(historical, Scotland) A member of a faction of the Scottish Presbyterian Church that refused to take the burgess oath in 1747; since reunited.
attenborough
attenborough
Proper noun
A village in Broxtowe borough, Nottinghamshire, England.
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.
bacteriophagous
bacteriophagous
adj
Pertaining to the predation and consumption of bacterium.
batrachophagous
batrachophagous
adj
Feeding on frogs.
befraught
befraught
adj
(rare) fraught
begrutch
begrutch
verb
Obsolete form of begrudge.
bestraught
bestraught
adj
(obsolete) Distracted; mad, distraught.
betrough
bewrought
bewrought
adj
(obsolete) embroidered
boltuprightness
borgerhout
boroughlet
boroughmaster
boroughmaster
noun
The mayor, governor, or bailiff of a borough.
brachygnathous
brachygnathous
adj
Relating to brachygnathia
branchiostegous
branchiostegous
adj
branchiostegal
breakthrough
breakthrough
adj
(immunology) Involving the contraction of a disease by a person with a decreased susceptibility, such as a person who has been vaccinated to help prevent that disease.
(medicine) The emergence or one or more symptoms of a condition despite medication or other medical treatment.
Characterized by major progress or overcoming some obstacle.
noun
(construction) The penetration of a separating wall or the remaining distance to an adjacent hollow (a crosscut in mining) or between two parts of a tunnel build from both ends; knockthrough.
(military) An advance through and past enemy lines.
(sports) The penetration of the opposition's defence.
Any major progress; such as a great innovation or discovery that overcomes a significant obstacle.
breakthroughes
breakthroughs
breakthroughs
noun
plural of breakthrough
breastplough
breastplough
noun
A kind of plough, worked by handles near the worker's breast, and in some types by pushing with the breast/chest, by which ploughing can be done by hand (without a draft animal), albeit more slowly and difficultly, or by which turf (peat) can be cut for fuel; the type commonly used in preindustrial Britain is analogous to a spade with a large T-shaped handle gripped with both hands.
bremsstrahlung
bremsstrahlung
noun
The electromagnetic radiation produced by the deceleration of a charged particle, such as an electron, when it is deflected by another charged particle, such as an atomic nucleus.
bringhurst
brought
brought
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bring
broughta
broughtas
broughton
bullfighter
bullfighter
noun
One who engages in bullfighting; a toreador or matador.
bullfighters
bullfighters
noun
plural of bullfighter
burghbote
burghbote
noun
(obsolete) A contribution toward the building or repairing of castles or walls for the defense of a city or town.
burghemot
burgheristh
burghermaster
burghermaster
noun
Alternative form of burgomaster
burghmaster
burghmaster
noun
(UK, mining, historical) An officer who directs and lays out the meres or boundaries for the workers.
A burgomaster.
burghmoot
burghmote
burghmote
noun
(historical) A court or meeting of a burgh or borough, held three times a year.
burgomastership
burgomastership
noun
The role or status of a burgomaster.
burnight
burthening
burthening
verb
present participle of burthen
bushfighter
bushfighter
noun
One who takes part in bushfighting.
butchering
butchering
noun
The act by which someone or something is butchered; a slaughter or killing.
verb
present participle of butcher
butterbough
butterwright
charlottenburg
christiansburg
draughtboard
draughtboard
noun
A checkerboard used to play draughts.
draughtsboard
draughtsboard
noun
The board on which draughts is played, resembling a chessboard but (depending on the game variation) often having a side length of ten squares rather than eight.
earthgrubber
extraburghal
extraburghal
adj
(UK) Outside of a burgh or borough.
fitchburg
flaughtbred
forestburgh
forthbrought
forthbrought
verb
simple past tense and past participle of forthbring
fulbright
gaithersburg
gastroalbuminorrhea
goatbrush
gothenburg
gothenburg
Proper noun
It is the second-largest city in Sweden.
greenthumbed
gubbertush
gudebrother
guestchamber
guestchamber
noun
A chamber for the purpose of housing a guest; a guestroom.
gunbright
hamletsburg
hardbought
hartsburg
harvestbug
harzburgite
harzburgite
noun
An ultramafic igneous rock, a variety of peridotite consisting mostly of olivine and low-calcium pyroxene.
hattiesburg
hauberget
heartburning
heartburning
noun
Secret enmity; discountent.
heteroglobulose
hubertusburg
hugibert
huntingburg
huntsburg
hypercoagulability
hypercoagulability
noun
coagulation of blood faster than normal; especially an abnormally increased coagulability
hypersuggestibility
hypersuggestibility
noun
The quality of being hypersuggestible.
hypersuggestible
hypersuggestible
adj
Extremely suggestible.
hypersuggestibleness
hypersuggestibly
inbrought
inbrought
verb
simple past tense and past participle of inbring
interborough
interborough
adj
Between boroughs.
keithsburg
kirkcudbright
kirkcudbrightshire
kirkcudbrightshire
Proper noun
A historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in the informal Galloway area of south-western Scotland.
lautverschiebung
leuchtenbergite
leuchtenbergite
noun
(mineralogy) A variety of clinochlore that contains little or no iron.
luthersburg
megalobatrachus
methemoglobinuria
methemoglobinuria
noun
The occurrence of methemoglobin in the urine.
mitchellsburg
nightclubber
nightclubber
noun
One who visits a nightclub
nonautobiographical
nonautobiographical
adj
Not autobiographical.
nonautobiographically
northborough
organobismuth
organobismuth
adj
(organic chemistry) Describing any organic compound containing a carbon to bismuth bond
noun
(organic chemistry) Any organometallic compound of bismuth
outborough
outbranching
outbranching
noun
An outbranch.
verb
present participle of outbranch
outbreathing
outbreathing
noun
A breathing out; an exhalation.
verb
present participle of outbreathe
outbrought
outbrought
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outbring
outhyperbolizing
outthrobbing
outthrobbing
verb
present participle of outthrob
overbought
overbought
adj
(finance) Of a stock or commodity market condition: where there has been significant trading bidding up prices to higher levels, levels which seem overextended or excessive on a short-term basis.
peterborough
peterborough
Proper noun
A city in east central England
A city in Central Ontario, Canada
A town in New Hampshire.
A town in South Australia.
A town in Victoria, Australia.
pittsburgh
pittsburgh
Proper noun
A city in Pennsylvania, USA, and the county seat of Allegheny County.
pittsburgher
pittsburgher
Noun
A native or inhabitant of Pittsburgh.
plattsburgh
rebought
rebought
verb
simple past tense and past participle of rebuy
rhomborectangular
rightabout
rightabout
noun
Alternative spelling of right-about
shaftsburg
shutterbug
shutterbug
noun
(informal) A person who makes a hobby of photography.
shutterbugs
shutterbugs
noun
plural of shutterbug
smithburg
smithsburg
southbridge
southbridge
noun
(computing, electronics) A secondary microchip connected to the CPU only through the northbridge.
staggerbush
staggerbush
noun
Any of the genus Lyonia of ericaceous flowering plants.
stephensburg
straightabout
subdiaphragmatic
subdiaphragmatic
adj
Below the diaphragm
subdiaphragmatically
sunbright
sunbright
adj
(poetic) Full of sunshine; bright like the sun or shining with reflected sunlight.
superbright
superbright
adj
Extremely luminous
thirdborough
thirdborough
noun
(obsolete) The constable of a tithing or township
(obsolete) The head of a frankpledge
thornburg
thoroughbass
thoroughbass
noun
(music) Synonym of figured bass
thoroughbrace
thoroughbrace
noun
(dated) A leather strap supporting the body of a carriage, and attached to springs or serving as a spring itself.
thoroughbred
thoroughbred
adj
Bred from pure stock.
well-bred and properly educated.
noun
(loosely) Any purebred horse.
A person of uncommon strength or endurance (like that of a thoroughbred horse).
A well-bred person.
Alternative letter-case form of Thoroughbred (“horse bred for racing”)
thoroughbredness
thoroughbredness
noun
The quality of being thoroughbred.
thoroughbreds
thoroughbreds
noun
plural of thoroughbred
throughbear
throughbred
thumbstring
thunbergia
thunbergia
noun
(botany) Any member of the genus Thunbergia of flowering plants.
thunbergilene
thunderbearing
thyreoglobulin
thyroglobulin
thyroglobulin
noun
(biochemistry) A globulin, produced by the thyroid gland, that has a role in the production of the thyroid hormones
toothbrushing
toothbrushing
noun
An act of brushing the teeth.
verb
present participle of toothbrush
triborough
troubleshooting
troubleshooting
noun
The identification and resolution of problems, especially problems of a technical nature.
verb
present participle of troubleshoot
turbocharge
turbocharge
verb
(transitive) To increase the power of (an internal combustion engine, either Otto or Diesel cycle) by compressing the inlet air with power extracted from the exhaust air (through using a turbocharger).
(transitive, colloquial) To make faster or more powerful.
turbocharged
turbocharged
adj
Having a turbocharger
verb
simple past tense and past participle of turbocharge
turbocharger
turbocharger
noun
inlet air compressor for an internal combustion engine (either Otto or Diesel cycle), powered from the exhaust air.
turbosupercharge
turbosupercharged
turbosupercharger
turbosupercharger
noun
(automotive) A twincharger, a combination of a supercharger and a turbocharger.
(automotive, aviation, dated) A turbocharger, an exhaust-powered turbine used to power increased air intake to an internal combustion engine; an exhaust-turbine powered (in place of engine-powered) supercharger.