(botany) Lying against anything, as one part of a leaf against another leaf
Leaning or reclining, as the ancients did at their meals.
noun
One who rests in an accumbent position, especially at table.
adumbrate
adumbrate
verb
To foreshadow vaguely.
To give a vague outline.
To obscure or overshadow.
alambique
albumoses
albumoses
noun
plural of albumose
ambulance
ambulance
noun
(military) A mobile field hospital.
(obsolete, US) A prairie wagon.
An emergency vehicle designed for transporting seriously ill or injured people to a hospital.
verb
(transitive) To transport by ambulance.
ambulante
ambulated
ambulated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ambulate
ambulates
ambulates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ambulate
ambuscade
ambuscade
noun
(dated) An ambush; a trap laid for an enemy.
The body of troops lying in ambush.
The place in which troops lie hidden for an ambush.
verb
(dated) To lie in wait for, or to attack from a covert or lurking place; to waylay.
ambushers
ambushers
noun
plural of ambusher
amoebaeum
amoebaeum
noun
(poetry) A poem in which persons are represented as speaking alternately.
arboretum
arboretum
noun
A place where many varieties of tree are grown for research, educational, and ornamental purposes.
assumable
assumable
adj
Capable of being assumed, or taken on.
Capable of being assumed, or taken to be true.
bacterium
bacterium
noun
(microbiology) A single-celled organism with cell walls but no nucleus or organelles.
bambuseae
barnumize
barnumize
verb
Alternative form of Barnumize
bdelliums
bdelliums
noun
plural of bdellium
beamhouse
beauchamp
beauchamp
Proper noun
The name of several places in Northern France
of Norman origin
beautydom
beautydom
noun
The estate or rank of a beauty or of beautiful women.
beclamour
beclamour
verb
Alternative form of beclamor
bedumbing
bedumbing
verb
present participle of bedumb
befrumple
beglamour
beglamour
verb
To bedazzle; to deceive as if by magic.
To make glamorous.
begumming
begumming
verb
present participle of begum
bejumbled
bejumbled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bejumble
bejumbles
bejumbles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bejumble
bellmouth
bellmouth
noun
A bell-shaped extension at the end of a pipe.
bemuddled
bemuddled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bemuddle
bemuddles
bemuddles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bemuddle
bemurmure
bemurmurs
bemusedly
bemusedly
adv
In a bemused manner
bemuzzled
bemuzzles
benumbing
benumbing
verb
present participle of benumb
berkelium
berkelium
noun
A transuranic chemical element (symbol Bk) with an atomic number of 97.
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.
bermudite
beryllium
beryllium
noun
The chemical element (symbol Be) with an atomic number of 4; a soft silvery-white low density alkaline earth metal with specialist industrial applications.
besmudged
besmudged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of besmudge
besmudges
besmudges
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of besmudge
besmutted
besmutted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of besmut
bethumped
bethumped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bethump
betrumpet
betrumpet
verb
(transitive) To trumpet about; trumpet the praise of.
betumbled
betumbled
adj
Tossed in confusion; disordered.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of betumble
bienniums
bienniums
noun
plural of biennium
bigeminum
bisellium
bismutite
bismutite
noun
Alternative form of bismuthite
bluestems
bluestems
noun
plural of bluestem
brummagem
brummagem
adj
Cheap and showy; meretricious.
noun
Alternative form of Brummagem
brummagen
brumstane
brumstone
brunizems
bucketman
buckramed
buckramed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of buckram
buddleman
bumblebee
bumblebee
noun
A mid yellow
Any of several species of large bee in the genus Bombus
bumbledom
bumbledom
noun
bureaucracy; mannerisms characteristic of pompous, arrogant or pretentious officials.
bumfuzzle
bumfuzzle
verb
(transitive, chiefly Midland US, Southern US) To confuse or fluster.
bummerish
bumpering
bumpering
verb
present participle of bumper
bumpiness
bumpiness
noun
The characteristic of being bumpy.
bumpkinet
buncombes
bungmaker
bunkerman
bunkerman
noun
(historical) A man in charge of an industrial coal storage bunker.
bunkermen
bunkermen
noun
plural of bunkerman
bunkmates
bunkmates
noun
plural of bunkmate
bupleurum
bupleurum
noun
Any of the genus Bupleurum of apiaceous plants.
burghemot
burghmote
burghmote
noun
(historical) A court or meeting of a burgh or borough, held three times a year.
bushelman
bushelman
noun
(US, dialect) A tailor's assistant for repairing garments.
bushelmen
bushelmen
noun
plural of bushelman
bushmaker
butlerdom
butlerdom
noun
The status or sphere of butlers.
butlerism
butterman
butterman
noun
(dated) A man who makes or sells butter.
buttwomen
buxomness
buxomness
noun
(now rare) Happiness, gaiety.
(obsolete) Obedience.
Voluptuousness.
calembour
calembour
noun
A pun.
cerebrums
cerebrums
noun
plural of cerebrum
clubwomen
clubwomen
noun
plural of clubwoman
coenobium
coenobium
noun
(biology) An arranged colony of algae that acts as a single organism; coenobe
Alternative spelling of cenobium (“monastic community”)
columbate
columbate
noun
(chemistry) A salt of columbic acid; a niobate.
columbeia
columbier
columbine
columbine
adj
(archaic) Pertaining to a dove or pigeon.
noun
Any plant of the genus Aquilegia, having distinctive bell-shaped flowers with spurs on each petal.
columbite
columbite
noun
(mineralogy) A black mineral that is a mixed iron and manganese niobate and tantalate, and is the main ore of niobium and tantalum.
columbyne
combretum
combretum
noun
Any of a number of tropical trees and shrubs in the genus Combretum.
comburent
combusted
combusted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of combust
creambush
creambush
noun
Holodiscus discolor, a North American shrub.
crembalum
cribellum
cribellum
noun
(zoology) A spinning organ having many fine pores, situated in front of the spinners in some araneomorph spiders.
crumbable
crumbable
adj
Able to be broken into crumbs; crumbly.
crumbiest
crumbiest
adj
superlative form of crumby: most crumby
crumblier
crumblier
adj
comparative form of crumbly: more crumbly
crummable
cubmaster
cubmaster
Noun
A Scoutmaster who leads a group of Cub Scouts.
cucumbers
cucumbers
noun
plural of cucumber
cumberers
cumberers
noun
plural of cumberer
cumbering
cumbering
verb
present participle of cumber
cumbraite
cumbrance
cumbrance
noun
(obsolete) encumbrance
decumbent
decumbent
adj
(botany) Of a plant, which lies on the ground with tips turned upwards.
Lying down; reclining on the ground.
delumbate
demibrute
demirhumb
discumber
discumber
verb
(archaic, transitive) To free from that which cumbers or impedes; to disencumber.
disnumber
diushambe
doubtsome
doubtsome
adj
Characterised or marked by doubt; doubtful
drumbeats
drumbeats
noun
plural of drumbeat
dumbbells
dumbbells
noun
plural of dumbbell
dyushambe
ecballium
elumbated
elumbated
adj
weak or lame in the loins
embaphium
embosture
embrasure
embrasure
noun
(architecture, military) Any of the indentations between the merlons of a battlement; an opening in a wall or parapet through which ordnance can be fired.
(figurative) Any small protected space.
The slanting indentation in a wall for a door or window, such that the space is larger on the inside than the outside.
embruting
embruting
verb
present participle of embrute
embryulci
embussing
embussing
verb
present participle of embus
emulsible
encumbers
encumbers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of encumber
enslumber
epilabrum
epilobium
epilobium
noun
Any plant of the genus Epilobium.
ethbinium
flabellum
flabellum
noun
(botany, zoology) Any fan-shaped structure.
A large fan used for religious ceremonies.
flambeaus
flambeaux
flambeaux
noun
plural of flambeau
funambule
gemsbucks
gemsbucks
noun
plural of gemsbuck
glabellum
glabellum
noun
(zoology) The median, convex lobe of the head of a trilobite.
grumblers
grumblers
noun
plural of grumbler
gumbolike
hamburger
hamburger
noun
(US, colloquial, somewhat crude) An animal or human, or the flesh thereof, that has been badly injured as a result of an accident or conflict.
(graphical user interface) Short for hamburger button.
(uncountable) Ground beef, especially that intended to be made into hamburgers.
A hot sandwich consisting of a patty of cooked ground beef or a meat substitute, in a sliced bun, sometimes also containing salad vegetables, condiments, or both.
The patty used in such a sandwich.
verb
To badly injure or damage.
helmsburg
herbarium
herbarium
noun
A building or institution where such a collection is kept.
A collection of dried plants or parts of plants.
homebound
homebound
adj
Confined to one's home, unable to leave it for some reason.
Heading homeward, homeward bound.
homebuild
humblebee
humblebee
noun
(obsolete) A bumblebee.
humblesse
humblesse
noun
(obsolete) Humility, humbleness.
humblesso
humbugged
humbugger
humbugger
noun
(dated) One who humbugs; a cheat or swindler.
imbordure
imbuement
imbuement
noun
A deep tincture.
The act of imbuing, or state of being imbued.
immeubles
immutable
immutable
adj
(programming, of a variable) Not able to be altered in the memory after its value is set initially.