(law) Carrying away by force, especially of animals.
abapical
abapical
adj
(biology) Of or pertaining to something at its lowest point; designating the part opposite to the apex.
abbacies
abbacies
noun
plural of abbacy
abbotric
abbotric
noun
(obsolete) An abbacy.
abdicant
abdicant
adj
(rare) Abdicating; renouncing.
noun
One who abdicates.
abdicate
abdicate
verb
(intransitive) To relinquish or renounce a throne, or other high office or dignity; to renounce sovereignty.
(transitive) To surrender, renounce or relinquish, as sovereign power; to withdraw definitely from filling or exercising, as a high office, station, dignity; to fail to fulfill responsibility for.
(transitive, obsolete) To depose.
(transitive, obsolete) To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit.
(transitive, obsolete) To reject; to cast off; to discard.
(transitive, reflexive, obsolete) To formally separate oneself from or to divest oneself of.
abducing
abducing
verb
present participle of abduce
abelicea
abichite
abichite
noun
(mineralogy) Synonym of clinoclase
abidance
abidance
noun
Adherence; compliance; conformity.
The act of abiding or continuing; abode; stay; continuance; dwelling.
abrachia
abrachia
noun
(medicine) The congenital absence of both arms
abricock
abricock
noun
(obsolete) apricot
abscised
abscised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abscise
abscises
abscises
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abscise
abscisin
abscisin
noun
Alternative spelling of abscissin
abscissa
abscissa
noun
(geometry) The first of the two terms by which a point is referred to, in a system of fixed rectilinear coordinate (Cartesian coordinate) axes.
(geometry) The horizontal line representing an axis of a Cartesian coordinate system, on which the abscissa (sense above) is shown.
abscisse
abstrict
abstrict
verb
(transitive, biology, mycology) To cut off, as in abstriction; abjoint
accubita
acerbity
acerbity
noun
(countable) Something harsh (e.g. a remark, act or experience).
Harshness, bitterness, or severity
Sourness of taste, with bitterness and astringency, like that of unripe fruit.
aerobics
aerobics
noun
A form of exercise, designed to enhance one's cardiovascular fitness, normally performed to music.
agtbasic
airbrick
airbrick
noun
Alternative spelling of air brick
alberich
albicans
albicant
albicant
adj
(rare) Growing or becoming white.
albicore
albicore
noun
Alternative form of albacore
albiculi
alembics
alembics
noun
plural of alembic
ambiance
ambiance
noun
(computer graphics, 3D models) A secondary color of a polygon that becomes more pronounced with shading.
A particular mood or atmosphere of an environment or surrounding influence.
ambience
ambience
noun
Alternative spelling of ambiance
ambiency
amblotic
amblotic
adj
Causing or relating to amblosis; abortifacient.
amicable
amicable
adj
Showing friendliness or goodwill.
amicably
amicably
adv
characterized by an absence of antagonism, especially in commonly difficult situations
friendly; in an amicable manner.
out-of-court
anabatic
anabatic
adj
(medicine) Of or pertaining to anabasis
(of a warm air current) rising (up a slope)
noun
Short for anabatic wind.
anabolic
anabolic
adj
Of or relating to anabolism.
noun
An anabolic steroid.
anopubic
anopubic
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the anus and pubis.
arabinic
asbestic
asbestic
adj
Relating to, or resembling, asbestos.
ascorbic
ascorbic
adj
Of or pertaining to ascorbic acid or its derivatives
ascribed
ascribed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ascribe
ascribes
ascribes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ascribe
babiches
babiches
noun
plural of babiche
bacchiac
bacchiac
noun
(prosody) Synonym of bacchius
bacchian
bacchian
adj
(rare) jovial or drunken
bacchius
bacchius
noun
(prosody) A metrical foot composed of a short syllable and two long ones; according to some, two long and a short.
baccilla
baccilli
bachichi
bacilary
bacillar
bacillar
adj
(biology) Relating to a bacillus.
(biology) Shaped like a rod or staff.
bacillus
bacillus
noun
(figurative, by extension) Something which spreads like bacterial infection.
Any bacilliform (rod-shaped) bacterium.
Any of various rod-shaped, spore-forming aerobic bacteria in the genus Bacillus, some of which cause disease.
backbite
backbite
noun
One who engages in backbiting; a backbiter.
verb
(informal) To attack from behind or when out of earshot with spiteful or defamatory remarks.
To make spiteful slanderous or defamatory statements about someone.
To speak badly of an absent individual.
backfill
backfill
noun
(US) Reserve support personnel.
(US) That which backfills; a replacement.
(literature) Material in a story set earlier in the past, providing history or context for the current action.
The material that has been used to refill an excavation.
verb
(US) To provide reserve support.
(US) To replenish or restock due to attrition or loss.
(archaeology) To refill an excavation unit to restore the former ground surface and/or to preserve the unit and make it recognizable as having been excavated.
(gaming) To enter an online game that's already in progress, replacing a player who left early.
To refill a hole with the material dug out of it.
backfire
backfire
noun
(firefighting) Alternative spelling of back fire
A premature explosion in the cylinder of a gas or oil engine during the exhaust or the compression stroke, tending to drive the piston in the wrong direction.
An explosion in other equipment.
An explosion in the exhaust passages of an internal combustion engine.
verb
(of a gun, cannon, Bunsen burner, etc.) To fire in the opposite direction, for example due to an obstruction in the barrel.
(of an engine) To experience a premature ignition of fuel or an ignition of exhaust gases, making a popping sound.
To fail in a manner that brings down further misfortune.
backflip
backflip
noun
(by extension) a total reversal in policy or opinion; a volte-face, a U-turn.
(gymnastics) An act of rotating one's body 360 degrees in the backward direction.
verb
To completely reverse a policy or opinion; perform a U-turn.
To perform a backflip (rotation of body).
backings
backings
noun
plural of backing
backlins
backlist
backlist
noun
(publishing) A list of older books available from a publisher, as opposed to the frontlist of more recent titles.
verb
(transitive) To hold back a student's application (to a college etc.) based on whether a preferred candidate declines their offer.
(transitive, publishing) To place (a book) on a backlist.
backside
backside
adj
(board sports) Approaching an obstacle backward
noun
(euphemistic) A person's buttocks.
(figuratively) The reverse or opposite of anything.
(obsolete) The back side of a page: a verso.
The back side of an estate: the backyard and outbuildings behind a main house, especially (UK dialect, euphemistic) an outhouse.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see back, side.
backsite
backslid
backslid
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backslide
backspin
backspin
noun
(music) Synonym of spinback
Spin applied to a ball in order to slow it, change its flight, or stop it when it lands.
verb
(music) To play a section of a record in reverse, as a disc jockey; to apply spinback.
(transitive) To spin (a ball) with this motion.
backwind
backwind
noun
(nautical) The flow of air so deflected
verb
(nautical) To deflect air into the back of a sail or of a vessel
(transitive) To wind backwards.
baconian
baconian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Francis Bacon (1561-1626), English statesman and polymath, or his writings.
Noun
One who adheres to the philosophy of Francis Bacon.
One who believes that Francis Bacon wrote the plays attributed to William Shakespeare.
baconism
baconist
baconize
baconize
verb
(transitive, cooking) To prepare like bacon, by smoking etc.
(transitive, cooking) To prepare with bacon as an ingredient.
bacteria
bacteria
noun
(US) A type, species, or strain of bacterium.
(US, proscribed) Alternative form of bacterium.
(dated, medicine) An oval bacterium, as distinguished from a spherical coccus or rod-shaped bacillus.
(derogatory, slang) Lowlife, slob (could be treated as plural or singular).
plural of bacterium
bacteric
bacteric
adj
Of or relating to bacteria.
bacterid
bacterid
noun
(pathology) A bacterial infection of the skin
bacterin
bacterin
noun
A suspension of killed or attenuated bacteria for use as a vaccine.
bactrian
bactrian
Noun
A native or inhabitant of Bactria.
Proper noun
An extinct Eastern Iranian language which was spoken in the Central Asian region of Bactria, also called Tocharistan, in northern Afghanistan.
baculine
baculine
adj
Of or pertaining to the rod or punishment with the rod.
baculite
baculite
noun
(paleontology) Any of the extinct genus Baculites of cephalopod heteromorph ammonites.
baculoid
baetylic
baetylic
adj
Of or relating to a baetyl.
baiocchi
baiocchi
noun
plural of baiocco
bajocian
bajocian
Proper noun
A subdivision of the Jurassic period.
baldrick
baldrick
noun
Alternative form of baldric
baldrics
baldrics
noun
plural of baldric
balearic
balearic
Adjective
From, or pertaining to, the Balearic Islands
Proper noun
A dialect of Catalan used in the Balearic Islands.
balkanic
balkanic
Adjective
Of or relating to the Balkan peninsula.
balladic
balladic
adj
(music) Characteristic of a ballad
balletic
balletic
adj
Pertaining to or suitable for ballet.
balochis
balsamic
balsamic
adj
Having the health-giving properties of balsam; soothing, restorative.
Having the pleasant odour of balsam; balmy, fragrant.
Producing balsam.
noun
A balsamic vinegar.
baluchis
banausic
banausic
adj
(formal) Of or pertaining to technical matters; mechanical.
(formal) Uncultured, unrefined, utilitarian.
bandicoy
bandicoy
noun
(India) Alternative form of bendekai (“okra”)
barbaric
barbaric
adj
of or relating to a barbarian; uncivilized, uncultured or uncouth
barbican
barbican
noun
A fortress at the end of a bridge.
A temporary wooden tower built for defensive purposes.
A tower at the entrance to a castle or fortified town
An opening in the wall of a fortress through which the guns are levelled; a narrow loophole through which arrows and other missiles may be shot.
barbicel
barbicel
noun
Any of the hooks on the barbules of a feather that interlock adjacent barbs
barocius
barricos
barricos
noun
plural of barrico
baryonic
baryonic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or composed of baryons.
basaltic
basaltic
adj
Of or pertaining to basalt.
bascinet
bascinet
noun
A light helmet, typically with a high, pointed skull, either open-faced (in early models) or made with a visor (later models).
basicity
basicity
noun
(countable, chemistry) The degree to which a substance is basic: its pH level.
(countable, chemistry) The number of replaceable hydrogen atoms in a molecule of an acid.
(uncountable) The condition of being basic.
basilect
basilect
noun
(sociolinguistics) A variety of a language that has diverged greatly from the standard form, and is only considered suitable for very informal contexts by speakers.
basilica
basilica
noun
(architecture) A Christian church building having a nave with a semicircular apse, side aisles, a narthex and a clerestory.
(obsolete) An apartment provided in the houses of persons of importance, where assemblies were held for dispensing justice; hence, any large hall used for this purpose.
A Roman Catholic church or cathedral with basilican status, an honorific status granted by the pope to recognize its historical, architectural, or sacramental importance.
basilics
basilics
noun
plural of basilic
batching
batching
verb
present participle of batch
bathetic
bathetic
adj
Characterized by or pertaining to bathos.
bathybic
bathybic
adj
(archaic) Living in the depths of the water, or near the bottom under the deep water.
bauxitic
bauxitic
adj
Containing or relating to bauxite.
bawarchi
bawarchi
noun
(India, historical) A cook.
bawdrick
bawdrics
bawdrics
noun
plural of bawdric
beachier
beachier
adj
comparative form of beachy: more beachy
beaching
beaching
noun
An event in which a marine animal beaches itself.
verb
present participle of beach
beatific
beatific
adj
Blessed, blissful, heavenly.
Having a benign appearance.
beatrice
becafico
beccaria
beckiron
beckwith
beckwith
Proper noun
of origin.
becoming
becoming
adj
decent, respectable
pleasingly suitable; fit; congruous; beautiful
noun
(chiefly philosophy) The act or process by which something becomes.
verb
present participle of become
becrimed
becrimes
bedchair
bedchair
noun
A chair with adjustable back to enable an invalid to sit up in bed.
bedlamic
bedticks
bedticks
noun
plural of bedtick
beechier
beechier
adj
comparative form of beechy: more beechy
beichner
beisance
belching
belching
noun
The act of producing a belch.
verb
present participle of belch
belialic
belleric
bellical
benching
benching
noun
An instance of a person being removed temporarily from an active role in a group or team activity.
verb
present participle of bench
bendicta
bendicty
benedick
benedick
noun
A recently married man, especially one who has long held out against marriage.
benedict
benedict
adj
(obsolete) Having mild and salubrious qualities.
noun
(rare) A newly married man, especially one who was previously a confirmed bachelor.
verb
(of eggs) To poach and serve on an English muffin with ham or bacon and hollandaise sauce.
(rare) to bless.
benefice
benefice
noun
(feudal law) An estate in lands; a fief.
(obsolete) A favour or benefit.
Land granted to a priest in a church that has a source of income attached to it.
verb
To bestow a benefice upon
bengalic
bentinck
benzilic
benzylic
benzylic
adj
(organic chemistry) containing the benzyl (C₆H₅-CH₂-) radical or any of its derivatives
bepierce
berclair
berenice
berewick
berewick
noun
(now historical) An outlying estate.
bernicia
bernicle
bernicle
noun
(historical, chiefly in the plural) A form of torture in which the legs were crushed between pieces of wood.
A barnacle goose.
berniece
berycine
berycoid
berycoid
adj
(zoology) Resembling or relating to the Berycidae, a family of marine fishes.
besmirch
besmirch
verb
(transitive) To tarnish something, especially someone's reputation.
(transitive, literary) To make dirty.
beswitch
betacism
betacism
noun
(phonology) A sound change in which [b] (the voiced bilabial plosive) shifts to [v] (the voiced labiodental fricative).
A speech disorder involving excessive use of the [b] sound, or conversion of other sounds into it.