(biochemistry) A compound released in the blood in some circumstances which causes contraction of smooth muscle and dilation of blood vessels. It is a peptide with nine amino-acid residues.
bradykinins
bradykinins
noun
plural of bradykinin
bradyteleokinesis
breadmaking
breadmaking
noun
The making of bread.
breakwind
breakwind
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) A windbreak.
breckenridge
breckenridge
Proper noun
A town in Colorado, USA
an unincorporated community in Indiana, in the United States
A village/town in Michigan, US.
A city and county seat in Minnesota, US.
A city/town in Missouri, US.
A town in Oklahoma, US.
A city in Texas, USA
breckinridge
brickbatted
brickbatted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brickbat
bricked
bricked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brick
brickfield
brickfield
noun
A place where bricks are made; a brickyard.
brickfielder
brickfielder
noun
(Australia) A hot, dry, dusty wind of southern or central Australia.
brickfields
brickfields
noun
plural of brickfield
brickhood
brickred
brickyard
brickyard
noun
A factory where bricks are produced or distributed
bridecake
bridecake
noun
(archaic) Rich or highly ornamented cake, to be distributed to the guests at a wedding, or sent to friends after the wedding.
brideknot
bridelike
bridelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bride.
bridestake
bridgekeeper
bridgekeeper
noun
One who guards (or keeps) a bridge.
bridgelike
bridgelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bridge.
Similar to the card game of bridge.
bridgemaker
bridgemaker
noun
(figuratively) A person who connects others.
A person who designs and/or constructs bridges.
bridgemaking
bridgework
bridgework
noun
(dentistry) A partial denture that is anchored to existing teeth.
The component parts of a bridge.
The construction or repair of bridges.
bridgeworks
bridgeworks
noun
plural of bridgework
brisked
brisked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brisk
briskened
briskened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brisken
brodekin
brodekin
noun
Alternative form of brodequin
broderick
broderick
noun
(slang, early 20th century) A thorough beating
verb
(transitive) To administer a beating to
brookfield
brooklandville
brookside
brookside
adj
On the side of a brook.
noun
The side of a brook.
buckfield
bucklandite
buckskinned
buckskinned
adj
Wearing clothes made from buckskin.
budlike
budlike
adj
Resembling a bud (newly formed leaf or flower, not yet unfolded).
bukidnon
bulkheading
bulkheading
noun
bulkheads in general
burdick
buskined
buskined
adj
Tragic, dignified or serious in style.
Trodden by buskins.
Wearing buskins.
buzzardlike
buzzardlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a buzzard.
cankerbird
checkbird
checkerboarding
checkerboarding
noun
(computer graphics) Synonym of checkerboard rendering
verb
present participle of checkerboard
chickabiddy
chickabiddy
noun
(childish) A chicken or similar bird.
Term of endearment for a young child or loved one.
chickenbreasted
clockbird
clockbird
noun
Synonym of laughing kookaburra
cockbilled
cockbilled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cockbill
cockbird
cockbird
noun
The male of a game bird, especially of a pheasant.
The male of any bird.
crackbrained
crackbrained
adj
Idiotic.
crackbrainedness
crackbrainedness
noun
The quality of being crackbrained; idiocy.
crankbird
crankbird
noun
(dialect, dated) A small European woodpecker (Picus minor).
crookbilled
cuddebackville
dabchick
dabchick
noun
a small grebe, the little grebe, Tachybaptus ruficollis.
dabchicks
dabchicks
noun
plural of dabchick
debarkation
debarkation
noun
Disembarkation.
debarkations
debarkations
noun
plural of debarkation
debarking
debarking
verb
present participle of debark
deblocking
deblocking
verb
present participle of deblock
debunking
debunking
noun
The act of showing something to be false (or bunkum)
verb
present participle of debunk
dekabrist
dekabrist
Noun
Decembrist
dembowski
demibuckram
diamondback
diamondback
noun
(common name) Either of two species of rattlesnake having a diamond pattern on the back: Crotalus adamanteus, found in the southeastern United States, and Crotalus atrox, found in the southwestern United States and northwestern and central Mexico.
The saltmarsh terrapin of the Atlantic coast (Malaclemys terrapin).
diamondbacked
diamondbacks
diamondbacks
noun
plural of diamondback
diarbekr
dibbuk
dibbuk
noun
Alternative form of dybbuk
dibbukim
dibbuks
dibbuks
noun
plural of dibbuk
dickeybird
dickybird
dieback
dieback
noun
(phytopathology) The browning and death of a plant shoot starting at the tip, due to either disease or climate conditions
diebacks
diebacks
noun
plural of dieback
diefenbaker
dikephobia
disbark
disbark
verb
(obsolete) To disembark.
(transitive) To strip (a tree, etc.) of bark.
disembark
disembark
verb
(intransitive) To go ashore out of a ship or boat; to leave a train or aircraft.
(transitive) To remove from on board a vessel; to put on shore
disembarkation
disembarkation
noun
The act of disembarking.
disembarkations
disembarkations
noun
plural of disembarkation
disembarked
disembarked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disembark
disembarking
disembarking
noun
A disembarkation.
verb
present participle of disembark
disembarkment
disembarkment
noun
disembarkation
disembarks
disembarks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disembark
dislikable
dislikable
adj
Not capable or worthy of being liked; not liked; regarded with displeasure or aversion.
dislikeable
dislikeable
adj
Alternative spelling of dislikable
ditchbank
diyarbakir
diyarbekir
dobchick
dobrinsky
dombrowski
doublethink
doublethink
noun
The holding of two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously and accepting both of them as true or correct, without realizing the contradiction.
doublethinking
doublethinks
doublethinks
noun
plural of doublethink
drinkability
drinkability
noun
The extent to which something is drinkable.
The state or property of being drinkable.
drinkable
drinkable
adj
(of an alcoholic beverage, especially wine) Of good or satisfactory quality.
(of water) Safe to drink.
Able to be drunk (as liquid).
noun
(chiefly in the plural) That which can be drunk.
drinkableness
drinkableness
noun
The quality of being drinkable.
drinkables
drinkables
noun
plural of drinkable
drinkably
dubinsky
dubrovnik
dubrovnik
Proper noun
A city and port in southern Croatia on the Adriatic Sea.
duckbill
duckbill
noun
(informal) A hadrosaur.
(informal) The duck-billed platypus.
A fish of the family Percophidae
Bull ray (Aetomylaeus bovinus, now Pteromylaeus bovinus).
Percophis brasiliensis (Brazilian flathead).
duckbills
duckbills
noun
plural of duckbill
duckblind
duikerbok
duikerbok
noun
Alternative form of duykerbok
duikerboks
duikerboks
noun
plural of duikerbok
duikerbuck
dumbstricken
dybbukim
fabrikoid
fiddleback
fiddleback
noun
A feature of maple wood where the fibers are distorted in an undulating chatoyant pattern.
A kind of chasuble with the front cut away.
The brown recluse spider.
fiddlebacks
fiddlebacks
noun
plural of fiddleback
finchbacked
fredericksburg
fredericksburg
Proper noun
A town in Posey County, Indiana, United States.
A city/town in Iowa State.
A village in Ohio State.
A city in Texas State.
A city in the northern part Virginia Commonwealth.
frederiksberg
gadsbodikins
goldbrick
goldbrick
noun
(US, slang, dated) A shirker or malingerer.
(US, slang, dated) A swindler.
Something fraudulent or nonexistent offered for sale; a swindle or con.
verb
(US, slang, dated) To shirk or malinger.
(US, slang, dated) To swindle.
goldbricked
goldbricked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of goldbrick
goldbricker
goldbricker
noun
(US, informal) A lazy person; an idler.
goldbrickers
goldbrickers
noun
plural of goldbricker
goldbricking
goldbricking
verb
present participle of goldbrick
goldbricks
goldbricks
noun
plural of goldbrick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of goldbrick
guidebook
guidebook
noun
Alternative spelling of guide book
guidebookish
guidebookish
adj
Having the tone or style of a guidebook.
guidebooks
guidebooks
noun
plural of guidebook
guidebooky
hoodwinkable
hoodwinkable
adj
Able to be hoodwinked.
husbandlike
husbandlike
adj
Resembling a husband.
imbarked
imbarked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of imbark
jackbird
jackbird
noun
A saddleback (Philesturnus) in its first-year plumage, once thought to be a separate species.
kabardian
kabardian
Proper noun
A North Caucasian language spoken in Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia, Russia, also known as East Circassian.
kayibanda
keelbird
keyboarding
keyboarding
noun
The act of typing at a keyboard (with or without a mouse or other pointing device)
keyboardist
keyboardist
noun
Someone who plays a keyboard.
keyboardists
keyboardists
noun
plural of keyboardist
kibbled
kibbled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of kibble
kibitzed
kibitzed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of kibitz
kiboshed
kiboshed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of kibosh
kickboard
kickboard
noun
A small, buoyant board used to support a swimmer's upper body and arms while allowing free kicking movements.
On pianos and organs, a vertical panel located above the pedals.
Synonym of kickplate (“strip at base of door to prevent scuffing”)
kilbride
kilobaud
kilobaud
noun
(computing) one thousand baud; symbol kBd
kimbundu
kingbird
kingbird
noun
A group of large insectivorous passerine birds of the genus Tyrannus.