(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.
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
absconders
absconders
noun
plural of absconder
absurdness
absurdness
noun
(rare) The quality of being absurd; absurdity.
addlebrain
addlebrain
noun
An addlebrained person.
adsorbents
adsorbents
noun
plural of adsorbent
airbrained
antebridal
antibridal
auburndale
backberand
backberend
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.
background
background
adj
Less important or less noticeable in a scene or system.
noun
(computing) A type of activity on a computer that is not normally visible to the user.
(computing) The image or color over which a computer's desktop items are shown (e.g. icons or application windows).
(physics) Clipping of background radiation.
A less important feature of scenery (as opposed to foreground).
A part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject; context.
Information relevant to the current situation about past events; history.
One's social heritage, or previous life; what one did in the past.
verb
(journalism) To gather and provide background information (on).
To put in a position that is not prominent.
simple past tense and past participle of backgrind
backhander
backhander
noun
(informal) A bribe, a secret payment.
(racquet sports) A player who plays a backhand shot.
(racquet sports) A shot played backhand, a backhand stroke.
(surfing) A surfer who approaches a swell with the wave behind them ("on their backhand") rather than facing the wave ("on their forehand").
A blow with the back of the hand.
A glass of wine given out of turn, the bottle having been handed backwards.
backtender
bainbridge
bainbrudge
balandrana
bandcutter
banderilla
banderilla
noun
(bullfighting) A decorated barbed stick used in bullfighting to stick into the bulls' shoulders.
banderoled
banderoles
banderoles
noun
plural of banderole
banditries
banditries
noun
plural of banditry
bandleader
bandleader
noun
A musician who leads a band of musicians.
bandmaster
bandmaster
noun
(music) The conductor of a musical ensemble, especially a brass or military band.
bandoleers
bandoleers
noun
plural of bandoleer
bandoleros
bandoleros
noun
plural of bandolero
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
banebrudge
bankrolled
bankrolled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bankroll
bankrupted
bankrupted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bankrupt
barbedness
barbedness
noun
The quality of being barbed.
barehanded
barehanded
adj
(by extension) With no tool or weapon.
Having no covering on the hands.
adv
(by extension) Without using a tool or weapon.
With no covering on the hands.
barenecked
barenecked
adj
Having the neck bare.
barneveldt
barramunda
barramunda
noun
Neoceratodus forsteri, the Queensland lungfish.
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.
bartenders
bartenders
noun
plural of bartender
bartending
bartending
verb
present participle of bartend
bartizaned
basinerved
baudronses
baudronses
noun
plural of baudrons
beardstown
bebannered
becrowding
becrowding
verb
present participle of becrowd
bedarkened
bedarkened
adj
Dim, dark, or obscure
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bedarken
bedirtying
bedirtying
verb
present participle of bedirty
bedminster
bedminster
Proper noun
A district of Bristol, England, formerly a small town in Somerset
bedrenched
bedrenched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bedrench
bedrenches
bedrenches
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedrench
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
beforehand
beforehand
adj
(archaic, often followed by with) In a state of anticipation or preoccupation.
(obsolete) In comfortable circumstances as regards property; forehanded.
adv
At an earlier or preceding time.
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
bellbinder
belverdian
benchboard
benzedrine
benzedrine
noun
The racemic mixture of amphetamine (dl-amphetamine).
benzhydrol
benzhydrol
noun
diphenylmethanol
beribanded
beribboned
beribboned
adj
Adorned, trimmed with ribbons
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beribbon
bermudians
bernadette
bernadotte
bernardina
bernardine
bernardino
bescreened
bescreened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bescreen
bestridden
bestridden
verb
past participle of bestride
bestriding
bestriding
verb
present participle of bestride
bettendorf
beturbaned
beturbaned
adj
wearing a turban
bicondylar
bicondylar
adj
Involving two condyles.
biedermann
biliverdin
biliverdin
noun
(biochemistry) A green tetrapyrrolic bile pigment, a product of heme catabolism, responsible for the greenish color sometimes seen in bruises.
bipyridine
bipyridine
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of six isomeric bicyclic heterocycles consisting of two pyridine molecules directly linked; their derivatives have many industrial applications.
birdbander
birdbrains
birdbrains
noun
plural of birdbrain
birdinhand
birdliming
birdliming
verb
present participle of birdlime
birdnester
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
bismerpund
bismerpund
noun
(historical) An old Swedish unit of weight, equivalent to 5.101 kilograms.
bladdernut
bladdernut
noun
Any of several species of large shrubs or small trees, of the genus Staphylea, in the family Staphyleaceae
Diospyros whyteana, a species of tree with edible fruit, native to Africa.
bladenboro
blandisher
blandisher
noun
Flatterer.
blendwater
blindstory
blindstory
noun
(architecture) The triforium, as opposed to the clerestory.
bludgeoner
bludgeoner
noun
One who bludgeons.
blunderers
blunderers
noun
plural of blunderer
blunderful
blunderful
adj
Inclined to blunder.
blundering
blundering
noun
The act of making a blunder.
verb
present participle of blunder
boedromion
bombarding
bombarding
noun
bombardment
verb
present participle of bombard
bombardman
bombardman
noun
(obsolete) One who carried liquor or beer in a can or bombard.
bombardmen
bombardmen
noun
plural of bombardman
bondholder
bondholder
noun
(finance) The registered owner of a financial bond.
bondminder
bonebinder
bonnerdale
bookbinder
bookbinder
noun
A person whose profession is binding pages together to form books.
boondocker
boondocker
noun
A kind of combat boot worn in the US Marine Corps.
bopyridian
bordentown
borderings
borderings
noun
plural of bordering
borderland
borderland
noun
Land near a border; marches.
borderline
borderline
adj
Exhibiting borderline personality disorder.
Showing bad taste.
nearly; not clearly on one side or the other of a border or boundary, ambiguous.
adv
Nearly; not entirely but nevertheless to a great extent.
noun
(countable) A boundary or accepted division; a border.
(countable) An individual who has borderline personality disorder.
(uncountable) Short for borderline personality disorder.
verb
(transitive) To border, or border on; to be physically close or conceptually akin to.
borodankov
bouldering
bouldering
noun
(climbing) Climbing, without ropes, on large boulders or boulder-sized objects.
verb
present participle of boulder
boundaries
boundaries
noun
plural of boundary
boundbrook
bounderish
bounderish
adj
Pertaining to or having the characteristics of a bounder; loutish; boorish.
bourgeoned
bourgeoned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bourgeon
bowldering
boyfriends
boyfriends
noun
plural of boyfriend
brachydont
brachydont
adj
Having low-crowned, short teeth.
noun
(zoology) Any organism with brachydont teeth.
braconidae
bradenhead
bradykinin
bradykinin
noun
(biochemistry) A compound released in the blood in some circumstances which causes contraction of smooth muscle and dilation of blood vessels. It is a peptide with nine amino-acid residues.
bradynosus
bradypnoea
bradypnoea
noun
Alternative form of bradypnea
brainchild
brainchild
noun
A creation, original idea, or innovation, usually used to indicate the originators
verb
(transitive, rare) To think up; to come up with.
branchdale
branchland
brandamore
brandering
brandering
verb
present participle of brander
brandished
brandished
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brandish
brandisher
brandisher
noun
One who brandishes.
brandishes
brandishes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brandish
brandisite
brandyball
brandywine
brandywine
noun
(archaic) brandy
bransolder
brantsford
brassbound
brassbound
adj
Bound with brass.
bravadoing
bravadoing
verb
present participle of bravado
breakdowns
breakdowns
noun
plural of breakdown
breastband
breastband
noun
(nautical) A band of canvas, attached to a ship's rigging, that provides support for the man heaving the lead in heavy weather.
A strophium: a band worn around the breasts.
breediness
breediness
noun
The quality or characteristic of being breedy.
bridgeland
bridgetown
bridgetown
Proper noun
The capital of Barbados.
A town in Devon, UK.
A town in Western Australia.
A town in Nova Scotia, Canada.
A town in Ohio, US.
brigandage
brigandage
noun
The lifestyle of a brigand.
brigandine
brigandine
noun
(historical) A coat of armor for the body, consisting of scales or plates, sometimes overlapping each other, generally of metal, and sewn or riveted to linen or other material.