(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.
abelicea
abichite
abichite
noun
(mineralogy) Synonym of clinoclase
abidance
abidance
noun
Adherence; compliance; conformity.
The act of abiding or continuing; abode; stay; continuance; dwelling.
abscised
abscised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abscise
abscises
abscises
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abscise
abscisse
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.
alberich
albicore
albicore
noun
Alternative form of albacore
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
amicable
amicable
adj
Showing friendliness or goodwill.
asbestic
asbestic
adj
Relating to, or resembling, asbestos.
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
baetylic
baetylic
adj
Of or relating to a baetyl.
balearic
balearic
Adjective
From, or pertaining to, the Balearic Islands
Proper noun
A dialect of Catalan used in the Balearic Islands.
balletic
balletic
adj
Pertaining to or suitable for ballet.
barbicel
barbicel
noun
Any of the hooks on the barbules of a feather that interlock adjacent barbs
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).
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.
bathetic
bathetic
adj
Characterized by or pertaining to bathos.
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.
betocsin
betonica
betorcin
beylical
beylical
adj
Relating to a beylic.
biacetyl
bicepses
bicepses
noun
(rare) plural of biceps
bichrome
bichrome
adj
Having two colours
bickered
bickered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bicker
bickerer
bickerer
noun
One who bickers; one who engages in nagging or trivial arguing.
bickmore
bicknell
biconvex
biconvex
adj
Having both sides convex.
bicorned
bicorned
Adjective
Having two horns; bicorn.
bicornes
bicornes
noun
plural of bicorne
bicycled
bicycled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bicycle
bicycler
bicycler
noun
(rare) Bicyclist, cyclist.
bicycles
bicycles
noun
plural of bicycle
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bicycle
biddance
biddance
noun
Synonym of bidding
Synonym of invitation
biethnic
biethnic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or consisting of two ethnic groups.
noun
A member of two ethnic groups.
binnacle
binnacle
noun
(nautical) The wooden housing for a ship's compass, with its corrector magnets and illuminating arrangements. The log and other equipment for measuring the ship's speed are also stowed there.
The instrument cluster on a car or motorcycle.
binocles
binocles
noun
plural of binocle
biochemy
biochemy
noun
(archaic) biochemistry
biochore
biochore
noun
(ecology) A group of similar biotopes.
biocides
biocides
noun
plural of biocide
bioclean
bioclean
adj
Kept free from biological contaminants.
biocycle
biocycle
noun
(biology) Any cyclic biological process
Synonym of biorhythm
bioethic
bioethic
noun
A principle or system of bioethics.
biogenic
biogenic
adj
essential for the maintenance of life
produced by living organisms, or by a biological process
bioscope
bioscope
noun
(South Africa, India, Myanmar, Singapore, Indonesia, dated) A cinema or movie theatre.
An early form of movie projector
biotechs
biotechs
noun
plural of biotech
birchers
birchers
noun
plural of bircher
birchite
birdcage
birdcage
noun
(countable) A cage to keep pet or zoological specimen birds in.
(uncountable) A game of chance played with dice; chuck-a-luck.
birecree
birkbeck
biscayen
bisected
bisected
adj
Divided into two equal pieces.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bisect
bisector
bisector
noun
(geometry) A line or curve that bisects or divides a line segment, angle, or other figure into two equal parts.
bitbrace
bitchery
bitchery
noun
Behavior considered typical of a bitch
bitchier
bitchier
adj
comparative form of bitchy: more bitchy
bittacle
bittacle
noun
(obsolete) A binnacle.
bivector
bivector
noun
(mathematics) An antisymmetric tensor of second rank.
bixaceae
blackies
blackies
noun
plural of blackie
plural of blacky
blickeys
blickies
blickies
noun
plural of blickey
blockier
blockier
adj
comparative form of blocky: more blocky
bluetick
bluetick
noun
A coonhound of a certain breed originating in the United States,
verb
(Internet slang) To ignore (a message) sent via a social messaging app, especially one where a reply is expected or requested.
boadicea
boarcite
bocasine
bocasine
noun
A sort of fine buckram.
bonchief
boniface
boniface
noun
The proprietor of a hotel or restaurant; an innkeeper.
booklice
booklice
noun
plural of booklouse
boracite
boracite
noun
(mineralogy) A mixed chloride and borate of magnesium that occurs as a white to green crystalline evaporite, with the chemical formula Mg₃B₇O₁₃Cl.
botchier
botchier
adj
comparative form of botchy: more botchy
bouchier
bouncier
bouncier
adj
comparative form of bouncy: more bouncy
bovicide
bovicide
noun
One who kills cows.
The killing of a cow.
braciole
braciole
noun
Synonym of braciola
plural of braciola
brandice
brattice
brattice
noun
(historical) A wooden structure used for attack or defence, such as an archery tower, or a penthouse built over the entry to a castle for archers to shoot from.
(mining) A wooden partition in a coal mine.
verb
(transitive) To divide into partitions of this kind.
breccial
breccial
adj
Of or relating to breccia.
breccias
breccias
noun
plural of breccia
brendice
brescian
brettice
bricelyn
brickeys
brickier
brickier
adj
comparative form of bricky: more bricky
brickles
brickles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brickle