The state of being abased or humbled; humiliation.
abashment
abashment
noun
The state of being abashed; embarrassment from shame.
abatement
abatement
noun
(Scotland) Waste of stuff in preparing to size.
(heraldry) A mark of dishonor on an escutcheon; any figure added to the coat of arms tending to lower the dignity or station of the bearer.
(law) The action of a person that abates, or without proper authority enters a residence after the death of the owner and before the heir takes possession.
(law) The reduction of the proceeds of a will, when the debts have not yet been satisfied; the reduction of taxes due.
An amount abated; that which is taken away by way of reduction; deduction; decrease; a rebate or discount allowed; in particular from a tax.
The act of abating, or the state of being abated; a lessening, diminution, or reduction; a moderation; removal or putting an end to; the suppression.
abdominal
abdominal
adj
(ichthyology) Having the ventral fins under the abdomen and behind the pectoral fins.
(ichthyology) Ventral, in describing a fin.
(zoology, obsolete) Belonging to the order Abdominales of fish.
Of or pertaining to the abdomen; ventral.
noun
(colloquial, usually plural only) An abdominal muscle.
(zoology, obsolete) A fish of the order Abdominales.
abetments
abetments
noun
plural of abetment
abiliment
abiliment
noun
Obsolete form of habiliment.
abnormals
abnormals
noun
plural of abnormal
abnormity
abnormity
noun
(rare) Alternative form of abnormality
A monstrosity
abnormous
abnormous
adj
(archaic) Abnormal; irregular; misshapen.
abodement
abodement
noun
(obsolete) A foreboding; an omen.
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.
abrotanum
abrotanum
noun
A bushy wormwood from Europe, sometimes used in the brewing of beer., southernwood, Artemisia abrotanum.
abutments
abutments
noun
plural of abutment
accumbent
accumbent
adj
(botany) Lying against anything, as one part of a leaf against another leaf
Leaning or reclining, as the ancients did at their meals.
noun
One who rests in an accumbent position, especially at table.
adumbrant
adumbrant
adj
Giving a faint shadow, or slight resemblance; shadowing forth.
alabamian
alabamian
Adjective
Pertaining to the American state Alabama, or its natives and residents.
Noun
A native or resident of the state of Alabama in the United States of America.
alabamine
alabamine
noun
(obsolete) Former name for the chemical element astatine.
albamycin
albamycin
Noun
novobiocin
albinisms
albinisms
noun
plural of albinism
albinoism
albinoism
noun
congenital lack of melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); the condition of being albino
alburnums
alburnums
noun
plural of alburnum
ambiances
ambiances
noun
plural of ambiance
ambiences
ambiences
noun
plural of ambience
ambigenal
ambitions
ambitions
noun
plural of ambition
amblingly
amblingly
adv
With an ambling walk.
amboinese
ambrogino
ambrosane
ambrosian
ambrosian
adj
Ambrosial.
ambrosine
ambulance
ambulance
noun
(military) A mobile field hospital.
(obsolete, US) A prairie wagon.
An emergency vehicle designed for transporting seriously ill or injured people to a hospital.
verb
(transitive) To transport by ambulance.
ambulante
ambushing
ambushing
verb
present participle of ambush
ambustion
ambustion
noun
(medicine, obsolete) A burn or scald.
amendable
amendable
adj
Capable of being amended.
amoebaean
amoebaean
adj
Alternative form of amoebean
amphibian
amphibian
adj
(obsolete) Having two natures.
Capable of operating on both land and water amphibious.
Of or relating to the class Amphibia.
noun
A vehicle which can operate on land and water. See Wikipedia article on "Amphibious aircraft"
An animal of the Amphibia; any four-legged vertebrate that does not have amniotic eggs, living both on land and in water.
amphibion
anabolism
anabolism
noun
The constructive metabolism of the body, as distinguished from catabolism.
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.
bagmaking
bagmaking
noun
The manufacture of bags.
bahamians
bailments
bailments
noun
plural of bailment
bairnteam
bairnteem
bairntime
baisemain
baldmoney
baldmoney
noun
(obsolete) A Gentianeae tribe plant, gentian or felwort.
Meum athamanticum, an ornamental plant in the Apiaceae family.
balimbing
balimbing
noun
(Philippines) A turncoat; one who defects to the other side in politics.
(Philippines) Alternative form of belimbing (“star fruit”)
balkanism
balkanism
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Balkanism
balmacaan
balmacaan
noun
A loose overcoat of a certain type, with raglan sleeves and a Prussian collar.
balminess
balminess
noun
The characteristic of being balmy.
balmonies
balsamina
balsamine
balsamine
noun
A plant, the Impatiens balsamina, or garden balsam.
balsaming
balsaming
verb
present participle of balsam
banditism
banditism
noun
banditry
bandlimit
bandlimit
noun
(physics) The limiting frequency of a signal beyond which the intensity of the signal is zero
bankerdom
bankerdom
noun
The world of bankers and finance.
bannerman
bannerman
noun
A man who belonged to the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty.
A person assigned to carry the colours, standards or guidons of a military unit.
A person of Manchu descent.
A samurai in the direct service of the Tokugawa shogunate of feudal Japan, also known as a hatamoto.
bannermen
bannermen
noun
plural of bannerman
bantamize
bantamize
verb
(transitive) To breed (a chicken, or occasionally a dog) into a miniature variety.
barenboim
barnstorm
barnstorm
noun
A series of appearances in small country towns, as by a politician or a travelling theatre group.
verb
(US) To appear at fairs and carnivals in exhibitions of stunt flying, sporting events, or theater.
(US, of a sports team) To travel from town to town performing in front of small crowds.
To travel around the countryside making political speeches etc.
barnumism
barnumize
barnumize
verb
Alternative form of Barnumize
barrowman
barrowman
noun
(mining, historical) A putter: one who puts the tubs of coal from the workings to the cranes, flats, or stations, so that they can be conveyed to the surface.
basements
basements
noun
plural of basement
bastiment
battement
battement
noun
(ballet) A ballet move involving a beating action with an extended leg
(obsolete) A thumping or beating sensation
batterman
beakerman
beakermen
beaminess
beaminess
noun
The state or quality of being beamy.
beamingly
beamingly
adv
In a beaming way, or while beaming.
beaterman
beatermen
becalming
becalming
verb
present participle of becalm
beckerman
becomings
becomings
noun
plural of becoming
becrampon
becriming
becrimson
becrimson
verb
(transitive, poetic) To turn crimson; to redden.
bedamning
bedamning
verb
present participle of bedamn
bedewoman
bedimming
bedimming
verb
present participle of bedim
bedmaking
bedmaking
noun
The skill or act of making beds (arranging the sheets, etc.).
bedumbing
bedumbing
verb
present participle of bedumb
beechmont
begemming
begemming
verb
present participle of begem
beggarman
beggarman
noun
A male beggar.
begriming
begriming
verb
present participle of begrime
begumming
begumming
verb
present participle of begum
behmenism
behmenist
behmenist
Adjective
Pertaining to the ideas of seventeenth-century German mystic
Noun
A supporter or adherent of such theosophical ideas.
behmenite
belemnite
belemnite
noun
(paleontology) Any member of the extinct order †Belemnitida of Mesozoic marine cephalopods, very similar in many ways to the modern squid and closely related to the modern cuttlefish.
belemnoid
belemnoid
adj
dart-shaped; styloid
noun
(anatomy) The styloid process of the ulna or of the temporal bone.
(zoology) A member of the Belemnoidea, an extinct group of marine cephalopods.
bellemina
belomancy
belomancy
noun
Studying the flight of arrows, an ancient form of divination used by the Greeks and Arabs.
bemaddens
bemaddens
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bemadden
bemeaning
bemeaning
verb
present participle of bemean
bemelmans
bementite
bementite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and silicon.
bemingled
bemingled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bemingle
bemingles
bemingles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bemingle
bemisting
bemisting
verb
present participle of bemist
bemoaning
bemoaning
noun
The act of one who bemoans something.
verb
present participle of bemoan
bemocking
bemocking
verb
present participle of bemock
bemoisten
bemoisten
verb
(intransitive, rare) Become moist.
(transitive) Make moist.
bemonster
bemonster
verb
(transitive) To fill or cover with monsters.
(transitive) To make monstrous or like a monster; make hideous; deform.
(transitive) To regard or treat (someone) as a monster; to call (someone) a monster.
benamidar
benamidar
noun
(South Asia) The person who acts as a proxy in a benami transfer of property.
benchmark
benchmark
noun
(computing) A computer program that is executed to assess the performance of the runtime environment.
A standard by which something is evaluated or measured.
A surveyor's mark made on some stationary object and shown on a map; used as a reference point.
verb
(intransitive, followed by at) To give certain results in a benchmark test.
(transitive, intransitive, followed by against) To use something (e.g., a competitor's product) as a standard to improve one's own thing.
benempted
beniamino
benjamins
benjamins
noun
plural of benjamin
benjamite
benjamite
Noun
A Benjaminite.
benkelman
benlomond
benthamic
benthamic
Adjective
Of or pertaining to or Benthamism.
benumbing
benumbing
verb
present participle of benumb
benzamide
benzamide
noun
(organic chemistry) The amide of benzoic acid or any of its derivatives; several of its derivatives are pharmaceuticals
benzamido
benzamine
benzamine
noun
aniline
benzamino
berbamine
berbamine
noun
A particular calcium channel blocker.
berhyming
berhyming
verb
present participle of berhyme
bermensch
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.
beseeming
beseeming
adj
Becoming, befitting, suitable.
noun
Appearance; look.
gerund of beseem: a comely appearance; attractiveness.
verb
present participle of beseem
besetment
besetment
noun
The state of being beset.
beshaming
beshaming
verb
present participle of beshame
besliming
besliming
verb
present participle of beslime
besmiling
besmiling
verb
present participle of besmile
besmoking
besmoking
verb
present participle of besmoke
besotment
bevelment
bevelment
noun
(mineralogy) The replacement of an edge by two similar planes, equally inclined to the including faces or adjacent planes.
beworming
biclinium
bienniums
bienniums
noun
plural of biennium
bigeminal
bigeminal
adj
Occurring in pairs; doubled or twinned
noun
The occurrence of premature atrial or ventricular heartbeats in pairs.
bigeminum
bilaminar
bilaminar
adj
Formed of, or having, two laminae, or thin plates.
bilihumin
bilimbing
bilimbing
noun
Alternative form of bilimbi
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.
binomials
binomials
noun
plural of binomial
binominal
binominal
adj
(taxonomy) consisting of two names
(taxonomy) pertaining to the nomenclature system for the rank of species in biological taxonomy
(taxonomy) pertaining to the noun binomen
noun
(grammar) A construct involving two nouns or two names.
(taxonomy) A scientific name, at the rank of species, with two terms: a generic name and a specific name.
bionomics
bionomics
noun
The study of an organism and its relation to its environment; ecology.
bionomies
bionomies
noun
plural of bionomy
bionomist
birdwoman
birdwoman
noun
(informal) a female aviator.
A mythological creature that is part woman and part bird.