(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.
batfishes
batfishes
noun
plural of batfish
beatified
beatified
adj
(Roman Catholicism) Having been recognized and declared, by the church, that a deceased has entered heaven; having attained this step in the process of canonization.
Blissful or supremely blessed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beatify
beatifies
beatifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beatify
beautiful
beautiful
adj
(of the weather) Pleasant; clear.
Attractive and possessing beauty.
Good, admirable.
Well executed.
noun
Someone who is beautiful. Can be used as a term of address.
befitting
befitting
adj
appropriate, becoming
verb
present participle of befit
befreight
benefited
benefited
verb
simple past tense and past participle of benefit
benefiter
benefiter
noun
A person who benefits somebody else; benefactor.
A person who receives a benefit.
bifidated
bifidated
adj
Alternative form of bifidate
biflected
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.
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.
birdcraft
bisulfate
bisulfate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) Any salt containing this anion.
(inorganic chemistry) The univalent anion HSO₄⁻.
verb
To react with a bisulfate
To sulfate with two sulfate groups
bisulfite
bisulfite
noun
(inorganic chemistry) The univalent group -HSO₃, or any salt containing it.
bitterful
bitterful
adj
Full of bitterness.
blatiform
blindfast
blitheful
blitheful
adj
Full of gaiety; joyous.
bountiful
bountiful
adj
Having a quantity or amount that is generous or plentiful; ample.
brutified
brutified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brutify
brutifies
brutifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brutify
buffeting
buffeting
noun
(aviation) random, irregular motion of the plane or of one of its parts caused by turbulences in the airflow
A blow or motion that buffets.
verb
present participle of buffet
bufotalin
bufotalin
noun
(organic chemistry) A cardiotoxic bufanolide steroid secreted by the common European toad (Bufo bufo) and other related toads such as Bufo melanostictus.
bufotenin
bufotenin
noun
Alternative spelling of bufotenine
bufotoxin
bufotoxin
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of a family of toxic substances found in toads, other amphibians, and some plants and mushrooms.
bullfight
bullfight
noun
A public spectacle, in Spain and some other Latin countries, in which a person baits and often kills a bull.
driftbolt
driftbolt
noun
A bolt for driving out other bolts.
fabianist
fabricant
fabricant
noun
One who fabricates; a manufacturer.
fabricate
fabricate
verb
(transitive) To form by art and labor; to manufacture; to produce.
(transitive) To form into a whole by uniting its parts; to construct; to build.
(transitive) To invent and form; to forge; to devise falsely.
(transitive, cooking) To cut up an animal as preparation for cooking, particularly used in reference to fowl.
fabritius
fabulists
fabulists
noun
plural of fabulist
faribault
faribault
Proper noun
a city in Minnesota, USA
fatigable
fatigable
adj
Susceptible to fatigue; able to become physically exhausted.
febricant
febricant
adj
(archaic) Causing fever.
noun
(archaic) A patient who has a fever.
febricity
febricity
noun
feverishness
febrility
febrility
Noun
feverishness
ferberite
ferberite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic black mineral containing iron, oxygen, and tungsten.
fibration
fibration
noun
(algebraic topology) A continuous mapping satisfying the homotopy lifting property with respect to any space.
fibrinate
fibrocyst
fibrocyte
fibrocyte
noun
An inactive connective tissue cell that is capable of forming collagen
fibrolite
fibrolite
Noun
Sillimanite.
fibromata
fibromata
noun
plural of fibroma
fibrosity
fibrosity
noun
The quality of being fibrous.
fightable
fightable
adj
(military) Capable in combat.
Able to be fought.
filtrable
filtrable
adj
Alternative form of filterable
fimbriate
fimbriate
adj
(biology) Fringed, e.g. where the ends of a petal are split into two or more divisions.
verb
(transitive) To fringe; to hem.
fireboats
fireboats
noun
plural of fireboat
firebrats
firebrats
noun
plural of firebrat
firstborn
firstborn
adj
Born as the first one in a family, flock or the like.
Most excellent; most distinguished or exalted.
noun
The first child to be born to a parent or family.
fishboats
fishboats
noun
plural of fishboat
fishbolts
fishbolts
noun
plural of fishbolt
fitchburg
flabbiest
flabbiest
adj
superlative form of flabby: most flabby
fleabites
fleabites
noun
plural of fleabite
flirtable
flirtable
adj
Suitable for flirting with.
flutebird
forbesite
forbesite
noun
(mineralogy) A hydrated arsenate of nickel and cobalt found in the Atacama desert
frithborh
frithborh
noun
(obsolete) A frankpledge.
frostbird
frostbird
noun
The golden plover.
frostbite
frostbite
noun
An injury suffered as a result of freezing of some part of the body, typically fingers, toes or the nose.
verb
(intransitive) To engage in winter sailboating.
(transitive) To expose to the effect of frost, or a frosty air; to blight or nip with frost.
fulbright
futabatei
lifeboats
lifeboats
noun
plural of lifeboat
obfuscity
obfuscity
noun
obfuscation
objectify
objectify
verb
To make (something, such as an abstract idea) possible to be perceived by the senses.
To treat (someone) as a mere object, denying (their) dignity.
To treat (something) as objectively real.
obtusifid
rebenefit
shiftable
shiftable
adj
That can be shifted
stabilify
stabilify
verb
(transitive) To make stable; stabilize.
subtrifid
subtrifid
adj
Almost trifid.
tabifical
thriftbox
tubfishes
tubifexes
tubifexes
noun
plural of tubifex
tubificid
tubificid
noun
(zoology) Any worm in the order Tubificida, suborder Tubificina, or family Tubificidae, variously constituted.
unbrutify
unbrutify
verb
(transitive) To make no longer brutish; to tame or civilize.