(transitive, rare) To blind by holding a red-hot metal rod or plate before the eyes
abactinal
abactinal
adj
(zoology) Pertaining to the surface or end opposite to the mouth in a radiate animal.
abbatical
abbatical
adj
(obsolete) Alternative form of abbatial
abbotcies
abbotcies
noun
plural of abbotcy
abdicated
abdicated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abdicate
abdicates
abdicates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abdicate
abdicator
abdicator
noun
(obsolete) A person supporting the abdication of another.
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.
abenteric
abenteric
adj
(pathology) Relating to organs outside of the intestine.
abietinic
abietinic
adj
(organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to abietin.
abiotical
abjection
abjection
noun
(biology, mycology) The act of dispersing or casting off spores.
(obsolete) The act of bringing down or humbling; casting down.
A low or downcast condition; meanness of spirit; abasement; degradation.
abjective
abjective
adj
Tending to make abject.
abrazitic
absinthic
absinthic
adj
(chemistry) Relating to the common wormwood or to an acid obtained from it.
abstricts
abstricts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abstrict
accubitum
accubitum
noun
A bench or sofa for reclining at a table.
A dining hall or refectory.
A round dining table.
accubitus
acrobatic
acrobatic
adj
Of or pertaining to an acrobat.
vigorously active
activable
activable
adj
Capable of being activated
adiabatic
adiabatic
adj
(physics, quantum mechanics, of a process) That involves the slow change of the Hamiltonian of a system from its initial value to a final value.
(physics, thermodynamics, of a process) That occurs without gain or loss of heat (and thus with no change in entropy, in the quasistatic approximation).
noun
An adiabatic curve or graph
aerobatic
aerobatic
adj
Having to do with acrobatic maneuvers, such as spins, twirls, and flips, performed by an airplane.
aitchbone
aitchbone
noun
A cut of beef lying above the rump bone.
The rump bone itself.
albinotic
albinotic
adj
Affected with albinism.
albitical
anabiotic
anabiotic
adj
(medicine, archaic) Serving to resuscitate; restorative.
Relating to, or recovering from, anabiosis.
noun
(medicine, archaic) A restorative remedy; a powerful stimulant.
anabrotic
antiblack
antiblack
adj
Hostile to black people, often specifically African Americans.
antiblock
antirabic
antirabic
adj
Preventing or curing rabies.
apobiotic
baalistic
bacillite
backbiter
backbiter
noun
A person who says nasty things about another person behind the second person's back: that is, out of their sight and hearing.
backbites
backbites
noun
plural of backbite
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backbite
backjoint
backjoint
noun
(architecture) A rebate or chase in masonry left to receive a permanent slab or other filling.
backlists
backlists
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backlist
backshift
backshift
noun
(grammar) The changing of the tense of a verb from present to past in reported speech.
(statistics) A function on a stochastic process whose value on any random variable is the preceding random variable in the process.
verb
(grammar, transitive) To change the tense of a verb from present to past in reported speech.
backsight
backsight
noun
(surveying) A measurement of a previously shot point, used to set the angle to zero when occupying a new position.
(surveying) A measurement or reading taken back towards a point of known elevation, used to calculate the height of the surveying instrument (theodolite, transit, total station).
The rear sight of a firearm.
verb
(surveying) To shoot a backsight.
backstair
backstair
adj
clandestine, secret or furtive
noun
The backstairs (stairs at the rear of a building).
backstein
backstick
backstick
noun
(field hockey, often attributively) An illegal shot in which a player strikes the ball with the rounded face of the stick in field hockey.
backstrip
backtrail
backtrail
noun
A small path or trail that is not used regularly.
The path over which one has already traveled.
verb
To backtrack along a trail.
backtrick
bacterial
bacterial
adj
(microbiology) Of, relating to, or caused by bacteria.
bacterian
bacterian
adj
(archaic) bacterial
bacterins
bacterins
noun
plural of bacterin
bacteriol
bacterium
bacterium
noun
(microbiology) A single-celled organism with cell walls but no nucleus or organelles.
bacterize
bacterize
verb
To treat with bacteria.
bacteroid
bacteroid
adj
(biology) Resembling bacteria.
noun
(dated) A micro-organism such as a bacterium or yeast.
A bacterium of the species Bacteroides.
A symbiotic form of the nitrogen-fixing bacterium Rhizobia, or the root nodule that it produces.
bactrites
baculites
baculites
noun
plural of baculite
baculitic
baldicoot
baldicoot
noun
(slang, archaic, derogatory) A monk with a shaven head.
The coot (bird), with its pure white wide frontal plate.
ballastic
ballistic
ballistic
adj
(comparable) Of or relating to projectiles moving under their own momentum, aerodynamic drag, gravity, and sometimes rocket power, without significant lift.
(comparable, slang) Very angry.
(not comparable) Of or relating to ballistics.
bandicoot
bandicoot
noun
A small Australian marsupial with a distinctive long snout, of the family Peramelidae (with the exception of genus Macrotis, called bilbies).
Any of several rat-like rodents of the genera Bandicota and Nesokia of southeast Asia.
verb
(Australia, informal) To steal growing vegetables from a garden
baptistic
baptistic
adj
Of or for baptism; baptismal.
batrachia
beachiest
beachiest
adj
superlative form of beachy: most beachy
beckelite
beechiest
beechiest
adj
superlative form of beechy: most beechy
belection
bellicist
bellicist
adj
Of or relating to bellicism, a bellicist, bellicists, advocating war, who is war-centered or war-oriented.
noun
An adherent of bellicism; one who advocates war.
benedicta
benedicto
benedicts
benedicts
noun
plural of benedict
benthamic
benthamic
Adjective
Of or pertaining to or Benthamism.
benthonic
benthonic
adj
Synonym of benthic
bentincks
bepicture
betacaine
betulinic
betulinic
adj
(organic chemistry) Relating to betulinic acid or its derivatives
bewitched
bewitched
adj
(Of a person) entranced, charmed, fascinated, as though subject to a magical influence.
Under a spell; subject to an act of witchcraft.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bewitch
bewitcher
bewitcher
noun
One who bewitches; an enchanter.
bewitches
bewitches
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bewitch
biacetyls
bianchite
biarcuate
biarcuate
adj
(botany) Having two arcuate curves
biasteric
biblicist
biblicist
adj
Of, relating to, or characteristic of biblicism.
noun
A Biblical scholar or expert (Bible scholar or expert).
One who interprets the Bible literally.
bibliotic
bibliotic
adj
Of or pertaining to bibliotics
bicaudate
bicaudate
adj
Having two tails
bicentral
bicentral
adj
Having, or affecting two centres
bicentric
bicentric
adj
(comparable, LGBT) Having a bisexual bias or basis.
(not comparable) Having two centres.
biciliate
biciliate
adj
Having two cilia
bicipital
bicipital
adj
(of a muscle) Having two heads or points of origin.
Of or pertaining to a biceps.
bickleton
biclavate
bicompact
bicornate
bicornate
adj
Alternative form of bicornuate
bicornute
bicornute
adj
Synonym of bicornuate
bicostate
bicostate
adj
(botany) Having two principal ribs running longitudinally, as in a leaf.
bicrenate
bicrenate
adj
(botany) Crenate, with the teeth themselves crenate; twice crenate.
bicyclist
bicyclist
noun
Rare form of cyclist.
bidactyle
biflected
bifurcate
bifurcate
adj
Divided or forked into two; bifurcated.
Having bifurcations.
verb
(intransitive) To divide or fork into two channels or branches.
(transitive) To cause to bifurcate.
bigthatch
bijection
bijection
noun
(set theory) A one-to-one correspondence, a function which is both a surjection and an injection.
bijective
bijective
adj
(mathematics) Having a component that is (specified to be) a bijective map; that specifies a bijective map.
(mathematics, of a map) Both injective and surjective.
bilection
bilection
noun
Alternative form of bolection
bimetalic
bimetalic
adj
Alternative form of bimetallic
bioethics
bioethics
noun
(ethics) The branch of ethics that studies the implications of biological and biomedical advances.
biometric
biometric
adj
Of or pertaining to biometry.
Of, pertaining to or using biometrics
biostatic
biostatic
adj
Relating to biostasis
That inhibits the growth or multiplication of an organism, especially of a microorganism.
biplicate
biplicate
adj
Twice folded together.
biplicity
biplicity
noun
Doubleness, the state of being double.
The state of being twice folded; reduplication.
bipunctal
birchtree
birdcraft
birdwatch
birdwatch
noun
A session of observing and identifying birds.
verb
(intransitive) To take part in birdwatching; to observe and identify birds.
bisaccate
bisaccate
adj
(botany) Having two little bags, sacs, or pouches.
Having two sacci.
biscuitry
biscuitry
noun
(countable) An individual business that manufactures biscuits and similar items; a biscuit factory.
(uncountable) A form of unglazed earthenware.
(uncountable) A mass or collection of baked goods such as biscuits and bread.
(uncountable) The baking of biscuits, bread, and similar items.
(uncountable) The business of manufacturing biscuits.
(woodworking, uncountable) The process of inserting biscuits (thin ovals of wood or other material) into mating slots in order to provide a gluing surface.
biscutate
biscutate
adj
Having two shields or bucklers (or objects with such a shape)
bisecting
bisecting
verb
present participle of bisect
bisection
bisection
noun
(computing) The act of bisecting.
A division into two parts, especially into two equal parts.
bisectors
bisectors
noun
plural of bisector
bisectrix
bisectrix
noun
The line bisecting the angle between the optic axes of a biaxial crystal.
bismuthic
bismuthic
adj
(chemistry) Of, or containing bismuth in its higher valence.
bisulcate
bisulcate
adj
cloven (cleft in two); cloven-hoofed
bitchiest
bitchiest
adj
superlative form of bitchy: most bitchy
bitstocks
bitstocks
noun
plural of bitstock
blacklist
blacklist
noun
(law, computing) A list or set of people or entities to be shunned or banned.
verb
(transitive) To place on a blacklist; to mark a person or entity as one to be shunned or banned.
blacktail
blacktail
noun
(Jamaica) Haemulon carbonarium
(South Africa, Namibia) Diplodus capensis, Diplodus sargus
(UK) Salmo trutta
A black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus columbianus), of California and Oregon.
A fish: the ruffe or pope (Gymnocephalus cernua)
A mule deer, of the Rocky Mountains.
blastemic
blastemic
adj
Relating to a blastema.
blockiest
blockiest
adj
superlative form of blocky: most blocky
blotchier
blotchier
adj
comparative form of blotchy: more blotchy
blotchily
blotchily
adv
In a blotchy manner.
blotching
blotching
noun
The situation of having blotches; blotchiness.
verb
present participle of blotch
bockstein
bolection
bolection
noun
(architecture) A moulding that covers a joint, especially between joints between surfaces on different levels.
bombastic
bombastic
adj
(archaic) Inflated, overfilled.
(of a person, their language or writing) showy in speech and given to using flowery or elaborate terms; grandiloquent; pompous
High-sounding but with little meaning.
bootlicks
bootlicks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bootlick
boracites
boracites
noun
plural of boracite
borickite
borickite
noun
(mineralogy) Alternate name for delvauxite.
botanical
botanical
adj
Of or pertaining to botany; relating to the study of plants.
noun
Something derived from a botanical, especially herbal, source
botanicas
botanicas
noun
plural of botanica
botchiest
botchiest
adj
superlative form of botchy: most botchy
bothropic
bothropic
adj
(pharmacology) Of or relating to the genus Bothrops of venomous pit vipers endemic to Central and South America.
bottstick
bounciest
bounciest
adj
superlative form of bouncy: most bouncy
brachiata
brachiate
brachiate
adj
Having decussate branches.
verb
(intransitive) To move like a brachiator; to swing from branch to branch, advance by brachiation.
brachytic
bratticed
bratticed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brattice
bratticer
bratticer
noun
(mining) A worker who erects brattices.
brattices
brattices
noun
plural of brattice
brecciate
brecciate
verb
(geology, intransitive) To become breccia.
(geology, transitive) To turn (something) into breccia.
brechites
brechtian
brechtian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to (1898–1956), German poet and playwright, or his works.