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.
abetments
abetments
noun
plural of abetment
abiliment
abiliment
noun
Obsolete form of habiliment.
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.
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.
adumbrate
adumbrate
verb
To foreshadow vaguely.
To give a vague outline.
To obscure or overshadow.
alembroth
alembroth
noun
(archaic) The "salt of wisdom" of the alchemists, a double salt composed of the chlorides of ammonium and mercury, formerly used as a stimulant.
ambiverts
ambiverts
noun
plural of ambivert
ambrotype
ambrotype
noun
(photography, historical) An early type of photograph in which a glass negative appears positive when displayed on a black background.
ambulante
ambulated
ambulated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ambulate
ambulates
ambulates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ambulate
amebocyte
amebocyte
noun
Alternative spelling of amoebocyte
ametabola
ametabole
ametaboly
arboretum
arboretum
noun
A place where many varieties of tree are grown for research, educational, and ornamental purposes.
armbrecht
artmobile
artmobile
noun
A vehicle that operates as a mobile art exhibition.
bacterium
bacterium
noun
(microbiology) A single-celled organism with cell walls but no nucleus or organelles.
bailments
bailments
noun
plural of bailment
bairnteam
bairnteem
bairntime
bakemeats
bakemeats
noun
plural of bakemeat
balaamite
balaamite
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Balaam (a Biblical figure).
Resembling Balaam, as described in Revelation 2:14.
Noun
A Balaamite person.
baltimore
baltimore
Proper noun
A city in central Maryland, USA
bantamize
bantamize
verb
(transitive) To breed (a chicken, or occasionally a dog) into a miniature variety.
barmaster
barmaster
noun
(historical) A local judge among miners.
An officer of the barmote.
barometer
barometer
noun
(figurative, by extension) Anything used as a gauge or indicator.
An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure.
barometry
barometry
noun
The art or process of making barometrical measurements.
bartolemo
bartolome
basements
basements
noun
plural of basement
bashemath
bashemeth
bastiment
battement
battement
noun
(ballet) A ballet move involving a beating action with an extended leg
(obsolete) A thumping or beating sensation
batterman
baysmelts
beaterman
beatermen
beautydom
beautydom
noun
The estate or rank of a beauty or of beautiful women.
bedlamite
bedlamite
noun
(obsolete) A lunatic.
beechmont
beemaster
beemaster
noun
(dated) A beekeeper.
behemoths
behemoths
noun
plural of behemoth
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.
bellmouth
bellmouth
noun
A bell-shaped extension at the end of a pipe.
belostoma
beltmaker
beltmaker
noun
Someone who makes belts.
bemajesty
bementite
bementite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and silicon.
bemisting
bemisting
verb
present participle of bemist
bemitered
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.
benempted
benjamite
benjamite
Noun
A Benjaminite.
benthamic
benthamic
Adjective
Of or pertaining to or Benthamism.
bergamots
bergamots
noun
plural of bergamot
bergstrom
bermudite
besetment
besetment
noun
The state of being beset.
besmooths
besmooths
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of besmooth
besmother
besmutted
besmutted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of besmut
besotment
bethlehem
bethumped
bethumped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bethump
betrample
betrample
verb
(transitive) To trample over; affect by much trampling; trample excessively.
betrumpet
betrumpet
verb
(transitive) To trumpet about; trumpet the praise of.
betumbled
betumbled
adj
Tossed in confusion; disordered.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of betumble
bevelment
bevelment
noun
(mineralogy) The replacement of an edge by two similar planes, equally inclined to the including faces or adjacent planes.
bevomited
bevomited
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bevomit
bimesters
bimesters
noun
plural of bimester
bimetalic
bimetalic
adj
Alternative form of bimetallic
bimethyls
bimotored
bimotored
adj
twin-engine
biometric
biometric
adj
Of or pertaining to biometry.
Of, pertaining to or using biometrics
biostrome
biostrome
noun
(geology) A horizontally bedded stratum of fossilized remains of sedentary organisms
bipalmate
bipalmate
adj
(botany) Describing leaves that have a palmate structure on petioles that are themselves palmate
birthmate
birthmate
noun
A person who has the same birthday as another.
bisegment
bisegment
noun
One of two equal parts of a line or other magnitude.
bismethyl
bismutite
bismutite
noun
Alternative form of bismuthite
bitmapped
bitmapped
adj
(computing) Represented by a bitmap.
blastemal
blastemal
adj
(biology) Relating to the blastema; rudimentary.
blastemas
blastemas
noun
plural of blastema
blastemic
blastemic
adj
Relating to a blastema.
blastment
blastment
noun
(archaic) A sudden strike or injury; a pernicious thing.
bletonism
bloomiest
bloomiest
adj
superlative form of bloomy: most bloomy
bluestems
bluestems
noun
plural of bluestem
bodements
bodements
noun
plural of bodement
boehmites
boehmites
noun
plural of boehmite
bolometer
bolometer
noun
(physics) A sensitive device for detecting and measuring the energy of electromagnetic radiation.
boltmaker
boltmaker
noun
A machine that manufactures bolts.
A manufacturer of bolts.
bombaster
bombilate
bombilate
verb
(rare) To hum or buzz.
bombinate
bombinate
verb
to buzz or hum
bonnetman
bonnetmen
bootmaker
bootmaker
noun
A maker of boots; a cobbler.
bottleman
bottleman
noun
A man who aids a boxer by passing him a bottle of water to drink during a fight.
bottomers
bottomers
noun
plural of bottomer
brahmsite
brainstem
brainstem
noun
Alternative spelling of brain stem
bregmatic
bregmatic
adj
(anatomy) Pertaining to the bregma.
bremerton
brimstone
brimstone
noun
(archaic) Used attributively as an intensifier in exclamations.
(archaic) sulfur.
(obsolete) A whore.
The butterfly Gonepteryx rhamni of the Pieridae family.
The sulfur of Hell; Hell, damnation.
brisement
brisement
noun
(medicine) The breaking up of anything, such as an ankylosis.
bromethyl
brominate
brominate
verb
(chemistry, transitive) To treat or react with bromine or hydrobromic acid, to introduce bromine into a compound.
bromyrite
bromyrite
noun
bromargyrite
broomiest
broomiest
adj
(rare) superlative form of broomy: most broomy
brumstane
brumstone
bsmedtech
bucketman
bumpkinet
bunkmates
bunkmates
noun
plural of bunkmate
burghemot
burghmote
burghmote
noun
(historical) A court or meeting of a burgh or borough, held three times a year.
butlerdom
butlerdom
noun
The status or sphere of butlers.
butlerism
butterman
butterman
noun
(dated) A man who makes or sells butter.
buttwomen
camembert
camembert
noun
A soft, creamy cheese from France made from cow's milk.
carbamate
carbamate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of carbamic acid.
cembalist
cembalist
noun
(historical) An orchestral keyboard player; one who plays piano or harpsichord for an orchestra or ensemble.
columbate
columbate
noun
(chemistry) A salt of columbic acid; a niobate.
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.
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.
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
comptible
comptible
adj
(obsolete) accountable; responsible
(obsolete) sensitive
crumbiest
crumbiest
adj
superlative form of crumby: most crumby
cubmaster
cubmaster
Noun
A Scoutmaster who leads a group of Cub Scouts.
cumbraite
dambonite
dambonite
noun
(chemistry, archaic) A white crystalline sugary substance obtained from an African caoutchouc.
debarment
debarment
noun
(US, law) In the United States Food and Drugs Act, a penalty imposed on persons or companies that commit crimes in connection with applications for approval of drugs, in which such persons are barred from submitting or assisting in the submission of such an application.
The act or an instance of debarring.
decumbent
decumbent
adj
(botany) Of a plant, which lies on the ground with tips turned upwards.