(obsolete, masonry) The joint or interstice between stones, to be filled with mortar.
A cold water drinking fountain (for people) typically found in a public location; more generally, any fountain or water source (including for animals like birds, horses etc).
abruption
abruption
noun
(archaic) A sudden termination or interruption.
A sudden breaking off; a violent separation of bodies.
absurdism
absurdism
noun
(countable) Absurdity, something that is absurd
(uncountable, philosophy) A philosophy which holds that the universe is chaotic and irrational and that any attempt to impose order will ultimately fail.
absurdist
absurdist
adj
Of, or relating to absurdism.
noun
An advocate of absurdism, in particular a writer of absurd topics.
absurdity
absurdity
noun
(countable) That which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction.
(obsolete, rare) Dissonance.
(uncountable) The quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment.
aburagiri
aburagiri
noun
A large Asian tree, Aleurites moluccana, that produces candlenuts.
aerobious
aerobious
adj
(obsolete) aerobic
airbursts
airbursts
noun
plural of airburst
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of airburst
airbusses
albinuria
albinuria
noun
Synonym of albiduria
ambrosius
amburbial
amburbial
adj
Relating to the amburbium.
antiurban
antiurban
adj
(sociology) Showing a negative view of cities or city life
arbovirus
arbovirus
noun
(pathology, virology) Any virus that is transmitted by an arthropod.
attribute
attribute
noun
(computer graphics, dated) A numeric value representing the colours of part of the screen display.
(computing, object-oriented programming) An option or setting belonging to some object.
(grammar) A word that qualifies a noun.
(logic) That which is predicated or affirmed of a subject; a predicate; an accident.
(programming) A semantic item with which a method or other code element may be decorated.
A characteristic or quality of a thing.
An object that is considered typical of someone or some function, in particular as an artistic convention.
verb
To ascribe (something) to a given cause, reason etc.
To associate ownership or authorship of (something) to someone.
aubergine
aubergine
noun
(Britain) An Asian plant, Solanum melongena, cultivated for its edible purple, green, or white ovoid fruit; eggplant.
(Britain) The fruit of this plant, eaten as a vegetable.
(color) A dark purple colour; eggplant.
aubretias
aubretias
noun
plural of aubretia
aubrietas
aubrietas
noun
plural of aubrieta
aubrietia
aubrietia
noun
A creeping perennial plant native to southeastern Europe, Aubrieta deltoidea, grown as a groundcover and in rock gardens for its dense foliage and purple, pink or white flowers.
azorubine
azorubine
noun
(organic chemistry) a red azo dye used as a food colouring, mostly in baked goods
babirousa
babirousa
noun
Archaic form of babirusa.
babirusas
babirusas
noun
plural of babirusa
babirussa
bacterium
bacterium
noun
(microbiology) A single-celled organism with cell walls but no nucleus or organelles.
bahuvrihi
bahuvrihi
noun
(grammar, also attributive) A type of nominal compound in which the first part modifies the second and neither part alone conveys the intended meaning.
balisaurs
balisaurs
noun
plural of balisaur
bandurria
bandurria
noun
A bird, the black-faced ibis.
A plectrum-plucked stringed instrument with a flat-backed pear-shaped body, with twelve strings in six courses in its most common modern form, originating in Spain.
(uncountable, specifically, historical) A pidgin spoken by French and First Nations people in the 17th century in the region of North America now called Montreal.
barbulyie
barnumism
barnumize
barnumize
verb
Alternative form of Barnumize
baronduki
barriguda
barriguda
noun
The palm tree Iriartea ventricosa.
barrigudo
barrigudo
noun
(archaic) The brown woolly monkey
bashmuric
becursing
becursing
verb
present participle of becurse
befoulier
beguilers
beguilers
noun
plural of beguiler
behaviour
behaviour
noun
Britain standard spelling of behavior.
belinurus
beliquors
bepicture
bequirtle
beraunite
beraunite
Noun
A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing hydrogen, iron, oxygen, and phosphorus.
bergquist
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
bernoulli
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.
berzelius
biangular
biangular
adj
Having two angles or corners.
biarcuate
biarcuate
adj
(botany) Having two arcuate curves
bicolours
bicolours
noun
plural of bicolour
bicornous
bicornous
adj
Having two horns; bicorn.
bicornute
bicornute
adj
Synonym of bicornuate
bicycular
bicycular
adj
(archaic) Relating to bicycling.
bidiurnal
bidiurnal
adj
Every other day.
bierstube
bierstube
noun
A beer hall.
bifarious
bifarious
adj
(botany) In two rows (on opposite sides of a branch etc.)
ambiguous
twofold, double
biflorous
biflorous
adj
(botany) Bearing two flowers or blooms.
bifluorid
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.
bifurcous
bifurcous
adj
bifurcate
bigarreau
bijugular
bilinguar
bilinguar
adj
Obsolete form of bilingual.
bilirubin
bilirubin
noun
(biochemistry) A bile pigment that is a product of the breakdown of the heme portion of hemoglobin (which occurs within macrophages as they digest red blood cells), and which is responsible for the yellowish color seen in bruises. Extremely high levels of bilirubin may cause jaundice.
bilobular
bilobular
adj
Involving or relating to two lobules.
bilocular
bilocular
adj
Having two chambers, cells or compartments
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
binturong
binturong
noun
A large species of civet, Arctictis binturong, of southern Asia.
binuclear
binuclear
adj
having two nuclei; binucleate
birdhouse
birdhouse
noun
A small house for birds.
An aviary.
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.
bisporous
bitterbur
bitterful
bitterful
adj
Full of bitterness.
bitternut
bitternut
noun
Its fruit, a bitter nut sometimes used as feed for livestock.
The bitternut hickory, Carya cordiformis, a common hickory tree native to the eastern United States and southeast Canada.
blennuria
bluebirds
bluebirds
noun
plural of bluebird
blueprint
blueprint
noun
(architecture, engineering, by extension) A detailed technical drawing (now often in some electronically storable and transmissible form).
(informal, by extension) Any detailed plan, whether literal or figurative.
A print produced with this process.
A type of paper-based reproduction process producing white-on-blue images, used primarily for technical and architecture's drawings, now largely replaced by other technologies.
verb
To make a blueprint for.
To make a detailed operational plan for.
blurriest
blurriest
adj
superlative form of blurry: most blurry
boilerful
boilerful
noun
Enough to fill a boiler.
bordarius
bordarius
noun
(history) Synonym of bordar (“person ranking below villeins and above serfs”)
borussian
bothriums
botrydium
bourbonic
bourbonic
adj
(humorous, very rare) Containing bourbon, or having the flavour of bourbon.
bourgeois
bourgeois
adj
(Marxism) Of or relating to the capitalist class, (usually derogatory) the capitalist exploitation of the proletariat.
(historical) Of or relating to the bourgeoisie, the third estate of the French Ancien Regime.
Of or relating to the middle class, (often derogatory) their presumed overly conventional, conservative, and materialistic values.
noun
(Marxism) A capitalist, (usually derogatory) an exploiter of the proletariat.
(history) An individual member of the bourgeoisie, the third estate of the French Ancien Regime.
(politics, collectively, usually in the plural) The middle class.
(printing, dated) A size of type between brevier and long primer, standardized as 9-point.
(rare) An individual member of the middle class.
(usually derogatory) A person of any class with bourgeois (i.e., overly conventional and materialistic) values and attitudes.
verb
(transitive) To make bourgeois.
bourguiba
bourrides
bourrides
noun
plural of bourride
bouvardia
brachinus
bradyuria
bradyuria
noun
Unusually slow urination
brasquing
brauneria
braunites
braunites
noun
plural of braunite
brauronia
brautlied
brighouse
brillouin
brimfully
brimfully
adv
In a brimful manner
briquette
briquette
noun
A block of artificial stone in the form of a brick, used for paving.
A molded sample of solidified cement or mortar for use as a test piece for showing the strength of the material.
A small brick, typically made of charcoal and used for fuel.
verb
(transitive) To form (coal, etc.) into small bricks.
brodequin
brodequin
noun
(obsolete) A buskin or half-boot.
bromatium
bromauric
bronchium
bronchium
noun
(anatomy, usually in the plural) A bronchial tube; a subdivision of the bronchus.
brouillon
bruchidae
bruington
brunching
brunching
verb
present participle of brunch
brundidge
brunellia
brunhilda
brunhilde
brunistic
brunizems
brunonian
brunonian
Adjective
Of or relating to (1735–1788), Scottish physician who taught that disease was caused by either excessive or inadequate stimulation.
Noun
A student of Rhode Island, USA.
brunonism
brunswick
brunswick
Proper noun
A city in Germany; Braunschweig.
Any of several towns in the United States and elsewhere.
A suburb of Melbourne, Australia.
brushbird
brushfire
brushfire
noun
(politics, attributive) A war that does not directly involve the world's superpowers.
A large fire in a scrubland or prairie, as opposed to a forest fire, which happens in forests.
brushiest
brushiest
adj
superlative form of brushy: most brushy
brushlike
brushlike
adj
Having the form of a brush.
brustling
brustling
verb
present participle of brustle
brutalise
brutalise
verb
(intransitive, dated) To live or behave like a brute.
(transitive) To inflict brutal violence on.
(transitive) To make brutal, cruel or harsh.
brutalism
brutalism
noun
(architecture) Alternative letter-case form of Brutalism.
Brutal, violent behaviour; savagery.
brutalist
brutalist
noun
Someone that follows brutalism.
brutality
brutality
noun
A cruel or savage act.
The state of being brutal.
The use of excessive physical force, often in the form of violence.
brutalize
brutalize
verb
Alternative spelling of brutalise
brutelike
brutelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a brute.
brutified
brutified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brutify
brutifies
brutifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brutify
brutishly
brutishly
adv
In a brutish manner.
bucranium
bucranium
noun
The head of an ox.
bucuresti
budweiser
buffering
buffering
verb
present participle of buffer
buggeries
buggeries
noun
plural of buggery
buggering
buggering
noun
An act of buggery.
verb
present participle of bugger
buildress
buildress
noun
(rare, obsolete, nonstandard) A female builder.
bulbiform
bulbiform
adj
Shaped like a bulb.
bulgarian
bullaries
bullaries
noun
plural of bullary
bullarium
bulliform
bulliform
adj
(medicine) Having a blistered appearance; bullate.
noun
A bulliform cell
bullrings
bullrings
noun
plural of bullring
bummerish
bumpering
bumpering
verb
present participle of bumper
bunkering
bunkering
noun
(chiefly Nigeria) The illicit removal of oil from a pipeline or other distribution system.
(nautical) The taking on board of bunker fuel.
verb
present participle of bunker
buprestid
buprestid
noun
Any of the many beetles of the family Buprestidae, which in the larval stage are destructive wood borers and as adults are often brightly coloured.