(obsolete outside dialects) The Eurasian siskin or spruce siskin, Spinus spinus, a small green and yellow finch related to the goldfinch.
aberdonian
aberdonian
Adjective
Of or relating to Aberdeen.
Noun
A citizen or inhabitant of, or person born in, Aberdeen, NE Scotland.
aberduvine
aberduvine
noun
Alternative form of aberdevine.
aborticide
aborticide
noun
An agent responsible for an abortion (the destruction of a fetus); abortifacient.
The act of destroying a fetus in the womb; feticide.
abridgable
abridgable
adj
Capable of being abridged.
abridgedly
abridgedly
adv
in an abridged manner, in a manner that is cut short or shortened
abridgment
abridgment
noun
(US) An epitome or compend, as of a book; a shortened or abridged form; an abbreviation.
(US) The act of abridging; reduction or deprivation
(US) The state of being abridged or lessened.
(dated, law) Any of various brief statements of case law made before modern reporting of legal cases.
(law) The leaving out of certain portions of a plaintiff's demand, the writ still holding good for the remainder.
(obsolete) That which abridges or cuts short; hence, an entertainment that makes the time pass quickly
abstricted
abstricted
adj
Separated by abstriction.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abstrict
acerbitude
acerbitude
noun
(archaic) Sourness and harshness; acerbity.
addlebrain
addlebrain
noun
An addlebrained person.
aedilberct
airbrained
airbrushed
airbrushed
adj
(by extension) Having had imperfections and blemishes removed through digital manipulation.
Having been manipulated with an airbrush.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of airbrush
ambidexter
ambidexter
adj
Ambidextrous.
noun
(archaic) A lawyer who takes fees from both plaintiff and defendant.
(by extension) Someone who is two-faced; a double-dealer, such as a cheat or a crook.
Someone who is ambidextrous.
antebridal
antibridal
arbitrated
arbitrated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of arbitrate
archibaldo
arcimboldi
aryballoid
ashipboard
ashipboard
adv
on shipboard
attributed
attributed
adj
(programming) decorated with an attribute
verb
simple past tense and past participle of attribute
audibertia
baccharoid
backfriend
backfriend
noun
(UK, dialectal) A friend at one's back; a backer; one who does his best for another; a supporter.
(UK, dialectal) A hangnail.
(UK, dialectal, obsolete) A false friend; a secret enemy.
backiebird
backslider
backslider
noun
A recidivist; one who backslides, especially in a religious sense; an apostate.
She married him thinking to change his ways, and for a while he got religion, but he was ever a backslider; she soon began finding bottles stashed about the house.
bacterioid
bacterioid
adj
(rare) Resembling a bacterium.
bacterized
bacterized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bacterize
bactritoid
bactritoid
noun
Any extinct cephalopod of the order Bactritida
badgerlike
badgerlike
adj
Similar to a badger.
Similar to that of a badger.
bainbridge
bainbrudge
baldricked
baldricked
adj
Wearing a baldrick (ornamental belt).
balladries
balladries
noun
plural of balladry
balourdise
banderilla
banderilla
noun
(bullfighting) A decorated barbed stick used in bullfighting to stick into the bulls' shoulders.
banditries
banditries
noun
plural of banditry
bandstring
bandstring
noun
(obsolete or historical) Any of the strings used to fasten the collar and bands of 17th-century clothing; often decorated with tassels.
bandurrias
bandurrias
noun
plural of bandurria
barbarised
barbarised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of barbarise
barbarized
barbarized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of barbarize
barefisted
barleybird
barmecidal
barmecidal
adj
unreal; illusory
barramundi
barramundi
noun
A diadromous fish of species Lates calcarifer, of the Centropomidae family, order Perciformes.
barrandite
barrandite
noun
(mineralogy) The mineral (Al,Fe³⁺)PO₄⋅2H₂O, related to taranakite.
barricaded
barricaded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of barricade
barricader
barricader
noun
A person who mans a barricade.
barricades
barricades
noun
plural of barricade
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of barricade
barricados
barrigudos
barrigudos
noun
plural of barrigudo
bartending
bartending
verb
present participle of bartend
bartizaned
basidorsal
basidorsal
adj
At the base of the rear
noun
A cartilage on the dorsolateral side of the notochord
basinerved
basiradial
bastardice
bastardies
bastardies
noun
plural of bastardy
bastardise
bastardise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of bastardize.
bastardism
bastardism
noun
The condition of being born out of wedlock; bastardy.
bastardize
bastardize
verb
To beget out of wedlock.
To claim or demonstrate that someone is a bastard, or illegitimate.
To reduce from a higher to a lower state, such as by removing refined elements or introducing debased elements; to debase.
batrachoid
batrachoid
adj
(zoology) Of or pertaining to the family Batrachoididae of marine fishes, called toadfish.
(zoology, dated) Frog-like; batrachian.
noun
(zoology) Any species of the family Batrachoididae; a batrachoidid.
baudelaire
becrippled
becrowding
becrowding
verb
present participle of becrowd
bediapered
bediapered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bediaper
bedirtying
bedirtying
verb
present participle of bedirty
bedminster
bedminster
Proper noun
A district of Bristol, England, formerly a small town in Somerset
bedriveled
bedrugging
bedrugging
verb
present participle of bedrug
bedsprings
bedsprings
noun
plural of bedspring
bedwarfing
bedwarfing
verb
present participle of bedwarf
befingered
befingered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of befinger
beforesaid
beforesaid
adj
(archaic) Previously said.
befriended
befriended
verb
simple past tense and past participle of befriend
befriender
befriender
noun
One who befriends.
begirdling
begirdling
verb
present participle of begirdle
begrudging
begrudging
adj
grudgeful, envious
reluctant
verb
present participle of begrudge
behaviored
beliquored
beliquored
adj
Drunken.
bellbinder
belverdian
benzedrine
benzedrine
noun
The racemic mixture of amphetamine (dl-amphetamine).
bepillared
bepillared
adj
Furnished with pillars.
beribanded
beribboned
beribboned
adj
Adorned, trimmed with ribbons
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beribbon
bermudians
bernardina
bernardine
bernardino
berycoidea
berycoidei
beshivered
besmirched
besmirched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of besmirch
bestridden
bestridden
verb
past participle of bestride
bestriding
bestriding
verb
present participle of bestride
bewaitered
bewildered
bewildered
adj
Baffled, confused, mystified, at a loss, not thinking clearly, or uncertain.
He was just standing there, turning this way and that, with a bewildered look on his face.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bewilder
biarcuated
biarcuated
adj
Synonym of biarcuate
bichloride
bichloride
noun
(chemistry) A dichloride.
bicoloured
bicoloured
adj
Of two colours.
bicondylar
bicondylar
adj
Involving two condyles.
bicrofarad
bicrofarad
noun
(dated, nonstandard) A billionth of a farad.
biedermann
bifluoride
bifluoride
noun
(chemistry) Synonym of difluoride
bifurcated
bifurcated
adj
Divided into two branches.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bifurcate
bighearted
bighearted
adj
Noble, kind and generous
biliverdic
biliverdin
biliverdin
noun
(biochemistry) A green tetrapyrrolic bile pigment, a product of heme catabolism, responsible for the greenish color sometimes seen in bruises.
billboards
billboards
noun
plural of billboard
billholder
billholder
noun
A device by means of which bills, etc., are held.
One who holds a bill or acceptance.
billiardly
biodegrade
biodegrade
verb
to decompose as a result of biological action, especially by microorganisms
bipyridine
bipyridine
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of six isomeric bicyclic heterocycles consisting of two pyridine molecules directly linked; their derivatives have many industrial applications.
biquadrate
biquadrate
noun
(mathematics) The fourth power; the square of a square.
verb
(transitive, arithmetic) To raise to the fourth power; to determine the result of multiplying by itself three times.
biradiated
biradiated
adj
biradiate; having two rays
birdbander
birdbrains
birdbrains
noun
plural of birdbrain
birdhouses
birdhouses
noun
plural of birdhouse
birdieback
birdinhand
birdliming
birdliming
verb
present participle of birdlime
birdnester
birdwitted
birkenhead
birkenhead
Proper noun
An English topographic surname
Either of F. E. Smith, Frederick Smith or Frederick Smith the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Earls of Birkenhead
the town itself.
birnamwood
birthdates
birthdates
noun
plural of birthdate
bishopbird
bismerpund
bismerpund
noun
(historical) An old Swedish unit of weight, equivalent to 5.101 kilograms.
bitterhead
bitterweed
bitterweed
noun
Any plant in the genus Ambrosia, especially Ambrosia artemisiifolia (common ragweed).