A low or downcast condition; meanness of spirit; abasement; degradation.
abjections
abjections
noun
plural of abjection
abjoint
abjoint
verb
(intransitive, botany, mycology) To separate from the hypha of a fungus by the formation of a septum.
(transitive, botany, mycology) To form by cutting off as a protrusion from a parent cell.
abjudication
abjudication
noun
(law, rare) Rejection by judicial sentence.
abjudicator
abjunction
abjunction
noun
(logic) Synonym of material nonimplication
(mycology, biology) The creation of spores by cutting off portions of the sporophore by the growth of septa; abstriction.
abjuration
abjuration
noun
A repudiation on oath of a religious or political principle.
A solemn recantation or renunciation on oath; as, an abjuration of heresy.
The act of abjuring.
abjurations
abjurations
noun
plural of abjuration
abjuratory
abjuratory
adj
Involving abjuration.
aljoba
asbjornsen
backjoint
backjoint
noun
(architecture) A rebate or chase in masonry left to receive a permanent slab or other filling.
badajoz
badajoz
Proper noun
A province of Spain, in the autonomous region of Extremadura.
The capital city of this province.
bajadero
bajardo
bajocco
bajocco
noun
(archaic, historical) A coin, originally copper, later silver, issued by the Papal States from the 15th century to 1865. In the 19th century the value was five hundredths of a lira.
bajochi
bajocian
bajocian
Proper noun
A subdivision of the Jurassic period.
bajoire
bajonado
bajour
banjo
banjo
noun
(UK, Dagenham) A cul-de-sac with a round end.
(mining) A miner's round-nosed shovel.
(slang) An object shaped like a banjo, especially a frying pan or a shovel.
A stringed musical instrument (chordophone), usually with a round body, a membrane-like soundboard and a fretted neck, played by plucking or strumming the strings.
Any of various similar musical instruments, such as the Tuvan doshpuluur, with a membrane-like soundboard.
verb
(transitive, slang, Britain) To beat, to knock down.
(transitive, slang, Britain, military) To shell or attack (a target).
To play a banjo.
banjoes
banjoes
noun
plural of banjo
banjoist
banjoist
noun
One who plays a banjo.
banjoists
banjoists
noun
plural of banjoist
banjore
banjorine
banjos
barajillo
baroja
beaujolais
beaujolaises
bejou
bejuco
bejuco
noun
Any climbing woody vine of the tropics with the habit of a liana; in the Philippines, especially any of various species of Calamus, the cane or rattan palm.
benjoin
bermejo
bhojpuri
biconjugate
biconjugate
adj
(botany) paired twice
(mathematics) conjugate in two ways
bijection
bijection
noun
(set theory) A one-to-one correspondence, a function which is both a surjection and an injection.
bijections
bijections
noun
plural of bijection
bijou
bijou
adj
(Polari) small, little (often implying affection)
(of a residence) small and elegant
intricate; finely made
noun
A jewel.
A piece of jewelry; a trinket.
A small intricate piece of metalwork.
bijous
bijouterie
bijouterie
noun
Small articles of jewellery, trinkets, etc.
bijouteries
bijouteries
noun
plural of bijouterie
bijoux
bijoux
noun
plural of bijou
bijugous
bijugous
adj
(botany, archaic) bijugate
bijwoner
bijwoner
noun
(South Africa, historical) A member of a class of poor white people who were permitted to inhabit shanties on the property of well-to-do Boers in return for semifeudal payments.
birobijan
bitolj
bjneborg
bjoerling
bjork
bjorn
bjornson
blepharoconjunctivitis
blepharoconjunctivitis
noun
(medicine) The combination of conjunctivitis and blepharitis.
blowjob
blowjob
noun
(figurative, derogatory) Excessive praise.
(sex, vulgar) An act of fellatio, or sucking a penis or other phallic object (such as a dildo). Stimulation of somebody's penis or testicles with a person's lips, tongue or mouth with the purpose of giving the receiver sexual pleasure. It may or may not result in orgasm.
blowjobs
blowjobs
noun
plural of blowjob
bluejoint
bobbejaan
bobjerom
bogijiab
bojardo
bojer
bojite
bojite
noun
A type of hornblendic gabbro.
bojo
bonjour
bonjour
intj
(in French contexts) good morning
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To greet in French with "bonjour".
boojum
boojum
noun
(countable) A species of tree (Fouquieria columnaris) native to Baja California, Mexico.
(physics) A geometric pattern sometimes observed on the surface of superfluid helium-3.
bootjack
bootjack
noun
a V-shaped, or forked, device for pulling off boots.
bootjacks
bootjacks
noun
plural of bootjack
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bootjack
bosjesman
bosjesman
Noun
A Bushman.
bostanji
bostanji
noun
(historical) One of the imperial guards of the Ottoman Empire.
brujo
brujos
caborojo
conjecturable
conjecturable
adj
Able to be conjectured upon.
conjecturableness
conjecturably
conjecturably
adv
In a conjecturable manner
conjobble
conjubilant
conjubilant
adj
(archaic) Shouting together for joy; rejoicing together.
conjugable
conjugable
adj
Capable of being conjugated.
conjugably
cosubject
counterobjection
counterobjection
noun
A legal objection raised in response to an earlier objection.
countersubject
countersubject
noun
(music) The secondary melody in contrapuntal music
disjoinable
djibouti
djibouti
Proper noun
in Eastern Africa, official name: Republic of Djibouti
capital city of Djibouti.
dobruja
dobruja
Proper noun
a historical region shared by Bulgaria and Romania, located between the lower Danube river and the Black Sea
doorjamb
doorjamb
noun
Either of the upright posts on either side of a door, which together support a lintel.
doorjambs
doorjambs
noun
plural of doorjamb
enjoyable
enjoyable
adj
Pleasant, capable of giving pleasure.
enjoyableness
enjoyableness
noun
The quality or state of being enjoyable.
enjoyably
enjoyably
adv
In an enjoyable manner
frabjous
frabjous
adj
Fabulous, joyous; great, wonderful.
frabjously
frabjously
adv
In a frabjous manner; wonderfully, fabulously.
himinbjorg
inconjoinable
indijbiously
insubjection
insubjection
noun
Lack of subjection or obedience.
interobjective
interobjective
adj
Between objects.
jabbernowl
jabbernowl
noun
Alternative form of jobbernowl
jabberwock
jabberwock
Proper noun
A fantastical dreaded monster with flaming eyes.
jabberwockian
jabberwockies
jabberwockies
noun
plural of jabberwocky
jabberwocky
jabberwocky
adj
absurd, nonsense, nonsensical
meaningless, worthless
noun
invented or meaningless language; nonsense
jablon
jablonsky
jabon
jaborandi
jaborandi
noun
Any of several species of the genus Pilocarpus of plants, some of which are important medicinally.
jaborandis
jaborandis
noun
plural of jaborandi
jaborin
jaborine
jaborine
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid found in jaborandi leaves, resembling atropine.
jabot
jabot
noun
A cascading or ornamental frill down the front of a blouse, shirt, etc.
jaboticaba
jaboticaba
noun
Its fruit, purplish-black with a white pulp, which can be eaten raw or used in jellies and drinks.
The evergreen Brazilian grape tree, Myrciaria cauliflora, a fruit-bearing tree native to Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay.
jaboticabas
jaboticabas
noun
plural of jaboticaba
jabots
jabots
noun
plural of jabot
jackboot
jackboot
noun
(informal, by extension) The spirit that motivates a totalitarian or overly militaristic regime or policy.
A glossy leather calf-covering military boot, commonly associated with German soldiers of the WWII era.
verb
(intransitive) To march in jackboots.
(transitive) To stamp on with a jackboot.
jackbooted
jackbooted
adj
(figuratively) Authoritarian or oppressive, especially in a cruel or violent manner.
Wearing jackboots.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of jackboot
jackboots
jackboots
noun
plural of jackboot
jackbox
jackbox
noun
A device for routing electrical signals by means of a number of jacks.
jackboy
jackboy
noun
A street thug who is part of a gang of thieves.
jacksboro
jacksonboro
jacksonburg
jacob
jacoba
jacobaea
jacobaean
jacobaean
adj
Alternative form of Jacobean
jacobah
jacobba
jacobean
jacobean
Adjective
Relating to a Jacob or James.
Relating to or characteristic of the reign of James VI and I (of Scotland and England).
Noun
A partisan of James I and of the House of Stuart.
jacobethan
jacobethan
Adjective
Of a style incorporating elements of Elizabethan and Jacobean.
jacobi
jacobian
jacobian
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Jacobian
jacobic
jacobin
jacobin
noun
Any hummingbird in the genus Florisuga.
jacobina
jacobine
jacobine
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid found in ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris).
jacobinia
jacobinia
noun
The flowering plant Justicia carnea.
jacobinic
jacobinic
Adjective
Of or relating to the Jacobins of France; revolutionary.
jacobinical
jacobinically
jacobinisation
jacobinise
jacobinised
jacobinised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of jacobinise
jacobinising
jacobinising
verb
present participle of jacobinise
jacobinism
jacobinism
Noun
The principles of the Jacobins; violent opposition to legitimate government.
jacobinization
jacobinize
jacobinize
verb
Alternative form of Jacobinize
jacobinized
jacobinized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of jacobinize