An act in which something or someone is abandoned; abandonment, neglect
verb
present participle and gerund of abandon
abdicating
abdicating
verb
present participle of abdicate
abdominogenital
abdominogenital
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the abdomen and to the genitals.
abdominovaginal
abdominovaginal
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the abdomen and the vagina
abducing
abducing
verb
present participle of abduce
abducting
abducting
verb
present participle of abduct
abiding
abiding
adj
Continuing or persisting in the same state: lasting, enduring; steadfast.
noun
(obsolete) An abode.
The action of one who abides; the state of an abider.
verb
present participle of abide
abidingly
abidingly
adv
In an abiding manner; permanently.
abidingness
abidingness
noun
The state or quality abiding.
abingdon
abingdon
Proper noun
A town on the Thames in Oxfordshire (formerly Berkshire), England.
A town in Virginia, USA
abjudging
abjudging
verb
present participle of abjudge
abjudicating
abjudicating
verb
present participle of abjudicate
aboding
aboding
noun
(obsolete) A foreboding.
verb
present participle of abode
abounding
abounding
adj
Ample, plenty, abundant.
noun
An abundance.
verb
present participle of abound
aboundingly
aboundingly
adv
In an abounding manner; in a manner that abounds.
To an abounding degree.
abrading
abrading
verb
present participle of abrade
abridgable
abridgable
adj
Capable of being abridged.
abridge
abridge
verb
(transitive) Cut short; truncate.
(transitive) To curtail.
(transitive) To make shorter; to shorten in duration or extent.
(transitive) To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense.
(transitive, archaic) To deprive; to cut off.
(transitive, archaic, rare) To debar from.
abridgeable
abridgeable
adj
Alternative form of abridgable
abridged
abridged
adj
Cut or shortened, especially of a literary work.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abridge
abridgedly
abridgedly
adv
in an abridged manner, in a manner that is cut short or shortened
abridgement
abridgement
noun
(chiefly UK) Alternative form of abridgment
abridgements
abridgements
noun
plural of abridgement
abridger
abridger
noun
One who abridges.
abridgers
abridgers
noun
plural of abridger
abridges
abridges
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abridge
abridging
abridging
verb
present participle of abridge
abridgment
abridgment
noun
(US) An epitome or compend, as of a book; a shortened or abridged form; an abbreviation.
(US) The act of abridging; reduction or deprivation
(US) The state of being abridged or lessened.
(dated, law) Any of various brief statements of case law made before modern reporting of legal cases.
(law) The leaving out of certain portions of a plaintiff's demand, the writ still holding good for the remainder.
(obsolete) That which abridges or cuts short; hence, an entertainment that makes the time pass quickly
abridgments
abridgments
noun
plural of abridgment
absconding
absconding
noun
An instance in which someone absconds.
verb
present participle of abscond
abuilding
abuilding
adj
(archaic, excluding US) Being built or under construction, as a structure or a vessel.
(archaic, excluding US) Developing or arising, as a trend or an idea.
adhibiting
adhibiting
verb
present participle of adhibit
adsorbing
adsorbing
verb
present participle of adsorb
adumbrating
adumbrating
verb
present participle of adumbrate
aggrandizable
aggrandizable
adj
(very rare) Capable of being made great; increasable.
algebraized
algebraized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of algebraize
ambuscading
ambuscading
verb
present participle of ambuscade
backdating
backdating
noun
The act by which something is backdated.
verb
present participle of backdate
backdropping
backdropping
verb
present participle of backdrop
backhanding
backhanding
verb
present participle of backhand
backliding
backlighted
backloading
backloading
noun
(transport) The transportation of cargo or shipment on a return trip, using the space already paid for and used for the outward leg.
verb
present participle of backload
backpedaling
backpedaling
noun
The act of distancing oneself from a previously supported idea, action, behaviour, etc.; a U-turn or flip-flop.
verb
(US) present participle of backpedal
backsliding
backsliding
adj
sliding back
noun
An occasion on which one backslides, especially in a moral sense.
verb
present participle of backslide
backslidingness
backswording
backswording
noun
Sport or exercise using a backsword or singlestick.
backwinding
backwinding
verb
present participle of backwind
bacteriodiagnosis
badgering
badgering
noun
The act of one who badgers, pesters, or annoys.
verb
present participle of badger
badgeringly
badgeringly
adv
So as to badger or annoy.
badgerlike
badgerlike
adj
Similar to a badger.
Similar to that of a badger.
badging
badging
verb
present participle of badge
badgir
badgir
noun
(India, historical) A windcatcher.
badiaga
badigeon
badigeon
noun
A cement or paste (as of plaster and freestone, or of sawdust and glue or lime) used by sculptors and builders to fill holes, cover defects, or finish a surface.
badinage
badinage
noun
Playful raillery; banter.
verb
To engage in badinage or playful banter.
badinaged
badinaged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of badinage
badinages
badinages
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of badinage
badinaging
badinaging
verb
present participle of badinage
badling
badling
noun
(rare) An effeminate or womanish man.
(rare) One who is bad; a worthless person.
A brood, group, or flock of ducks.
badmouthing
badmouthing
verb
present participle of badmouth
badoglio
bagdi
baginda
bagpiped
bagpiped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bagpipe
bagpudding
bagwigged
bagwigged
adj
Wearing a bag wig.
bainbridge
bainbrudge
balanoglossida
balding
balding
adj
becoming bald, especially having male pattern baldness
verb
present participle of bald
baldling
baldridge
balladising
balladizing
balladizing
verb
present participle of balladize
balladling
balladling
noun
A short ballad.
balladmongering
balladmongering
noun
The work of a balladmonger, selling or composing ballads.
ballhandling
ballhandling
noun
(basketball) Skillful handling of the basketball when dribbling, passing or receiving
ballistocardiogram
ballistocardiogram
noun
The visual output that a ballistocardiograph produces.
ballistocardiograph
ballistocardiograph
noun
An instrument which measures ballistic forces on the heart, producing a graphical representation of repetitive motions of the human body arising from the sudden ejection of blood into the great vessels with each heartbeat.
ballistocardiographic
ballistocardiographic
adj
Relating to ballistocardiography
ballistocardiography
ballistocardiography
noun
The science of the preparation and diagnostic interpretation of ballistocardiograms.
balustrading
balustrading
noun
(architecture) work including one or more balustrades
bandaging
bandaging
noun
Strips of cloth or other material used to create a bandage.
verb
present participle of bandage
bandagist
bandagist
noun
One who applies bandages.
Someone who produces or sells bandages.
banderoling
bandfiling
banding
banding
noun
A division into bands or brackets.
A pattern of band-like markings.
Obsolete form of bandying.
The formation of a band or brigade.
verb
present participle of band
bandlimiting
bandlimiting
noun
(physics) The limiting of a signal's Fourier transform or power spectral density to zero above a certain finite frequency.
bandsawing
bandsawing
verb
present participle of bandsaw
bandspreading
bandstring
bandstring
noun
(obsolete or historical) Any of the strings used to fasten the collar and bands of 17th-century clothing; often decorated with tassels.
bandying
bandying
noun
gerund of bandy (“the act of one who bandies”)
verb
present participle of bandy
bangtailed
bangtailed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bangtail
bardiglio
bardiglio
noun
An Italian variety of marble, commonly having a dark grey or bluish ground traversed by veins.
barding
barding
noun
(historical) Armour for a warhorse.
verb
present participle of bard
bardings
bardings
noun
plural of barding
bardling
bardling
noun
An inferior bard.
barehanding
bargained
bargained
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bargain
barricading
barricading
verb
present participle of barricade
barricadoing
barricadoing
verb
present participle of barricado
barriguda
barriguda
noun
The palm tree Iriartea ventricosa.
barrigudo
barrigudo
noun
(archaic) The brown woolly monkey
barrigudos
barrigudos
noun
plural of barrigudo
bartending
bartending
verb
present participle of bartend
basidigital
basidigitale
basidigitalia
basidiogenetic
basiglandular
basipterygoid
basipterygoid
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the base of the sphenoid bone
noun
(anatomy) The basipterygoid process
bastardising
bastardising
verb
present participle of bastardise
bastardizing
bastardizing
noun
The act or process by which something is bastardized.
verb
present participle of bastardize
bastinading
bastinading
verb
present participle of bastinade
bastinadoing
bastinadoing
verb
present participle of bastinado
battledoring
battologised
battologised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of battologise
battologized
battologized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of battologize
baynebridge
beading
beading
noun
(architecture) A decorative, ornamental molding often used to conceal a joint.
(craft) beadwork
A Samburu ceremony in which a father gives a necklace to his daughter.
The beads or bead-forming quality of certain liquors.
verb
present participle of bead
beadings
beadings
noun
plural of beading
bearding
bearding
noun
(television) An undesirable video artifact whereby darker parts of a signal bleed across horizontally into the brighter parts.
verb
present participle of beard
beblooding
beblooding
verb
present participle of beblood
bechignoned
bechignoned
adj
Wearing one's hair in a chignon.
beclouding
beclouding
noun
The process of becoming clouded or obscured.
verb
present participle of becloud
becowarding
becrowding
becrowding
verb
present participle of becrowd
becudgeling
becudgeling
verb
present participle of becudgel
becudgelling
bedabbling
bedabbling
verb
present participle of bedabble
bedamning
bedamning
verb
present participle of bedamn
bedarkening
bedarkening
verb
present participle of bedarken
bedaubing
bedaubing
verb
present participle of bedaub
bedazzling
bedazzling
verb
present participle of bedazzle
bedazzlingly
bedazzlingly
adv
So as to bedazzle; stunningly bright or glamorous.
bedclothing
bedclothing
noun
bedclothes
bedcovering
bedcovering
noun
bedcover
bedcoverings
bedcoverings
noun
plural of bedcovering
bedding
bedding
noun
(Britain) The textiles associated with the bed, as well as the mattress, bedframe, or bed base (such as box spring).
(US) The textiles associated with a bed, e.g., sheets, pillowcases, bedspreads, blankets, etc.
(geology) A structure occurring in granite and similar massive rocks that allows them to split in well-defined planes horizontally or parallel to the land surface.
(horticulture) The temporary planting of fast-growing plants into flower beds to create colourful, temporary, seasonal displays, during spring, summer or winter.
Any material used by or provided to animals to lie on.
verb
present participle of bed
beddingroll
beddings
beddings
noun
plural of bedding
bedeafening
bedeafening
verb
present participle of bedeafen
bedecking
bedecking
noun
An ornament.
verb
present participle of bedeck
bedeviling
bedeviling
noun
An act by which somebody is bedevilled; causing of trouble; harassment.
verb
(US) present participle of bedevil
bedevilling
bedevilling
verb
(Britain) present participle of bedevil
bedewing
bedewing
verb
present participle of bedew
bediapering
bediapering
verb
present participle of bediaper
bedight
bedight
adj
(archaic) That has been equipped or bedecked.
verb
(archaic) To equip or bedeck.
bedighted
bedighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bedight
bedighting
bedighting
verb
present participle of bedight
bedights
bedights
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedight