A technique consisting of measuring a person's quantifiable bodily functions, such as blood pressure, heart rate, skin temperature, sweat gland activity, and muscle tension, then conveying the information to the person in real-time.
biofeedbacks
biofeedbacks
noun
plural of biofeedback
birdlife
birdlife
noun
The birds (e.g. of an area) collectively.
bisulfide
bisulfide
noun
(chemistry) The anion HS⁻.
(chemistry, dated) Disulfide, the anion ⁻S–S⁻.
blackfigured
bleachfield
bleachfield
noun
(now chiefly historical) A field where cloth or clothing is laid out to be bleached by the sun or water.
blindfishes
blindfishes
noun
plural of blindfish
blindfolded
blindfolded
adj
Wearing a blindfold
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blindfold
blindfoldedly
blindfoldedness
blindfoldedness
noun
The state or quality of being blindfolded.
blindfolder
blindfolder
noun
One who, or an object which, blindfolds someone.
blissfield
bloodflower
bloodflower
noun
A species of milkweed (Asclepias curassavica L.) with blood-red petals, native to the Central and South American tropics
Any plant in the genus Haemanthus, bulbous African plants of the amaryllis family.
bloodleaf
bloodleaf
noun
A plant of the genus Iresine that has colored leaves.
bloomfield
bloomfield
Proper noun
A town in Connecticut
A town in Indiana
A city in Iowa
A city in Kentucky
A city in Missouri
A city in Nebraska
A locality in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
A township in New Jersey
A city in New Mexico
A village in New York
A community in Prince Edward Island, Canada
A town in Vermont
bloomfieldian
bloomfieldian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to (1887–1949), American linguist and pioneer of linguistic structuralism.
Noun
A supporter of Leonard Bloomfieldian's linguistic theories.
bluefield
bluefields
blueshifted
blueshifted
adj
Whose frequency/wavelength has been changed by a blueshift
bluffdale
bluffed
bluffed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bluff
blumenfeld
blunderful
blunderful
adj
Inclined to blunder.
bodeful
bodeful
adj
Portentous; ominous; foreboding.
bodefully
bodefulness
bodysurfed
bodysurfed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bodysurf
bodysurfer
bodysurfer
noun
One who bodysurfs.
bodysurfers
bodysurfers
noun
plural of bodysurfer
boldface
boldface
adj
Synonym of boldfaced
noun
(typography) A font that is dark, having a high ratio of ink to white space, written or drawn with thick strong lines.
verb
To print or write in a boldfaced font.
boldfaced
boldfaced
adj
(typography) Of text emphasized by being set in a font having thicker strokes, yielding a heavier or darker appearance.
Impudent, brazen.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of boldface (to print or write in a bold manner)
boldfacedly
boldfacedness
boldfaces
boldfaces
noun
plural of boldface
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of boldface
bombproofed
bombproofed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bombproof
bonfield
borofluoride
borofluoride
noun
(chemistry) A double fluoride of boron and hydrogen, or some other positive element or radical.
boyfriend
boyfriend
noun
A male friend.
A male partner in an unmarried romantic relationship.
boyfriends
boyfriends
noun
plural of boyfriend
bradfordsville
brazenfaced
brazenfaced
adj
(dated) impudent; shameless
brazenfacedly
brazenfacedness
breadfruit
breadfruit
noun
An evergreen tree, Artocarpus altilis, native to islands of the east Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean.
The large round fruit of this tree.
breadfruits
breadfruits
noun
plural of breadfruit
breadstuff
breadstuff
noun
Any of the ingredients for making bread, especially as commodities in trade and especially the principal ones, namely, flour/meal or the grain with which to mill it (such as wheat, oats, rye, or any other cereal grain).
Bread or bread-like baked goods of any sort.
breadstuffs
breadstuffs
noun
plural of breadstuff
breakfasted
breakfasted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of breakfast
breastfeeding
breastfeeding
noun
(countable) An instance (session) of such feeding activity.
(uncountable) The act or process of feeding a baby or young child milk from a lactating breast.
verb
present participle of breastfeed
breastfeeds
breastfeeds
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of breastfeed
brentford
brentford
Proper noun
a town in west London, England, on the north side of the River Thames and within the London Borough of Hounslow.
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
briefed
briefed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brief
brierfield
brimfield
broadleaf
broadleaf
adj
Pertaining to trees with relatively broad, flat leaves as opposed to needles, or woodlands made up of such trees.
Used in the name of a plant or tree: having especially broad leaves.
noun
A tree (Terminalia latifolia, now Terminalia catappa) of Jamaica.
A type of tobacco having broad leaves, used for making cigars.
broadwife
bromfield
bromfield
Proper noun
Either of two villages in England.
brookfield
broomfield
brownfield
brownfield
adj
(software engineering) Being a development that has to integrate with legacy systems.
noun
(often attributive) A site, to be used for housing or commerce, that has been previously used for industry and may be contaminated or need extensive clearing
brownfields
brownfields
noun
plural of brownfield
brutified
brutified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brutify
buckfield
budgetful
buffaloed
buffaloed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of buffalo
buffed
buffed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of buff
buffered
buffered
adj
(chemistry) Dissolved in a buffer solution.
Using a buffer.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of buffer
buffeted
buffeted
adj
Battered, especially by strong wind.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of buffet
bufflehead
bufflehead
noun
(obsolete) One who has a large head; a heavy, stupid fellow.
A duck in the goldeneye genus, Bucephala albeola.
buffleheaded
buffleheads
buffleheads
noun
plural of bufflehead
bufonidae
bulletproofed
bulletproofed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bulletproof
burchfield
burfordville
burglarproofed
butterfield
butterfingered
butterfingered
adj
Prone to dropping things; clumsy.
butterflied
butterflied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of butterfly
butteryfingered
byfield
clubfisted
clubfisted
adj
Crude and blunt, lacking finesse.
Having a large fist.
clubfooted
clubfooted
adj
Having a clubfoot.
confabbed
confabbed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confab
confabulated
confabulated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confabulate
confoundable
confoundable
adj
That can be confounded
daftberry
debateful
debateful
adj
(obsolete) Contentious, argumentative, full of strife.
debatefully
debrief
debrief
verb
(transitive) To inform subjects of an experiment about what has happened in a complete and accurate manner.
(transitive) To question someone after a military mission in order to obtain information (especially intelligence).
(transitive) To question someone, or a group of people, after the implementation of a project, in order to learn from mistakes, etc.
debriefed
debriefed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of debrief
debriefing
debriefing
noun
The act of debriefing, or the state of being debriefed.
The report of a mission or project, or the information so obtained.
verb
present participle of debrief
debriefings
debriefings
noun
plural of debriefing
debriefs
debriefs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of debrief
debtful
defaceable
defaceable
adj
Able to be defaced.
defatigable
defatigable
adj
(very rare) Easily tired or wearied; capable of being fatigued.
defeasibility
defeasibility
noun
State or instance of being defeasible.
defeasible
defeasible
adj
(law, logic) Capable of being defeated, terminated, annulled, voided or invalidated.
defeasibleness
defeasibleness
noun
defeasibility
defectibility
defectibility
noun
deficiency; imperfection
defectible
defectible
adj
deficient; imperfect
defenceable
defendable
defendable
adj
Capable of being defended.
defensibility
defensibility
noun
The state or quality of being defensible
defensible
defensible
adj
(of an argument etc) capable of being justified
(of an installation etc) capable of being defended against armed attack
defensibleness
defensibleness
noun
Capability of being defended; defensibility.
defensibly
defensibly
adv
Defendably
In a defensible manner.
deferable
deferable
adj
Alternative form of deferrable
deferrable
deferrable
adj
That can be deferred.
noun
Something that can be deferred.
deferrables
deferrables
noun
plural of deferrable
defiable
defiable
adj
That can be defied.
defiber
defiber
verb
(US, transitive) To remove some or all fiber from.
defibrillate
defibrillate
verb
(cardiology, transitive) To stop the fibrillation of the heart in order to restore normal contractions, especially by the use of an electric shock.
defibrillated
defibrillated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of defibrillate
defibrillating
defibrillating
verb
present participle of defibrillate
defibrillation
defibrillation
noun
The stopping of the fibrillation of the heart in order to restore normal contractions, especially by the use of an electric shock.
defibrillative
defibrillator
defibrillator
noun
(cardiology) An electronic device used internally or externally that delivers a controlled electric shock to a patient to correct ventricular fibrillation, a lack of coordination of the contraction of muscle tissue of the large chambers of the heart.
defibrillatory
defibrinate
defibrinate
verb
(transitive, medicine) (of blood) To remove fibrin from; to deprive of fibrin.
defibrinated
defibrinated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of defibrinate
defibrinates
defibrinates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defibrinate
defibrination
defibrination
noun
The act or process of depriving of fibrin.
defibrinize
defibrinize
verb
(transitive) To remove fibrin from; to defibrinate
defilable
defilable
adj
Capable of being defiled.
definability
definability
noun
The quality of being definable.
definable
definable
adj
Able to be defined.
Many words are definable by using other words.
definably
definably
adv
In a definable manner; identifiably.
deflagrability
deflagrability
noun
(chemistry, archaic) The quality of being deflagrable.
deflagrable
deflagrable
adj
(chemistry, archaic) Burning with a sudden and sparkling combustion; slightly explosive; liable to snap and crackle when heated, like salt.
deflectable
deflectable
adj
Capable of being deflected.
deflexibility
deflexible
deformability
deformability
noun
(countable) A measure of the extent to which something is deformable (under standard conditions)
(uncountable) The state of being deformable
deformable
deformable
adj
Capable of being reshaped.
defrayable
defrayable
adj
Capable of being defrayed.
democratifiable
desulfovibrio
deuterofibrinose
devitrifiable
diabolifuge
dibenzofuran
dibenzofuran
noun
(organic chemistry) The tricyclic heterocycle in which two benzene rings are fused to that of furan; any of its derivatives, especially the halogenated derivatives that are similar to dioxins
diefenbaker
dieffenbachia
dieffenbachia
noun
Any of several plants, of the genus Dieffenbachia, cultivated as houseplants
differentiability
differentiability
noun
The ability to be differentiated.
differentiable
differentiable
adj
(calculus, not comparable) Having a derivative, said of a function whose domain and codomain are manifolds.
(comparable, of multiple items) able to be differentiated; distinguishable, as for example by differing appearance or measurable characteristics.
diffrangible
diffrangible
adj
Able to be diffracted.
diffusible
diffusible
adj
Able to be diffused
diffusibleness
diffusibleness
noun
diffusibility
disbelief
disbelief
noun
Astonishment.
The loss or abandonment of a belief; cessation of belief.
Unpreparedness, unwillingness, or inability to believe that something is the case.