(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.
abreuvoir
abreuvoir
noun
(obsolete, masonry) The joint or interstice between stones, to be filled with mortar.
A cold water drinking fountain (for people) typically found in a public location; more generally, any fountain or water source (including for animals like birds, horses etc).
aerobatic
aerobatic
adj
Having to do with acrobatic maneuvers, such as spins, twirls, and flips, performed by an airplane.
aerobiont
aerobiont
noun
(biology) Any organism that needs air (oxygen) to survive
aerobious
aerobious
adj
(obsolete) aerobic
airmobile
airmobile
adj
Capable of being moved by air.
albicores
albicores
noun
plural of albicore
amberoids
ambrosine
amebiform
amebiform
adj
That resembles an amoeba/ameba
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.
arabinose
arabinose
noun
(biochemistry) An aldopentose that occurs most often in polysaccharides such as hemicellulose and pectin.
arborized
arborized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of arborize
arborizes
arborizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of arborize
artmobile
artmobile
noun
A vehicle that operates as a mobile art exhibition.
avicebron
azorubine
azorubine
noun
(organic chemistry) a red azo dye used as a food colouring, mostly in baked goods
bacteriol
bacteroid
bacteroid
adj
(biology) Resembling bacteria.
noun
(dated) A micro-organism such as a bacterium or yeast.
A bacterium of the species Bacteroides.
A symbiotic form of the nitrogen-fixing bacterium Rhizobia, or the root nodule that it produces.
baignoire
baignoire
noun
(dated) A box of the lowest tier in a theatre.
baltimore
baltimore
Proper noun
A city in central Maryland, USA
bandolier
bandolier
noun
An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
banjorine
barbitone
barbitone
noun
barbital
barbotine
barbotine
noun
A soft clay used for moulding or decorating pottery
barenboim
bariloche
bariolage
bariolage
noun
(music) A rapid alternation of two notes on two strings of a violin etc
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
barricoes
baryecoia
batonnier
bavaroise
bavaroise
noun
(sometimes proscribed) A cold dessert made from custard, cream and gelatine.
A drink of sweetened milk, eggs and tea, often with some sort of spirit.
becollier
becrimson
becrimson
verb
(transitive, poetic) To turn crimson; to redden.
befoulier
behaviors
behaviors
noun
plural of behavior
behaviour
behaviour
noun
Britain standard spelling of behavior.
beliquors
bercovici
bergamiol
bergamiol
noun
Synonym of linalyl acetate
beriosova
berkovtsi
berkowitz
bernoulli
berrichon
bertillon
berylloid
berylloid
noun
a solid consisting of a double twelve-sided pyramid
besognier
bessarion
beworming
beworried
beworried
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beworry
beworries
beworries
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beworry
beworship
bezoardic
bezoardic
adj
Pertaining to, or compounded with, bezoar.
noun
A medicine containing bezoar.
bicirrose
bicolored
bicolored
adj
Alternative form of bicoloured
bicornate
bicornate
adj
Alternative form of bicornuate
bicornute
bicornute
adj
Synonym of bicornuate
biddeford
biflorate
biflorate
adj
(botany) Biflorous.
bifronted
bifronted
adj
Having two fronts.
bigothero
bigotries
bigotries
noun
plural of bigotry
billowier
billowier
adj
comparative form of billowy: more billowy
bimotored
bimotored
adj
twin-engine
biometric
biometric
adj
Of or pertaining to biometry.
Of, pertaining to or using biometrics
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)
biosphere
biosphere
noun
The part of the Earth and its atmosphere capable of supporting life.
The totality of living organisms and their environment.
biosterin
biosterol
biostrome
biostrome
noun
(geology) A horizontally bedded stratum of fossilized remains of sedentary organisms
birdhouse
birdhouse
noun
A small house for birds.
An aviary.
birdstone
birdwomen
birdwomen
noun
plural of birdwoman
bisectors
bisectors
noun
plural of bisector
bjoerling
bloodripe
bloomeria
blotchier
blotchier
adj
comparative form of blotchy: more blotchy
boardlike
boardlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a board.
bobberies
bobberies
noun
plural of bobbery
boehmeria
boerhavia
boettiger
boilerful
boilerful
noun
Enough to fill a boiler.
boilerman
boilerman
noun
A person who tends the fire for a steam engine
boiseries
boiseries
noun
plural of boiserie
bolderian
bolivares
bolivares
noun
plural of bolivar
bollinger
bonaveria
bonderize
bonderize
verb
(transitive) To treat (steel) with a phosphate coat.
bonnering
booteries
booteries
noun
plural of booterie
plural of bootery
bopyridae
boracites
boracites
noun
plural of boracite
bordelais
borderies
bordering
bordering
adj
Having a common boundary or border
noun
A pattern or ornament forming a border.
verb
present participle of border
borderism
boresight
boresight
noun
The optical axis of a directional antenna.
borickite
borickite
noun
(mineralogy) Alternate name for delvauxite.
bornstein
borocaine
botaniser
botaniser
noun
Alternative spelling of botanizer
botanizer
botanizer
noun
An amateur botanist, especially one who enjoys finding plants in nature and identifying them.
bothering
bothering
noun
The action of troubling or disturbing someone
verb
present participle of bother
bourgeois
bourgeois
adj
(Marxism) Of or relating to the capitalist class, (usually derogatory) the capitalist exploitation of the proletariat.
(historical) Of or relating to the bourgeoisie, the third estate of the French Ancien Regime.
Of or relating to the middle class, (often derogatory) their presumed overly conventional, conservative, and materialistic values.
noun
(Marxism) A capitalist, (usually derogatory) an exploiter of the proletariat.
(history) An individual member of the bourgeoisie, the third estate of the French Ancien Regime.
(politics, collectively, usually in the plural) The middle class.
(printing, dated) A size of type between brevier and long primer, standardized as 9-point.
(rare) An individual member of the middle class.
(usually derogatory) A person of any class with bourgeois (i.e., overly conventional and materialistic) values and attitudes.
verb
(transitive) To make bourgeois.
bourrides
bourrides
noun
plural of bourride
bowerbird
bowerbird
noun
Alternative spelling of bower bird
bowerlike
boweryish
bowralite
boyfriend
boyfriend
noun
A male friend.
A male partner in an unmarried romantic relationship.
bracioles
bracioles
noun
plural of braciole
bretonian
bretonian
Adjective
Of or relating to (1896–1966), French writer, anarchist, and founder of surrealism.
bridebowl
bridehood
bridehood
noun
The state or condition of being a bride.
brideknot
bridelope
bridewort
bridewort
noun
Filipendula ulmaria
Spiraea alba, the pale bridewort
Spiraea salicifolia
bridgepot
bridgeton
brierroot
brierwood
brighouse
brimstone
brimstone
noun
(archaic) Used attributively as an intensifier in exclamations.
(archaic) sulfur.
(obsolete) A whore.
The butterfly Gonepteryx rhamni of the Pieridae family.
The sulfur of Hell; Hell, damnation.
briolette
briolette
noun
An oval or pear-shaped diamond having its entire surface cut in triangular facets.
britoness
britoness
Noun
A British woman.
broadside
broadside
adv
Sideways; with the side turned to the direction of some object.
noun
(by extension) A forceful attack, be it written or spoken.
(nautical) One side of a ship above the water line; all the guns on one side of a warship; their simultaneous firing.
A large sheet of paper, printed on one side and folded.
The printed lyrics of a folk song or ballad; a broadsheet.
verb
(transitive) To collide with something side-on.
broadview
broadwife
broadwise
broadwise
adv
(obsolete) Breadthwise.
brodequin
brodequin
noun
(obsolete) A buskin or half-boot.
broderick
broderick
noun
(slang, early 20th century) A thorough beating
verb
(transitive) To administer a beating to
broidered
broidered
adj
embroidered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of broider
broiderer
broiderer
noun
(archaic) One who embroiders.
bromamide
bromamide
noun
(organic chemistry) The brominated derivative of an amide R-CO-NHBr
bromeigon
bromeikon
bromeliad
bromeliad
noun
Any of various tropical or subtropical New World herbaceous plants in the family Bromeliaceae.
bromelins
bromelins
noun
plural of bromelin
bromeosin
bromeosin
noun
A fluorescent dye produced by the reaction of bromine with fluorescein.
bromfield
bromfield
Proper noun
Either of two villages in England.
brominate
brominate
verb
(chemistry, transitive) To treat or react with bromine or hydrobromic acid, to introduce bromine into a compound.