(anatomy) Relating to the abdomen and the urinary bladder
abelmoschus
abimelech
abimelech
Proper noun
Any of several Philistine kings.
ablastemic
ablastemic
adj
(biology) Non-germinal; unable to form a blastema or offspring.
abnormalcies
abnormalcies
noun
plural of abnormalcy
acclaimable
acclaimable
adj
Subject to acclaim; worthy of acclaim; praiseworthy.
acclimatable
acclimatable
adj
Capable of being acclimated.
acclimatisable
acclimatisable
adj
Alternative form of acclimatizable
acclimatizable
acclimatizable
adj
Capable of being acclimatized
accommodable
accommodable
adj
That may be accommodated; suitable.
accommodableness
accommodableness
noun
(rare) The quality or condition of being accommodable
accompanable
accompanable
adj
(obsolete) sociable
accomplishable
accomplishable
adj
Capable of being accomplished; practicable.
accumulable
accumulable
adj
Able to be accumulated.
acetabuliform
acetabuliform
adj
(botany) Shaped like a saucer or shallow cup.
acetabulum
acetabulum
noun
(anatomy) The bony cup of the pelvis which receives the head of the femur.
(historical) A Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of 2½ Roman ounces of wine and equivalent to about 66 mL although differing slightly over time.
(zootomy) A sucker of the sepia or cuttlefish and related animals.
(zootomy) One of the lobes of the placenta in ruminating animals.
(zootomy) The cavity in which the leg of an insect is inserted at its articulation with the body.
(zootomy) The large posterior sucker of the leeches.
A vinegar saucer, especially (historical) in ancient Roman contexts.
acetabulums
acetobromanilide
acetylaminobenzene
acetylmethylcarbinol
acetylmethylcarbinol
noun
(organic chemistry) acetoin
achromatizable
acumble
acylamidobenzene
agammaglobulinemic
agammaglobulinemic
adj
Relating to or exhibiting agammaglobulinemia.
noun
An individual with agammaglobulinemia.
albuminoscope
albumoscope
alembic
alembic
noun
An early chemical apparatus, consisting of two retorts connected by a tube, used to purify substances by distillation.
The coexistence of opposing attitudes or feelings (such as love and hate) towards a person, object or idea.
ambivalences
ambivalences
noun
plural of ambivalence
ambivalency
ambleocarpus
amblycephalidae
amblycephalus
amblyoscope
amblyoscope
noun
A reflecting stereoscope used to evaluate binocular vision
ambocoelia
ambulance
ambulance
noun
(military) A mobile field hospital.
(obsolete, US) A prairie wagon.
An emergency vehicle designed for transporting seriously ill or injured people to a hospital.
verb
(transitive) To transport by ambulance.
ambulanced
ambulanced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ambulance
ambulancer
ambulancer
noun
(military) A medic working in a mobile field hospital.
ambulances
ambulances
noun
plural of ambulance
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ambulance
amebicidal
amebicidal
adj
(American spelling) Alternative form of amoebicidal
ameloblastic
ameloblastic
adj
Of or relating to ameloblasts.
amerceable
amerceable
adj
Liable to be amerced.
amerciable
amerciable
adj
Alternative form of amerceable
ametabolic
ametabolic
adj
(entomology) Not undergoing metamorphosis
amicabilities
amicabilities
noun
plural of amicability
amicable
amicable
adj
Showing friendliness or goodwill.
amicableness
amicableness
noun
The state or quality of being amicable.
amoebicidal
amoebicidal
adj
Relating to substances which could destroy amoebae.
antirepublicanism
apometabolic
aquopentamminecobaltic
archdissembler
aristorepublicanism
assemblance
assemblance
noun
(obsolete) An assembling; assemblage.
(obsolete) Resemblance; likeness; appearance.
autocombustible
autocombustible
adj
Capable of spontaneous combustion.
bachelordom
bachelordom
noun
The state of a male who is a bachelor, i.e. unwed.
bachelordoms
bachelorism
bachelorism
noun
A manner or peculiarity belonging to bachelors.
Bachelorhood.
bacillemia
bacillemia
noun
A form of bacteraemia where the infectious agent is a bacillus.
bacteriohemolysin
balanceman
balanceman
noun
A man employed to sit on the trunk of a tree while it is transported and keep it horizontal.
balancement
balancement
noun
The act or result of balancing or adjusting; equipoise.
balmarcodes
balsamaceous
balsameaceae
balsameaceous
balsaminaceae
balsaminaceous
balsaminaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Balsaminaceae.
balsamiticness
baluchitherium
barmecidal
barmecidal
adj
unreal; illusory
barocyclonometer
barocyclonometer
noun
(nautical) A type of aneroid barometer that has accompanying diagrams and directions that help predict storms
barometrical
barometrical
adj
(archaic) Relating to, or observed with, a barometer, barometric.
barometrically
barometrically
adv
By means of a barometer
basichromiole
bathylimnetic
bathylimnetic
adj
Living in the depths of a lake or marsh.
bathymetrical
bathymetrical
adj
Alternative form of bathymetric
bathymetrically
bathymetrically
adv
In a bathymetric way
beachlamar
becalm
becalm
verb
(transitive, nautical) To deprive (a ship) of wind, so that it cannot move (usually in passive).
(transitive, obsolete) To make calm or still; make quiet; calm.
becalmed
becalmed
adj
(nautical, of a sailing ship) Unable to move due to lack of wind.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of becalm
becalming
becalming
verb
present participle of becalm
becalmment
becalms
becalms
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of becalm
bechamel
bechamel
noun
Alternative spelling of béchamel
bechamels
bechamels
noun
plural of bechamel
beclamor
beclamor
verb
(transitive) To assail with clamor; to rail against.
beclamored
beclamored
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beclamor
beclamoring
beclamoring
verb
present participle of beclamor
beclamors
beclamors
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beclamor
beclamour
beclamour
verb
Alternative form of beclamor
becolme
becomingly
becomingly
adv
In a becoming manner.
becompliment
bedlamic
belamcanda
belemnitic
belemnitic
adj
Of or relating to belemnite.
bellicism
bellicism
noun
An inclination to war; warlike policy or behaviour.
belomancy
belomancy
noun
Studying the flight of arrows, an ancient form of divination used by the Greeks and Arabs.
benzoylformic
bescramble
besiclometer
bespecklement
betulinamaric
bewelcome
bewelcome
verb
(transitive, intensive) To welcome; greet or bestow with a welcome; welcome fully or completely.
bibliokleptomaniac
bibliokleptomaniac
noun
Someone who suffers from bibliokleptomania.
bicameral
bicameral
adj
(government) Of, having, or relating to two separate legislative chambers or houses.
(mentality) Relating to the functions of the two cerebral hemispheres in the history of human beings ‘hearing’ the speech of gods or idols, according to Julian Jaynes's theory of the bicameral mind.
(typography) Of a script or typeface: having two cases, upper case and lower case.
Being or having a system with two, often unequal, chambers or compartments; of, signifying, relating to, or being the product of such a two-chambered system.
bicameralism
bicameralism
noun
(government) The practice of dividing legislative bodies into two chambers with complementary powers and limitations designed to provide checks and balances against one another.
(psychology) Ambiguous misnomer for Julian Jaynes's theory of bicamerality, probably never used by Jaynes, rarely used in academic literature based on his work, but often found informally (compare bicameral mind and bicameral mentality)
bicameralist
bicameralist
noun
A supporter of bicameralism.
bichelamar
bidialectalism
bidialectalism
noun
The use of two dialects of a language.
bimaculate
bimaculate
adj
Having two spots or similar marks
bimaculated
bimaculated
adj
Alternative form of bimaculate
bimetalic
bimetalic
adj
Alternative form of bimetallic
bimetallic
bimetallic
adj
More generally, consisting of two metals.
Pertaining to the use of gold and silver to create legal currency.
noun
Anything (especially a nanoparticle) composed of two metals
bimetallics
bimetallics
noun
plural of bimetallic
bimetallistic
bimetallistic
adj
Relating to, or supporting, bimetallism.
bimolecular
bimolecular
adj
(chemistry) Relating to bimolecules
(chemistry, of a reaction) involving two molecules
consisting of two layers of molecules
bimolecularly
bimolecularly
adv
In bimolecular terms.
binomenclature
biochemical
biochemical
adj
characterized by, produced by, or involving chemical processes in living organisms
of, or relating to biochemistry
noun
a chemical substance derived from a biological source
biochemically
biochemically
adv
With reference to biochemistry.
biochemicals
biochemicals
noun
plural of biochemical
bioclimatologies
biogeochemical
biogeochemical
adj
Of or pertaining to biogeochemistry
noun
A geochemical of biological origin
bioluminescence
bioluminescence
noun
(biology, biochemistry) The emission of light by a living organism (such as a firefly).
(biochemistry) Relating to biomolecules (especially macromolecules)
biomolecule
biomolecule
noun
(biochemistry) molecules, such as amino acids, sugars, nucleic acids, proteins, polysaccharides, DNA, and RNA, that occur naturally in living organisms
biomolecules
biomolecules
noun
plural of biomolecule
biophysicochemical
biophysicochemical
adj
(biology, chemistry) biophysical and biochemical
biotelemetric
biotelemetric
adj
Relating to biotelemetry.
bisymmetrical
bisymmetrical
adj
Alternative form of bisymmetric
bisymmetrically
blacklegism
blacklegism
noun
The character or actions of a blackleg.
blackmailed
blackmailed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blackmail
blackmailer
blackmailer
noun
Someone who blackmails.
blackmailers
blackmailers
noun
plural of blackmailer
blackmore
blanchimeter
blancmange
blancmange
noun
(historical) A dish, eaten in the Middle Ages, generally consisting of chicken (or sometimes capon or fish), milk or almond milk, rice, and sugar.
A simple dessert made by cooking sweetened milk with cornstarch and vanilla.
blancmanger
blancmanger
noun
(historical) A sort of fricassee with white sauce, variously made of capon, fish, etc.; blancmange.
blancmanges
blancmanges
noun
plural of blancmange
blastematic
blastematic
adj
(biology) Connected with, or proceeding from, the blastema; blastemal.