeping perennial plant native to southeastern Europe, Aubrieta deltoidea, grown as a groundcover and in rock gardens for its dense foliage and purple, pink or white flowers.
auditable
auditable
adj
Able to be audited.
autobahns
autobahns
noun
plural of autobahn
autoblast
autobuses
autobuses
noun
plural of autobus
autophoby
autophoby
noun
Archaic form of autophobia.
auxoblast
babouvist
babouvist
Noun
A supporter or follower of or his ideas, including universal equal income and the abolition of private property.
backcourt
backcourt
noun
(basketball) A team's defensive half of the court; the part of the court where the other team's basket is located, or the guards playing in that area.
(chiefly Scotland) A courtyard behind a housing block or tenement building.
bacterium
bacterium
noun
(microbiology) A single-celled organism with cell walls but no nucleus or organelles.
baculites
baculites
noun
plural of baculite
baculitic
badmouths
badmouths
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of badmouth
baguettes
baguettes
noun
plural of baguette
balaghaut
balaustre
balbuties
balbuties
noun
(medicine, obsolete) stammering
balductum
balductum
adj
(obsolete) nonsensical
noun
(obsolete) senseless talk or writing; balderdash.
a posset
balibuntl
balusters
balusters
noun
plural of baluster
bandobust
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.
barathrum
barathrum
noun
A pit, especially one at Athens into which criminals were thrown.
The abyss, hell.
barbulate
barbulate
adj
Synonym of barbellate
barguests
barguests
noun
plural of barguest
barouchet
barouchet
noun
Alternative spelling of barouchette
barquette
barquette
noun
A kind of small sailboat.
A small boat-shaped pastry shell with a sweet or savoury filling.
barrulety
basecourt
basecourt
noun
Alternative form of base court
basketful
basketful
noun
The amount that will fit into a basket
batardeau
batardeau
noun
(military) A wall built across the ditch of a fortification, with a sluice gate to regulate the height of water in the ditch on both sides of the wall.
batesburg
bathhouse
bathhouse
noun
A building where swimmers can change clothes.
A building with baths for communal use.
A business with bath-like facilities, which chiefly serves as a place for sexual encounters, especially among men.
bathybius
bathybius
Noun
A gelatinous substance found in mud dredged from the Atlantic and once supposed to be a free living protoplasm, later found to be the result of precipitation.
battleful
battleful
adj
Full of battles or conflicts.
baulkiest
baulkiest
adj
superlative form of baulky: most baulky
bauxitite
bealtuinn
beatitude
beatitude
noun
(uncountable) Supreme, utmost bliss and happiness.
Any one of the Biblical blessings given by Jesus in Matthew 5:3–12. E.g.: "Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth"(Matthew 5:5).
beauseant
beauseant
noun
The black and white standard of the Knights Templar.
beauteous
beauteous
adj
(literary, formal) beautiful.
beautiful
beautiful
adj
(of the weather) Pleasant; clear.
Attractive and possessing beauty.
Good, admirable.
Well executed.
noun
Someone who is beautiful. Can be used as a term of address.
beautydom
beautydom
noun
The estate or rank of a beauty or of beautiful women.
becluster
becrusted
becrusted
adj
Covered with, or as if with, a crust; encrusted.
bedquilts
bedquilts
noun
plural of bedquilt
beechnuts
beechnuts
noun
plural of beechnut
befluster
befortune
befortune
verb
(poetic, dated, transitive) To befall.
befraught
befraught
adj
(rare) fraught
begruntle
begruntle
verb
(transitive) To make or render uneasy; disconcert.
begrutten
begrutten
adj
(dialectal, Scotland) Showing the effects of much weeping; marred or swollen in the face through continued weeping.
belecture
belecture
verb
(transitive) To vex with lectures; to lecture frequently.
bellmouth
bellmouth
noun
A bell-shaped extension at the end of a pipe.
belzebuth
benvenuto
beothukan
bepicture
bequeaths
bequeaths
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bequeath
bequirtle
beraunite
beraunite
Noun
A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing hydrogen, iron, oxygen, and phosphorus.
bergquist
bermudite
berrugate
beshouted
beshouted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beshout
besmutted
besmutted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of besmut
besputter
bestatued
bestatued
adj
Having a statue or statues.
bestubble
bestudded
bestudded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bestud
betelgeux
betelnuts
betelnuts
noun
plural of betelnut
bethought
bethought
adj
(of a person) Minded; disposed.
(of a thing) Intended; purposed; contrived.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bethink
bethumped
bethumped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bethump
bethunder
betrumpet
betrumpet
verb
(transitive) To trumpet about; trumpet the praise of.
betthezul
betulinic
betulinic
adj
(organic chemistry) Relating to betulinic acid or its derivatives
betulinol
betulites
betumbled
betumbled
adj
Tossed in confusion; disordered.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of betumble
betutored
beudanite
bewrought
bewrought
adj
(obsolete) embroidered
bhaktapur
bhutanese
biarcuate
biarcuate
adj
(botany) Having two arcuate curves
bicaudate
bicaudate
adj
Having two tails
bicornute
bicornute
adj
Synonym of bicornuate
bierstube
bierstube
noun
A beer hall.
bifurcate
bifurcate
adj
Divided or forked into two; bifurcated.
Having bifurcations.
verb
(intransitive) To divide or fork into two channels or branches.
(transitive) To cause to bifurcate.
bigmouths
bigmouths
noun
plural of bigmouth
biguttate
bilboquet
bilboquet
noun
A traditional children's toy consisting of a wooden cup with a handle, and a ball attached to the cup by a string.
biloquist
biloquist
noun
(rare) A person having the ability to speak in two different voices, especially as a ventriloquist.
biltongue
biltongue
noun
Archaic form of biltong.
binturong
binturong
noun
A large species of civet, Arctictis binturong, of southern Asia.