An advocate of absurdism, in particular a writer of absurd topics.
absurdities
absurdities
noun
plural of absurdity
absurdity
absurdity
noun
(countable) That which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction.
(obsolete, rare) Dissonance.
(uncountable) The quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment.
acerbitude
acerbitude
noun
(archaic) Sourness and harshness; acerbity.
adarbitrium
adumbrating
adumbrating
verb
present participle of adumbrate
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
adumbrative
adumbrative
adj
Of or pertaining to adumbration
adumbratively
adumbratively
adv
In an adumbrative manner
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.
archdisturber
attributed
attributed
adj
(programming) decorated with an attribute
verb
simple past tense and past participle of attribute
audibertia
autohybridization
balustrading
balustrading
noun
(architecture) work including one or more balustrades
becurtained
becurtained
verb
simple past tense and past participle of becurtain
benzotrifluoride
benzotrifluoride
noun
(organic chemistry) The fluorinated derivative of toluene "(trifluoromethyl)benzene"
bermudite
biarcuated
biarcuated
adj
Synonym of biarcuate
biarticulated
biarticulated
adj
doubly articulated
bicarbureted
bicarbureted
adj
(chemistry, obsolete) Containing two atoms or equivalents of carbon in the molecule.
bicarburetted
bicarburetted
adj
Alternative form of bicarbureted
bifurcated
bifurcated
adj
Divided into two branches.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bifurcate
biquadrantal
biquadrate
biquadrate
noun
(mathematics) The fourth power; the square of a square.
verb
(transitive, arithmetic) To raise to the fourth power; to determine the result of multiplying by itself three times.
biquadratic
biquadratic
adj
(mathematics) Of a polynomial expression, involving only the zeroth, second, and fourth powers of a variable, as x⁴ + 3x² + 2. Sometimes extended to any expression involving the biquadrate or fourth power (but no higher powers), as x⁴ − 4x³ + 3x² − x + 1.
noun
(mathematics) A biquadratic equation.
biquadratics
biquadratics
noun
plural of biquadratic
birdmouthed
bituberculated
blueprinted
blueprinted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blueprint
boatbuilder
boatbuilder
noun
A person involved in boatbuilding; one who builds boats.
boatbuilders
boatbuilders
noun
plural of boatbuilder
bothridium
bothridium
noun
An outgrowth from the head of some tapeworms that is used for attachment
bothridiums
botrydium
boustrophedonic
boustrophedonic
adj
Relating to the boustrophedon mode of writing.
bradyauxetic
bradyauxetically
brautlied
breadfruit
breadfruit
noun
An evergreen tree, Artocarpus altilis, native to islands of the east Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean.
The large round fruit of this tree.
breadfruits
breadfruits
noun
plural of breadfruit
brevicaudate
brevicaudate
adj
(zoology) Having a short tail.
briquetted
briquetted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of briquet
simple past tense and past participle of briquette
brotulid
brotulidae
bruited
bruited
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bruit
brutalised
brutalised
verb
(Britain) simple past tense and past participle of brutalise
brutalized
brutalized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brutalize
brutified
brutified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brutify
bucerotidae
buprestid
buprestid
noun
Any of the many beetles of the family Buprestidae, which in the larval stage are destructive wood borers and as adults are often brightly coloured.
buprestidae
buprestidan
buprestidan
noun
(zoology, chiefly in the plural, dated) Any of a number of jewel beetles of the family Buprestidae, usually with shiny metallic colours.
bureaucratized
bureaucratized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bureaucratize
burnettized
burnettized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of burnettize
butcherbird
butcherbird
noun
(South Africa) The fiscal shrike, Lanius collaris.
(US) Any of the shrikes in the genus Lanius.
Any of the magpie-like birds in the genus Cracticus, family Artamidae, of Australia and New Guinea.
butterbird
butterbird
noun
(Jamaica) The bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus).
butterfield
butterfingered
butterfingered
adj
Prone to dropping things; clumsy.
butterflied
butterflied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of butterfly
butteryfingered
caducibranchiata
caducibranchiate
caducibranchiate
adj
(zoology) With temporary gills; applied to those amphibians in which the gills do not remain in adult life.
carbohydraturia
carbohydraturia
noun
(pathology) The presence of carbohydrates (principally sugars) in the urine
ceratomandibular
chateaubriand
chateaubriand
noun
A thick, juicy cut from the center of a beef tenderloin.
chlamydobacteriaceous
chondrofibromatous
circumambulated
circumambulated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of circumambulate
contributed
contributed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of contribute
cosubordinate
counterbid
counterbid
noun
(business) A bid made in response to a previous bid by another party
verb
To make a counterbid
counterbids
counterbids
noun
plural of counterbid
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of counterbid
counterbuilding
cubitoradial
cubitoradial
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the cubit and radius.
cumberlandite
danburite
danburite
noun
(mineralogy) A crystalline mineral similar to topaz.
daubreeite
daubreeite
noun
(mineralogy) A rare bismuth oxide–halide mineral of the matlockite group.
daubreelite
daubreelite
noun
(mineralogy) A sulphide of chromium observed in some meteoric irons.
daubreite
deambulatories
deambulatories
noun
plural of deambulatory
decarburation
decarburisation
decarburisation
noun
Alternative form of decarburization
decarburization
decarburization
noun
The act, process, or result of decarburizing.
decumbiture
decumbiture
noun
(astrology, now historical) The time one takes to one's bed during an illness, as used for astrological prognostications; or a chart drawn up to express this.
(obsolete) The fact of lying down, specifically of a person due to illness.
demibrute
denumerability
denumerability
noun
(mathematics) The property of being denumerable.
deoxyribonucleoprotein
deoxyribonucleoprotein
noun
(biochemistry) The complex of DNA and protein in which DNA is usually found upon cell disruption and isolation.
deoxyribonucleotide
deoxyribonucleotide
noun
(biochemistry, genetics) Any nucleotide containing deoxyribose.
desoxyribonucleoprotein
destructibilities
destructibility
destructibility
noun
The condition of being destructible
destructible
destructible
adj
Liable to destruction; capable of being destroyed.
destructibleness
destructibleness
noun
The quality of being destructible.
deuterofibrinose
deutobromide
dibothriocephalus
dibutyrate
dibutyrate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester containing two butyrate ions or groups
dibutyrin
diphyllobothrium
dipleurobranchiate
diplobacterium
diplobacterium
noun
A bacterium composed of two adherent bacteria
disburdenment
disburdenment
noun
The removal of a burden; an unburdening.
disbursement
disbursement
noun
Money paid out or spent.
The act, instance, or process of disbursing.
disbursements
disbursements
noun
plural of disbursement
disburthen
disburthen
verb
(obsolete) disburden
discubitory
discubitory
adj
(obsolete, nonce word) leaning; fitted for a reclining posture
disencumberment
disequilibrate
disequilibrate
verb
(transitive) To bring out of a state of equilibrium; to unbalance.
disequilibration
disequilibration
noun
The act of bringing about a state of disequilibrium
disobstruct
disobstruct
verb
To clear away an obstruction.
disreputability
disreputability
noun
The state of being disreputable.
disreputable
disreputable
adj
Not respectable, lacking repute; discreditable.
noun
A person who is not reputable.
disreputableness
disreputableness
noun
The state or quality of being disreputable or disgraceful; disreputability.
disreputably
disreputably
adv
In a disreputable manner
disruptability
disruptability
noun
The quality of being disruptable.
disruptable
disruptable
adj
Capable of being disrupted.
distributable
distributable
adj
Capable of being distributed
noun
(computing) A software component that can be distributed.
(construction) Any of the costs that are not directly associated with a specific account.
distributaries
distributaries
noun
plural of distributary
distributary
distributary
adj
That distributes.
noun
(hydrology) A stream of water (either natural or artificial) that branches off and flows away from a main stream channel.
distribute
distribute
verb
(business) To have employees working remotely from multiple locations.
(intransitive, mathematics) To be distributive.
(logic) To employ (a term) in its whole extent; to take as universal in one premise.
(printing) To separate (type which has been used) and return it to the proper boxes in the cases.
(printing) To spread (ink) evenly, as upon a roller or a table.
(transitive) To apportion (more or less evenly).
(transitive) To classify or separate into categories.
(transitive) To deliver or pass out.
(transitive) To divide into portions and dispense.
(transitive) To scatter or spread.
(transitive) To supply to retail outlets.
distributed
distributed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of distribute
distributedly
distributedly
adv
In a distributed fashion.
distributee
distributee
noun
One who receives a share of something that is distributed.
distributees
distributees
noun
plural of distributee
distributer
distributer
noun
Alternative form of distributor
distributes
distributes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of distribute
distributing
distributing
verb
present participle of distribute
distribution
distribution
noun
(business, marketing) The process by which goods get to final consumers over a geographical market, including storing, selling, shipping and advertising.
(card games) The way in which a player's hand is divided in suits, or in which a particular suit is divided between the players.
(economics) The apportionment of income or wealth in a population.
(finance) The process or result of the sale of securities, especially their placement among investors with long-term investment strategies.
(logic) The resolution of a whole into its parts.
(mathematics, differential geometry) A subset of the tangent bundle of a manifold that satisfies certain properties; used to construct the notions of integrability and foliation of a manifold.
(mathematics, statistics) A probability distribution; the set of relative likelihoods that a variable will have a value in a given interval.
(printing, historical) The process of sorting the types and placing them in their proper boxes in the cases.
(rhetoric) A rhetorical technique in which a subject is divided into multiple cases based on some property or properties, and each case is addressed individually.
(software) A set of bundled software components
(steam engines) The steps or operations by which steam is supplied to and withdrawn from the cylinder at each stroke of the piston: admission, suppression or cutting off, release or exhaust, and compression of exhaust steam prior to the next admission.
An act of distributing or state of being distributed.
An apportionment by law (of funds, property).
Anything distributed; portion; share.
The frequency of occurrence or extent of existence.
The result of distributing; arrangement.
The total number of something sold or delivered to the clients.
distributional
distributional
adj
(bridge) Having an uneven distribution.
Of or pertaining to distribution
distributionist
distributionist
noun
A distributor.
distributions
distributions
noun
plural of distribution
distributival
distributive
distributive
adj
(grammar) Expressing separation; denoting a taking singly, not collectively.
(logic) Assigning the species of a general term.
(mathematics) A property of functions that have a rule describing how the function can be performed to the individual components of another operation.
Relating to distribution.
Tending to distribute; serving to divide and assign in portions; dealing a proper share to each.
noun
(grammar) A distributive adjective or pronoun.
(grammar) distributive case
(mathematics) A distributive numeral.
distributively
distributively
adv
In a distributive manner
distributiveness
distributiveness
noun
The state or quality of being distributive or allotting.
distributivity
distributivity
noun
(mathematics) the fact of being distributive
distributor
distributor
noun
(printing, historical) A machine for distributing type.
(printing, historical) An appliance, such as a roller, in a printing press, for distributing ink.
A device that distributes electric current, especially to the spark plugs in an internal combustion engine.
One who or that which distributes.
distributors
distributors
noun
plural of distributor
distributorship
distributorship
noun
A business specializing in the wholesale distribution of a particular class of goods
distributress
distributress
noun
(archaic) A female distributor.
distributution
distritbute
distritbuted
distritbutes
distritbuting
distrouble
distrouble
verb
(obsolete) To trouble greatly; to perplex.
disturb
disturb
noun
(obsolete) disturbance
verb
(intransitive) to have a negative emotional impact; to cause emotional distress or confusion.
(transitive) to confuse a quiet, constant state or a calm, continuous flow, in particular: thoughts, actions or liquids.
(transitive) to divert, redirect, or alter by disturbing.
disturbance
disturbance
noun
(psychology) A serious mental imbalance or illness.
A noisy commotion that causes a hubbub or interruption.
An interruption of that which is normal or regular.