| ABDUCENTES | • abducentes n. Plural of abducens. • ABDUCENS n. (Latin) a cranial nerve. |
| ABDUCTORES | • abductores n. Plural of abductor. • ABDUCTOR n. a person who abducts. |
| ABSTRACTED | • abstracted adj. Separated or disconnected; withdrawn; removed; apart. • abstracted adj. (Now rare) Separated from matter; abstract; ideal, not concrete. • abstracted adj. (Now rare) Abstract; abstruse; difficult. |
| ABSTRICTED | • abstricted adj. Separated by abstriction. • abstricted v. Simple past tense and past participle of abstrict. • ABSTRICT v. to set free spores etc. by constriction of the stalk. |
| BACKLISTED | • backlisted v. Simple past tense and past participle of backlist. • BACKLIST v. to include in a publisher's list of old books. |
| BACTERISED | • bacterised v. Simple past tense and past participle of bacterise. • BACTERISE v. to treat with bacteria, also BACTERIZE. |
| BACTEROIDS | • bacteroids n. Plural of bacteroid. • BACTEROID n. a swollen bacterium living symbiotically in the root-nodules of beans and other plants, also BACTERIOID. |
| BEDCLOTHES | • bedclothes n. Sheets, blankets, quilts or other coverings used on a bed. • bedclothes n. Clothing worn to bed. • bed-clothes n. Alternative form of bedclothes. |
| BENEDICTUS | • Benedictus n. (Western Christianity) The Gospel canticle of Zechariah (Luke 1:68–79), with the incipit Benedictus… • Benedictus n. (Western Christianity) The second part of the Sanctus, beginning, Benedictus qui venit in nomine domini… • Benedictus n. (Music) The music that accompanies either of the above. |
| BESMUTCHED | • besmutched v. Simple past tense and past participle of besmutch. • BESMUTCH v. (archaic) to soil, besmirch. |
| BREADSTICK | • breadstick n. A long, very slender loaf of crisp bread smaller than a baguette; for example, grissini from Italy and… • bread-stick n. Alternative spelling of breadstick. • BREADSTICK n. a stick of bread. |
| BUSTICATED | • busticated v. Simple past tense and past participle of busticate. • BUSTICATE v. (colloquial) to break. |
| OBFUSCATED | • obfuscated v. Simple past tense and past participle of obfuscate. • obfuscated adj. Having undergone obfuscation. • obfuscated adj. (Archaic, slang) Drunk. |
| OBSECRATED | • obsecrated v. Simple past tense and past participle of obsecrate. • OBSECRATE v. to beseech, supplicate or beg. |
| OBSTRUCTED | • obstructed v. Simple past tense and past participle of obstruct. • OBSTRUCT v. to get in the way of. |
| PITCHBENDS | • PITCHBEND n. a device that enables a player to bend the pitch of a note on a synthesiser. |
| SUBCORDATE | • subcordate adj. Somewhat cordate; approaching a heart shape. • SUBCORDATE adj. somewhat cordate; somewhat like a heart in shape. |
| SUBDIALECT | • subdialect n. A subdivision of a dialect. • SUBDIALECT n. a subdivision of a dialect. |
| SUBTRACTED | • subtracted v. Simple past tense and past participle of subtract. • SUBTRACT v. to take away, also SUBSTRACT. |