BADINERIES | • badineries n. Plural of badinerie. • BADINERIE n. (French) a name given in the 18th century to a type of quick, light movement in a suite. |
BANDITRIES | • banditries n. Plural of banditry. • BANDITRY n. robbery by bandits. |
BIRDBRAINS | • birdbrains n. Plural of birdbrain. • bird␣brains n. Plural of bird brain. • BIRDBRAIN n. one of very limited intelligence. |
BRADYKININ | • bradykinin n. (Biochemistry) A compound released in the blood in some circumstances which causes contraction of smooth… • BRADYKININ n. a blood hormone causing dilation of blood vessels. |
BRAINCHILD | • brainchild n. A creation, original idea, or innovation, usually used to indicate the originators. • brainchild v. (Transitive, rare) To think up; to come up with. • BRAINCHILD n. a product of one's creative imagination. |
BRIGANDINE | • brigandine n. (Historical) A coat of armor for the body, consisting of scales or plates, sometimes overlapping each… • BRIGANDINE n. leather armour with metal scales. |
DISBARKING | • disbarking v. Present participle of disbark. • DISBARK v. to strip of bark. |
DISBARRING | • disbarring v. Present participle of disbar. • disbarring n. A disbarment. • DISBAR v. to expel from the legal profession. |
EMBRAIDING | • embraiding v. Present participle of embraid. • EMBRAID v. (Spenser) to braid, also EMBREAD. |
HINDBRAINS | • hindbrains n. Plural of hindbrain. • HINDBRAIN n. the posterior of the three principal divisions of the brain. |
INEBRIATED | • inebriated adj. Behaving as though affected by alcohol including exhilaration, and a dumbed or stupefied manner. • inebriated v. Simple past tense and past participle of inebriate. • INEBRIATE v. to make drunk. |
REDBAITING | • redbaiting v. Present participle of redbait. • red-baiting n. (US) The (ad hominem) practice of accusing someone of being a communist, socialist or anarchist with… • REDBAIT v. to denounce as Communist. |
UNBRAIDING | • unbraiding v. Present participle of unbraid. • UNBRAID v. to separate the strands of. |
UPBRAIDING | • upbraiding v. Present participle of upbraid. • upbraiding adj. Reproachful; chiding; censorious. • upbraiding n. An instance of severe criticism or rebuke. |