(obsolete) Drawing away from the median axis of the body, as a muscle; see etymology abducting.
noun
(neuroanatomy) An abducens nerve.
That which abducts.
abducentes
abducentes
noun
plural of abducens
abducing
abducing
verb
present participle of abduce
abducting
abducting
verb
present participle of abduct
abduction
abduction
noun
(anatomy) The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; the movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body.
(law) The wrongful, and usually forcible, carrying off of a human being.
(logic) A syllogism or form of argument in which the major premise is evident, but the minor is only probable.
Leading away; a carrying away.
abductions
abductions
noun
plural of abduction
abjudicating
abjudicating
verb
present participle of abjudicate
abjudication
abjudication
noun
(law, rare) Rejection by judicial sentence.
abscound
abundance
abundance
noun
(Scotland) enough, sufficiency.
(card games) A bid to take nine or more tricks in solo whist.
A large quantity; many.
An overflowing fullness or ample sufficiency; profusion; copious supply; superfluity; plentifulness.
Frequency, amount, ratio of something within a given environment or sample.
Wealth; affluence; plentiful amount of resources.
abundances
abundances
noun
plural of abundance
abundancy
abundancy
noun
A state of plentifulness.
ambulanced
ambulanced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ambulance
ambuscading
ambuscading
verb
present participle of ambuscade
audubonistic
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
bandcutter
bareknuckled
barracudina
barracudina
noun
Any of the elongated ray-finned fish of the order Paralepididae.
bechuanaland
bechuanaland
Proper noun
A former name of what is now Botswana, used until 1966
beclouding
beclouding
noun
The process of becoming clouded or obscured.
verb
present participle of becloud
becousined
becudgeling
becudgeling
verb
present participle of becudgel
becudgelling
becurtained
becurtained
verb
simple past tense and past participle of becurtain
becushioned
bedunce
bedunce
verb
(transitive, archaic, rare) To treat as, or reduce to, a dunce; to make stupid.
bedunced
bedunced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bedunce
bedunces
bedunces
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedunce
bedunch
beduncing
beduncing
verb
present participle of bedunce
bejaundice
benedictus
bergschrund
bergschrund
noun
Alternative form of bergshrund
bescoundrel
beuncled
bidenticulate
bidenticulate
adj
Having two denticles.
binucleated
binucleated
adj
binucleate
bishydroxycoumarin
bishydroxycoumarin
noun
(organic chemistry) Synonym of dicumarol
blandiloquence
blandiloquence
noun
(archaic) flattery [from 17th c.]
bleachground
blockaderunning
bloodcurdling
bloodcurdling
adj
Causing great horror or terror.
bloodcurdlingly
bloodcurdlingly
adv
in a bloodcurdling manner
bloodsucking
bloodsucking
adj
(by extension, of a person) parasitic, leechlike or freeloading
(of an insect or animal) That draws off the blood of another animal, or a person.
bloodsuckings
bonduc
bonduc
noun
nicker tree
bonducnut
bonducs
bonducs
noun
plural of bonduc
bounced
bounced
adj
(Internet) unsuccessful delivery of email
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bounce
boustrophedonic
boustrophedonic
adj
Relating to the boustrophedon mode of writing.
branchiopodous
brunched
brunched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brunch
buccaned
buccaned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of buccan
buccaneered
buccaneered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of buccaneer
buccanned
buccinidae
buccinoid
buccinoid
adj
(zoology) Relating to the Buccinidae, a family of marine univalve shells.
(zoology) Resembling the genus Buccinum.
bucconidae
buchbinder
buchenwald
buckden
buckhound
buckhound
noun
(UK) A hound for deer hunting.
buckhounds
buckhounds
noun
plural of buckhound
buckland
bucklandite
buckskinned
buckskinned
adj
Wearing clothes made from buckskin.
bullnecked
bullnecked
adj
Having a thick, muscular neck
bunchbacked
bunched
bunched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bunch
buncoed
buncoed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bunco
bundoc
bundocks
caducibranch
caducibranch
noun
(zoology) Any caducibranchiate organism.
caducibranchiata
caducibranchiate
caducibranchiate
adj
(zoology) With temporary gills; applied to those amphibians in which the gills do not remain in adult life.
calcaneocuboid
calcaneocuboid
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the calcaneus and the cuboid bone.
calfbound
calfbound
adj
Bound in calfskin.
canandelabrum
candelabrum
candelabrum
noun
A candle holder.
candelabrums
carborundum
carborundum
noun
Crystals of silicon carbide used as an abrasive.
carbuncled
carbuncled
adj
Affected with a carbuncle or carbuncles; marked with red sores; pimpled and blotched.
Set with carbuncles (red precious stones).
casebound
casebound
adj
(of a book) hardcover (attributive)
ceratomandibular
chadbourn
chadbourne
chadburn
chateaubriand
chateaubriand
noun
A thick, juicy cut from the center of a beef tenderloin.
chondroalbuminoid
chondroalbuminoid
adj
chondral and albuminoid
chondrofibromatous
chubbedness
circumbendibus
circumbendibus
adj
(often humorous) indirect or roundabout
noun
(often humorous) A roundabout route or process
(often humorous) A roundabout, indirect, or confusing manner of speech or writing
circumbendibuses
circumbendibuses
noun
plural of circumbendibus
clothbound
clothbound
adj
(publishing) Bound with cloth, as opposed to other bindings such as paper or leather.
clubhand
clubhand
noun
(medicine) A short, distorted hand.
clubhands
clubhands
noun
plural of clubhand
clubionid
clubionid
noun
(zoology) Any spider in the family Clubionidae.
clubionidae
clubland
clubland
noun
(uncountable, collective) The world or scene of nightclubs and people who frequent them.
The part of a city where nightclubs are located.
clubridden
coabound
coachbuilding
coachbuilding
noun
The construction of coaches.
coboundless
cogitabund
cogitabund
adj
(archaic, literary) Deep in thought; meditative, thoughtful.
cogitabundity
cogitabundity
noun
(archaic, literary) The state of being cogitabund, or deep in thought.
cogitabundly
cogitabundous
cohusband
comburendo
compoundable
compoundable
adj
That can be compounded.
concludable
concludable
adj
That can be concluded.
concludible
concludible
adj
Archaic spelling of concludable.
concubinehood
conduceability
conducible
conducible
adj
conducive; tending; contributing
conducibleness
conducibleness
noun
The state or quality of being conducible.
conducibly
conducibly
adv
In a conducible manner; so as to promote.
conductibility
conductibility
noun
The ability to conduct electricity.
conductible
conductible
adj
Able to be conducted or transmitted.
Able to conduct (heat, electricity, etc.).
confabulated
confabulated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confabulate
confoundable
confoundable
adj
That can be confounded
consubstantiated
consubstantiated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of consubstantiate
contributed
contributed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of contribute
coracomandibular
coracomandibular
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the coracoid process and the mandible.
cosubordinate
counterbalanced
counterbalanced
adj
Having a counterbalance
verb
simple past tense and past participle of counterbalance
counterband
counterbend
counterbid
counterbid
noun
(business) A bid made in response to a previous bid by another party
verb
To make a counterbid
counterbids
counterbids
noun
plural of counterbid
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of counterbid
counterblockade
counterblockade
noun
A blockade set up in opposition to another blockade.
counterblockades
counterblockades
noun
plural of counterblockade
counterbond
counterbond
noun
A bond to secure one who has given bond for another.
counterborder
counterbored
counterbored
verb
simple past tense and past participle of counterbore
counterbrand
counterbrand
noun
A replacement brand of this kind on cattle.
verb
(transitive) To brand (cattle) with a new and different brand, to mark change of ownership.
counterbuilding
counterembattled
counterembowed
counterembowed
adj
(heraldry) Bent, curved or arched in two directions, both to the left and to the right, or both upwards and downwards.
countermandable
countermandable
adj
Capable of being countermanded.
creedbound
cuboctahedron
cuboctahedron
noun
(geometry) An Archimedean solid that has fourteen faces (eight triangular and six square) and is both isogonal and isotoxal.
cubomedusan
cubomedusan
adj
Of or pertaining to the cubomedusa
cumberbunds
cumberbunds
noun
Misspelling of cummerbunds.
cumberland
cumberland
Proper noun
A maritime former border county of England, since 1974 absorbed into Cumbria.
A city in Maryland, USA
A CDP in Virginia, USA
A river in the eastern United States, tributary to the Ohio.
A town on British Columbia, Canada.
cumberlandite
cumbernauld
cumbernauld
Proper noun
a town in council area, Scotland, a new town founded in the 1950s on the site of a village of the same name
cummerbund
cummerbund
noun
(fashion) A broad sash, especially one that is pleated lengthwise and worn as an article of formal dress, as around a man's waist together with a tuxedo or dinner jacket.
cummerbunds
cummerbunds
noun
plural of cummerbund.
cuneocuboid
cuneocuboid
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the joint between the cuboid and lateral cuneiform.
daunorubicin
daunorubicin
noun
(pharmacology) A synthetic anthracycline antibiotic C₂₇H₂₉NO₁₀ which is a nitrogenous glycoside that interferes with DNA synthesis and is used in the treatment of acute leukemia and other cancers.