Furnished with fleshy cups for adhering to bodies, as cuttlefish, etc.
acetabuliform
acetabuliform
adj
(botany) Shaped like a saucer or shallow cup.
acidifiable
acidifiable
adj
Capable of being acidified, or converted into an acid.
adenoliomyofibroma
afebrile
afebrile
adj
Having no fever, without a fever.
affabilities
affabilities
noun
plural of affability
affability
affability
noun
The state or quality of being affable, friendly, or approachable.
affectability
affectability
noun
The condition of being affectable.
affectibility
affectibility
noun
The quality or state of being affectible.
affectible
affectible
adj
Alternative form of affectable
affiliable
affiliable
adj
Capable of being affiliated to or on, or connected with in origin.
affirmable
affirmable
adj
Able to be affirmed.
affirmably
affirmably
adv
In an affirmable manner
affixable
affixable
adj
Capable of being affixed.
albification
albification
noun
(obsolete) The act or process of making white.
albificative
albified
albified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of albify
albiflorous
albiflorous
adj
(botany) Having white flowers.
albify
albify
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To make white.
albifying
albifying
verb
present participle of albify
albuminiferous
albuminiferous
adj
Supplying albumen.
albuminiform
albuminofibrin
alfarabius
alkalifiable
alkalifiable
adj
Capable of being alkalified, or converted into an alkali.
alphabetiform
alphabetiform
adj
Having the form of a developed alphabet or its letters, as opposed to crude pictographic symbols.
ambulacriform
ambulacriform
adj
(zoology) Having the form of ambulacra.
amphiboliferous
amphiboliferous
adj
(mineralogy) Bearing amphibole.
amplifiable
amplifiable
adj
Capable of being amplified.
antefebrile
antefebrile
adj
Preceding a fever
antifebrile
antifebrile
adj
(pharmacology) Countering fever.
noun
(pharmacology) A medicine or substance that counters fever.
antifibrinolysin
antifibrinolysis
ariboflavinosis
ariboflavinosis
noun
(pathology) The medical condition caused by deficiency of riboflavin.
bacilliform
bacilliform
adj
Shaped like a bacillus; rod-shaped
noun
Such a bacillus
backfield
backfield
noun
(American football) The area behind the line of scrimmage occupied before the snap by the team on offense.
(baseball, rare) Synonym of outfield.
(soccer, US) The area behind either the offensive or defensive line.
The players occupying this area.
backfields
backfields
noun
plural of backfield
backfill
backfill
noun
(US) Reserve support personnel.
(US) That which backfills; a replacement.
(literature) Material in a story set earlier in the past, providing history or context for the current action.
The material that has been used to refill an excavation.
verb
(US) To provide reserve support.
(US) To replenish or restock due to attrition or loss.
(archaeology) To refill an excavation unit to restore the former ground surface and/or to preserve the unit and make it recognizable as having been excavated.
(gaming) To enter an online game that's already in progress, replacing a player who left early.
To refill a hole with the material dug out of it.
backfilled
backfilled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backfill
backfiller
backfiller
noun
A machine for refilling an excavation.
backfilling
backfilling
noun
The process by which something is backfilled.
verb
present participle of backfill
backfills
backfills
noun
plural of backfill
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backfill
backflip
backflip
noun
(by extension) a total reversal in policy or opinion; a volte-face, a U-turn.
(gymnastics) An act of rotating one's body 360 degrees in the backward direction.
verb
To completely reverse a policy or opinion; perform a U-turn.
To perform a backflip (rotation of body).
backflipped
backflipped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backflip
backflipping
backflipping
verb
present participle of backflip
backflowing
backflowing
adj
flowing backwards
verb
present participle of backflow
backspacefile
bacliff
bacteriofluorescin
baculiferous
baculiform
baculiform
adj
Shaped like a bacillus; rod-shaped.
baffling
baffling
adj
Puzzling, perplexing, bewildering.
frustrating
noun
An act of foiling or thwarting.
verb
present participle of baffle
bafflingly
bafflingly
adv
In a baffling or puzzling manner.
bafflingness
bafflingness
noun
The characteristic of being baffling; mysteriousness.
bailiff
bailiff
noun
(UK) A bound bailiff: a deputy bailiff charged with debt collection.
(UK) A high bailiff: an officer of the county courts responsible for executing warrants and court orders, appointed by the judge and removable by the Lord Chancellor.
(UK, slang) Any debt collector, regardless of his or her official status.
(US) Any law enforcement officer charged with courtroom security and order.
(historical) A head of a district ("bailiwick") of the Knights Hospitaller; a head of one of the national associations ("tongues") of the Hospitallers' headquarters on Rhodes or Malta.
(historical) A landvogt in the medieval German states.
(historical) A steward: the manager of a medieval manor charged with collecting its rents, etc.
(historical) An appointee of the French king administering certain districts of northern France in the Middle Ages.
(historical) An overseer: a supervisor of tenant farmers, serfs, or slaves, usually as part of his role as steward (see above).
(historical) Synonym of hundredman: The chief officer of a hundred in medieval England.
(historical, Norman term) A reeve, (specifically) the chief officer executing the decisions of any English court in the period following the Norman Conquest or executing the decisions of lower courts in the late medieval and early modern period.
(historical, mining) The foreman or overman of a mine.
(obsolete) A bailie: an alderman in certain Scottish towns.
(obsolete) A king's man: any officer nominated by the English Crown.
A huissier de justice or other foreign officer of the court acting as either a process server or as courtroom security.
The High Bailiff of the Isle of Man.
The chief justice and president of the legislature on Jersey and Guernsey in the Channel Islands.
The title of the castellan of certain royal castles in England.
The title of the mayor of certain English towns.
bailiffry
bailiffs
bailiffs
noun
plural of bailiff
bailiffship
bailiffship
noun
The role or status of a bailiff.
bailiffships
bailiffships
noun
plural of bailiffship
bailiffwick
bailiffwick
noun
Obsolete form of bailiwick.
bakersfield
bakersfield
Proper noun
A major city in California, USA
balaniferous
balaniferous
adj
(nonce word) Bearing or producing acorns.
balefire
balefire
noun
An outdoor fire used in witches' rituals.
balefires
balefires
noun
plural of balefire
ballfield
ballfield
noun
Baseball playing field.
balloonfish
balloonfish
noun
The pufferfish; blowfish
balloonfishes
balloonfishes
noun
plural of balloonfish
balsamiferous
balsamiferous
adj
That yields balsam
bandfile
bandfiled
bandfiling
barflies
barflies
noun
plural of barfly
barlafummil
barlafummil
intj
Alternative form of barlafumble
barrelfish
barrelfish
noun
The black rudderfish, Hyperoglyphe perciformis
barrelfishes
barrelfishes
noun
plural of barrelfish
basaltiform
basaltiform
adj
In the form of basalt; columnar.
basifacial
basifacial
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the lower half of the face
basifugal
basifugal
adj
(botany) Tending or proceeding away from the base.
basinful
basinful
noun
As much as a basin will hold.
bassfield
batfowling
batfowling
noun
A method of catching birds at night, by holding a torch or other light, and beating the bush or perch where they roost so that the birds fly towards the light.
bathofloric
battlefield
battlefield
noun
The area where a land battle is or was fought, which is not necessarily a field.
battlefields
battlefields
noun
plural of battlefield
bayfield
bayfield
Proper noun
A village in Barbados.
A town in Colorado.
A rural community in New Brunswick, Canada.
A community in Nova Scotia, Canada.
A village in Ontario, Canada.
A city and town in Wisconsin.
beaconsfield
beaconsfield
Proper noun
A market town in Buckinghamshire, England.
A town in Victoria, Australia.
beamfilling
beanfield
beanfield
noun
A field where beans are grown.
beatifical
beatifical
adj
beatific
beatifically
beatifically
adv
In a beatific manner.
beautiful
beautiful
adj
(of the weather) Pleasant; clear.
Attractive and possessing beauty.
Good, admirable.
Well executed.
noun
Someone who is beautiful. Can be used as a term of address.
beautifuller
beautifuller
adj
(obsolete, nonstandard) comparative form of beautiful: more beautiful
beautifully
beautifully
adv
In a beautiful manner.
beautifulness
beautifulness
noun
The quality of being beautiful; beauty.
bedfellowship
bedfellowship
noun
The state or role of being bedfellows.
beefily
beefily
adv
In a beefy manner.
befalling
befalling
adj
(archaic) Appertaining; appropriate; fitting.
noun
A happening; occurrence; chance; event.
verb
present participle of befall
befamilied
befamilied
adj
(rare) Having a family.
befiddle
befilch
befile
befile
verb
(transitive, dialectal or obsolete) To make filthy; befoul; soil.
befilleted
befilmed
befilmed
adj
(poetic, archaic, rare) Covered with a film.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of befilm
befilth
befilth
verb
(transitive, rare) To cover with filth; make filthy; begrime.
befittingly
befittingly
adv
In a befitting manner
beflagging
beflagging
verb
present participle of beflag
befleaing
befleaing
verb
present participle of beflea
beflecking
beflecking
verb
present participle of befleck
beflowering
beflowering
verb
present participle of beflower
befooling
befooling
verb
present participle of befool
befoulier
befouling
befouling
verb
present participle of befoul
befrill
befrill
verb
(transitive) To furnish or decorate with a frill.
befrilled
befrilled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of befrill
befuddling
befuddling
verb
present participle of befuddle
beguileful
begulfing
belfair
belfield
belfried
belfried
adj
(in combination) Having a belfry or belfries of a specified number or kind.
Furnished with a belfry or belfries.
belfries
belfries
noun
plural of belfry
belief
belief
noun
(countable) Something believed.
(in the plural) One's religious or moral convictions.
(uncountable) Religious faith.
(uncountable) The quality or state of believing.
Faith or trust in the reality of something; often based upon one's own reasoning, trust in a claim, desire of actuality, and/or evidence considered.
Mental acceptance of a claim as true.
beliefful
beliefful
adj
(rare) Having belief or faith; faithful.
belieffulness
belieffulness
adj
(rare) The state or quality of being beliefful; faithfulness.
beliefless
beliefless
adj
Without a belief or beliefs; faithless or nothingarian.
beliefs
beliefs
noun
plural of belief
belliferous
belliferous
adj
(rare, formal) Bringing war.
bellyfish
beneficeless
beneficeless
adj
Without a benefice.
beneficential
beneficential
adj
Relating to beneficence.
beneficently
beneficently
adv
In a beneficent manner
beneficial
beneficial
adj
Helpful or good to something or someone.
Relating to a benefice.
noun
Something that is beneficial.
beneficially
beneficially
adv
In a beneficial manner
beneficialness
beneficialness
noun
The state or quality of being beneficial.
benzoflavine
benzofuroquinoxaline
benzosulfimide
benzosulfimide
noun
(organic chemistry) Synonym of saccharin
benzotrifluoride
benzotrifluoride
noun
(organic chemistry) The fluorinated derivative of toluene "(trifluoromethyl)benzene"
benzoylformic
berfield
bergenfield
bewitchful
bewitchful
adj
Bewitching; alluring; fascinating; amazing.
bibliofilm
bibliofilm
noun
(historical) microfilm, as a means of storing books and documents in public libraries
bielbrief
bielefeld
bielefeld
Proper noun
a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
bifacial
bifacial
adj
(archaeology, of a flint tool) Having two sharp cutting edges.