(pharmacology) Countering or preventing blennorrhoea.
noun
(pharmacology) Any medicine that counters or prevents blennorrhoea.
antiburgher
antiburgher
noun
(historical, Scotland) A member of a faction of the Scottish Presbyterian Church that refused to take the burgess oath in 1747; since reunited.
antihemoglobin
aschaffenburg
attenborough
attenborough
Proper noun
A village in Broxtowe borough, Nottinghamshire, England.
autobiographer
autobiographer
noun
One who writes his or her own life or biography.
autobiographers
autobiographers
noun
plural of autobiographer
autobiographies
autobiographies
noun
plural of autobiography
azygobranchiate
backchecking
backchecking
verb
present participle of backcheck
backlighted
bacteriopathology
bacteriophage
bacteriophage
noun
(microbiology, virology) A virus that specifically infects bacteria.
bacteriophages
bacteriophages
noun
plural of bacteriophage
bacteriophagia
bacteriophagic
bacteriophagic
adj
Of or pertaining to a bacteriophage.
bacteriophagous
bacteriophagous
adj
Pertaining to the predation and consumption of bacterium.
bacteriophagy
bacteriophagy
noun
The feeding on bacteria.
bactetiophage
badgerbrush
badgerbrush
noun
The plant Symphoricarpos occidentalis.
bagehot
bagheera
bagheera
Proper noun
A fictional panther character in Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book.
Noun
The deputy leader of a pack of Cub Scouts.
bagheli
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.
balneographer
balneographer
noun
One who writes descriptions of therapeutic baths.
balneography
balneography
noun
A description of therapeutic baths.
balneophysiology
bangladesh
bantamweight
bantamweight
noun
(boxing) A weight class in boxing and other sports, intermediate between flyweight and featherweight. In boxing it ranges from 112 to 118 pounds (51 to 54 kg).
A boxer or other competitor of this weight.
bantamweights
bantamweights
noun
plural of bantamweight
barehanding
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
barkleigh
barometrograph
barometrograph
noun
A form of barometer capable of recording the variations of atmospheric pressure onto paper.
barometrography
barothermogram
barothermograph
barothermograph
noun
An instrument for recording both pressure and temperature, as of the atmosphere.
barothermohygrogram
barothermohygrograph
barothermohygrograph
noun
A device for measuring atmospheric pressure, temperature, and humidity.
bashilange
bathypelagic
bathypelagic
adj
(oceanography) Of or pertaining to the parts of the oceans at depths between 1000 and 4000 meters deep.
bathythermogram
bathythermograph
bathythermograph
noun
A small torpedo-shaped device that holds a temperature sensor and a transducer to detect changes in hydrostatic pressure.
beachcombing
beachcombing
noun
An item found lying near the sea; marine salvage.
The lifestyle and habits of a beachcomber.
verb
present participle of beachcomb
beaching
beaching
noun
An event in which a marine animal beaches itself.
verb
present participle of beach
bearhug
bearhug
noun
Alternative spelling of bear hug
verb
(transitive) To embrace in a bear hug.
bearhugs
bearhugs
noun
plural of bearhug
bechalking
bechalking
verb
present participle of bechalk
bechancing
bechancing
verb
present participle of bechance
becharming
becharming
verb
present participle of becharm
bechignoned
bechignoned
adj
Wearing one's hair in a chignon.
beclothing
beclothing
verb
present participle of beclothe
bedclothing
bedclothing
noun
bedclothes
bedight
bedight
adj
(archaic) That has been equipped or bedecked.
verb
(archaic) To equip or bedeck.
bedighted
bedighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bedight
bedighting
bedighting
verb
present participle of bedight
bedights
bedights
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedight
bedlight
bedlight
noun
A bedside light.
bedlingtonshire
bednighted
bednights
bedrenching
bedrenching
verb
present participle of bedrench
bedright
bedright
noun
Alternative form of bedrite
befraught
befraught
adj
(rare) fraught
befreight
begarnish
begash
beggarhood
beggarhood
noun
The class of beggars generally.
The condition of being a beggar.
beghard
beghard
Noun
One of an association of religious laymen living in semimonastic communities in imitation of the Beguines, and influenced by Albigensian teachings and by the
beghtol
beglerbegship
beglerbegship
noun
The role or status of a beglerbeg.
begohm
begohm
noun
(dated, nonstandard) A billion ohms.
begorah
begorrah
begorrah
intj
(Ireland) Alternative spelling of begorra
begrutch
begrutch
verb
Obsolete form of begrudge.
behang
behang
verb
(transitive) To hang round or about, as ornament or embellishment; suspend; drape.
behaving
behaving
noun
Behaviour.
verb
present participle of behave
beheading
beheading
noun
An instance of a person being beheaded.
verb
present participle of behead
behedge
behedge
verb
(transitive) To determine the boundary or limit of; define.
(transitive) To hedge about; surround with or as with a hedge.
(transitive) To straiten; restrict; constrain; limit.
(transitive) To surround; beset; plague; hinder.
behight
behight
verb
(dialectal, Northern England) To be designated.
(obsolete) To call; to name; to address.
(obsolete) To command; to order.
(obsolete) To consider or esteem to be; to declare to be.
(obsolete) To mean, or intend.
(obsolete, transitive) To give in trust; to commit; to entrust.
(obsolete, transitive) To vow, promise (someone).
behindsight
beholding
beholding
adj
Obsolete form of beholden.
noun
The act by which something is beheld; regard; contemplation.
verb
present participle of behold
beholdingness
beholdingness
noun
The state or quality of being beholden.
behooving
behooving
verb
present participle of behoove
behoovingly
behoovingly
adv
Alternative form of behovingly
behoving
behoving
verb
present participle of behove
behowling
behowling
verb
present participle of behowl
behring
behung
behung
adj
Draped; ornamented with something hanging.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of behang
beknight
beknight
verb
(transitive, rare) To make a knight of.
beknighted
beknighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beknight
beknighting
beknighting
verb
present participle of beknight
beknights
beknights
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beknight
belching
belching
noun
The act of producing a belch.
verb
present participle of belch
belgophile
belight
belight
verb
(intransitive, rare, dialectal) To become lit up; shine up; dawn.
(transitive, rare, dialectal) To light up; illuminate.
bellaghy
bellhanger
bellhanging
bellingham
bellingham
Proper noun
a city in Washington state, USA
a suburb in London, England
bellyaching
bellyaching
noun
Quit your bellyaching and get back to work!
Whining and complaining, often contrived to evoke pity or shirk responsibility.
verb
present participle of bellyache
bellyflaught
benching
benching
noun
An instance of a person being removed temporarily from an active role in a group or team activity.
verb
present participle of bench
benchmarking
benchmarking
noun
A performance measurement according to a benchmark.
verb
present participle of benchmark
benedight
benedight
adj
(obsolete, poetic) Blessed; benedict.
beneighbored
benghazi
benghazi
Proper noun
A Mediterranean sea port in Libya.
benight
benight
verb
(chiefly in passive) To overtake (a traveller etc) with the darkness of night, especially before shelter is reached.
To darken; to shroud or obscure.
To plunge or be overwhelmed in moral or intellectual darkness.