(botany, zoology) Deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal.
(sometimes figuratively) Straying from the right way; deviating from morality or truth.
Differing from the norm.
noun
(biology) A group, individual, or structure that deviates from the usual or natural type, especially with an atypical chromosome number.
A person or object that deviates from the rest of a group.
aborting
aborting
verb
present participle of abort
abortion
abortion
noun
(biology) Arrest of development of any organ, so that it remains an imperfect formation or is absorbed.
(figuratively) A misshapen person or thing; a monstrosity.
(figuratively) Failure or abandonment of a project, promise, goal etc.
(medicine) The expulsion from the womb of a foetus or embryo before it is fully developed, with loss of the foetus; either naturally as a spontaneous abortion (now usually called a miscarriage), or deliberately as an induced abortion.
(now rare) An aborted foetus; an abortus.
The cessation of an illness or disease at a very early stage.
abradant
abradant
adj
Tending to abrade; causing irritation; abrasive.
noun
A material used for grinding, as emery, sand, powdered glass, etc.; an abrasive.
abrotine
abrotine
noun
A colorless crystalline alkaloid obtained from abrotanum, C₂₁H₂₂N₂O.
absenter
absenter
adj
(rare) comparative form of absent: more absent
noun
One who stays away; one who absents herself or himself.
albertin
alberton
alberton
Proper noun
A town in Montana
A township in Ontario
A town in Prince Edward Island, Canada
A town in Gauteng Province, South Africa
A town in Victoria, Australia
arbutean
arbutean
adj
(obsolete) Made from arbute, the wood of the strawberry tree.
atabrine
atabrine
noun
Synonym of quinacrine
bacterin
bacterin
noun
A suspension of killed or attenuated bacteria for use as a vaccine.
bactrian
bactrian
Noun
A native or inhabitant of Bactria.
Proper noun
An extinct Eastern Iranian language which was spoken in the Central Asian region of Bactria, also called Tocharistan, in northern Afghanistan.
baetzner
bakerton
balatron
balatron
noun
A buffoon; one who speaks a lot of nonsense and is characterized by self-indulgence.
bancroft
bancroft
Proper noun
A city in Idaho
A city in Iowa
A city in Kentucky
A town in Maine
A village in Michigan
A village in Nebraska
A town in Ontario, Canada
A town in South Dakota
A town in West Virginia
A in Wisconsin
banditry
banditry
noun
Acts characteristic of a bandit; armed robbery.
bandster
bandster
noun
(historical) A worker who ties corn into sheaves.
banewort
banewort
noun
Atropa belladonna, deadly nightshade.
Ranunculus flammula, spearwort
bangster
bangster
noun
(archaic, Scotland) A victor.
(archaic, Scotland) A violent, overbearing man; a ruffian, bully or braggart.
banister
banister
noun
One of the vertical supports of a handrail; a baluster.
The handrail on the side of a staircase.
verb
To act as a banister
To construct a banister
bankrupt
bankrupt
adj
(finance) In a condition of bankruptcy; unable to pay one's debts.
Destitute of, or wholly lacking (something once possessed, or something one should possess).
Having been legally declared insolvent.
noun
(UK, law, obsolete) A trader who secretes himself, or does certain other acts tending to defraud his creditors.
One who becomes unable to pay his or her debts; an insolvent person.
verb
(transitive) To force into bankruptcy.
banneret
banneret
noun
(law, historical) Clipping of knight banneret: a knight entitled to subinfeudate his estate and to lead men in battle under his own banner.
(military, historical) A proposed but unadopted senior commissioned rank of the Royal Air Force equivalent to group captain.
A civil officer in some Swiss cantons.
A small banner.
bantered
bantered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of banter
banterer
banterer
noun
One who banters.
barbiton
barbiton
noun
an ancient stringed musical instrument, apparently a type of lute or lyre
baritone
baritone
noun
(linguistics) Alternative form of barytone.
A person, instrument, or group that performs in the range between tenor and bass
The male voice between tenor and bass
The musical range between tenor and bass
a brass instrument similar to the euphonium, but with a cylindrical bore instead of a conical one; a baritone saxhorn
barnegat
barnhart
barniest
barniest
adj
superlative form of barny: most barny
baronets
baronets
noun
plural of baronet
barryton
bartends
bartends
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bartend
barthian
barthian
Adjective
Of or relating to (1886–1968), Swiss Reformed theologian.
bartisan
bartisan
noun
(architecture) A parapet with battlements projecting from the top of a tower in a castle or church.
bartizan
bartizan
noun
Alternative form of bartisan
bartonia
barytine
barytone
barytone
adj
(linguistics) Not having an accent on the last syllable.
(linguistics) Of or pertaining to a word not having an accent on the last syllable.
Archaic form of baritone.
noun
(linguistics) A word that is accented on the penultimate syllable.
(linguistics) A word that is not accented on the ultimate syllable.
barytons
barytons
noun
plural of baryton
batoneer
batoneer
noun
One who uses a baton, specifically a conductor.
battener
battener
noun
One who battens or feasts.
benitier
benitier
noun
(Christianity) The vase or vessel for holy water in Roman Catholic churches.
bentstar
berating
berating
verb
present participle of berate
bernetta
bernette
berryton
berstine
berthing
berthing
noun
(nautical) An instance of a ship being brought to be berthed, to rest at some docking facility.
(obsolete, nautical) The planking outside of a vessel, above the sheer strake.
A berth, especially figuratively, a place to sleep.
verb
present participle of berth
bertrand
bertrant
besprent
besprent
adj
(archaic) besprinkled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of besprenge
bestrewn
bestrewn
verb
past participle of bestrew
bestrown
bestrown
verb
(archaic) past participle of bestrew
betatron
betatron
noun
(physics) A form of cyclotron used to accelerate electrons to high speed.
bethorns
betorcin
bevatron
bevatron
noun
A particle accelerator of the 1950s, capable of imparting energies of billions of electron volts.
bewinter
bewinter
verb
(transitive) To make like winter.
biotrons
biotrons
noun
plural of biotron
birdnest
birdnest
noun
Alternative form of bird's nest
verb
(intransitive) To become entangled or dishevelled, like a bird's nest
(intransitive) To collect eggs from bird's nests
(transitive, intransitive) To make or nestle in a bird's nest
birthing
birthing
noun
(nautical) Alternative spelling of berthing
(sometimes attributive) The act of giving birth.
verb
present participle of birth
bitterns
bitterns
noun
plural of bittern
biventer
biventer
noun
(anatomy) Any digastric part or organ.
biwinter
blantyre
blurting
blurting
noun
Something that is blurted, or spoken hastily without thinking.
verb
present participle of blurt
boettner
boithrin
bonewort
bonitary
bonitary
adj
beneficial, as opposed to statutory or civil
bonneter
borating
borating
noun
treatment or reaction with a borate
bornites
bornites
noun
plural of bornite
bornitic
bornitic
adj
(mineralogy) Of or relating to bornite.
bountree
bowfront
bowfront
adj
Having a bow window in front.
Having an outward curving front.
boxthorn
boxthorn
noun
Any plant of the genus Lycium.
bramante
brantail
brantail
noun
(UK, dialect, Yorkshire) The European redstart.
branting
brantley
brantley
Proper noun
name transferred from the surname.
bratianu
bratling
bratling
noun
A little brat.
brattain
braunite
braunite
noun
(mineralogy) A silicate mineral containing divalent and trivalent manganese and forming grey-black tetragonal crystals.
breadnut
breadnut
noun
A tree, Brosimum alicastrum, native to Latin America
Artocarpus camansi, a close relative of the breadfruit
The edible fruit of this tree
brentano
brenthis
bretagne
brethren
brethren
adj
Of or akin to; related; like
noun
(archaic) plural of brother
(figuratively) The body of members, especially of a fraternal, religious or military order.
(poetic) kinsmen
bridgton
brighten
brighten
verb
(intransitive) To become brighter or more cheerful in mood
(intransitive) To grow bright, or more bright in color; to clear up
(transitive) To make bright or brighter in color.
(transitive) To make illustrious, or more distinguished; to add luster or splendor to
(transitive, figuratively) To make more cheerful and pleasant; to enliven
brighton
bringeth
bringeth
verb
(archaic) third-person singular simple present form of bring
briniest
briniest
adj
superlative form of briny: most briny
brinston
brittain
brittani
brittany
brittany
Proper noun
A region in north-west France.
The British Isles.
name popular in the U.S. in the 1980s and 1990s.
Coward
A breed of gun dog.
britteny
brittnee
brittney
brittney
Proper noun
name, a variant of Brittany.
brochant
brockton
brockton
Proper noun
a city in Massachusetts, USA, which is one of the two county seats of
a small town in Montana, USA.
an unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, USA.
a town in Ontario, Canada. The name is formed from Brant, Greenock and Walkerton, places that merged into Brockton.
a township in parish, Shropshire, England
bronston
bronteon
bronteum
brontide
brontide
noun
A sound like that of distant thunder, some of which may have seismic origins.
brontops
bronxite
bronzite
bronzite
noun
(mineralogy) A variety of enstatite, often with a bronze-like lustre.
brookton
brotchen
brottman
brownest
brownest
adj
superlative form of brown: most brown
brownist
brownist
Noun
One who advocates the Brunonian system of medicine.
Noun
An and follower of (1540–1633).
brownout
brownout
noun
(Philippines, some other countries) A blackout, regardless of time of day.
A period of low alternating current line voltage, causing a reduction in illumination
A power outage during the day; distinguished from a blackout, which occurs at night
Temporary closing of a fire station, usually due to budget restrictions.
Temporary dimming of vision, usually with a brown hue and accompanied by loss of peripheral vision or tunnel vision.
brownton
browntop
browntop
noun
Brachiaria ramosa (browntop millet)
Common bent (Agrostis capillaris)
Microstegium spp.
bruceton
bruiting
bruiting
noun
The act of one who bruits something; the promulgation of news or rumours.
verb
present participle of bruit
brunette
brunette
adj
(of a person) having brown or black hair and, often, dark eyes and darkish or olive skin.
(of hair, eyes, skin, etc.) of a dark color or tone.
noun
A person, especially female, with brown or black hair and, often, dark eyes and darkish or olive skin.
brushton
bryanite
bryanite
Noun
A supporter of (1860–1925), US orator and politician, and a dominant force in the populist wing of the Democratic Party.
bucentur
burganet
burganet
noun
Alternative form of burgonet
burgonet
burgonet
noun
(historical) A light helmet worn by infantrymen, bearing a crest and hinged cheekpieces, but typically without a visor.
burinist
burinist
noun
One who engraves with a burin.
burnbeat
burnight
burnouts
burnouts
noun
plural of burnout
burrknot
bursting
bursting
adj
(often followed by "to go to...") Urgently needing to urinate.
So full (with something) as almost to erupt.
Very eager (to do something).
noun
The act by which something bursts.
verb
present participle of burst
burstone
burthens
burthens
noun
plural of burthen
buttoner
buttoner
noun
(slang, dated) A con man's apprentice.
A manufacturer of buttons.
Any device used to fasten buttons to a garment.
One who buttons something.
butyrins
butyrins
noun
plural of butyrin
butyrone
butyrone
noun
(organic chemistry) A liquid ketone obtained by heating calcium butyrate.
byronist
byronite
cabernet
cabernet
noun
Cabernet Sauvignon
cantabri
centibar
centibar
noun
A unit of pressure, one hundredth of a bar; symbol cbar.
corybant
elberton
elberton
Proper noun
a city in Georgia, USA, and the county seat of Named after
a ghost town in Washington, USA. Derived from as a Christian name.
a village in England
inbreath
inbreath
noun
A breath taken in; an inhalation.
inbursts
inbursts
noun
plural of inburst
intebred
interbed
interbed
verb
(geology) To interleave between other beds or strata having different characteristics
ironbelt
isobront
isobront
noun
(meteorology) An isoline drawn through geographical points at which a given phase of thunderstorm activity occurred simultaneously.
(meteorology) An isoline drawn through geographical points which, on average, experience the same number of thundery days per year.