(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.
afterband
afterbrain
afterbrain
noun
(anatomy) A posterior subdivision of the hindbrain; the myelencephalon
afterburner
afterburner
noun
(aviation) A device in a jet engine which injects fuel into the exhaust system to increase the thrust.
afterburners
afterburners
noun
plural of afterburner
afterburning
afterburning
noun
(aviation) The injection of extra fuel into a jet engine downstream of the turbines in order to achieve extra thrust.
albification
albification
noun
(obsolete) The act or process of making white.
alkylbenzenesulfonate
alkylbenzenesulfonates
antefebrile
antefebrile
adj
Preceding a fever
antifebrile
antifebrile
adj
(pharmacology) Countering fever.
noun
(pharmacology) A medicine or substance that counters fever.
antifebrin
antifibrinolysin
antifibrinolysis
backfitting
backfitting
verb
present participle of backfit
bacteriofluorescin
bafflement
bafflement
noun
(countable) Something that causes a state of confusion or puzzlement.
(uncountable) The state or result of being baffled, puzzled, or confused.
bafflements
bafflements
noun
plural of bafflement
bairnsfather
bancroft
bancroft
Proper noun
A city in Idaho
A city in Iowa
A city in Kentucky
A town in Maine
A village in Michigan
A village in Nebraska
A town in Ontario, Canada
A town in South Dakota
A town in West Virginia
A in Wisconsin
banecroft
basification
basification
noun
(chemistry) The act or process of making something more basic; raising the pH of something.
batfowling
batfowling
noun
A method of catching birds at night, by holding a torch or other light, and beating the bush or perch where they roost so that the birds fly towards the light.
batterfang
battlefront
battlefront
noun
The area in which opponents or opposing ideas meet.
The region or line along which opposing armies engage in combat.
battlefronts
battlefronts
noun
plural of battlefront
beachfront
beachfront
adj
Of property (real estate): located on a beach.
noun
The portion of land or property that runs alongside and facing a beach.
beachfronts
beachfronts
noun
plural of beachfront
beanfeast
beanfeast
noun
(chiefly Britain) A dinner party given to the employees of a firm.
(chiefly Britain) Any similar social occasion.
beanfeaster
beanfeaster
noun
(chiefly Britain) One who takes part in a beanfeast.
beanfest
beatification
beatification
noun
The act of beatifying, or the state of being beatified; especially, in the Roman Catholic Church, the act or process of ascertaining and declaring that a deceased person is one of "the blessed," or has attained the second degree of sanctity, — usually a stage in the process of canonization.
beatifications
beatifications
noun
plural of beatification
beatifying
beatifying
verb
present participle of beatify
beautification
beautification
noun
Making beautiful, beautifying, improving the appearance of something.
beautifications
beautifications
noun
plural of beautification
beautifulness
beautifulness
noun
The quality of being beautiful; beauty.
beautifying
beautifying
adj
That beautifies; tending to make beautiful.
noun
The action of the verb to beautify.
verb
present participle of beautify
befountained
befountained
adj
Furnished with a fountain.
belafonte
benefact
benefact
verb
(transitive, rare, nonstandard) To benefit; to act as benefactor toward.
benefaction
benefaction
noun
An act of charity; almsgiving.
An act of doing good; a benefit, a blessing.
benefactions
benefactions
noun
plural of benefaction
benefactive
benefactive
adj
(linguistics) Of or pertaining to the linguistic form or case or the semantic role of the beneficiary of an action. Expressed in English as "on behalf of" or "on one's behalf."
noun
A term or sentence element that serves a benefactive role or that is inflected for the benefactive case or a similar case (such as the dative case).
benefactor
benefactor
noun
Somebody who gives a gift, often money to a charity.
Someone who performs good or noble deeds.
benefactors
benefactors
noun
plural of benefactor
benefactorship
benefactorship
noun
The role or status of benefactor.
benefactory
benefactory
adj
Yielding benefit; doing good.
noun
One who gives benefit to others; a benefactor.
benefactress
benefactress
noun
A female benefactor.
benefactresses
benefactresses
noun
plural of benefactress
benefactrices
benefactrices
noun
plural of benefactrix
benefactrix
benefactrix
Noun
A female benefactor.
benefactrixes
beneficential
beneficential
adj
Relating to beneficence.
beneficiate
beneficiate
verb
(mining, obsolete) To reduce (ores).
beneficiated
beneficiated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beneficiate
beneficiates
beneficiates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beneficiate
beneficiating
beneficiating
verb
present participle of beneficiate
beneficiation
beneficiation
noun
The reduction in size of particles of ore (or similar physical processing) before further processing to recover the metal
benzothiofuran
benzotrifuran
besanctify
bifrontal
bifrontal
adj
Situated on both sides of the front (of the cranium)
bifunctional
bifunctional
adj
(chemistry, of a compound) Having two functional groups or binding sites.
(chemistry, of a reaction) Involving two functional groups or binding sites.
Having two functions.
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
bilifaction
bilification
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
bipinnatifid
bipinnatifid
adj
(botany) Doubly pinnatifid.
birefracting
birefraction
bitripinnatifid
blanketflower
blanketflower
noun
Gaillardia; a plant of the genus Gaillardia.
blindfast
boastfulness
boastfulness
noun
The characteristic of being boastful.
boatlifting
boatlifting
verb
present participle of boatlift
bonification
bonification
noun
The paying of a bonus (especially in relation to taxes).
bouffant
bouffant
adj
Of hair or clothing, full-bodied or puffy; puffed out away from head or body.
noun
A puffy, round hairstyle, popular in the mid-to-late 16th century, characterized by hair raised high on the head and usually covering the ears or hanging down on the sides.
bouffante
bouffants
bouffants
noun
plural of bouffant
braincraft
braincraft
noun
(rare) Intellectual work; thinking.
brantford
brantford
Proper noun
A city in Ontario, Canada
brantsford
breakfasting
breakfasting
noun
The act of eating breakfast.
verb
present participle of breakfast
breakfront
breakfront
noun
(chiefly attributive) Any piece of furniture (especially a bookcase or cabinet) that has a central section that projects farther forward than the other sections.
breakfronts
breakfronts
noun
plural of breakfront
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
brutification
bufotalin
bufotalin
noun
(organic chemistry) A cardiotoxic bufanolide steroid secreted by the common European toad (Bufo bufo) and other related toads such as Bufo melanostictus.
burschenschaft
burschenschaften
cantefable
cantefable
noun
Alternative form of chantefable
carbonification
carbonification
noun
(geology) The conversion of organic plant matter into coal over time in the absence of air.
certifiableness
certifiableness
noun
The quality of being certifiable (able to be certified).
chantefable
chantefable
noun
A form of Medieval French literature with alternative spoken and sung passages.
chondrofibromatous
comfortableness
comfortableness
noun
Comfort: the quality or state of being comfortable.
confabulate
confabulate
verb
(intransitive) To confer.
(intransitive) To speak casually with; to chat.
(transitive, intransitive, psychology) To fabricate memories in order to fill gaps in one's memory.
confabulated
confabulated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confabulate
confabulates
confabulates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of confabulate
confabulating
confabulating
verb
present participle of confabulate
confabulation
confabulation
noun
(psychology) A fabricated memory believed to be true.
A casual conversation; a chat.
confabulations
confabulations
noun
plural of confabulation
confabulator
confabulator
noun
One who confabulates.
confabulatory
confabulatory
adj
colloquial
confabulating (fabricating)
conversational
confirmability
confirmability
noun
The state or property of being capable of being confirmed.
confiscatable
confiscatable
Adjective
That can be confiscated.
conformability
conformability
noun
conformableness
confusability
confusability
noun
The condition of being confusable.
confutability
confutability
noun
The state of being confutable or disprovable.
confutable
confutable
adj
(archaic or formal) That can be confuted, i.e. shown to be false; disprovable.
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.
definability
definability
noun
The quality of being definable.
diabolification
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.
diffrangibility
diffrangibility
noun
Ability to be diffracted.
discomfortableness
discomfortableness
noun
The quality of being discomfortable.
dissyllabification
dissyllabification
noun
A division into two syllables.
eburnification
eburnification
noun
The conversion of certain substances into others which have the appearance or characteristics of ivory.
enforceability
enforceability
noun
The quality of being enforceable.
fabianist
fabricant
fabricant
noun
One who fabricates; a manufacturer.
fabricating
fabricating
verb
present participle of fabricate
fabrication
fabrication
noun
(cooking) The act of cutting up an animal carcass as preparation for cooking; butchery.
(countable) That which is fabricated; a falsehood
(uncountable) The act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction; manufacture
fabricational
fabrications
fabrications
noun
plural of fabrication
factabling
fannettsburg
fantabulous
fantabulous
adj
(slang) Wonderful, marvelous, outstanding. Both fantastic and fabulous.
fashionability
fashionability
noun
Fashionableness.
fatbrained
fathomableness
fathomableness
Noun
The quality of being fathomable.
faticableness
fatigableness
fatigableness
noun
susceptibility to fatigue
fattenable
fattenable
adj
(rare) Able to be fattened.
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
featherbone
featherbone
noun
A whalebone substitute made from the quills of geese and turkeys.
featherbrain
featherbrain
noun
Alternative spelling of feather-brain.
featherbrained
featherbrained
adj
Alternative spelling of feather-brained
febricant
febricant
adj
(archaic) Causing fever.
noun
(archaic) A patient who has a fever.
febricitant
febricitant
adj
(rare, obsolete) Feverish.
noun
(rare, obsolete) One affected with fever.
febricitation
febrifacient
febrifacient
adj
(rare, archaic) Producing a fever.
noun
A substance that produces a fever.
februation
februation
noun
Purification, rejuvenation, or renewal, especially ritual or ceremonial.