(chiefly historical) A spiritual leader in Persia, parts of Central Asia and Xinjiang, China.
(colloquial, Central Asia or Xinjiang) Uyghur; Dungan; Hui Muslim
akhundzada
akoulalion
aktyubinsk
akuammin
akuammine
akuammine
noun
(organic chemistry) An indole alkaloid found in the seeds of the tree Picralima nitida.
akund
akutan
alakanuk
alikulufan
alitrunk
alitrunk
noun
(zoology) The segment of an insect's body to which the wings are attached; the thorax or mesosoma.
alkaligenous
alkaligenous
adj
Producing or generating alkali.
alkalinuria
alkalinuria
noun
(pathology) The condition of the urine having a higher than normal pH
alkaptonuria
alkaptonuria
noun
(medicine) A rare inherited genetic disorder of phenylalanine and tyrosine metabolism, causing the accumulation and eventual excretion of alkapton.
alkaptonuric
alkaptonuric
adj
Relating to alkaptonuria
alkylarylsulfonate
alkylbenzenesulfonate
alkylbenzenesulfonates
alumbank
anakoluthia
anakrousis
angakut
angekut
aniakudo
anklung
anklung
noun
Alternative form of angklung
ankou
ankou
Proper noun
The personification of death in Breton mythology.
ankus
ankus
noun
The hooked goad that is used in India to control elephants.
ankuses
ankuses
noun
plural of ankus
ankush
ankusha
ankushes
ankushes
noun
plural of ankush
ankylosaur
ankylosaur
noun
Synonym of ankylosaurus
ankylosaurs
ankylosaurs
noun
plural of ankylosaur
ankylosaurus
ankylosaurus
noun
A large herbivorous dinosaur, of genus Ankylosaurus, that lived in the Cretaceous period, noted for its heavy armor and club-like tail.
ankylurethria
ankylurethria
noun
(biology, medicine) Impaired patency of the urethra owing to any sort of fusion that either partially or completely obstructs its lumen (for example, stricture due to adhesions).
antiduke
antileukemic
antileukemic
adj
(oncology, pharmacology) Preventing or countering leukemia.
noun
Any drug that prevents or counters leukemia.
antinuke
antinuke
adj
Opposed to nuclear weapons.
noun
(informal) One who opposes nuclear weapons.
antiturnpikeism
anukabiet
anukabiet
noun
An old Thai unit of length, approximately 2.6 centimetres.
anukit
anunaki
anunnaki
anunnaki
Proper noun
A group of Sumerian, Akkadian and Babylonian deities in no known particular order including but not limited to Enki, Enlil, Ninlil and 'known as the fourth' Enbilulu.
An extraterrestrial reptilian race supposed to originate from a hidden planet called "Niburu", thought to be the overlords of a secret world government and equated with the Nephilim by conspiracy theorists.
anuska
areskutan
arosaguntacook
arrenotokous
arrenotokous
adj
Alternative form of arrhenotokous
arrhenotokous
arrhenotokous
adj
(zoology) Relating to arrhenotoky; producing males from unfertilized eggs.
auchinleck
auckland
auckland
Proper noun
The largest conurbation in New Zealand.
aufklarung
aufklrung
auksinai
auksinas
auksinu
auldfarrantlike
auntlike
auntlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of an aunt.
autoalkylation
autokinesis
autokinesis
noun
A visual illusion in which a stationary source of light appears to move.
Spontaneous or voluntary movement; movement due to an internal cause.
autokinesy
autokinesy
noun
autokinesis
autokinetic
autokinetic
adj
(historical) Of a fire-alarm telegraphy system, arranged so that when one alarm is being transmitted, no other alarm, sent in from another point, will be transmitted until after the first alarm has been disposed of.
Moving by itself or automatically.
automatonlike
automatonlike
adj
Like an automaton; robotic.
autoskeleton
autoskeleton
noun
(zoology) The true skeleton of a sponge, composed of elements secreted by the sponge itself.
backcountry
backcountry
noun
A remote region; countryside that is relatively inaccessible; the boondocks.
backcourtman
backcourtman
noun
(basketball) A backcourt player.
backcourtmen
backcourtmen
noun
plural of backcourtman
background
background
adj
Less important or less noticeable in a scene or system.
noun
(computing) A type of activity on a computer that is not normally visible to the user.
(computing) The image or color over which a computer's desktop items are shown (e.g. icons or application windows).
(physics) Clipping of background radiation.
A less important feature of scenery (as opposed to foreground).
A part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject; context.
Information relevant to the current situation about past events; history.
One's social heritage, or previous life; what one did in the past.
verb
(journalism) To gather and provide background information (on).
To put in a position that is not prominent.
simple past tense and past participle of backgrind
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.
backgrounds
backgrounds
noun
plural of background
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of background
backhauling
backhauling
verb
present participle of backhaul
backrun
backrun
noun
A reverse flow, either of a fluid or of an anchor chain.
baikonur
baikonur
Proper noun
A city in Kazakhstan, rented and administered by Russia, constructed to service Baikonur Cosmodrome, since 1995 also called Baikonur.
baktun
baktun
noun
Alternative spelling of b'ak'tun
bakunda
bakunin
bakuninism
bakuninist
bakuninist
Adjective
Relating to, or supporting the revolutionary anarchism of
banjuke
banjuke
noun
Alternative form of banjouke
bankfull
bankfull
adj
(of a river, etc) Risen to a height just sufficient to spill over its banks into the floodplain.
bankrupcy
bankrupcy
noun
Misspelling of bankruptcy.
bankrupt
bankrupt
adj
(finance) In a condition of bankruptcy; unable to pay one's debts.
Destitute of, or wholly lacking (something once possessed, or something one should possess).
Having been legally declared insolvent.
noun
(UK, law, obsolete) A trader who secretes himself, or does certain other acts tending to defraud his creditors.
One who becomes unable to pay his or her debts; an insolvent person.
verb
(transitive) To force into bankruptcy.
bankruptcies
bankruptcies
noun
plural of bankruptcy
bankruptcy
bankruptcy
noun
(finance, law) A legally declared or recognized condition of insolvency of a person or organization.
bankrupted
bankrupted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bankrupt
bankrupting
bankrupting
verb
present participle of bankrupt
bankruptism
bankruptism
noun
(obsolete) bankruptcy
bankruptlike
bankruptlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bankrupt.
bankruptly
bankruptly
adv
In a bankrupt manner.
bankrupts
bankrupts
noun
plural of bankrupt
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bankrupt
bankruptship
bankrupture
bankrupture
noun
(dated) bankruptcy
bannockburn
bannockburn
Proper noun
A village near Stirling in Scotland
A battle important in Scotland's struggle for independence
bareknuckle
bareknuckled
barkbound
barkbound
adj
Prevented from growing, by having the bark too firm or close.
baronduki
bathukolpian
bathukolpian
adj
Alternative spelling of bathykolpian
baudekin
baudekins
baudekins
noun
plural of baudekin
baulking
baulking
noun
Alternative form of balking
verb
present participle of baulk
begunk
begunk
noun
(dialectal, chiefly Scotland) An illusion; trick; cheat.
verb
(transitive, dialectal, chiefly Scotland) To befool; deceive; balk; jilt.
benkulen
beothukan
betrunk
betrunk
verb
(transitive) To deprive (a river) of its lower course or trunk by submergence or erosion of the land by the sea.
bhikkuni
binukau
biscuitmaking
bivouacking
bivouacking
verb
present participle of bivouac
blackburn
blackburn
Proper noun
A town in Lancashire, England
blackcurrant
blackcurrant
noun
A shrub, Ribes nigrum, that produces small, very dark purple, edible berries.
The berry borne by this shrub.
blackmun
blacktongue
blockaderunning
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.
bloodsucking
bloodsucking
adj
(by extension, of a person) parasitic, leechlike or freeloading
(of an insect or animal) That draws off the blood of another animal, or a person.
bloodsuckings
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
blunk
blunk
verb
(dialect, colloquial, informal) simple past tense of blink
(intransitive) To blench, blink; turn aside.
(transitive, Scotland) To spoil, mismanage.
blunker
blunket
blunket
adj
(obsolete) Gray; grayish or light blue.
noun
(obsolete) A cloth, or kind of cloth (blanket cloth), generally but not always of this color.
(obsolete) A color, generally a light bluish gray or blue or gray, but sometimes seemingly a dark red or violet.
blunks
blunks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blunk
bohunk
bohunk
noun
(Canada, US, derogatory) A brawny or coarse person.
(Canada, US, ethnic slur) An immigrant from Central Europe, Eastern Europe, or the Balkans, especially one who is regarded as vain, aggressively masculine, and socially unsophisticated.
bohunks
bohunks
noun
plural of bohunk
bontebuck
bontebuck
noun
Alternative form of bontebok (“South African antelope”)
bontebucks
bontebucks
noun
plural of bontebuck
bounceback
bounceback
noun
(Internet) An automated response to an email, indicating that it could not be delivered.
(marketing) A customized order form sent out with previously ordered goods, encouraging the customer to make a further order, perhaps motivated by a discount or free gift.
A rebound.
An economic recovery.
boundbrook
brankursine
brankursine
noun
A plant, the acanthus.
bruckleness
bruckner
bruckner
Proper noun
of German origin. Widely known as the surname of the Austrian composer (1824-96).
brunk
brunswick
brunswick
Proper noun
A city in Germany; Braunschweig.
Any of several towns in the United States and elsewhere.
A suburb of Melbourne, Australia.
brushmaking
brushmaking
noun
The manufacture of brushes.
bruskness
bruskness
noun
The state of being brusk
buckatunna
buckbean
buckbean
noun
Menyanthes trifoliata, a plant with racemes of white or reddish flowers and intensely bitter leaves, sometimes used in medicine.
buckbeans
buckbeans
noun
plural of buckbean
buckden
buckeen
buckeen
noun
(Ireland, historical) a poor young man of the lower Anglo-Irish gentry who aspires to the habits and dress of the wealthy.
buckeens
buckeens
noun
plural of buckeen
bucketing
bucketing
noun
A heavy pouring down of liquid; a deluge.
Synonym of binning (“data pre-processing technique”)