A sudden breaking off; a violent separation of bodies.
accursing
accursing
verb
present participle of accurse
acquiring
acquiring
verb
present participle and gerund of acquire
actuarian
actuarian
adj
Synonym of actuarial
noun
Synonym of actuary
aequorins
aequorins
noun
plural of aequorin
agincourt
alaruming
alaruming
verb
(archaic, rare) present participle of alarum
albinuria
albinuria
noun
Synonym of albiduria
aleuronic
aleuronic
adj
Of or pertaining to aleurone.
alluminor
alluminor
noun
(obsolete) An illuminator of manuscripts and books; a limner.
almuredin
anacrusis
anacrusis
noun
(music) An unstressed note or notes before the first strong beat (or downbeat) of a phrase.
(prosody) An unstressed syllable at the start of a verse.
aneurisms
aneurisms
noun
plural of aneurism
anguiform
anguiform
adj
Shaped like a snake.
angularia
annularia
ansgarius
anthurium
anthurium
noun
Any of several tropical American evergreen plants, of the genus Anthurium, grown for their ornamental leaves and spathes.
anticourt
anticourt
adj
Opposing a legal court.
Opposing a royal court.
antifraud
antifraud
adj
Acting against fraud.
antiquary
antiquary
adj
Relating to antiquity.
noun
A person who is knowledgeable of, or who collects antiques; an antiquarian.
An aficionado or student of antiquities, ancient artifacts, historic sites, ancient writings, or things of the past.
antiquers
antiquers
noun
plural of antiquer
antirumor
antirusts
antirusts
noun
plural of antirust
antiserum
antiserum
noun
(medicine) A serum prepared from human or animal sources containing antibodies able to counter certain diseases or toxins.
antitrust
antitrust
adj
(law) Opposed to or against the establishment or existence of trusts (monopolies), usually referring to legislation.
antitumor
antitumor
adj
(oncology) Inhibiting the development of a tumor.
noun
Any substance that inhibits tumors.
antiulcer
antiulcer
adj
(medicine) Serving to prevent or counteract ulcers.
antiurban
antiurban
adj
(sociology) Showing a negative view of cities or city life
antivirus
antivirus
noun
(computing) A piece of software that is used to detect, delete and or neutralize computer-based viruses.
aquarians
aquarians
noun
plural of aquarian
araucania
arcturian
arcuation
arcuation
noun
(botany) A method of propagating trees by bending branches to the ground and covering the small shoots with earth; layering.
The act of bending or curving; the state of being bent; crookedness.
arduinite
argufying
argufying
verb
present participle of argufy
armouring
armouring
noun
Armour or shielding.
verb
present participle of armour
arrhenius
arsenious
arsenious
adj
(chemistry) Of or containing arsenic with a valence of 3.
arthurian
arthurian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the legend of Arthur, king of the Britons, and his court at Camelot.
arzrunite
arzrunite
noun
(mineralogy) A biaxial orthorhombic sulfate chloride mineral.
aubergine
aubergine
noun
(Britain) An Asian plant, Solanum melongena, cultivated for its edible purple, green, or white ovoid fruit; eggplant.
(Britain) The fruit of this plant, eaten as a vegetable.
(color) A dark purple colour; eggplant.
audiencer
aumoniere
aurantium
aureation
aureation
noun
(rhetoric) The enhancement of the seriousness of a topic by the use of elaborate circumlocutions or polysyllabic or Latinate words for it.
aureoline
aureoling
aurifying
aurifying
verb
present participle of aurify
aurinasal
aurinasal
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the ear and the nose.
auriphone
austrians
authoring
authoring
noun
The process of creating the content of a document or other content item, i.e., writing or composition.
The result of this process; a writing or composition.
verb
present participle of author
autourine
aventurin
avirulent
avirulent
Adjective
Not virulent.
azorubine
azorubine
noun
(organic chemistry) a red azo dye used as a food colouring, mostly in baked goods
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.
(uncountable, specifically, historical) A pidgin spoken by French and First Nations people in the 17th century in the region of North America now called Montreal.
barnumism
barnumize
barnumize
verb
Alternative form of Barnumize
baronduki
becursing
becursing
verb
present participle of becurse
belinurus
beraunite
beraunite
Noun
A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing hydrogen, iron, oxygen, and phosphorus.
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.
bernoulli
biangular
biangular
adj
Having two angles or corners.
bicornous
bicornous
adj
Having two horns; bicorn.
bicornute
bicornute
adj
Synonym of bicornuate
bidiurnal
bidiurnal
adj
Every other day.
bilinguar
bilinguar
adj
Obsolete form of bilingual.
bilirubin
bilirubin
noun
(biochemistry) A bile pigment that is a product of the breakdown of the heme portion of hemoglobin (which occurs within macrophages as they digest red blood cells), and which is responsible for the yellowish color seen in bruises. Extremely high levels of bilirubin may cause jaundice.
binocular
binocular
adj
Using two eyes or viewpoints; especially, using two eyes or viewpoints to ascertain distance.
noun
(dated) Any binocular glass, such as an opera glass, telescope, or microscope.
A pair of binoculars.
attributive form of binoculars
binturong
binturong
noun
A large species of civet, Arctictis binturong, of southern Asia.
binuclear
binuclear
adj
having two nuclei; binucleate
bitternut
bitternut
noun
Its fruit, a bitter nut sometimes used as feed for livestock.
The bitternut hickory, Carya cordiformis, a common hickory tree native to the eastern United States and southeast Canada.
blennuria
blueprint
blueprint
noun
(architecture, engineering, by extension) A detailed technical drawing (now often in some electronically storable and transmissible form).
(informal, by extension) Any detailed plan, whether literal or figurative.
A print produced with this process.
A type of paper-based reproduction process producing white-on-blue images, used primarily for technical and architecture's drawings, now largely replaced by other technologies.
verb
To make a blueprint for.
To make a detailed operational plan for.
borussian
bourbonic
bourbonic
adj
(humorous, very rare) Containing bourbon, or having the flavour of bourbon.
brachinus
brasquing
brauneria
braunites
braunites
noun
plural of braunite
brauronia
brillouin
brodequin
brodequin
noun
(obsolete) A buskin or half-boot.
bronchium
bronchium
noun
(anatomy, usually in the plural) A bronchial tube; a subdivision of the bronchus.
brouillon
bruington
brunching
brunching
verb
present participle of brunch
brundidge
brunellia
brunhilda
brunhilde
brunistic
brunizems
brunonian
brunonian
Adjective
Of or relating to (1735–1788), Scottish physician who taught that disease was caused by either excessive or inadequate stimulation.
Noun
A student of Rhode Island, USA.
brunonism
brunswick
brunswick
Proper noun
A city in Germany; Braunschweig.
Any of several towns in the United States and elsewhere.
A suburb of Melbourne, Australia.
brustling
brustling
verb
present participle of brustle
bucranium
bucranium
noun
The head of an ox.
buffering
buffering
verb
present participle of buffer
buggering
buggering
noun
An act of buggery.
verb
present participle of bugger
bulgarian
bullrings
bullrings
noun
plural of bullring
bumpering
bumpering
verb
present participle of bumper
bunkering
bunkering
noun
(chiefly Nigeria) The illicit removal of oil from a pipeline or other distribution system.
(nautical) The taking on board of bunker fuel.
verb
present participle of bunker
burdening
burdening
verb
present participle of burden
burgensic
burliness
burliness
noun
The characteristic of being burly.
burmannia
burnetize
burniebee
burningly
burningly
adv
in a burning manner
burnished
burnished
adj
(figurative) Blazing, bright.
Polished, made shiny by rubbing (especially with a burnisher).
verb
simple past tense and past participle of burnish
burnisher
burnisher
noun
A tool used to burnish, for making smooth and shiny by rubbing.
burnishes
burnishes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of burnish
burnsides
burnsides
noun
plural of burnside
burratine
burrowing
burrowing
noun
The act or result of making a burrow.
verb
present participle of burrow
burtonize
butterine
butterine
noun
An imitation butter prepared from animal fat with other ingredients.
buttering
buttering
noun
(cooking) The application of butter (“n.”) to something.
(skiing, snowboarding) The action of a rider having to butter in an acrobatic maneuver.
Hyponyms: nosebuttering, tailbuttering
The action of turning with only the tips (tail or nose) of skis or snowboards
verb
present participle of butter
caliburno
calpurnia
canicular
canicular
adj
(archaic) Of or related to the dog days of summer.
(colloquial, humorous) Relating to dogs; canine.
(historical astronomy, dated) Synonym of Sothic: of or related to the star Sirius.
capturing
capturing
verb
present participle of capture
carbonium
carbonium
noun
(dated, chemistry, deprecated) Any of several organic cations; carbocation or carbenium.
carnaubic
carousing
carousing
noun
carousal
verb
present participle of carouse
casuarina
casuarina
noun
Any of numerous trees, of the genera Casuarina and Allocasuarina, having segmented needle-like leaves; especially the ironwood and beefwood; she-oak.
caulinary
caulinary
adj
cauline
cautioner
cautioner
noun
(Scotland) A surety.
A person who cautions.
cautionry
cautionry
noun
(Scotland, law) suretyship
ceintures
ceintures
noun
plural of ceinture
censuring
censuring
noun
An act of censure.
verb
present participle of censure
centauric
centaurid
centumvir
centumvir
noun
(historical, Ancient Rome) One of a court of about 100 judges chosen to try civil suits. Under the Empire the court was increased to 180, and met usually in four sections.
centurial
centurial
adj
Of or pertaining to a century.
centuried
centuried
adj
(rare, chiefly literary) Having existed for centuries; ancient.
centuries
centuries
noun
plural of century
centurion
centurion
noun
(US) A pilot in the United States Navy who has performed 100 night landings on an aircraft carrier.
(cricket) A player who scores a century.
(historical) An officer of the ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers.
centurist
centurist
noun
A centuriator.
ceraunics
ceraunics
noun
(dated, rare, physics) The branch of physics that deals with heat and electricity.
ceraunite
cerniture
ceruminal
ceruminal
adj
Relating to cerumen
cervuline
cestrinus
cherubini
chorusing
chorusing
verb
present participle of chorus
chronique
chronique
noun
(obsolete) A chronicle.
churching
churching
noun
(Christianity) The ceremonial blessing of a woman who has given birth.