The capital of, and largest city in Iraq, situated in the center of the country on the Tigris river; an ancient city and historical center of the Muslim world.
ballhandling
ballhandling
noun
(basketball) Skillful handling of the basketball when dribbling, passing or receiving
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.
bangladesh
barehanding
bechignoned
bechignoned
adj
Wearing one's hair in a chignon.
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
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
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.
behindsight
beholding
beholding
adj
Obsolete form of beholden.
noun
The act by which something is beheld; regard; contemplation.
(figuratively, obsolete) Difficult to understand; abstruse, obscure.
(obsolete or poetic) Overtaken by night; especially of a traveller, etc.: caught out by oncoming night before reaching one's destination.
(obsolete) Plunged into darkness.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of benight
benightedly
benightedly
adv
In a benighted manner.
benightedness
benightedness
noun
The quality of being benighted.
berchtesgaden
bergschrund
bergschrund
noun
Alternative form of bergshrund
beshadowing
beshadowing
verb
present participle of beshadow
beshrouding
beshrouding
verb
present participle of beshroud
bhadgaon
bighead
bighead
noun
(countable, colloquial) Any of several species of fish having a large head.
(countable, colloquial, especially used by children) A person having an inflated opinion of himself; a conceited or arrogant person.
(uncountable, colloquial) Any of several animal diseases that cause swelling of the head.
bigheaded
bigheaded
adj
Alternative spelling of big-headed
bigheads
bigheads
noun
plural of bighead
bighearted
bighearted
adj
Noble, kind and generous
bigheartedly
bigheartedly
adv
In a bighearted manner
bigheartedness
bigheartedness
noun
The quality of being bighearted.
bighted
bighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bight
bigmouthed
bigmouthed
adj
(of a person) Loud or talkative, especially in an indiscreet manner.
Having a large mouth.
billheading
birdcatching
birdcatching
noun
The trapping of birds.
birdwatching
birdwatching
noun
(slang) The hobby of watching rocket launches.
Observing or identifying wild birds in their natural environment.
blandishing
blandishing
verb
present participle of blandish
blandishingly
blandishingly
adv
So as to blandish.
bleachground
blightbird
blighted
blighted
adj
Having caused to suffer a blight.
Having suffered a blight.
Ruined, spoiled.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blight
bloodshedding
bloodshedding
noun
The act of shedding blood.
bloodthirsting
bloodthirsting
adj
Alternative form of bloodthirsty
boardinghouse
boardinghouse
noun
Alternative spelling of boarding house
boardinghouses
boardinghouses
noun
plural of boardinghouse
boddagh
bodychecking
bodychecking
verb
present participle of bodycheck
bodyweight
bodyweight
adj
Employing (only) a person's own weight as resistance to movement for the purpose of physical exercise.
noun
The weight or mass of an organism.
boltheading
bondholding
bondholding
adj
(finance) Holding bonds.
borderlight
borghild
boroughwide
boroughwide
adj
Throughout a borough.
boughed
boughed
adj
Having (a specified kind of) boughs.
brachioganoid
brachioganoidei
brachydiagonal
brachydiagonal
adj
Relating to the shorter diagonal, as of a rhombic prism.
noun
The shorter of the diagonals in a rhombic prism.
bradleigh
bradyphagia
bradyphagia
noun
Unusual slowness in eating
bradysphygmia
branchiostegidae
brandenburgh
brandishing
brandishing
noun
The action of the verb to brandish.
verb
present participle of brandish
breechloading
breechloading
adj
Describing a breechloader gun: one that has ammunition loaded from the rear of the barrel rather than where it will exit.
bridegroomship
bridgehampton
bridgehead
bridgehead
noun
(chemistry) Either of the two atoms in different parts of a molecule that are connected by a bridge of two or more other atoms
(military) A fortification around the end of a bridge.
(military) An area of ground on the enemy's side of a river or other obstacle, especially one that needs to be taken and defended in order to secure an advance.
An area around the end of a bridge.
bridgeheads
bridgeheads
noun
plural of bridgehead
brigadiership
brigadiership
noun
The role or position of a brigadier.
brigandish
brigandish
adj
like a brigand or robber
brigandishly
brigandishly
adv
In a brigandish manner.
brighid
brightened
brightened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brighten
brightwood
bsdhyg
buddhological
buddhological
Adjective
Relating to Buddhology.
buddhology
buddhology
Noun
The study of the Buddha or Buddhahood.
budgereegah
budgereegah
noun
Archaic form of budgerigar.
budgerigah
budgerygah
bughead
bulkheading
bulkheading
noun
bulkheads in general
bulldoggish
bulldoggishly
bulldoggishness
burgherdom
burgherhood
burgherhood
noun
The role or status of burgher.
cabbagehead
cabbagehead
noun
(geology) A roughly spherical aggregation of a mineral.
A common type of jellyfish, Stomolophus meleagris
A head of cabbage.
A stupid person; an idiot.
A style of smokestack on a wood-burning locomotive that has a roughly spherical top on a straight narrow stack.
The larval form (caterpillar) of Crocidolomia pavonana, which is a pest that eats cabbages.
cabbageheaded
cabbageheadedness
cambridgeshire
cambridgeshire
Proper noun
An inland county of East Anglia, England. County town Cambridge, bordered by Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire.
carbohydrogen
checkerboarding
checkerboarding
noun
(computer graphics) Synonym of checkerboard rendering
verb
present participle of checkerboard
childbearing
childbearing
adj
Of, pertaining to, or suitable for childbirth
noun
The process of giving birth; pregnancy and parturition
childersburg
coachbuilding
coachbuilding
noun
The construction of coaches.
cobridgehead
daggerbush
dayabhaga
debauching
debauching
verb
present participle of debauch
debouching
debouching
verb
present participle of debouche
delightable
delightable
adj
(obsolete) Delightful.
demihagbut
denbigh
denbighshire
denbighshire
Proper noun
A maritime traditional county of Wales, bounded to the north by the Irish Sea, to the east by Flintshire, Cheshire and Shropshire, to the south by Montgomeryshire and Merionethshire, and to the west by Caernarfonshire.
A local government principal area, bordered by Wrexham, Flintshire, Conwy, Gwynedd and Powys.
disbenching
disbenching
verb
present participle of disbench
disbranching
disbranching
verb
present participle of disbranch
dischargeable
dischargeable
adj
Capable of being discharged.
disestablishing
disestablishing
verb
present participle of disestablish
dishabituating
dishabituating
verb
present participle of dishabituate
distinguishability
distinguishability
noun
The state of being distinguishable.
distinguishable
distinguishable
adj
Able, or easily able to be distinguished.
distinguishableness
distinguishableness
noun
The state or quality of being distinguishable.
distinguishably
distinguishably
adv
In a distinguishable way
dogbush
doublehatching
doublehung
doublethinking
doublethought
doughbellies
doughbelly
doughbelly
noun
Synonym of frybread
doughbird
doughbird
noun
The Eskimo curlew (Numenius borealis).
doughboy
doughboy
noun
(US) An American infantryman, especially one from World War I.
A kind of flour dumpling.
Frybread.
doughboys
doughboys
noun
plural of doughboy
draughtboard
draughtboard
noun
A checkerboard used to play draughts.
draughtsboard
draughtsboard
noun
The board on which draughts is played, resembling a chessboard but (depending on the game variation) often having a side length of ten squares rather than eight.
dubhgall
edinburgh
edinburgh
Proper noun
The capital and second largest city of Scotland.
featherbedding
featherbedding
noun
(US) The employment of more workers than is necessary, typically because of labor union rules (or sometimes deals with organized crime, a government, etc), especially upon the introduction of new technology.
verb
present participle of featherbed
fingerbreadth
fingerbreadth
noun
A (usually approximate and informal) unit of measurement based upon the radial width of the human finger.