(obsolete outside dialects) The Eurasian siskin or spruce siskin, Spinus spinus, a small green and yellow finch related to the goldfinch.
aberdonian
aberdonian
Adjective
Of or relating to Aberdeen.
Noun
A citizen or inhabitant of, or person born in, Aberdeen, NE Scotland.
aberduvine
aberduvine
noun
Alternative form of aberdevine.
aberrating
aberrating
verb
present participle of aberrate
aberration
aberration
noun
(astronomy) A small periodical change of the apparent positions of the stars and other heavenly bodies, due to the combined effect of the motion of light and the motion of the observer.
(astronomy, by extension) The tendency of light rays to preferentially strike the leading face of a moving object (the effect underlying the above phenomenon).
(electronics) A defect in an image produced by an optical or electrostatic lens system.
(medicine) A deviation of a tissue, organ or mental functions from what is considered to be within the normal range.
(optics) The convergence to different foci, by a lens or mirror, of rays of light emanating from one and the same point, or the deviation of such rays from a single focus; a defect in a focusing mechanism that prevents the intended focal point.
(zoology, botany) A typical development or structure; deviation from the normal type; an aberrant organ.
A mental disorder, especially one of a minor or temporary character.
A partial alienation of reason.
The act of wandering; deviation from truth, moral rectitude; abnormal; divergence from the straight, correct, proper, normal, or from the natural state.
abirritant
abirritant
adj
(medicine) Acting to diminish irritation; soothing.
noun
(pharmacology) A medicine that diminishes irritation.
abjuration
abjuration
noun
A repudiation on oath of a religious or political principle.
A solemn recantation or renunciation on oath; as, an abjuration of heresy.
The act of abjuring.
abominator
abominator
noun
One who abominates.
aboriginal
aboriginal
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Aboriginal
First according to historical or scientific records; original; indigenous; primitive.
Living in a land before colonization by the Europeans.
noun
An animal or plant native to a region.
aborigines
aborigines
noun
(history) The inhabitants of a location before colonization by the Europeans occurred.
Indigenous flora and fauna.
The original people of a location, originally Greek and Roman.
plural of aborigine
abortional
abortional
adj
(rare) Pertaining to abortion; miscarrying; abortive.
abranchial
abranchial
adj
(zoology) Lacking gills.
abranchian
abreacting
abreacting
verb
present participle of abreact
abreaction
abreaction
noun
(psychoanalysis) The re-living of an experience with a view to purging its emotional dross.
abridgment
abridgment
noun
(US) An epitome or compend, as of a book; a shortened or abridged form; an abbreviation.
(US) The act of abridging; reduction or deprivation
(US) The state of being abridged or lessened.
(dated, law) Any of various brief statements of case law made before modern reporting of legal cases.
(law) The leaving out of certain portions of a plaintiff's demand, the writ still holding good for the remainder.
(obsolete) That which abridges or cuts short; hence, an entertainment that makes the time pass quickly
abrogating
abrogating
verb
present participle of abrogate
abrogation
abrogation
noun
The act of abrogating; a repeal by authority; abolition.
absorbtion
absorbtion
noun
Misspelling of absorption.
absorption
absorption
noun
(chemistry, physics) the imbibing or reception by molecular or chemical action, of radiant energy; the process of being neutrons being absorbed by the nucleus; interception.
(electrical engineering) The retaining of electrical energy for a short time after it has been introduced to the dielectric.
(meteorology) The process in which incident radiant energy is retained by a substance (such as an air mass) by conversion to some other form of energy (such as heat).
(obsolete) engulfing; swallowing up, as of bodies or land.
(physiology) in living organisms, the process by which the materials of growth and nutrition are absorbed and conveyed to the tissues and organs; taking in by various means, such as by osmosis.
Entire engrossment or occupation of the mind.
Mental assimilation.
assimilation; incorporation.
abstainers
abstainers
noun
plural of abstainer
absterging
absterging
verb
present participle of absterge
abstersion
abstersion
noun
(archaic) Act of wiping clean; a cleansing; a purging.
abstertion
abstrusion
abstrusion
noun
(rare) The act of thrusting away.
abterminal
abterminal
adj
(anatomy, of an electrical current in a muscle) Away from the end and towards the centre
abthainrie
acerbating
acerbating
verb
present participle of acerbate
addlebrain
addlebrain
noun
An addlebrained person.
aerobating
aerobating
verb
present participle of aerobate
afterbrain
afterbrain
noun
(anatomy) A posterior subdivision of the hindbrain; the myelencephalon
airbrained
alboranite
algarrobin
algarrobin
noun
(historical) A dyestuff made from the wood of Ceratonia siliqua, the European carob tree.
anaerobian
anaerobies
anaerobies
noun
(biology) anaerobes
anaerobion
anaerobism
anaerobism
noun
The property of being anaerobic.
anaerobium
angiotribe
angiotribe
noun
An instrument for controlling hemorrhages
antebridal
antibaryon
antibaryon
noun
(physics) The antiparticle corresponding to a baryon.
antibridal
antibromic
antibromic
adj
(archaic) Having the power to eliminate offensive smells.
noun
(archaic) Any substance capable of eliminating offensive smells.
antifebrin
antirabies
antirabies
adj
(pharmacology) Preventing or countering rabies.
antorbital
antorbital
adj
(anatomy) Situated to the front of the orbit of the eye
noun
(anatomy) The antorbital bone
arabianize
arabianize
Verb
To make Arabian.
arabinosic
arabinosic
adj
Of or relating to arabinose.
arborizing
arborizing
verb
present participle of arborize
arbusterin
arbutinase
arbutinase
noun
(biochemistry) The enzyme beta-glucosidase.
austinburg
azerbaijan
azerbaijan
Proper noun
country in West Asia; official name: Republic of Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
bacitracin
bacitracin
noun
(pharmacology) A nonprescription polypeptide antibiotic isolated from a bacillus (Bacillus subtilis or Bacillus licheniformis), usually provided in topical ointment form especially against gram-positive bacteria.
backfiring
backfiring
noun
A failure that leads to further misfortune.
The occurrence of a backfire.
verb
present participle of backfire
backfriend
backfriend
noun
(UK, dialectal) A friend at one's back; a backer; one who does his best for another; a supporter.
(UK, dialectal) A hangnail.
(UK, dialectal, obsolete) A false friend; a secret enemy.
backstring
bainbridge
bainbrudge
bairnliest
bairnliest
adj
superlative form of bairnly: most bairnly
balatronic
balatronic
adj
buffoonish
balbriggan
balbriggan
noun
An unbleached, knitted, cotton fabric mostly used for underwear.
ballerinas
balnibarbi
banderilla
banderilla
noun
(bullfighting) A decorated barbed stick used in bullfighting to stick into the bulls' shoulders.
banditries
banditries
noun
plural of banditry
bandstring
bandstring
noun
(obsolete or historical) Any of the strings used to fasten the collar and bands of 17th-century clothing; often decorated with tassels.
bandurrias
bandurrias
noun
plural of bandurria
banffshire
banffshire
Proper noun
a historic county in north-east Scotland, which was absorbed into Region in 1975. Its county town was
bannerfish
bannerfish
noun
A large fish of the genus Istiophorus, of the swordfish family, with a broad banner-like dorsal fin; the sailfish.
Any of several species of butterflyfish in the genus Heniochus that superficially resemble the Moorish idol, though unrelated.
bannerlike
bannerlike
adj
Resembling a banner
adv
So as to resemble a banner
bannerline
bannerwise
bannerwise
adv
In the manner of a banner or flag.
bannisters
bannisters
noun
plural of bannister
baragnosis
baragnosis
noun
Inability to judge weight differences accurately.
baralipton
barasingha
barasingha
noun
Rucervus duvaucelii, the swamp deer.
barbarians
barbarians
noun
plural of barbarian
barbecuing
barbecuing
verb
present participle of barbecue
barbequing
barbequing
verb
present participle of barbeque
bargainers
bargainers
noun
plural of bargainer
bargaining
bargaining
noun
The act of one who bargains.
verb
present participle of bargain
barhopping
barhopping
verb
present participle of barhop
barkantine
barkentine
barkentine
noun
(sailing) Alternative spelling of barquentine
barnacling
barnacling
verb
present participle of barnacle
barognosis
barognosis
noun
(medicine) The ability to evaluate the weight of objects, or to differentiate objects of different weights by holding or lifting them.
baroneting
baronetise
baronetize
baronizing
baronizing
verb
present participle of baronize
barracking
barracking
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) The act of cheering for or supporting a team.
An act of jeering or heckling.
verb
present participle of barrack
barramundi
barramundi
noun
A diadromous fish of species Lates calcarifer, of the Centropomidae family, order Perciformes.
barrandite
barrandite
noun
(mineralogy) The mineral (Al,Fe³⁺)PO₄⋅2H₂O, related to taranakite.
barrelling
barrelling
noun
Alternative form of barreling
verb
present participle of barrel
barrientos
barrington
barrington
Proper noun
A village in Cambridgeshire, England
A village in Somerset, England
A village in Illinois
A town in New Hampshire
A borough in New Jersey
A town in New York
A village in New South Wales, Australia
A town in Rhode Island
bartending
bartending
verb
present participle of bartend
bartizaned
bartramian
baryphonia
baryphonic
basinerved
basirhinal
bastionary
bastionary
adj
Having the form of a bastion (fortification).
batocrinus
batrachian
batrachian
adj
Pertaining to or resembling a frog or toad.
noun
(rare) A frog or toad.
beaverskin
beaverskin
noun
The pelt of a beaver.
becharming
becharming
verb
present participle of becharm
becrawling
becrawling
verb
present participle of becrawl
bedwarfing
bedwarfing
verb
present participle of bedwarf
beermaking
beermaking
noun
The making of beer.
begroaning
begroaning
verb
present participle of begroan
belaboring
belaboring
verb
present participle of belabor
belgravian
belgravian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Belgravia, London.
Of or pertaining to the fashionable or aristocratic life; fashionable, aristocratic.
Noun
A resident of Belgravia, London.
A member of the fashionable or aristocratic society assumed to reside in Belgravia.
bellarmine
bellarmine
noun
A stoneware jug of a pattern that originated around Cologne, Germany, in the 16th century, having a bearded face or mask supposed to represent Cardinal Bellarmine, a leader in the Counter-Reformation.
belverdian
berecyntia
berengaria
bergsonian
bergsonian
Adjective
Of or relating to (1859–1941), French philosopher, who convinced many thinkers that immediate experience and intuition are more significant than rationalism and science in understanding reality.
beribanded
berkeleian
berkeleian
Adjective
Of or relating to or his system of idealism.
bermudians
bernalillo
bernalillo
Proper noun
a town in New Mexico, USA
bernardina
bernardine
bernardino
berreaving
bertolonia
besmearing
besmearing
verb
present participle of besmear
bestiarian
bestiarian
noun
(dated, rare) A person who upholds the rights of animals; especially an antivivisectionist.
beswarming
beswarming
verb
present participle of beswarm
bewearying
bewrapping
bewrapping
verb
present participle of bewrap
bicarinate
bicarinate
adj
(biology) Dividing into two points at the end.
bicondylar
bicondylar
adj
Involving two condyles.
bicornuate
bicornuate
adj
(medicine) Resembling a pair of horns, as a malformed uterus may.
biedermann
biharmonic
biharmonic
adj
(mathematics) Describing a class of fourth-order partial differential equations which arises in areas of continuum mechanics
noun
Any equation of this kind.
biliprasin
biliprasin
noun
(biochemistry) A dark green pigment found in small quantities in human gallstones.
binaurally
binaurally
adv
In a binaural fashion; using or pertaining to both ears.
binitarian
binitarian
noun
(religion) A proponent of binitarianism.
binoculars
binoculars
noun
A hand-held device consisting of a series of lenses and prisms, used to magnify objects so that they can be better seen from a distance, and looked at through both eyes.
biparental
biparental
adj
Having two parents.
bipartient
bipartient
adj
Dividing into two parts.
bipartisan
bipartisan
adj
(politics) Relating to, or supported by two groups, especially by two political parties.
bipartizan
bipersonal
bipersonal
adj
Relating to, or consisting of, two persons.
bipinnaria
bipinnaria
noun
(zoology) The larva of certain starfishes as developed in the free-swimming stage.
birational
birational
adj
(mathematics) Describing a rational geometric function that has a rational inverse
birdbander
birdbrains
birdbrains
noun
plural of birdbrain
birdinhand
birkenhead
birkenhead
Proper noun
An English topographic surname
Either of F. E. Smith, Frederick Smith or Frederick Smith the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Earls of Birkenhead