(organic chemistry) A resin obtained from Strasburg turpentine or Canada balsam. It is without taste or smell, is insoluble in water, but soluble in alcohol (especially at the boiling point), in strong acetic acid, and in ether.
abiston
abjoint
abjoint
verb
(intransitive, botany, mycology) To separate from the hypha of a fungus by the formation of a septum.
(transitive, botany, mycology) To form by cutting off as a protrusion from a parent cell.
abjunct
abjunct
adj
(obsolete) detached, disconnected
abluent
abluent
adj
(pharmacology) Washing away; carrying off impurities; detergent.
noun
(pharmacology) A detergent.
abortin
abortin
noun
An extract manufactured from the bacterium Brucella abortus, and is used to study contagious abortions in cattle.
abrotin
absents
absents
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of absent
absinth
absinth
noun
Alternative form of absinthe
abstain
abstain
verb
(intransitive) Deliberately refrain from casting one's vote at a meeting where one is present.
(intransitive) Refrain from (something or doing something); keep from doing, especially an indulgence.
(intransitive, obsolete) Fast (not eat for a period).
(transitive, reflexive, obsolete) Keep or withhold oneself.
abthain
abthain
noun
Alternative form of abthane
aburton
aburton
adv
(nautical) With the length athwartship.
ambient
ambient
adj
(mathematics) Containing objects or describing a setting that one is interested in.
(music) Evoking or creating an atmosphere: atmospheric.
Encompassing on all sides; surrounding; encircling; enveloping.
Relating to, or suitable for, storage at room temperature.
noun
(astrology) The atmosphere; the surrounding air or sky; atmospheric components collectively such as air, clouds, water vapour, hail, etc.
(uncountable, music) A type of modern music that creates a relaxing and peaceful atmosphere.
Something that surrounds; encompassing material, substance or shape.
anabata
antabus
antbird
antbird
noun
Any of various drab-colored South American birds of the family Thamnophilidae that feed on ants.
antibes
antibes
Proper noun
A resort town on the Côte d'Azur in the Alpes-Maritimes department of southeastern France.
antibug
antibug
adj
Serving to counteract bugs (surveillance devices).
Serving to kill or repel bugs (insects).
arbutin
arbutin
noun
(organic chemistry) A glycoside of hydroquinone, found in bearberry, that is used to treat some diseases of the urinary tract
atebrin
atebrin
noun
A preparation of the drug quinacrine, formerly used as an antimalarial.
baastan
bagonet
baignet
bainite
bainite
noun
(metallurgy) A microstructure of steel consisting of needle-like particles of cementite embedded in a ferrite matrix.
bainter
baiting
baiting
noun
A bloodsport involving the act of worrying or tormenting a chained or confined animal by setting dogs upon it.
The act of luring, as into a trap.
verb
present participle of bait
bakatan
balanta
balante
balaton
balaton
Proper noun
A freshwater lake in Hungary, the largest lake in Central Europe, and one of the region's foremost tourist destinations.
ballant
balmont
bandits
bandits
noun
plural of bandit
bandlet
bandlet
noun
Alternative form of bandelet
bannets
banquet
banquet
noun
(archaic) A dessert; a course of sweetmeats.
A ceremonial dinner party for many people.
A large celebratory meal; a feast.
verb
(intransitive) To participate in a banquet; to feast.
(obsolete) To have dessert after a feast.
(transitive) To treat with a banquet or sumptuous entertainment of food; to feast.
bantams
bantams
noun
plural of bantam
banteng
banteng
noun
A wild ox, Bos javanicus, found in Borneo, Malaysia and the Indochina peninsula.
banters
banters
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of banter
bantery
bantery
adj
Full of banter or good-humored raillery.
banties
banties
noun
plural of banty
banting
banting
noun
(Britain, informal, archaic) A diet aimed at losing weight, mostly accomplished by avoiding carbohydrates and sweet foods.
bantoid
bantoid
Adjective
Of or relating to a putative branch of the Benue-Congo branch of the Niger-Congo language family.
barents
barents
Proper noun
Barents Sea
The regions of Norway and Russia that border the Barents Sea.
barnett
baronet
baronet
noun
The bearer of a hereditary title, below a peerage and senior to most knighthoods, accompanied by the titular prefix "Sir" (for men) or "Dame" (for women) which is used in conjunction with the holder's Christian name. It is inheritable, usually by the eldest son, although a few baronetcies can also pass through the female line.
barrnet
bartend
bartend
verb
To tend a bar; to act as a barman.
baryton
baryton
noun
(music) A viol-like stringed instrument (chordophone) mainly played with a bow but with a set of plucked strings as well, originating in European music prior to the 1800s.
basenet
basenet
noun
Obsolete form of bascinet.
basinet
bastant
bastian
bastien
basting
basting
noun
(archaic) A (physical) beating.
The act by which a food item is basted.
verb
present participle of baste
bastion
bastion
noun
(architecture) A projecting part of a rampart or other fortification.
(figuratively) A person, group, or thing, that strongly defends some principle.
A well-fortified position; a stronghold or citadel.
Any large prominence; something that resembles a bastion in size and form.
verb
(transitive) To furnish with a bastion.
batakan
batanes
bateman
bathing
bathing
noun
The act of swimming.
The act of taking a bath.
verb
present participle of bath
present participle of bathe
bathman
bathman
noun
A male attendant at a bathhouse.
batling
batling
noun
A young, small, or baby bat.
batonga
batonne
batsman
batsman
noun
(aviation, historical) An officer who used a pair of hand-held bats to signal to aircraft as they came in to land on the flight deck.
(baseball, now rare) A hitter.
batsmen
batsmen
noun
plural of batsman
battens
battens
noun
plural of batten
batting
batting
noun
(cricket, baseball) The action of using a bat.
(sewing) Cotton, wool, silk or synthetic material used to stuff the inside of a mattress, quilt etc.
Special cotton for surgery.
The act of someone who bats.
verb
present participle of bat
batwing
batwing
noun
(often attributive) An exercise or posture on the stomach wherein a dumbbell row or lateral raise is performed.
A long sleeve with a deep armhole, tapering toward the wrist.
An area of flabby fat under a person's arms.
One of a pair of swinging doors which typically do not lock nor cover the full vertical range of the doorway (leaving a large gap at the top and bottom), common especially in saloons.
Several South or Southeast Asian species of tailless dark swallowtail butterflies in the genus Atrophaneura.
The wing of a bat, or its shape.
verb
(transitive, intransitive, Internet slang) To kill or murder; to cause the untimely demise of someone.
bautain
bautzen
bautzen
Proper noun
A city in Germany.
bawsint
bawsunt
bawsunt
adj
(archaic, rare, literary, or dialectal) Having white streaks or spots on a black or bay background (especially of an animal's or a mountain's face).
baxtone
bayonet
bayonet
noun
(engineering) A pin which plays in and out of holes made to receive it, and which thus serves to engage or disengage parts of the machinery.
(military) A pointed instrument of the dagger kind fitted on the muzzle of a musket or rifle, so as to give the soldier increased means of offence and defence. Originally, the bayonet was made with a handle, which needed to be fitted into the bore of the musket after the soldier had fired.
verb
(transitive) To compel or drive by the bayonet.
(transitive) To stab with a bayonet.
baytown
beaston
beating
beating
noun
A heavy defeat or setback.
The action by which someone or something is beaten.
The pulsation of the heart.
verb
present participle and gerund of beat
beatnik
beatnik
noun
A person associated with the Beat Generation of the 1950s and 1960s or its style.
A person who dresses in a manner that is not socially acceptable and is supposed to reject conventional norms of thought and behavior; nonconformist in dress and behavior.
beennut
beetner
beetown
beignet
beignet
noun
(UK) A fritter (with a fruit or vegetable filling).
(US) A Louisiana-style fried doughnut or fritter covered in powdered sugar.
beitnes
beknots
belmont
belmont
Proper noun
The name of many places, including:
a village in and the county seat of New York, USA.
beltane
beltane
Proper noun
The first day of May (since 1752); May Day, a Scottish quarter day, sometimes associated by Christians with the nearest Church Feast, the Invention of the Cross (May 3rd), and Whitsunday (May 15th).
An ancient Gaelic/Celtic May Day holiday celebration, at which large bonfires were built on the hill tops, revived by Celtic neopagans.
beltene
beltian
beltine
belting
belting
adj
(Northern English dialect) Very good; exceptional (can also be used adverbially)
noun
(figuratively) A thorough defeat; a thrashing.
(music, uncountable) The act of singing in chest voice above one's vocal break in a higher range typically sung in head voice.
A beating with a belt.
A system of beltwork, as in a conveyor or other mechanical device.
The material from which belts for machinery are made.
verb
present participle of belt
beltman
beltmen
beltran
benasty
bencite
bendict
bendite
bendlet
bendlet
noun
(heraldry) A diminutive of the bend, of the same shape, but only half the width of the bend.
beneath
beneath
adv
Below or underneath.
prep
Below.
Covered up or concealed by something.
In a position that is lower in rank, dignity, etc.
benefit
benefit
noun
(insurance) A payment made in accordance with an insurance policy or a public assistance scheme.
(obsolete) beneficence; liberality
An advantage; help or aid from something.
An event, such as a theatrical performance, given to raise funds for some cause.
Intended audience (as for the benefit of).
verb
(intransitive) To receive a benefit (from); to be a beneficiary.
(transitive) To be or to provide a benefit to.
benempt
benempt
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bename, Alternative form of benamed
benetta
benight
benight
verb
(chiefly in passive) To overtake (a traveller etc) with the darkness of night, especially before shelter is reached.
To darken; to shroud or obscure.
To plunge or be overwhelmed in moral or intellectual darkness.
benmost
benmost
adj
superlative form of ben: most ben
bennets
bennett
bennett
Proper noun
An English patronymic surname from a medieval form of Benedict.
name transferred back from the surname.
benoite
benorth
benorth
prep
(now Scotland) North of.
bentang
benthal
benthal
adj
benthic
bentham
bentham
Proper noun
derived from any of several places.
Jeremy Bentham, English philosopher and social reformer.
benthic
benthic
adj
Pertaining to the benthos; living on the seafloor, as opposed to floating in the ocean.
noun
Any organism that lives on the seafloor
benthon
benthon
noun
(ecology, biology) The habitat at the bottom of a body of water.
benthos
benthos
noun
The flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water.
benting
bentlee
bentlet
bentley
bentley
Proper noun
Various place names, including:
a suburb of Western Australia.
a town in Alberta, Canada.
a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
a village in district, England.
a village in district, Suffolk, England.
a suburb of South Yorkshire, England.
a village in district, England.
an area in borough, West Midlands, England.
a village in district, Worcestershire, England.
a small town in Illinois, USA.
a small city in Kansas, USA.
an unincorporated community in Michigan, USA.
an unincorporated community in North Dakota, USA.
Noun
A motor car manufactured by this company.
bentree
bepaint
bepaint
verb
(transitive) To paint; to cover or color with, or as with, paint.
bergton
berneta
bernete
bernita
bertina
bertine
besaint
besaint
verb
(transitive) To make a saint of.
bescent
bestain
bestain
verb
(transitive) To mark with stains; discolour; spot.
bestand
bestand
verb
(transitive) To beset; stand around in hostility; harass.
(transitive) To serve; be of service to; be ready to serve or aid.
(transitive) To stand by or near; stand around.
(transitive) To surround; encompass.
bestian
besting
besting
verb
present participle of best
bestink
betaine
betaine
noun
(countable, organic chemistry, by extension) Any similar compound, based on sulfur or phosphorus etc, having an onium ion with no hydrogen atom adjacent to the anionic atom.
(uncountable, organic chemistry) A sweet, crystalline compound (not an alkaloid), trimethylammoniumacetate, found in sugar beet and similar plants, sometimes used to treat muscular degeneracy; the zwitterion (CH₃)₃N⁺CH₂COO⁻
betaken
betaken
verb
past participle of betake
bethank
bethank
verb
(transitive, rare) To bestow thanks upon; to thank.
bethany
bethany
Proper noun
The village where Jesus stayed before going to Jerusalem and being crucified.
The village where Lazarus, Mary and Martha lived (Bible, John 11 v. 1)
Mary of Bethany, sometimes identified as Mary Magdalene.
name, transferred use of the biblical place name.
bethena
bethina
bethink
bethink
verb
(intransitive) To meditate, ponder; to consider.
(obsolete, transitive) To think about, to recollect.
(reflexive) To think of (something or somebody) or that (followed by clause); to remind oneself, to consider, to reflect upon.
To determine, resolve.
bethorn
bethune
betinge
betoken
betoken
verb
(transitive) To foreshow by present signs; indicate something future by that which is seen or known.
(transitive) To signify by some visible object; show by signs or tokens.
betoyan
betrend
betrend
Verb
To wind or draw around; surround; encompass.
betrunk
betrunk
verb
(transitive) To deprive (a river) of its lower course or trunk by submergence or erosion of the land by the sea.
bettina
bettine
betting
betting
adj
Describing one who bets or gambles.
noun
The act of placing a bet.
verb
present participle of bet
bettong
bettong
noun
Any marsupial of the genus Bettongia, closely related to kangaroos.
betulin
betulin
noun
(biochemistry) A naturally-abundant triterpene, commonly isolated from the bark of birch trees, that can be converted to betulinic acid