(chiefly Canada, US) While being born or produced.
adv
(chiefly Canada, US) That is in the process of being born; coming into existence; before coming to completion.
aborting
aborting
verb
present participle of abort
abrading
abrading
verb
present participle of abrade
abrasing
abrasing
verb
present participle of abrase
abridged
abridged
adj
Cut or shortened, especially of a literary work.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abridge
abridger
abridger
noun
One who abridges.
abridges
abridges
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abridge
abrogate
abrogate
adj
(archaic) Abrogated; abolished.
verb
(molecular biology, transitive) To block a process or function.
(transitive) To put an end to; to do away with.
(transitive, law) To annul by an authoritative act; to abolish by the authority of the maker or her or his successor; to repeal; — applied to the repeal of laws, decrees, ordinances, the abolition of customs, etc.
absterge
absterge
verb
(transitive, archaic, now rare) To make clean by wiping; to wipe away.
alberghi
alberghi
noun
plural of albergo
albright
algaroba
algaroba
noun
The carob, a leguminous tree of the Mediterranean region.
The edible beans or pods of the carob; St. John's bread.
The honey mesquite (Prosopis juliflora), a small tree found from California to Buenos Aires.
The sweet, pulpy pods of the honey mesquite.
algebras
algebras
noun
plural of algebra
ambrogio
amburgey
angareeb
arguable
arguable
adj
(colloquial) Open to doubt, argument or debate.
That can be argued; that can be proven or strongly supported with sound logical deduction, precedent, and evidence.
arguably
arguably
adv
As can be supported or proven by sound logical deduction, evidence, and precedent.
auberges
auberges
noun
plural of auberge
augsburg
augsburg
Proper noun
A city in southern Germany.
badgered
badgered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of badger
badgerer
badgerer
noun
A dog used in baiting badgers.
One who badgers.
badgerly
badgerly
adj
Characteristic of, relating to, or befitting a badger.
baggager
baggager
noun
One who takes care of baggage; a camp follower.
bagheera
bagheera
Proper noun
A fictional panther character in Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book.
Noun
The deputy leader of a pack of Cub Scouts.
bagmaker
bagmaker
noun
A manufacturer of bags.
bagpiper
bagpiper
noun
One who plays the bagpipes.
bagworms
bagworms
noun
plural of bagworm
balinger
balinger
noun
(nautical, historical) A small medieval sea-going ship with oars and sails.
ballarag
ballarag
verb
(archaic, transitive) To bully; to threaten.
ballyrag
ballyrag
Verb
To harass, badger, taunt, or abuse verbally.
bandager
bandager
noun
One who applies a bandage.
bangster
bangster
noun
(archaic, Scotland) A victor.
(archaic, Scotland) A violent, overbearing man; a ruffian, bully or braggart.
banxring
banxring
noun
(zoology) An East Indian insectivorous mammal of the genus Tupaia
barangay
barangay
noun
(Philippines) Alternative form of balangay (“type of boat”)
(Philippines) The smallest local government unit in the Philippines, a subdivision of a city or municipality.
bardings
bardings
noun
plural of barding
bardling
bardling
noun
An inferior bard.
bargains
bargains
noun
plural of bargain
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bargain
bargeese
bargeese
noun
plural of bargoose
bargelli
bargelli
noun
plural of bargello
bargello
bargello
noun
(historical) A police or military chief in medieval Italian comuni.
(historical) An Italian medieval police or military headquarters.
(sewing, embroidery) A type of needlepoint embroidery consisting of upright flat stitches laid in a pattern to create zigzag or flamelike motifs, or similar motifs created in quilts.
bargeman
bargeman
noun
(nautical, slang) A large white maggot that frequently infested ship's biscuits; most likely a larva of the cadelle beetle, Tenebroides mauritanicus.
A barge owner, maintainer, or captain of a barge.
A member of the crew of a barge.
bargemen
bargemen
noun
plural of bargeman
barghest
barghest
noun
(mythology, Britain) A legendary monstrous black dog, said to possess large teeth and claws, and (sometimes) to be capable of changing form.
(mythology, Britain) Any ghost, wraith, hobgoblin, elf, or spirit.
bargoose
bargoose
noun
(dated, UK, dialect, Southern England) The common shelduck, Tadorna tadorna.
barguest
barnegat
barogram
barogram
noun
A tracing, usually made by the barograph, showing graphically the variations of atmospheric pressure for a given time.
barology
barology
noun
(obsolete, physics) The science of gravity or weight.
barolong
baronage
baronage
noun
(obsolete) barony, the dignity or rank of a baron
(obsolete) barony, the land which gives title to a baron
an annotated list of barons or peers
barons or nobles collectively
barragan
barraged
barraged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of barrage
barrages
barrages
noun
plural of barrage
barragon
barragon
noun
A light corded cotton for summerwear, popular in the 18th and 19th centuries.
bearding
bearding
noun
(television) An undesirable video artifact whereby darker parts of a signal bleed across horizontally into the brighter parts.
verb
present participle of beard
bearhugs
bearhugs
noun
plural of bearhug
bearings
bearings
noun
plural of bearing
bedeguar
bedeguar
noun
(archaic) A gall produced on rosebushes, especially on the sweetbrier or eglantine, by a puncture from the ovipositor of a gallfly (Diplolepis rosae), and once supposed to have medicinal properties.
bedright
bedright
noun
Alternative form of bedrite
beeregar
beeregar
noun
(obsolete) sour beer
befinger
befinger
verb
(transitive) To finger all over.
befringe
befringe
verb
To furnish or adorn with a fringe.
begetter
begetter
noun
(figuratively) An originator; a creator.
A procreator; one who begets.
beggared
beggared
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beggar
beggarer
beggarer
noun
One who beggars another.
beggarly
beggarly
adj
(by extension) inadequate or meagre.
Fit for a beggar; occasioned by begging.
In the manner of a beggar; poverty-stricken; mean; poor; contemptible.
adv
In an indigent, mean, or despicable manner; in the manner of a beggar.
beginger
beginner
beginner
noun
(theater) An actor who is present on stage in the first moments of a play.
Someone who is just starting at something, or has only recently started.
Someone who sets something in motion.
begirded
begirdle
begirdle
verb
To encircle or surround, as with a girdle.
begorrah
begorrah
intj
(Ireland) Alternative spelling of begorra
begrease
begrease
verb
(transitive) To soil or daub with grease or other oily matter.
begrimed
begrimed
adj
Dirty, soiled, grimy.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of begrime
begrimer
begrimer
noun
One who, or that which, begrimes.
begrimes
begrimes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of begrime
begroans
begroans
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of begroan
begrudge
begrudge
verb
To be reluctant.
To give reluctantly.
To grudge about or over; be envious or covetous.
begrutch
begrutch
verb
Obsolete form of begrudge.
beguiler
beguiler
noun
A person who beguiles
belanger
belgrade
belgrade
Proper noun
The capital of Serbia; formerly the capital of Serbia and Montenegro and of former Yugoslavia.
belgrano
bellrags
belonger
belonger
noun
(UK) One who has close ties to a specific overseas territory, normally by ancestry, and is therefore granted certain rights.
One who belongs; a member.
bemiring
bemiring
verb
present participle of bemire
beraking
beranger
berating
berating
verb
present participle of berate
bergamee
bergamos
bergamot
bergamot
noun
A coarse tapestry, manufactured from flock of cotton or hemp, mixed with ox's or goat's hair.
A tree of the orange family (Citrus × limon, syn. Citrus bergamia), having a roundish or pear-shaped fruit, from the rind of which an essential oil of delicious odor is extracted, much prized as a perfume.
A variety of pear.
A variety of snuff perfumed with bergamot.
Mentha × piperita, nothosubspecies citrata, more commonly known as bergamot mint
Monarda didyma, also known as American bergamot or bee balm.
The essence or perfume made from the fruit.
The fruit from the bergamot tree
bergdama
bergeman
bergerac
bergeres
bergeret
bergeret
noun
(obsolete) A pastoral song.
bergeron
bergfall
bergfall
noun
The fall of a mountain rock.
berggylt
berghaan
berghaan
noun
(South Africa) Verreaux's eagle (Aquila verreauxii)
berghoff
bergholz
bergland
berglund
bergmann
bergmans
bergwall
berigora
beriming
beriming
verb
present participle of berime
beringed
beringed
adj
Wearing a ring or rings.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bering
berouged
berouged
adj
Wearing rouge.
berrigan
berrying
berrying
noun
An expedition to pick berries.
verb
present participle of berry
berthage
berthage
noun
A place for mooring vessels in a dock or harbor.
berthing
berthing
noun
(nautical) An instance of a ship being brought to be berthed, to rest at some docking facility.
(obsolete, nautical) The planking outside of a vessel, above the sheer strake.
A berth, especially figuratively, a place to sleep.
verb
present participle of berth
besieger
besieger
noun
A person who besieges
bespreng
bespring
betrough
bevaring
beverage
beverage
noun
(Britain, slang, archaic) (A gift of) drink money.
(chiefly Canada, US) A liquid to consume; a drink, such as tea, coffee, liquor, beer, milk, juice, or soft drinks, usually excluding water.
bewaring
bewaring
verb
(archaic or nonstandard) present participle of beware
bigarade
bigarade
noun
(archaic) The bitter orange (fruit)
bigaroon
bigaroon
noun
(dated) The Royal Ann cherry.
bighorns
bighorns
noun
plural of bighorn
biograph
biograph
noun
(rare) A biographical essay.
An early device to show moving pictures on a screen.
verb
(rare, transitive) To write a biography of.
bionergy
bionergy
noun
Alternative form of bioenergy
birching
birching
noun
A beating with a birch.
verb
present participle of birch
birdcage
birdcage
noun
(countable) A cage to keep pet or zoological specimen birds in.
(uncountable) A game of chance played with dice; chuck-a-luck.
birdglue
birdings
birdling
birdling
noun
A little bird; birdie; a nestling (young bird, baby bird).
birdsong
birdsong
noun
(ornithology) A vocalisation made by a bird for the purposes of courtship.
Vocalisations made by birds, considered collectively.
birgitta
birlings
birlings
noun
plural of birling
birthing
birthing
noun
(nautical) Alternative spelling of berthing
(sometimes attributive) The act of giving birth.
verb
present participle of birth
bjneborg
blackrag
blaggard
blaggard
noun
Alternative form of blackguard.
blagueur
blagueur
noun
A joker (person who makes jokes).
blearing
blearing
verb
present participle of blear
blighter
blighter
noun
(Britain, often disrespectful) A person, usually male, especially one who behaves in an objectionable or pitiable manner.
A man or child, especially an annoying one.
One who blights.
blomberg
bloxberg
blungers
blungers
noun
plural of blunger
blurbing
blurbing
verb
present participle of blurb
blurping
blurring
blurring
noun
A blurry patch.
verb
present participle of blur
blurting
blurting
noun
Something that is blurted, or spoken hastily without thinking.
verb
present participle of blurt
boarding
boarding
noun
(ice hockey) A penalty called for pushing into the boards.
(uncountable) The riding of a skateboard.
A structure made of boards.
The act of a sailor or boarding party attacking an enemy ship by boarding it.
The act of people getting aboard a ship aircraft, train, bus, etc.; embarkation.