(archaic) Indirect or roundabout routes or directions.
(archaic) Indirect or roundabout ways of talking; circumlocution.
ambagiousness
ambagiousness
noun
The state or quality of being ambagious.
ambassage
ambassage
noun
Obsolete form of embassage.; message, embassy.
ambergrease
ambergris
ambergris
noun
A solid, waxy, flammable substance of a dull grey or blackish color, produced in the intestines of the sperm whale. It is used in perfumes.
ambergrises
ambergrises
noun
plural of ambergris
ambigenous
ambigenous
adj
(botany) Partaking of two natures, as the perianth of some endogenous plants, where the outer surface is calycine and the inner petaloid.
ambiguities
ambiguities
noun
plural of ambiguity
ambiguousness
ambiguousness
noun
The state or quality of being ambiguous; ambiguity
ambisporangiate
amblygeusia
amblygonites
amblygonites
noun
plural of amblygonite
amblystegite
amphibologies
amphibologies
noun
plural of amphibology
assemblage
assemblage
noun
(archaeology) A group of different artifacts found in association with one another.
(art) A visual art form similar to collage, which combines two-dimensional and three-dimensional, often found, elements into works of art.
A collection of things which have been gathered together or assembled.
A gathering of people.
The process of assembling or bringing together.
assemblages
assemblages
noun
plural of assemblage
assemblagist
assemblagist
noun
(art) One who constructs assemblages (a form of 3D collage).
assembling
assembling
noun
A gathering or assembly.
verb
present participle of assemble
baggagemaster
baggagemaster
noun
(US, historical) A person in charge of the baggage at a railway station.
ballgames
ballgames
noun
plural of ballgame
bantamweights
bantamweights
noun
plural of bantamweight
bargemaster
bargemaster
noun
The person in charge of transport on a barge or barges.
basibregmatic
basibregmatic
adj
(anatomy) Relating to, or connecting the basion and the bregma
basipterygium
basipterygium
noun
A cartilage at the base of the fins of some fish that develops into the metapterygium upon maturity.
basketmaking
basketmaking
noun
The construction of baskets, especially by traditional means.
becomingness
becomingness
noun
The state or quality of being becoming (pleasingly suitable).
becomings
becomings
noun
plural of becoming
bedlamising
beggarism
beggarism
noun
beggary
beglooms
beglooms
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of begloom
begrimes
begrimes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of begrime
begrims
beguilements
beguilements
noun
plural of beguilement
begums
begums
noun
plural of begum
bellowsmaking
bemingles
bemingles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bemingle
bemisting
bemisting
verb
present participle of bemist
bemusing
bemusing
verb
present participle of bemuse
berengarianism
bergamasca
bergamasche
bergamask
bergamos
bergamots
bergamots
noun
plural of bergamot
bergmans
bergomask
bergomask
noun
(obsolete) A kind of rustic dance.
bergsma
bergsonism
bergstrom
beseeming
beseeming
adj
Becoming, befitting, suitable.
noun
Appearance; look.
gerund of beseem: a comely appearance; attractiveness.
verb
present participle of beseem
beseemingly
beseemingly
adv
(archaic) In a beseeming manner.
beseemingness
beseemingness
noun
The state or quality of being beseeming.
beshaming
beshaming
verb
present participle of beshame
besiegement
besiegement
noun
The act of besieging, or the state of being besieged.
besliming
besliming
verb
present participle of beslime
besmearing
besmearing
verb
present participle of besmear
besmiling
besmiling
verb
present participle of besmile
besmirching
besmirching
verb
present participle of besmirch
besmoking
besmoking
verb
present participle of besmoke
besmoothing
besmoothing
verb
present participle of besmooth
besmudge
besmudge
verb
To smudge.
besmudged
besmudged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of besmudge
besmudges
besmudges
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of besmudge
besmudging
besmudging
verb
present participle of besmudge
besmutting
besmutting
verb
present participle of besmut
bessemerizing
bessemerizing
verb
present participle of bessemerize
beswarming
beswarming
verb
present participle of beswarm
bigamies
bigamies
noun
plural of bigamy
bigeminies
bigeminies
noun
plural of bigeminy
bioclimatologies
biogeochemistry
biogeochemistry
noun
(biology, geology, chemistry, ecology) The scientific study of biological, geological and chemical processes in the natural environment and especially of their mutual relationships
biomagnetism
biomagnetism
noun
(biology) The production or detection of a magnetic field by a living organism.
bisegment
bisegment
noun
One of two equal parts of a line or other magnitude.
bismutoplagionite
blacklegism
blacklegism
noun
The character or actions of a blackleg.
blancmanges
blancmanges
noun
plural of blancmange
blaspheming
blaspheming
noun
An act of blasphemy.
verb
present participle of blaspheme
blemishing
blemishing
verb
present participle of blemish
blennophlogisma
bloomingness
bloomingness
noun
A blooming condition.
bloomingrose
bluegums
bluegums
noun
plural of bluegum
bluestockingism
bluestockingism
noun
(colloquial) The character or manner of a bluestocking; female pedantry.
boanergism
boomerangs
boomerangs
noun
plural of boomerang
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of boomerang
boomslange
boomslange
noun
Dated form of boomslang.
borborygmies
boroughmaster
boroughmaster
noun
The mayor, governor, or bailiff of a borough.
bremsstrahlung
bremsstrahlung
noun
The electromagnetic radiation produced by the deceleration of a charged particle, such as an electron, when it is deflected by another charged particle, such as an atomic nucleus.
bridegrooms
bridegrooms
noun
plural of bridegroom
bridegroomship
bridesmaiding
bridesmaiding
noun
Acting as bridesmaid at a wedding.
verb
present participle of bridesmaid
bridgemaster
brightsome
brightsome
adj
(archaic) Marked by brightness or brilliance; resplendent in appearance; shining.
brightsomeness
brightsomeness
noun
The quality of being brightsome.
brisingamen
bromegrass
bromegrass
noun
Any of various North American grasses, of the genus Bromus, that are used for forage.
bromegrasses
bromegrasses
noun
plural of bromegrass
bromsgrove
bromsgrove
Proper noun
a town in Worcestershire, England.
buckinghamshire
buckinghamshire
Proper noun
An inland county of England bounded by Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Greater London, Berkshire and Oxfordshire.
bumblingness
bunglesome
bunglesome
adj
Characterised or marked by bungling; ungainly; awkward; incompetent
burgessdom
burgessdom
noun
The role or status of burgess.
burghermaster
burghermaster
noun
Alternative form of burgomaster
burghmaster
burghmaster
noun
(UK, mining, historical) An officer who directs and lays out the meres or boundaries for the workers.
A burgomaster.
burgomaster
burgomaster
noun
The mayor, or head magistrate, of a town in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and certain other countries.
burgomasters
burgomasters
noun
plural of burgomaster
burgomastership
burgomastership
noun
The role or status of a burgomaster.
cabbageworms
cabbageworms
noun
plural of cabbageworm
cabinetmakings
cablegrams
cablegrams
noun
plural of cablegram
cambridgeshire
cambridgeshire
Proper noun
An inland county of East Anglia, England. County town Cambridge, bordered by Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire.
campbellsburg
carpetbaggism
carpetbaggism
noun
The practices of a carpetbagger
carpetbagism
carpetbagism
noun
Alternative form of carpetbaggism
cerebromeningitis
cerebromeningitis
noun
(pathology) Synonym of meningoencephalitis
chambersburg
chemisorbing
chemisorbing
verb
present participle of chemisorb
chemosorbing
chemosorbing
verb
present participle of chemosorb
circumambages
circumambages
noun
Instances of indirectness or deviousness in speaking or writing: circumlocutions.
climbingfishes
comburgess
comburgess
noun
A fellow burgess.
counterembargos
crumblingness
crumblingness
noun
The quality of crumbling.
damageableness
damageableness
noun
The quality of being damageable.
demagnetisable
demigardebras
demobilising
demobilising
verb
present participle of demobilise
disambiguate
disambiguate
verb
(linguistics) To distinguish one word or lexical unit (from a different one which has a similar form).
To remove ambiguities from; to make less ambiguous; to clarify or specify which of multiple possibilities applies – e.g., possible meanings of an ambiguous statement – or to invite or require this.
disambiguated
disambiguated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disambiguate
disambiguates
disambiguates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disambiguate
disassembling
disassembling
verb
present participle of disassemble
disembargo
disembargoed
disembargoing
disembarking
disembarking
noun
A disembarkation.
verb
present participle of disembark
disembodying
disembodying
verb
present participle of disembody
disembogue
disembogue
verb
(of a river or waters) To pour out, to debouch; to flow out through a narrow opening into a larger space.
To come out into the open sea from a river etc.
disembogued
disembogued
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disembogue
disemboguement
disemboguement
noun
The act of disemboguing; discharge.
disembogues
disembogues
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disembogue
disemboguing
disemboguing
verb
present participle of disembogue
disemboweling
disemboweling
noun
The act by which somebody is disemboweled.
verb
present participle of disembowel
disembowelling
disembowelling
noun
The act by which somebody is disembowelled.
verb
(chiefly Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa) present participle of disembowel
disembrangle
disembrangle
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To free from wrangling or litigation.
disencumbering
disencumbering
verb
present participle of disencumber
dismembering
dismembering
noun
The act or process whereby something is dismembered.
verb
present participle of dismember
dissembling
dissembling
noun
The action of the verb dissemble
verb
present participle of dissemble
dissemblingly
dissemblingly
adv
So as to dissemble or deceive; with dissimulation.