(aviation) The injection of extra fuel into a jet engine downstream of the turbines in order to achieve extra thrust.
agglutinability
agglutinability
noun
The quality or degree of being agglutinable.
agglutinable
agglutinable
adj
Able to be agglutinated; that readily undergoes agglutination
agrobacterium
agrobacterium
noun
A soil bacterium, of the genus Agrobacterium, which can fix nitrogen, and causes the formation of crown galls in plants.
albategnius
albuginitis
ambiguities
ambiguities
noun
plural of ambiguity
ambiguity
ambiguity
noun
(countable) words or statements that are open to more than one interpretation, explanation or meaning, especially if that meaning cannot be determined from its context.
(uncountable) The state of being ambiguous.
ambulating
ambulating
verb
present participle of ambulate
angulatogibbous
antibourgeois
antibourgeois
adj
(sociology) Opposed to the bourgeoisie.
antibug
antibug
adj
Serving to counteract bugs (surveillance devices).
Serving to kill or repel bugs (insects).
antiburgher
antiburgher
noun
(historical, Scotland) A member of a faction of the Scottish Presbyterian Church that refused to take the burgess oath in 1747; since reunited.
antiburglar
antiburglar
adj
Opposing or countering burglars.
antiburglary
antiburglary
adj
Opposing or countering burglary.
antibusing
antibusing
adj
(US politics) Opposing the use of busing to achieve racial integration in schools
antiglobulin
antiglobulin
noun
(immunology) antihuman globulin
antihumbuggist
arbitrageur
arbitrageur
noun
(finance) One who engages in arbitrage, such as a financial broker or an investment bank.
arbitrageurs
arbitrageurs
noun
plural of arbitrageur
attributing
attributing
verb
present participle of attribute
aubergiste
aubergiste
noun
An innkeeper or landlord in French-speaking countries.
aubergistes
aubergistes
noun
plural of aubergiste
austinburg
autobiographal
autobiographal
adj
(archaic) autobiographical
autobiographer
autobiographer
noun
One who writes his or her own life or biography.
autobiographers
autobiographers
noun
plural of autobiographer
autobiographic
autobiographic
Adjective
Of or relating to a person's life or an account of a person's life, as told by the subject.
autobiographical
autobiographical
adj
Of or relating to a person's life or an account of a person's life, as told by the subject.
autobiographically
autobiographically
adv
In an autobiographical manner.
autobiographies
autobiographies
noun
plural of autobiography
autobiographist
autobiographist
noun
An autobiographer.
autobiography
autobiography
noun
(countable) A self-written biography; the story of one's own life.
(uncountable) Biographies of this kind regarded as a literary genre.
autobiology
autoboating
automobiling
automobiling
verb
present participle of automobile
autosuggestibility
autosuggestibility
noun
The quality of being autosuggestible.
autosuggestible
autosuggestible
adj
Prone to autosuggestion.
bacterioagglutinin
bacterioagglutinin
noun
(medicine) An antibody which causes agglutination of bacteria.
(archaic, medicine) Of bacterial origin or causation.
bacteriophagous
bacteriophagous
adj
Pertaining to the predation and consumption of bacterium.
badmouthing
badmouthing
verb
present participle of badmouth
balustrading
balustrading
noun
(architecture) work including one or more balustrades
bankrupting
bankrupting
verb
present participle of bankrupt
banqueteering
banqueteering
noun
The act of participating in banquets, particularly as a frequent activity (also used attributively).
verb
present participle of banqueteer
banqueting
banqueting
noun
The act of holding or participating in a banquet.
verb
present participle of banquet
banquetings
banquetings
noun
plural of banqueting
basipterygium
basipterygium
noun
A cartilage at the base of the fins of some fish that develops into the metapterygium upon maturity.
beautifying
beautifying
adj
That beautifies; tending to make beautiful.
noun
The action of the verb to beautify.
verb
present participle of beautify
becrusting
beggiatoaceous
beguilement
beguilement
noun
The action or process of beguiling; the characteristic of being beguiling.
beguilements
beguilements
noun
plural of beguilement
belitung
belugite
bequeathing
bequeathing
verb
present participle of bequeath
bergquist
beshouting
beshouting
verb
present participle of beshout
besmutting
besmutting
verb
present participle of besmut
bestudding
bestudding
verb
present participle of bestud
bethumping
bethumping
verb
present participle of bethump
biangulate
biangulate
adj
Synonym of biangular
verb
To establish the two-dimensional position of a point by measuring the position of an intermediate point relative to a fixed point
biangulated
biangulated
adj
Alternative form of biangulate
biconjugate
biconjugate
adj
(botany) paired twice
(mathematics) conjugate in two ways
bifurcating
bifurcating
adj
dividing or forking into two
verb
present participle of bifurcate
bigmouth
bigmouth
adj
(zoology) Applied to various creatures that have a large mouth.
noun
(informal, derogatory) One who talks too much or says things which should not be said.
bigmouthed
bigmouthed
adj
(of a person) Loud or talkative, especially in an indiscreet manner.
Having a large mouth.
bigmouths
bigmouths
noun
plural of bigmouth
biguttate
biguttulate
biguttulate
adj
Having two guttules
bijugate
bijugate
adj
(botany) Of a compound leaf, having two pairs of leaflets
(botany) Of leaf arrangement, having pairs of (opposite) leaves, spirally arranged, producing a double spiral
bilinguality
bilinguality
noun
(rare) bilingualism
bilinguist
bilinguist
noun
(linguistics) One who speaks two languages.
biltongue
biltongue
noun
Archaic form of biltong.
binturong
binturong
noun
A large species of civet, Arctictis binturong, of southern Asia.
biolinguistics
biolinguistics
noun
(linguistics) Study of the biology and evolution of language
biologicohumanistic
birectangular
birectangular
adj
Containing two right angles.
biscuiting
biscuitmaking
bismutoplagionite
bistournage
bitburg
bituminising
bituminising
verb
present participle of bituminise
bituminizing
bituminizing
verb
present participle of bituminize
blitzbuggy
blitzbuggy
noun
(archaic) A jeep (military vehicle).
blockbusting
blockbusting
adj
Having the characteristics of a blockbuster; hugely successful.
noun
(US) A technique used to encourage people to sell their property by giving the impression that a neighborhood is changing for the worse, especially by implying a change in its racial makeup.
bloodguilt
bloodguilt
noun
guilt of wrongfully causing death or shedding blood
bloodguiltiness
bloodguiltiness
noun
Guilt of having shed blood or killed someone.
bloodguiltless
bloodguiltless
adj
Free from bloodguilt.
bloodguilts
bloodguilty
bloodguilty
adj
Guilty of murder or bloodshed.
bloodlusting
blueprinting
blueprinting
verb
present participle of blueprint
bluestocking
bluestocking
noun
(historical) A member of an 18th-century Blue Stockings Society.
(historical) The English parliament of 1653, more commonly called the Barebones Parliament
(usually derogatory) A scholarly, literary, or cultured woman.
bluestockingish
bluestockingish
adj
Like a bluestocking, or scholarly woman.
bluestockingism
bluestockingism
noun
(colloquial) The character or manner of a bluestocking; female pedantry.
bluestockings
bluestockings
noun
plural of bluestocking
blunting
blunting
noun
The process by which something is made blunt.
verb
present participle of blunt
blurting
blurting
noun
Something that is blurted, or spoken hastily without thinking.
verb
present participle of blurt
blustering
blustering
adj
Engaged in or involving the process of blustering, speaking or protesting loudly.
Pompous or arrogant in one's speech or bearing.
Very windy; (of wind) blowing very strongly, blustery.
noun
A noisy blowing, as of a blast of wind.
Swaggering; braggartry; noisy pretension.
verb
present participle of bluster
blusteringly
blusteringly
adv
in a blustering manner
boatbuilding
boatbuilding
noun
The construction of a boat or boats.
boguechitto
boltuprightness
borotungstic
boulangerite
boulangerite
noun
(mineralogy) A lead antimony sulfide mineral that forms metallic grey monoclinic crystals.
boulangist
boulangist
Noun
A supporter of Boulangism.
bourgeoisitic
bourgeoisitic
adj
(rare) bourgeois
bourignianist
bourignonist
boussingault
boussingaultia
boussingaultite
boussingaultite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing hydrogen, magnesium, nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur.
branchiostegous
branchiostegous
adj
branchiostegal
bringhurst
briquetting
briquetting
verb
present participle of briquet
present participle of briquette
broncobusting
brugnatellite
brugnatellite
noun
(mineralogy) A yellowish mineral formed of a hydrated ferric and magnesium carbonate/hydroxide.
bruington
bruiting
bruiting
noun
The act of one who bruits something; the promulgation of news or rumours.
verb
present participle of bruit
brustling
brustling
verb
present participle of brustle
brutalising
brutalising
verb
(Britain) present participle of brutalise
brutalizing
brutalizing
adj
Cruel, harsh, or otherwise insensitive.
verb
present participle of brutalize
brutifying
brutifying
verb
present participle of brutify
bruting
bruting
verb
present participle of brute
bucketing
bucketing
noun
A heavy pouring down of liquid; a deluge.
Synonym of binning (“data pre-processing technique”)
The act of moving material using a bucket.
verb
present participle of bucket
bucketmaking
bucketmaking
noun
The manufacture of buckets.
budgeting
budgeting
noun
The activity of constructing a budget.
verb
present participle of budget
buffeting
buffeting
noun
(aviation) random, irregular motion of the plane or of one of its parts caused by turbulences in the airflow
A blow or motion that buffets.
verb
present participle of buffet
buffetings
buffetings
noun
plural of buffeting
bugbite
buggiest
buggiest
adj
superlative form of buggy: most buggy
bugologist
bugologist
noun
(informal) One who studies insects.
buitenzorg
bukittinggi
bulgiest
bulgiest
adj
superlative form of bulgy: most bulgy
bullbaiting
bullbaiting
noun
(Scientology) A process in which a person is subjected to simulated threats and verbal abuse but must not respond.
An old blood sport involving the baiting of bulls.
bullbaitings
bullbaitings
noun
plural of bullbaiting
bulleting
bulleting
noun
(Scotland) The game of road bowling.
verb
present participle of bullet
bulletining
bulletining
verb
present participle of bulletin
bulletmaking
bulletmaking
noun
The manufacture of bullets.
bulletproofing
bulletproofing
verb
present participle of bulletproof
bullfight
bullfight
noun
A public spectacle, in Spain and some other Latin countries, in which a person baits and often kills a bull.
bullfighter
bullfighter
noun
One who engages in bullfighting; a toreador or matador.
bullfighters
bullfighters
noun
plural of bullfighter
bullfighting
bullfighting
noun
A traditional spectacle, popular in Spain and many former Spanish colonies, in which a matador manipulates and ultimately kills a bull at close range.
bullfights
bullfights
noun
plural of bullfight
bullshitting
bullshitting
verb
present participle of bullshit
bunting
bunting
noun
(nautical) A thin cloth of woven wool from which flags are made; it is light enough to spread in a gentle wind but resistant to fraying in a strong wind.
(obsolete) An old boys' game, played with sticks and a small piece of wood.
A pushing action.
A strong timber; a stout prop.
A warm, hooded infant garment, as outerwear or sleepwear, similar to a sleeper or sleepsack; especially as baby bunting or bunting bag.
Any of various songbirds, mostly of the genus Emberiza, having short bills and brown or gray plumage.
Flags considered as a group.
Strips of material used as festive decoration, especially in the colours of the national flag.