(biology) Loss during evolution of the final stages of the ancestral ontogenetic pattern.
(linguistics) A shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase, used to represent the whole, utilizing omission of letters, and sometimes substitution of letters, or duplication of initial letters to signify plurality, including signs such as +, =, @.
(mathematics) Reduction to lower terms, as a fraction.
(music) A notation used in music score to denote a direction, as pp or mf.
(music) One or more dashes through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, demisemiquavers, or hemidemisemiquavers.
Any convenient short form used as a substitution for an understood or inferred whole.
The process of abbreviating.
The result of shortening or reducing; abridgment.
abbreviations
abbreviations
noun
plural of abbreviation
aberdavine
aberdevine
aberdevine
noun
(obsolete outside dialects) The Eurasian siskin or spruce siskin, Spinus spinus, a small green and yellow finch related to the goldfinch.
aberduvine
aberduvine
noun
Alternative form of aberdevine.
abnerval
abnerval
adj
(anatomy, of an electric current in a muscle, rare) Away from the nerve.
abortiveness
abortiveness
noun
(countable) The result or product of being abortive.
(uncountable) The quality of being abortive.
aboveground
aboveground
adj
Alternative spelling of above ground
abrasiveness
abrasiveness
noun
The property, quality or instance of being abrasive.
abrasivenesses
abrasivenesses
noun
plural of abrasiveness
absorptiveness
absorptiveness
noun
The quality of being absorptive; absorptive power.
abstersiveness
abstersiveness
noun
The quality of being abstersive.
abstractiveness
abstractiveness
noun
The property of being abstractive.
adverbiation
ambiversion
ambiversion
noun
(psychology) A personality trait having balanced characteristics of both extroversion and introversion.
ambiversions
antisubversion
antisubversion
adj
Opposing or countering political subversion.
antisubversive
antisubversive
adj
(politics) Opposing or countering political subversion.
noun
One who opposes political subversion.
antivibrating
antivibrator
antivibrator
noun
A device attached to a vehicle or machine, etc. to reduce vibrations.
antivibratory
antivibratory
adj
preventing or reducing vibrations
approbativeness
approbativeness
noun
The state or quality of being approbative.
approvableness
approvableness
noun
The state or quality of being approvable.
archvagabond
ariboflavinosis
ariboflavinosis
noun
(pathology) The medical condition caused by deficiency of riboflavin.
attributiveness
attributiveness
noun
The state or quality of being attributive.
avicebron
bacteriosolvent
bananivorous
bananivorous
adj
(rare) Feeding on bananas; banana-eating.
baranov
barnardsville
barnesville
barnesville
Proper noun
a ghost town in Alabama, USA.
a city in Georgia, USA
an unincorporated community in Kansas, USA.
a small town in Maryland, USA.
a city in Minnesota, USA.
unincorporated communities in and Missouri, USA.
an unincorporated community in North Carolina, USA.
a village in Ohio, USA.
an unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, USA.
barneveld
barneveldt
bartonsville
bartonville
basinerved
basiventral
basiventral
adj
At the base of the front
bavarian
bavarian
noun
A type of custard-like food, made with fruit.
beavering
beavering
noun
Hunting or trapping beaver.
verb
present participle of beaver
beaverkin
beaverkin
noun
(diminutive) A small or young beaver.
A small hat made of beaver fur.
beaverskin
beaverskin
noun
The pelt of a beaver.
beaverteen
beaverteen
noun
A kind of fustian made of coarse twilled cotton, shorn after dyeing.
beaverton
beaverton
Proper noun
The name of several places
A city in Oregon, USA
A town in Ontario, Canada
A village in Alabama, USA
A hamlet in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
beavertown
bedcovering
bedcovering
noun
bedcover
bedcoverings
bedcoverings
noun
plural of bedcovering
bedriveling
bedriveling
verb
present participle of bedrivel
bedrivelling
belavendered
belgravian
belgravian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Belgravia, London.
Of or pertaining to the fashionable or aristocratic life; fashionable, aristocratic.
Noun
A resident of Belgravia, London.
A member of the fashionable or aristocratic society assumed to reside in Belgravia.
bellevernon
belverdian
bendersville
bereavement
bereavement
noun
The state of being bereaved; deprivation; especially the loss of a relative by death.
bereavements
bereavements
noun
plural of bereavement
bereaven
bereaven
adj
(obsolete) bereft
bereaving
bereaving
verb
present participle of bereave
bernardsville
bernville
berreaving
beshivering
bevaring
bevatron
bevatron
noun
A particle accelerator of the 1950s, capable of imparting energies of billions of electron volts.
bevatrons
bevatrons
noun
plural of bevatron
bhavnagar
biliverdin
biliverdin
noun
(biochemistry) A green tetrapyrrolic bile pigment, a product of heme catabolism, responsible for the greenish color sometimes seen in bruises.
biliverdins
biliverdins
noun
plural of biliverdin
binervate
binervate
adj
(zoology, botany) Having only two nerves.
bioenvironmental
bioenvironmental
adj
Of or pertaining to the interactions between the environment and living organisms
bioenvironmentaly
birchrunville
bivariant
bivariant
adj
(mathematics) Having two independent variables.
(programming) Both covariant and contravariant.
biventer
biventer
noun
(anatomy) Any digastric part or organ.
biventral
biventral
adj
Having two bellies
digastric
blagonravov
blanchardville
blepharoconjunctivitis
blepharoconjunctivitis
noun
(medicine) The combination of conjunctivitis and blepharitis.
bonaventura
bonaventure
bonaventurism
bonaveria
bondservant
bondservant
noun
An indentured servant.
bordelonville
borodankov
borrovian
bouleversement
bouleversement
noun
Complete overthrow; reversal; turmoil
bourneville
bradenville
brainardsville
brainwave
brainwave
noun
A sudden idea, understanding, or inspiration; a brainstorm
Any of many rhythmic fluctuations of electric potential between parts of the brain, especially those seen on an electroencephalogram
branchville
brandonville
brandsville
bravadoing
bravadoing
verb
present participle of bravado
braveness
braveness
noun
The characteristic of being brave.
bravenesses
bravenesses
noun
plural of braveness
bravin
braving
braving
noun
A bravado; a boast.
verb
present participle of brave
bravoing
bravoing
verb
present participle of bravo
breinigsville
bremerhaven
breveting
breveting
verb
present participle of brevet
brevetting
breviconic
breviconic
adj
(malacology) Relating to, or composed of, brevicones.
brevilingual
brevilingual
adj
(rare) Having a short tongue.
breviloquence
breviloquence
noun
A pertinent and terse style of speech.
breviloquent
breviloquent
adj
Exhibiting breviloquence; concise.
brevipen
brevipen
noun
(zoology) A brevipennate bird.
brevipennate
brevipennate
adj
(ornithology) short-winged; having short wings.
brevirostrines
brezhnev
bribegiving
bronchoalveolar
bronchoalveolar
adj
Relating to both the bronchi and the alvioli of the lungs
bronchocavernous
bronchovesicular
bronchovesicular
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the bronchus and vesicles.
bronxville
brookhaven
brookhaven
Proper noun
Any of several towns and cities in the United States and Canada:
a city in Mississippi, USA, and the county seat of Named after Brookhaven, New York.
brooklandville
brownsville
brownsville
Proper noun
The name of many places in the United States of America:
a former settlement in California.
an unincorporated community in California.
a CDP in Florida.
an unincorporated community in Florida.
a ghost town in Illinois. It was the former county seat.
an unincorporated community in Illinois.
an unincorporated community in Indiana.
a small home-rule class city in Kentucky
an unincorporated community and CDP in Louisiana.
an unincorporated community and CDP in Maryland.
a small city in Minnesota.
an unincorporated community in Mississippi.
a neighbourhood in New York City.
a CDP in Ohio.
a city in Oregon.
a borough in Pennsylvania.
an unincorporated community in Pennsylvania.
an unincorporated community in South Dakota.
a city in Tennessee
a city in Texas
an unincorporated community in Vermont.
an unincorporated community in Washington.
an unincorporated community in West Virginia.
a village in Wisconsin.
a former community in British Columbia, Canada.
a community in Ontario, Canada.
a suburb of New South Wales, Australia.
brownville
brunsville
bryantsville
bryantville
bucorvinae
buenaventura
bulbocavernosus
bulbocavernosus
noun
The bulbospongiosus muscle
bulbocavernous
bulbocavernous
adj
Relating to the bulbocavernosus
bunkerville
burnettsville
burneyville
burnover
burnover
noun
The situation in which a fire overtakes the firefighters who are attempting to deal with it.
burnsville
burnsville
Proper noun
A city in Minnesota.
A town in Mississippi.
A town in North Carolina.
A town in West Virginia.
burtonsville
cabdriving
cabdriving
noun
The trade of a cabdriver.
circumnavigable
circumnavigable
adj
able to be circumnavigated
circumventable
circumventable
adj
Capable of being circumvented.
collaborativeness
collaborativeness
noun
quality of being collaborative
conservable
conservable
adj
Capable of being preserved from decay or injury.
contributive
contributive
adj
Tending to contribute; making a contribution
contributively
contributively
adv
In a contributive fashion.
contributiveness
contributiveness
noun
The quality of being contributive.
contrivable
contrivable
adj
Capable of being contrived, invented, or devised.
controvertibility
controvertible
controvertible
adj
Open to questioning; that which can be denied, challenged, or disputed.
controvertibly
controvertibly
adv
In a controvertible manner.
conversable
conversable
adj
(of people) Able and inclined to engage in conversation.
(of people, obsolete) Able to be conversed with.
(of things, obsolete) Pertaining to, suited for or exhibiting conversation.
conversableness
conversableness
noun
The state or quality of being conversable.
conversably
conversably
adv
In a conversable manner.
conversationable
conversationable
adj
Synonym of conversable (“able and inclined to engage in conversation”)
conversibility
conversible
conversible
adj
(archaic) Capable of being converted.
(obsolete) Capable of being substituted or swapped (with another thing).
Alternative form of conversable
convertable
convertable
adj
Alternative form of convertible
convertibility
convertibility
noun
The quality of a currency of being exchangeable for gold or other currencies
The quality of being convertible
convertible
convertible
adj
(finance) Able to be exchanged for a different class of security (usually common stock) under certain set terms.
(historical numismatics) Able to be exchanged for specie.
(logic) Able to undergo conversion (i.e., inversion) without falsehood.
(numismatics) Able to be exchanged for foreign currency.
(obsolete) Able to be easily digested.
(obsolete) Able to be turned in a different direction.
(vehicles) Able to change from a closed to an open frame and back again.
Able to be exchanged, one for the other, especially
Able to be turned to a different purpose.
Able to be turned to a different religion or belief.
noun
(computing) A computer able to convert from laptop to tablet and back again.
(dated, in the plural) Interchangeable things or terms.
(finance) A convertible security: a stock, bond, etc. that can be turned into another (usually common stock) under certain set terms.
(vehicles) A convertible car: a car with a removable or foldable roof able to convert from a closed to open vehicle and back again.