(botany) A multicellular reproductive structure that contains a large, non-motile gamete (egg cell), and within which an embryo will develop.
archfounder
archineuron
arcocentrum
arduousness
arduousness
noun
The state of being arduous.
arenicolous
arenicolous
adj
(biology) living or burrowing in sand
argentarius
argumentive
argumentive
adj
Being or presenting an argument or line of reasoning.
arlequinade
arnaudville
arsenofuran
arundineous
arundineous
adj
(rare) Abounding in reeds; reedy.
assaugement
assuagement
assuagement
noun
An assuaging medicine or application.
The action of assuaging; appeasement.
The condition of being assuaged.
assuredness
assuredness
noun
The state or quality of being assured.
astoundable
astoundable
adj
Capable of being astounded.
astoundment
astoundment
noun
amazement
athermanous
athermanous
adj
Not transmitting heat.
atramentous
atramentous
adj
atramental
attenuating
attenuating
verb
present participle of attenuate
attenuation
attenuation
noun
(biology) A weakening in the virulence of a pathogen or other microorganism.
(botany) The tapering of a leaf etc to a fine point.
(brewing) The proportion of sugar that is converted to ethanol by a yeast.
(engineering) A fabrication process in which a material is stretched out into a thin shape.
(homeopathy) The reduction of the active principles of medicines to minute doses.
(physics) A reduction in the level of some property with distance, especially the amplitude of a wave or the strength of a signal.
A gradual diminishing of strength.
attenuative
attenuative
adj
(brewing) Of a yeast, capable of high attenuation, able to convert a high proportion of sugar to alcohol.
Tending to attenuate or lessen the force of something.
attenuators
attenuators
noun
plural of attenuator
attunements
attunements
noun
plural of attunement
auctioneers
auctioneers
noun
plural of auctioneer
audibleness
audibleness
noun
The state or quality of being audible.
augmentable
augmentable
adj
Capable of being augmented or increased.
Capable of increasing.
augmentedly
augmentedly
adv
In an augmented manner.
aureateness
auricyanide
auripigment
auripigment
noun
(archaic) Variant of orpiment
aurocyanide
aurocyanide
noun
(inorganic chemistry, uncountable) The complex anion, Au(CN)₂⁻, produced when gold is dissolved as part of the cyanide process.
aurodiamine
austenitize
austenitize
verb
To heat iron (or an iron-based metal such as steel) to a temperature at which it changes crystal structure from ferrite to austenite.
austereness
austereness
noun
harshness or astringent sourness to the taste; acerbity.
severity; strictness; austerity.
austinville
austrianize
austrogaean
austronesia
austronesia
Proper noun
The Pacific islands of Indonesia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia considered as a group.
authentical
authentical
adj
(archaic) Authentic.
authenticly
authenticly
adv
Dated spelling of authentically.
authigenous
authigenous
adj
authigenic
autochanger
autochanger
noun
(computing) An automatic tape loader, for switching automatically between several computer backup tapes.
A device for playing multiple music media of a certain kind (gramophone records, compact discs, etc.) in a predetermined sequence without user intervention.
autocinesis
autogeneses
autogenesis
autogenesis
noun
(biology) The supposed creation of living organisms from nonliving matter.
autogenetic
autogenetic
adj
Of or pertaining to autogenesis.
Self-generated.
autogenuous
autokinesis
autokinesis
noun
A visual illusion in which a stationary source of light appears to move.
Spontaneous or voluntary movement; movement due to an internal cause.
autokinetic
autokinetic
adj
(historical) Of a fire-alarm telegraphy system, arranged so that when one alarm is being transmitted, no other alarm, sent in from another point, will be transmitted until after the first alarm has been disposed of.
Moving by itself or automatically.
autoscience
autovaccine
autovaccine
noun
autogenous vaccine
auxanometer
auxanometer
noun
An instrument to measure the growth of plants.
auxohormone
avellaneous
aventurines
aventurines
noun
plural of aventurine
averruncate
averruncate
verb
(transitive, rare) To avert; to ward off.
(transitive, rare) To root up.
avouchments
avouchments
noun
plural of avouchment
awfulnesses
awfulnesses
noun
plural of awfulness
azosulphine
balaneutics
balefulness
balefulness
noun
The characteristic of being baleful.
banefulness
banefulness
noun
The state or quality of being baneful.
bangiaceous
bankrupture
bankrupture
noun
(dated) bankruptcy
banquetings
banquetings
noun
plural of banqueting
barbecueing
bareknuckle
barnumesque
barnumesque
Adjective
Reminiscent of (1810–1891), American showman and businessman remembered for promoting celebrated hoaxes and for founding a circus.
baroqueness
baroqueness
noun
The state or condition of being baroque.
barquantine
barquentine
barquentine
noun
(nautical) A sailing vessel similar to a barque, but fore-and-aft (schooner) rigged on the mainmast
baserunning
baserunning
noun
(baseball) The act of running bases, or a player's skill in doing so
bashfulness
bashfulness
noun
The quality or property of being bashful
beardtongue
beardtongue
noun
A flowering plant in the genus Penstemon with a prominent, often hairy, staminode.
beauharnais
beauticians
beauticians
noun
plural of beautician
beautifying
beautifying
adj
That beautifies; tending to make beautiful.
noun
The action of the verb to beautify.
verb
present participle of beautify
becudgeling
becudgeling
verb
present participle of becudgel
becurtained
becurtained
verb
simple past tense and past participle of becurtain
becushioned
beguilement
beguilement
noun
The action or process of beguiling; the characteristic of being beguiling.
beguilingly
beguilingly
adv
In a beguiling manner
belabouring
belabouring
verb
present participle of belabour
belinuridae
beliquoring
bellybutton
bellybutton
noun
(informal) The navel or umbilicus.
belorussian
belowground
belowground
adj
beneath the surface of the ground; underground
bemurmuring
bemusements
bemusements
noun
plural of bemusement
benumbingly
benumbingly
adv
in a benumbing manner
benzdifuran
benzofurans
benzofurans
noun
plural of benzofuran
bequeathing
bequeathing
verb
present participle of bequeath
bergschrund
bergschrund
noun
Alternative form of bergshrund
berninesque
bernoullian
bescoundrel
bescutcheon
beshrouding
beshrouding
verb
present participle of beshroud
bettencourt
beuniformed
beuniformed
adj
(dated) Wearing a uniform.
bhubaneswar
bhubaneswar
Proper noun
State capital of Odisha, India.
biacuminate
biacuminate
adj
(botany) Having points in two directions.
biangulated
biangulated
adj
Alternative form of biangulate
biconjugate
biconjugate
adj
(botany) paired twice
(mathematics) conjugate in two ways
bicuculline
bicuculline
noun
(biochemistry) A light-sensitive competitive antagonist of GABA receptors; it is used in the study of epilepsy
biliousness
biliousness
noun
The state of being bilious.
bimillenium
bimucronate
bimucronate
adj
(biology) Having two mucros
binucleated
binucleated
adj
binucleate
bistournage
bittencourt
bituminised
bituminised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bituminise
bituminized
bituminized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bituminize
bituminizes
bituminizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bituminize
blacktongue
bladdernuts
bladdernuts
noun
plural of bladdernut
bladensburg
blanquettes
blanquettes
noun
plural of blanquette
blountville
blountville
Proper noun
A in the U.S. state of that is the of
bludgeoneer
bludgeoning
bludgeoning
noun
An assault with a club or similar weapon.
verb
present participle of bludgeon
bluebonnets
bluebonnets
noun
plural of bluebonnet
blueprinted
blueprinted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blueprint
blueprinter
blueprinter
noun
A person or machine that produces blueprints.
bluetongues
bluetongues
noun
plural of bluetongue
bluffnesses
blunderbore
blunderbuss
blunderbuss
noun
An old style of muzzleloading firearm and early form of shotgun with a distinctive short, large caliber barrel that is flared at the muzzle, therefore able to fire scattered quantities of nails, stones, shot, etc. at short range.
verb
(transitive) To shoot with a blunderbuss.
blunderhead
blunderhead
noun
Someone who habitually makes mistakes or blunders
blunderings
blunderings
noun
plural of blundering
blundersome
blundersome
adj
Apt or prone to cause blunders; troublesome; difficult; problematic.
Indicating or marked by blunders or mistakes; messed-up.
bluntnesses
bluntnesses
noun
plural of bluntness
blurredness
blurredness
noun
The property of being blurred.
bodefulness
bogusnesses
bonaventura
bonaventure
bontequagga
boragineous
boragineous
adj
(botany) Relating to the borage tribe; boraginaceous.
botulinuses
boundedness
boundedness
noun
The state or quality of being bounded.
boundlessly
boundlessly
adv
In a boundless manner.
boundnesses
bounteously
bounteously
adv
In a bounteous manner.
bouquiniste
bourgeoning
bourgeoning
adj
That bourgeons
noun
sprouting or blossoming
verb
present participle of bourgeon
bournemouth
bournemouth
Proper noun
A large town in Dorset, England
bourneville
boutonniere
boutonniere
noun
A small flower or bunch of flowers worn in a buttonhole or pinned to the lapel of a jacket.
brandenburg
brandenburg
Proper noun
Brandenburg an der Havel, a German town.
Land Brandenburg, a state of modern Germany.
The lands of Brandenburg (Mark Brandenburg, Provinz Brandenburg), provinces of Prussia from 1815 to 1946.
a home rule-class city in Kentucky, USA, and the county seat of Named after Solomon Brandenburg, a land owner.
Noun
A kind of decoration for the breast of a coat, sometimes only a frog with a loop, but in some military uniforms enlarged into a broad horizontal stripe.