(obsolete) A person supporting the abdication of another.
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.
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.
ablations
ablations
noun
plural of ablation
ablutions
ablutions
noun
A building that houses bathing and toilet facilities on a military base.
plural of ablution
abnormity
abnormity
noun
(rare) Alternative form of abnormality
A monstrosity
aboiteaus
aboiteaus
noun
plural of aboiteau
aboiteaux
abolition
abolition
noun
(historical, often capitalised, Australia) The ending of convict transportation.
(historical, often capitalised, UK, US) The ending of the slave trade or of slavery.
(obsolete) An amnesty; a putting out of memory.
The act of abolishing; an annulling; abrogation.
The state of being abolished.
abominate
abominate
adj
(rare) Abominable; detested.
verb
(transitive) To feel disgust towards; to loathe or detest thoroughly; to hate in the highest degree, as if with religious dread.
(transitive, colloquial) To dislike strongly.
abortient
abortient
adj
(archaic, medicine) Reproductively sterile or miscarrying.
noun
(archaic, medicine) Abortifacient; an agent producing abortion.
abortions
abortions
noun
plural of abortion
abreption
abreption
noun
(obsolete) A snatching away.
abruption
abruption
noun
(archaic) A sudden termination or interruption.
A sudden breaking off; a violent separation of bodies.
absinthol
absinthol
noun
(organic chemistry) A monoterpene ketone that is a major constituent of the essential oil of wormwood, C₁₀H₁₆O; thujone.
abutilons
abutilons
noun
plural of abutilon
acrobatic
acrobatic
adj
Of or pertaining to an acrobat.
vigorously active
aerobatic
aerobatic
adj
Having to do with acrobatic maneuvers, such as spins, twirls, and flips, performed by an airplane.
aerobiont
aerobiont
noun
(biology) Any organism that needs air (oxygen) to survive
aitchbone
aitchbone
noun
A cut of beef lying above the rump bone.
The rump bone itself.
alabastoi
albinotic
albinotic
adj
Affected with albinism.
ambitions
ambitions
noun
plural of ambition
ambitious
ambitious
adj
(followed by "of" or the infinitive) Very desirous
(of a person or their character) Having or showing ambition; wanting a lot of power, honor, respect, superiority, or other distinction.
Hard to achieve.
Resulting from, characterized by, or indicating, ambition
ambulatio
ambustion
ambustion
noun
(medicine, obsolete) A burn or scald.
anabiotic
anabiotic
adj
(medicine, archaic) Serving to resuscitate; restorative.
Relating to, or recovering from, anabiosis.
noun
(medicine, archaic) A restorative remedy; a powerful stimulant.
anabolite
anabolite
noun
(biochemistry) Any substance produced as a result of anabolism
anabrotic
anthobian
antibiont
antibiont
noun
(biology) Any organism that produces antibiotics or participates in antibiosis
antiblock
antilabor
antilabor
adj
In opposition to labor unions.
In opposition to the labor party.
antirobin
apobiotic
arborists
arborists
noun
plural of arborist
artmobile
artmobile
noun
A vehicle that operates as a mobile art exhibition.
asbestoid
asbestoid
adj
(mineralogy) Resembling asbestos
babouvist
babouvist
Noun
A supporter or follower of or his ideas, including universal equal income and the abolition of private property.
backjoint
backjoint
noun
(architecture) A rebate or chase in masonry left to receive a permanent slab or other filling.
bacteriol
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.
badminton
badminton
noun
(countable) A cooling summer drink made with claret, sugar, and soda water.
(uncountable) A racquet sport played indoors on a court by two opposing players (singles) or two opposing pairs of players (doubles), in which a shuttlecock is volleyed over a net and the competitions are presided by an umpire in British English and a referee in American English.
bagattino
baileyton
bairnwort
baldicoot
baldicoot
noun
(slang, archaic, derogatory) A monk with a shaven head.
The coot (bird), with its pure white wide frontal plate.
balloting
balloting
noun
A vote or decision made by ballot.
verb
present participle of ballot
ballotist
ballotist
noun
One who supports the use of the secret ballot in elections.
ballpoint
ballpoint
noun
(colloquial) A ballpoint pen.
(sewing) A kind of needle with a rounded tip.
baltimore
baltimore
Proper noun
A city in central Maryland, USA
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
banjoists
banjoists
noun
plural of banjoist
bannition
bannition
noun
(obsolete) The act of expulsion.
baptornis
barbitone
barbitone
noun
barbital
barbotine
barbotine
noun
A soft clay used for moulding or decorating pottery
baritenor
baritenor
noun
A singing voice combining parts of baritone and tenor
baritonal
baritonal
adj
Pertaining to or having the character of a baritone
baritones
baritones
noun
plural of baritone
barotaxis
barotaxis
noun
(biology, biochemistry) The movement of a cell or an organism in response to pressure.
barrowist
barrowist
Noun
A follower of (c. 1550–1593), English Puritan and separatist.
bartholdi
basaltoid
basaltoid
adj
Formed like basalt; basaltiform.
basepoint
basepoint
noun
(mathematics) A point that marks the beginning and the end of a topological loop
basiation
basiation
noun
(obsolete) Kissing.
bastinado
bastinado
noun
A blow with a cudgel or stick.
Beating the bare soles of the feet with a stick as a form of corporal punishment used primarily within prisons in various countries. The receiving person is required to be barefoot.
verb
(transitive) To punish a person by beating the bare soles of the feet, using a stick or truncheon.
bastioned
bastioned
adj
Furnished with a bastion; having bastions.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bastion
bastionet
bastionet
noun
A small bastion.
bastonite
batholite
batholite
noun
(obsolete) Synonym of batholith
batholith
batholith
noun
(geology) A large irregular mass of intrusive igneous rock that has melted or forced itself into surrounding strata
bathonian
bathonian
Proper noun
A subdivision of the Jurassic period.
batonnier
battalion
battalion
noun
(US, military) an army unit having two or more companies, etc. and a headquarters; forming part of a brigade.
(by extension) A great number of things.
(military) An army unit having two or more companies, etc. and a headquarters. Traditionally forming part of a regiment.
Any large body of troops.
verb
To form into battalions.
bebington
beggiatoa
belection
belington
belitoeng
bemoisten
bemoisten
verb
(intransitive, rare) Become moist.
(transitive) Make moist.
benedicto
benitoite
benitoite
noun
(mineralogy) A rare hard blue silicate mineral found in hydrothermally altered serpentinite.
benthonic
benthonic
adj
Synonym of benthic
bentonite
bentonite
noun
(mineralogy) Any of several impure clay minerals consisting mostly of montmorillonite.
A porous clay formed by the decomposition of volcanic ash that swells 5 to 6 times its original volume in the presence of water.
berkovtsi
berkowitz
bertillon
besotting
besotting
verb
present participle of besot
bestowing
bestowing
verb
present participle of bestow
betsileos
bettongia
betulinol
bevington
bevomited
bevomited
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bevomit
bialystok
biathlons
biathlons
noun
plural of biathlon
bibliotic
bibliotic
adj
Of or pertaining to bibliotics
bickleton
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.
biflorate
biflorate
adj
(botany) Biflorous.
bifoliate
bifoliate
adj
(botany) Having exactly two leaves. Compare bifoliolate, having two leaflets per leaf.
biformity
biformity
noun
A double form.
bifrontal
bifrontal
adj
Situated on both sides of the front (of the cranium)
bifronted
bifronted
adj
Having two fronts.
bigmouths
bigmouths
noun
plural of bigmouth
bigotedly
bigotedly
adv
In a bigoted manner.
bigothero
bigotries
bigotries
noun
plural of bigotry
bijection
bijection
noun
(set theory) A one-to-one correspondence, a function which is both a surjection and an injection.
bilboquet
bilboquet
noun
A traditional children's toy consisting of a wooden cup with a handle, and a ball attached to the cup by a string.
bilection
bilection
noun
Alternative form of bolection
bilestone
bilestone
noun
A gallstone, or biliary calculus.
biliation
biliation
noun
(physiology) The production and excretion of bile.
billionth
billionth
adj
The ordinal form of the number one billion.
noun
One of a billion equal parts of a whole.
The person or thing in the billionth position.
bilobated
bilobiate
biloquist
biloquist
noun
(rare) A person having the ability to speak in two different voices, especially as a ventriloquist.
biltongue
biltongue
noun
Archaic form of biltong.
bimastoid
bimastoid
adj
(anatomy) Relating to, or connecting the two mastoid processes
bimonthly
bimonthly
adj
Occurring once every two months; bimestrial
Twice every month; semimonthly.
adv
once every two months; bimestrially
noun
A publication that is published on a bimonthly basis.
bimotored
bimotored
adj
twin-engine
bintangor
bintangor
noun
A hardwood tree of the genus Calophyllum.
binturong
binturong
noun
A large species of civet, Arctictis binturong, of southern Asia.
bioethics
bioethics
noun
(ethics) The branch of ethics that studies the implications of biological and biomedical advances.
biologist
biologist
noun
A student of biology; one versed in the science of biology.
biometric
biometric
adj
Of or pertaining to biometry.
Of, pertaining to or using biometrics
bionomist
biorbital
biorbital
adj
(anatomy) Relating to both orbits of the eyes
biorhythm
biorhythm
noun
(biology) Any cyclic biological or physiological pattern or activity.
(pseudoscience) Any of three sinusoidal graphs, normally plotted by computer, having a person's birthdate as origin, that are claimed to give meaningful information about emotional levels, physical energy levels, and mental/psychic sensitivity.
bioseston
bioseston
noun
The living particulate matter suspended in bodies of water such as lakes and seas.
biostatic
biostatic
adj
Relating to biostasis
That inhibits the growth or multiplication of an organism, especially of a microorganism.
biosterin
biosterol
biostrome
biostrome
noun
(geology) A horizontally bedded stratum of fossilized remains of sedentary organisms
biotoxins
biotoxins
noun
plural of biotoxin
biovulate
bioxalate
bioxalate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) The univalent group -HC₂O₄, or any salt containing it.
bipontine
bipontine
Adjective
Bipont
birdshots
birdshots
noun
plural of birdshot
birdstone
birthroot
birthroot
noun
Trillium erectum, a perennial plant of North America with deep-red flowers.
birthwort
birthwort
noun
Any plant species of the genus Aristolochia.
Birthroot, Trillium erectum
bisection
bisection
noun
(computing) The act of bisecting.
A division into two parts, especially into two equal parts.