(historical, Scotland) A member of a faction of the Scottish Presbyterian Church that refused to take the burgess oath in 1747; since reunited.
attenborough
attenborough
Proper noun
A village in Broxtowe borough, Nottinghamshire, England.
authenticatable
authenticatable
adj
Capable of being authenticated.
autobahnen
autoinhibited
autoinhibited
adj
Subject to, or produced by autoinhibition
verb
simple past tense and past participle of autoinhibit
balneotherapeutics
balneotherapeutics
noun
balneotherapy
bathycurrent
beechnut
beechnut
noun
The small, triangular, edible nut of the beech tree.
beechnuts
beechnuts
noun
plural of beechnut
behistun
benzothiofuran
beothukan
bequeathing
bequeathing
verb
present participle of bequeath
bequeathment
bequeathment
noun
The act of bequeathing, or the state of being bequeathed; a bequest.
bescutcheon
beshouting
beshouting
verb
present participle of beshout
bethumping
bethumping
verb
present participle of bethump
bethunder
bethune
beuthen
bhutanese
bismuthine
bismuthine
noun
(chemistry) any hydrocarbyl derivative of bismuthane
bismuthinite
bismuthinite
noun
(mineralogy) A soft bismuth sulfide mineral, an important ore for bismuth.
blepharoconjunctivitis
blepharoconjunctivitis
noun
(medicine) The combination of conjunctivitis and blepharitis.
bluestockingish
bluestockingish
adj
Like a bluestocking, or scholarly woman.
blumenthal
blunthead
blunthearted
bluntishness
bluntishness
noun
(rare) The quality of being somewhat blunt.
boethusian
boltuprightness
boughten
boughten
adj
(archaic or regional, West Country, Cornwall, Canada, US) Having been purchased or bought (rather than homemade).
verb
(archaic or regional, chiefly US) past participle of buy
bountihead
bountihead
noun
Bounteousness.
bournemouth
bournemouth
Proper noun
A large town in Dorset, England
boustrophedon
boustrophedon
adj
(figuratively) Changing direction, going back and forth.
(historical, calligraphy, of writing) Written from right-to-left and left-to-right on alternate lines.
adv
(historical, calligraphy, of writing) In a fashion such that the reading direction changes from right-to-left to left-to-right with each new line.
noun
(historical, calligraphy, of writing) Writing that is right-to-left and left-to-right on alternate lines.
boustrophedonic
boustrophedonic
adj
Relating to the boustrophedon mode of writing.
branchiopneustic
branchiopulmonate
branchiostegous
branchiostegous
adj
branchiostegal
bremsstrahlung
bremsstrahlung
noun
The electromagnetic radiation produced by the deceleration of a charged particle, such as an electron, when it is deflected by another charged particle, such as an atomic nucleus.
bronchobuster
brontotherium
brutishness
brutishness
noun
the characteristic of being brutish
buchanite
buchmanite
buchnerite
buchonite
buhrstone
buhrstone
noun
Alternative spelling of burrstone
bulletheadedness
bunchiest
bunchiest
adj
superlative form of bunchy: most bunchy
bundesrath
burnishment
burnishment
noun
burnishing
burschenschaft
burschenschaften
burthen
burthen
noun
(obsolete or historical, nautical) The tonnage of a ship based on the number of tuns of wine that it could carry in its holds.
Archaic form of burden.
burthened
burthened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of burthen
burthening
burthening
verb
present participle of burthen
burthenman
burthens
burthens
noun
plural of burthen
burthensome
burthensome
adj
Obsolete spelling of burdensome
bushment
bushment
noun
(obsolete) A surprise party; a company of soldiers secretly deployed.
(obsolete) An ambush.
(obsolete) The troops concealed in an ambush.
butchering
butchering
noun
The act by which someone or something is butchered; a slaughter or killing.
verb
present participle of butcher
butcherliness
butcherliness
noun
The quality of being butcherly.
butchnesses
buttgenbachite
buttgenbachite
noun
(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dihexagonal dipyramidal mineral containing chlorine, copper, hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxygen.
buttonbushes
buttonbushes
noun
plural of buttonbush
buttonholder
buttonhole
buttonhole
noun
(attributive) So shaped that it can be worn on a buttonhole or it is similar to a buttonhole.
(chiefly Britain) A flower worn in a buttonhole for decoration.
(lightly vulgar) anus, batty hole.
(obsolete) vagina, coin slot.
(surgery) A small slot-like cut or incision, made for example by an accident with the scalpel.
A hole through which a button is pushed to secure a garment or some part of one.
The mouth and/or nose and/or eyes if appearing tiny.
verb
(intransitive, archaic, rare) To attain buttonhole-like formations on cutting.
(transitive) To sew by buttonhole stitch.
(transitive, colloquial) To detain (a person) in conversation against their will.
(transitive, intransitive) To cut one or more buttonholes (in).
(transitive, rare) To apply a flowery formation in.
(transitive, surgery, chiefly archaic) To make a small slot-like incision in (intentionally or unintentionally).
buttonholed
buttonholed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of buttonhole
buttonholer
buttonholer
noun
An attachment for a sewing machine which automates the side-to-side and forward-and-backward motions involved in sewing a buttonhole.
One who detains somebody in conversation against their will.
buttonholers
buttonholers
noun
plural of buttonholer
buttonholes
buttonholes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of buttonhole
buttonhooked
buttonhooked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of buttonhook
caducibranchiate
caducibranchiate
adj
(zoology) With temporary gills; applied to those amphibians in which the gills do not remain in adult life.
changeabout
charlottenburg
chateaubriand
chateaubriand
noun
A thick, juicy cut from the center of a beef tenderloin.
counterambush
counterambush
noun
An ambush set up in response to another ambush.
counterbewitch
counterbranch
counterestablishment
counterestablishment
noun
An establishment that opposes another establishment.
counterphobic
counterphobic
adj
Tending to respond to fear or anxiety by actively seeking it out instead of fleeing.
cuboctahedron
cuboctahedron
noun
(geometry) An Archimedean solid that has fourteen faces (eight triangular and six square) and is both isogonal and isotoxal.
cuthbertson
debauchment
debauchment
noun
The act of debauching or corrupting; the act of seducing from virtue or duty.
debentureholder
debentureholder
noun
The holder of a debenture.
debouchment
debouchment
noun
(medicine) Opening or emptying into another part
(military) The act, or the result of debouching
The point of debouch of a watercourse
debouchments
debouchments
noun
plural of debouchment
dipleurobranchiate
disburthen
disburthen
verb
(obsolete) disburden
distinguishable
distinguishable
adj
Able, or easily able to be distinguished.
distinguishableness
distinguishableness
noun
The state or quality of being distinguishable.
doublehatching
doubleheartedness
doublethink
doublethink
noun
The holding of two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously and accepting both of them as true or correct, without realizing the contradiction.
doublethinking
doublethinks
doublethinks
noun
plural of doublethink
dumbartonshire
earthbound
earthbound
adj
(figuratively) Unimaginative or mundane.
(science fiction) Heading towards Earth.
Confined to the Earth; unable to leave Earth, either physically or spiritually.
ectobronchium
ectobronchium
noun
A dorsal branch of the avian mesobronchium or prolongation
embouchement
embouchement
noun
(surgery) The opening of a blood vessel into another one
embouchment
entobronchium
entobronchium
noun
One of the main bronchi in the lungs of birds.
ethbinium
ethbun
ethmoturbinal
ethmoturbinal
noun
(anatomy) An upper turbinal, connected directly with the ethmoid bone.
ethmoturbinate
ethmoturbinate
adj
(anatomy) ethmoid and turbinate
noun
The part of the ethmoid bone occupying the caudal part of the nasal fossae
eulamellibranchiata
eulamellibranchiate
eulamellibranchiate
adj
(biology) Relating to bivalve molluscs of the order Eulamellibranchia
eurybenthic
extinguishable
extinguishable
adj
Able to be extinguished.
furbishment
gastroalbuminorrhea
gothenburg
gothenburg
Proper noun
It is the second-largest city in Sweden.
greenthumbed
habitualness
habitualness
noun
The characteristic of being habitual.
habitualnesses
heartburn
heartburn
noun
(pathology) A burning pain in the chest that is caused by stomach acid entering the gullet.
heartburning
heartburning
noun
Secret enmity; discountent.
heartburns
heartburns
noun
plural of heartburn
hebeanthous
hebetudinous
hebetudinous
adj
Displaying mental lethargy or dullness.
hematoglobulin
heteroinoculable
houseboating
houseboating
noun
The practice of living and/or travelling in a houseboat.
hubnerite
hubnerite
noun
Alternative spelling of hübnerite
humboldtine
humboldtine
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing carbon, hydrogen, iron, and oxygen.
huntable
huntable
adj
Capable of being hunted.
hydroturbine
hyperobtrusiveness
hypersuggestibleness
indistinguishable
indistinguishable
adj
Not capable of being perceived or known.
Not distinguishable; not capable of being perceived, known, or discriminated as separate and distinct
noun
Any of a set of things that cannot be distinguished.
indistinguishableness
indistinguishableness
noun
The state or quality of being indistinguishable.
inexhaustibility
inexhaustibility
noun
The state or condition of being inexhaustible.
inexhaustible
inexhaustible
adj
Impossible to exhaust; unlimited.
inexhaustibleness
inexhaustibleness
noun
inexhaustibility; the quality of being inexhaustible.
inexhaustibly
inexhaustibly
adv
In an inexhaustible manner.
To an inexhaustible degree.
inextinguishability
inextinguishability
noun
The state of not being extinguishable.
inextinguishable
inextinguishable
adj
Incapable of being extinguished, not extinguishable.
inextinguishables
inextinguishably
inextinguishably
adv
In a way that cannot be extinguished; immortally.
interborough
interborough
adj
Between boroughs.
labyrinthulidae
lautverschiebung
lecithalbumin
leuchtenbergite
leuchtenbergite
noun
(mineralogy) A variety of clinochlore that contains little or no iron.
mesembryanthemum
mesembryanthemum
noun
Any of the genus Mesembryanthemum of herbaceous or suffruticose plants.