bibless | (adjective) lacking a bib | - |
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bigheartedness | (noun) the quality of being kind and generous | - |
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bigness | (noun) the property of having a relatively great size | Synonyms: largeness |
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bilestone | (noun) a calculus formed in the gall bladder or its ducts | Synonyms: gallstone |
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bilges | (noun) in a vessel with two hulls, an enclosed area between the frames at each side | - |
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biliousness | (noun) a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger | Synonyms: irritability, peevishness, pettishness, snappishness, surliness, temper |
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(noun) gastric distress caused by a disorder of the liver or gall bladder | - |
bimester | (noun) a period of 2 months | - |
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bimestrial | (adjective) two months long; lasting two months | - |
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(adjective) occurring every two months | Synonyms: bimonthly |
biogenesis | (noun) the production of living organisms from other living organisms | Synonyms: biogeny |
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(noun) production of a chemical compound by a living organism | Synonyms: biosynthesis |
bioluminescence | (noun) luminescence produced by physiological processes (as in the firefly) | - |
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bioluminescent | (adjective) (of living organisms) emitting light | - |
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biosynthesis | (noun) production of a chemical compound by a living organism | Synonyms: biogenesis |
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birdnest | (noun) nest where birds lay their eggs and hatch their young | Synonyms: bird's nest, bird nest |
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(verb) gather birdnests | Synonyms: bird-nest |
birdnesting | (noun) hunting for birds' nests to get the eggs | - |
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bitchiness | (noun) malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty | Synonyms: cattiness, nastiness, spite, spitefulness |
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bittercress | (noun) any of various herbs of the genus Cardamine, having usually pinnate leaves and racemes of white, pink or purple flowers; cosmopolitan except Antarctic | Synonyms: bitter cress |
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bitterness | (noun) the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste | Synonyms: bitter |
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(noun) a rough and bitter manner | Synonyms: acerbity, acrimony, jaundice, tartness, thorniness |
(noun) the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth | Synonyms: bitter |
(noun) a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will | Synonyms: gall, rancor, rancour, resentment |
bizarreness | (noun) strikingly out of the ordinary | Synonyms: outlandishness, weirdness |
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blackness | (noun) the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white) | Synonyms: black, inkiness |
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(noun) total absence of light | Synonyms: black, lightlessness, pitch blackness, total darkness |
blameless | (adjective) free of guilt; not subject to blame | Synonyms: inculpable, irreproachable, unimpeachable |
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blamelessly | (adverb) in an irreproachable and blameless manner | Synonyms: irreproachably |
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blamelessness | (noun) a state of innocence | Synonyms: guiltlessness, inculpability, inculpableness |
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blameworthiness | (noun) a state of guilt | Synonyms: culpability, culpableness |
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blandness | (noun) lacking any distinctive or interesting taste property | Synonyms: insipidity, insipidness |
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(noun) the quality of being bland and gracious or ingratiating in manner | Synonyms: smoothness, suaveness, suavity |
(noun) the trait of exhibiting no personal embarrassment or concern | - |
blankness | (noun) the state of being blank; void; emptiness | - |
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blastogenesis | (noun) theory that inherited characteristics are transmitted by germ plasm | - |
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(noun) asexual reproduction by budding | - |
bleakness | (noun) a bleak and desolate atmosphere | Synonyms: bareness, desolation, nakedness |
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bless | (verb) give a benediction to | - |
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(verb) render holy by means of religious rites | Synonyms: consecrate, hallow, sanctify |
(verb) make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate | Synonyms: sign |
(verb) confer prosperity or happiness on | - |
blessed | (adjective) highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace) | Synonyms: blest |
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(adjective) characterized by happiness and good fortune | - |
(adjective) enjoying the bliss of heaven | - |
(adjective) expletives used informally as intensifiers | Synonyms: blame, blamed, blasted, damn, damned, darned, deuced, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, infernal |
(adjective) Roman Catholic; proclaimed one of the blessed and thus worthy of veneration | Synonyms: beatified |
blessedly | (adverb) in a blessed manner | - |
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blessedness | (noun) a state of supreme happiness | Synonyms: beatification, beatitude |
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blessing | (noun) the act of praying for divine protection | Synonyms: benediction |
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(noun) the formal act of approving | Synonyms: approval, approving |
(noun) a ceremonial prayer invoking divine protection | Synonyms: benediction |
(noun) a short prayer of thanks before a meal | Synonyms: grace, thanksgiving |
(noun) a desirable state | Synonyms: boon |
blest | (adjective) highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace) | Synonyms: blessed |
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blindness | (noun) the state of being blind or lacking sight | Synonyms: cecity, sightlessness |
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blissfulness | (noun) a state of extreme happiness | Synonyms: bliss, cloud nine, seventh heaven, walking on air |
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blitheness | (noun) a feeling of spontaneous good spirits | Synonyms: cheerfulness |
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blithesome | (adjective) carefree and happy and lighthearted | Synonyms: blithe, light-hearted, lighthearted, lightsome |
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blondness | (noun) the property of having a naturally light complexion | Synonyms: fairness, paleness |
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bloodiness | (noun) a disposition to shed blood | Synonyms: bloodthirstiness |
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(noun) the state of being bloody | - |
bloodless | (adjective) free from blood or bloodshed | - |
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(adjective) anemic looking from illness or emotion | Synonyms: ashen, blanched, livid, white |
(adjective) destitute of blood or apparently so | Synonyms: exsanguine, exsanguinous |
(adjective) devoid of human emotion or feeling | - |
(adjective) without vigor or zest or energy | - |
bloodlessly | (adverb) without bloodshed; in a bloodless manner; without shedding blood | - |
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bloodthirstiness | (noun) a disposition to shed blood | Synonyms: bloodiness |
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blueness | (noun) blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime | Synonyms: blue |
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blues | (noun) a type of folksong that originated among Black Americans at the beginning of the 20th century; has a melancholy sound from repeated use of blue notes | - |
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(noun) a state of depression | Synonyms: blue devils, megrims, vapors, vapours |
bluestem | (noun) tall grass with smooth bluish leaf sheaths grown for hay in the United States | Synonyms: Andropogon furcatus, Andropogon gerardii, blue stem |
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bluestocking | (noun) a woman having literary or intellectual interests | Synonyms: bas bleu |
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bluestone | (noun) bluish-grey sandstone used for paving and building | - |
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bluffness | (noun) good-natured frankness | - |
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bluishness | (noun) The quality of being somewhat blue or having a tinge of blue. | - |
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bluntness | (noun) without sharpness or clearness of edge or point | Synonyms: dullness |
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(noun) the quality of being direct and outspoken | - |
blurriness | (noun) the quality of being indistinct and without sharp outlines | Synonyms: fogginess, fuzziness, indistinctness, softness |
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boastfulness | (noun) outspoken conceit | Synonyms: vainglory |
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bodiless | (adjective) not having a material body | Synonyms: discorporate, disembodied, unbodied, unembodied |
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(adjective) having no trunk or main part | Synonyms: bodyless |
bodyless | (adjective) having no trunk or main part | Synonyms: bodiless |
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bogginess | (noun) The state or quality of being too wet and muddy to be easily walked on. | - |
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boisterousness | (noun) the property of being noisy and lively and unrestrained | - |
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(noun) a turbulent and stormy state of the sea | - |
boldness | (noun) the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger | Synonyms: daring, hardihood, hardiness |
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(noun) the quality of standing out strongly and distinctly | Synonyms: strikingness |
(noun) impudent aggressiveness | Synonyms: brass, cheek, face, nerve |
boneless | (adjective) being without a bone or bones | - |
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bones | (noun) (used in the plural) a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance | Synonyms: castanets, clappers, finger cymbals |
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boneset | (noun) perennial herb of southeastern United States having white-rayed flower heads; formerly used as in folk medicine | Synonyms: agueweed, Eupatorium perfoliatum, thoroughwort |
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(noun) European herb having small white, pink or purple flowers; naturalized as a weed in North America | Synonyms: common comfrey, Symphytum officinale |
bonesetter | (noun) someone (not necessarily a licensed physician) who sets broken bones | - |
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boneshaker | (noun) any wheeled vehicle that is dilapidated and uncomfortable | - |
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boniness | (noun) extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease) | Synonyms: bonyness, emaciation, gauntness, maceration |
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bonyness | (noun) extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease) | Synonyms: boniness, emaciation, gauntness, maceration |
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bookishness | (noun) exaggerated studiousness | - |
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boorishness | (noun) inelegance by virtue of being an uncouth boor | Synonyms: uncouthness |
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(noun) the manner of a rude or insensitive person | - |
bootless | (adjective) unproductive of success | Synonyms: fruitless, futile, sleeveless, vain |
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boringness | (noun) extreme dullness; lacking spirit or interest | Synonyms: dreariness, insipidity, insipidness |
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bottomless | (adjective) having no bottom | - |
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(adjective) extremely deep | - |
(adjective) unclothed especially below the waist or featuring such nudeness | - |
(adjective) having no apparent limits or bounds | - |
bottomlessness | (noun) the property of being very deep; without limit | - |
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boughless | (adjective) having no boughs (of trees) | - |
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bounciness | (noun) the quality of a substance that is able to rebound | Synonyms: bounce |
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boundedness | (noun) the quality of being finite | Synonyms: finiteness, finitude |
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boundless | (adjective) seemingly boundless in amount, number, degree, or especially extent | Synonyms: limitless, unbounded |
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boundlessly | (adverb) without bounds | Synonyms: immeasurably, infinitely |
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boundlessness | (noun) the quality of being infinite; without bound or limit | Synonyms: infiniteness, infinitude, limitlessness, unboundedness |
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bounteousness | (noun) (literary) generosity evidenced by a willingness to give freely | Synonyms: bounty |
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bountifulness | (noun) the property of copious abundance | Synonyms: amplitude, bounty |
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bowelless | (adjective) ruthless in competition | Synonyms: cutthroat, fierce |
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boyishness | (noun) being characteristic of a boy | - |
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braces | (noun) an appliance that corrects dental irregularities | Synonyms: brace, orthodontic braces |
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brackishness | (noun) the quality of being salty, as the saltiness of water | - |
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brainless | (adjective) not using intelligence | Synonyms: headless |
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brakes | (noun) a braking device consisting of a combination of interacting parts that work to slow a motor vehicle | Synonyms: brake system |
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braless | (adjective) having the breasts uncovered or featuring such nudity | Synonyms: bare-breasted, topless |
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branchless | (adjective) having no branches | - |
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brashness | (noun) the trait of being rash and hasty | - |
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(noun) tasteless showiness | Synonyms: flashiness, garishness, gaudiness, glitz, loudness, meretriciousness, tawdriness |
brattiness | (noun) The state or condition of acting like a brat, being unruly and impolite. | - |
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braveness | (noun) a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear | Synonyms: bravery, courage, courageousness |
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brawniness | (noun) possessing muscular strength | Synonyms: brawn, heftiness, muscle, muscularity, sinew |
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brazenness | (noun) behavior marked by a bold defiance of the proprieties and lack of shame | Synonyms: shamelessness |
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breakableness | (noun) the consistency of something that breaks under pressure | - |
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breastless | (adjective) without a breast | - |
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breathless | (adjective) not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty | Synonyms: dyspneal, dyspneic, dyspnoeal, dyspnoeic |
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(adjective) appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse | Synonyms: inanimate, pulseless |
(adjective) tending to cause suspension of regular breathing | Synonyms: breathtaking |
breathlessly | (adverb) in a breathless manner | - |
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breathlessness | (noun) a dyspneic condition | Synonyms: shortness of breath, SOB |
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breeches | (noun) (used in the plural) trousers ending above the knee | Synonyms: knee breeches, knee pants, knickerbockers, knickers |
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breeziness | (noun) a breezy liveliness | Synonyms: jauntiness |
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(noun) a mildly windy state of the air | Synonyms: windiness |
bridesmaid | (noun) an unmarried woman who attends the bride at a wedding | Synonyms: maid of honor |
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briefless | (adjective) (of lawyers or barristers) lacking clients | - |
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