(anatomy) A muscle which serves to draw a part out, or from the median line of the body
One who abducts; a kidnapper.
abductores
abductores
Noun
of. Sometimes used instead of abductor when referring to the anatomical muscles.
abductors
abductors
noun
plural of abductor
abjudicator
abruptedly
abruptedly
adv
Abruptly; by a sudden interruption or transition.
abstrude
abstrude
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To thrust away.
absurdest
absurdest
adj
superlative form of absurd: most absurd
absurdist
absurdist
adj
Of, or relating to absurdism.
noun
An advocate of absurdism, in particular a writer of absurd topics.
absurdities
absurdities
noun
plural of absurdity
absurdity
absurdity
noun
(countable) That which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction.
(obsolete, rare) Dissonance.
(uncountable) The quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment.
acerbitude
acerbitude
noun
(archaic) Sourness and harshness; acerbity.
adarbitrium
adumbrant
adumbrant
adj
Giving a faint shadow, or slight resemblance; shadowing forth.
adumbrate
adumbrate
verb
To foreshadow vaguely.
To give a vague outline.
To obscure or overshadow.
adumbrated
adumbrated
adj
(comparable) Foreshadowed.
(comparable) Obscured.
(heraldry) Depicted on a shield as an outline instead of a solid figure.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of adumbrate
adumbrates
adumbrates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adumbrate
adumbrating
adumbrating
verb
present participle of adumbrate
adumbration
adumbration
noun
(countable) A faint sketch; a brief representation, an outline.
(countable, philosophy, specifically phenomenology) The form of an object as seen by an observer.
(countable, uncountable, figuratively) A rough or symbolic representation; a vague indication of what is to come, a foreshadowing.
(specifically, heraldry) The outline of a charge (“image displayed on an escutcheon”), sometimes filled in with a darker shade than the field.
(uncountable) The state of being in shadow or shade; (countable) a shadow.
adumbrations
adumbrations
noun
plural of adumbration
adumbrative
adumbrative
adj
Of or pertaining to adumbration
adumbratively
adumbratively
adv
In an adumbrative manner
ambidexterous
ambidexterous
adj
Misspelling of ambidextrous.
ambidextrous
ambidextrous
adj
(archaic) Practising or siding with both parties.
(humorous) Of a person, bisexual.
Equally usable by left-handed and right-handed people (as a tool or instrument).
Exceptionally skillful; adept in more than one medium, genre, style, etc.
Having equal ability in both hands; in particular, able to write equally well with both hands.
ambidextrously
ambidextrously
adv
In an ambidextrous manner.
ambidextrousness
ambidextrousness
noun
The state or quality of being ambidextrous.
archdisturber
attributed
attributed
adj
(programming) decorated with an attribute
verb
simple past tense and past participle of attribute
audibertia
autohybridization
balustered
balustered
adj
Having one or more balusters.
balustrade
balustrade
noun
A row of balusters topped by a rail, serving as an open parapet, as along the edge of a balcony, terrace, bridge, staircase, or the eaves of a building.
balustraded
balustraded
adj
Having balustrades.
balustrades
balustrades
noun
plural of balustrade
balustrading
balustrading
noun
(architecture) work including one or more balustrades
bandcutter
bankrupted
bankrupted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bankrupt
batardeau
batardeau
noun
(military) A wall built across the ditch of a fortification, with a sluice gate to regulate the height of water in the ditch on both sides of the wall.
battleground
battleground
noun
(US politics) Ellipsis of battleground state.
(figurative) Any place or situation of dispute or contention
(figurative) Any subject of dispute or contention.
A location where a battle may be fought, or has been fought.
battlegrounds
battlegrounds
noun
plural of battleground
beardtongue
beardtongue
noun
A flowering plant in the genus Penstemon with a prominent, often hairy, staminode.
beardtongues
beardtongues
noun
plural of beardtongue
becrusted
becrusted
adj
Covered with, or as if with, a crust; encrusted.
becurtained
becurtained
verb
simple past tense and past participle of becurtain
benzotrifluoride
benzotrifluoride
noun
(organic chemistry) The fluorinated derivative of toluene "(trifluoromethyl)benzene"
bepastured
bepastured
adj
Furnished with pasture land.
bermudite
bertaud
berthoud
bethunder
betrousered
betrousered
adj
(usually humorous) Wearing pants or trousers.
betuckered
beturbaned
beturbaned
adj
wearing a turban
betutored
biarcuated
biarcuated
adj
Synonym of biarcuate
biarticulated
biarticulated
adj
doubly articulated
bicarbureted
bicarbureted
adj
(chemistry, obsolete) Containing two atoms or equivalents of carbon in the molecule.
bicarburetted
bicarburetted
adj
Alternative form of bicarbureted
bifurcated
bifurcated
adj
Divided into two branches.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bifurcate
biquadrantal
biquadrate
biquadrate
noun
(mathematics) The fourth power; the square of a square.
verb
(transitive, arithmetic) To raise to the fourth power; to determine the result of multiplying by itself three times.
biquadratic
biquadratic
adj
(mathematics) Of a polynomial expression, involving only the zeroth, second, and fourth powers of a variable, as x⁴ + 3x² + 2. Sometimes extended to any expression involving the biquadrate or fourth power (but no higher powers), as x⁴ − 4x³ + 3x² − x + 1.
noun
(mathematics) A biquadratic equation.
biquadratics
biquadratics
noun
plural of biquadratic
birdmouthed
bituberculated
bladdernut
bladdernut
noun
Any of several species of large shrubs or small trees, of the genus Staphylea, in the family Staphyleaceae
Diospyros whyteana, a species of tree with edible fruit, native to Africa.
bladdernuts
bladdernuts
noun
plural of bladdernut
bluehearted
blueprinted
blueprinted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blueprint
blunthearted
blurted
blurted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blurt
blustered
blustered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bluster
boatbuilder
boatbuilder
noun
A person involved in boatbuilding; one who builds boats.
boatbuilders
boatbuilders
noun
plural of boatbuilder
bondurant
bothridium
bothridium
noun
An outgrowth from the head of some tapeworms that is used for attachment
bothridiums
botrydium
boustrophedon
boustrophedon
adj
(figuratively) Changing direction, going back and forth.
(historical, calligraphy, of writing) Written from right-to-left and left-to-right on alternate lines.
adv
(historical, calligraphy, of writing) In a fashion such that the reading direction changes from right-to-left to left-to-right with each new line.
noun
(historical, calligraphy, of writing) Writing that is right-to-left and left-to-right on alternate lines.
boustrophedonic
boustrophedonic
adj
Relating to the boustrophedon mode of writing.
brachydactylous
brachydactylous
adj
(zoology) Having abnormally short digits.
bradyauxetic
bradyauxetically
brautlied
breadfruit
breadfruit
noun
An evergreen tree, Artocarpus altilis, native to islands of the east Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean.
The large round fruit of this tree.
breadfruits
breadfruits
noun
plural of breadfruit
breadnut
breadnut
noun
A tree, Brosimum alicastrum, native to Latin America
Artocarpus camansi, a close relative of the breadfruit
The edible fruit of this tree
breadnuts
breadnuts
noun
plural of breadnut
breadstuff
breadstuff
noun
Any of the ingredients for making bread, especially as commodities in trade and especially the principal ones, namely, flour/meal or the grain with which to mill it (such as wheat, oats, rye, or any other cereal grain).
Bread or bread-like baked goods of any sort.
breadstuffs
breadstuffs
noun
plural of breadstuff
brevicaudate
brevicaudate
adj
(zoology) Having a short tail.
briquetted
briquetted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of briquet
simple past tense and past participle of briquette
broadmouth
broadmouth
noun
One of the Eurylaimidae, a family of East Indian passerine birds.
brodehurst
brotulid
brotulidae
bruited
bruited
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bruit
brustled
brustled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brustle
brutalised
brutalised
verb
(Britain) simple past tense and past participle of brutalise
brutalized
brutalized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brutalize
bruted
bruted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brute
brutedom
brutedom
noun
The condition of being a brute; brutality.
brutified
brutified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brutify
bucerotidae
budgetary
budgetary
adj
Of or pertaining to a budget.
budgeteer
budgeteer
noun
A person knowledgeable about the law, accounting, and regulation affecting budgets, especially governmental.
budgeter
budgeter
noun
One who budgets.
budgeters
budgeters
noun
plural of budgeter
budworth
budzart
bulletproofed
bulletproofed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bulletproof
bundesrat
bundesrat
Proper noun
federal council of Germany
bundesrath
bundlerooted
buprestid
buprestid
noun
Any of the many beetles of the family Buprestidae, which in the larval stage are destructive wood borers and as adults are often brightly coloured.
buprestidae
buprestidan
buprestidan
noun
(zoology, chiefly in the plural, dated) Any of a number of jewel beetles of the family Buprestidae, usually with shiny metallic colours.
burckhardt
burdett
burdett
Proper noun
derived from the French surnames Burdette, Bourdette, and back to Bourdet.
burdette
bureaucratized
bureaucratized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bureaucratize
burkhardt
burnettized
burnettized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of burnettize
burntweed
bursted
bursted
verb
(nonstandard) simple past tense and past participle of burst
burthened
burthened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of burthen
bustard
bustard
noun
Any of several large terrestrial birds of the family Otididae that inhabit dry open country and steppes in the Old World.
bustards
bustards
noun
plural of bustard
butcherbird
butcherbird
noun
(South Africa) The fiscal shrike, Lanius collaris.
(US) Any of the shrikes in the genus Lanius.
Any of the magpie-like birds in the genus Cracticus, family Artamidae, of Australia and New Guinea.
butcherdom
butcherdom
noun
The condition or trade of a butcher.
butchered
butchered
adj
(by extension) Taken apart, destroyed or (figurative) distorted beyond recognition.
(of an animal) Taken apart professionally, as a butcher might.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of butcher
butlerdom
butlerdom
noun
The status or sphere of butlers.
butterbird
butterbird
noun
(Jamaica) The bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus).
buttered
buttered
adj
(cooking) Spread with butter.
(skiing, snowboarding) Of a turn, having used the to butter action to instantiate the turn.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of butter
butterfield
butterfingered
butterfingered
adj
Prone to dropping things; clumsy.
butterflied
butterflied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of butterfly
butterhead
butterhead
noun
butterhead lettuce
butterweed
butterweed
noun
Any of various herbaceous flowering plants in the genus Conyza.
butterweeds
butterweeds
noun
plural of butterweed
butteryfingered
buttonholder
buttressed
buttressed
adj
Having buttresses or supports.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of buttress
buttstrapped
butyraldehyde
butyraldehyde
noun
(organic chemistry) The aliphatic aldehyde CH₃-CH₂-CH₂-CHO derived from butane
byproduct
byproduct
noun
Alternative form of by-product
byproducts
byproducts
noun
plural of byproduct
caducibranchiata
caducibranchiate
caducibranchiate
adj
(zoology) With temporary gills; applied to those amphibians in which the gills do not remain in adult life.
carbohydraturia
carbohydraturia
noun
(pathology) The presence of carbohydrates (principally sugars) in the urine
carburated
carburated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of carburate
carbureted
carbureted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of carburet
carburetted
ceratomandibular
chateaubriand
chateaubriand
noun
A thick, juicy cut from the center of a beef tenderloin.