(obsolete outside dialects) The Eurasian siskin or spruce siskin, Spinus spinus, a small green and yellow finch related to the goldfinch.
aberdonian
aberdonian
Adjective
Of or relating to Aberdeen.
Noun
A citizen or inhabitant of, or person born in, Aberdeen, NE Scotland.
aberduvine
aberduvine
noun
Alternative form of aberdevine.
abjudicate
abjudicate
verb
(law) To reject by judicial sentence.
To abjudge.
abominated
abominated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abominate
aborticide
aborticide
noun
An agent responsible for an abortion (the destruction of a fetus); abortifacient.
The act of destroying a fetus in the womb; feticide.
abridgable
abridgable
adj
Capable of being abridged.
abridgedly
abridgedly
adv
in an abridged manner, in a manner that is cut short or shortened
abridgment
abridgment
noun
(US) An epitome or compend, as of a book; a shortened or abridged form; an abbreviation.
(US) The act of abridging; reduction or deprivation
(US) The state of being abridged or lessened.
(dated, law) Any of various brief statements of case law made before modern reporting of legal cases.
(law) The leaving out of certain portions of a plaintiff's demand, the writ still holding good for the remainder.
(obsolete) That which abridges or cuts short; hence, an entertainment that makes the time pass quickly
abstricted
abstricted
adj
Separated by abstriction.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abstrict
accendible
accendible
adj
(obsolete) Capable of being inflamed or kindled; combustible; inflammable
acerbitude
acerbitude
noun
(archaic) Sourness and harshness; acerbity.
addlebrain
addlebrain
noun
An addlebrained person.
admissable
admissable
adj
Alternative spelling of admissible
admissible
admissible
adj
(artificial intelligence) Describing a heuristic that never overestimates the cost of reaching a goal.
Capable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed; allowable, permissible, acceptable.
admittable
admittable
adj
Able to be admitted.
admittible
admittible
adj
Archaic spelling of admittable.
aedilberct
airbrained
airbrushed
airbrushed
adj
(by extension) Having had imperfections and blemishes removed through digital manipulation.
Having been manipulated with an airbrush.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of airbrush
alabandine
alabandite
alabandite
noun
(mineralogy) A mineral form of manganese sulfide, MnS, sometimes found in meteorites
albumenoid
albumenoid
noun
Alternative form of albuminoid
alcibiades
ambidexter
ambidexter
adj
Ambidextrous.
noun
(archaic) A lawyer who takes fees from both plaintiff and defendant.
(by extension) Someone who is two-faced; a double-dealer, such as a cheat or a crook.
Someone who is ambidextrous.
ambitioned
ambitioned
adj
Having ambition
amebicidal
amebicidal
adj
(American spelling) Alternative form of amoebicidal
ameboidism
ameboidism
noun
movements, especially in some nerve cells, that resemble those of the amoeba
amoebicide
amoebicide
noun
Alternative spelling of amebicide
antebridal
antibodies
antibodies
noun
plural of antibody
arbitrated
arbitrated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of arbitrate
ascendible
ascendible
adj
Capable of being ascended; climbable.
attributed
attributed
adj
(programming) decorated with an attribute
verb
simple past tense and past participle of attribute
audibertia
autobolide
backfields
backfields
noun
plural of backfield
backfilled
backfilled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backfill
backfriend
backfriend
noun
(UK, dialectal) A friend at one's back; a backer; one who does his best for another; a supporter.
(UK, dialectal) A hangnail.
(UK, dialectal, obsolete) A false friend; a secret enemy.
backiebird
backslided
backslider
backslider
noun
A recidivist; one who backslides, especially in a religious sense; an apostate.
She married him thinking to change his ways, and for a while he got religion, but he was ever a backslider; she soon began finding bottles stashed about the house.
backslides
backslides
noun
plural of backslide
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backslide
backwinded
bacterioid
bacterioid
adj
(rare) Resembling a bacterium.
bacterized
bacterized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bacterize
badgerlike
badgerlike
adj
Similar to a badger.
Similar to that of a badger.
bainbridge
bainbrudge
bakshished
bakshished
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bakshish
balaenidae
baldricked
baldricked
adj
Wearing a baldrick (ornamental belt).
balistidae
balkanised
balkanised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of balkanise
balkanized
balkanized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of balkanize
balladised
balladized
balladized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of balladize
balladlike
balladlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a ballad.
balladries
balladries
noun
plural of balladry
balladwise
balladwise
adv
In the style of a ballad.
balourdise
banderilla
banderilla
noun
(bullfighting) A decorated barbed stick used in bullfighting to stick into the bulls' shoulders.
bandinelli
banditries
banditries
noun
plural of banditry
bangtailed
bangtailed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bangtail
barbarised
barbarised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of barbarise
barbarized
barbarized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of barbarize
barefisted
barleybird
barmecidal
barmecidal
adj
unreal; illusory
barrandite
barrandite
noun
(mineralogy) The mineral (Al,Fe³⁺)PO₄⋅2H₂O, related to taranakite.
barricaded
barricaded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of barricade
barricader
barricader
noun
A person who mans a barricade.
barricades
barricades
noun
plural of barricade
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of barricade
bartending
bartending
verb
present participle of bartend
bartizaned
basinerved
basipodite
basipodite
noun
(anatomy) The basal joint of the legs of crustaceans.
bastardice
bastardies
bastardies
noun
plural of bastardy
bastardise
bastardise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of bastardize.
bastardize
bastardize
verb
To beget out of wedlock.
To claim or demonstrate that someone is a bastard, or illegitimate.
To reduce from a higher to a lower state, such as by removing refined elements or introducing debased elements; to debase.
bastinaded
bastinaded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bastinade
bastinades
bastinades
noun
plural of bastinade
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bastinade
batidaceae
baudelaire
bayldonite
bayldonite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing arsenic, copper, hydrogen, lead, oxygen, and zinc.
beadleship
beadleship
noun
The office of a beadle.
beatitudes
beatitudes
noun
plural of beatitude
beautified
beautified
adj
Having been made beautiful.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beautify
beautihood
beblooding
beblooding
verb
present participle of beblood
beclouding
beclouding
noun
The process of becoming clouded or obscured.
verb
present participle of becloud
becousined
becrippled
becrowding
becrowding
verb
present participle of becrowd
bedabbling
bedabbling
verb
present participle of bedabble
bedazzling
bedazzling
verb
present participle of bedazzle
bedeviling
bedeviling
noun
An act by which somebody is bedevilled; causing of trouble; harassment.
verb
(US) present participle of bedevil
bedevilled
bedevilled
verb
(Britain) simple past tense and past participle of bedevil
bediademed
bediapered
bediapered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bediaper
bedighting
bedighting
verb
present participle of bedight
bedimplies
bedimpling
bedimpling
verb
present participle of bedimple
bedirtying
bedirtying
verb
present participle of bedirty
bedizening
bedizening
noun
The act of adorning gaudily.
verb
present participle of bedizen
bedlamised
bedlamized
bedlington
bedminster
bedminster
Proper noun
A district of Bristol, England, formerly a small town in Somerset
bednighted
bedouinism
bedouinism
noun
Nomadic desert life, like that of the bedouins.
bedriveled
bedrugging
bedrugging
verb
present participle of bedrug
bedsprings
bedsprings
noun
plural of bedspring
bedticking
bedwarfing
bedwarfing
verb
present participle of bedwarf
beedeville
beeswinged
beeswinged
adj
(by extension) Covered with a filmy layer.
Of wine: having the filmy, translucent crust called beeswing.
befamilied
befamilied
adj
(rare) Having a family.
befetished
befetished
adj
(dated) Wearing amulets or talismans.
befilleted
befingered
befingered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of befinger
beforesaid
beforesaid
adj
(archaic) Previously said.
befriended
befriended
verb
simple past tense and past participle of befriend
befriender
befriender
noun
One who befriends.
befuddling
befuddling
verb
present participle of befuddle
begirdling
begirdling
verb
present participle of begirdle
begladding
begrudging
begrudging
adj
grudgeful, envious
reluctant
verb
present participle of begrudge
behaviored
behindhand
behindhand
adj
(archaic) Behind (someone or something moving, a trend, etc.), lagging behind, not keeping up.
(archaic) Behind in paying a debt; in arrears.
(archaic) Not having enough of, lacking (in something).
(archaic, of a person) Late, tardy, overdue, behind (in accomplishing a task, etc.).
(archaic, of a task or the object of a task) Not at the expected point of completion.
(dated) Inferior, less advanced (compared with someone in something).
adv
(archaic) Belatedly, tardily.
(archaic) In debt, or in arrears.
bejaundice
beknighted
beknighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beknight
belatticed
beldamship
beliquored
beliquored
adj
Drunken.
bellbinder
belverdian
bemadaming
bemadaming
verb
present participle of bemadam
bembecidae
bemuddling
bemuddling
verb
present participle of bemuddle
bemuslined
bemuslined
adj
Dressed or covered in muslin.
benedicite
benedicite
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Benedicite
benedictus
benediktov
benefitted
benefitted
verb
Alternative form of benefited
benzedrine
benzedrine
noun
The racemic mixture of amphetamine (dl-amphetamine).