The capital of, and largest city in Iraq, situated in the center of the country on the Tigris river; an ancient city and historical center of the Muslim world.
ballhandling
ballhandling
noun
(basketball) Skillful handling of the basketball when dribbling, passing or receiving
ballistocardiograph
ballistocardiograph
noun
An instrument which measures ballistic forces on the heart, producing a graphical representation of repetitive motions of the human body arising from the sudden ejection of blood into the great vessels with each heartbeat.
ballistocardiographic
ballistocardiographic
adj
Relating to ballistocardiography
ballistocardiography
ballistocardiography
noun
The science of the preparation and diagnostic interpretation of ballistocardiograms.
bangladesh
barehanding
beggarhood
beggarhood
noun
The class of beggars generally.
The condition of being a beggar.
beghard
beghard
Noun
One of an association of religious laymen living in semimonastic communities in imitation of the Beguines, and influenced by Albigensian teachings and by the
beheading
beheading
noun
An instance of a person being beheaded.
verb
present participle of behead
berchtesgaden
beshadowing
beshadowing
verb
present participle of beshadow
bhadgaon
bighead
bighead
noun
(countable, colloquial) Any of several species of fish having a large head.
(countable, colloquial, especially used by children) A person having an inflated opinion of himself; a conceited or arrogant person.
(uncountable, colloquial) Any of several animal diseases that cause swelling of the head.
bigheaded
bigheaded
adj
Alternative spelling of big-headed
bigheads
bigheads
noun
plural of bighead
bighearted
bighearted
adj
Noble, kind and generous
bigheartedly
bigheartedly
adv
In a bighearted manner
bigheartedness
bigheartedness
noun
The quality of being bighearted.
billheading
birdcatching
birdcatching
noun
The trapping of birds.
birdwatching
birdwatching
noun
(slang) The hobby of watching rocket launches.
Observing or identifying wild birds in their natural environment.
blandishing
blandishing
verb
present participle of blandish
blandishingly
blandishingly
adv
So as to blandish.
bleachground
boardinghouse
boardinghouse
noun
Alternative spelling of boarding house
boardinghouses
boardinghouses
noun
plural of boardinghouse
boddagh
boltheading
brachioganoid
brachioganoidei
brachydiagonal
brachydiagonal
adj
Relating to the shorter diagonal, as of a rhombic prism.
noun
The shorter of the diagonals in a rhombic prism.
bradleigh
bradyphagia
bradyphagia
noun
Unusual slowness in eating
bradysphygmia
branchiostegidae
brandenburgh
brandishing
brandishing
noun
The action of the verb to brandish.
verb
present participle of brandish
breechloading
breechloading
adj
Describing a breechloader gun: one that has ammunition loaded from the rear of the barrel rather than where it will exit.
bridgehampton
bridgehead
bridgehead
noun
(chemistry) Either of the two atoms in different parts of a molecule that are connected by a bridge of two or more other atoms
(military) A fortification around the end of a bridge.
(military) An area of ground on the enemy's side of a river or other obstacle, especially one that needs to be taken and defended in order to secure an advance.
An area around the end of a bridge.
bridgeheads
bridgeheads
noun
plural of bridgehead
brigadiership
brigadiership
noun
The role or position of a brigadier.
brigandish
brigandish
adj
like a brigand or robber
brigandishly
brigandishly
adv
In a brigandish manner.
buddhological
buddhological
Adjective
Relating to Buddhology.
budgereegah
budgereegah
noun
Archaic form of budgerigar.
budgerigah
budgerygah
bughead
bulkheading
bulkheading
noun
bulkheads in general
cabbagehead
cabbagehead
noun
(geology) A roughly spherical aggregation of a mineral.
A common type of jellyfish, Stomolophus meleagris
A head of cabbage.
A stupid person; an idiot.
A style of smokestack on a wood-burning locomotive that has a roughly spherical top on a straight narrow stack.
The larval form (caterpillar) of Crocidolomia pavonana, which is a pest that eats cabbages.
cabbageheaded
cabbageheadedness
cambridgeshire
cambridgeshire
Proper noun
An inland county of East Anglia, England. County town Cambridge, bordered by Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire.
carbohydrogen
checkerboarding
checkerboarding
noun
(computer graphics) Synonym of checkerboard rendering
verb
present participle of checkerboard
childbearing
childbearing
adj
Of, pertaining to, or suitable for childbirth
noun
The process of giving birth; pregnancy and parturition
coachbuilding
coachbuilding
noun
The construction of coaches.
cobridgehead
daggerbush
dayabhaga
debauching
debauching
verb
present participle of debauch
delightable
delightable
adj
(obsolete) Delightful.
demihagbut
disbranching
disbranching
verb
present participle of disbranch
dischargeable
dischargeable
adj
Capable of being discharged.
disestablishing
disestablishing
verb
present participle of disestablish
dishabituating
dishabituating
verb
present participle of dishabituate
distinguishability
distinguishability
noun
The state of being distinguishable.
distinguishable
distinguishable
adj
Able, or easily able to be distinguished.
distinguishableness
distinguishableness
noun
The state or quality of being distinguishable.
distinguishably
distinguishably
adv
In a distinguishable way
doublehatching
draughtboard
draughtboard
noun
A checkerboard used to play draughts.
draughtsboard
draughtsboard
noun
The board on which draughts is played, resembling a chessboard but (depending on the game variation) often having a side length of ten squares rather than eight.
dubhgall
featherbedding
featherbedding
noun
(US) The employment of more workers than is necessary, typically because of labor union rules (or sometimes deals with organized crime, a government, etc), especially upon the introduction of new technology.
verb
present participle of featherbed
fingerbreadth
fingerbreadth
noun
A (usually approximate and informal) unit of measurement based upon the radial width of the human finger.
flaughtbred
gadbush
gebhardt
gnathobdellae
gnathobdellida
godthaab
handbag
handbag
noun
(mainly Commonwealth) A small bag used by women (or sometimes by men) for carrying various small personal items.
(uncountable, music) Ellipsis of handbag house.
verb
(Britain, transitive, humorous) To attack verbally or subject to criticism (typically used of a woman).
handbags
handbags
intj
(Britain, slang) Said jocularly in response to a particularly derogatory, bitchy or catty dialogue; calm down; cool it.
noun
(UK, slang) An insignificant fight or argument.
plural of handbag
hangbird
hangbird
noun
The Baltimore oriole (Icterus galbula), whose nest is suspended from the limb of a tree.
hangbirds
hangbirds
noun
plural of hangbird
harbingered
harbingered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of harbinger
hardbought
hardenberg
hardenbergia
hardinsburg
harrodsburg
headborough
headborough
noun
(historical, law) Synonym of tithingman: a peace officer or underconstable.
(historical, law) Synonym of tithingman: the head of a tithing.
healdsburg
hedgebreaker
helderbergian
herbaged
herbaged
Adjective
Covered with grass.
highballed
highballed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of highball
highboard
hollidaysburg
hollidaysburg
Proper noun
a borough in Pennsylvania, USA
houghband
husbandage
husbandage
noun
(nautical) The commission or compensation allowed to a ship's manager, or "husband".
husbanding
husbanding
verb
present participle of husband
hydrobiological
hydrobiological
adj
Of or pertaining to hydrobiology.
indistinguishability
indistinguishability
noun
The state of being indistinguishable
indistinguishable
indistinguishable
adj
Not capable of being perceived or known.
Not distinguishable; not capable of being perceived, known, or discriminated as separate and distinct
noun
Any of a set of things that cannot be distinguished.
indistinguishableness
indistinguishableness
noun
The state or quality of being indistinguishable.
indistinguishably
indistinguishably
adv
(archaic) Indiscriminately.
In an indistinguishable manner; so that separate components or differences cannot be discerned.
lightboard
lightboard
noun
An electronic console used to control the lights in a theatre.
lightbrained
mandibulopharyngeal
mandibulopharyngeal
adj
Relating to the mandible and the pharynx.
manganhedenbergite
matchboarding
matchboarding
noun
A type of softwood panelling formerly used for walls and ceilings.
monchengladbach
neighborstained
nondistinguishable
nondistinguishable
adj
indistinguishable
nondistinguishableness
nondistinguishably
pseudobiographic
pseudobiographical
pseudobiographical
adj
Apparently, but not truly, biographical.
pseudobiographically
rhabdology
rhabdology
noun
Alternative form of rabdology
rhomboganoid
rhomboganoid
noun
(zoology) A fish of the obsolete suborder Rhomboganoidei, roughly corresponding to the gars (Holostei).
rhomboganoidei
shadowboxing
shadowboxing
noun
A form of solo exercise, involving throwing punches at the air, and not at an opponent.
verb
present participle of shadowbox
straightbred
straightbred
adj
Produced by breeding from a single breed, variety or species.
noun
Any organism produced by breeding from a single breed, variety, or species.
stroboradiograph
subdiaphragmatic
subdiaphragmatic
adj
Below the diaphragm
subdiaphragmatically
subheading
subheading
noun
a heading or caption subordinate to a main headline, heading, or title especially when inserted as a divider between sections (as of a newspaper or periodical article or story or text of a book)
any of the headings under which each of the main divisions of a subject may be subdivided
subheadings
subheadings
noun
plural of subheading
thunderbearing
turbocharged
turbocharged
adj
Having a turbocharger
verb
simple past tense and past participle of turbocharge
turbosupercharged
underbreathing
underbreathing
verb
present participle of underbreathe
undischargeable
undistinguishable
undistinguishable
adj
Imperceptible; indistinct.
Indistinguishable.
undistinguishableness
undistinguishableness
noun
(rare) The quality of being undistinguishable; indistinguishability, indistinctness.
undistinguishably
undistinguishably
adv
In a way that cannot be distinguished.
vagabondish
vagabondish
adj
Like a vagabond.
weatherboarding
weatherboarding
noun
(architecture) A type of wooden siding in which a house is sided with long, thin, overlapping boards.