(figuratively, obsolete) Difficult to understand; abstruse, obscure.
(obsolete or poetic) Overtaken by night; especially of a traveller, etc.: caught out by oncoming night before reaching one's destination.
(obsolete) Plunged into darkness.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of benight
benighten
benighten
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To benight.
benighter
benighter
noun
One who benights or keeps others in darkness.
benthamic
benthamic
Adjective
Of or pertaining to or Benthamism.
benthonic
benthonic
adj
Synonym of benthic
berhyming
berhyming
verb
present participle of berhyme
bernhardi
berrichon
beshaming
beshaming
verb
present participle of beshame
bethankit
bianchite
biphenyls
biphenyls
noun
plural of biphenyl
bishareen
bleaching
bleaching
noun
The loss or removal of part of the (semantic, grammatical, etc) content or a word or morpheme.
The process of removing stains or of whitening fabrics, especially by the use of chemical agents.
verb
present participle of bleach
blechnoid
blenching
blenching
noun
The act of one who blenches.
verb
present participle of blench
blindheim
bodenheim
bohemians
bohemians
noun
plural of bohemian
bonhomies
bonhomies
noun
plural of bonhomie
bonhommie
bonhommie
noun
Dated form of bonhomie.
bothering
bothering
noun
The action of troubling or disturbing someone
verb
present participle of bother
brahminee
brainache
branchiae
branchiae
noun
plural of branchia
branchier
branchier
adj
comparative form of branchy: more branchy
breaching
breaching
noun
The act by which something is breached.
verb
present participle of breach
breathing
breathing
noun
(archaic) Time to recover one's breath; hence, a delay, a spell of time.
A diacritical mark indicating aspiration or lack thereof.
Any gentle influence or operation; inspiration.
Aspiration; secret prayer.
The act of respiration; a single instance of this.
verb
present participle of breathe
brechtian
brechtian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to (1898–1956), German poet and playwright, or his works.
breeching
breeching
noun
(equestrianism) A component of horse harness or tack, enabling the horse to hold back a vehicle.
(historical) The ceremony of dressing a boy in trousers for the first time.
(nautical) A rope used to secure a cannon.
(slang) A beating or flogging.
A conduit through which exhaust gases are conducted to a chimney.
brianhead
brightens
brightens
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brighten
brunhilde
buchanite
buchonite
bunchiest
bunchiest
adj
superlative form of bunchy: most bunchy
burnished
burnished
adj
(figurative) Blazing, bright.
Polished, made shiny by rubbing (especially with a burnisher).
verb
simple past tense and past participle of burnish
burnisher
burnisher
noun
A tool used to burnish, for making smooth and shiny by rubbing.
burnishes
burnishes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of burnish
busheling
busheling
noun
(chiefly in the plural) Scraps of steel left over from manufacturing processes.
verb
present participle of bushel
bushiness
bushiness
noun
The characteristic of being bushy.
cherubini
chibinite
chinbones
chinbones
noun
plural of chinbone
edinburgh
edinburgh
Proper noun
The capital and second largest city of Scotland.
ephebeion
ephebeion
noun
(historical) A room for young men in an Ancient Greek gymnasium.
ethbinium
fischbein
fishbones
fishbones
noun
plural of fishbone
habenaria
haberdine
haberdine
noun
cod salted and dried.
habitance
habitance
noun
(obsolete) dwelling; abode; residence
hainberry
hanbalite
harbinger
harbinger
noun
(obsolete) One who provides lodgings; especially, the officer of the English royal household who formerly preceded the court when travelling, to provide and prepare lodgings.
A person or thing that foreshadows or foretells the coming of someone or something.
verb
(transitive) To announce or precede; to be a harbinger of.
harebrain
harebrain
noun
A person who lacks good sense; One who is foolish and reckless.
hebrician
hebrician
Noun
A Hebraist.
hebridean
hebridean
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the Hebrides.
Noun
An inhabitant of the Hebrides.
hebridian
hebronite
heilbronn
herbarian
herbarian
noun
(archaic) A herbalist.
heronbill
hibernate
hibernate
verb
(intransitive) To live in seclusion.
(intransitive, biology) To spend the winter in a dormant or inactive state of minimal activity, low body temperature, slow breathing and heart rate, and low metabolic rate; to go through a winter sleep.
(intransitive, computing) To enter a standby state which conserves power without losing the contents of memory.
hibernian
hibernian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Ireland; Irish.
Noun
An Irish person.
A member of the Irish-ethnic Catholic fraternal Ancient Order of Hibernians
hibernize
hibernize
Verb
To make Irish.
hidebound
hidebound
adj
(figurative, of a person) Stubborn; narrow-minded; inflexible.
(obsolete) Niggardly; penurious; stingy.
(of a domestic animal) Having the skin adhering so closely to the ribs and back as not to be easily loosened or raised; emaciated.
(of trees) Having the bark so close and constricting that it impedes the growth.
Bound with the hide of an animal.
hildebran
hindberry
hindberry
noun
(archaic, dialectal) The raspberry.
hinesburg
hobbesian
hobbesian
Adjective
Involving unrestrained, selfish, and uncivilized competition among participants.
Relating to or his philosophical theories.
hobnailed
hobnailed
adj
Having hobnails.
hobnailer
hobnailer
noun
(informal) A hobnail boot.
honeybind
hubnerite
hubnerite
noun
Alternative spelling of hübnerite
inbreathe
inbreathe
verb
(transitive) To draw in as breath; inhale; inspire.
(transitive) To inspire (a person); communicate by inspiration; infuse by breathing.
(transitive, intransitive) To breathe (something) in; imbreathe.
inchamber
inchamber
verb
Archaic form of enchamber.
inhabited
inhabited
adj
(mathematics, of a set) Containing at least one element.
(type theory, of a type) Having a term.
Having inhabitants; lived in.
Obsolete form of uninhabited.
inhabiter
inhabiter
noun
One who inhabits; an inhabitant.
inhambane
inhibited
inhibited
adj
(of a person) Reserved or repressed, prone to quiet, inexpressive behavior.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of inhibit
inhibiter
inhibiter
noun
Alternative form of inhibitor
lindbergh
lindbergh
Proper noun
Any of several place, school, rail station names.
A hamlet in the County of St. Paul No. 19, Alberta, Canada (
A neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia (
A section of Missouri state highway running through St. Louis.
A passenger rail station in Atlanta, Georgia (
Another name of the San Diego International Airport (
A high school named after the aviator (
A high school named after the aviator Charles Lindbergh (
in Greenland.
lindybeth
nabathite
nebbishes
nebbishes
noun
plural of nebbish
plural of nebbishe
neighbors
neighbors
noun
plural of neighbor
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of neighbor
neighbour
neighbour
noun
(biblical) A fellow human being.
A person living on adjacent or nearby land; a person situated adjacently or nearby; anything (of the same type of thing as the subject) in an adjacent or nearby position.
One who is near in sympathy or confidence.
verb
(intransitive, followed by "on"; figurative) To be similar to, to be almost the same as.
(transitive) To be adjacent to
To associate intimately with; to be close to.
nengahiba
neophobia
neophobia
noun
The fear or hatred of novelty, new things, innovation, or unfamiliar places or situations.
neophobic
neophobic
adj
Afflicted by neophobia; fearing or disliking what is new
noun
(psychology) A person or animal that fears or dislikes new or novel experiences or food.
niterbush
pinchable
pinchable
adj
Suitable for being pinched.
pinchbeck
pinchbeck
adj
(not comparable) Made of pinchbeck.
Sham; spurious, artificial; being a cheap substitution; only superficially attractive.
noun
An alloy of copper and zinc once used as imitation gold for cheap jewelry.
rebathing
rebathing
verb
present participle of rebathe
reburnish
reburnish
verb
To burnish again
reinhabit
reinhabit
verb
To inhabit again (after living elsewhere)
resinbush
rhinebeck
schonbein
sheepbine
shelbiana
shinbones
shinbones
noun
plural of shinbone
shipborne
shipborne
adj
Carried by ship
shobonier
stibophen
stibophen
noun
An anthelmintic that inhibits phosphofructokinase and is used to treat schistosomiasis.
terebinth
terebinth
noun
A Mediterranean tree, Pistacia terebinthus (and, possibly, Pistacia palaestina)
thebaines
thebesian
thighbone
thighbone
noun
(anatomy) The bone that extends from the pelvis to the knee in humans; the femur.
thinkable
thinkable
adj
(rare) Morally acceptable or legal.
Able to be thought or imagined; conceivable.
twinebush
umbethink
umbethink
verb
(dialectal, chiefly Northern England, Scotland) To recall to mind; remember; recollect.
(organic chemistry, pharmacology) A toxic crystalline compound obtained from the bark of the yohimbe tree, used as an adrenergic blocking agent and also as an aphrodisiac in the treatment of impotence.