A pruning device mounted on a pole, so as to reach high branches; a weeding machine.
abjurations
abjurations
noun
plural of abjuration
ablutionary
ablutionary
adj
Pertaining to ablution.
abnumerable
abnumerable
adj
(mathematics) Not enumerable or denumerable; uncountable.
aboveground
aboveground
adj
Alternative spelling of above ground
abranchious
abranchious
adj
Having no gills
abruptiones
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.
afterburner
afterburner
noun
(aviation) A device in a jet engine which injects fuel into the exhaust system to increase the thrust.
airbrushing
airbrushing
verb
present participle of airbrush
albumeniser
albumenizer
albumenizer
noun
One who albumenizes.
albuminuria
albuminuria
noun
(pathology) The presence of albumin in the urine, often a symptom of renal disease
albuminuric
albuminuric
adj
showing the symptom albuminuria, i.e. having albumen in the urine
anaerobious
anaerobious
adj
(archaic) anaerobic
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.
anzengruber
archbuffoon
arnoldsburg
attributing
attributing
verb
present participle of attribute
attribution
attribution
noun
(law) A legal doctrine by which liability is extended to a defendant who did not actually commit the tortious or criminal act.
An explicit or formal acknowledgment of ownership or authorship.
The act of attributing something.
backcountry
backcountry
noun
A remote region; countryside that is relatively inaccessible; the boondocks.
backgrounds
backgrounds
noun
plural of background
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of background
bankrupting
bankrupting
verb
present participle of bankrupt
bankruptism
bankruptism
noun
(obsolete) bankruptcy
bankrupture
bankrupture
noun
(dated) bankruptcy
bannockburn
bannockburn
Proper noun
A village near Stirling in Scotland
A battle important in Scotland's struggle for independence
barbecueing
bareknuckle
barnumesque
barnumesque
Adjective
Reminiscent of (1810–1891), American showman and businessman remembered for promoting celebrated hoaxes and for founding a circus.
baroqueness
baroqueness
noun
The state or condition of being baroque.
barquantine
barquentine
barquentine
noun
(nautical) A sailing vessel similar to a barque, but fore-and-aft (schooner) rigged on the mainmast
barracudina
barracudina
noun
Any of the elongated ray-finned fish of the order Paralepididae.
barramundas
barramundas
noun
plural of barramunda
barramundis
barramundis
noun
plural of barramundi
baserunning
baserunning
noun
(baseball) The act of running bases, or a player's skill in doing so
beardtongue
beardtongue
noun
A flowering plant in the genus Penstemon with a prominent, often hairy, staminode.
beauharnais
becurtained
becurtained
verb
simple past tense and past participle of becurtain
belabouring
belabouring
verb
present participle of belabour
belinuridae
belorussian
benzdifuran
benzofurans
benzofurans
noun
plural of benzofuran
bernoullian
bhubaneswar
bhubaneswar
Proper noun
State capital of Odisha, India.
bifurcating
bifurcating
adj
dividing or forking into two
verb
present participle of bifurcate
bifurcation
bifurcation
noun
(biology) A division into two branches.
(by extension) Any place where one thing divides into two.
(computer science) A command that executes one block or other of commands depending on the result of a condition.
(geography) A place where two roads, tributaries etc. part or meet.
(mathematics) The change in the qualitative or topological structure of a given family as described by bifurcation theory.
(nautical) The point where a channel divides when proceeding from seaward.
Either of the forks or other branches resultant from such a division.
The act of bifurcating; branching or dividing in two.
biglandular
biglandular
adj
Having two glands
bimucronate
bimucronate
adj
(biology) Having two mucros
binocularly
binocularly
adv
In a binocular manner.
bistournage
bladdernuts
bladdernuts
noun
plural of bladdernut
bladensburg
blunderhead
blunderhead
noun
Someone who habitually makes mistakes or blunders
bonaventura
bonaventure
boragineous
boragineous
adj
(botany) Relating to the borage tribe; boraginaceous.
bourbonnais
brandenburg
brandenburg
Proper noun
Brandenburg an der Havel, a German town.
Land Brandenburg, a state of modern Germany.
The lands of Brandenburg (Mark Brandenburg, Provinz Brandenburg), provinces of Prussia from 1815 to 1946.
a home rule-class city in Kentucky, USA, and the county seat of Named after Solomon Brandenburg, a land owner.
Noun
A kind of decoration for the breast of a coat, sometimes only a frog with a loop, but in some military uniforms enlarged into a broad horizontal stripe.
brankursine
brankursine
noun
A plant, the acanthus.
britannicus
bromalbumin
brontosauri
brontosauri
noun
plural of brontosaurus
brontosaurs
brontosaurs
noun
plural of brontosaur
brushmaking
brushmaking
noun
The manufacture of brushes.
brutalising
brutalising
verb
(Britain) present participle of brutalise
brutalizing
brutalizing
adj
Cruel, harsh, or otherwise insensitive.
verb
present participle of brutalize
bucaramanga
bucaramanga
Proper noun
A city in northeastern Colombia.
buccaneered
buccaneered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of buccaneer
buccinators
buccinators
noun
plural of buccinator
buccinatory
buccinatory
adj
Relating to the buccinator muscle.
bucerotinae
bullragging
bungstarter
bungstarter
noun
A tool for opening barrels by removing the bung.
buprestidan
buprestidan
noun
(zoology, chiefly in the plural, dated) Any of a number of jewel beetles of the family Buprestidae, usually with shiny metallic colours.
burdigalian
burdigalian
Proper noun
A subdivision of the Miocene epoch.
burkundauze
burkundauze
noun
Alternative form of burkundaz
burnishable
bushrangers
bushrangers
noun
plural of bushranger
bushranging
bushranging
noun
The outlaw lifestyle of a bushranger.
butterwoman
butterwoman
noun
(dated) A woman who makes or sells butter.
callensburg
candelabrum
candelabrum
noun
A candle holder.
cannonsburg
carbolineum
carbolineum
noun
An oily, water-insoluble, flammable, dark brown coal tar mixture, formerly used to preserve wooden structures.
carbonnieux
carborundum
carborundum
noun
Crystals of silicon carbide used as an abrasive.
carbuncular
carbuncular
adj
Of, pertaining to, or resembling a carbuncle.
carburating
carburating
verb
present participle of carburate
carburation
carburation
noun
Alternative spelling of carburetion
carburetant
carburetant
noun
Any volatile liquid used in charging illuminating gases.
carbureting
carbureting
verb
present participle of carburet
carburetion
carburetion
noun
The process, such as occurs in a carburetor, of mixing fuel with oxygen or air in appropriate proportion for combustion.
carburising
carburising
verb
present participle of carburise
carburizing
carburizing
verb
present participle of carburize
charbonneau
coinsurable
concubinary
concubinary
adj
Of or pertaining to a concubine
noun
The state of being a concubine
conquerable
conquerable
adj
Capable of being conquered or subdued.
constabular
construable
construable
adj
That may be construed.
contubernal
contubernal
adj
(historical) Of a relationship between a male and female slave: sexual in nature and somewhat similar to marriage, but not formalized due to the parties being legally unable to marry.
(rare) Living in close proximity (as though sharing a tent); intimate, familiar.
conurbation
conurbation
noun
A continuous aggregation of built-up urban communities created as a result of urban sprawl.
counterabut
counterband
counterbase
counterbase
noun
Archaic form of contrabass.
cumbernauld
cumbernauld
Proper noun
a town in council area, Scotland, a new town founded in the 1950s on the site of a village of the same name
curableness
curableness
noun
The quality or state of being curable.
denumerable
denumerable
adj
(mathematics) Capable of being assigned a bijection to the natural numbers. Applied to sets which are not finite, but have a one-to-one mapping to the natural numbers.
denumerably
denumerably
adv
In a denumerable manner
disturbance
disturbance
noun
(psychology) A serious mental imbalance or illness.
A noisy commotion that causes a hubbub or interruption.
An interruption of that which is normal or regular.
Something that disturbs.
The act of disturbing, being disturbed.
dorsumbonal
drumbeating
drumbeating
noun
A beating of drums.
dullbrained
durableness
durableness
noun
durability
embrasuring
encumbrance
encumbrance
noun
(law) One who is dependent on another.
(property law) An interest, right, burden, or liability attached to a title of land, such as a lien or mortgage.
Something that encumbers; a burden that must be carried.
verb
(law) To apply an encumbrance to (property, etc.).
entablature
entablature
noun
(architecture) All of that part of a classical temple above the capitals of the columns; includes the architrave, frieze, and cornice but not the roof.
equilibrant
equilibrant
noun
A force equal to, but opposite of, the resultant sum of vector forces; that force which balances other forces, thus bringing an object to equilibrium.
escarbuncle
escarbuncle
noun
(heraldry) A carbuncle.
extuberance
extuberance
noun
A swelling or rising; protuberance.
exuberances
exuberances
noun
plural of exuberance
exuberantly
exuberantly
adv
In an exuberant manner
exuberating
exuberating
verb
present participle of exuberate
exuberation
exurbanites
exurbanites
noun
plural of exurbanite
farnborough
farnborough
Proper noun
a town in north-east Hampshire, England.
a residential area in the London Borough of Bromley.
a village in Berkshire, and a village in Warwickshire, both in England.
fauxbourdon
flaubertian
floribundas
floribundas
noun
plural of floribunda
furnishable
furnishable
adj
Capable of being fitted with furniture.
Capable of being supplied or provided.
gaberlunzie
gaberlunzie
noun
(Scotland, historical) A licensed beggar.
(Scotland, historical) A pouch carried by a strolling beggar.
gangbusters
gangbusters
adj
Very successful or profitable.
adv
(colloquial) With great energy or speed; very well. (Frequently with go.)
noun
plural of gangbuster
glastonbury
glastonbury
Proper noun
A town in Somerset, England.
The Glastonbury Festival.
A town in Connecticut.
grubstaking
grubstaking
verb
present participle of grubstake
gubernacula
gubernacula
noun
plural of gubernaculum
gubernation
gubernation
noun
The act of governing; government.
gubernative
gubernative
adj
(obsolete) governing
gubernatrix
guerdonable
guerdonable
adj
(obsolete) Deserving of a reward.
hardinsburg
harmonsburg
hibernacula
hibernacula
noun
plural of hibernaculum
hollansburg
hubbardston
husbandress
husbandries
husbandries
noun
plural of husbandry
incicurable
incicurable
adj
(rare) Impossible to tame.
incumbrance
incumbrance
noun
(law) an interest, right, burden, or liability attached to a title of land, such as a lien or mortgage.
A burden; a thing that must be carried.
incunabular
incunabular
adj
(by extension) Relating to the earliest stages of any form of publishing or media.