(anatomy) A muscle which serves to draw a part out, or from the median line of the body
One who abducts; a kidnapper.
abductores
abductores
Noun
of. Sometimes used instead of abductor when referring to the anatomical muscles.
abductors
abductors
noun
plural of abductor
abecedarium
abecedarium
noun
A book used to teach the alphabet; alphabet book; primer.
An inscription consisting of the letters of an alphabet, almost always listed in order.
abecedarius
abecedarius
noun
An acrostic poem in which the lines begin with the letters of the alphabet in sequence.
aberduvine
aberduvine
noun
Alternative form of aberdevine.
abjudicator
abjured
abjured
adj
Having been renounced, forsworn or rejected.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abjure
aboudikro
abounder
abounder
noun
One who has plenty, one who abounds (in something).
aboveground
aboveground
adj
Alternative spelling of above ground
abruptedly
abruptedly
adv
Abruptly; by a sudden interruption or transition.
abstrude
abstrude
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To thrust away.
absurd
absurd
adj
(obsolete) Inharmonious; dissonant.
Contrary to reason or propriety; obviously and flatly opposed to manifest truth; inconsistent with the plain dictates of common sense; logically contradictory; nonsensical; ridiculous; silly.
Dealing with absurdism.
Having no rational or orderly relationship to people's lives; meaningless; lacking order or value.
noun
(obsolete) An absurdity.
(philosophy, often preceded by the) The opposition between the human search for meaning in life and the inability to find any; the state or condition in which man exists in an irrational universe and his life has no meaning outside of his existence.
absurder
absurder
adj
comparative form of absurd: more absurd
absurdest
absurdest
adj
superlative form of absurd: most absurd
absurdism
absurdism
noun
(countable) Absurdity, something that is absurd
(uncountable, philosophy) A philosophy which holds that the universe is chaotic and irrational and that any attempt to impose order will ultimately fail.
absurdist
absurdist
adj
Of, or relating to absurdism.
noun
An advocate of absurdism, in particular a writer of absurd topics.
absurdities
absurdities
noun
plural of absurdity
absurdity
absurdity
noun
(countable) That which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction.
(obsolete, rare) Dissonance.
(uncountable) The quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment.
absurdly
absurdly
adv
In an absurd fashion.
The critics were absurdly extravagant with their praise.
To an extreme degree.
absurdness
absurdness
noun
(rare) The quality of being absurd; absurdity.
absurdnesses
absurdnesses
noun
plural of absurdness
absurds
absurds
noun
plural of absurd
absurdum
absurdum
noun
An illogical conclusion or state.
acerbitude
acerbitude
noun
(archaic) Sourness and harshness; acerbity.
adambulacral
adambulacral
adj
Next to the ambulacra
noun
Such an ossicle or spine
adamsburg
adarbitrium
adnumber
adumbral
adumbral
adj
Dark, shady.
adumbrant
adumbrant
adj
Giving a faint shadow, or slight resemblance; shadowing forth.
adumbrate
adumbrate
verb
To foreshadow vaguely.
To give a vague outline.
To obscure or overshadow.
adumbrated
adumbrated
adj
(comparable) Foreshadowed.
(comparable) Obscured.
(heraldry) Depicted on a shield as an outline instead of a solid figure.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of adumbrate
adumbrates
adumbrates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adumbrate
adumbrating
adumbrating
verb
present participle of adumbrate
adumbration
adumbration
noun
(countable) A faint sketch; a brief representation, an outline.
(countable, philosophy, specifically phenomenology) The form of an object as seen by an observer.
(countable, uncountable, figuratively) A rough or symbolic representation; a vague indication of what is to come, a foreshadowing.
(specifically, heraldry) The outline of a charge (“image displayed on an escutcheon”), sometimes filled in with a darker shade than the field.
(uncountable) The state of being in shadow or shade; (countable) a shadow.
adumbrations
adumbrations
noun
plural of adumbration
adumbrative
adumbrative
adj
Of or pertaining to adumbration
adumbratively
adumbratively
adv
In an adumbrative manner
adumbrellar
airbound
airbound
adj
Of a pump etc.: containing too much air, such that the flow is impeded.
airbrushed
airbrushed
adj
(by extension) Having had imperfections and blemishes removed through digital manipulation.
Having been manipulated with an airbrush.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of airbrush
aldebaranium
aldebaranium
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) A rejected name for ytterbium.
alumbrado
ambassadeur
ambidexterous
ambidexterous
adj
Misspelling of ambidextrous.
ambidextrous
ambidextrous
adj
(archaic) Practising or siding with both parties.
(humorous) Of a person, bisexual.
Equally usable by left-handed and right-handed people (as a tool or instrument).
Exceptionally skillful; adept in more than one medium, genre, style, etc.
Having equal ability in both hands; in particular, able to write equally well with both hands.
ambidextrously
ambidextrously
adv
In an ambidextrous manner.
ambidextrousness
ambidextrousness
noun
The state or quality of being ambidextrous.
ambuscader
ambuscader
noun
One who ambushes, or who is involved in an ambush.
ambuscaders
ambuscaders
noun
plural of ambuscader
angurboda
arboured
arboured
adj
Containing or situated close to trees.
archaimbaud
archbuilder
archdisturber
arnoldsburg
attributed
attributed
adj
(programming) decorated with an attribute
verb
simple past tense and past participle of attribute
auburndale
audibertia
auribromide
aurobromide
autohybridization
baburd
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
badgerbrush
badgerbrush
noun
The plant Symphoricarpos occidentalis.
badineur
bahadur
bahadur
noun
(India, historical) A Mughal honorific connoting martial courage and valor, suffixed to name or title, which it raises by half a degree. Commonly bestowed upon loyal princes and victorious military commanders by Mughal emperors, and later by their British successors.
(originally) A warrior, especially a Mongol.
bahadurs
bahadurs
noun
plural of bahadur
bainbrudge
balbusard
baldur
ballyllumford
balourdise
balustered
balustered
adj
Having one or more balusters.
balustrade
balustrade
noun
A row of balusters topped by a rail, serving as an open parapet, as along the edge of a balcony, terrace, bridge, staircase, or the eaves of a building.
balustraded
balustraded
adj
Having balustrades.
balustrades
balustrades
noun
plural of balustrade
balustrading
balustrading
noun
(architecture) work including one or more balustrades
bandcutter
bandur
bandura
bandura
noun
A Ukrainian plucked stringed instrument with a tear-shaped body, like an asymmetrical lute or a vertical zither, which is played with both hands while held upright on the lap.
bandurria
bandurria
noun
A bird, the black-faced ibis.
A plectrum-plucked stringed instrument with a flat-backed pear-shaped body, with twelve strings in six courses in its most common modern form, originating in Spain.
bandurrias
bandurrias
noun
plural of bandurria
banebrudge
bankrupted
bankrupted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bankrupt
barbecued
barbecued
adj
Cooked on a barbecue.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of barbecue
barbequed
barbequed
adj
Alternative spelling of barbecued
verb
Alternative spelling of barbecued simple past tense and past participle of barbeque
barbuda
barbudo
barbudos
bardocucullus
bardulph
bareknuckled
barkbound
barkbound
adj
Prevented from growing, by having the bark too firm or close.
barleduc
barleducs
baronduki
barracuda
barracuda
noun
(figuratively) One who uses harsh or predatory means to compete.
Any large marine fish of the genus Sphyraena that have elongated bodies, a projecting lower jaw, displaying prominent fang-shaped teeth, and are aggressive predators.
barracudas
barracudas
noun
plural of barracuda
barracudina
barracudina
noun
Any of the elongated ray-finned fish of the order Paralepididae.
barramunda
barramunda
noun
Neoceratodus forsteri, the Queensland lungfish.
barramundas
barramundas
noun
plural of barramunda
barramundi
barramundi
noun
A diadromous fish of species Lates calcarifer, of the Centropomidae family, order Perciformes.
barramundies
barramundis
barramundis
noun
plural of barramundi
barriguda
barriguda
noun
The palm tree Iriartea ventricosa.
barrigudo
barrigudo
noun
(archaic) The brown woolly monkey
barrigudos
barrigudos
noun
plural of barrigudo
barundi
basidiosporous
basiglandular
basilosauridae
batardeau
batardeau
noun
(military) A wall built across the ditch of a fortification, with a sluice gate to regulate the height of water in the ditch on both sides of the wall.
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
bauckiebird
baudelaire
baudery
baudrons
baudrons
noun
(Britain, dated) cat
baudronses
baudronses
noun
plural of baudrons
bdelloura
bdellouridae
beardtongue
beardtongue
noun
A flowering plant in the genus Penstemon with a prominent, often hairy, staminode.
beardtongues
beardtongues
noun
plural of beardtongue
bearhound
bearhound
noun
A dog for baiting or hunting bears.
beauford
beauregard
becurtained
becurtained
verb
simple past tense and past participle of becurtain
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.
beglamoured
beglamoured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beglamour
beguard
belaboured
belaboured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of belabour
belauder
beleaguered
beleaguered
adj
(figurative) Beset by trouble or difficulty.
Besieged; surrounded by enemy troops.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beleaguer
belinuridae
benzdifuran
bepastured
bepastured
adj
Furnished with pasture land.
berberidaceous
berberidaceous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to the family Berberidaceae of barberries.
berlauda
bermuda
bermudan
bermudan
Noun
A person from Bermuda or of Bermudian descent.
Adjective
Of, from, or pertaining to Bermuda, or the Bermudian peoples.
bermudas
bermudian
bermudian
Adjective
Of, from, or pertaining to Bermuda, or the Bermudian people.
Personal legal status equivalent to citizenship for the country of Bermuda.
Noun
A person from Bermuda or of Bermudian descent.
bermudians
bertaud
beturbaned
beturbaned
adj
wearing a turban
bhumidar
biarcuated
biarcuated
adj
Synonym of biarcuate
biarticulated
biarticulated
adj
doubly articulated
bicarbureted
bicarbureted
adj
(chemistry, obsolete) Containing two atoms or equivalents of carbon in the molecule.