(now rare) Pertaining to someone learning the alphabet or basic studies; elementary; rudimentary.
Arranged in an alphabetical manner.
Pertaining to the alphabet, or several alphabets.
Relating to or resembling an abecedarius.
noun
(archaic) Someone engaged in teaching the alphabet; an elementary teacher; one that teaches the methods and principles of learning.
(rhetoric) A work which uses words or lines in alphabetical order.
An elementary student, a novice; one in the early steps of learning.
Someone who is learning the alphabet.
aberrancies
aberrancies
noun
plural of aberrancy
aberuncator
aberuncator
noun
A pruning device mounted on a pole, so as to reach high branches; a weeding machine.
abhorrences
abhorrences
noun
plural of abhorrence
abortogenic
abortogenic
adj
Causing abortion; abortifacient.
noun
A substance that induces abortion; an abortifacient.
abranchiata
abranchiata
noun
(obsolete, zoology) An order of annelids, so called because the species composing it have no special organs of respiration, usually including Oligochaeta.
(obsolete, zoology)Any of a number of other groupings of gill-less animals.
abranchiate
abranchiate
adj
(zoology) Without gills.
noun
(zoology) An organism that does not have gills.
abranchious
abranchious
adj
Having no gills
abreactions
abreactions
noun
plural of abreaction
absorbances
absorbances
noun
plural of absorbance
absorptance
absorptance
noun
(optics, physics) Absorbed radiation and incident radiation in a ratio format; a measurement that shows how well a surface absorbs radiation.
abstracting
abstracting
verb
present participle of abstract
abstraction
abstraction
noun
(art) An abstract creation, or piece of art; qualities of artwork that are free from representational aspects.
(chemistry) A separation of volatile parts by the act of distillation.
(computing) Any generalization technique that ignores or hides details to capture some kind of commonality between different instances for the purpose of controlling the intellectual complexity of engineered systems, particularly software systems.
(computing) Any intellectual construct produced through the technique of abstraction.
(engineering) Removal of water from a river, lake, or aquifer.
(euphemistic) The taking surreptitiously for one's own use part of the property of another; purloining.
(geology) The merging of two river valleys by the larger of the two deepening and widening so much so, as to assimilate the smaller.
A member of an idealized subgroup when contemplated according to the abstracted quality which defines the subgroup.
A separation from worldly objects; a recluse life; the withdrawal from one's senses.
Absence or absorption of mind; inattention to present objects; preoccupation.
Abstraction is necessary for the classification of things into genera and species.
An idea of an idealistic, unrealistic or visionary nature.
An idea or notion of an abstract or theoretical nature.
Any characteristic of an individual object when that characteristic has been separated from the object and is contemplated alone as a quality having independent existence.
The act of abstracting, separating, withdrawing, or taking away; withdrawal; the state of being taken away.
The act of comparing commonality between distinct objects and organizing using those similarities; the act of generalizing characteristics; the product of said generalization.
The act of focusing on one characteristic of an object rather than the object as a whole group of characteristics; the act of separating said qualities from the object or ideas.
The result of mentally abstracting an idea; the product of any mental process involving a synthesis of: separation, despecification, generalization, and ideation in any of a number of combinations.
abstricting
abstricting
verb
present participle of abstrict
abstriction
abstriction
noun
(biology, mycology) A method of spore formation in fungi in which successive portions of the sporophore are cut off through the growth of septa; abjunction.
achroglobin
albuminuric
albuminuric
adj
showing the symptom albuminuria, i.e. having albumen in the urine
anabranches
anabranches
noun
plural of anabranch
antebrachia
antebrachia
noun
plural of antebrachium
antechamber
antechamber
noun
A small room used as an entryway or reception area to a larger room.
antichamber
antichamber
noun
Obsolete form of antechamber.
arabicizing
arborescent
arborescent
adj
(philosophy) Marked by insistence on totalizing principles, binarism and dualism (as opposed to the rhizome theory).
Like a tree; having a structure or appearance similar to that of a tree; branching.
archbuffoon
bacitracins
bacitracins
noun
plural of bacitracin
backbearing
backbencher
backbencher
noun
(by extension) Someone who does not play an active role in a process.
(education) A student who does not perform well, especially one who sits at the back of the classroom.
(politics) A Member of Parliament who does not have cabinet rank, and who therefore sits on one of the backbenches or in one of the back rows of the legislature.
(sports) A member of a team who does not usually play, but who is held in reserve.
backcountry
backcountry
noun
A remote region; countryside that is relatively inaccessible; the boondocks.
backgrounds
backgrounds
noun
plural of background
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of background
backhanders
backhanders
noun
plural of backhander
backpointer
bacteriocin
bacteriocin
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a class of antibiotic toxins, produced by some bacteria, that target closely related bacteria
bacterizing
bacterizing
verb
present participle of bacterize
bannockburn
bannockburn
Proper noun
A village near Stirling in Scotland
A battle important in Scotland's struggle for independence
barbecueing
barbicanage
barbicanage
noun
(obsolete) money paid for the support of a barbican
barceloneta
bareknuckle
barleycorns
barleycorns
noun
plural of barleycorn
baroclinity
baroclinity
noun
The condition of being baroclinic.
barodynamic
barodynamic
adj
Relating to barodynamics.
baronetcies
baronetcies
noun
plural of baronetcy
baronetical
baronetical
adj
Of or relating to a baronet.
barracudina
barracudina
noun
Any of the elongated ray-finned fish of the order Paralepididae.
barricading
barricading
verb
present participle of barricade
barycentric
barycentric
adj
Of or pertaining to a centre of gravity.
basicranial
basicranial
adj
Of or pertaining to the basicranium
batrachians
batrachians
noun
plural of batrachian
beachfronts
beachfronts
noun
plural of beachfront
becarpeting
becarpeting
verb
present participle of becarpet
beclamoring
beclamoring
verb
present participle of beclamor
becowarding
becrippling
becrippling
verb
present participle of becripple
becurtained
becurtained
verb
simple past tense and past participle of becurtain
bedcovering
bedcovering
noun
bedcover
bedrenching
bedrenching
verb
present participle of bedrench
belchertown
benchership
benchership
noun
The role or status of being a bencher.
benchmarked
benchmarked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of benchmark
benchwarmer
benchwarmer
noun
Alternative spelling of bench-warmer
benedictory
benedictory
adj
Giving thanks
Of, pertaining to, or in the form of a benediction
benefactors
benefactors
noun
plural of benefactor
benefactory
benefactory
adj
Yielding benefit; doing good.
noun
One who gives benefit to others; a benefactor.
benefactrix
benefactrix
Noun
A female benefactor.
beneficiary
beneficiary
adj
Bestowed as a gratuity.
Holding some office or valuable possession, in subordination to another; holding under a feudal or other superior; having a dependent and secondary possession.
noun
(insurance) One who benefits from the payout of an insurance policy.
(law) One who benefits from the distribution, especially out of a trust or estate.
One who benefits or receives an advantage.
berascaling
bergschrund
bergschrund
noun
Alternative form of bergshrund
berrichonne
berycoidean
bescorching
bescorching
verb
present participle of bescorch
bescoundrel
bescreening
bescreening
verb
present participle of bescreen
besmirching
besmirching
verb
present participle of besmirch
bettencourt
bicarbonate
bicarbonate
noun
(chemistry) the univalent anion HCO₃⁻; any salt of carbonic acid in which only one of the hydrogen atoms has been replaced.
sodium bicarbonate used as a mild antacid; bicarbonate of soda
bicentenary
bicentenary
noun
A 200th anniversary.
bifurcating
bifurcating
adj
dividing or forking into two
verb
present participle of bifurcate
bifurcation
bifurcation
noun
(biology) A division into two branches.
(by extension) Any place where one thing divides into two.
(computer science) A command that executes one block or other of commands depending on the result of a condition.
(geography) A place where two roads, tributaries etc. part or meet.
(mathematics) The change in the qualitative or topological structure of a given family as described by bifurcation theory.
(nautical) The point where a channel divides when proceeding from seaward.
Either of the forks or other branches resultant from such a division.
The act of bifurcating; branching or dividing in two.
bilirubinic
bimucronate
bimucronate
adj
(biology) Having two mucros
binocularly
binocularly
adv
In a binocular manner.
biocontrols
biocontrols
noun
plural of biocontrol
bioreaction
bioreaction
noun
A biological reaction.
bismarckian
bismarckian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to (1815-1898), German statesman associated with antisocialism, complex diplomacy and the creation of the welfare state.
bittencourt
blackhander
blackthorns
blackthorns
noun
plural of blackthorn
blanchester
blancmanger
blancmanger
noun
(historical) A sort of fricassee with white sauce, variously made of capon, fish, etc.; blancmange.
bleacherman
braccianite
brachiating
brachiating
adj
That moves by the use of limbs; especially by swinging through the trees using the arms
verb
present participle of brachiate
brachiation
brachiation
noun
(zoology) Movement by swinging the arms from one hold to the next.
brachycrany
bracingness
bracingness
noun
The quality of being bracing.
braconniere
braconniere
noun
A skirt or apron of mail or lamellar armor, worn with plate armor, to defend the stomach, groin, and upper thighs.
brahmanical
brahmanical
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the Brahman
Of or pertaining to the Brahmins or their doctrines or worship.
brahminical
brahminical
adj
Of or relating to brahmins or Brahmanism.
brainsickly
brainsickly
adv
(obsolete) In a brainsick manner.
brancardier
branchiform
branchihyal
branchiness
branchiness
noun
The quality of being branchy.
branchiopod
branchiopod
noun
Any of the very many aquatic crustaceans of the class Branchiopoda, such as the fairy shrimps and water fleas.
branchiopoo
branchireme
branchlines
branchlines
noun
plural of branchline
branchstand
branchville
brazenfaced
brazenfaced
adj
(dated) impudent; shameless
brecciating
brecciating
verb
present participle of brecciate
brecciation
brecciation
noun
(geology) The formation of breccia such as by external shock.
breconshire
breconshire
Proper noun
Brecknockshire
bricklaying
bricklaying
noun
The act of building a wall by laying bricks, usually with cement between the surfaces of the bricks.
brickleness
brickleness
noun
(obsolete) brittleness
bricklining
brickmaking
brickmaking
noun
The manufacture of bricks.
brilliances
brilliances
noun
plural of brilliance
bristlecone
bristlecone
noun
A bristlecone pine.
britannicus
brochantite
brochantite
noun
(mineralogy) A basic copper sulfate mineral
brochophony
bromacetone
bromocyanid
bromopicrin
bronchially
bronchially
adv
In a bronchial way.
bronchiolar
bronchiolar
adj
Of or pertaining to the bronchioles of the lung
bronchioles
bronchioles
noun
plural of bronchiole
bronchiolus
bronchiolus
noun
A bronchiole.
bronchocele
bronchocele
noun
(medicine) Goitre.
broncholith
broncholith
noun
(pathology) calcified or ossified material within the lumen of the bronchus
bronchotome
bronchotome
noun
(surgery) An instrument for cutting into the bronchial tubes.
bronchotomy
bronchotomy
noun
(surgery) An incision into the windpipe or larynx, including the operations of tracheotomy and laryngotomy.
brontoscopy
brontoscopy
noun
divination by thunder
bruckleness
brunellesco
bucaramanga
bucaramanga
Proper noun
A city in northeastern Colombia.
buccaneered
buccaneered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of buccaneer
buccinators
buccinators
noun
plural of buccinator
buccinatory
buccinatory
adj
Relating to the buccinator muscle.
bucciniform
bucerotinae
bunchflower
bunchflower
noun
A perennial herb, Melanthium virginicum, having a branched cluster of pale flowers
byronically
byronically
Adverb
In a Byronic fashion.
cabinetries
cabinetries
noun
plural of cabinetry
cabinetwork
cabinetwork
noun
cabinetmaking
furniture made by a cabinetmaker
calibrating
calibrating
verb
present participle of calibrate
calibration
calibration
noun
The act of calibrating something.
callensburg
candelabras
candelabras
noun
plural of candelabra
candelabrum
candelabrum
noun
A candle holder.
candleberry
candleberry
noun
Any of the plants in the genus Myrica, containing about 35-50 species of small trees and shrubs in the family Myricaceae, order Fagales, with a wide distribution, including Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and South America.