(pharmacology) A drug or an agent that induces an abortion.
absorbefacient
absorbefacient
adj
(medicine) Inducing or increasing absorption (of a drug).
noun
(medicine) Any such medicine that induces absorption.
adenofibroma
adenofibroma
noun
(pathology) A benign glandular and fibrous (connective) neoplasm
adenofibrosis
adenofibrosis
noun
(pathology) a benign nodular microscopic lesion of the prostate consisting of acinar tissue with increased stroma
(pathology) a nodular, benign breast lesion consisting of hyperplastic distorted lobules of acinar tissue with increased collagenous stroma
adenoliomyofibroma
adenomyofibroma
afibrinogenemia
afibrinogenemia
noun
(medicine) A blood disorder in which the blood does not clot normally due to a lack of, or a malfunction involving, fibrinogen.
afterbrain
afterbrain
noun
(anatomy) A posterior subdivision of the hindbrain; the myelencephalon
afterburning
afterburning
noun
(aviation) The injection of extra fuel into a jet engine downstream of the turbines in order to achieve extra thrust.
albuminiferous
albuminiferous
adj
Supplying albumen.
albuminiform
albuminofibrin
angiofibroma
angiofibroma
noun
(pathology) A benign neoplasm that affects fibrous tissue.
antefebrile
antefebrile
adj
Preceding a fever
antifebrile
antifebrile
adj
(pharmacology) Countering fever.
noun
(pharmacology) A medicine or substance that counters fever.
antifebrin
antifibrinolysin
antifibrinolysis
ariboflavinosis
ariboflavinosis
noun
(pathology) The medical condition caused by deficiency of riboflavin.
babyproofing
babyproofing
noun
The act or process of making babyproof.
backfiring
backfiring
noun
A failure that leads to further misfortune.
The occurrence of a backfire.
verb
present participle of backfire
backfriend
backfriend
noun
(UK, dialectal) A friend at one's back; a backer; one who does his best for another; a supporter.
(UK, dialectal) A hangnail.
(UK, dialectal, obsolete) A false friend; a secret enemy.
bacteriofluorescin
bairnsfather
balaniferous
balaniferous
adj
(nonce word) Bearing or producing acorns.
banffshire
banffshire
Proper noun
a historic county in north-east Scotland, which was absorbed into Region in 1975. Its county town was
bannerfish
bannerfish
noun
A large fish of the genus Istiophorus, of the swordfish family, with a broad banner-like dorsal fin; the sailfish.
Any of several species of butterflyfish in the genus Heniochus that superficially resemble the Moorish idol, though unrelated.
barfing
barfing
verb
present participle of barf
bedwarfing
bedwarfing
verb
present participle of bedwarf
befinger
befinger
verb
(transitive) To finger all over.
befingered
befingered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of befinger
befingering
befingering
verb
present participle of befinger
befingers
befingers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of befinger
beflowering
beflowering
verb
present participle of beflower
beforementioned
beforementioned
Adjective
Previously mentioned.
befretting
befriend
befriend
verb
(transitive) To become a friend of, to make friends with.
(transitive) To favor.
(transitive, dated) To act as a friend to, to assist.
befriended
befriended
verb
simple past tense and past participle of befriend
befriender
befriender
noun
One who befriends.
befriending
befriending
noun
The process of making friends with somebody.
verb
present participle of befriend
befriendment
befriendment
noun
The act of befriending.
befriends
befriends
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of befriend
befringe
befringe
verb
To furnish or adorn with a fringe.
befringed
befringed
adj
Having a fringe
verb
simple past tense and past participle of befringe
befringes
befringes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of befringe
befringing
befringing
verb
present participle of befringe
benefactorship
benefactorship
noun
The role or status of benefactor.
benefactrices
benefactrices
noun
plural of benefactrix
benefactrix
benefactrix
Noun
A female benefactor.
benefactrixes
beneficiaire
beneficiaries
beneficiaries
noun
plural of beneficiary
beneficiary
beneficiary
adj
Bestowed as a gratuity.
Holding some office or valuable possession, in subordination to another; holding under a feudal or other superior; having a dependent and secondary possession.
noun
(insurance) One who benefits from the payout of an insurance policy.
(law) One who benefits from the distribution, especially out of a trust or estate.
One who benefits or receives an advantage.
beneficiaryship
beneficiaryship
noun
The role or status of beneficiary.
benefiter
benefiter
noun
A person who benefits somebody else; benefactor.
A person who receives a benefit.
benzdifuran
benzofuroquinoxaline
benzothiofuran
benzotrifluoride
benzotrifluoride
noun
(organic chemistry) The fluorinated derivative of toluene "(trifluoromethyl)benzene"
benzotrifuran
benzoylformic
bergenfield
beuniformed
beuniformed
adj
(dated) Wearing a uniform.
biafran
biafran
Adjective
Of, from or relating to Biafra.
Extremely skinny.
Noun
A native or inhabitant of Biafra.
biforin
biforine
biforine
noun
(botany) An oval sac or cell, found in the leaves of certain araceous plants, with an opening at each end through which raphides, generated inside, are discharged.
biforking
bifront
bifront
adj
Having two fronts, faces or aspects.
bifrontal
bifrontal
adj
Situated on both sides of the front (of the cranium)
bifronted
bifronted
adj
Having two fronts.
bifurcating
bifurcating
adj
dividing or forking into two
verb
present participle of bifurcate
bifurcation
bifurcation
noun
(biology) A division into two branches.
(by extension) Any place where one thing divides into two.
(computer science) A command that executes one block or other of commands depending on the result of a condition.
(geography) A place where two roads, tributaries etc. part or meet.
(mathematics) The change in the qualitative or topological structure of a given family as described by bifurcation theory.
(nautical) The point where a channel divides when proceeding from seaward.
Either of the forks or other branches resultant from such a division.
The act of bifurcating; branching or dividing in two.
bifurcations
bifurcations
noun
plural of bifurcation
binford
binford
Proper noun
A city/town in North Dakota.
biotransformation
biotransformation
noun
(biochemistry) The changes (both chemical and physical) that occur to a substance (especially a drug) by the actions of enzymes within an organism
bipenniform
bipenniform
adj
Resembling a feather on both sides
bipennate
birefracting
birefraction
birefringence
birefringence
noun
(physics) The splitting of a ray of light into two parallel rays of perpendicular polarization by passage through an optically anisotropic medium; the property of a material that light passing through it is so split.
birefringent
birefringent
adj
Having two refractive indices (depending on orientation)
Of or pertaining to birefringence
bitripinnatifid
bituminiferous
bituminiferous
adj
Producing bitumen.
blandfordia
blenniiform
blenniiform
noun
Any fish of the suborder Blennioidei or order Blenniiformes of blennies.
blenniiformes
blindfolder
blindfolder
noun
One who, or an object which, blindfolds someone.
bodysurfing
bodysurfing
verb
present participle of bodysurf
bombproofing
bombproofing
verb
present participle of bombproof
bonfire
bonfire
noun
(figuratively) Something like a bonfire (sense 1 or 2) in heat, destructiveness, ferocity, etc.
(obsolete) A fire lit to cremate a dead body; a funeral pyre.
A fire lit outdoors to burn unwanted items; originally (historical), heretics or other offenders, or banned books; now, generally agricultural or garden waste, or rubbish.
A large, controlled outdoor fire lit to celebrate something or as a signal.
verb
(ceramics) To fire (pottery) using a bonfire.
(intransitive, rare) To make, or celebrate around, a bonfire.
(obsolete) To start a bonfire in (a place); to light up (a place) with a bonfire.
To destroy (something) by, or as if by, burning on a bonfire; (more generally) to burn or set alight.
bonfires
bonfires
noun
plural of bonfire
boniform
boniform
adj
Sensitive or responsive to moral excellence.
borofluorin
boyfriend
boyfriend
noun
A male friend.
A male partner in an unmarried romantic relationship.
boyfriends
boyfriends
noun
plural of boyfriend
brachiofaciolingual
braincraft
braincraft
noun
(rare) Intellectual work; thinking.
brainfag
branchiferous
branchiferous
adj
(anatomy) Having gills; branchiate.
branchiform
brandify
braniff
breakfasting
breakfasting
noun
The act of eating breakfast.
verb
present participle of breakfast
breastfeeding
breastfeeding
noun
(countable) An instance (session) of such feeding activity.
(uncountable) The act or process of feeding a baby or young child milk from a lactating breast.
verb
present participle of breastfeed
briefing
briefing
noun
A presentation of information or instruction; the meeting at which it is presented.
A short and concise summary of a situation.
verb
present participle of brief
briefings
briefings
noun
plural of briefing
brieflessness
brieflessness
noun
Absence of a legal brief.
briefness
briefness
noun
The characteristic of being brief.
briefnesses
briefnesses
noun
plural of briefness
brimfullness
brimfulness
brimfulness
noun
Quality of being brimful.
bronzify
bronzify
verb
(transitive) To turn into bronze.
(transitive, intransitive) To make or become bronze in colour, as by tanning.
brownfield
brownfield
adj
(software engineering) Being a development that has to integrate with legacy systems.
noun
(often attributive) A site, to be used for housing or commerce, that has been previously used for industry and may be contaminated or need extensive clearing
brownfields
brownfields
noun
plural of brownfield
brunfelsia
brunfelsia
noun
(botany) Any of the plants of the genus Brunfelsia.
brutification
brutifying
brutifying
verb
present participle of brutify
bucciniform
bufferin
buffering
buffering
verb
present participle of buffer
buffooneries
buffooneries
noun
plural of buffoonery
bulletproofing
bulletproofing
verb
present participle of bulletproof
burglarproofing
burnfire
burnfire
noun
(nonstandard) Bonfire.
butterfingered
butterfingered
adj
Prone to dropping things; clumsy.
butterfingers
butterfingers
noun
A tendency to drop things, or to be clumsy or uncoordinated.
One's fingers which tend to drop things, or are clumsy or uncoordinated.
Someone who tends to drop things; (more generally) someone who is clumsy or uncoordinated; a klutz.
butterflying
butterflying
verb
present participle of butterfly
butteryfingered
calcaneofibular
calcaneofibular
adj
Relating to the calcaneus and fibula.
carbolfuchsin
carbolfuchsin
noun
A mixture of phenol and basic fuchsin, used in bacterial staining and as a topical antiseptic and antifungal.
carboncliff
carboniferous
carboniferous
adj
Containing or producing carbon.
carbonification
carbonification
noun
(geology) The conversion of organic plant matter into coal over time in the absence of air.
carbonify
carbonify
verb
To convert to carbon; to burn or caramelize.
certifiableness
certifiableness
noun
The quality of being certifiable (able to be certified).
chondrofibroma
chondrofibroma
noun
(pathology) A cartilaginous fibroma
chondrofibromatous
configurable
configurable
adj
Capable of being configured; customisable; permitting rearrangement or adjustment.
confirmability
confirmability
noun
The state or property of being capable of being confirmed.
confirmable
confirmable
adj
Capable of being checked, verifiable.
conformability
conformability
noun
conformableness
cubocuneiform
debriefing
debriefing
noun
The act of debriefing, or the state of being debriefed.
The report of a mission or project, or the information so obtained.
verb
present participle of debrief
debriefings
debriefings
noun
plural of debriefing
defibrillating
defibrillating
verb
present participle of defibrillate
defibrillation
defibrillation
noun
The stopping of the fibrillation of the heart in order to restore normal contractions, especially by the use of an electric shock.
defibrinate
defibrinate
verb
(transitive, medicine) (of blood) To remove fibrin from; to deprive of fibrin.
defibrinated
defibrinated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of defibrinate
defibrinates
defibrinates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defibrinate
defibrination
defibrination
noun
The act or process of depriving of fibrin.
defibrinize
defibrinize
verb
(transitive) To remove fibrin from; to defibrinate
deuterofibrinose
dibenzofuran
dibenzofuran
noun
(organic chemistry) The tricyclic heterocycle in which two benzene rings are fused to that of furan; any of its derivatives, especially the halogenated derivatives that are similar to dioxins
diefenbaker
differentiability
differentiability
noun
The ability to be differentiated.
differentiable
differentiable
adj
(calculus, not comparable) Having a derivative, said of a function whose domain and codomain are manifolds.
(comparable, of multiple items) able to be differentiated; distinguishable, as for example by differing appearance or measurable characteristics.