A bushy wormwood from Europe, sometimes used in the brewing of beer., southernwood, Artemisia abrotanum.
acetabuliform
acetabuliform
adj
(botany) Shaped like a saucer or shallow cup.
adumbration
adumbration
noun
(countable) A faint sketch; a brief representation, an outline.
(countable, philosophy, specifically phenomenology) The form of an object as seen by an observer.
(countable, uncountable, figuratively) A rough or symbolic representation; a vague indication of what is to come, a foreshadowing.
(specifically, heraldry) The outline of a charge (“image displayed on an escutcheon”), sometimes filled in with a darker shade than the field.
(uncountable) The state of being in shadow or shade; (countable) a shadow.
adumbrations
adumbrations
noun
plural of adumbration
aerobium
agrobacterium
agrobacterium
noun
A soil bacterium, of the genus Agrobacterium, which can fix nitrogen, and causes the formation of crown galls in plants.
albuminiferous
albuminiferous
adj
Supplying albumen.
albuminiform
albuminiparous
albuminiparous
adj
Producing albumin.
albuminofibrin
albuminometer
albuminometry
albuminorrhea
albuminurophobia
albuminurophobia
noun
A phobia of renal disease.
albumosuria
albumosuria
noun
(pathology) The presence of proteoses in the urine.
alumbrado
amberiferous
amberiferous
adj
Containing or yielding amber.
amberous
amberous
adj
amber-coloured
ambidexterous
ambidexterous
adj
Misspelling of ambidextrous.
ambidextrous
ambidextrous
adj
(archaic) Practising or siding with both parties.
(humorous) Of a person, bisexual.
Equally usable by left-handed and right-handed people (as a tool or instrument).
Exceptionally skillful; adept in more than one medium, genre, style, etc.
Having equal ability in both hands; in particular, able to write equally well with both hands.
ambidextrously
ambidextrously
adv
In an ambidextrous manner.
ambidextrousness
ambidextrousness
noun
The state or quality of being ambidextrous.
ambiparous
ambisextrous
ambisextrous
adj
(humorous, sometimes offensive, of a person) Bisexual.
Epicene, androgynous.
Having both male and female, or masculine and feminine elements.
ambisinistrous
ambisinistrous
adj
clumsy, ambilevous
ambleocarpus
amblyocarpous
ambrosiaceous
ambrosius
ambulacriform
ambulacriform
adj
(zoology) Having the form of ambulacra.
ambulator
ambulator
noun
A walker; one who walks.
ambulatoria
ambulatorial
ambulatorial
adj
(zoology) ambulatory; adapted for walking; gressorial
ambulatories
ambulatories
noun
plural of ambulatory
ambulatorily
ambulatorily
adv
By or in terms of walking.
ambulatorium
ambulatoriums
ambulators
ambulators
noun
plural of ambulator
ambulatory
ambulatory
adj
(comparable, medicine) Able to walk about and not bedridden.
(law) Not yet legally fixed or settled; alterable.
(medicine) Performed on or involving an ambulatory patient or an outpatient.
Accustomed to move from place to place; not stationary; movable.
Of, relating to, or adapted to walking.
noun
Any part of a building intended for walking in; a corridor.
The round walkway encircling the altar in many cathedrals.
aminobarbituric
ammonocarbonous
amphiboliferous
amphiboliferous
adj
(mineralogy) Bearing amphibole.
amphibryous
anaerobium
arboretum
arboretum
noun
A place where many varieties of tree are grown for research, educational, and ornamental purposes.
arboretums
arceuthobium
aristorepublicanism
armourbearer
armourbearer
Noun
One who carries armor for another.
arthrobacterium
aummbulatory
auribromide
aurobromide
backcourtman
backcourtman
noun
(basketball) A backcourt player.
backcourtmen
backcourtmen
noun
plural of backcourtman
baculiform
baculiform
adj
Shaped like a bacillus; rod-shaped.
ballyllumford
balsamiferous
balsamiferous
adj
That yields balsam
barotrauma
barotrauma
noun
(pathology) Damage to body tissue caused by a difference in pressure between an air space in or near the body and the surrounding air.
barotraumas
barotraumas
noun
plural of barotrauma
barotraumata
barquisimeto
bartholomeus
basommatophorous
batrachospermum
beclamour
beclamour
verb
Alternative form of beclamor
beglamour
beglamour
verb
To bedazzle; to deceive as if by magic.
To make glamorous.
beglamoured
beglamoured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beglamour
beglamouring
beglamouring
verb
present participle of beglamour
behaviourism
behaviourism
noun
(British spelling) Standard spelling of behaviorism.
belamour
belamour
noun
(obsolete) A loved one; a darling, lover.
bemourn
bemourn
verb
(transitive, rare) To weep or mourn over.
benzocoumaran
benzopyrylium
benzopyrylium
noun
(organic chemistry) An aromatic bicyclic ion or salt containing a benzene ring fused to a pyrylium ion
beuniformed
beuniformed
adj
(dated) Wearing a uniform.
bildungsroman
bildungsroman
noun
A novel tracing the spiritual, moral, psychological, or social development and growth of the main character, usually from childhood to maturity.
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.
bimucronate
bimucronate
adj
(biology) Having two mucros
binomenclature
bioinstrument
bioinstrument
noun
Any device, attached to the body, that is used in bioinstrumentation
bioinstrumentation
bioinstrumentation
noun
The use of sensors attached to or embedded in the body to remotely monitor physiological function
biomolecular
biomolecular
adj
(biochemistry) Relating to biomolecules (especially macromolecules)
biramous
biramous
adj
Branching in two, composed of two branches.
birdmouthed
bishydroxycoumarin
bishydroxycoumarin
noun
(organic chemistry) Synonym of dicumarol
bismuthiferous
bismuthiferous
adj
Containing or producing bismuth.
bismutosphaerite
bituminiferous
bituminiferous
adj
Producing bitumen.
blabbermouth
blabbermouth
noun
(aviation) A kind of foam-dispensing nozzle used in firefighting at airports.
(informal) A gossip.
(informal) A person who talks excessively.
blabbermouths
blabbermouths
noun
plural of blabbermouth
bloomburg
bloomingburg
bloomsburg
bloomsburg
Proper noun
A town in Pennsylvania
bloomsburian
bloomsbury
bloomsbury
Proper noun
An area of the London borough of Camden, known for its array of garden squares and its literary connections.
blundersome
blundersome
adj
Apt or prone to cause blunders; troublesome; difficult; problematic.
Indicating or marked by blunders or mistakes; messed-up.
boedromius
bonaventurism
bonorum
boracium
boracium
noun
(obsolete) An old name for the chemical element boron.
borborygmus
borborygmus
noun
(figurative) Something resembling borborygmus.
A rumbling sound made by the movement of gas in the intestines.
boreum
borglum
boroughmaster
boroughmaster
noun
The mayor, governor, or bailiff of a borough.
boroughmonger
boroughmonger
noun
One who buys or sells the parliamentary seats of boroughs.
boroughmongering
boroughmongering
noun
The practices of a boroughmonger.
boroughmongery
boroughmongery
Noun
The practices of a boroughmonger.
bothridium
bothridium
noun
An outgrowth from the head of some tapeworms that is used for attachment
bothridiums
bothrium
bothrium
noun
(zoology) A tentacle; a nerve ending that has a similar morphology
bothriums
botrychium
botrydium
botuliform
botuliform
adj
Having the shape of a sausage
boucherism
bouleversement
bouleversement
noun
Complete overthrow; reversal; turmoil
bourbonism
bourbonism
Noun
The principles of the supporters of the obstinate conservatism.
bourbonisms
bourignianism
bourignonism
bournemouth
bournemouth
Proper noun
A large town in Dorset, England
brachiorrheuma
brachydodromous
brachystomatous
brachystomous
branchiopulmonata
branchiopulmonate
branchiostomous
brimborium
bristlemouth
bristlemouth
noun
A member of Gonostomatidae, a family of deep-water marine fish.
A member of one of several of the species of oceanic ray-finned fish in genera Argyripnus or Maurolicus in the family Sternoptychidae.
bristlemouths
bristlemouths
noun
plural of bristlemouth
broadmouth
broadmouth
noun
One of the Eurylaimidae, a family of East Indian passerine birds.
brochidodromous
brochidodromous
adj
(botany, of a leaf) Having veins that form a series of arches or loops
bromalbumin
bromatium
bromaurate
bromauric
bromeliaceous
bromeliaceous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to the family Bromeliaceae of flowering plants
bromius
bromoaurate
bromoaurates
bromoauric
bromodeoxyuridine
bromodeoxyuridine
noun
(organic chemistry) A synthetic nucleoside which is an analogue of thymidine; it is commonly used in the detection of proliferating cells in living tissues, where it competes with uridine
bromouracil
bromouracil
noun
A brominated derivative of uracil.
bromouracils
bromouracils
noun
plural of bromouracil
bromous
bromous
adj
(inorganic chemistry) Of or pertaining to bromous acid or its derivatives
bromuret
bromuret
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) A bromide.
bromus
bronchium
bronchium
noun
(anatomy, usually in the plural) A bronchial tube; a subdivision of the bronchus.
bronchomucormycosis
bronchopneumonia
bronchopneumonia
noun
(medicine) A bacterial infection of the lungs, characteristically showing numerous small foci of infection.
bronchopneumonic
bronchopneumonic
adj
Relating to, or caused by bronchopneumonia
bronchopulmonary
bronchopulmonary
adj
Of or pertaining to both the bronchi and the lungs.