(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.
abaisance
abaisance
noun
Obsolete form of obeisance.
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.
abidances
abidances
noun
plural of abidance
abietinic
abietinic
adj
(organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to abietin.
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.
abscising
abscising
verb
present participle of abscise
abscisins
abscisins
noun
plural of abscisin
abscision
abscision
noun
A cutting away.
abscissin
abscissin
noun
(biochemistry, dated) A plant hormone controlling the dropping off or abscission of certain plant parts, notably the leaves of trees in autumn or cotton bolls.
absinthic
absinthic
adj
(chemistry) Relating to the common wormwood or to an acid obtained from it.
aitchbone
aitchbone
noun
A cut of beef lying above the rump bone.
The rump bone itself.
albamycin
albamycin
Noun
novobiocin
albinotic
albinotic
adj
Affected with albinism.
ambiances
ambiances
noun
plural of ambiance
ambiences
ambiences
noun
plural of ambience
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
anaerobic
anaerobic
adj
Of exercise, involving glycolysis (the conversion of glucose to adenosine triphosphate) rather than using oxygen to supply bodily energy needs.
Of or relating to an anaerobe.
Without oxygen; especially of an environment or organism.
antiblack
antiblack
adj
Hostile to black people, often specifically African Americans.
antiblock
antirabic
antirabic
adj
Preventing or curing rabies.
ascribing
ascribing
verb
present participle of ascribe
avicebron
babylonic
babylonic
Adjective
Pertaining to Babylon, or made there.
Tumultuous; disorderly.
baccheion
bacillian
backchain
backchain
verb
(computing, artificial intelligence) To perform inferences, starting with a list of goals (or a hypothesis) and working backwards from the consequent to the antecedent.
backening
backjoint
backjoint
noun
(architecture) A rebate or chase in masonry left to receive a permanent slab or other filling.
backlings
backspins
backspins
noun
plural of backspin
backstein
backswing
backswing
noun
(sports) The preparatory stroke preceding that which produces contact with the target. Normally associated with sports using an implement such as a bat, club, racket or stick.
verb
To swing backward.
bacterian
bacterian
adj
(archaic) bacterial
bacterins
bacterins
noun
plural of bacterin
balancing
balancing
noun
An action wherein someone balances or something is balanced
verb
present participle of balance
balconied
balconied
adj
That has a balcony attached.
balconies
balconies
noun
plural of balcony
baldachin
baldachin
noun
Alternative spelling of baldacchin
balzacian
balzacian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the French novelist (1799–1850) or his writings.
Noun
A follower of Balzac, or an author who writes in his style.
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
barbicans
barbicans
noun
plural of barbican
basigenic
basilican
basilican
adj
Of, relating to, or resembling a basilica; basilical.
basilicon
basilicon
noun
(archaic, medicine) Any of various ointments believed to have “sovereign” virtues.
beaconing
beaconing
noun
(computing, telecommunications) A continuous signaling of error conditions on a LAN, or small packets on a wireless LAN (WLAN).
(computing, telecommunications) In a token ring network, the process of isolating a fault domain with signals, so that recovery actions can take place.
verb
present participle of beacon (The emitting of signals from a beacon).
becalming
becalming
verb
present participle of becalm
becapping
becassine
bechained
bechained
adj
(rare) in chains
beckoning
beckoning
adj
That beckons.
noun
Such a wave or similar action.
verb
present participle of beckon
becomings
becomings
noun
plural of becoming
becriming
becrimson
becrimson
verb
(transitive, poetic) To turn crimson; to redden.
becursing
becursing
verb
present participle of becurse
bedecking
bedecking
noun
An ornament.
verb
present participle of bedeck
beduncing
beduncing
verb
present participle of bedunce
belection
bemocking
bemocking
verb
present participle of bemock
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
benefices
benefices
noun
plural of benefice
benincasa
benthamic
benthamic
Adjective
Of or pertaining to or Benthamism.
benthonic
benthonic
adj
Synonym of benthic
bentincks
berenices
bernicles
bernicles
noun
plural of bernicle
berrichon
betacaine
betulinic
betulinic
adj
(organic chemistry) Relating to betulinic acid or its derivatives
bianchini
bianchite
bicentral
bicentral
adj
Having, or affecting two centres
bicentric
bicentric
adj
(comparable, LGBT) Having a bisexual bias or basis.
(not comparable) Having two centres.
bickering
bickering
noun
Petty quarreling. Usually considered a childish behaviour, although often applied to adults.
verb
present participle of bicker
bickleton
biclinium
biconcave
biconcave
adj
(optics, anatomy) Having both sides concave
biconical
biconical
adj
consisting of two cones placed together apex to apex
bicornate
bicornate
adj
Alternative form of bicornuate
bicornous
bicornous
adj
Having two horns; bicorn.
bicornute
bicornute
adj
Synonym of bicornuate
bicrenate
bicrenate
adj
(botany) Crenate, with the teeth themselves crenate; twice crenate.
bicyanide
bicyanide
noun
(chemistry) dicyanide
bicycling
bicycling
noun
The act of riding a bicycle.
verb
present participle of bicycle
bigeneric
bigeneric
adj
(botany) Describing an (infertile) cross between plants belonging to different genera.
(taxonomy) Describing a taxonomic group containing only two genera.
bijection
bijection
noun
(set theory) A one-to-one correspondence, a function which is both a surjection and an injection.
bilection
bilection
noun
Alternative form of bolection
billycans
billycans
noun
plural of billycan
binnacles
binnacles
noun
plural of binnacle
binocular
binocular
adj
Using two eyes or viewpoints; especially, using two eyes or viewpoints to ascertain distance.
noun
(dated) Any binocular glass, such as an opera glass, telescope, or microscope.
A pair of binoculars.
attributive form of binoculars
binuclear
binuclear
adj
having two nuclei; binucleate
bionomics
bionomics
noun
The study of an organism and its relation to its environment; ecology.
bipunctal
biscanism
biscayner
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.
bivalence
bivalence
noun
The state or quality of being bivalent (in any sense)
bivalency
bivalency
noun
The quality of being bivalent.
blackbine
blackfins
blackfins
noun
plural of blackfin
blackings
blackings
noun
plural of blacking
blanching
blanching
noun
The act by which something is blanched.
verb
present participle of blanch
bleaching
bleaching
noun
The loss or removal of part of the (semantic, grammatical, etc) content or a word or morpheme.
The process of removing stains or of whitening fabrics, especially by the use of chemical agents.
verb
present participle of bleach
blechnoid
blenching
blenching
noun
The act of one who blenches.
verb
present participle of blench
bleomycin
bleomycin
noun
(pharmacology) Any of a family of antineoplastic drug obtained from Streptomyces verticillus.
blockline
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.
bombycina
bombycine
bombycine
adj
Pertaining to silkworms; bombic.
bonifaces
bonifaces
noun
plural of boniface
bononcini
borocaine
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
bounciest
bounciest
adj
superlative form of bouncy: most bouncy
bourbonic
bourbonic
adj
(humorous, very rare) Containing bourbon, or having the flavour of bourbon.
brachinus
bracingly
bracingly
adv
In a bracing manner
braconids
braconids
noun
plural of braconid
brahmanic
brahminic
brahminic
Adjective
Relating to brahmins.
brainache
braincase
braincase
noun
The part of the skull that contains the brain; the neurocranium.
brainsick
brainsick
adj
Disordered in the understanding; giddy; thoughtless.
branchiae
branchiae
noun
plural of branchia
branchial
branchial
adj
Of, pertaining to, or resembling gills or the embryonic branchial arches and clefts.
noun
A branchial arch
branchier
branchier
adj
comparative form of branchy: more branchy
branching
branching
noun
A process of forming a branch.
verb
present participle of branch
breaching
breaching
noun
The act by which something is breached.
verb
present participle of breach
brechtian
brechtian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to (1898–1956), German poet and playwright, or his works.
breeching
breeching
noun
(equestrianism) A component of horse harness or tack, enabling the horse to hold back a vehicle.
(historical) The ceremony of dressing a boy in trousers for the first time.
(nautical) A rope used to secure a cannon.
(slang) A beating or flogging.
A conduit through which exhaust gases are conducted to a chimney.
brickkiln
brickkiln
noun
A kiln in which bricks are baked.
brisances
brisances
noun
plural of brisance
britannic
britannic
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Britain, Great Britain or the United Kingdom; British
brittonic
brittonic
Adjective
Brythonic; pertaining to the Celtic people inhabiting Britain before the Roman conquest, and to their language.
Proper noun
The group of P-Celtic languages.
broaching
broaching
verb
present participle of broach
brocading
brocading
noun
The pattern or decoration made by brocading.
verb
present participle of brocade
bronchial
bronchial
adj
Of or relating to the bronchi or bronchioles.
bronchium
bronchium
noun
(anatomy, usually in the plural) A bronchial tube; a subdivision of the bronchus.
brooching
brooching
verb
present participle of brooch
brunching
brunching
verb
present participle of brunch
brunistic
brunswick
brunswick
Proper noun
A city in Germany; Braunschweig.
Any of several towns in the United States and elsewhere.