(anatomy) A posterior subdivision of the hindbrain; the myelencephalon
antifebrin
backfiring
backfiring
noun
A failure that leads to further misfortune.
The occurrence of a backfire.
verb
present participle of backfire
backfriend
backfriend
noun
(UK, dialectal) A friend at one's back; a backer; one who does his best for another; a supporter.
(UK, dialectal) A hangnail.
(UK, dialectal, obsolete) A false friend; a secret enemy.
bafflement
bafflement
noun
(countable) Something that causes a state of confusion or puzzlement.
(uncountable) The state or result of being baffled, puzzled, or confused.
bafflingly
bafflingly
adv
In a baffling or puzzling manner.
balloonful
balloonful
noun
Enough to fill a balloon.
bandfiling
banffshire
banffshire
Proper noun
a historic county in north-east Scotland, which was absorbed into Region in 1975. Its county town was
bannerfish
bannerfish
noun
A large fish of the genus Istiophorus, of the swordfish family, with a broad banner-like dorsal fin; the sailfish.
Any of several species of butterflyfish in the genus Heniochus that superficially resemble the Moorish idol, though unrelated.
batfowling
batfowling
noun
A method of catching birds at night, by holding a torch or other light, and beating the bush or perch where they roost so that the birds fly towards the light.
batterfang
beachfront
beachfront
adj
Of property (real estate): located on a beach.
noun
The portion of land or property that runs alongside and facing a beach.
beatifying
beatifying
verb
present participle of beatify
bedeafened
bedeafened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bedeafen
bedwarfing
bedwarfing
verb
present participle of bedwarf
beeftongue
befingered
befingered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of befinger
beflagging
beflagging
verb
present participle of beflag
beflecking
beflecking
verb
present participle of befleck
befoolment
befoolment
noun
The condition of being befooled.
beforehand
beforehand
adj
(archaic, often followed by with) In a state of anticipation or preoccupation.
(obsolete) In comfortable circumstances as regards property; forehanded.
adv
At an earlier or preceding time.
beforeness
beforeness
noun
The state or quality of being before.
befoulment
befoulment
noun
That which makes or has been made soiled.
The act of befouling; soiling; making dirty.
befretting
befriended
befriended
verb
simple past tense and past participle of befriend
befriender
befriender
noun
One who befriends.
befringing
befringing
verb
present participle of befringe
befuddling
befuddling
verb
present participle of befuddle
bellefonte
bellefonte
Proper noun
a ghost town in Alabama, USA, and the former county seat.
a town in Arkansas, USA.
a town in Delaware, USA.
a small city in Kentucky, USA.
a borough in Pennsylvania, USA
benefactor
benefactor
noun
Somebody who gives a gift, often money to a charity.
Someone who performs good or noble deeds.
beneficent
beneficent
adj
Given to acts that are kind, charitable, philanthropic or beneficial.
beneficial
beneficial
adj
Helpful or good to something or someone.
Relating to a benefice.
noun
Something that is beneficial.
beneficing
beneficing
verb
present participle of benefice
beneficium
benefiting
benefitted
benefitted
verb
Alternative form of benefited
benzofuran
benzofuran
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of a class of bicyclic heterocycles consisting of a benzene ring fused with one of furan.
benzofuryl
bernstorff
besanctify
bettendorf
biflecnode
biflecnode
noun
(geometry) A fleflecnode
bilifuscin
bilifuscin
noun
(biochemistry) A brownish-green pigment, derived from bilirubin, found in human gallstones and in old bile.
blindfolds
blindfolds
noun
plural of blindfold
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blindfold
blumenfeld
blunderful
blunderful
adj
Inclined to blunder.
boldfacing
boldfacing
verb
present participle of boldface
bonefishes
bonefishes
noun
plural of bonefish
boneflower
bonhoeffer
boonfellow
boyfriends
boyfriends
noun
plural of boyfriend
braincraft
braincraft
noun
(rare) Intellectual work; thinking.
brantsford
brazenface
brazenface
noun
An impudent or shameless person.
breakfront
breakfront
noun
(chiefly attributive) Any piece of furniture (especially a bookcase or cabinet) that has a central section that projects farther forward than the other sections.
brownfield
brownfield
adj
(software engineering) Being a development that has to integrate with legacy systems.
noun
(often attributive) A site, to be used for housing or commerce, that has been previously used for industry and may be contaminated or need extensive clearing
brunfelsia
brunfelsia
noun
(botany) Any of the plants of the genus Brunfelsia.
brutifying
brutifying
verb
present participle of brutify
buffaloing
buffaloing
verb
present participle of buffalo
buffetings
buffetings
noun
plural of buffeting
bufflehorn
buffoonery
buffoonery
noun
The behaviour expected of a buffoon; foolishness, silliness.
buffoonish
buffoonish
adj
Characteristic of a buffoon.
buffoonism
buffoonism
noun
(rare, archaic) The practices of a buffoon; buffoonery.
bufotenine
bufotenine
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid, found in the skins of some toads, related to serotonin.
cantefable
cantefable
noun
Alternative form of chantefable
confabbing
confabbing
verb
present participle of confab
confabular
confabular
adj
Of or pertaining to confabulation.
confinable
confinable
adj
Able to be confined
confusable
confusable
adj
Able to be confused.
noun
A word or phrase that is easily confused with another
confusably
confusably
adv
In a confusable way; such that they may be confused.
confutable
confutable
adj
(archaic or formal) That can be confuted, i.e. shown to be false; disprovable.
debriefing
debriefing
noun
The act of debriefing, or the state of being debriefed.
The report of a mission or project, or the information so obtained.
verb
present participle of debrief
defendable
defendable
adj
Capable of being defended.
defensible
defensible
adj
(of an argument etc) capable of being justified
(of an installation etc) capable of being defended against armed attack
defensibly
defensibly
adv
Defendably
In a defensible manner.
dumbfounds
dumbfounds
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dumbfound
enfeebling
enfeebling
adj
Causing enfeeblement.
verb
present participle of enfeeble
enfeeblish
enforcible
enforcible
Adjective
Capable of being enforced.
factabling
falconbill
fassbinder
fatbrained
fattenable
fattenable
adj
(rare) Able to be fattened.
februation
februation
noun
Purification, rejuvenation, or renewal, especially ritual or ceremonial.
The object of such purification; a sacrifice.
feebleness
feebleness
noun
The quality or state of being feeble; debility; infirmity.
fernambuck
ferroboron
ferroboron
noun
An alloy of iron and boron used in the production of specialist steels
fiberizing
fiberizing
verb
present participle of fiberize
fibrinemia
fibrinogen
fibrinogen
noun
A protein that in humans plays a part in the forming of clots.
fibrinosis
fibrinuria
filibranch
filibranch
adj
(biology, of gills) long, with tubular filaments
fingerable
fingerable
adj
Able to be touched or manipulated with the fingers.
finishable
finishable
adj
That can be finished; completable.
fireblende
fireblende
noun
Synonym of pyrostilpnite
firebrands
firebrands
noun
plural of firebrand
flabbiness
flabbiness
noun
The characteristic or quality of being flabby
flamboyant
flamboyant
adj
(architecture) Referring to the final stage of French Gothic architecture from the 14th to the 16th centuries.
Of a blade: forged in a wavy, undulating pattern, like a flame-bladed sword or a kris.
Showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.
noun
The royal poinciana (Delonix regia), a showy tropical tree.
fleabiting
fleabitten
fleabitten
adj
(figurative) wretched or sordid; mean
Of horses: having small reddish spots on a lighter ground colour.
flea-ridden
floribunda
floribunda
noun
A rose cultivar, having large sprays of small flowers, made by crossing polyantha and hybrid tea rose varieties.
flyblowing
flyblowing
verb
present participle of flyblow
follansbee
forbearant
forbearant
adj
forbearing
forbearing
forbearing
adj
Characterized by patience and indulgence; long-suffering
noun
forbearance; restraint
verb
present participle of forbear
forbestown
forbidding
forbidding
adj
Appearing to be threatening, unfriendly or potentially unpleasant.
noun
The act by which something is forbidden; a prohibition.
verb
present participle of forbid
forebemoan
forebitten
forebitten
adj
Bitten in front.
foreboding
foreboding
adj
Of ominous significance; serving as an ill omen; foretelling of harm or difficulty.
noun
A sense of evil to come.
An evil omen.
verb
present participle of forebode
foreburton
forthbring
forthbring
verb
(obsolete) To bring forth; bring out; produce.
fredenburg
frenchboro
frenchburg
froebelian
frostbound
frostbound
adj
Bound or confined by frost.
fumblingly
fumblingly
adv
In a fumbling manner; while fumbling.
funambulic
funebrious
funebrious
adj
Obsolete form of funebrial.
furbishing
furbishing
noun
The act by which something is furbished.
verb
present participle of furbish
infallible
infallible
adj
Certain to produce the intended effect, sure.
Without fault or weakness; incapable of error or fallacy.
noun
A person who, or an object or process that, is taken as being infallible.
infallibly
infallibly
adv
In an infallible manner.
infeasible
infeasible
adj
Not feasible.
infectible
infectible
adj
Able to be infected; capable of infection.
inferrible
inferrible
adj
Synonym of inferable.
infibulate
infibulate
verb
To perform infibulation (on)
infirmable
inflamable
inflatable
inflatable
adj
Able to be inflated or blown up.
noun
(nautical) A boat or dinghy that may be inflated when needed.
Any other structure, artwork etc. that is inflated.
inflexible
inflexible
adj
Not able to be changed or adapted to circumstances.
Not flexible; not capable of bending or being bent.
Not willing to change, e.g. one's opinion or habits.
inflexibly
inflexibly
adv
With a firmness that resists all importunity or persuasion; in an inflexible, unyielding or immovable manner; relentlessly.
influxable
influxible
influxibly
informable
infrabasal
infratubal
interfiber
interfiber
adj
Between fibers.
kapfenberg
klangfarbe
knifeboard
knifeboard
noun
(historical, by extension) An early bus with narrow, restrictive seating; a knifeboard bus.
(historical, chiefly attributive) A way of arranging benches back to back, resembling a knifeboard; common on the open upper deck of early double-deck omnibuses and trams.
A board on which knives are cleaned or polished.
neofabraea
nonfebrile
nonfebrile
adj
Not febrile.
nonfibrous
nonfibrous
adj
Not fibrous
nonflyable
nonfusible
notifiable
notifiable
adj
(medicine, of a disease) About which the authorities must be notified.