(nautical) Navigation by using the positions of the stars and other heavenly bodies
(science fiction) Navigation through space
astronavigator
astronavigator
noun
One who performs astronavigation; an astronaut or space pilot.
audiovisual
audiovisual
adj
Containing both aural and visual elements.
audiovisuals
audiovisuals
noun
audiovisual material
audivision
aurivorous
aurivorous
adj
Gold-devouring.
authoritativeness
authoritativeness
noun
The quality of possessing authority.
The quality of trustworthiness and reliability.
autodigestive
autodigestive
adj
Relating to, or carrying out, autodigestion.
autonavigators
autopositive
autoprogressive
autoregressive
autoregressive
adj
(statistics) Employing autoregression, using a weighted sample of past data to predict future results
autosuggestive
autosuggestive
adj
Employing autosuggestion.
autovivisection
autovivisection
noun
The vivisection of one's own body.
avalokitesvara
avanious
avaricious
avaricious
adj
Actuated by avarice; extremely greedy for wealth or material gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating property.
avariciously
avariciously
adv
In a greedy or self-serving manner.
avariciousness
avariciousness
noun
The state or quality of being avaricious.
averrhoism
averrhoist
averrhoistic
averroism
averroism
Noun
The tenets of the Averroists, having to do with the doctrine of monopsychism.
averroist
averroist
Noun
Any peripatetic philosopher belonging to a certain sect that appeared in Italy before the restoration of learning.
averroistic
averroistic
Adjective
Of or relating to Averroism.
aversation
aversation
noun
(obsolete) A turning from with dislike; aversion.
aversion
aversion
noun
(obsolete) The act of turning away from an object.
An object of dislike or repugnance.
Opposition or repugnance of mind; fixed dislike often without any conscious reasoning.
aversions
aversions
noun
plural of aversion
aviations
aviations
noun
plural of aviation
aviators
aviators
noun
aviator sunglasses
plural of aviator
avicolous
avicolous
adj
(ecology) That is parasitic on birds
avidious
avidious
adj
(obsolete) avid; eager; greedy.
avidiously
avidiously
adv
(obsolete) eagerly; greedily.
avidous
avidous
adj
(obsolete) avid; keen; desirous
avigators
avigators
noun
plural of avigator
avignonese
avionics
avionics
noun
(aviation) The devices used in avionics.
(aviation) The science and technology of the development and use of electrical and electronic devices in aviation.
avions
avisco
avision
avision
noun
(obsolete) A vision of a prophetic or admonitory nature.
aviso
aviso
noun
A kind of dispatch boat or "advice boat", carrying orders before the development of effective remote communication; an advice boat, or dispatch boat.
A mid-sized colonial warship
advisory; information; advice; intelligence.
avisos
avisos
noun
plural of aviso
aviston
avitaminoses
avitaminoses
noun
plural of avitaminosis
avitaminosis
avitaminosis
noun
Any disease which is caused by vitamin deficiency.
avocations
avocations
noun
plural of avocation
avodires
avoidances
avoidances
noun
plural of avoidance
avoiders
avoiders
noun
plural of avoider
avoidless
avoidless
adj
(rare) Unavoidable; inevitable.
avoids
avoids
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of avoid
avoidupois
avoidupoises
avoirdupois
avoirdupois
noun
(chiefly humorous) Weight; heaviness.
(historical) The official system of weights used in the UK between 1856 and 1963. It had been the customary system in London since 1300.
(historical) The official system of weights used in the USA between 1866 and 1959.
(obsolete) Merchandise.
avowries
avowries
noun
plural of avowry
avoyership
avulsion
avulsion
noun
(hydrology) Movement of soil during a flood, or during a change in the course of a river, especially when a resulting change of land ownership is involved
An abrupt change in the course of a river, typically from one channel to another
The loss or separation of a body part, either by surgery or due to trauma
avulsions
avulsions
noun
plural of avulsion
babouvism
babouvism
Noun
Babouvist beliefs generally
babouvist
babouvist
Noun
A supporter or follower of or his ideas, including universal equal income and the abolition of private property.
baccivorous
baccivorous
adj
(zoology) Eating, or having a diet based on, berries
bacteriosolvent
bananivorous
bananivorous
adj
(rare) Feeding on bananas; banana-eating.
barboursville
bartonsville
basialveolar
basialveolar
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the basion and the alveolus (or to their separation)
bavarois
bavarois
noun
A pudding similar to pastry cream but thickened with gelatin or isinglass instead of flour or cornstarch, and flavoured with liqueur.
bavaroise
bavaroise
noun
(sometimes proscribed) A cold dessert made from custard, cream and gelatine.
A drink of sweetened milk, eggs and tea, often with some sort of spirit.
bedcoverings
bedcoverings
noun
plural of bedcovering
beethovenish
behaviorism
behaviorism
noun
An approach to psychology focusing on observable behavior which, generally assuming that behavior is determined by the environment and denying any independent significance for mind, largely ignores any pathophysiological processes which may, or may not, underlie subjective, behavioral phenomena.
behaviorisms
behaviorisms
noun
plural of behaviorism
behaviorist
behaviorist
noun
One who studies behavior of humans or animals.
behavioristic
behavioristic
adj
Of or pertaining to behaviorism, especially B. F. Skinner’s school of radical behaviorism.
behavioristically
behavioristically
adv
In a behavioristic manner
behaviorists
behaviorists
noun
plural of behaviorist
behaviors
behaviors
noun
plural of behavior
behaviourism
behaviourism
noun
(British spelling) Standard spelling of behaviorism.
behaviourist
behaviourist
noun
Britain standard spelling of behaviorist.
behaviours
behaviours
noun
plural of behaviour
benevolist
beriosova
berkovtsi
bevomits
bevomits
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bevomit
bicalvous
biconcavities
biconcavities
noun
plural of biconcavity
biconvexities
biconvexities
noun
plural of biconvexity
bidonvilles
bidonvilles
noun
plural of bidonville
bioactivities
bioactivities
noun
plural of bioactivity
biodiversity
biodiversity
noun
(ecology) The diversity (number and variety of species) of plant and animal life within a region.
biplosive
bishopville
bivalvous
bivalvous
adj
(archaic) Having two valves; bivalvular.
bivious
bivious
adj
(rare) Having, or leading, two ways.
bivoluminous
bivouacks
bivouacks
noun
plural of bivouack
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bivouack
bivouacs
bivouacs
noun
plural of bivouac
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bivouac
blepharoconjunctivitis
blepharoconjunctivitis
noun
(medicine) The combination of conjunctivitis and blepharitis.
blountsville
blountsville
Proper noun
A town in
A town in
bloviates
bloviates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bloviate
bloviations
bloviations
noun
plural of bloviation
boastive
boastive
adj
(archaic) presumptuous
boddhisattva
boddhisattva
noun
Alternative form of bodhisattva
bodhisattva
bodhisattva
noun
(Buddhism) A person who has taken specific lay or monastic vows and who is on the road to perfect knowledge; specifically, one who foregoes personal nirvana in order to help others achieve enlightenment.
(Buddhism) An enlightened being existing in a form of existence beyond the ordinary forms of physical reality understood and acknowledged by scientific thought, resembling the Western notion of angels, but with a wealth of its own nuances and expectations. These include the compassionate working for enlightenment of all sentient beings.
bodhisattvas
bodhisattvas
noun
plural of bodhisattva
boissevain
bolivares
bolivares
noun
plural of bolivar
bolivars
bolivianos
bolivianos
noun
plural of boliviano
bolivians
bolivias
bolivias
noun
plural of bolivia
bolshevik
bolshevik
noun
Alternative form of Bolshevik
bolsheviki
bolshevikian
bolshevikism
bolsheviks
bolsheviks
noun
plural of bolshevik
bolshevism
bolshevism
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Bolshevism.
bolshevisms
bolshevisms
noun
plural of bolshevism
bolshevist
bolshevist
Noun
A Bolshevik (also used attributively).
bolshevistic
bolshevistically
bolshevists
bolshevization
bolshevize
bolshevize
verb
(transitive) To make Bolshevik.
bolshevized
bolshevized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bolshevize
bolshevizes
bolshevizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bolshevize