(zoology) Any lancelet of the family Branchiostomidae.
branchiostomidae
branchstand
brandreth
brandreth
noun
(now historical) A tripod or stand for a cask, a haystack, etc.
(obsolete) A railing around a well.
brandrith
brandrith
noun
Alternative form of brandreth
bravehearted
breadstitch
breadth
breadth
noun
(art) A style in painting in which details are strictly subordinated to the harmony of the whole composition.
(graph theory) The length of the longest path between two vertices in a graph.
A piece of fabric of standard width.
Scope or range, especially of knowledge or skill.
The extent or measure of how broad or wide something is.
breadthen
breadthen
verb
(transitive) To increase in breadth.
breadthless
breadthless
adj
Without breadth.
breadthriders
breadths
breadths
noun
plural of breadth
breadthways
breadthways
adv
breadthwise
breadthwise
breadthwise
adj
directed across the breadth of an object or place.
adv
Across the breadth of an object or place.
breathed
breathed
adj
(in combination) Having a specified kind of breath.
(phonetics, of a consonant or vowel) voiceless, contrasting with voiced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of breathe
bretschneideraceae
bretwaldaship
bridgehampton
broadcloth
broadcloth
noun
(historical) A fine smooth-faced woolen cloth for men’s garments, usually of double width (i.e., a yard and a half); so called in distinction from woolens three quarters of a yard wide.
A dense, plain woven cloth, usually made of cotton or a cotton blend.
broadcloths
broadcloths
noun
plural of broadcloth
broadhearted
broadmouth
broadmouth
noun
One of the Eurylaimidae, a family of East Indian passerine birds.
broadsheet
broadsheet
adj
In the format of a broadsheet.
Relating to a broadsheet or broadsheets.
noun
A newspaper having pages of standard dimensions (as opposed to a tabloid), especially one that carries serious treatment of news.
broadsheets
broadsheets
noun
plural of broadsheet
broadthroat
brokenhearted
brokenhearted
adj
Grieved and disappointed, especially with the loss of a beloved person or thing, such as the repudiation of a romantic relationship.
brokenheartedly
brokenheartedly
adv
In a brokenhearted manner.
brokenheartedness
brokenheartedness
noun
The quality of being brokenhearted.
bromhydrate
bromhydrate
noun
hydrobromate
bromohydrate
bronchadenitis
bronchoadenitis
bronchodilatation
bronchodilatation
noun
bronchodilation
bronchodilator
bronchodilator
noun
(medicine) Any drug used to dilate and relax the bronchial passages and ease the flow of air to the lungs
(organic chemistry) The aliphatic aldehyde CH₃-CH₂-CH₂-CHO derived from butane
caducibranchiata
caducibranchiate
caducibranchiate
adj
(zoology) With temporary gills; applied to those amphibians in which the gills do not remain in adult life.
carbohydrate
carbohydrate
noun
(colloquial, by extension, metonymically) Any food rich in starch or other carbohydrates.
(organic chemistry, nutrition) A sugar, starch, or cellulose that is a food source of energy for an animal or plant.
carbohydrates
carbohydrates
noun
plural of carbohydrate
carbohydraturia
carbohydraturia
noun
(pathology) The presence of carbohydrates (principally sugars) in the urine
chamberleted
chamberleted
adj
Alternative form of chamberletted
chamberletted
chamberletted
adj
(zoology) Divided into little chambers.
chateaubriand
chateaubriand
noun
A thick, juicy cut from the center of a beef tenderloin.
chickenbreasted
chlamydobacteriaceae
chlamydobacteriaceous
chlamydobacteriales
chondroblast
chondroblast
noun
A cell which originates from a mesenchymal stem cell and forms chondrocytes.
chondroblastoma
chondroblastoma
noun
(pathology) A rare bone tumor, usually benign and slow-growing, that originates from chondroblasts
chondrofibromatous
cohabited
cohabited
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cohabit
cohobated
cohobated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cohobate
cryptobranchidae
cuboctahedron
cuboctahedron
noun
(geometry) An Archimedean solid that has fourteen faces (eight triangular and six square) and is both isogonal and isotoxal.
daberath
dacryocystoblennorrhea
deathbed
deathbed
noun
The bed on which someone dies.
The last hours before death.
deathbeds
deathbeds
noun
plural of deathbed
deathblow
deathblow
noun
A strike or blow that leads to death, especially a coup de grace.
Something that prevents the completion, or ends the existence, of a project etc.; a fatal setback.
deathblows
deathblows
noun
plural of deathblow
debacchate
debacchate
verb
(rare) To rant as if drunk.
debarath
debauchment
debauchment
noun
The act of debauching or corrupting; the act of seducing from virtue or duty.
deborath
decipherability
decipherability
noun
(countable) The extent to which something can be deciphered.
(uncountable) The condition of being decipherable.
delightable
delightable
adj
(obsolete) Delightful.
delobranchiata
demibath
demihagbut
demothball
demothball
verb
(transitive) To restore (a mothballed project or equipment) to active use.
dermatopathophobia
dermatopathophobia
noun
(medicine, rare) A fear of skin disease.
dermatophobia
dermatosiophobia
dermobranchiata
dermobranchiate
desmohemoblast
detachability
detachability
noun
The quality or degree of being detachable.
detachable
detachable
adj
Designed to be unfastened or disconnected without damage.
noun
Any device that is designed so that it can be detached from something else.
detachableness
detachableness
noun
The state or quality of being detachable.
detachably
detachably
adv
In such a way that it can be detached.
dethronable
dethronable
adj
That may be dethroned.
diabetophobia
dibothriocephalus
dibranchiata
dibranchiate
dibranchiate
adj
(zoology) Having two gills.
noun
(zoology) Any of the Dibranchiata.
dibromoacetaldehyde
dimethylcarbinol
dipleurobranchiate
disestablish
disestablish
verb
To abolish (an existing position of employment).
To deprive (an established church, military squadron, operations base, etc.) of its official status.
disestablished
disestablished
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disestablish
disestablisher
disestablisher
noun
One who disestablishes.
disestablishes
disestablishes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disestablish
disestablishing
disestablishing
verb
present participle of disestablish
disestablishment
disestablishment
noun
Specifically, the removal of state privileges or patronage from a given church; the removal of a policy of having an official governing religion.
The taking apart or dissolution of something that had been established.
disestablishmentarian
disestablishmentarian
adj
Relating to the disestablishment of privileges, especially of an established church.
noun
An advocate of disestablishment.
disestablishmentarianism
disestablishmentarianism
noun
The campaign to disestablish the Church of England.
dishabilitate
dishabilitate
Verb
To disqualify.
dishabilitation
dishabilitation
noun
disqualification
dishabit
dishabited
dishabited
adj
(obsolete) Rendered uninhabited.
dishabituate
dishabituate
verb
(intransitive) To respond (to a stimulus) with dishabituation.
To reach a state of dishabituation.
dishabituated
dishabituated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dishabituate
dishabituating
dishabituating
verb
present participle of dishabituate
disinhabit
disinheritable
disinheritable
adj
That can be disinherited;
That can be excluded from an inheritance.
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
ditchbank
dithyramb
dithyramb
noun
A poem or oration in the same style.
A raucous and ardent choral hymn sung in ancient Athens in honor of the god Dionysus.
An impassioned speech, a rant.
dithyrambic
dithyrambic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or resembling a dithyramb; especially, passionate, intoxicated with enthusiasm.
noun
A dithyramb.
dithyrambically
dithyrambically
adv
In dithyrambic fashion.
dithyrambos
dithyrambs
dithyrambs
noun
plural of dithyramb
dithyrambus
dithyrambus
noun
Alternative form of dithyramb
domatophobia
domatophobia
noun
A morbid fear of being inside a house.
dorsibranchiata
dorsibranchiate
dorsibranchiate
adj
(zoology) Having branchiae along the back; belonging to the Dorsibranchiata.
noun
(zoology) Any of the Dorsibranchiata.
dorsobranchiata
doublehatching
doublehearted
doublehearted
adj
Having a false heart; deceitful; treacherous.
doubleheartedness
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.
dumbartonshire
durbachite
earthboard
earthboard
noun
The part of a plough or other implement that turns over the earth; the moldboard.
earthbound
earthbound
adj
(figuratively) Unimaginative or mundane.
(science fiction) Heading towards Earth.
Confined to the Earth; unable to leave Earth, either physically or spiritually.
earthbred
earthbred
adj
(obsolete, poetic) Low; grovelling; vulgar.
endobatholithic
endolabyrinthitis
endothelioblastoma
established
established
adj
(Model, procedure, disease) Explicitly defined, described or recognized as a reference.
Having been in existence for a long time and therefore recognized and generally accepted.
Of a religion, church etc.: formally recognized by a state as being official within that area.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of establish
featherbed
featherbed
noun
(UK, Dartmoor) A bog covered by a layer of moss, presenting a hazard to walkers.
A mattress stuffed with feathers.
verb
(intransitive) To engage in featherbedding; to employ more workers than necessary to fulfill a labor union requirement.
(transitive) To treat someone with excessive indulgence; to pamper, cosset or mollycoddle.
featherbedded
featherbedded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of featherbed
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
featherbeds
featherbeds
noun
plural of featherbed
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of featherbed