(historical) A picture printed from a kind of gelatine plate produced by means of a photographic negative.
ambrotype
ambrotype
noun
(photography, historical) An early type of photograph in which a glass negative appears positive when displayed on a black background.
approbate
approbate
adj
Approved.
verb
(transitive) To give official sanction, consent or authorization to.
backropes
backspear
backspeer
backspeir
backspier
bagpipers
bagpipers
noun
plural of bagpiper
bakership
bakership
noun
The role or status of a baker.
bapistery
baptizers
baptizers
noun
plural of baptizer
bargepole
bargepole
noun
Alternative spelling of barge pole
barhopped
barhopped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of barhop
barkeeper
barkeeper
noun
A bartender: a person preparing and serving drinks at a bar.
baroscope
baroscope
noun
barometer
beaproned
beboppers
beboppers
noun
plural of bebopper
becarpets
becarpets
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of becarpet
becrampon
becripple
becripple
verb
(transitive) To make cripple; make lame.
bediapers
bediapers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bediaper
bedraping
bedraping
verb
present participle of bedrape
bedspread
bedspread
noun
A coverlet.
The topmost covering of a bed, often functioning as a blanket.
bedspring
bedspring
noun
A springy surface that supports the mattress of a bed.
beekeeper
beekeeper
noun
A person who maintains hives and keeps bees, especially for the production of honey.
befrumple
belesprit
bephilter
bepicture
beplaster
beplaster
verb
(transitive) To plaster over; to cover or smear thickly; to bedaub (with something).
bepraiser
bepraiser
noun
One who bepraises.
bepranked
beslipper
beslipper
verb
(transitive) To put slippers on; provide with slippers.
bespatter
bespatter
verb
(transitive) To soil by spattering.
(transitive) To spatter or cover with something; sprinkle with anything liquid, or with any wet or adhesive substance.
(transitive, figuratively) To asperse with calumny or reproach; shend.
bespeaker
bespeaker
noun
One who bespeaks.
bespreads
bespreads
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bespread
bespurred
bespurred
adj
Wearing or having spurs.
besputter
betrample
betrample
verb
(transitive) To trample over; affect by much trampling; trample excessively.
betrumpet
betrumpet
verb
(transitive) To trumpet about; trumpet the praise of.
bewhisper
bewhisper
verb
(transitive, rare) To whisper.
beworship
bewrapped
bewrapped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bewrap
biosphere
biosphere
noun
The part of the Earth and its atmosphere capable of supporting life.
The totality of living organisms and their environment.
bipartile
bipartile
adj
divisible into two parts
bipartite
bipartite
adj
(botany, of leaves) Divided into two at the base.
(graph theory, of a graph) Having vertices that can be divided into two independent sets (see bigraph)
(of an agreement or contract) Having two participants; joint.
Having two parts.
blepharal
blepharal
adj
Relating to the eyelids
bloodripe
blueprint
blueprint
noun
(architecture, engineering, by extension) A detailed technical drawing (now often in some electronically storable and transmissible form).
(informal, by extension) Any detailed plan, whether literal or figurative.
A print produced with this process.
A type of paper-based reproduction process producing white-on-blue images, used primarily for technical and architecture's drawings, now largely replaced by other technologies.
verb
To make a blueprint for.
To make a detailed operational plan for.
boarspear
boltropes
boltropes
noun
plural of boltrope
bonaparte
bonaparte
Proper noun
A Corsican surname
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821)
The family of Napoleon Bonaparte
A former name for the island of Réunion
bookpress
bopyridae
boxkeeper
boxkeeper
noun
(now historical) A theatre attendant in charge of the boxes.
bradypnea
bradypnea
noun
(medicine) A slow breathing rate, rhythm, or tidal volume.
bradypode
breastpin
breastpin
noun
An ornamental pin attached to clothing in a person's upper chest area; a brooch.
breesport
bridelope
brideship
bridgepot
bromopnea
bromopnea
noun
(medicine, dated) The condition of having bad breath.
broomrape
broomrape
noun
Any of various plants, of the genus Orobanche, that are parasitic on the roots of other plants.
browpiece
bryophyte
bryophyte
noun
(botany) Any plant of the division Bryophyta, defined sensu lato to comprise the mosses, liverworts and hornworts and corresponding to all embryophytes that are not vascular plants.
bumpering
bumpering
verb
present participle of bumper
bupleurol
bupleurol
noun
(organic chemistry) An alcohol with chemical formula C₁₀H₂₀O, derived from the essential oil from the flowers and leaves of Bupleurum fruticosum.
bupleurum
bupleurum
noun
Any of the genus Bupleurum of apiaceous plants.
buprestid
buprestid
noun
Any of the many beetles of the family Buprestidae, which in the larval stage are destructive wood borers and as adults are often brightly coloured.
buprestis
buttercup
buttercup
noun
Affectionate or ironic term of address.
Any flower of the genus Narcissus; a daffodil.
Any of many herbs, of the genus Ranunculus, having yellow flowers; the crowfoot.
caperbush
caperbush
noun
Alternative form of caper bush
carpetbag
carpetbag
adj
(chiefly US) Having the characteristics of carpetbaggers.
noun
A traveling bag made from scraps of carpet and widely used in the United States (and elsewhere) in the 19ᵗʰ century.
verb
(chiefly US) To come to a place or organisation with which one has no previous connection with the sole or primary aim of personal gain, especially political or financial gain.
carpetweb
clapbread
clapbread
noun
clapcake
crabapple
crabapple
noun
An unpleasant person; a person who is crabby.
Any of the wild species of apple tree, genus Malus, which generally yield small, bitter fruit (in comparison to domestic apples, Malus domestica).
cryoprobe
cryoprobe
noun
(surgery) An instrument used to apply extreme cold to a tissue as part of cryosurgery.
cupbearer
cupbearer
noun
(chiefly historical) One who ceremonially fills and hands out the cups in which a drink is served.
drapeable
drapeable
adj
Able to be draped.
dropberry
epilabrum
eruptible
eruptible
adj
Able to be erupted.
euphorbia
euphorbia
noun
Any plant of the genus Euphorbia, the spurges.
euphorbus
expirable
expirable
adj
That may expire; capable of being brought to an end.
exprobate
exprobate
verb
Obsolete form of exprobrate.
graspable
graspable
adj
Able to be grasped
Able to be understood or comprehended; understandable
groupable
groupable
adj
(sciences, by extension from the basic sense) Compatible mathematically or (more generally) scientifically.
Capable of being grouped together.
hyperbata
hyperbola
hyperbola
noun
(geometry) A conic section formed by the intersection of a cone with a plane that intersects the base of the cone and is not tangent to the cone. The function y(x) = 1/x draws a hyperbola.
hyperbole
hyperbole
noun
(countable) An instance or example of such overstatement.
(countable, obsolete) A hyperbola.
(uncountable, rhetoric, literature) Deliberate or unintentional overstatement, particularly extreme overstatement.
hypercube
hypercube
noun
(computing) A computer architecture in which each processor is connected to n others, by analogy with a hypercube of n dimensions.
(computing) A data cube with more than three dimensions.
(geometry) A geometric figure in four or more dimensions, which is analogous to a cube in three dimensions. Specifically, the n-dimensional equivalent of a cube for any non-negative integer n.
(geometry) Such a figure in four dimensions; a tesseract.
ibuprofen
ibuprofen
noun
(pharmacology) A synthetic compound used widely as an analgesic and anti-inflammatory drug.
verb
(rare) To treat with ibuprofen; to administer ibuprofen to.
improbate
improbate
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To disallow.
(obsolete, transitive) To disapprove of.
impuberal
impuberal
adj
(rare) Immature; not having come to puberty.
impuberty
impuberty
noun
The condition of not having reached puberty.
koopbrief
obreption
obreption
noun
(obsolete) The act of creeping upon with secrecy or by surprise.
(obsolete, Scotland, law) Act of obtaining gifts of escheat by fraud or surprise.
operabily
overplumb
paceboard
paceboard
noun
(medicine) A board marked with symbols, used to help a person with multiple sclerosis to time their speaking so as to be clearly intelligible.
Obsolete form of pasteboard.
paderborn
palpebrae
palpebrae
noun
plural of palpebra
palpebral
palpebral
adj
(anatomy) Of, pertaining to, or located on or near the eyelids.
noun
(zootomy) A dermal bone found near the eye socket of some animals.
paperback
paperback
adj
(of a book) Having flexible binding.
noun
A book with flexible binding.
verb
(transitive, publishing) To issue or publish (a book) in a paperback edition.
paperbark
paperbark
noun
Any of several Australian plants, of the genus Melaleuca, that have flaky bark
paperboys
paperboys
noun
plural of paperboy
parabases
parabases
noun
plural of parabasis
parabrake
parabrake
noun
Synonym of drag parachute
paraebius
parboiled
parboiled
adj
partially boiled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of parboil
parbuckle
parbuckle
noun
A double sling made of a single rope, for slinging a cask, gun, etc.
A kind of purchase for hoisting or lowering a cylindrical burden, as a cask. The middle of a long rope is fastened aloft, and both ends of the rope are looped under, then over the cylinder and looped back towards the attachment point. The object rests in the loops, and rolls upward in them as the rope ends are hauled up, or downward when the ends are payed out.
verb
To hoist or lower by means of a parbuckle
parchable
pardubice
parolable
parolable
adj
Eligible for parole.
parriable
passersby
passersby
noun
plural of passerby
patballer
patballer
noun
One who plays patball.
pearlbird
pearlbush
pebrinous
pebrinous
adj
Having the disease called pébrine.
pedotribe
pegboards
pegboards
noun
plural of pegboard
pemberton
pemberton
Proper noun
A village in British Columbia, Canada
A suburb of Wigan, England
A city in Minnesota
A borough in New Jersey
An unincorporated community in Ohio
A town in Western Australia
pennsboro
pennsburg
pennybird
penumbrae
penumbrae
noun
plural of penumbra
penumbral
penumbral
adj
Of, or pertaining to, the penumbra.
penumbras
pepperbox
pepperbox
noun
(architecture) A tower capped by a cupola, looking similar to a giant pepper shaker.
(architecture, slang, chiefly in the plural) Any of the buildings of the Royal Academy and National Gallery in Trafalgar Square, London, having cupolas on the roof.
(firearms) A repeating firearm with three or more barrels grouped around a central axis.
A buttress at one side of the court in the game of fives.
A pepper shaker.
perborate
perborate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) Any salt, derived from borate and hydrogen peroxide, of the hypothetical perboric acid
perchable
perchable
adj
Suitable for perching upon.
perflable
perflable
adj
(obsolete) Capable of being blown through; permeable to air currents.
periblast
periblast
noun
(biology) The protoplasmic matter which surrounds the entoblast, or cell nucleus, and undergoes segmentation.
periblems
periblems
noun
plural of periblem
periboloi
periboloi
noun
plural of peribolos
peribolos
peribolos
noun
(architecture, historical) An enclosed court, especially one surrounding a temple.