(obsolete) Drawing away from the median axis of the body, as a muscle; see etymology abducting.
noun
(neuroanatomy) An abducens nerve.
That which abducts.
abducentes
abducentes
noun
plural of abducens
abducing
abducing
verb
present participle of abduce
abducting
abducting
verb
present participle of abduct
abduction
abduction
noun
(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.
abductions
abductions
noun
plural of abduction
abjudicating
abjudicating
verb
present participle of abjudicate
abjudication
abjudication
noun
(law, rare) Rejection by judicial sentence.
abscound
abundance
abundance
noun
(Scotland) enough, sufficiency.
(card games) A bid to take nine or more tricks in solo whist.
A large quantity; many.
An overflowing fullness or ample sufficiency; profusion; copious supply; superfluity; plentifulness.
Frequency, amount, ratio of something within a given environment or sample.
Wealth; affluence; plentiful amount of resources.
abundances
abundances
noun
plural of abundance
abundancy
abundancy
noun
A state of plentifulness.
ambulanced
ambulanced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ambulance
ambuscading
ambuscading
verb
present participle of ambuscade
audubonistic
background
background
adj
Less important or less noticeable in a scene or system.
noun
(computing) A type of activity on a computer that is not normally visible to the user.
(computing) The image or color over which a computer's desktop items are shown (e.g. icons or application windows).
(physics) Clipping of background radiation.
A less important feature of scenery (as opposed to foreground).
A part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject; context.
Information relevant to the current situation about past events; history.
One's social heritage, or previous life; what one did in the past.
verb
(journalism) To gather and provide background information (on).
To put in a position that is not prominent.
simple past tense and past participle of backgrind
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.
backgrounds
backgrounds
noun
plural of background
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of background
bandcutter
bareknuckled
barracudina
barracudina
noun
Any of the elongated ray-finned fish of the order Paralepididae.
bechuanaland
bechuanaland
Proper noun
A former name of what is now Botswana, used until 1966
becurtained
becurtained
verb
simple past tense and past participle of becurtain
bejaundice
bidenticulate
bidenticulate
adj
Having two denticles.
binucleated
binucleated
adj
binucleate
bishydroxycoumarin
bishydroxycoumarin
noun
(organic chemistry) Synonym of dicumarol
blandiloquence
blandiloquence
noun
(archaic) flattery [from 17th c.]
bleachground
blockaderunning
branchiopodous
buccaned
buccaned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of buccan
buccaneered
buccaneered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of buccaneer
buccanned
buccinidae
bucconidae
buchenwald
buckland
bucklandite
bunchbacked
caducibranch
caducibranch
noun
(zoology) Any caducibranchiate organism.
caducibranchiata
caducibranchiate
caducibranchiate
adj
(zoology) With temporary gills; applied to those amphibians in which the gills do not remain in adult life.
calcaneocuboid
calcaneocuboid
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the calcaneus and the cuboid bone.
calfbound
calfbound
adj
Bound in calfskin.
canandelabrum
candelabrum
candelabrum
noun
A candle holder.
candelabrums
carborundum
carborundum
noun
Crystals of silicon carbide used as an abrasive.
carbuncled
carbuncled
adj
Affected with a carbuncle or carbuncles; marked with red sores; pimpled and blotched.
Set with carbuncles (red precious stones).
casebound
casebound
adj
(of a book) hardcover (attributive)
ceratomandibular
chadbourn
chadbourne
chadburn
chateaubriand
chateaubriand
noun
A thick, juicy cut from the center of a beef tenderloin.
chondroalbuminoid
chondroalbuminoid
adj
chondral and albuminoid
chondrofibromatous
clubhand
clubhand
noun
(medicine) A short, distorted hand.
clubhands
clubhands
noun
plural of clubhand
clubionidae
clubland
clubland
noun
(uncountable, collective) The world or scene of nightclubs and people who frequent them.
The part of a city where nightclubs are located.
coabound
coachbuilding
coachbuilding
noun
The construction of coaches.
cogitabund
cogitabund
adj
(archaic, literary) Deep in thought; meditative, thoughtful.
cogitabundity
cogitabundity
noun
(archaic, literary) The state of being cogitabund, or deep in thought.
cogitabundly
cogitabundous
cohusband
compoundable
compoundable
adj
That can be compounded.
concludable
concludable
adj
That can be concluded.
conduceability
confabulated
confabulated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confabulate
confoundable
confoundable
adj
That can be confounded
consubstantiated
consubstantiated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of consubstantiate
coracomandibular
coracomandibular
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the coracoid process and the mandible.
cosubordinate
counterbalanced
counterbalanced
adj
Having a counterbalance
verb
simple past tense and past participle of counterbalance
counterband
counterblockade
counterblockade
noun
A blockade set up in opposition to another blockade.
counterblockades
counterblockades
noun
plural of counterblockade
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.
counterembattled
countermandable
countermandable
adj
Capable of being countermanded.
cuboctahedron
cuboctahedron
noun
(geometry) An Archimedean solid that has fourteen faces (eight triangular and six square) and is both isogonal and isotoxal.
cubomedusan
cubomedusan
adj
Of or pertaining to the cubomedusa
cumberland
cumberland
Proper noun
A maritime former border county of England, since 1974 absorbed into Cumbria.
A city in Maryland, USA
A CDP in Virginia, USA
A river in the eastern United States, tributary to the Ohio.
A town on British Columbia, Canada.
cumberlandite
cumbernauld
cumbernauld
Proper noun
a town in council area, Scotland, a new town founded in the 1950s on the site of a village of the same name
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.
debauchedness
debauchedness
noun
The state or quality of being debauched.
debauching
debauching
verb
present participle of debauch
debauchment
debauchment
noun
The act of debauching or corrupting; the act of seducing from virtue or duty.
decarburation
decarburisation
decarburisation
noun
Alternative form of decarburization
decarburising
decarburising
verb
present participle of decarburise
decarburization
decarburization
noun
The act, process, or result of decarburizing.
decarburizing
decarburizing
verb
present participle of decarburize
decompoundable
decompoundable
adj
Capable of being decompounded.
decubation
decubation
noun
(obsolete, rare, formal) The act of lying down.
denunciable
denunciable
adj
Fit to be denounced; blameworthy; censurable.
deoxyribonuclease
deoxyribonuclease
noun
(biochemistry, genetics) Any of several enzymes that catalyze the cleavage of DNA.
desoxyribonuclease
desoxyribonuclease
noun
Alternative form of deoxyribonuclease
deutocarbonate
dibranchious
dibucaine
dibucaine
noun
(organic chemistry) Cinchocaine.
dipleurobranchiate
discombobulating
discombobulating
adj
Confusing; tending to befuddle or perplex.
verb
present participle of discombobulate
discombobulation
discombobulation
noun
(humorous) An embarrassing feeling that leaves a person confused.
A confused or disorderly state.
discontinuable
discontinuable
adj
Capable of being discontinued.
discountable
discountable
adj
That can be discounted (in all senses).
discubation
disencumbrance
disencumbrance
noun
Freedom or deliverance from encumbrance, or anything burdensome or troublesome.
disturbance
disturbance
noun
(psychology) A serious mental imbalance or illness.
A noisy commotion that causes a hubbub or interruption.
An interruption of that which is normal or regular.
Something that disturbs.
The act of disturbing, being disturbed.
disturbances
disturbances
noun
plural of disturbance
documentable
documentable
adj
Capable of being supported by documentary evidence.
doublehatching
doubtance
doubtance
noun
(obsolete) doubt; uncertainty
dubiocrystalline
dubitancy
dubitancy
noun
doubt; uncertainty
educabilian
educationable
educationable
adj
(nonstandard) Able or fit to be educated.
equibalanced
equibalanced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of equibalance
fibronucleated
hunchbacked
hunchbacked
adj
Having an abnormally curved or hunched back
hydrocarbonaceous
hydrocarbonaceous
adj
(chemistry, archaic) Of the nature of, or containing, hydrocarbons.
hydrocarbonous
hydrocarbonous
adj
(archaic) Being or relating to a hydrocarbon.
includable
includable
adj
Alternative form of includible
noun
One who or that which is eligible to be included.
incubated
incubated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of incubate
indiscussable
indisturbance
indisturbance
noun
Freedom from disturbance; calmness; repose.
apathy; indifference
induceable
induceable
adj
Capable of being induced.
ineducabilia
ineducabilian
ineducability
ineducability
noun
Inability to be educated.
ineducable
ineducable
adj
Incapable of being educated; not educable.
macromandibular
manducable
manducable
adj
(archaic) Capable of being chewed; eatable.
multibranched
multibranched
adj
Having more than one branch.
nabuchodonosor
nebuchadnezzar
nebuchadnezzar
Proper noun
A ruler of Babylon in the Chaldean Dynasty who reigned c. 605 – 562 According to the Bible, he conquered Judah and Jerusalem, and sent the Israelites into exile.
Noun
A very large wine bottle (named after the King) with the capacity of about 15 liters, equivalent to 20 standard bottles.
nebuchadrezzar
noncompoundable
nondiscountable
nondiscountable
adj
Not discountable.
nondisturbance
nondisturbance
noun
(law) An agreement not to disturb tenants in a residence.
noneducable
noneducable
adj
Not educable.
nonjudicable
nonjudiciable
nudibranch
nudibranch
noun
A sea slug belonging to the order Nudibranchia.
nudibranchia
nudibranchian
nudibranchian
adj
Of or relating to the nudibranchs.
noun
Synonym of nudibranch
nudibranchiate
nudibranchs
nudibranchs
noun
plural of nudibranch
outbalanced
outbalanced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outbalance