A low or downcast condition; meanness of spirit; abasement; degradation.
abominate
abominate
adj
(rare) Abominable; detested.
verb
(transitive) To feel disgust towards; to loathe or detest thoroughly; to hate in the highest degree, as if with religious dread.
(transitive, colloquial) To dislike strongly.
aborigine
aborigine
noun
(in the plural) The native flora and fauna of an area.
A native inhabitant of a country; a member of the original people.
abortient
abortient
adj
(archaic, medicine) Reproductively sterile or miscarrying.
noun
(archaic, medicine) Abortifacient; an agent producing abortion.
abreption
abreption
noun
(obsolete) A snatching away.
aerobiont
aerobiont
noun
(biology) Any organism that needs air (oxygen) to survive
aitchbone
aitchbone
noun
A cut of beef lying above the rump bone.
The rump bone itself.
amboinese
ambrosine
anabolite
anabolite
noun
(biochemistry) Any substance produced as a result of anabolism
anabolize
anabolize
verb
(biochemistry) To cause, or to undergo anabolism
anaerobia
anaerobia
noun
anaerobes
anaerobic
anaerobic
adj
Of exercise, involving glycolysis (the conversion of glucose to adenosine triphosphate) rather than using oxygen to supply bodily energy needs.
Of or relating to an anaerobe.
Without oxygen; especially of an environment or organism.
anobiidae
anybodies
anybodies
pron
(nonstandard) plural of anybody
(nonstandard) possessive form of anybody
arabinose
arabinose
noun
(biochemistry) An aldopentose that occurs most often in polysaccharides such as hemicellulose and pectin.
avicebron
azobenzil
azorubine
azorubine
noun
(organic chemistry) a red azo dye used as a food colouring, mostly in baked goods
baccheion
baignoire
baignoire
noun
(dated) A box of the lowest tier in a theatre.
baileyton
balaenoid
balaenoid
adj
Relating to whales of the family Balaenidae, certain of the baleen whales.
balconied
balconied
adj
That has a balcony attached.
balconies
balconies
noun
plural of balcony
balmonies
bandolier
bandolier
noun
An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
bandoline
bandoline
noun
(dated) A glutinous pomatum for the hair.
verb
(dated, transitive) To apply bandoline to (the hair).
banjorine
barbitone
barbitone
noun
barbital
barbotine
barbotine
noun
A soft clay used for moulding or decorating pottery
barenboim
baritenor
baritenor
noun
A singing voice combining parts of baritone and tenor
baritones
baritones
noun
plural of baritone
baronized
baronized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of baronize
baronries
baronries
noun
plural of baronry
basepoint
basepoint
noun
(mathematics) A point that marks the beginning and the end of a topological loop
baskonize
bastioned
bastioned
adj
Furnished with a bastion; having bastions.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bastion
bastionet
bastionet
noun
A small bastion.
bastonite
batonnier
beaconing
beaconing
noun
(computing, telecommunications) A continuous signaling of error conditions on a LAN, or small packets on a wireless LAN (WLAN).
(computing, telecommunications) In a token ring network, the process of isolating a fault domain with signals, so that recovery actions can take place.
verb
present participle of beacon (The emitting of signals from a beacon).
bebington
beckoning
beckoning
adj
That beckons.
noun
Such a wave or similar action.
verb
present participle of beckon
becomings
becomings
noun
plural of becoming
becrimson
becrimson
verb
(transitive, poetic) To turn crimson; to redden.
bedsonias
bedsonias
noun
plural of bedsonia
befogging
befogging
verb
present participle of befog
befooling
befooling
verb
present participle of befool
befouling
befouling
verb
present participle of befoul
beholding
beholding
adj
Obsolete form of beholden.
noun
The act by which something is beheld; regard; contemplation.
verb
present participle of behold
behooving
behooving
verb
present participle of behoove
behowling
behowling
verb
present participle of behowl
belection
belemnoid
belemnoid
adj
dart-shaped; styloid
noun
(anatomy) The styloid process of the ulna or of the temporal bone.
(zoology) A member of the Belemnoidea, an extinct group of marine cephalopods.
belington
belitoeng
bellibone
bellibone
noun
(obsolete) A woman excelling both in beauty and goodness; a fair maid.
bellonian
bellonion
bellonion
noun
Alternative form of belloneon
bellowing
bellowing
noun
The sound produced when someone or something bellows
verb
present participle of bellow
belonging
belonging
noun
(countable, chiefly in the plural) Something physical that is owned.
(mineralogy) A rare hard blue silicate mineral found in hydrothermally altered serpentinite.
benthonic
benthonic
adj
Synonym of benthic
bentonite
bentonite
noun
(mineralogy) Any of several impure clay minerals consisting mostly of montmorillonite.
A porous clay formed by the decomposition of volcanic ash that swells 5 to 6 times its original volume in the presence of water.
benzamido
benzamino
benzenoid
benzenoid
adj
(organic chemistry) Having an electronic structure analogous to that of benzene; Containing at least one benzene ring
noun
(organic chemistry) A compound of this kind.
benzidino
benzoline
benzoline
noun
(chemistry, dated) amarine
(organic chemistry, dated) A benzole.
benzolize
bernoulli
berrichon
bertillon
besmoking
besmoking
verb
present participle of besmoke
besnowing
besnowing
verb
present participle of besnow
besognier
besotting
besotting
verb
present participle of besot
bessarion
bestowing
bestowing
verb
present participle of bestow
bettongia
betulinol
bevington
beworming
bickleton
biconcave
biconcave
adj
(optics, anatomy) Having both sides concave
bicornate
bicornate
adj
Alternative form of bicornuate
bicornute
bicornute
adj
Synonym of bicornuate
bifronted
bifronted
adj
Having two fronts.
biglenoid
bijection
bijection
noun
(set theory) A one-to-one correspondence, a function which is both a surjection and an injection.
bilection
bilection
noun
Alternative form of bolection
bilestone
bilestone
noun
A gallstone, or biliary calculus.
biltongue
biltongue
noun
Archaic form of biltong.
binalonen
biniodide
biniodide
noun
A diiodide.
biogenase
biogenies
biogenous
biogenous
adj
biogenic; produced by living things
bionomies
bionomies
noun
plural of bionomy
biosensor
biosensor
noun
(biochemistry) A device that uses biological material (e.g. microorganisms, oligonucleotides, enzymes, antibodies) to detect other biological molecules or chemicals.
(biochemistry) Any device that detects, records or transmits physiological data, especially data concerning the presence of chemical compounds (analytes)
bioseston
bioseston
noun
The living particulate matter suspended in bodies of water such as lakes and seas.
biosterin
bipontine
bipontine
Adjective
Bipont
birdstone
birdwomen
birdwomen
noun
plural of birdwoman
bisection
bisection
noun
(computing) The act of bisecting.
A division into two parts, especially into two equal parts.
bisontine
bisontine
adj
Of, pertaining to, or resembling a bison
bispinose
bispinose
adj
(zoology) Having two spines.
bivoltine
bivoltine
adj
(biology) Having two broods or generations in a year
noun
(biology) A bivoltine organism.
bjoerling
blechnoid
blennioid
blennioid
noun
Any member of the true blennies of the suborder Blennioidei.
blennosis
bleomycin
bleomycin
noun
(pharmacology) Any of a family of antineoplastic drug obtained from Streptomyces verticillus.
bletonism
blockline
bloodline
bloodline
noun
By extension, the predecessors of a particular item or product.
The abstract link between a person and their ancestors.
The pedigree of an animal.
blowiness
bluejoint
bluepoint
bluepoint
noun
(felinology) A colourpoint cat with blue markings.
(marine biology) A small oyster, Crassostrea virginica, from the eastern United States seaboard.
bobbinets
bobbinets
noun
plural of bobbinet
bobbinite
bobbinite
noun
(historical) A form of black powder modified to reduce the risk of gas explosions in mines.
bobinette
bockstein
bodenheim
bogginess
bogginess
noun
The state or quality of being boggy.
bohemians
bohemians
noun
plural of bohemian
boilerman
boilerman
noun
A person who tends the fire for a steam engine
bolderian
bolection
bolection
noun
(architecture) A moulding that covers a joint, especially between joints between surfaces on different levels.
bollinger
boltonite
boltonite
noun
(mineralogy) A granular chrysolite mineral of a greyish or yellowish color.
bombasine
bombasine
noun
Alternative form of bombazine
bombazine
bombazine
noun
A twilled or corded fabric made from silk, wool, or cotton dyed black.
bombesins
bombesins
noun
plural of bombesin
bombinate
bombinate
verb
to buzz or hum
bombycine
bombycine
adj
Pertaining to silkworms; bombic.
bonaveria
bonderize
bonderize
verb
(transitive) To treat (steel) with a phosphate coat.
bondville
boneville
bonhomies
bonhomies
noun
plural of bonhomie
bonhommie
bonhommie
noun
Dated form of bonhomie.
bonifaces
bonifaces
noun
plural of boniface
bonnering
bonneting
bonneting
noun
The act of a person being bonneted, i.e. having their cap pulled down over their head.