Tending to abash; causing embarrassment or the loss of self-possession.
verb
present participle of abash
abigailship
abigailship
noun
(obsolete) the role or duration of being an abigail, or lady's maid.
abishag
abishag
noun
(archaic, thieves' cant) The illegitimate child of an unmarried woman and a married man.
abolishing
abolishing
verb
present participle of abolish
absinthiating
absinthiating
verb
present participle of absinthiate
agoraphobes
agoraphobes
noun
plural of agoraphobe
agoraphobias
agoraphobias
noun
plural of agoraphobia
agoraphobics
agoraphobics
noun
plural of agoraphobic
airbrushing
airbrushing
verb
present participle of airbrush
albrightsville
alphabetising
alphabetising
verb
present participle of alphabetise
ambushing
ambushing
verb
present participle of ambush
amphibologies
amphibologies
noun
plural of amphibology
amphibologism
anglophobes
anglophobes
noun
plural of anglophobe
anglophobist
anthropobiologist
anthropobiologist
noun
bioanthropologist
antihumbuggist
aschaffenburg
ashbaugh
autobiographers
autobiographers
noun
plural of autobiographer
autobiographies
autobiographies
noun
plural of autobiography
autobiographist
autobiographist
noun
An autobiographer.
backlashing
backlashing
verb
present participle of backlash
backscratching
backscratching
verb
present participle of backscratch
backsight
backsight
noun
(surveying) A measurement of a previously shot point, used to set the angle to zero when occupying a new position.
(surveying) A measurement or reading taken back towards a point of known elevation, used to calculate the height of the surveying instrument (theodolite, transit, total station).
The rear sight of a firearm.
verb
(surveying) To shoot a backsight.
backstitching
backstitching
verb
present participle of backstitch
backwashing
backwashing
noun
A form of water treatment in which water is pumped backwards through the filter media, sometimes with intermittent use of compressed air.
bacteriophages
bacteriophages
noun
plural of bacteriophage
bacteriophagous
bacteriophagous
adj
Pertaining to the predation and consumption of bacterium.
badgerbrush
badgerbrush
noun
The plant Symphoricarpos occidentalis.
baghouse
baghouse
noun
A fabric filter; an air pollution control device that removes particulates out of air or gas released from commercial processes or combustion for electricity generation.
bagwash
bagwash
noun
(historical) A type of laundry in which the washing was returned to the customer in a bag, undried and unpressed.
bakshishing
bakshishing
verb
present participle of bakshish
balinghasay
balinghasay
noun
The tropical tree Buchanania arborescens.
ballistocardiograph
ballistocardiograph
noun
An instrument which measures ballistic forces on the heart, producing a graphical representation of repetitive motions of the human body arising from the sudden ejection of blood into the great vessels with each heartbeat.
ballistocardiographic
ballistocardiographic
adj
Relating to ballistocardiography
ballistocardiography
ballistocardiography
noun
The science of the preparation and diagnostic interpretation of ballistocardiograms.
balneophysiology
bangash
bangladesh
banishing
banishing
noun
A magical ritual intended to remove negative spiritual influences.
verb
present participle of banish
bantamweights
bantamweights
noun
plural of bantamweight
baragouinish
barasingha
barasingha
noun
Rucervus duvaucelii, the swamp deer.
bargehouse
barghest
barghest
noun
(mythology, Britain) A legendary monstrous black dog, said to possess large teeth and claws, and (sometimes) to be capable of changing form.
(mythology, Britain) Any ghost, wraith, hobgoblin, elf, or spirit.
barghests
barghests
noun
plural of barghest
barographs
barographs
noun
plural of barograph
bashilange
bashing
bashing
noun
An instance of bashing; a physical or verbal attack.
verb
present participle of bash
batrachophagous
batrachophagous
adj
Feeding on frogs.
bearhugs
bearhugs
noun
plural of bearhug
bedights
bedights
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedight
bedlingtonshire
bednights
begarnish
begash
beglerbegship
beglerbegship
noun
The role or status of a beglerbeg.
behindsight
beholdingness
beholdingness
noun
The state or quality of being beholden.
beknights
beknights
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beknight
benightedness
benightedness
noun
The quality of being benighted.
berchtesgaden
bergamasche
bergschrund
bergschrund
noun
Alternative form of bergshrund
bescorching
bescorching
verb
present participle of bescorch
beseeching
beseeching
noun
A heartfelt plea.
verb
present participle of beseech
beseechingly
beseechingly
adv
In a beseeching manner.
beseechingness
beseechingness
noun
The state or quality of being beseeching.
beshadowing
beshadowing
verb
present participle of beshadow
beshag
beshaming
beshaming
verb
present participle of beshame
beshivering
beshouting
beshouting
verb
present participle of beshout
beshrewing
beshrewing
verb
present participle of beshrew
beshrouding
beshrouding
verb
present participle of beshroud
besigh
besigh
verb
(transitive) To sigh over.
besmirching
besmirching
verb
present participle of besmirch
besmoothing
besmoothing
verb
present participle of besmooth
besoothing
besoothing
verb
present participle of besoothe
besought
besought
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beseech
simple past tense and past participle of beseek
bestraught
bestraught
adj
(obsolete) Distracted; mad, distraught.
bewitchingness
bewitchingness
noun
The state or quality of being bewitching.
bhangs
biblicopsychological
bibliographers
bibliographers
noun
plural of bibliographer
bibliographies
bibliographies
noun
plural of bibliography
bibliophagist
bibliophagist
noun
(rare) A bibliophage; one who loves to read books.
bibliophagous
bibliophagous
adj
Book-consuming.
biggish
biggish
adj
Somewhat big.
biggishness
biggishness
noun
The state or condition of being biggish.
bigheads
bigheads
noun
plural of bighead
bigheartedness
bigheartedness
noun
The quality of being bighearted.
bighorns
bighorns
noun
plural of bighorn
bights
bights
noun
plural of bight
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bight
bigmouths
bigmouths
noun
plural of bigmouth
bigotish
bigotish
adj
Characteristic or typical of a bigot.
biobibliographies
biobibliographies
noun
plural of biobibliography
biogeochemistry
biogeochemistry
noun
(biology, geology, chemistry, ecology) The scientific study of biological, geological and chemical processes in the natural environment and especially of their mutual relationships
biogeographers
biogeographers
noun
plural of biogeographer
biographees
biographees
noun
plural of biographee
biographers
biographers
noun
plural of biographer
biographies
biographies
noun
plural of biography
biographist
biographist
noun
(dated) A biographer.
biologicohumanistic
biophagism
biophagous
biophagous
adj
That feeds on living creatures.
biophysiography
biophysiography
noun
The branch of biology that deals with the natural history of living organisms; descriptive biology.
biophysiological
biophysiological
adj
Relating to biophysiology
biophysiologist
biophysiologist
noun
One who studies biophysiology.
biophysiology
biophysiology
noun
(biology, physiology) biological physiology
biopsychological
biopsychological
adj
Of or pertaining to biopsychology.
biopsychologies
biopsychologist
biopsychologist
noun
A specialist in biopsychology.
biopsychology
biopsychology
noun
biological psychology
biostratigraphy
biostratigraphy
noun
(biology, geology) The study of the stratigraphic distribution of fossils.
biotechnologies
biotechnologies
noun
plural of biotechnology
birthrights
birthrights
noun
plural of birthright
bishoping
bishoping
verb
present participle of bishop
bishopling
bishopling
noun
A little or petty bishop.
blackfishing
blackfishing
noun
(slang, of a non-black person) The practice of appropriating signifiers of black identity, such as darkening the skin, or wearing traditionally black hairstyles.
verb
present participle of blackfish
blacksmithing
blacksmithing
noun
the business of a blacksmith
verb
present participle of blacksmith
blackwashing
blackwashing
noun
(derogatory) The revisionist portrayal of something as belonging to a black race of people.
(derogatory) The revisionist portrayal of something as evil.
The application of a coating of blackwash.
verb
present participle of blackwash
blagoveshchensk
blandishing
blandishing
verb
present participle of blandish
blandishingly
blandishingly
adv
So as to blandish.
blaspheming
blaspheming
noun
An act of blasphemy.
verb
present participle of blaspheme
blastophaga
blemishing
blemishing
verb
present participle of blemish
blennophlogisma
blennophlogosis
blephariglottis
blighters
blighters
noun
plural of blighter
blighties
blighties
noun
plural of blighty
blights
blights
noun
plural of blight
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blight
bloodshedding
bloodshedding
noun
The act of shedding blood.
bloodthirsting
bloodthirsting
adj
Alternative form of bloodthirsty
bluestockingish
bluestockingish
adj
Like a bluestocking, or scholarly woman.
blushing
blushing
adj
Showing blushes; rosy red.
noun
The act of one who blushes; a blush.
verb
present participle of blush
blushingly
blushingly
adv
In an blushing manner; in a manner that evokes a blush.
boardinghouse
boardinghouse
noun
Alternative spelling of boarding house
boardinghouses
boardinghouses
noun
plural of boardinghouse
bobsleigh
bobsleigh
noun
(UK) The sled used in the sport of bobsleigh.
(obsolete) A sleigh for saw logs or heavy timber resting on two pairs of two short runners.
(uncountable, UK) A winter sport in which teams make timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked purpose-built iced tracks in a gravity-powered sled.
verb
To ride a bobsleigh.
boggish
boggish
adj
boggy
boggishness
bogglish
bogglish
adj
Uncertain, doubtful; skittish
bolshevizing
bolshevizing
verb
present participle of bolshevize
boltuprightness
bombsight
bombsight
noun
A device which allows bombs to be accurately dropped from moving aircraft so as to hit a desired target.