Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ablegate
abnegated
abnegated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abnegate
abnegates
abnegates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abnegate
abnegator
abnegator
noun
(rare) One who abnegates, denies, or rejects.
abrogated
abrogated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abrogate
abrogates
abrogates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abrogate
absenting
absenting
verb
present participle of absent
absterged
absterged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of absterge
absterges
absterges
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of absterge
abthanage
abthanage
noun
Alternative form of abthanery
aghlabite
altenburg
arbitrage
arbitrage
noun
(archaic) Arbitration.
(finance) A market activity in which a security, commodity, currency or other tradable item is bought in one market and sold simultaneously in another, in order to profit from price differences between the markets.
verb
(intransitive, finance) To employ arbitrage
(transitive, finance) To engage in arbitrage in, between, or among
backstage
backstage
adj
Relating to, or situated in the area behind a stage.
Secret, concealed from the public.
adv
Out of view of the public.
Towards the area behind the stage.
noun
The area behind a stage out of view of the audience where performers wait to give their show; especially that of the dressing rooms.
The private portion of the space used by a business or enterprise.
bagatelle
bagatelle
noun
(literature, music) A short piece of literature or of instrumental music, typically light or playful in character.
A game similar to billiards played on an oblong table with pockets or arches at one end only.
A trifle; an insubstantial thing.
Any of several smaller, wooden table top games developed from the original bagatelle in which the pockets are made of pins; also called pin bagatelle, hit-a-pin bagatelle, jaw ball.
verb
(intransitive, rare) To meander or move around, in a manner similar to the ball in the game of bagatelle.
(transitive, rare) To bagatellize; to regard as a bagatelle.
baguettes
baguettes
noun
plural of baguette
ballotage
ballotage
noun
In France, a second ballot taken after an indecisive first ballot to decide between two or several candidates; a runoff election.
bantering
bantering
adj
That teases
noun
joking; jesting
teasing
verb
present participle of banter
barghests
barghests
noun
plural of barghest
barguests
barguests
noun
plural of barguest
bartering
bartering
noun
barter
verb
present participle of barter
basketing
basketing
verb
present participle of basket
basseting
basseting
noun
(mining) The emergence of a stratum at the surface.
(mining) The upward direction of a vein in a mine.
verb
present participle of basset
batesburg
batteling
batteling
noun
Alternative form of battling
verb
present participle of battel
battening
battening
noun
(construction) Synonym of batten (“strip of wood used to hold things together or provide a fixing point”)
verb
present participle of batten
battering
battering
noun
A heavy beating.
A large defeat.
verb
present participle of batter
beastings
beastings
noun
plural of beasting
beastling
beastling
noun
A little beast.
bebington
bedighted
bedighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bedight
bednights
bedstring
beegerite
beestings
beestings
noun
The first milk drawn from an animal (especially a cow) after it has given birth.
plural of beesting
befitting
befitting
adj
appropriate, becoming
verb
present participle of befit
befraught
befraught
adj
(rare) fraught
befreight
begetters
begetters
noun
plural of begetter
begetting
begetting
noun
The act or product of one who begets.
verb
present participle of beget
beggiatoa
beglitter
beglitter
verb
To cover with glitter; to make glittery.
begruntle
begruntle
verb
(transitive) To make or render uneasy; disconcert.
begrutten
begrutten
adj
(dialectal, Scotland) Showing the effects of much weeping; marred or swollen in the face through continued weeping.
beknights
beknights
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beknight
(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.
benignant
benignant
adj
(now rare) Kind; gracious; favorable.
benignity
benignity
noun
(countable) A benign act.
(uncountable) The state of being benign.
bentgrass
bentgrass
noun
Any of numerous reedy grass species of the genus Agrostis.
bergalith
bergamots
bergamots
noun
plural of bergamot
bergquist
bergstein
bergstrom
beringite
berrugate
besetting
besetting
adj
Deeply rooted; persistent.
Obsessive
noun
The act of one who besets or attacks.
verb
present participle of beset
besotting
besotting
verb
present participle of besot
bestowage
bestowage
noun
(obsolete) Stowage.
bestowing
bestowing
verb
present participle of bestow
betelgeux
bethought
bethought
adj
(of a person) Minded; disposed.
(of a thing) Intended; purposed; contrived.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bethink
betraying
betraying
noun
betrayal
verb
present participle of betray
bettering
bettering
noun
improvement
verb
present participle of better
bettongia
bevington
bewrought
bewrought
adj
(obsolete) embroidered
biestings
biestings
noun
Alternative spelling of beestings (“first milk after giving birth”)
bigential
bigotedly
bigotedly
adv
In a bigoted manner.
bigothero
bigotries
bigotries
noun
plural of bigotry
biguttate
billeting
billeting
noun
The lodging of soldiers.
verb
present participle of billet
biltongue
biltongue
noun
Archaic form of biltong.
bisecting
bisecting
verb
present participle of bisect
bisegment
bisegment
noun
One of two equal parts of a line or other magnitude.
bitangent
bitangent
noun
(mathematics) A line that is tangent to a curve at two points
bitewings
bitewings
noun
plural of bitewing
bittering
bittering
adj
Causing a bitter taste or smell.
noun
A bitter compound used in adulterating beer.
verb
present participle of bitter
bittinger
blighters
blighters
noun
plural of blighter
blighties
blighties
noun
plural of blighty
boettiger
bonneting
bonneting
noun
The act of a person being bonneted, i.e. having their cap pulled down over their head.
verb
present participle of bonnet
bootleger
boresight
boresight
noun
The optical axis of a directional antenna.
bothering
bothering
noun
The action of troubling or disturbing someone
verb
present participle of bother
botryogen
botryogen
noun
(mineralogy) A hydrous magnesium sulfate mineral.
braggiest
braggiest
adj
superlative form of braggy: most braggy
braguette
breasting
breasting
noun
(engineering) The curved channel in which a breastwheel turns.
verb
present participle of breast
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
bregmatic
bregmatic
adj
(anatomy) Pertaining to the bregma.
breveting
breveting
verb
present participle of brevet
bridgepot
bridgetin
bridgeton
bridgette
brigantes
brightens
brightens
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brighten
brightest
brightest
adj
superlative form of bright: most bright
verb
(archaic) second-person singular simple present form of bright
bucketing
bucketing
noun
A heavy pouring down of liquid; a deluge.
Synonym of binning (“data pre-processing technique”)
The act of moving material using a bucket.
verb
present participle of bucket
budgetary
budgetary
adj
Of or pertaining to a budget.
budgeteer
budgeteer
noun
A person knowledgeable about the law, accounting, and regulation affecting budgets, especially governmental.
budgeters
budgeters
noun
plural of budgeter
budgetful
budgeting
budgeting
noun
The activity of constructing a budget.
verb
present participle of budget
buffeting
buffeting
noun
(aviation) random, irregular motion of the plane or of one of its parts caused by turbulences in the airflow
A blow or motion that buffets.
verb
present participle of buffet
buglewort
bulleting
bulleting
noun
(Scotland) The game of road bowling.
verb
present participle of bullet
bundestag
bundestag
Proper noun
The federal/state parliament of Germany.
burghbote
burghbote
noun
(obsolete) A contribution toward the building or repairing of castles or walls for the defense of a city or town.
burghemot
burghmote
burghmote
noun
(historical) A court or meeting of a burgh or borough, held three times a year.
burgonets
burgonets
noun
plural of burgonet
butlerage
butlerage
noun
(law, archaic) A duty formerly paid to the king's butler on every tun of wine imported into England by foreign merchants.
buttering
buttering
noun
(cooking) The application of butter (“n.”) to something.
(skiing, snowboarding) The action of a rider having to butter in an acrobatic maneuver.
Hyponyms: nosebuttering, tailbuttering
The action of turning with only the tips (tail or nose) of skis or snowboards
verb
present participle of butter
cabotages
cabotages
noun
plural of cabotage
carpetbag
carpetbag
adj
(chiefly US) Having the characteristics of carpetbaggers.
noun
A traveling bag made from scraps of carpet and widely used in the United States (and elsewhere) in the 19ᵗʰ century.
verb
(chiefly US) To come to a place or organisation with which one has no previous connection with the sole or primary aim of personal gain, especially political or financial gain.
cogitable
cogitable
adj
thinkable, conceivable, able to be imagined.
dagoberto
eggbeater
eggbeater
noun
(military, slang) A helicopter.
(slang) An outboard motor.
(uncommon, possibly dated) A (wire) whisk.
A kitchen utensil that uses rotating blades to beat eggs.
A swimming stroke involving alternating kicks.
eightball
embruting
embruting
verb
present participle of embrute
engelbert
englebert
entombing
entombing
verb
present participle of entomb
eyebright
eyebright
noun
Any of the flowering plants of the genus Euphrasia, originally as used to treat eye infections.
fatigable
fatigable
adj
Susceptible to fatigue; able to become physically exhausted.
fightable
fightable
adj
(military) Capable in combat.
Able to be fought.
gabaonite
galbreath
gaudibert
genoblast
genoblast
noun
maritonucleus
geobotany
geobotany
noun
The branch of biogeography that is concerned with the geographic distribution of plant species.
getatable
getatable
adj
Capable of being got at; accessible.
gibbeting
gibbeting
noun
The act by which somebody is gibbeted.
verb
(US) present participle of gibbet
gibbetted
gibbetted
verb
(Britain) simple past tense and past participle of gibbet
gibbsites
gibbsites
noun
plural of gibbsite
gibeonite
gibetting
gigabytes
gigabytes
noun
plural of gigabyte
gilberton
giselbert
glabreity
glabriety
globosite
globulite
globulite
noun
(mineralogy) A rudimentary spherical form of crystallite.