Unit of electrical current in electromagnetic and Gaussian cgs systems of units, equal to 10 amperes in SI units.
abapical
abapical
adj
(biology) Of or pertaining to something at its lowest point; designating the part opposite to the apex.
ablepsia
ablepsia
noun
(medicine, rare) Lack of sight; blindness.
abrupter
abrupter
adj
comparative form of abrupt: more abrupt
abruptio
abruptio
noun
(music) An abrupt pause or stop; an abruption.
abruptly
abruptly
adv
In an abrupt manner; without giving notice, or without the usual forms; suddenly; precipitously.
alphabet
alphabet
noun
(India, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia) An individual letter of an alphabet; an alphabetic character.
(Internet slang, politics) An agent of the FBI, the CIA, or another such government agency.
(computer science) A typically finite set of distinguishable symbols.
A writing system in which letters represent phonemes. (Contrast e.g. logography, a writing system in which each character represents a word, and syllabary, in which each character represents a syllable.)
A writing system in which there are letters for the consonant and vowel phonemes. (Contrast e.g. abjad.)
The set of letters used when writing in a language.
The simplest rudiments; elements.
verb
(rare) To designate by the letters of the alphabet; to arrange alphabetically.
ambiopia
amblyope
amblyope
noun
A person afflicted with amblyopia.
amblypod
amphibia
amphibia
noun
The amphibians.
anableps
anableps
noun
Any of the genus Anableps of "four-eyed" fishes (having eyes raised above the top of the head and divided into two parts) found in brackish waters in northern South America and Trinidad.
anopubic
anopubic
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the anus and pubis.
aphlebia
aphlebia
noun
(botany) An imperfect or irregular leaf ending (commonly found on ferns)
apoblast
aubepine
baaskaap
baaskaap
noun
Alternative form of baasskap
babeship
babeship
noun
(archaic) Infancy; babyhood.
(archaic, with "my", "his", "her", or (plural) "their" or "our") A baby.
babyship
babyship
noun
The quality of being a baby; the personality of an infant.
backdrop
backdrop
noun
(figurative) Any background situation.
A decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage.
An image that serves as a visual background.
The setting or background of an acted performance.
verb
(transitive) To serve as a backdrop for.
backflap
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).
backpack
backpack
noun
A knapsack, sometimes mounted on a light frame, but always supported by straps, worn on a person’s back for the purpose of carrying things, especially when hiking, or on a student's back when carrying books.
A similarly placed item containing a parachute or other life-support equipment.
verb
(intransitive) To engage in low-cost, generally urban, travel with minimal luggage and frugal accommodation.
(intransitive) To hike and camp overnight in backcountry with one's gear carried in a backpack.
(transitive, rare) To place or carry (an item or items) in a backpack.
backrope
backslap
backslap
verb
To enthusiastically affirm or congratulate a person, especially by patting them on the back.
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.
backstop
backstop
noun
(baseball) A wall or fence behind home plate.
(baseball, slang) A catcher; the position of catcher.
(cricket, dated) The longstop.
(cricket, dated) The wicket-keeper.
(espionage) Something serving to bolster or support a cover story etc.
(rounders) The player who stands immediately behind the striking base.
A default arrangement that holds if all else fails.
A thing or a person put in the rear or in the back of something to reinforce, hold, support.
verb
(transitive) To bolster, support.
(transitive) To serve as backstop for.
backwrap
backwrap
noun
(computing, dated) A word wrap feature that restores a word to the preceding line when space is made for it by deletion.
A portion of something that is wrapped backward.
verb
(computing, dated) To restore a word to the preceding line when space is made for it by deletion.
To wrap around the back of something.
bagpiped
bagpiped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bagpipe
bagpiper
bagpiper
noun
One who plays the bagpipes.
bagpipes
bagpipes
noun
A musical wind instrument of Celtic origin, possessing a flexible bag inflated by bellows, a double-reed melody pipe and up to four drone pipes; any aerophone that produces sound using air from a reservoir to vibrate enclosed reeds.
bagplant
bagpuize
bakeshop
bakeshop
noun
A shop where baked goods are made and sold.
bakupari
bakupari
noun
Alternative form of bacupari
balanops
balaphon
baldpate
baldpate
noun
A bald-headed person.
A bird, the American wigeon (Anas americana).
ballpark
ballpark
adj
Approximate; close; on the right order of magnitude.
noun
(US) A field, stadium or park where ball, especially baseball, is played.
(US, figuratively) The general vicinity; somewhere close; a broad approximation.
verb
(transitive) To make a rough estimate of.
bandpass
bandpass
adj
Alternative spelling of band-pass
noun
A bandpass filter
bandstop
bandstop
adj
Alternative spelling of band-stop
bankrupt
bankrupt
adj
(finance) In a condition of bankruptcy; unable to pay one's debts.
Destitute of, or wholly lacking (something once possessed, or something one should possess).
Having been legally declared insolvent.
noun
(UK, law, obsolete) A trader who secretes himself, or does certain other acts tending to defraud his creditors.
One who becomes unable to pay his or her debts; an insolvent person.
verb
(transitive) To force into bankruptcy.
baphomet
baphomet
Proper noun
A deity which medieval Christians mistakenly imagined that pagans, the Knights Templar and (sometimes) Muslims worshipped, and which figures into some modern occultist and Satanic religions.
bapparts
baptised
baptised
adj
(of a person) Who has been baptised.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of baptise
baptises
baptises
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of baptise
baptisia
baptisia
noun
(horticulture) Any of various ornamental plants of the genus Baptisia
baptisms
baptisms
noun
plural of baptism
baptista
baptiste
baptists
baptists
noun
plural of baptist
baptized
baptized
adj
(of a person) who has been baptized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of baptize
baptizee
baptizee
noun
One who undergoes baptism.
baptizer
baptizer
noun
One who baptizes.
baptizes
baptizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of baptize
baptlsta
bardolph
bardship
bardship
noun
The state of being a bard.
bardulph
barkeeps
barkeeps
noun
plural of barkeep
barkpeel
barspoon
baseplug
basophil
basophil
noun
(cytology, immunology) A white blood cell responsible for inflammatory reactions during immune response.
One of the endocrine basophilic cells of the adenohypophysis, including gonadotrophs and thyrotrophs.
bawdship
bawdship
noun
The employment or office of a bawd
baypines
beanpole
beanpole
noun
(informal) A tall, thin person.
A thin pole for supporting bean vines.
bearleap
bearleap
noun
(obsolete) A basket used for carrying.
bearship
bearship
noun
The character or personality of a bear.
beaucoup
beaucoup
adv
In abundance.
det
(US, informal) Much, many, a lot of.
beaupere
beaupere
noun
(obsolete) A companion.
(obsolete) A father.
beaupers
beauship
beauship
noun
(dated, humorous) The state of being a beau; the personality of a beau.
bebopper
bebopper
noun
A musician or aficionado of the bebop genre.
becapped
becapped
adj
(poetic) Covered as if with a cap.
Wearing a cap.
becarpet
becarpet
verb
(transitive, poetic) To cover like a carpet.
beclasps
beclasps
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beclasp
bediaper
bediaper
verb
(transitive, usually used in passive) To put a diaper on (someone).
bedimple
bedimple
verb
(transitive) To produce dimples in; to dimple.
bedlamps
bedlamps
noun
plural of bedlamp
bedplate
bedplate
noun
(engineering) The foundation framing or piece, by which the other parts are supported and held in place; the bed.
bedposts
bedposts
noun
plural of bedpost
bedraped
bedraped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bedrape
bedrapes
bedrapes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedrape
beerpull
beerpull
noun
Alternative form of beer pull
behooped
beleaped
bellhops
bellhops
noun
plural of bellhop
bellport
bellpull
bellpull
noun
Alternative spelling of bell-pull
belmopan
beneaped
beneaped
adj
(nautical) Neaped.
bepaints
bepaints
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bepaint
beparody
bepepper
bepepper
verb
(transitive) To pepper, to add to.
(transitive) To pepper, to spice with pepper, to add pepper to.
bepester
bepester
verb
(transitive) To vex or pester greatly.
bephrase
bepierce
bepimple
beplague
beplumed
beplumed
adj
Decked with feathers.
bepommel
bepommel
verb
(transitive) To pommel; to beat, as with a stick.
(transitive, figuratively) To assail or criticise in conversation, or in writing.
bepowder
bepowder
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To sprinkle or cover with powder; to powder.
bepraise
bepraise
verb
(transitive) To praise greatly or extravagantly.
bepreach
bepretty
bepuddle
bepuddle
verb
(by extension) To soil or debase.
To cover or fill with puddles.
bepuffed
bepuffed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bepuff
bepurple
bepurple
verb
To tinge or dye with a purple color.
bepuzzle
bepuzzle
verb
(transitive) To puzzle greatly; perplex.
bescrape
bescrape
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To scrape all over; scrape excessively.
bespeaks
bespeaks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bespeak
bespeech
bespeech
verb
(transitive) To address in speech
bespirit
besplash
besplash
verb
(transitive) To splash all over; to wet by splashing.
bespoken
bespoken
adj
(obsolete) betrothed or engaged to be married (compare with: spoken for)
verb
past participle of bespeak
bespouse
bespouse
verb
(transitive) To marry
bespread
bespread
verb
(transitive) To spread over; to cover with.
bespreng
besprent
besprent
adj
(archaic) besprinkled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of besprenge
bespring
bestripe
bethpage
bethumps
bethumps
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bethump
betipple
beweeper
beweeper
noun
(rare) One who beweeps or laments someone or something.
bewimple
bewimple
verb
(transitive) To cover with a wimple; veil.
bhatpara
bhojpuri
bicepses
bicepses
noun
(rare) plural of biceps
bicuspid
bicuspid
adj
Having two points or prominences; ending in two points; said of teeth, leaves, fruit, etc.
noun
A tooth with two cusps; a premolar tooth.
bimorphs
bimorphs
noun
plural of bimorph
biograph
biograph
noun
(rare) A biographical essay.
An early device to show moving pictures on a screen.
verb
(rare, transitive) To write a biography of.
biophagy
biophagy
noun
The property of being a biophage, a living organism that feeds on other living organisms.
biophore
biophore
noun
Alternative spelling of biophor
biophyte
biophyte
noun
(biology) Any plant that obtains nourishment from the bodies of insects (or other once-living organisms)
bioplasm
bioplasm
noun
(biology) Any living matter, but especially germinal or forming matter; matter possessing reproductive vitality; protoplasm, especially in its relation to living processes and development.
bioplast
bioplast
noun
(biology) a mass or cell of bioplasm that is a unit of living matter; an independently existing mass of living matter
biopsies
biopsies
noun
plural of biopsy
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of biopsy
bioscope
bioscope
noun
(South Africa, India, Myanmar, Singapore, Indonesia, dated) A cinema or movie theatre.
An early form of movie projector
bioscopy
bioscopy
noun
(medicine) the examination of a body to determine if it is alive or dead
biotopes
biotopes
noun
plural of biotope
biotypes
biotypes
noun
plural of biotype
biotypic
biotypic
adj
Relating to a biotype.
bipalium
biparous
biparous
adj
producing two offspring from one pregnancy; twinning
biparted
bipedism
bipedism
noun
Synonym of bipedalism
biphasic
biphasic
adj
Having two phases.
biphenol
biphenol
noun
(organic chemistry) Any compound that has two phenolic hydroxy groups; such a phenolic derivative of biphenyl
biphenyl
biphenyl
noun
(organic chemistry, countable) Any substituted or otherwise altered version of biphenyl, such as PCBs
(organic chemistry, uncountable) A colourless solid hydrocarbon, C₁₂H₁₀, consisting of two benzene rings linked together by a single bond