(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.
almocrebe
amberjack
amberjack
noun
Any of several large food and game yellowtail fishes of the genus Seriola, found in warm waters of all oceans.
ambiances
ambiances
noun
plural of ambiance
ambiences
ambiences
noun
plural of ambience
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.
ambuscade
ambuscade
noun
(dated) An ambush; a trap laid for an enemy.
The body of troops lying in ambush.
The place in which troops lie hidden for an ambush.
verb
(dated) To lie in wait for, or to attack from a covert or lurking place; to waylay.
amebicide
amebicide
noun
A substance that kills amoebae, usually in the stomach or intestines.
amebocyte
amebocyte
noun
Alternative spelling of amoebocyte
armbrecht
backframe
bacterium
bacterium
noun
(microbiology) A single-celled organism with cell walls but no nucleus or organelles.
barmecide
beachcomb
beachcomb
noun
An instance of beachcombing.
verb
To go beachcombing.
beauchamp
beauchamp
Proper noun
The name of several places in Northern France
of Norman origin
becalming
becalming
verb
present participle of becalm
bechamels
bechamels
noun
plural of bechamel
becharmed
becharmed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of becharm
beckerman
beclamors
beclamors
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beclamor
beclamour
beclamour
verb
Alternative form of beclamor
becomings
becomings
noun
plural of becoming
becompass
becrampon
becriming
becrimson
becrimson
verb
(transitive, poetic) To turn crimson; to redden.
beechmont
bellicism
bellicism
noun
An inclination to war; warlike policy or behaviour.
belomancy
belomancy
noun
Studying the flight of arrows, an ancient form of divination used by the Greeks and Arabs.
bemocking
bemocking
verb
present participle of bemock
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.
benthamic
benthamic
Adjective
Of or pertaining to or Benthamism.
berchemia
bermensch
bewelcome
bewelcome
verb
(transitive, intensive) To welcome; greet or bestow with a welcome; welcome fully or completely.
bicameral
bicameral
adj
(government) Of, having, or relating to two separate legislative chambers or houses.
(mentality) Relating to the functions of the two cerebral hemispheres in the history of human beings ‘hearing’ the speech of gods or idols, according to Julian Jaynes's theory of the bicameral mind.
(typography) Of a script or typeface: having two cases, upper case and lower case.
Being or having a system with two, often unequal, chambers or compartments; of, signifying, relating to, or being the product of such a two-chambered system.
bimetalic
bimetalic
adj
Alternative form of bimetallic
biochemic
biometric
biometric
adj
Of or pertaining to biometry.
Of, pertaining to or using biometrics
blackmore
blastemic
blastemic
adj
Relating to a blastema.
bleachman
bleomycin
bleomycin
noun
(pharmacology) Any of a family of antineoplastic drug obtained from Streptomyces verticillus.
bombycine
bombycine
adj
Pertaining to silkworms; bombic.
bregmatic
bregmatic
adj
(anatomy) Pertaining to the bregma.
bsmedtech
bucketman
buckramed
buckramed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of buckram
buncombes
cablegram
cablegram
noun
A telegram transmitted via a submarine cable.
verb
(rare) To communicate by cablegram.
calembour
calembour
noun
A pun.
cambering
cambering
noun
A slight convexity or slope for drainage etc.; a camber.
verb
present participle of camber
cambridge
cambridge
Proper noun
A city in England famous for its university.
Cambridge University.
A village in Illinois, USA
A city in Maryland, USA
A city in Massachusetts, United States, famous for being the location of and the It was formerly one of the county seats.
A city in Minnesota, USA
A city in Ohio, USA
A town and a village in Vermont, USA.
camelback
camelback
noun
(countable) A camelback sofa or chair.
(countable) A flexible water container worn on the back.
(countable) A house with a second storey that does not completely cover the ground floor.
(countable, rail transport) A railway locomotive that has its cab in the middle as opposed to at the end.
(uncountable) A type of rubber used in tyre restoration.
(uncountable) The backs of camels.
camembert
camembert
noun
A soft, creamy cheese from France made from cow's milk.
carambole
carambole
noun
Archaic form of carambola. (star fruit)
verb
(archaic) To play a carom shot.
carbamate
carbamate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of carbamic acid.
carbamide
carbamide
noun
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) urea
carbamine
carbamine
noun
(organic chemistry) An isocyanide of a hydrocarbon radical.
carbimide
carbimide
noun
(chemistry) isocyanic acid
cembalist
cembalist
noun
(historical) An orchestral keyboard player; one who plays piano or harpsichord for an orchestra or ensemble.
cerebroma
cerebroma
noun
(pathology) Synonym of encephaloma
cerebrums
cerebrums
noun
plural of cerebrum
chambered
chambered
adj
(often in combination) Having chambers.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chamber
chamberer
chamberer
noun
(obsolete) A gallant; a carpetmonger.
(obsolete) A servant who attends in a chamber; a chambermaid.
chemisorb
chemisorb
verb
(transitive, chemistry) To adsorb a substance on the surface or another by chemical bonding.
chemosorb
chemosorb
verb
(transitive) to chemisorb
chimbleys
chimbleys
noun
plural of chimbley
chimblies
chimblies
noun
plural of chimbly
claimable
claimable
adj
Able to be claimed.
noun
Something that can be claimed.
clambakes
clambakes
noun
plural of clambake
clambered
clambered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of clamber
clamberer
clamberer
noun
A person who clambers
climbable
climbable
adj
able to be climbed
clubwomen
clubwomen
noun
plural of clubwoman
coamiable
cobdenism
cobdenism
Noun
A policy of free trade and international peace and cooperation.
coembrace
coenobium
coenobium
noun
(biology) An arranged colony of algae that acts as a single organism; coenobe
Alternative spelling of cenobium (“monastic community”)
colombier
columbate
columbate
noun
(chemistry) A salt of columbic acid; a niobate.
columbeia
columbier
columbine
columbine
adj
(archaic) Pertaining to a dove or pigeon.
noun
Any plant of the genus Aquilegia, having distinctive bell-shaped flowers with spurs on each petal.
columbite
columbite
noun
(mineralogy) A black mineral that is a mixed iron and manganese niobate and tantalate, and is the main ore of niobium and tantalum.
columbyne
combaters
combaters
noun
plural of combater
combative
combative
adj
Given to fighting; disposed to engage in combat; pugnacious.
combatted
combatter
combinate
combinate
adj
united; joined; betrothed
noun
The result of a combining of two or more components.
combiners
combiners
noun
plural of combiner
combmaker
combmaker
noun
A manufacturer of combs.
combretum
combretum
noun
Any of a number of tropical trees and shrubs in the genus Combretum.
comburent
combusted
combusted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of combust
comebacks
comebacks
noun
plural of comeback
comptible
comptible
adj
(obsolete) accountable; responsible
(obsolete) sensitive
corblimey
corblimey
intj
Alternative form of cor blimey
corymbose
corymbose
adj
(botany) Consisting of corymbs, or resembling them in form.
cosmolabe
cosmolabe
noun
An instrument resembling the astrolabe, formerly used for measuring the angles between heavenly bodies.
cramberry
cramberry
noun
Obsolete form of cranberry.
crambidae
crambinae
creambush
creambush
noun
Holodiscus discolor, a North American shrub.
crembalum
cribellum
cribellum
noun
(zoology) A spinning organ having many fine pores, situated in front of the spinners in some araneomorph spiders.
crossbeam
crossbeam
noun
(nautical) A beam laid across the bitts, to which the cable is fastened when riding at anchor.
A horizontal structural beam that runs perpendicular to the primary support beams; a girder.
crumbable
crumbable
adj
Able to be broken into crumbs; crumbly.
crumbiest
crumbiest
adj
superlative form of crumby: most crumby
crumblier
crumblier
adj
comparative form of crumbly: more crumbly
crummable
cubmaster
cubmaster
Noun
A Scoutmaster who leads a group of Cub Scouts.
cucumbers
cucumbers
noun
plural of cucumber
cumberers
cumberers
noun
plural of cumberer
cumbering
cumbering
verb
present participle of cumber
cumbraite
cumbrance
cumbrance
noun
(obsolete) encumbrance
cymbaleer
cymbalers
cymbaline
cymballed
cymbeline
decumbent
decumbent
adj
(botany) Of a plant, which lies on the ground with tips turned upwards.
Lying down; reclining on the ground.
delcambre
descombes
disbecome
disbecome
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To misbecome; to fail to suit; to be unfitting.
discumber
discumber
verb
(archaic, transitive) To free from that which cumbers or impedes; to disencumber.
ecballium
emboscata
embraceor
embraceor
noun
A person guilty of embracery.
embracers
embracers
noun
plural of embracer
embracery
embracery
noun
(law) An attempt to bribe or illegally influence a jury or a member of a jury to one side or the other.
embracing
embracing
noun
The act of embracing (in various senses).
verb
present participle of embrace
embracive
embracive
adj
(archaic) Disposed to embrace; fond of caressing.
embrocado
embrocate
embrocate
verb
(medicine, transitive) To moisten and rub (a diseased part) with a liquid substance, as with spirit, oil, etc., by means of a cloth or sponge.
embryonic
embryonic
adj
(embryology) Of or relating to an embryo.
(figuratively) Of a project, etc: very new and still evolving; yet to reach its full potential.
embryotic
embryotic
adj
embryonic
embryulci
encumbers
encumbers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of encumber
endamebic
entamebic
entamebic
adj
Relating to entamebae.
escambron
excambion
excambion
noun
(law, Scotland) exchange or barter, especially of lands.
gemsbucks
gemsbucks
noun
plural of gemsbuck
hebdomcad
hecatombs
hecatombs
noun
plural of hecatomb
hematobic
honeycomb
honeycomb
noun
(aviation) Manufactured material used to manufacture light, stiff structural components using a sandwich design.
(by extension) Any structure resembling a honeycomb.
(construction) Voids left in concrete resulting from failure of the mortar to effectively fill the spaces among coarse aggregate particles.
(geometry) A space-filling packing of polytopes in 3- or higher-dimensional space.
(solar cell) The texture of the surface of a solar cell, intended to increase its surface area and capture more sunlight.
A structure of hexagonal cells made by bees primarily of wax, to hold their larvae and for storing the honey to feed the larvae and to feed themselves during winter.
verb
To riddle something with holes, especially in such a pattern.
imbalance
imbalance
noun
The property of not being in balance.
imbeciles
imbeciles
noun
plural of imbecile
imbecilic
imbecilic
adj
like or as an imbecile; so senseless as to be laughable; absurd, foolish, stupid, idiotic.