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.
abidances
abidances
noun
plural of abidance
adducible
adducible
adj
Capable of being adduced.
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
amebicide
amebicide
noun
A substance that kills amoebae, usually in the stomach or intestines.
archibald
archibold
bacchides
backfield
backfield
noun
(American football) The area behind the line of scrimmage occupied before the snap by the team on offense.
(baseball, rare) Synonym of outfield.
(soccer, US) The area behind either the offensive or defensive line.
The players occupying this area.
backfired
backfired
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backfire
backsides
backsides
noun
plural of backside
backslide
backslide
noun
(dance) A dance move in which the feet are alternately slid back and the heels lifted, giving the illusion of walking forwards while actually moving backwards.
A backward regression; a reverting back to a worse state.
verb
(Christianity) To revert back into a life of sin after being saved.
To regress; to slip backwards or revert to a previous, worse state.
To shirk responsibility; to renege on one's obligations or commitments.
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.
balconied
balconied
adj
That has a balcony attached.
baldachin
baldachin
noun
Alternative spelling of baldacchin
baldicoot
baldicoot
noun
(slang, archaic, derogatory) A monk with a shaven head.
The coot (bird), with its pure white wide frontal plate.
baldricks
baldricks
noun
plural of baldrick
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
barmecide
barricade
barricade
noun
(figuratively, in the plural) A place of confrontation.
A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence
An obstacle, barrier, or bulwark.
verb
to close or block a road etc., using a barricade
to keep someone in (or out), using a blockade, especially ships in a port
barricado
barricado
noun
(archaic) barricade
verb
(archaic) To barricade
beachside
beachside
adj
(rare) Bordering a beach
noun
The land bordering a beach.
bechained
bechained
adj
(rare) in chains
becircled
becircled
adj
(poetic) encircled
becoiffed
becoiffed
adj
Having the hair arranged in a coif.
bedchairs
bedchairs
noun
plural of bedchair
bedecking
bedecking
noun
An ornament.
verb
present participle of bedeck
beduncing
beduncing
verb
present participle of bedunce
benedicks
benedicks
noun
plural of benedick
benedicta
benedicto
benedicts
benedicts
noun
plural of benedict
beneficed
beneficed
adj
(Christianity) Having a benefice
verb
simple past tense and past participle of benefice
berdichev
berdichev
Proper noun
a city in the Zhitomir oblast of Ukraine
berycidae
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
bezoardic
bezoardic
adj
Pertaining to, or compounded with, bezoar.
noun
A medicine containing bezoar.
bicarbide
bicaudate
bicaudate
adj
Having two tails
bicolored
bicolored
adj
Alternative form of bicoloured
bicuspids
bicuspids
noun
plural of bicuspid
bicyanide
bicyanide
noun
(chemistry) dicyanide
bidactyle
biflected
birchdale
birchwood
birchwood
noun
(countable) A wood largely populated with birch trees (Betula spp.).
(uncountable) The wood from a birch tree.
birdcages
birdcages
noun
plural of birdcage
birdcalls
birdcalls
noun
plural of birdcall
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of birdcall
birdcraft
birdwatch
birdwatch
noun
A session of observing and identifying birds.
verb
(intransitive) To take part in birdwatching; to observe and identify birds.
birdyback
bivouaced
blackbird
blackbird
noun
(slang, derogatory, historical, among slavers and pirates) A native of the South Pacific islands.
A common true thrush, Turdus merula, found in woods and gardens over much of Eurasia, and introduced elsewhere.
A variety of New World birds of the family Icteridae (26 species of icterid bird).
verb
To enslave someone, especially through chicanery or force
blechnoid
bodacious
bodacious
adj
(Australian slang, US slang) Impressively great in size, and enormous; extraordinary.
(US) Audacious and unrestrained.
(US) Incorrigible and insolent.
(of a person) Sexy, attractive.
adv
(US, nonstandard) Bodaciously.
bombycids
bombycids
noun
plural of bombycid
bowdichia
braconids
braconids
noun
plural of braconid
brassidic
brassidic
adj
Of or pertaining to brassidic acid or its derivatives.
bratticed
bratticed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brattice
brickhood
brickyard
brickyard
noun
A factory where bricks are produced or distributed
bridecake
bridecake
noun
(archaic) Rich or highly ornamented cake, to be distributed to the guests at a wedding, or sent to friends after the wedding.
bridelace
brocading
brocading
noun
The pattern or decoration made by brocading.
verb
present participle of brocade
brocardic
broderick
broderick
noun
(slang, early 20th century) A thorough beating
verb
(transitive) To administer a beating to
bruchidae
buccinoid
buccinoid
adj
(zoology) Relating to the Buccinidae, a family of marine univalve shells.
(zoology) Resembling the genus Buccinum.
buckfield
cabdriver
cabdriver
noun
One who drives a carriage for a living.
One who drives a taxi for a living.
cabineted
cabineted
adj
Alternative form of cabinetted
cablelaid
calibered
calibered
adj
(firearms, in combination) Having the specified caliber.
cambodian
cambodian
Adjective
Of, from, or pertaining to Cambodia, the Cambodian people, or the Khmer language.
Noun
A person from Cambodia or of Cambodian descent.
Proper noun
The language of the Cambodian people.
cambridge
cambridge
Proper noun
A city in England famous for its university.
Cambridge University.
A village in Illinois, USA
A city in Maryland, USA
A city in Massachusetts, United States, famous for being the location of and the It was formerly one of the county seats.
A city in Minnesota, USA
A city in Ohio, USA
A town and a village in Vermont, USA.
carabidae
carabidan
carabidan
noun
Any beetle of the family Carabidae
carbamide
carbamide
noun
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) urea
carbamido
carbamido
noun
(organic chemistry, in combination) The radical -NHCONH₂ derived from urea (carbamide)
carbazide
carbazide
noun
(organic chemistry) A derivative of urea in which each amine group is replaced by a hydrazine moiety
carbimide
carbimide
noun
(chemistry) isocyanic acid
carbonide
carbonide
noun
Archaic form of carbide.
carboxide
carboxide
noun
(organic chemistry) A compound of carbon and oxygen, such as carbonyl, with some element or radical.
cedarbird
cedarbird
noun
The cedar waxwing, Bombycilla cedrorum.
cerebroid
cerebroid
adj
Resembling, or analogous to, the cerebrum or brain.
charybdis
charybdis
Proper noun
A dangerous whirlpool on the coast of Sicily opposite Scylla on the Italian coast.
A personification of the above whirlpool as a female monster.
A general term for any dangerous whirlpool
checkbird
childbear
childbeds
childbeds
noun
plural of childbed
chipboard
chipboard
noun
(Australia, UK) A building material made from wood chips compressed and bound with synthetic resin.
clipboard
clipboard
noun
(computing) A buffer in memory where the user can store data temporarily while transferring it from one place within an application to another or between applications.
A flat piece of rigid material, such as card or plastic, with a clip at one end under which papers can be held.
clockbird
clockbird
noun
Synonym of laughing kookaburra
clubionid
clubionid
noun
(zoology) Any spider in the family Clubionidae.
cobdenism
cobdenism
Noun
A policy of free trade and international peace and cooperation.
cobdenite
cobitidae
coenobiod
cohabited
cohabited
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cohabit
colubrids
colubrids
noun
plural of colubrid
colubroid
columbiad
columbiad
noun
(military, historical) A form of seacoast cannon; a long, chambered gun designed for launching shot or shells with heavy charges of powder, at high angles of elevation.
columboid
crabsidle
crambidae
crankbird
crankbird
noun
(dialect, dated) A small European woodpecker (Picus minor).
cymbidium
cymbidium
noun
(botany) Any orchid of the genus Cymbidium.
dabchicks
dabchicks
noun
plural of dabchick
decidable
decidable
adj
(computer science) describing a set for which there exists an algorithm that will determine whether any element is or is not within the set in a finite amount of time.
(logic) in intuitionistic logic, a proposition P is decidable in a given theory if it can be proven from the theory that "either P or not P", i.e. in symbols: P∨¬P.
capable of being decided.
decubital
decubital
adj
(medicine, broadly) Any position of lying down.
(medicine, dated) Relating to a pressure ulcer (a decubitus ulcer, that is, a bedsore).
(medicine, less broadly) A position of lying on one's side, in contrast with supine or prone positions of lying down.
decubitus
decubitus
noun
(medicine) The posture of someone in bed, lying down or reclining.
(pathology) Ellipsis of decubitus ulcer..
deducible
deducible
adj
Capable of being deduced.
deducibly
deducibly
adv
In a way that can be deduced.
described
described
verb
simple past tense and past participle of describe
describer
describer
noun
(taxonomy) A person who scientifically describes a new taxon.
A person who describes.
describes
describes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of describe
diabetics
diabetics
noun
plural of diabetic
diabrotic
diabrotic
adj
(medicine, archaic) Causing or relating to diabrosis; corrosive or ulcerating.
dibucaine
dibucaine
noun
(organic chemistry) Cinchocaine.
diceboard
dickybird
diplumbic
disbecome
disbecome
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To misbecome; to fail to suit; to be unfitting.
disbranch
disbranch
verb
(intransitive) To tear away; to break off.
(transitive) To remove a branch or branches.
discoboli
discoboli
noun
plural of discobolus
discumber
discumber
verb
(archaic, transitive) To free from that which cumbers or impedes; to disencumber.
ditchbank
dubitancy
dubitancy
noun
doubt; uncertainty
duckbills
duckbills
noun
plural of duckbill
duckblind
endamebic
febricide
febricide
noun
(medicine, obsolete) A substance that destroys a fever.
goldbrick
goldbrick
noun
(US, slang, dated) A shirker or malingerer.
(US, slang, dated) A swindler.
Something fraudulent or nonexistent offered for sale; a swindle or con.
verb
(US, slang, dated) To shirk or malinger.
(US, slang, dated) To swindle.
herbicide
herbicide
noun
A substance used to kill plants.
imbrocado
imbrocado
noun
Cloth of silver or gold.
incubated
incubated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of incubate
indicable
indicable
adj
(mathematics, of a group) Such that there exists a homomorphism from it to ℤ, the integers.
(sciences) detectable, as by an assay, test, or instrument.
Indictable
That can be indexed.
indicatable
indicible
indicible
adj
(rare) indescribable
indocible
indocible
adj
Incapable of being taught, or not easily instructed; dull in intellect; intractable.
inducible
inducible
adj
Able to be induced or caused.
Obtainable by induction; derivable; inferable.
inscribed
inscribed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of inscribe
judicable
judicable
adj
Capable of being judged; capable of being tried or decided upon.
kickboard
kickboard
noun
A small, buoyant board used to support a swimmer's upper body and arms while allowing free kicking movements.
On pianos and organs, a vertical panel located above the pedals.
Synonym of kickplate (“strip at base of door to prevent scuffing”)
labdacism
lombardic
lombardic
Adjective
Of the Lombards, a Germanic people who settled in Italy in the sixth century C.E., or of their language or culture.
Proper noun
The language of the Lombards, an extinct Germanic language known from fragmentary evidence.
lumbricid
lumbricid
noun
(zoology) Any earthworm in the family Lumbricidae.
medicable
medicable
adj
Capable of being medicated; admitting of being cured or healed.
medicably
membracid
membracid
noun
(zoology) Any of the insect family Membracidae.
microbody
microbody
noun
(cytology) A cellular organelle bound by a single membrane and containing enzymes.
obduction
obduction
noun
(geology) The overthrusting of continental crust by oceanic crust or rocks from the mantle, such that the oceanic crust is thrust onto the continental crust, as occurs at a convergent plate boundary when the continental crust is caught in a subduction zone.
(largely obsolete) An autopsy.
(obsolete) The act of drawing or laying over, as a covering.