One who has plenty, one who abounds (in something).
aboveground
aboveground
adj
Alternative spelling of above ground
absurdness
absurdness
noun
(rare) The quality of being absurd; absurdity.
absurdnesses
absurdnesses
noun
plural of absurdness
adnumber
adumbrant
adumbrant
adj
Giving a faint shadow, or slight resemblance; shadowing forth.
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
airbound
airbound
adj
Of a pump etc.: containing too much air, such that the flow is impeded.
aldebaranium
aldebaranium
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) A rejected name for ytterbium.
ambidextrousness
ambidextrousness
noun
The state or quality of being ambidextrous.
angurboda
arnoldsburg
auburndale
autohybridization
background
background
adj
Less important or less noticeable in a scene or system.
noun
(computing) A type of activity on a computer that is not normally visible to the user.
(computing) The image or color over which a computer's desktop items are shown (e.g. icons or application windows).
(physics) Clipping of background radiation.
A less important feature of scenery (as opposed to foreground).
A part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject; context.
Information relevant to the current situation about past events; history.
One's social heritage, or previous life; what one did in the past.
verb
(journalism) To gather and provide background information (on).
To put in a position that is not prominent.
simple past tense and past participle of backgrind
backgrounded
backgrounded
adj
(computing) (of a task) Made non-interactive
Moved to the background
verb
simple past tense and past participle of background
backgrounder
backgrounder
noun
(chiefly US) A briefing or document typically provided prior to a meeting or other event that gives basic details on subjects that are likely to be mentioned.
A cattle farmer or rancher who runs a backgrounding operation.
A person employed to draw backgrounds for a comic or cartoon.
backgrounds
backgrounds
noun
plural of background
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of background
badineur
bainbrudge
balustrading
balustrading
noun
(architecture) work including one or more balustrades
bandcutter
bandur
bandura
bandura
noun
A Ukrainian plucked stringed instrument with a tear-shaped body, like an asymmetrical lute or a vertical zither, which is played with both hands while held upright on the lap.
bandurria
bandurria
noun
A bird, the black-faced ibis.
A plectrum-plucked stringed instrument with a flat-backed pear-shaped body, with twelve strings in six courses in its most common modern form, originating in Spain.
bandurrias
bandurrias
noun
plural of bandurria
banebrudge
bankrupted
bankrupted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bankrupt
bareknuckled
barkbound
barkbound
adj
Prevented from growing, by having the bark too firm or close.
baronduki
barracudina
barracudina
noun
Any of the elongated ray-finned fish of the order Paralepididae.
barramunda
barramunda
noun
Neoceratodus forsteri, the Queensland lungfish.
barramundas
barramundas
noun
plural of barramunda
barramundi
barramundi
noun
A diadromous fish of species Lates calcarifer, of the Centropomidae family, order Perciformes.
barramundies
barramundis
barramundis
noun
plural of barramundi
barundi
basiglandular
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
baudrons
baudrons
noun
(Britain, dated) cat
baudronses
baudronses
noun
plural of baudrons
beardtongue
beardtongue
noun
A flowering plant in the genus Penstemon with a prominent, often hairy, staminode.
beardtongues
beardtongues
noun
plural of beardtongue
bearhound
bearhound
noun
A dog for baiting or hunting bears.
becurtained
becurtained
verb
simple past tense and past participle of becurtain
bedrugging
bedrugging
verb
present participle of bedrug
begrudging
begrudging
adj
grudgeful, envious
reluctant
verb
present participle of begrudge
begrudgingly
begrudgingly
adv
In a begrudging manner; in a manner that is envious or reluctant.
belinuridae
belowground
belowground
adj
beneath the surface of the ground; underground
benzdifuran
benzotrifluoride
benzotrifluoride
noun
(organic chemistry) The fluorinated derivative of toluene "(trifluoromethyl)benzene"
berglund
bergschrund
bergschrund
noun
Alternative form of bergshrund
bermudan
bermudan
Noun
A person from Bermuda or of Bermudian descent.
Adjective
Of, from, or pertaining to Bermuda, or the Bermudian peoples.
bermudian
bermudian
Adjective
Of, from, or pertaining to Bermuda, or the Bermudian people.
Personal legal status equivalent to citizenship for the country of Bermuda.
Noun
A person from Bermuda or of Bermudian descent.
bermudians
beround
bescoundrel
beshrouding
beshrouding
verb
present participle of beshroud
bethunder
beturbaned
beturbaned
adj
wearing a turban
beuniformed
beuniformed
adj
(dated) Wearing a uniform.
bhunder
bhunder
Noun
A rhesus macaque.
bidiurnal
bidiurnal
adj
Every other day.
biglandular
biglandular
adj
Having two glands
bildungsroman
bildungsroman
noun
A novel tracing the spiritual, moral, psychological, or social development and growth of the main character, usually from childhood to maturity.
biquadrantal
bishydroxycoumarin
bishydroxycoumarin
noun
(organic chemistry) Synonym of dicumarol
bismerpund
bismerpund
noun
(historical) An old Swedish unit of weight, equivalent to 5.101 kilograms.
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
bladensburg
blandburg
bleachground
blendure
blockaderunning
bloodcurdling
bloodcurdling
adj
Causing great horror or terror.
bloodcurdlingly
bloodcurdlingly
adv
in a bloodcurdling manner
bludgeoneer
bludgeoner
bludgeoner
noun
One who bludgeons.
blueprinted
blueprinted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blueprint
blunder
blunder
noun
(chess) A very bad move, usually caused by some tactical oversight.
A clumsy or embarrassing mistake.
verb
(intransitive) To make a clumsy or stupid mistake.
(intransitive) To move blindly or clumsily.
(transitive) To cause to make a mistake.
(transitive) To do or treat in a blundering manner; to confuse.
blunderbore
blunderbuss
blunderbuss
noun
An old style of muzzleloading firearm and early form of shotgun with a distinctive short, large caliber barrel that is flared at the muzzle, therefore able to fire scattered quantities of nails, stones, shot, etc. at short range.
verb
(transitive) To shoot with a blunderbuss.
blunderbusses
blunderbusses
noun
plural of blunderbuss
blundered
blundered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blunder
blunderer
blunderer
noun
One who blunders.
blunderers
blunderers
noun
plural of blunderer
blunderful
blunderful
adj
Inclined to blunder.
blunderhead
blunderhead
noun
Someone who habitually makes mistakes or blunders
blunderheaded
blunderheadedness
blundering
blundering
noun
The act of making a blunder.
verb
present participle of blunder
blunderingly
blunderingly
adv
In a blundering way; making mistakes.
blunderings
blunderings
noun
plural of blundering
blunders
blunders
noun
plural of blunder
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blunder
blundersome
blundersome
adj
Apt or prone to cause blunders; troublesome; difficult; problematic.
Indicating or marked by blunders or mistakes; messed-up.
blunthearted
blurredness
blurredness
noun
The property of being blurred.
boardinghouse
boardinghouse
noun
Alternative spelling of boarding house
boardinghouses
boardinghouses
noun
plural of boardinghouse
boarhound
boarhound
noun
A large dog, descended from breeds originally used to hunt boars.
bodyguarding
bodyguarding
noun
The profession of a bodyguard, protecting another from harm.
bodysurfing
bodysurfing
verb
present participle of bodysurf
bondieuserie
bondieuserie
noun
Any devotional ornament or church object, especially one having little artistic value; a religious knick-knack.
bondurant
bordun
bouldering
bouldering
noun
(climbing) Climbing, without ropes, on large boulders or boulder-sized objects.
verb
present participle of boulder
boundaries
boundaries
noun
plural of boundary
boundary
boundary
noun
(cricket) An edge or line marking an edge of the playing field.
(cricket) An event whereby the ball is struck and either touches or passes over a boundary (with or without bouncing), usually resulting in an award of 4 (four) or 6 (six) runs respectively for the batting team.
(figurative, often in the plural) The bounds, confines, or limits between immaterial things (such as one’s comfort zone, privacy, or professional sphere and the realm beyond).
(topology) (of a set) The set of points in the closure of a set S, not belonging to the interior of that set.
The dividing line or location between two areas.
boundbrook
bounder
bounder
noun
(UK, dated) A dishonourable man; a cad.
(UK, obsolete, colloquial) A four-wheeled type of dogcart or cabriolet
A social climber.
Something that bounds or jumps.
That which limits; a boundary.
bounderish
bounderish
adj
Pertaining to or having the characteristics of a bounder; loutish; boorish.
bounderishly
bounderishly
adv
In a bounderish manner.
bounders
bounders
noun
plural of bounder
boundure
boundure
noun
Obsolete spelling of bounder; boundary, limit
bourdon
bourdon
noun
(historical) A pilgrim's staff.
(music, archaic) The burden or bass of a melody.
A bumblebee, genus Bombus.
A large, low-pitched bell not part of a diatonically tuned ring of bells.
The drone pipe of a bagpipe.
The lowest-pitched bell of a carillon.
The lowest-pitched stop of an organ.
bourdons
bourdons
noun
plural of bourdon
bourgeoned
bourgeoned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bourgeon
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.
bradynosus
branchiopodous
brandenburg
brandenburg
Proper noun
Brandenburg an der Havel, a German town.
Land Brandenburg, a state of modern Germany.
The lands of Brandenburg (Mark Brandenburg, Provinz Brandenburg), provinces of Prussia from 1815 to 1946.
a home rule-class city in Kentucky, USA, and the county seat of Named after Solomon Brandenburg, a land owner.
Noun
A kind of decoration for the breast of a coat, sometimes only a frog with a loop, but in some military uniforms enlarged into a broad horizontal stripe.
brandenburger
brandenburgh
brandenburgs
brassbound
brassbound
adj
Bound with brass.
brassbounder
brassbounder
noun
(nautical, historical) A young ship's apprentice whose parents paid for him to have certain privileges on board.
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
bridgebuilding
bridgebuilding
noun
The construction of bridges.
broadrun
brodequin
brodequin
noun
(obsolete) A buskin or half-boot.
bromodeoxyuridine
bromodeoxyuridine
noun
(organic chemistry) A synthetic nucleoside which is an analogue of thymidine; it is commonly used in the detection of proliferating cells in living tissues, where it competes with uridine
browbound
browbound
adj
crowned; having the head encircled as with a diadem.
brunched
brunched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brunch
brundidge
brundisium
brunhild
brunhilda
brunhilde
brunnhilde
brushland
brushland
noun
an area mostly covered with brush growth
buccaneered
buccaneered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of buccaneer
buchbinder
buddenbrooks
bumgardner
bundaberg
bunder
bunder
noun
A type of surf boat used in India.
A unit of measurement for land area used in the Low Countries.