(Scotland, historical) A field worker, especially a woman.
boomeranged
boomeranged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of boomerang
boondoggler
boondoggler
noun
A person who boondoggles; a wastrel
boondogglers
boondogglers
noun
plural of boondoggler
bordering
bordering
adj
Having a common boundary or border
noun
A pattern or ornament forming a border.
verb
present participle of border
borderings
borderings
noun
plural of bordering
bouldering
bouldering
noun
(climbing) Climbing, without ropes, on large boulders or boulder-sized objects.
verb
present participle of boulder
bourgeoned
bourgeoned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bourgeon
bowdlerising
bowdlerising
verb
present participle of bowdlerise
bowdlerizing
bowdlerizing
verb
present participle of bowdlerize
bowldering
bowstringed
bowstringed
adj
Supplied or fitted with a bowstring.
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.
bragdon
braggadocian
braggadocian
noun
(obsolete) Someone given to empty boasting; a braggart.
braggadocianism
branchiostegidae
bravadoing
bravadoing
verb
present participle of bravado
breechloading
breechloading
adj
Describing a breechloader gun: one that has ammunition loaded from the rear of the barrel rather than where it will exit.
bridgehampton
bridgeton
bridgetown
bridgetown
Proper noun
The capital of Barbados.
A town in Devon, UK.
A town in Western Australia.
A town in Nova Scotia, Canada.
A town in Ohio, US.
bridgton
bringdown
bringdown
noun
comedown
disappointment, letdown
broadcasting
broadcasting
adj
Sending in all directions.
noun
(business) The business or profession of radio and television.
The act by which something is broadcast.
verb
present participle of broadcast
broadcastings
broadcastings
noun
plural of broadcasting
broadening
broadening
noun
The act of becoming broader.
The act of making (something) broader.
verb
present participle of broaden
broadenings
broadenings
noun
plural of broadening
broadling
broadlings
broadsiding
broadsiding
verb
present participle of broadside
brobdingnag
brobdingnag
Proper noun
A fictional country inhabited by giants, which appears in Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels.
brobdingnagian
brobdingnagian
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Brobdingnagian
brocading
brocading
noun
The pattern or decoration made by brocading.
verb
present participle of brocade
broidering
broidering
noun
(archaic) embroidering
verb
present participle of broider
bromindigo
brongniardite
brongniardite
noun
(mineralogy) A lead-silver sulfantimonide with 26.2% silver, some of which is apparently diaphorite and some canfieldite.
brooding
brooding
adj
(of a bird) Broody; incubating eggs by sitting on them.
Deeply or seriously thoughtful.
noun
A spell of brooding; the time when someone broods.
verb
present participle of brood
broodingly
broodingly
adv
In a brooding manner
broodling
broodling
noun
(science fiction) a member of a brood in science fiction
a member of a brood, as of animals
burgeoned
burgeoned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of burgeon
calcaneoastragaloid
campground
campground
noun
An area where a camp meeting (a retreat) is held.
An area where tents are pitched.
campgrounds
campgrounds
noun
plural of campground
carangoid
carangoid
adj
(zoology) Belonging to the Carangidae, a family of fishes allied to the mackerels.
noun
(zoology) Any fish of the family Carangidae.
carbohydrogen
carbonadoing
carbonadoing
verb
present participle of carbonado
cardington
cardiogenesis
cardiogenesis
noun
The development of the embryonic heart
cardiogenic
cardiogenic
adj
Originating in the heart.
Resulting from a disorder of the heart.
cardiopneumograph
carloading
carloading
noun
(rail transport) The loading of a freight car.
carloadings
carloadings
noun
plural of carloading
cartilaginoid
cartilaginoid
adj
(anatomy) Resembling or having the characteristics of cartilage.
noun
(medicine) A cartilage-like nodule, growth or other structure, which is not part of the normal anatomy.
centigrado
chandernagor
chandernagore
checkerboarding
checkerboarding
noun
(computer graphics) Synonym of checkerboard rendering
verb
present participle of checkerboard
childcrowing
chlorguanide
chlorguanide
noun
Alternative form of chloroguanide
chloridizing
chloridizing
verb
present participle of chloridize
chlorodizing
chloroguanide
chloroguanide
noun
Proguanil.
chondralgia
chondrigen
chondrigen
noun
(biochemistry) The chemical basis of cartilage, converted by long boiling in water into a gelatinous substance called chondrin.
chondrigenous
chondrigenous
adj
(physiology) Yielding chondrin.
chondroangioma
chondroganoidei
chondrogen
chondrogen
noun
Alternative form of chondrigen
chondrogenesis
chondrogenesis
noun
(biology) The formation and development of cartilage.
chondrogenetic
chondrogenetic
adj
Relating to chondrogenesis.
chondrogenous
chondrogenous
adj
Alternative form of chondrogenetic
chondrogeny
chondroglossal
chondroglossus
chondroglossus
noun
(anatomy) A muscle that arises from the medial side and base of the lesser cornu and contiguous portion of the body of the hyoid bone, and passes directly upward to blend with the intrinsic muscular fibers of the tongue, between the hyoglossus and genioglossus.
chondrography
chondrography
noun
A dissertation concerning cartilage
chondrology
chondrology
noun
The branch of anatomy that deals with cartilage.
chondropharyngeal
chondropharyngeal
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the cartilaginous part (especially of the hyoid bone) of the pharynx
chondropharyngeus
chondropterygian
chondropterygian
adj
Having a cartilaginous skeleton.
noun
(zoology) Any member of the obsolete taxon Chondropterygii, which included both the cartilaginous fish (Chondrichthyes) such as sharks, rays, skates and chimaeras, and the more primitive bony fishes such as sturgeons that have some bones made of cartilage.
chondropterygii
chondropterygious
chording
chording
noun
(computing) The ability, using a keyboard or similar device, to enter characters or commands in the form of "chords" by pressing several keys simultaneously.
An arrangement of musical chords.
verb
present participle of chord
chowdering
chowdering
verb
present participle of chowder
chromdiagnosis
cineangiocardiographic
cineangiocardiography
cineangiocardiography
noun
cinematographic angiocardiography
cineradiography
cineradiography
noun
(medicine) cinematography of working internal organs, normally using X-rays
clangored
clangored
verb
simple past tense and past participle of clangor
clangoured
clangoured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of clangour
clapboarding
clapboarding
verb
present participle of clapboard
clapperdudgeon
clapperdudgeon
noun
A beggar who would apply blood or sores to his body in order to gain attention and attract more alms
coadmiring
coadventuring
coastguardman
coastguardman
noun
(dated) A coastguard.
coastguardsman
coastguardsman
noun
A member of a coastguard.
coastguardsmen
coastguardsmen
noun
plural of coastguardsman
coderiving
codesigner
codesigner
noun
One who codesigns; a designer who works with another.
codesigners
codesigners
noun
plural of codesigner
codirecting
codirecting
verb
present participle of codirect
coenduring
coenduring
verb
present participle of coendure
cogrediency
cogredient
cogredient
adj
(mathematics) Describing two or more variables that undergo the same linear transformations
coguardian
coguardian
noun
A joint guardian.
coleridgian
commandeering
commandeering
verb
present participle of commandeer
comprehending
comprehending
verb
present participle of comprehend
comprehendingly
comprehendingly
adv
In an comprehending manner; knowingly.
condurangin
condurangin
noun
(organic chemistry) Either of two poisonous glucosides obtained from condurango.
condurango
condurango
noun
(medicine) The bark of a South American vine, Marsdenia cundurango, of the milkweed family, once erroneously believed to cure cancer.
confederating
confederating
verb
present participle of confederate
configurated
configurated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of configurate
configured
configured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of configure
conflagrated
conflagrated
adj
Burnt, destroyed by fire.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of conflagrate
conglomerated
conglomerated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of conglomerate
congratulated
congratulated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of congratulate
congredient
congregated
congregated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of congregate
congressed
congressed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of congress
congrid
congrid
noun
(zoology) Any eel of the family Congridae.
congridae
congroid
congroid
noun
Any eel of the suborder Congroidei.
coniopterygidae
considering
considering
adv
(informal) Given the circumstances.
noun
Consideration.
prep
Taking into account.
verb
present participle of consider
consideringly
consideringly
adv
in a manner suggesting one is considering, pensively
constringed
constringed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of constringe
contrabandage
contrabandage
noun
dealing in contraband
contradicting
contradicting
verb
present participle of contradict
contradistinguish
contradistinguish
verb
(transitive) To distinguish things by contrasting their different qualities.
contragredience
contragredience
noun
The property of being contragredient.
contragredient
contragredient
adj
(mathematics) Generally, denoting an object inversed and transposed (to another).
(mathematics) Of a matrix: being a transpose of an inverse matrix.
(mathematics) Of a representation in linear algebra: being the transpose of the former representation of an inverse object.
contraindicating
contraindicating
verb
present participle of contraindicate
converged
converged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of converge
converginerved
coordinating
coordinating
adj
That coordinates
verb
present participle of coordinate
coproducing
coproducing
verb
present participle of coproduce
copyreading
copyreading
verb
present participle of copyread
cordelling
cording
cording
noun
Decorative cord, often wrapped in colored fabric or foil
The resultant decoration, or the act of decorating with cording
verb
present participle of cord
cordings
cordings
noun
plural of cording
cordoning
cordoning
verb
present participle of cordon
corduroying
corduroying
verb
present participle of corduroy
coredeeming
coredeeming
verb
present participle of coredeem
coregonid
coregonid
noun
Any freshwater whitefish of the former family Coregonidae (now Salmonidae)
coregonidae
coregonoid
cornbraiding
corndodger
corndodger
noun
Alternative form of corn-dodger
corradiating
corradiating
verb
present participle of corradiate
corrading
corrading
verb
present participle of corrade
corresponding
corresponding
adj
that have a similar relationship
noun
A correspondence; the situation where things correspond or match.