(botany) Changing the direction in the spiral sequence of leaves on a stem.
antidrug
antidrug
adj
Against drugs; advocating against drug use.
antidysuric
antifraud
antifraud
adj
Acting against fraud.
antimasquerade
antimoniureted
antimoniuretted
antimoniuretted
adj
(chemistry) Combined with or containing antimony.
antipeduncular
antiproductionist
antiproductive
antiproductively
antiproductiveness
antiproductivity
antiprudential
antiprudential
adj
Lacking or opposing prudence; imprudent.
antiputrid
antiputrid
adj
antiputrefactive
antireducer
antireducing
antireduction
antireductive
antisudoral
antisudoral
adj
Preventing sweating.
antisudorific
antisudorific
adj
(medicine) Preventing sweating.
noun
(medicine) Any agent that prevents sweating.
anunder
anuradhapura
appendicular
appendicular
adj
Of or pertaining to a limb or appendage.
Of or pertaining to the appendix.
appendicularia
appendicularian
appendicularian
adj
(zoology) Pertaining to the class Appendicularia of tailed tunicates.
noun
(zoology) A member of this class.
appendiculariidae
arachnidium
archfounder
archplunderer
archscoundrel
arduinite
arduousness
arduousness
noun
The state of being arduous.
arduousnesses
arduousnesses
noun
plural of arduousness
argonautid
argonautid
noun
(zoology) Any member of the Argonautidae.
arguendo
arguendo
adv
(law) Used to set off the facts presented in an argument on a point of law from facts in dispute in the case.
(law) for the sake of argument; assuming without deciding; identifying the premises of a hypothetical argument while making it clear that no finding is being made on whether the premises are true.
arlequinade
arnaud
arnaudville
arnoldsburg
arnuad
around
around
adj
(informal, with the verb "to be") Alive; existing.
(informal, with the verb "to be") Present in the vicinity.
adv
(with turn, spin, etc.) So as to partially or completely rotate; so as to face in the opposite direction.
From one state or condition to an opposite or very different one; with a metaphorical change in direction; bringing about awareness or agreement.
From place to place.
Nearly; approximately; about.
So as to form a circle or trace a circular path, or approximation thereof.
So as to surround or be near.
Used with certain verbs to suggest unproductive activity.
Used with verbs to indicate repeated or continuous action, or in numerous locations or with numerous people.
prep
(of abstract things) Centred upon; surrounding.
At or to various places within.
Following a path which curves near an object, with the object on the inside of the curve.
Following the perimeter of a specified area and returning to the starting point.
Forming a circle or closed curve containing (something).
Near; in the vicinity of.
arround
arseniureted
arseniureted
adj
Alternative form of arseniuretted
arseniuretted
arseniuretted
adj
(chemistry, archaic) Combined with arsenic.
arundel
arundel
Proper noun
A market town in West Sussex, England
arundell
arundiferous
arundiferous
adj
(rare, botany) Producing reeds or canes.
arundinaceous
arundinaceous
adj
(botany) Of, pertaining to, or resembling a reed or cane
arundinaria
arundineous
arundineous
adj
(rare) Abounding in reeds; reedy.
arundo
assuredness
assuredness
noun
The state or quality of being assured.
asterospondylous
asunder
asunder
adv
(archaic, literary) Into separate parts or pieces.
attitudinarian
attitudinarian
noun
One who attitudinizes; a posture maker.
attitudinarianism
attitudinarianism
noun
A practising of attitudes; posture-making.
attitudiniser
attitudiniser
noun
Alternative form of attitudinizer
attitudinizer
attitudinizer
noun
One who attitudinizes, or practises poses.
auburndale
audiencer
audiencier
audiencier
noun
A bailiff in certain French courts.
aulander
auldfarrantlike
aundrea
auricyanhydric
auricyanide
aurocyanide
aurocyanide
noun
(inorganic chemistry, uncountable) The complex anion, Au(CN)₂⁻, produced when gold is dissolved as part of the cyanide process.
aurodiamine
auslander
autodecrement
autodecrement
noun
(computing) An automatic decrement.
verb
(computing) To decrement automatically.
autodecremented
autodecremented
verb
simple past tense and past participle of autodecrement
autodecrements
autodecrements
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of autodecrement
autodepolymerization
autodestruction
autodestruction
noun
(chiefly science fiction) A feature of a system whereby it destroys itself.
autodifferentiation
autodifferentiation
noun
(biology) Automatic differentiation and specialization of cells; autonomous development.
(mathematics, computing) The automatic differentiation of a function by a computer.
The differentiation of a whole into distinct parts; self-differentiation.
autodrainage
autoheterodyne
autoheterodyne
noun
(dated, electronics) autodyne
autohybridization
autoincremented
autoincremented
verb
simple past tense and past participle of autoincrement
autonitridation
autoreduction
autoreduction
noun
(inorganic chemistry) reduction in the absence of a reducing agent
autoretardation
autoretardation
noun
(chemistry) The retardation of a chemical reaction as a result of the reaction itself.
autosender
autosender
noun
An automatic sender.
autostandardization
avanguardisti
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
backgrounded
backgrounded
adj
(computing) (of a task) Made non-interactive
Moved to the background
verb
simple past tense and past participle of background
backgrounder
backgrounder
noun
(chiefly US) A briefing or document typically provided prior to a meeting or other event that gives basic details on subjects that are likely to be mentioned.
A cattle farmer or rancher who runs a backgrounding operation.
A person employed to draw backgrounds for a comic or cartoon.
backgrounds
backgrounds
noun
plural of background
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of background
badineur
bainbrudge
balustrading
balustrading
noun
(architecture) work including one or more balustrades
bandcutter
bandur
bandura
bandura
noun
A Ukrainian plucked stringed instrument with a tear-shaped body, like an asymmetrical lute or a vertical zither, which is played with both hands while held upright on the lap.
bandurria
bandurria
noun
A bird, the black-faced ibis.
A plectrum-plucked stringed instrument with a flat-backed pear-shaped body, with twelve strings in six courses in its most common modern form, originating in Spain.
bandurrias
bandurrias
noun
plural of bandurria
banebrudge
bankrupted
bankrupted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bankrupt
bareknuckled
barkbound
barkbound
adj
Prevented from growing, by having the bark too firm or close.
baronduki
barracudina
barracudina
noun
Any of the elongated ray-finned fish of the order Paralepididae.
barramunda
barramunda
noun
Neoceratodus forsteri, the Queensland lungfish.
barramundas
barramundas
noun
plural of barramunda
barramundi
barramundi
noun
A diadromous fish of species Lates calcarifer, of the Centropomidae family, order Perciformes.
barramundies
barramundis
barramundis
noun
plural of barramundi
barundi
basiglandular
battleground
battleground
noun
(US politics) Ellipsis of battleground state.
(figurative) Any place or situation of dispute or contention
(figurative) Any subject of dispute or contention.
A location where a battle may be fought, or has been fought.
battlegrounds
battlegrounds
noun
plural of battleground
baudrons
baudrons
noun
(Britain, dated) cat
baudronses
baudronses
noun
plural of baudrons
beardtongue
beardtongue
noun
A flowering plant in the genus Penstemon with a prominent, often hairy, staminode.
beardtongues
beardtongues
noun
plural of beardtongue
bearhound
bearhound
noun
A dog for baiting or hunting bears.
becurtained
becurtained
verb
simple past tense and past participle of becurtain
bedrugging
bedrugging
verb
present participle of bedrug
begrudging
begrudging
adj
grudgeful, envious
reluctant
verb
present participle of begrudge
begrudgingly
begrudgingly
adv
In a begrudging manner; in a manner that is envious or reluctant.
belinuridae
belowground
belowground
adj
beneath the surface of the ground; underground
benzdifuran
benzotrifluoride
benzotrifluoride
noun
(organic chemistry) The fluorinated derivative of toluene "(trifluoromethyl)benzene"
berglund
bergschrund
bergschrund
noun
Alternative form of bergshrund
bermudan
bermudan
Noun
A person from Bermuda or of Bermudian descent.
Adjective
Of, from, or pertaining to Bermuda, or the Bermudian peoples.
bermudian
bermudian
Adjective
Of, from, or pertaining to Bermuda, or the Bermudian people.
Personal legal status equivalent to citizenship for the country of Bermuda.
Noun
A person from Bermuda or of Bermudian descent.
bermudians
beround
bescoundrel
beshrouding
beshrouding
verb
present participle of beshroud
bethunder
beturbaned
beturbaned
adj
wearing a turban
beuniformed
beuniformed
adj
(dated) Wearing a uniform.
bhunder
bhunder
Noun
A rhesus macaque.
bidiurnal
bidiurnal
adj
Every other day.
biglandular
biglandular
adj
Having two glands
bildungsroman
bildungsroman
noun
A novel tracing the spiritual, moral, psychological, or social development and growth of the main character, usually from childhood to maturity.
biquadrantal
bishydroxycoumarin
bishydroxycoumarin
noun
(organic chemistry) Synonym of dicumarol
bismerpund
bismerpund
noun
(historical) An old Swedish unit of weight, equivalent to 5.101 kilograms.
bladdernut
bladdernut
noun
Any of several species of large shrubs or small trees, of the genus Staphylea, in the family Staphyleaceae
Diospyros whyteana, a species of tree with edible fruit, native to Africa.
bladdernuts
bladdernuts
noun
plural of bladdernut
bladensburg
blandburg
bleachground
blendure
blockaderunning
bloodcurdling
bloodcurdling
adj
Causing great horror or terror.
bloodcurdlingly
bloodcurdlingly
adv
in a bloodcurdling manner
bludgeoneer
bludgeoner
bludgeoner
noun
One who bludgeons.
blueprinted
blueprinted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blueprint