A repudiation on oath of a religious or political principle.
A solemn recantation or renunciation on oath; as, an abjuration of heresy.
The act of abjuring.
abjurement
abjurement
noun
(rare) renunciation
abrenounce
abrenounce
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To renounce; to contradict.
abruptness
abruptness
noun
Suddenness; unceremonious haste or vehemence.
The state of being abrupt or broken
absinthium
absinthium
noun
(now rare) The common wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), an intensely bitter herb used in the production of absinthe and vermouth, and as a tonic.
The dried leaves and flowering tops of the wormwood plant.
absinthe oil
absolution
absolution
noun
(civil law, obsolete) An acquittal, or sentence of a judge declaring an accused person innocent.
(ecclesiastical) An absolving of sins from ecclesiastical penalties by an authority.
(obsolete) Delivery, in speech.
An absolving, or setting free from guilt, sin, or penalty; forgiveness of an offense.
The forgiveness of sins, in a general sense.
The form of words by which a penitent is absolved.
abstrusion
abstrusion
noun
(rare) The act of thrusting away.
absumption
absumption
noun
(obsolete) Destruction or disintegration, especially a gradual one; wasting away.
absurdness
absurdness
noun
(rare) The quality of being absurd; absurdity.
abulomania
abulomania
noun
Alternative form of aboulomania
abundances
abundances
noun
plural of abundance
abundantia
abundantly
abundantly
adv
Extremely.
In an abundant manner; in a sufficient degree; in large measure.
accubation
accubation
noun
The act or posture of reclining on a couch, as practiced by the ancients at meals.
accumbency
accumbency
noun
(rare) The state of being accumbent or reclining.
aktyubinsk
albumenise
albumenise
verb
Non-Oxford British English spelling of albumenize
albumenize
albumenize
verb
(transitive) To coat or saturate with albumen.
(transitive) To convert into albumen.
albumenoid
albumenoid
noun
Alternative form of albuminoid
albuminate
albuminate
noun
(chemistry) A compound of albumin and a base or acid
albuminise
albuminise
verb
Non-Oxford British English spelling of albuminize
albuminize
albuminize
verb
Alternative form of albumenize
albuminoid
albuminoid
adj
like albumen
of albumin
noun
A simple protein of a subclass mainly derived from animal connective or supportive tissue
albuminone
albuminone
noun
(organic chemistry, dated) A principle derived from certain albuminoids; it is soluble in alcohol and is not coagulable by heat.
albuminose
albuminose
noun
Alternative form of albuminous
albuminous
albuminous
adj
Relating to, containing, or having the properties of albumen or albumin.
albutannin
albutannin
noun
exsiccated tannin albuminate
ambigenous
ambigenous
adj
(botany) Partaking of two natures, as the perianth of some endogenous plants, where the outer surface is calycine and the inner petaloid.
ambulanced
ambulanced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ambulance
ambulancer
ambulancer
noun
(military) A medic working in a mobile field hospital.
ambulances
ambulances
noun
plural of ambulance
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ambulance
ambulantes
ambulating
ambulating
verb
present participle of ambulate
ambulation
ambulation
Noun
walking around
ambushment
ambushment
noun
(obsolete) An ambush
anabathrum
anaerobium
annullable
annullable
adj
Capable of being annulled.
antebellum
antebellum
adj
(US) Of the period prior to the American Civil War, especially in reference to the culture of the southern states.
Of the time period prior to a war.
antelabium
antenumber
antibusing
antibusing
adj
(US politics) Opposing the use of busing to achieve racial integration in schools
antilobium
arbusterin
arbutinase
arbutinase
noun
(biochemistry) The enzyme beta-glucosidase.
arcboutant
ashburnham
atrorubent
attenuable
attenuable
adj
Capable of being attenuated.
auburndale
auburntown
austinburg
autobahnen
background
background
adj
Less important or less noticeable in a scene or system.
noun
(computing) A type of activity on a computer that is not normally visible to the user.
(computing) The image or color over which a computer's desktop items are shown (e.g. icons or application windows).
(physics) Clipping of background radiation.
A less important feature of scenery (as opposed to foreground).
A part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject; context.
Information relevant to the current situation about past events; history.
One's social heritage, or previous life; what one did in the past.
verb
(journalism) To gather and provide background information (on).
To put in a position that is not prominent.
simple past tense and past participle of backgrind
bagpudding
baigneuses
bainbrudge
bakuninism
bakuninist
bakuninist
Adjective
Relating to, or supporting the revolutionary anarchism of
balaustine
balaustine
noun
(archaic) The red roselike flower of the pomegranate, having a bitter taste and sometimes used as an astringent in folk medicine.
balbutient
balbutient
adj
stammering
balibuntal
balibuntal
noun
A fine, woven straw used for making hats.
A straw hat made from this material.
balloonful
balloonful
noun
Enough to fill a balloon.
bananaquit
bananaquit
noun
A nectar-feeding bird, Coereba flaveola, thought to be related to the Darwin's finches and the grassquits.
bandcutter
bandurrias
bandurrias
noun
plural of bandurria
banebrudge
bankruptcy
bankruptcy
noun
(finance, law) A legally declared or recognized condition of insolvency of a person or organization.
bankrupted
bankrupted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bankrupt
bankruptly
bankruptly
adv
In a bankrupt manner.
banqueteer
banqueteer
noun
One who attends a banquet.
verb
To attend a banquet or banquets (particularly as a frequent or habitual activity).
banqueters
banqueters
noun
plural of banqueter
banqueting
banqueting
noun
The act of holding or participating in a banquet.
verb
present participle of banquet
banquettes
banquettes
noun
plural of banquette
bansalague
bansalague
noun
(Philippines) The wood of the tree Mimusops elengi.
barbecuing
barbecuing
verb
present participle of barbecue
barbequing
barbequing
verb
present participle of barbeque
barnburner
barnburner
noun
(idiomatic) An extremely exciting or successful event or person.
(slang, chiefly Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey, Maryland) a strike-anywhere match.
One who burns down a barn.
barramunda
barramunda
noun
Neoceratodus forsteri, the Queensland lungfish.
barramundi
barramundi
noun
A diadromous fish of species Lates calcarifer, of the Centropomidae family, order Perciformes.
baseburner
baseburner
noun
A type of stove that automatically re-adds coal, when needed, to the base using a hopper.
basigenous
basigynium
basigynium
Noun
The pedicel on which the ovary of certain flowers, such as the passion flower, is seated; a carpophore or thecaphore.
basutoland
basutoland
Proper noun
Lesotho.
batocrinus
battenburg
baudronses
baudronses
noun
plural of baudrons
bauernbrot
beartongue
beaumontia
beautician
beautician
noun
One who does hair styling, manicures, and other beauty treatments.
bebuttoned
bebuttoned
adj
Wearing clothes, or an item of clothing, with many buttons.
beccabunga
beclouding
beclouding
noun
The process of becoming clouded or obscured.
verb
present participle of becloud
becousined
becrusting
bedouinism
bedouinism
noun
Nomadic desert life, like that of the bedouins.
bedrugging
bedrugging
verb
present participle of bedrug
beeftongue
befoulment
befoulment
noun
That which makes or has been made soiled.
The act of befouling; soiling; making dirty.
befuddling
befuddling
verb
present participle of befuddle
begrudging
begrudging
adj
grudgeful, envious
reluctant
verb
present participle of begrudge
bejaundice
bejumbling
bejumbling
verb
present participle of bejumble
bemuddling
bemuddling
verb
present participle of bemuddle
bemusement
bemusement
noun
The state of being bemused.
bemuslined
bemuslined
adj
Dressed or covered in muslin.
bemuzzling
benedictus
beneficium
benumbment
benumbment
noun
The act of benumbing, or state of being benumbed; torpor.
benzofuran
benzofuran
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of a class of bicyclic heterocycles consisting of a benzene ring fused with one of furan.
benzofuryl
berlinguer
bermudians
bernouilli
bescouring
beshouting
beshouting
verb
present participle of beshout
besmudging
besmudging
verb
present participle of besmudge
besmutting
besmutting
verb
present participle of besmut
bespousing
bespousing
verb
present participle of bespouse
bestudding
bestudding
verb
present participle of bestud
betancourt
bethumping
bethumping
verb
present participle of bethump
beturbaned
beturbaned
adj
wearing a turban
beudantite
beudantite
noun
(mineralogy) A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing arsenic, hydrogen, iron, lead, oxygen, and sulfur.
biangulate
biangulate
adj
Synonym of biangular
verb
To establish the two-dimensional position of a point by measuring the position of an intermediate point relative to a fixed point
biangulous
biangulous
adj
(archaic) biangular
biannually
biannually
adv
Taking place every two years, biennially.
Taking place twice per year, semiannually.
biannulate
biannulate
adj
(biology) Having two rings.
bicornuate
bicornuate
adj
(medicine) Resembling a pair of horns, as a malformed uterus may.
bicornuous
bierstuben
bilifuscin
bilifuscin
noun
(biochemistry) A brownish-green pigment, derived from bilirubin, found in human gallstones and in old bile.
bilinguist
bilinguist
noun
(linguistics) One who speaks two languages.
biloculina
biloculine
biloculine
adj
(biology) Characteristic of species of foraminifers in the genus Biloculina, now principally in Pyrgo.
Having two chambers or compartments.
bimanually
bimanually
Adverb
Using both hands.
binaurally
binaurally
adv
In a binaural fashion; using or pertaining to both ears.
binoculars
binoculars
noun
A hand-held device consisting of a series of lenses and prisms, used to magnify objects so that they can be better seen from a distance, and looked at through both eyes.
binoculate
binoculate
adj
Having two eyes.
binominous
binominous
adj
(obsolete) binomial
binotonous
binucleate
binucleate
adj
(biology) having two nuclei
noun
A cell that has two nuclei
bipunctate
bipunctate
adj
Having two punctures or spots.
bipunctual
bipunctual
adj
Having two points.
biquintile
biquintile
noun
(astrology) An aspect of two planets that are distant from each other by two fifths of a great circle (72 degrees)