(obsolete) Alternative form of abelmosk in its various senses.
abomasum
abomasum
noun
(biology, food) The fourth or digestive compartment of the stomach of a cow or other ruminant, after the omasum;
the lining of said compartment, considered as a foodstuff.
abomasus
abomasus
noun
Alternative form of abomasum
absurdum
absurdum
noun
An illogical conclusion or state.
abumbral
abumbral
adj
Alternative form of exumbrellar
abutment
abutment
noun
(architecture) That element that shares a common boundary or surface with its neighbor.
(dentistry) The tooth that supports a denture or bridge.
(engineering) A construction that supports the ends of a bridge; a structure that anchors the cables on a suspension bridge.
(engineering) The part of a valley or canyon wall against which a dam is constructed.
(engineering, architecture) The solid portion of a structure that supports the lateral pressure of an arch or vault.
A fixed point or surface where resistance is obtained.
Something that abuts, or on which something abuts.
The point of junction between two things, in particular a support, that abuts.
The state of abutting.
accumber
accumber
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To encumber; to crush; to overwhelm.
adnumber
adumbral
adumbral
adj
Dark, shady.
aerobium
albarium
albarium
noun
(art) A form of lime, made by heating marble, used for stucco.
albumean
albumens
albumens
noun
plural of albumen
albumins
albumins
noun
plural of albumin
albumoid
albumose
albumose
noun
Any of a class of polypeptides formed by digestion of protein; proteose
alburnum
alburnum
noun
sapwood; the soft, newer wood in the trunk of a tree found between the bark and the hardened heartwood.
alumbank
amatembu
amberous
amberous
adj
amber-coloured
ambulant
ambulant
adj
Able to walk.
Designed for use by somebody with a disability that impairs, but does not prevent, walking.
noun
A patient who is able to walk.
ambulate
ambulate
verb
(intransitive) To walk; to relocate oneself under the power of one's own legs.
ambuling
amburgey
ambushed
ambushed
adj
(figurative) Having been subjected to a shock for which one is unprepared.
Having been the target of an ambush.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ambush
ambusher
ambusher
noun
One who ambushes.
ambushes
ambushes
noun
plural of ambush
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ambush
amesbury
amesbury
Proper noun
a town in southern Wiltshire, England.
ammobium
amoebeum
amoebous
amoebous
adj
Alternative spelling of amebous
amoebula
amusable
amusable
adj
Capable of being amused.
aramburu
arbustum
armbrust
aslumber
aslumber
adj
(poetic) Asleep.
aumbries
aumbries
noun
plural of aumbrie
baculums
badmouth
badmouth
verb
(informal) To criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully.
balsamum
bamboula
bamboula
noun
A dance accompanied by such drums.
A drum made from giant bamboo.
bannimus
bannimus
noun
A form of expulsion of any individual from the University of Oxford, by putting the proctorial edict up in some public place, as a denunciation or promulgation of it. It also served to prevent the individual from claiming the cause of expulsion.
basidium
basidium
noun
(mycology) A small structure, shaped like a club, found in the Basidiomycota division of fungi, that bears four spores at the tips of small projections. [from 19th c.]
baughman
bdellium
bdellium
noun
Probably an aromatic gum like balsam that was exuded from a tree, probably one of several species in the genus Commiphora.
beaumont
beaumont
Proper noun
An English habitational surname from any of several places in France.
A city in Texas, USA
becumber
bedumbed
bedumbed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bedumb
begummed
begummed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of begum
bejumble
bejumble
verb
(transitive) To throw into confusion; jumble.
belamour
belamour
noun
(obsolete) A loved one; a darling, lover.
bemuddle
bemuddle
verb
(archaic) to confuse, distort
bemuffle
bemuffle
verb
(transitive) To muffle up.
bemurmur
bemusing
bemusing
verb
present participle of bemuse
bemuzzle
benumbed
benumbed
adj
Lacking emotion or interest; dulled.
Lacking sensation; numb.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of benumb
beplumed
beplumed
adj
Decked with feathers.
bermudan
bermudan
Noun
A person from Bermuda or of Bermudian descent.
Adjective
Of, from, or pertaining to Bermuda, or the Bermudian peoples.
bermudas
besmouch
besmudge
besmudge
verb
To smudge.
besmutch
besmutch
Verb
To besmirch.
bethumps
bethumps
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bethump
bhumibol
bhumidar
biennium
biennium
noun
A period of two years, particularly for purposes involving intercalation or fiscal calculations.
bifolium
bifolium
noun
(geometry) A quartic plane curve whose equation in Cartesian coordinates is (x²+y²)²=ax²ʸ.
bigamous
bigamous
adj
(of a marriage) involving bigamy
(of a spouse) guilty of bigamy
bigmouth
bigmouth
adj
(zoology) Applied to various creatures that have a large mouth.
noun
(informal, derogatory) One who talks too much or says things which should not be said.
bikkurim
bimanous
bimanous
adj
(biology) Having two hands (rather than any other distal part of a forelimb).
bimanual
bimanual
adj
Involving or using both hands
bimodule
bimodule
noun
(mathematics) An abelian group that is both a left and a right module, such that the left and right multiplications are compatible
binarium
bipalium
biramous
biramous
adj
Branching in two, composed of two branches.
bismuths
bismuths
noun
plural of bismuth
bitumens
bitumens
noun
plural of bitumen
blackgum
blackgum
noun
Alternative form of black gum (“tree”)
blackmun
blackmur
blameful
blameful
adj
That imputes or conveys blame
blameworthy
blechnum
blellums
bluegums
bluegums
noun
plural of bluegum
bluemont
bluesman
bluesman
noun
a male blues musician
bluesmen
bluesmen
noun
plural of bluesman
bluestem
bluestem
noun
(US) Any of various grasses having bluish stems, including little bluestem and big bluestem.
bohemium
bohemium
noun
(chemistry) Former name of rhenium.
boracium
boracium
noun
(obsolete) An old name for the chemical element boron.
bothrium
bothrium
noun
(zoology) A tentacle; a nerve ending that has a similar morphology
botulism
botulism
noun
(pathology) Poisoning caused by the toxin from Clostridium botulinum, an anaerobic bacterium that grows in improperly prepared food.
boulimia
brabejum
brachium
brachium
noun
(anatomy) The upper arm.
branscum
breekums
brimfull
brimfull
adj
Obsolete spelling of brimful
bromuret
bromuret
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) A bromide.
bronteum
brosimum
brougham
brougham
noun
A four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage, designed in 1839. It had an open seat for the driver in front of the closed cabin for two or four passengers.
An automobile, a sedan without a roof over the driver's seat.
brumaire
brumalia
brumbies
brumbies
noun
plural of brumby
brummell
brunizem
brushman
brushman
noun
(informal) A male painter.
A man employed to clean with a brush.
brushmen
brushmen
noun
plural of brushman
brutedom
brutedom
noun
The condition of being a brute; brutality.
brutisms
brutisms
noun
plural of brutism
bruxisms
bruxisms
noun
plural of bruxism
bryozoum
bryozoum
noun
A bryozoon.
bsbusmgt
buccinum
buchheim
buckjump
buckjump
verb
(Australia) Of a horse, to jump upwards with arched back and head down in an attempt to throw its rider.
(Australia) To take part in a buckjumping competition.
buckrams
buckrams
noun
Alternative form of buckram ("ramson").
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of buckram
buddhism
budworms
budworms
noun
plural of budworm
buggyman
buggyman
noun
(historical) A man employed to transport material, such as the bloom from a furnace, on a wheeled carriage or buggy.
The male driver of a buggy.
buggymen
buggymen
noun
plural of buggyman
buhrmill
bulimiac
bulimiac
adj
Alternative form of bulimic
bulimias
bulimias
noun
plural of bulimia
bulimoid
bullydom
bullydom
noun
The state or condition of being a bully.
bullyism
bullyism
noun
(dated) The swaggering, domineering behaviour of a bully.
bultmann
bumbarge
bumbaste
bumblers
bumblers
noun
plural of bumbler
bumbling
bumbling
adj
Acting in a confused or ineffectual way; incompetent; showing little or no skill.
noun
The act of one who bumbles; a mistake or error, especially through clumsiness.
verb
present participle of bumble
bumboats
bumboats
noun
plural of bumboat
bumclock
bummalos
bummalos
noun
plural of bummalo
bummaree
bummaree
noun
(UK) A person fulfilling a similar function at the Smithfield Meat Market in London.
(UK, dated) A porter or dealer of fish at Billingsgate Fish Market in London.
bumpered
bumpered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bumper
bumpiest
bumpiest
adj
superlative form of bumpy: most bumpy
bumpkins
bumpkins
noun
plural of bumpkin
buncombe
buncombe
noun
(archaic) Alternative spelling of bunkum
bunemost
bungarum
bungarum
noun
(dated) A krait (venomous snake of the genus Bungarus)
bunkmate
bunkmate
noun
Especially, one who shares a bunk bed.
One who sleeps in the same area as another person.
burgamot
burgamot
noun
Archaic form of bergamot.
burhmoot
bushment
bushment
noun
(obsolete) A surprise party; a company of soldiers secretly deployed.
(obsolete) An ambush.
(obsolete) The troops concealed in an ambush.
butolism
buttyman
buttyman
noun
(mining) Synonym of butty (“miner who works under contract”)