(obsolete, historical) An expression of abhorrence, in particular any of the parliamentary addresses dictated towards Charles II.
A person or thing that is loathsome; a detested thing.
Extreme aversion or detestation; the feeling of utter dislike or loathing.
abhorrency
abhorrency
noun
(obsolete) Aberrancy.
(obsolete) Quality of being abhorrent; feeling of abhorrence.
(obsolete) something that elicits abhorrence; a detestable thing.
abranchial
abranchial
adj
(zoology) Lacking gills.
abranchian
anchorable
anchorable
adj
Capable of being anchored.
That can be used as an anchorage.
archbeacon
archebancs
athabascan
athabascan
Adjective
Pertaining to a group of peoples mostly inhabiting Alaska, western Canada, the Pacific coast of California and Oregon, and the Navajo and Apache peoples in the American Southwest.
Proper noun
The family of languages spoken by these peoples.
Noun
Any member of these peoples.
bacchanals
bacchanals
noun
plural of bacchanal
bacchantes
bacchantes
noun
plural of bacchante
bacchantic
bacchantic
adj
Bacchanalian.
Pertaining to the clergy of Bacchus.
backaching
backhanded
backhanded
adj
(of writing) inclining to the left
Backwards, turned around.
Indirect.
Insincere, sarcastic, ironic, or self-contradictory.
Involving a backward flip of the hand.
Retrospective, occurring after the fact rather than in advance.
Self-serving, corrupt, slipshod, or neglectful.
With the back of the hand.
adv
In a backhanded manner.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backhand
backhander
backhander
noun
(informal) A bribe, a secret payment.
(racquet sports) A player who plays a backhand shot.
(racquet sports) A shot played backhand, a backhand stroke.
(surfing) A surfer who approaches a swell with the wave behind them ("on their backhand") rather than facing the wave ("on their forehand").
A blow with the back of the hand.
A glass of wine given out of turn, the bottle having been handed backwards.
balanchine
baldachini
baldachino
baldachins
baldachins
noun
plural of baldachin
bankalachi
baryphonic
batrachian
batrachian
adj
Pertaining to or resembling a frog or toad.
noun
(rare) A frog or toad.
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.
bechalking
bechalking
verb
present participle of bechalk
bechancing
bechancing
verb
present participle of bechance
becharming
becharming
verb
present participle of becharm
beclothing
beclothing
verb
present participle of beclothe
bedrenched
bedrenched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bedrench
bedrenches
bedrenches
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedrench
bellypinch
benchboard
benchmarks
benchmarks
noun
plural of benchmark
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of benchmark
benetnasch
beseeching
beseeching
noun
A heartfelt plea.
verb
present participle of beseech
bewitching
bewitching
adj
Enchanting.
noun
The act by which somebody is bewitched; a curse or enchantment.
biharmonic
biharmonic
adj
(mathematics) Describing a class of fourth-order partial differential equations which arises in areas of continuum mechanics
noun
Any equation of this kind.
bitchiness
bitchiness
noun
The characteristic of being bitchy.
blackthorn
blackthorn
noun
A large shrub or small tree, Prunus spinosa, that is native to Europe, western Asia, and north Africa. It has a dark bark and bears thorns.
A stick or staff taken from this tree.
blanchette
blanchinus
boccherini
boschneger
botchiness
botchiness
noun
The state of being botchy
bouchaleen
brachering
brachydont
brachydont
adj
Having low-crowned, short teeth.
noun
(zoology) Any organism with brachydont teeth.
brachypnea
brachyuran
brachyuran
adj
Of or pertaining to crabs.
noun
(zoology) A crab.
brainchild
brainchild
noun
A creation, original idea, or innovation, usually used to indicate the originators
verb
(transitive, rare) To think up; to come up with.
branchdale
branchiata
branchiate
branchiate
adj
(anatomy) Furnished with branchiae; gilled, having gills.
branchiest
branchiest
adj
superlative form of branchy: most branchy
branchings
branchings
noun
plural of branching
branchipus
branchiura
branchland
branchless
branchless
adj
Without branches; continuing in a single path or piece; without divergence.
branchlike
branchlike
adj
resembling a branch of a tree
branchling
branchling
noun
A small or young branch.
branchport
bronchiole
bronchiole
noun
(anatomy) Any of the small cartilage-less branches of a bronchus.
bronchioli
bronchioli
noun
plural of bronchiolus
bronchitic
bronchitic
adj
Of or pertaining to bronchitis.
noun
A person who has bronchitis.
bronchitis
bronchitis
noun
(countable) An occurrence of, a case (patient) of, or a type of bronchitis.
(uncountable) An inflammation of the bronchi of the lungs, that causes the cilia of the bronchial epithelial cells to stop functioning.
brunnichia
buchbinder
buchenwald
buchmanism
buchmanite
buchnerite
buckhannon
buckhannon
Proper noun
a city in West Virginia, USA
buckhounds
buckhounds
noun
plural of buckhound
buckingham
buckingham
Proper noun
A place name:
A town in Buckinghamshire, England.
A former city in Quebec, Canada, merged into Gatineau in 2002.
An unincorporated community in Colorado, USA, named after a railroad official.
A census-designated place in Florida, USA.
A village in Illinois, USA.
An unincorporated community in Iowa, USA, named after Buckingham County, VA.
A former city in Texas, USA, now part of Richardson, Texas.
A census-designated place and county seat of Buckingham County in Virginia, USA.
A dukedom in the English peerage.
An English habitational surname derived from the place name.
bunchberry
bunchberry
noun
Cornus canadensis - Canadian bunchberry or eastern bunchberry.
Cornus suecica - Eurasian bunchberry or northern bunchberry.
The fruit of either of these plants.
bunchiness
bunchiness
noun
The quality or condition of being bunchy.
butchering
butchering
noun
The act by which someone or something is butchered; a slaughter or killing.
verb
present participle of butcher
chadbourne
chainbreak
chairborne
chairborne
adj
Employed to work in an office, etc. and not out in the field; having a sedentary job.
chambellan
chambering
chambering
noun
The chamber of a gun or other firearm.
verb
present participle of chamber
chamberino
chamberlin
chamberlin
noun
Obsolete form of chamberlain.
chambertin
chambranle
chambranle
noun
(architecture) In architecture, the case or frame used on three sides around a chamber door, large window, or fireplace mantel, and the border decorations.
chanceable
chanceable
adj
(obsolete) Happening by chance; accidental; fortuitous; casual
chanceably
chanceably
adv
(obsolete) by chance
changeable
changeable
adj
(of a species) Capable of camouflaging itself by changing colour.
Capable of being changed.
Subject to sudden or frequent changes.
changeably
changeably
adv
In a changeable manner.
charabancs
charabancs
noun
plural of charabanc
charybdian
chebulinic
chebulinic
adj
(organic chemistry) Relating to chebulinic acid or its derivatives
cheekbones
cheekbones
noun
plural of cheekbone
cherubicon
cherubikon
chilblains
chilblains
noun
(usually with "the") The condition of having chilblains.
plural of chilblain
chinaberry
chinaberry
noun
(US) Actaea rubra, a poisonous herbaceous flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae, native to North America.
(US) The bead tree or azedarac, Melia azedarach, a deciduous tree in the mahogany family Meliaceae, native to India, southern China and Australia, or its fruit.
(US) The soapberry (genus Sapindus, especially Sapindus saponaria), native to the Americas.
chosunilbo
chubbiness
chubbiness
noun
the state or quality of being chubby
clothbound
clothbound
adj
(publishing) Bound with cloth, as opposed to other bindings such as paper or leather.
cnibophore
cohabitant
cohabitant
noun
A person who cohabits with another
cohabiting
cohabiting
verb
present participle of cohabit
cohibition
cohibition
noun
(obsolete) hindrance; restraint
cohobating
cohobating
verb
present participle of cohobate
cohobation
cohobation
noun
(dated, chemistry) The boiling of a material in a liquid with the repeated return of the distillate.
(dated, chemistry) The concentrated distillate so formed.
cottonbush
crossbench
crossbench
adj
Alternative form of cross-bench
crunchable
crunchable
adj
That can be crunched.
cynophobia
cynophobia
noun
An irrational fear or hatred of dogs or other canines.
debauching
debauching
verb
present participle of debauch
debouching
debouching
verb
present participle of debouche
dibranchia
disbenched
disbenched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disbench
encashable
encashable
adj
Capable of being encashed.
epibenthic
epibenthic
adj
(ecology) That lives on the surface of sediments at the bottom of the sea
filibranch
filibranch
adj
(biology, of gills) long, with tubular filaments
frenchboro
frenchburg
habronemic
habronemic
adj
Of or relating to habronema nematodes.
halocarbon
halocarbon
noun
(organic chemistry) any compound formally derived from a hydrocarbon by replacing at least one hydrogen atom with a halogen, but especially by replacing all hydrogen atoms with halogen(s)
hannibalic
hannibalic
Adjective
Of or relating to general
hemibranch
hemibranch
noun
(zoology) In fishes, either of the two rows of gill filaments that form a gill arch.
herbescent
herbescent
adj
Growing into herbs.
hexacarbon
hibernacle
hibernacle
noun
A place where an animal hibernates.
A winter retreat; winter quarters.
hibernical
hobhouchin
hobhouchin
noun
(Britain, obsolete) An owl
hollenbeck
holobranch
holobranch
noun
(zoology) A pair of hemibranchs on the same gill arch.
honeybunch
honeybunch
noun
(informal) A honey, a darling (term of endearment).
honeycombs
honeycombs
noun
plural of honeycomb
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of honeycomb
hucklebone
hucklebone
noun
Alternative form of huckle bone
hunchbacks
hunchbacks
noun
plural of hunchback
jacobethan
jacobethan
Adjective
Of a style incorporating elements of Elizabethan and Jacobean.
launchable
launchable
adj
Capable of being launched
liebknecht
machinable
machinable
adj
Able to be made or modified by machine.
nightclubs
nightclubs
noun
plural of nightclub
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of nightclub
notchboard
notchboard
noun
(carpentry) The board that receives the ends of the steps in a staircase.
nudibranch
nudibranch
noun
A sea slug belonging to the order Nudibranchia.
obrenovich
onobrychis
overblanch
overbranch
pinchbelly
podobranch
podobranch
noun
(zoology) One of the branchiae attached to the bases of the legs in crustaceans.
polybranch
punchboard
punchboard
noun
A board, having a number of holes filled with slips of paper, once used as a form of lottery
quenchable
quenchable
adj
Able to be quenched.
rebranched
rebranched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of rebranch
rebranches
rebranches
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rebranch