(online gaming) A unique creature for a user to adopt.
A person or animal that is eligible to be adopted.
albertype
albertype
noun
(historical) A picture printed from a kind of gelatine plate produced by means of a photographic negative.
albespine
albespine
noun
whitethorn; hawthorn
albespyne
albespyne
noun
Alternative form of albespine
alphabets
alphabets
noun
plural of alphabet
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of alphabet
ambrotype
ambrotype
noun
(photography, historical) An early type of photograph in which a glass negative appears positive when displayed on a black background.
amphibole
amphibole
noun
(mineralogy) Any of a large group of structurally similar hydrated double silicate minerals, containing various combinations of sodium, calcium, magnesium, iron, and aluminium/aluminum
appetible
appetible
adj
Desirable; capable or worthy of being the object of desire.
appliable
appliable
adj
(obsolete) Compliant; accommodating.
Able to be put into use or applied; applicable.
apposable
apposable
adj
(anatomy) Capable of being apposed, or applied one to another, as the thumb to the fingers of the hand; able to be brought into direct spatial opposition.
approbate
approbate
adj
Approved.
verb
(transitive) To give official sanction, consent or authorization to.
backpedal
backpedal
verb
(intransitive) To pedal backwards on a bicycle.
(intransitive) To step backwards.
(intransitive, idiomatic) To distance oneself from an earlier claim or statement; back off from an idea.
backpiece
backpiece
noun
A decorated comb that attaches a veil to the back of a bride's head.
A large tattoo on a person's back.
A piece or plate of armour protecting a person's back.
backplane
backplane
noun
(electronics) A circuit board that connects several connectors in parallel to each other, so that each pin of each connector is linked to the same relative pin of all the other connectors, forming a computer bus.
backplate
backplate
noun
(UK, automotive) A rigid metal plate inside the brake drum, which supports the wheel cylinder, brake shoes, and other parts of a drum brake.
(underwater diving) A plate harnessed to a diver's back, to which the gas cylinders are attached.
A metal plate on the rear of a computer's casing, used to cover a port or slot.
A plate protecting a fighting person's back.
A wood or metal (or glass, etc) plate that serves as a backing for an object.
Part of a condenser microphone that sits behind the diaphragm and which acts, in conjunction with the diaphragm, as a sort of variable capacitor.
backropes
backspace
backspace
noun
(computing) A keyboard key used for removing a character behind the cursor, and moving the cursor one position backwards.
(computing) The non-printable text character representing a backspace.
The key on a typewriter that moves the head one position backwards.
verb
(computing) To move a magnetic tape to a previous block.
(computing) To remove a character behind a cursor.
backspear
backspeer
backspeir
backspier
backswept
backswept
adj
Swept back.
bagpipers
bagpipers
noun
plural of bagpiper
bailpiece
bailpiece
noun
(law) A piece of paper containing a recognizance or bail bond.
bakeapple
bakeapple
noun
(Atlantic Canada) The cloudberry, Rubus chamaemorus
bakership
bakership
noun
The role or status of a baker.
bakeshops
bakeshops
noun
plural of bakeshop
baldpated
baldpated
adj
(archaic) Lacking hair on the head; bald.
baldpates
baldpates
noun
plural of baldpate
bapistery
baptizers
baptizers
noun
plural of baptizer
bargepole
bargepole
noun
Alternative spelling of barge pole
barhopped
barhopped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of barhop
barkeeper
barkeeper
noun
A bartender: a person preparing and serving drinks at a bar.
baroscope
baroscope
noun
barometer
baseplate
baseplate
noun
(rail transport) Synonym of tie plate
A solid piece of material that has enough strength and sturdiness to serve as the surface to which other things are attached to be supported.
basepoint
basepoint
noun
(mathematics) A point that marks the beginning and the end of a topological loop
basipetal
basipetal
adj
(botany) That develops, matures or opens from the apex towards the base in sequence
basophile
basophile
noun
Alternative form of basophil
batyphone
beanpoles
beanpoles
noun
plural of beanpole
beaproned
beastship
beastship
noun
The quality of being a beast, or beastly.
beauchamp
beauchamp
Proper noun
The name of several places in Northern France
of Norman origin
beboppers
beboppers
noun
plural of bebopper
becapping
becarpets
becarpets
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of becarpet
beclasped
beclasped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beclasp
becompass
becrampon
becripple
becripple
verb
(transitive) To make cripple; make lame.
bediapers
bediapers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bediaper
bedimpled
bedimpled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bedimple
bedimples
bedimples
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedimple
bedplates
bedplates
noun
plural of bedplate
bedraping
bedraping
verb
present participle of bedrape
bedspread
bedspread
noun
A coverlet.
The topmost covering of a bed, often functioning as a blanket.
bedspring
bedspring
noun
A springy surface that supports the mattress of a bed.
beekeeper
beekeeper
noun
A person who maintains hives and keeps bees, especially for the production of honey.
befrumple
beleaping
beleaping
verb
present participle of beleap
belesprit
bellpulls
bellpulls
noun
plural of bellpull
benempted
bepainted
bepainted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bepaint
bepatched
bepatched
adj
Covered in patches.
bephilter
bepicture
bepimpled
bepimpled
adj
pimply; covered with pimples
bepimples
beplaided
beplaided
adj
Wearing plaid.
beplaster
beplaster
verb
(transitive) To plaster over; to cover or smear thickly; to bedaub (with something).
bepraiser
bepraiser
noun
One who bepraises.
bepranked
beslipper
beslipper
verb
(transitive) To put slippers on; provide with slippers.
bespangle
bespangle
verb
To cover something with spangles.
bespatter
bespatter
verb
(transitive) To soil by spattering.
(transitive) To spatter or cover with something; sprinkle with anything liquid, or with any wet or adhesive substance.
(transitive, figuratively) To asperse with calumny or reproach; shend.
bespeaker
bespeaker
noun
One who bespeaks.
bespecked
bespeckle
bespeckle
verb
To add speckles.
bespelled
bespelled
adj
Endued with magical power; enchanted; charmed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bespell
bespotted
bespotted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bespot
bespoused
bespoused
adj
married
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bespouse
bespouses
bespouses
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bespouse
bespreads
bespreads
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bespread
bespurred
bespurred
adj
Wearing or having spurs.
besputter
bethumped
bethumped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bethump
betrample
betrample
verb
(transitive) To trample over; affect by much trampling; trample excessively.
betrumpet
betrumpet
verb
(transitive) To trumpet about; trumpet the praise of.
beweeping
beweeping
verb
present participle of beweep
bewhisper
bewhisper
verb
(transitive, rare) To whisper.
beworship
bewrapped
bewrapped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bewrap
biopoesis
biopoesis
noun
(chemistry, biology) The formation of life from self-replicating, but not living molecules.
bioscopes
bioscopes
noun
plural of bioscope
biosphere
biosphere
noun
The part of the Earth and its atmosphere capable of supporting life.
The totality of living organisms and their environment.
bipalmate
bipalmate
adj
(botany) Describing leaves that have a palmate structure on petioles that are themselves palmate
bipartile
bipartile
adj
divisible into two parts
bipartite
bipartite
adj
(botany, of leaves) Divided into two at the base.
(graph theory, of a graph) Having vertices that can be divided into two independent sets (see bigraph)
(of an agreement or contract) Having two participants; joint.
Having two parts.
bipeltate
bipeltate
adj
Resembling a double shield
bipennate
bipennate
adj
(botany, of leaves) Bipinnate (pinnate and having a pinnate leaflet).
(medicine, anatomy, zoology) Of, pertaining to, or having the nature of a muscle, the fibres of which attach to a tendon on two sides (as a feather barbed on both sides).
Having two wings; bipennated.
biphenyls
biphenyls
noun
plural of biphenyl
bipinnate
bipinnate
adj
(botany, of a leaf) Doubly pinnate; pinnate and having leaflets that are themselves pinnate.
biplicate
biplicate
adj
Twice folded together.
biplosive
bipontine
bipontine
Adjective
Bipont
biseptate
biseptate
adj
With two partitions or septa
bishopess
bishopess
noun
A female bishop.
The wife of a bishop.
bishoplet
bishoplet
noun
(archaic) A petty bishop.
bispinose
bispinose
adj
(zoology) Having two spines.
bitesheep
bitesheep
noun
(obsolete, derogatory) A bishop, particularly a Catholic bishop persecuting Protestants.
bitmapped
bitmapped
adj
(computing) Represented by a bitmap.
blaspheme
blaspheme
noun
Obsolete spelling of blasphemy
verb
(intransitive) To commit blasphemy; to speak against God or religious doctrine.
(transitive) To calumniate; to revile; to abuse.
(transitive) To speak of, or address, with impious irreverence; to revile impiously (anything sacred).
blasphemy
blasphemy
noun
(by extension) An act of irreverence towards anything considered inviolable; the act of disregarding a convention.
An act of irreverence or contempt toward a god or toward something considered sacred; an impious act, utterance, view, etc.
blepharal
blepharal
adj
Relating to the eyelids
blockpate
bloodripe
blowpipes
blowpipes
noun
plural of blowpipe
bluepoint
bluepoint
noun
(felinology) A colourpoint cat with blue markings.
(marine biology) A small oyster, Crassostrea virginica, from the eastern United States seaboard.
blueprint
blueprint
noun
(architecture, engineering, by extension) A detailed technical drawing (now often in some electronically storable and transmissible form).
(informal, by extension) Any detailed plan, whether literal or figurative.
A print produced with this process.
A type of paper-based reproduction process producing white-on-blue images, used primarily for technical and architecture's drawings, now largely replaced by other technologies.
verb
To make a blueprint for.
To make a detailed operational plan for.
boarspear
bodyplate
boltropes
boltropes
noun
plural of boltrope
bonaparte
bonaparte
Proper noun
A Corsican surname
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821)
The family of Napoleon Bonaparte
A former name for the island of Réunion
bonspells
bonspells
noun
plural of bonspell
bonspiels
bonspiels
noun
plural of bonspiel
bookkeeps
bookkeeps
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bookkeep
bookplate
bookplate
noun
A printed piece of paper pasted on one of the pages of a book, most often on the inside front cover, showing ownership and thus deterring theft.
verb
(transitive) To affix a bookplate to (a book).
bookpress
bopyridae
boxkeeper
boxkeeper
noun
(now historical) A theatre attendant in charge of the boxes.
bradypnea
bradypnea
noun
(medicine) A slow breathing rate, rhythm, or tidal volume.
bradypode
breastpin
breastpin
noun
An ornamental pin attached to clothing in a person's upper chest area; a brooch.
breesport
bridelope
brideship
bridgepot
bromopnea
bromopnea
noun
(medicine, dated) The condition of having bad breath.
broomrape
broomrape
noun
Any of various plants, of the genus Orobanche, that are parasitic on the roots of other plants.
browpiece
bryophyte
bryophyte
noun
(botany) Any plant of the division Bryophyta, defined sensu lato to comprise the mosses, liverworts and hornworts and corresponding to all embryophytes that are not vascular plants.
bubbletop
bubbletop
noun
An automobile with a transparent dome on top, instead of the usual windows and roof.
bucephala
buckplate
bullpates
bumpering
bumpering
verb
present participle of bumper
bumpiness
bumpiness
noun
The characteristic of being bumpy.
bumpkinet
bupleurol
bupleurol
noun
(organic chemistry) An alcohol with chemical formula C₁₀H₂₀O, derived from the essential oil from the flowers and leaves of Bupleurum fruticosum.