The branch of horticulture concerned with the planting, growth, and maintenance of trees.
arborise
arborise
verb
(intransitive) To develop a tree-like appearance.
(transitive) To cause (something) to develop a tree-like appearance.
(transitive) To penetrate or fill (an area) with a tree-like structure.
arborize
arborize
verb
Alternative spelling of arborise
arborized
arborized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of arborize
arborizes
arborizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of arborize
arborvitae
arborvitae
noun
(anatomy) The white nerve tissue of the cerebellum that has a branching structure.
Any of several North American or Asian conifers, of the genera Thuja and Thujopsis or the species Platycladus orientalis, grown for timber or ornament.
arborvitaes
arborvitaes
noun
plural of arborvitae
arboviruses
arboviruses
noun
plural of arbovirus
arbusterin
arbutinase
arbutinase
noun
(biochemistry) The enzyme beta-glucosidase.
arceuthobium
archbishopess
archbishopess
noun
(rare) A female archbishop.
(rare) The wife of an archbishop.
archbuilder
archdissembler
archdisturber
archebiosis
archebiosis
noun
(biology) The origination of living matter from non-living; abiogenesis.
archibenthal
archibenthic
archibenthic
adj
Relating to the upper part of the benthic region, from the sublittoral to the abyssal
archibenthos
archibuteo
archicerebra
archicerebrum
archipresbyter
arcubalister
arcubalister
noun
A crossbowman; one who used the arcubalist.
arecibo
arglebargling
aribine
aribine
noun
Synonym of harmane (“alkaloid”)
arisbe
aristorepublicanism
arnebia
arquebusier
arquebusier
noun
(military, now historical) A soldier armed with an arquebus.
arraignable
arraignable
adj
(law) Capable of being arraigned.
(law) For which a person is liable to be arraigned.
arraignableness
arsenobismite
arteriofibrosis
arteriophlebotomy
arthrobacterium
articulable
articulable
adj
(of ideas, thoughts, etc.) Capable of being expressed clearly in language.
(phonetics, of words, linguistic expressions, etc.) Capable of being pronounced or expressed distinctly in speech.
artmobile
artmobile
noun
A vehicle that operates as a mobile art exhibition.
asbestiform
asbestiform
adj
(crystallography) Having a particular kind of fibrosity in which fibers have high tensile strength and flexibility
noun
(mineralogy) Any of asbestos-like forms of several minerals.
ascertainability
ascertainability
noun
The quality of being ascertainable.
ascertainable
ascertainable
adj
Able to be ascertained.
ascertainableness
ascertainableness
noun
The state or quality of being ascertainable.
ascertainably
ascertainably
adv
In a way that can be ascertained.
ascribable
ascribable
adj
Able to be ascribed.
ascribe
ascribe
verb
(nonstandard, with to) To believe in or agree with; subscribe.
(transitive) To attribute a book, painting or any work of art or literature to a writer or creator.
(transitive) To attribute a cause or characteristic to someone or something.
ascribed
ascribed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ascribe
ascribes
ascribes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ascribe
aspidobranchiate
assertible
assertible
adj
Alternative form of assertable
astrobiologies
atabrine
atabrine
noun
Synonym of quinacrine
atebrin
atebrin
noun
A preparation of the drug quinacrine, formerly used as an antimalarial.
atrabilaire
atrabile
atrabiliousness
atrabiliousness
noun
(medicine, obsolete) The state or quality of having an excess of black bile.
Grumpiness, irritability, melancholy, moroseness.
atrible
attributable
attributable
adj
Allowed to be attributed.
Capable of being attributed.
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.
attributed
attributed
adj
(programming) decorated with an attribute
verb
simple past tense and past participle of attribute
attributer
attributer
noun
(rare) One who attributes; an imputer.
attributes
attributes
noun
plural of attribute
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of attribute
attributive
attributive
adj
(grammar, of a word or phrase) Modifying another word, typically a noun, while in the same phrase.
Attributing; characterized by attributing; effecting attribution.
noun
(grammar) An attributive word or phrase (see above), contrasted with predicative or substantive.
attributively
attributively
adv
In an attributive manner.
attributiveness
attributiveness
noun
The state or quality of being attributive.
attributives
attributives
noun
plural of attributive
aubergine
aubergine
noun
(Britain) An Asian plant, Solanum melongena, cultivated for its edible purple, green, or white ovoid fruit; eggplant.
(Britain) The fruit of this plant, eaten as a vegetable.
(color) A dark purple colour; eggplant.
aubergiste
aubergiste
noun
An innkeeper or landlord in French-speaking countries.
aubergistes
aubergistes
noun
plural of aubergiste
aubervilliers
aubreir
aubretia
aubretia
noun
Any plant of the genus Aubrieta
aubretias
aubretias
noun
plural of aubretia
aubrie
aubrieta
aubrieta
noun
Alternative spelling of aubrietia.
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.
aubrite
aubrite
noun
An achondrite composed mostly of enstatite
audibertia
aumbries
aumbries
noun
plural of aumbrie
auribromide
aurobromide
authorisable
authorisable
adj
Alternative spelling of authorizable
authorizable
authorizable
adj
Capable of being authorized.
autobiographer
autobiographer
noun
One who writes his or her own life or biography.
autobiographers
autobiographers
noun
plural of autobiographer
autobiographies
autobiographies
noun
plural of autobiography
autotuberculin
avertible
avertible
adj
Capable of being averted; preventable.
avicebron
awmbrie
azerbaidzhan
azerbaijan
azerbaijan
Proper noun
country in West Asia; official name: Republic of Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
azerbaijanese
azerbaijani
azerbaijani
Noun
a person from Azerbaijan or of Azerbaijani descent.
Proper noun
language of Azerbaijan, see Azeri.
Adjective
of, from, or pertaining to Azerbaijan, the Azerbaijani people or the Azerbaijani language.
azerbaijanian
azerbaijanian
Noun
Azerbaijani
Adjective
Azerbaijani
azerbaijanis
azoisobutyronitrile
azorubine
azorubine
noun
(organic chemistry) a red azo dye used as a food colouring, mostly in baked goods
azotobacterieae
azygobranchiate
babbitter
babbitter
noun
A worker who applies Babbitt metal.
babbittries
babooneries
babooneries
noun
plural of baboonery
babysitter
babysitter
noun
A person who cares for one or more babies or children for a short period of time in place of their legal guardians.
bacciferous
bacciferous
adj
Producing berries.
bachelorism
bachelorism
noun
A manner or peculiarity belonging to bachelors.
Bachelorhood.
bachelorize
bachelorize
verb
To confer a bachelor's degree on.
To live the life of a bachelor; to socialize without a wife.
To live without neither spouse nor children; to live alone or with other single people.
To make into a bachelor; to deprive of a spouse.
To make or become typical of a bachelor.
bachelorlike
bachelorlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bachelor.
bachelorship
bachelorship
noun
The state of being a bachelor.
bachelorwise
bachelorwise
adv
In the manner of a bachelor; (as though) living alone as a single man.
bacillariaceae
bacillariaceous
bacillariaceous
adj
Belonging to the Bacillariaceae; rod-shaped.
bacillariales
bacillarieae
bacilliculture
backbearing
backbiter
backbiter
noun
A person who says nasty things about another person behind the second person's back: that is, out of their sight and hearing.
backbiters
backbiters
noun
plural of backbiter
backbreaking
backbreaking
adj
(figuratively) Of work, very physically tiring.
backfiller
backfiller
noun
A machine for refilling an excavation.
backfire
backfire
noun
(firefighting) Alternative spelling of back fire
A premature explosion in the cylinder of a gas or oil engine during the exhaust or the compression stroke, tending to drive the piston in the wrong direction.
An explosion in other equipment.
An explosion in the exhaust passages of an internal combustion engine.
verb
(of a gun, cannon, Bunsen burner, etc.) To fire in the opposite direction, for example due to an obstruction in the barrel.
(of an engine) To experience a premature ignition of fuel or an ignition of exhaust gases, making a popping sound.
To fail in a manner that brings down further misfortune.
backfired
backfired
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backfire
backfires
backfires
noun
plural of backfire
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backfire
backfriend
backfriend
noun
(UK, dialectal) A friend at one's back; a backer; one who does his best for another; a supporter.
(UK, dialectal) A hangnail.
(UK, dialectal, obsolete) A false friend; a secret enemy.
backiebird
backpointer
backpointers
backscattering
backscattering
noun
(physics) The scattering of waves, particles, or signals back in the direction of their source.
verb
present participle of backscatter
backslider
backslider
noun
A recidivist; one who backslides, especially in a religious sense; an apostate.
She married him thinking to change his ways, and for a while he got religion, but he was ever a backslider; she soon began finding bottles stashed about the house.
backsliders
backsliders
noun
plural of backslider
backspeir
backspier
backspierer
backstories
backstories
noun
plural of backstory
backstromite
backstromite
noun
(mineralogy) Synonym of hydrohausmannite
backswimmer
backswimmer
noun
Any of various aquatic insects, of the family Notonectidae, that swim on their backs.
bacteraemia
bacteraemia
noun
The medical condition of having bacteria in the bloodstream.
bacteremia
bacteremias
bacteremias
noun
plural of bacteremia
bacteremic
bacteremic
adj
(pathology) Of, pertaining to or having bacteremia (having bacteria in the blood)
bacteria
bacteria
noun
(US) A type, species, or strain of bacterium.
(US, proscribed) Alternative form of bacterium.
(dated, medicine) An oval bacterium, as distinguished from a spherical coccus or rod-shaped bacillus.
(derogatory, slang) Lowlife, slob (could be treated as plural or singular).
plural of bacterium
bacteriaceae
bacteriaceous
bacteriaemia
bacterial
bacterial
adj
(microbiology) Of, relating to, or caused by bacteria.
bacterially
bacterially
adv
In reference to bacteria
bacterian
bacterian
adj
(archaic) bacterial
bacteric
bacteric
adj
Of or relating to bacteria.
bactericholia
bactericidal
bactericidal
adj
Of or pertaining to a bactericide.
That kills bacteria.
noun
A bactericide.
bactericidally
bactericidally
adv
In a bactericidal manner.
bactericide
bactericide
noun
Any substance that kills bacteria, especially one that is otherwise harmless.