(transitive, law) To confiscate by judicial decision.
abjudged
abjudged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abjudge
aboveground
aboveground
adj
Alternative spelling of above ground
adenogenous
adephagous
adephagous
adj
Relating to the Adephaga
greedy, gluttonous
adglutinate
adipogenous
adipogenous
adj
Producing fat.
adjudge
adjudge
verb
To award judicially; to assign.
To declare to be.
To deem or determine to be.
adjudgeable
adjudgeable
adj
Capable of being adjudged.
adjudged
adjudged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of adjudge
adjudger
adjudger
noun
One who adjudges.
adjudges
adjudges
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adjudge
adjudgment
adjudgment
noun
The action of imposing judgment.
adjugate
adjugate
noun
(mathematics) The transpose of the respective cofactor matrix, for a given matrix. One of the factors in calculating the inverse of a matrix. Commonly notated as adj(A), where A is the given matrix.
verb
(obsolete) To yoke an animal to something
adjustage
adjustage
noun
(rare, obsolete) Adjustment.
adjutage
adjutage
noun
Alternative form of ajutage
admeasuring
admeasuring
verb
present participle of admeasure
adulterating
adulterating
verb
present participle of adulterate
advantageous
advantageous
adj
Being of advantage, beneficial.
advantageously
advantageously
adv
In a manner which provides an advantage; in an advantageous manner.
advantageousness
advantageousness
noun
The state or quality of being advantageous.
adventuring
adventuring
noun
adventure
verb
present participle of adventure
aedeagus
aedeagus
noun
A copulatory organ of some male insects.
aedoeagus
aegopodium
aegritude
affusedaffusing
afterguard
afterguard
noun
(historical, nautical) The seaman or seamen stationed on the poop or after part of a ship, to attend the after-sails.
(sailing) The members of a yacht's crew who attend to the aft sails
A drudge; somebody tasked with menial work.
afterthoughted
afterthoughted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of afterthought
agendum
agendum
noun
(obsolete) A task which ought to be done.
(theology) Something to be done; a practical duty, rather than an article of faith.
agendums
agendums
noun
plural of agendum
agglutinated
agglutinated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of agglutinate
aguadulce
aguardiente
aguardiente
noun
A kind of brandy made in Spain and Portugal.
A strong alcoholic drink, especially pulque, found in Central and South America as well as the southwestern United States.
agueda
agueweed
agueweed
noun
An herb also known as common boneset.
agueweeds
agueweeds
noun
plural of agueweed
ahungered
ahungered
adj
pinched with hunger; very hungry
aigialosauridae
aiguilletted
aiguilletted
adj
Having an aiguillette.
aminoguanidine
aminoguanidine
noun
(organic chemistry, medicine) An amino derivative of guanidine, used for the treatment of diabetic nephropathy under the name pimagedine
amygdalaceous
amygdalaceous
adj
(botany) Akin to, or derived from, the almond.
amygdaliferous
amygdaliferous
adj
almond-bearing
amygdule
amygdule
noun
(geology) A rounded mass of secondary mineral found in volcanic rock.
amygdules
amygdules
noun
plural of amygdule
androgametangium
androgenous
androgenous
adj
(biochemistry) Of, pertaining to, or producing androgens; androgenic
Misspelling of androgynous.
androgeus
anguidae
anguillidae
anguillulidae
anguinidae
anguiped
anguiped
adj
Having serpents (or similar) in place of legs
noun
A mythological creature that had serpents in place of legs
anguished
anguished
adj
Feeling anguish; experiencing extreme discomfort or discontent.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anguish
angulated
angulated
adj
Synonym of angulate
verb
simple past tense and past participle of angulate
angulinerved
angulodentate
anhungered
anhungered
Adjective
Hungry.
antidecalogue
antireducing
argued
argued
verb
simple past tense and past participle of argue
arguedas
arguendo
arguendo
adv
(law) Used to set off the facts presented in an argument on a point of law from facts in dispute in the case.
(law) for the sake of argument; assuming without deciding; identifying the premises of a hypothetical argument while making it clear that no finding is being made on whether the premises are true.
argufied
argufied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of argufy
assuaged
assuaged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of assuage
audiogenic
audiogenic
adj
Produced by sound.
audiologies
audiologies
noun
plural of audiology
augend
augend
noun
(arithmetic) A quantity to which another is added.
augends
augends
noun
plural of augend
augmented
augmented
adj
(music) increased by a semitone.
increased in number, amount or strength.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of augment
augmentedly
augmentedly
adv
In an augmented manner.
augured
augured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of augur
autodigestion
autodigestion
noun
(biology) The digestion of tissue by enzymes produced by the organism itself.
autodigestive
autodigestive
adj
Relating to, or carrying out, autodigestion.
autodrainage
autografted
autografted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of autograft
autographed
autographed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of autograph
autoindexing
autoindexing
noun
(computing) The programmed retrieval of words from a document for use in building an index
automatic indexing
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.
badgerbrush
badgerbrush
noun
The plant Symphoricarpos occidentalis.
bagaudae
bainbrudge
banebrudge
battleground
battleground
noun
(US politics) Ellipsis of battleground state.
(figurative) Any place or situation of dispute or contention
(figurative) Any subject of dispute or contention.
A location where a battle may be fought, or has been fought.
battlegrounds
battlegrounds
noun
plural of battleground
beardtongue
beardtongue
noun
A flowering plant in the genus Penstemon with a prominent, often hairy, staminode.
beardtongues
beardtongues
noun
plural of beardtongue
beauregard
beclouding
beclouding
noun
The process of becoming clouded or obscured.
verb
present participle of becloud
becudgel
becudgel
verb
(transitive) To cudgel thoroughly or soundly.
becudgeled
becudgeling
becudgeling
verb
present participle of becudgel
becudgelled
becudgelled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of becudgel
becudgelling
becudgels
becudgels
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of becudgel
bedaubing
bedaubing
verb
present participle of bedaub
bedbug
bedbug
noun
A small nocturnal insect (Cimex lectularius), of the family Cimicidae, that feeds on the blood of humans and other warm-blooded hosts.
bedbugs
bedbugs
noun
plural of bedbug
bedeguar
bedeguar
noun
(archaic) A gall produced on rosebushes, especially on the sweetbrier or eglantine, by a puncture from the ovipositor of a gallfly (Diplolepis rosae), and once supposed to have medicinal properties.
bedrug
bedrug
verb
(transitive) To drug abundantly or excessively.
bedrugged
bedrugged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bedrug
bedrugging
bedrugging
verb
present participle of bedrug
bedrugs
bedrugs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedrug
bedumbing
bedumbing
verb
present participle of bedumb
beduncing
beduncing
verb
present participle of bedunce
bedung
bedung
verb
(transitive) To cover with dung or manure.
(transitive, sometimes figuratively) To bedaub or defile.
befuddling
befuddling
verb
present participle of befuddle
begaud
begaud
verb
(transitive, rare) To make gaudy.
begaudy
beglamoured
beglamoured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beglamour
begoud
begrudge
begrudge
verb
To be reluctant.
To give reluctantly.
To grudge about or over; be envious or covetous.
begrudged
begrudged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of begrudge
begrudger
begrudger
noun
One who begrudges.
begrudges
begrudges
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of begrudge
begrudging
begrudging
adj
grudgeful, envious
reluctant
verb
present participle of begrudge
begrudgingly
begrudgingly
adv
In a begrudging manner; in a manner that is envious or reluctant.
beguard
beguiled
beguiled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beguile
begulfed
begummed
begummed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of begum
belauding
belauding
verb
present participle of belaud
beleaguered
beleaguered
adj
(figurative) Beset by trouble or difficulty.
Besieged; surrounded by enemy troops.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beleaguer
belowground
belowground
adj
beneath the surface of the ground; underground
bemuddling
bemuddling
verb
present participle of bemuddle
berglund
bergschrund
bergschrund
noun
Alternative form of bergshrund
berouged
berouged
adj
Wearing rouge.
beshrouding
beshrouding
verb
present participle of beshroud
besmudge
besmudge
verb
To smudge.
besmudged
besmudged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of besmudge
besmudges
besmudges
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of besmudge
besmudging
besmudging
verb
present participle of besmudge
bestudding
bestudding
verb
present participle of bestud
biangulated
biangulated
adj
Alternative form of biangulate
bigmouthed
bigmouthed
adj
(of a person) Loud or talkative, especially in an indiscreet manner.
Having a large mouth.
biguanide
biguanide
noun
(organic chemistry) The compound imidodicarbonimidic diamide derived from guanidine
Any of a class of antihyperglycemic and antimalarial drugs based upon this compound.
birdglue
blackfigured
blackguarded
blackguarded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blackguard
blackguardize
blackguardize
verb
To make blackguardly.
bladensburg
bleachground
blockaderunning
bloodguiltiness
bloodguiltiness
noun
Guilt of having shed blood or killed someone.
bloodguiltless
bloodguiltless
adj
Free from bloodguilt.
bludge
bludge
noun
(Australia, New Zealand, slang) Easy work.
(Australia, New Zealand, slang) The act of bludging.
verb
(Australia, New Zealand, slang) To avoid one's responsibilities; to leave it to others to perform duties that one is expected to perform.
(Australia, New Zealand, slang) To do nothing, to be idle, especially when there is work to be done.
(Australia, New Zealand, slang) To not earn one's keep, to live off someone else or off welfare when one could be working.
(Australia, New Zealand, slang) To take some benefit and give nothing in return.
(Australia, obsolete, slang) To live off the earnings of a prostitute.
bludged
bludged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bludge
bludgeon
bludgeon
noun
A short, heavy club, often of wood, which is thicker or loaded at one end.
verb
(transitive) To coerce someone, as if with a bludgeon.
(transitive) To strike or hit with something hard, usually on the head; to club.
bludgeoned
bludgeoned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bludgeon
bludgeoneer
bludgeoner
bludgeoner
noun
One who bludgeons.
bludgeoning
bludgeoning
noun
An assault with a club or similar weapon.
verb
present participle of bludgeon
bludgeons
bludgeons
noun
plural of bludgeon
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bludgeon
bludger
bludger
noun
(Australia, New Zealand, slang, derogatory) A person who avoids working, or doing their share of work, a loafer, a hanger-on, one who does not pull their weight.
(Australia, slang) A pimp, a man living off the earnings of a harlot.
A ball used in the sports of Quidditch and Muggle Quidditch.