(pharmacology) A drug or an agent that induces an abortion.
absorbefacient
absorbefacient
adj
(medicine) Inducing or increasing absorption (of a drug).
noun
(medicine) Any such medicine that induces absorption.
acetabuliferous
acetabuliferous
adj
Furnished with fleshy cups for adhering to bodies, as cuttlefish, etc.
acetabuliform
acetabuliform
adj
(botany) Shaped like a saucer or shallow cup.
acidifiable
acidifiable
adj
Capable of being acidified, or converted into an acid.
affectability
affectability
noun
The condition of being affectable.
affectable
affectable
adj
Able to be affected.
affectibility
affectibility
noun
The quality or state of being affectible.
affectible
affectible
adj
Alternative form of affectable
afterbreach
albificative
archboutefeu
aschaffenburg
bacciferous
bacciferous
adj
Producing berries.
backfatter
backfatter
noun
A pig yielding significant backfat.
backfield
backfield
noun
(American football) The area behind the line of scrimmage occupied before the snap by the team on offense.
(baseball, rare) Synonym of outfield.
(soccer, US) The area behind either the offensive or defensive line.
The players occupying this area.
backfields
backfields
noun
plural of backfield
backfilled
backfilled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backfill
backfiller
backfiller
noun
A machine for refilling an excavation.
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.
backfired
backfired
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backfire
backfires
backfires
noun
plural of backfire
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backfire
backflipped
backflipped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backflip
backframe
backfriend
backfriend
noun
(UK, dialectal) A friend at one's back; a backer; one who does his best for another; a supporter.
(UK, dialectal) A hangnail.
(UK, dialectal, obsolete) A false friend; a secret enemy.
backspacefile
bacteriform
bacteriofluorescin
baculiferous
baldfaced
baldfaced
adj
Alternative form of bald-faced
banecroft
barefaced
barefaced
adj
Open, undisguised.
Unbearded (not having a beard or other facial hair).
Undisguisedly offensive and bold; crude.
Unmasked (not wearing a mask) or not wearing a face covering.
barefacedly
barefacedly
adv
In a barefaced manner
barefacedness
barefacedness
noun
The state or quality of being barefaced.
beachfront
beachfront
adj
Of property (real estate): located on a beach.
noun
The portion of land or property that runs alongside and facing a beach.
beachfronts
beachfronts
noun
plural of beachfront
beaconsfield
beaconsfield
Proper noun
A market town in Buckinghamshire, England.
A town in Victoria, Australia.
beatific
beatific
adj
Blessed, blissful, heavenly.
Having a benign appearance.
beatifical
beatifical
adj
beatific
beatifically
beatifically
adv
In a beatific manner.
beatificate
beatificate
verb
(obsolete, religion) To beatify.
beatification
beatification
noun
The act of beatifying, or the state of being beatified; especially, in the Roman Catholic Church, the act or process of ascertaining and declaring that a deceased person is one of "the blessed," or has attained the second degree of sanctity, — usually a stage in the process of canonization.
beatifications
beatifications
noun
plural of beatification
beautification
beautification
noun
Making beautiful, beautifying, improving the appearance of something.
beautifications
beautifications
noun
plural of beautification
becafico
beccafico
beccafico
noun
A small bird, Sylvia hortensis, the figpecker.
beccaficoes
beccaficos
beccaficos
noun
plural of beccafico
bechauffeur
beefcake
beefcake
noun
(informal, countable) Such a male, especially as seen as physically desirable.
(informal, uncountable) Imagery of one or more muscular, well-built men.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see beef, cake.
beefcakes
beefcakes
noun
plural of beefcake
befancy
benefact
benefact
verb
(transitive, rare, nonstandard) To benefit; to act as benefactor toward.
benefaction
benefaction
noun
An act of charity; almsgiving.
An act of doing good; a benefit, a blessing.
benefactions
benefactions
noun
plural of benefaction
benefactive
benefactive
adj
(linguistics) Of or pertaining to the linguistic form or case or the semantic role of the beneficiary of an action. Expressed in English as "on behalf of" or "on one's behalf."
noun
A term or sentence element that serves a benefactive role or that is inflected for the benefactive case or a similar case (such as the dative case).
benefactor
benefactor
noun
Somebody who gives a gift, often money to a charity.
Someone who performs good or noble deeds.
benefactors
benefactors
noun
plural of benefactor
benefactorship
benefactorship
noun
The role or status of benefactor.
benefactory
benefactory
adj
Yielding benefit; doing good.
noun
One who gives benefit to others; a benefactor.
benefactress
benefactress
noun
A female benefactor.
benefactresses
benefactresses
noun
plural of benefactress
benefactrices
benefactrices
noun
plural of benefactrix
benefactrix
benefactrix
Noun
A female benefactor.
benefactrixes
beneficential
beneficential
adj
Relating to beneficence.
beneficiaire
beneficial
beneficial
adj
Helpful or good to something or someone.
Relating to a benefice.
noun
Something that is beneficial.
beneficially
beneficially
adv
In a beneficial manner
beneficialness
beneficialness
noun
The state or quality of being beneficial.
beneficiaries
beneficiaries
noun
plural of beneficiary
beneficiary
beneficiary
adj
Bestowed as a gratuity.
Holding some office or valuable possession, in subordination to another; holding under a feudal or other superior; having a dependent and secondary possession.
noun
(insurance) One who benefits from the payout of an insurance policy.
(law) One who benefits from the distribution, especially out of a trust or estate.
One who benefits or receives an advantage.
beneficiaryship
beneficiaryship
noun
The role or status of beneficiary.
beneficiate
beneficiate
verb
(mining, obsolete) To reduce (ores).
beneficiated
beneficiated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beneficiate
beneficiates
beneficiates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beneficiate
beneficiating
beneficiating
verb
present participle of beneficiate
beneficiation
beneficiation
noun
The reduction in size of particles of ore (or similar physical processing) before further processing to recover the metal
besanctify
bescarf
biface
biface
noun
(archaeology) A double-sided stone tool
bifaces
bifaces
noun
plural of biface
bifurcate
bifurcate
adj
Divided or forked into two; bifurcated.
Having bifurcations.
verb
(intransitive) To divide or fork into two channels or branches.
(transitive) To cause to bifurcate.
bifurcated
bifurcated
adj
Divided into two branches.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bifurcate
bifurcately
bifurcately
adv
In a bifurcate manner.
bifurcates
bifurcates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bifurcate
biofeedback
biofeedback
noun
A technique consisting of measuring a person's quantifiable bodily functions, such as blood pressure, heart rate, skin temperature, sweat gland activity, and muscle tension, then conveying the information to the person in real-time.
biofeedbacks
biofeedbacks
noun
plural of biofeedback
birchleaf
birefracting
birefraction
birefractive
blackface
blackface
noun
(countable) A sheep of the Scottish Blackface breed.
(uncountable) A style of makeup in which a non-black person blackens their face, usually in order to portray a black person.
blackfeet
blackfellow
blackfellow
noun
(Australia, now usually considered offensive) A (male) Australian Aborigine.
blackfellows
blackfellows
noun
plural of blackfellow
blackfigured
blackfire
blackfisher
blackfishes
blackfishes
noun
plural of blackfish
blackflies
blackflies
noun
plural of blackfly
bleachfield
bleachfield
noun
(now chiefly historical) A field where cloth or clothing is laid out to be bleached by the sun or water.
boldface
boldface
adj
Synonym of boldfaced
noun
(typography) A font that is dark, having a high ratio of ink to white space, written or drawn with thick strong lines.
verb
To print or write in a boldfaced font.
boldfaced
boldfaced
adj
(typography) Of text emphasized by being set in a font having thicker strokes, yielding a heavier or darker appearance.
Impudent, brazen.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of boldface (to print or write in a bold manner)
boldfacedly
boldfacedness
boldfaces
boldfaces
noun
plural of boldface
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of boldface
boniface
boniface
noun
The proprietor of a hotel or restaurant; an innkeeper.
bonifaces
bonifaces
noun
plural of boniface
boraciferous
boraciferous
adj
Yielding or containing borax.
brachiferous
bracteiform
braeface
branchiferous
branchiferous
adj
(anatomy) Having gills; branchiate.
brazenface
brazenface
noun
An impudent or shameless person.
brazenfaced
brazenfaced
adj
(dated) impudent; shameless
brazenfacedly
brazenfacedness
breachful
breachful
adj
(rare) Involving or characterized by a violation of law, of legal rights, or of other rules governing conduct.
briefcase
briefcase
noun
(computing) In Microsoft Windows, a folder that supports file synchronization between itself and another folder.
A case used for carrying documents, especially for business.
briefcases
briefcases
noun
plural of briefcase
burschenschaft
burschenschaften
calcaneofibular
calcaneofibular
adj
Relating to the calcaneus and fibula.
cambricleaf
camouflageable
camouflageable
adj
Capable of being camouflaged.
cantefable
cantefable
noun
Alternative form of chantefable
carboniferous
carboniferous
adj
Containing or producing carbon.
ceratofibrous
cerebellifugal
cerebellifugal
adj
(anatomy) Directed towards the cerebellum.
cerebrifugal
cerebrifugal
adj
(physiology) Applied to those nerve fibers which go from the brain to the spinal cord, and so transfer cerebral impulses (centrifugal impressions) outwards.
certifiability
certifiability
noun
The quality of being certifiable.
certifiable
certifiable
adj
(informal, of a person) Mentally ill to such an extent that involuntary institutionalization is appropriate; crazy.
(of a document) That can, or that must be certified.
certifiableness
certifiableness
noun
The quality of being certifiable (able to be certified).
certifiably
certifiably
adv
Genuinely
Undoubtedly, demonstrably.
With the potential for certification.
chamberfellow
chantefable
chantefable
noun
A form of Medieval French literature with alternative spoken and sung passages.
clarifiable
clarifiable
adj
Able to be made clear.
classifiable
classifiable
adj
Able to be classified.
clofibrate
clofibrate
noun
(pharmacology) A compound C₁₂H₁₅ClO₃ used especially to lower abnormally high concentrations of fats and cholesterol in the blood.