(botany) Of or relating to the flowering plant family Bignoniaceae.
biolinguistics
biolinguistics
noun
(linguistics) Study of the biology and evolution of language
biologicohumanistic
birectangular
birectangular
adj
Containing two right angles.
biscuiting
biscuitmaking
bivouacking
bivouacking
verb
present participle of bivouac
blacktongue
bleachground
blockaderunning
blockbusting
blockbusting
adj
Having the characteristics of a blockbuster; hugely successful.
noun
(US) A technique used to encourage people to sell their property by giving the impression that a neighborhood is changing for the worse, especially by implying a change in its racial makeup.
bloodcurdling
bloodcurdling
adj
Causing great horror or terror.
bloodcurdlingly
bloodcurdlingly
adv
in a bloodcurdling manner
bloodsucking
bloodsucking
adj
(by extension, of a person) parasitic, leechlike or freeloading
(of an insect or animal) That draws off the blood of another animal, or a person.
bloodsuckings
bluestocking
bluestocking
noun
(historical) A member of an 18th-century Blue Stockings Society.
(historical) The English parliament of 1653, more commonly called the Barebones Parliament
(usually derogatory) A scholarly, literary, or cultured woman.
bluestockingish
bluestockingish
adj
Like a bluestocking, or scholarly woman.
bluestockingism
bluestockingism
noun
(colloquial) The character or manner of a bluestocking; female pedantry.
bluestockings
bluestockings
noun
plural of bluestocking
boraginaceous
boraginaceous
adj
(botany) Of, relating to, or resembling the Boraginaceae, a plant family which includes the borage, heliotrope, beggar's lice, and many pestiferous plants.
borotungstic
bouncing
bouncing
adj
(obsolete, informal) Excessively big; whopping.
Healthy; vigorous.
noun
The act of something that bounces.
verb
present participle of bounce
bouncingly
bouncingly
adv
With a bouncing motion.
brachiofaciolingual
brachygnathous
brachygnathous
adj
Relating to brachygnathia
branchiogenous
branchiostegous
branchiostegous
adj
branchiostegal
braunschweig
braunschweig
Proper noun
a city in Lower Saxony, Germany; Brunswick
braunschweiger
braunschweiger
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Braunschweiger (a sausage).
broncobusting
brunching
brunching
verb
present participle of brunch
bucaramanga
bucaramanga
Proper noun
A city in northeastern Colombia.
buccaneering
buccaneering
adj
bold, reckless and unscrupulous
noun
robbery on the high seas; piracy
verb
present participle of buccaneer
buccaning
buccaning
verb
present participle of buccan
buccanning
buccogingival
buccogingival
adj
(dentistry) In a direction with buccal and gingival vectors.
(dentistry) In a location on the buccal and gingival aspect (of a tooth or its socket).
buccolingual
buccolingual
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the cheek and the tongue.
(dentistry) In a direction with buccal and lingual vectors.
(dentistry) In a location on the buccal and lingual aspect (of a tooth or its socket).
buccopharyngeal
buccopharyngeal
adj
Relating to the buccopharynx
Relating to, or connecting the mouth and pharynx
bucketing
bucketing
noun
A heavy pouring down of liquid; a deluge.
Synonym of binning (“data pre-processing technique”)
The act of moving material using a bucket.
verb
present participle of bucket
bucketmaking
bucketmaking
noun
The manufacture of buckets.
bucking
bucking
noun
(forestry) The process of cutting a felled and delimbed tree into logs.
The act of a quadruped kicking both hind legs upward at once.
The act or process of soaking or boiling cloth in an alkaline liquid in the operation of bleaching.
The liquid used in this process.
The process of breaking up or pulverizing ores.
verb
present participle of buck
buckingham
buckingham
Proper noun
A place name:
A town in Buckinghamshire, England.
A former city in Quebec, Canada, merged into Gatineau in 2002.
An unincorporated community in Colorado, USA, named after a railroad official.
A census-designated place in Florida, USA.
A village in Illinois, USA.
An unincorporated community in Iowa, USA, named after Buckingham County, VA.
A former city in Texas, USA, now part of Richardson, Texas.
A census-designated place and county seat of Buckingham County in Virginia, USA.
A dukedom in the English peerage.
An English habitational surname derived from the place name.
buckinghamshire
buckinghamshire
Proper noun
An inland county of England bounded by Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Greater London, Berkshire and Oxfordshire.
bucklering
bucklering
verb
present participle of buckler
buckling
buckling
adj
Wavy; curly, as hair.
noun
(geology) A folding into hills and valleys.
A young male domestic goat of between one and two years.
Smoked herring.
The act of fastening a buckle.
The action of collapsing under pressure or stress.
verb
present participle of buckle
buckraming
buckraming
verb
present participle of buckram
buckwagon
buckwagon
noun
(South Africa) A strong wagon with a frame over the wheels used for hauling goods.
(US) A buckboard; a wagon for personal transport as well as transporting goods.
buckwashing
bumsucking
bunchgrasses
bunchgrasses
noun
plural of bunchgrass
bunching
bunching
noun
(countable) An arrangement of items in a bunch.
(uncountable) The illegitimate supplying of laboratory animals that are actually kidnapped pets or illegally trapped strays.
verb
present participle of bunch
buncoing
buncoing
verb
present participle of bunco
bureaucratizing
bureaucratizing
verb
present participle of bureaucratize
burgensic
busching
bushwhacking
bushwhacking
noun
criticizing, by someone or a person(s), on policies and stances by George W. Bush, in forums and discussions
fighting, as a guerilla, especially in wooded country
travelling through thick wooded country, cutting away scrub to make progress
verb
present participle of bushwhack
busticating
busticating
verb
present participle of busticate
butchering
butchering
noun
The act by which someone or something is butchered; a slaughter or killing.
verb
present participle of butcher
buttgenbachite
buttgenbachite
noun
(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dihexagonal dipyramidal mineral containing chlorine, copper, hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxygen.
caingua
cairngorum
cairngorum
noun
Alternative form of cairngorm
calcigenous
calcigenous
adj
That forms a calx when oxidized.
calculating
calculating
adj
(especially of a person) Serving one's own interests in an unemotional, analytical manner.
(not comparable) Having the ability to calculate.
verb
present participle of calculate
calculatingly
calculatingly
adv
In a calculating manner.
calenturing
caliginous
caliginous
adj
(archaic or literary) Dark, obscure; murky.
caliginously
caliginously
adv
In a caliginous manner.
caliginousness
caliginousness
noun
The state or quality of being caliginous.
callensburg
callousing
callousing
verb
present participle of callous
callusing
callusing
verb
present participle of callus
calquing
calquing
noun
loan translation
verb
present participle of calque
calumniating
calumniating
verb
present participle of calumniate
camiguin
camouflaging
camouflaging
verb
present participle of camouflage
campground
campground
noun
An area where a camp meeting (a retreat) is held.
An area where tents are pitched.
campgrounds
campgrounds
noun
plural of campground
camuning
canandaigua
canandaigua
Proper noun
a city and town in New York, USA
canangium
canchalagua
canchalagua
noun
Centaurium cachanlahuen, the original canchalagua
Centaurium chironioides, a Mexican species
Schkuhria pinnata, a plant in the sunflower family native to South America and used medicinally
Zeltnera venusta, a California species in the gentian family
cancrophagous
cangue
cangue
noun
A heavy wooden collar or yoke borne on the shoulders and enclosing the neck and arms, formerly used in China to punish petty criminals.
cangues
cangues
noun
plural of cangue
cannelburg
cannonsburg
cannulating
cannulating
verb
present participle of cannulate
canonsburg
canulating
canulating
verb
present participle of canulate
capitulating
capitulating
verb
present participle of capitulate
caprigenous
caprigenous
adj
Resembling or originating from goats.
caprimulgine
capsuling
capsuling
verb
present participle of capsule
capsulizing
capsulizing
verb
present participle of capsulize
capsulogenous
capturing
capturing
verb
present participle of capture
carangus
carbonigenous
carbonigenous
adj
Carboniferous.
carbungi
carbungi
noun
An Australian cattail (Typha angustifolia)
carburating
carburating
verb
present participle of carburate
carbureting
carbureting
verb
present participle of carburet
carburetting
carburising
carburising
verb
present participle of carburise
carburizing
carburizing
verb
present participle of carburize
carcinophagous
cardiopneumograph
carfuffling
caricaturing
caricaturing
verb
present participle of caricature
carousing
carousing
noun
carousal
verb
present participle of carouse
carousingly
carousingly
adv
in a carousing manner
carpogenous
carpogonium
carpogonium
noun
(biology) The female organ in the red algae (Rhodophyta), having an elongated process which is the receptive organ for the male gametes
carposporangium
carposporangium
noun
(biology) A sporangium (that contains carpospores) in red algae, a cluster of which forms the cystocarp
cartilagineous
cartilagineous
adj
Archaic form of cartilaginous.
cartilaginous
cartilaginous
adj
(mycology) Having a tough or fibrous texture, usually in reference to a mushroom stipe.
(zoology, of a vertebrate animal) Having a skeleton of cartilage.
Related to or resembling cartilage.
cataloguing
cataloguing
noun
(British spelling) The act of arranging in, or as if in, a catalogue.
verb
present participle of catalogue
catapulting
catapulting
verb
present participle of catapult
caterwauling
caterwauling
noun
A sound that caterwauls.
verb
present participle of caterwaul
caucusing
caucusing
verb
present participle of caucus
caucussing
caughnawaga
cauking
cauligenous
cauligenous
adj
(botany) Originating from the stem of a plant.
caulking
caulking
noun
A sealing material used to seal joints between heterogeneous materials in many kinds of construction and manufacture.
verb
present participle of caulk
caulkings
caulkings
noun
plural of caulking
causewaying
causewaying
verb
present participle of causeway
causing
causing
verb
present participle of cause
causingness
causingness
noun
(philosophy) The quality or characteristic of being the cause of something.
causticizing
causticizing
verb
present participle of causticize
caustifying
cauterising
cauterising
verb
present participle of cauterise
cauterizing
cauterizing
verb
present participle of cauterize
cautioning
cautioning
noun
The act of giving a warning.
verb
present participle of caution
cautionings
cautionings
noun
plural of cautioning
cavanaugh
cayugan
cecidogenous
cellulating
cellulating
verb
present participle of cellulate
cellulosing
cenogonous
censuring
censuring
noun
An act of censure.
verb
present participle of censure
censusing
censusing
verb
present participle of census
centrifugal
centrifugal
adj
(botany) Expanding first at the summit, and later at the base, as a flower cluster.
(botany) Having the radicle turned toward the sides of the fruit, as some embryos.
Tending, or causing, to recede from the center.
noun
A rotating machine used to separate massecuite into sugar crystals and molasses.