(obsolete) the role or duration of being an abigail, or lady's maid.
ablepharous
ablepharous
adj
(medicine) Exhibiting ablepharia; without eyelids.
ablepharus
accomplishable
accomplishable
adj
Capable of being accomplished; practicable.
ailurophobes
ailurophobes
noun
plural of ailurophobe
alphabetics
alphabetics
noun
(dated) The science of representing spoken sounds by letters.
alphabetisation
alphabetisation
noun
The act or process of arranging in alphabetical order.
alphabetise
alphabetise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of alphabetize.
alphabetised
alphabetised
adj
(Britain) Arranged in alphabetical order.
verb
(Britain) simple past tense and past participle of alphabetise
alphabetiser
alphabetiser
noun
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of alphabetizer.
alphabetising
alphabetising
verb
present participle of alphabetise
alphabetism
alphabetism
noun
An initialism: an abbreviation which is read letter by letter, such as UN.
Discrimination on the basis of the first letter of a name.
Excessive reliance upon the alphabet or alphabetic structures.
The ability to read an alphabet, a rudimentary form of literacy.
alphabetist
alphabetist
noun
Someone who practices alphabetism, discrimination on the basis of the first letter of a name.
alphabetizers
alphabetizers
noun
plural of alphabetizer
alphabetizes
alphabetizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of alphabetize
alphabets
alphabets
noun
plural of alphabet
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of alphabet
alphesiboea
amblycephalus
amphibalus
amphibalus
noun
An ecclesiastical vestment like the chasuble.
amphibiously
amphibiously
adv
In an amphibious manner.
In the manner of an amphibian.
amphiblastic
amphiblastic
adj
(biology) Segmenting unequally; said of telolecithal ova with complete segmentation.
amphiblastula
amphiblastula
noun
A larva of some sponges that has equal numbers of both flagellate and nonflagellate cells separated from each other on opposite sides of the blastula
amphiblestritis
amphiboles
amphiboles
noun
plural of amphibole
amphibolies
amphibolies
noun
plural of amphiboly
amphiboliferous
amphiboliferous
adj
(mineralogy) Bearing amphibole.
amphibolites
amphibolites
noun
plural of amphibolite
amphibologies
amphibologies
noun
plural of amphibology
amphibologism
amphibolostylous
amphibolous
amphibolous
adj
(obsolete) ambiguous; doubtful
analphabetism
analphabetism
noun
Illiteracy, the inability to read and write.
analphabets
analphabets
noun
plural of analphabet
anglophobes
anglophobes
noun
plural of anglophobe
anglophobist
anthropobiologist
anthropobiologist
noun
bioanthropologist
apprehensibility
apprehensibility
noun
The quality of being apprehensible.
apprehensible
apprehensible
adj
Which can be apprehended (usually in the sense of being understood).
apprehensibly
apprehensibly
adv
Such that it can be apprehended; understandably.
approachableness
approachableness
noun
The state or quality of being approachable.
ashurbanipal
bachelorship
bachelorship
noun
The state of being a bachelor.
backsplashes
backsplashes
noun
plural of backsplash
bailieship
bailiffship
bailiffship
noun
The role or status of a bailiff.
bailiffships
bailiffships
noun
plural of bailiffship
balanophoraceous
balanophoraceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Balanophoraceae.
balanoposthitis
balanoposthitis
noun
An inflammation of the glans penis and the prepuce.
ballhausplatz
ballistocardiograph
ballistocardiograph
noun
An instrument which measures ballistic forces on the heart, producing a graphical representation of repetitive motions of the human body arising from the sudden ejection of blood into the great vessels with each heartbeat.
ballistocardiographic
ballistocardiographic
adj
Relating to ballistocardiography
ballistocardiography
ballistocardiography
noun
The science of the preparation and diagnostic interpretation of ballistocardiograms.
ballistophobia
balneophysiology
balneotherapeutics
balneotherapeutics
noun
balneotherapy
barytosulphate
basiophthalmite
basiophthalmous
basisphenoidal
basisphenoidal
adj
Alternative form of basisphenoid
basophil
basophil
noun
(cytology, immunology) A white blood cell responsible for inflammatory reactions during immune response.
One of the endocrine basophilic cells of the adenohypophysis, including gonadotrophs and thyrotrophs.
basophile
basophile
noun
Alternative form of basophil
basophilia
basophilia
noun
(hematology) A condition where the quantity of basophils (basophil granulocytes) is abnormally elevated.
The condition of being basophilic.
basophilias
basophilias
noun
plural of basophilia
basophilic
basophilic
adj
Easily stained with basic dyes, such as haematoxylin.
basophilous
basophilous
adj
Alternative form of basophilic
basophils
basophils
noun
plural of basophil
bathysophical
batrachoplasty
battleship
battleship
noun
(military, nautical) A large capital warship displacing tens of thousands of tons, heavily armoured and armed with big guns; now obsolescent and replaced by smaller vessels with guided missiles.
(military, nautical, archaic) A ship of the line.
A guessing game played on grid paper; see Battleship (game).
A non-functional rocket stage, used for configuration and integration tests.
battleships
battleships
noun
plural of battleship
beadleship
beadleship
noun
The office of a beadle.
bedfellowship
bedfellowship
noun
The state or role of being bedfellows.
beglerbegship
beglerbegship
noun
The role or status of a beglerbeg.
beldamship
bellerophontes
bellhops
bellhops
noun
plural of bellhop
bellmanship
belonosphaerite
benzosulphimide
besplash
besplash
verb
(transitive) To splash all over; to wet by splashing.
biblicopsychological
bibliographers
bibliographers
noun
plural of bibliographer
bibliographies
bibliographies
noun
plural of bibliography
bibliophagist
bibliophagist
noun
(rare) A bibliophage; one who loves to read books.
bibliophagous
bibliophagous
adj
Book-consuming.
bibliophiles
bibliophiles
noun
plural of bibliophile
bibliophilism
bibliophilism
noun
A love of books.
bibliophilist
bibliophilist
noun
A lover of books; a bibliophile.
bibliophilistic
bibliosoph
bibliotherapies
bibliotherapies
noun
plural of bibliotherapy
bibliotherapist
bibliotherapist
noun
A therapist who provides bibliotherapy.
bicephalous
bicephalous
adj
(zoology) Having two heads.
biobibliographies
biobibliographies
noun
plural of biobibliography
biophilous
biophilous
adj
(psychology) Exhibiting or relating to biophilia.
biophysical
biophysical
adj
of or pertaining to a combination of biology and physics
of or pertaining to biophysics
biophysically
biophysically
adv
With regard to biophysics.
biophysicochemical
biophysicochemical
adj
(biology, chemistry) biophysical and biochemical
biophysiological
biophysiological
adj
Relating to biophysiology
biophysiologist
biophysiologist
noun
One who studies biophysiology.
biophysiology
biophysiology
noun
(biology, physiology) biological physiology
biopsychical
biopsychical
adj
Alternative form of biopsychic
biopsychological
biopsychological
adj
Of or pertaining to biopsychology.
biopsychologies
biopsychologist
biopsychologist
noun
A specialist in biopsychology.
biopsychology
biopsychology
noun
biological psychology
bipaschal
bipaschal
adj
Including two Passovers.
biphenyls
biphenyls
noun
plural of biphenyl
birthplaces
birthplaces
noun
plural of birthplace
bishopful
bishopless
bishopless
adj
(of a diocese) Without a bishop.
bishoplet
bishoplet
noun
(archaic) A petty bishop.
bishoplike
bishoplike
adj
Resembling, or pertaining to a bishop.
bishopling
bishopling
noun
A little or petty bishop.
bishopstool
bishopville
bisulphate
bisulphate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) Alternative spelling of bisulfate
bisulphide
bisulphide
noun
Alternative spelling of bisulfide
bisulphite
bisulphite
noun
(inorganic chemistry, Britain) Alternative spelling of bisulfite
blankenship
blaspheme
blaspheme
noun
Obsolete spelling of blasphemy
verb
(intransitive) To commit blasphemy; to speak against God or religious doctrine.
(transitive) To calumniate; to revile; to abuse.
(transitive) To speak of, or address, with impious irreverence; to revile impiously (anything sacred).
blasphemed
blasphemed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blaspheme
blasphemer
blasphemer
noun
One who commits blasphemy; a person who mocks or derides a deity or religion, or claims to be God.
blasphemers
blasphemers
noun
plural of blasphemer
blasphemes
blasphemes
noun
plural of blaspheme
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blaspheme
blasphemies
blasphemies
noun
plural of blasphemy
blaspheming
blaspheming
noun
An act of blasphemy.
verb
present participle of blaspheme
blasphemous
blasphemous
adj
Lacking piety or respect for the sacred. Resembling blasphemy.
blasphemously
blasphemously
adv
In blasphemous manner.
blasphemousness
blasphemousness
noun
The state or quality of being blasphemous.
blasphemy
blasphemy
noun
(by extension) An act of irreverence towards anything considered inviolable; the act of disregarding a convention.
An act of irreverence or contempt toward a god or toward something considered sacred; an impious act, utterance, view, etc.
blastophaga
blastophitic
blastophoral
blastophore
blastophore
noun
(biology, obsolete) That portion of the spermatospore which is not converted into spermatoblasts, but carries them.
blastophoric
blastophoric
adj
Relating to the blastophore.
blastophthoria
blastophthoria
noun
Degeneration of the germ cells as a result of poisoning by syphilis, lead, alcohol, opium, etc.
blastophthoric
blastophyllum
blastoporphyritic
blastosphere
blastosphere
noun
A blastula
blastospheric
blastospheric
adj
(embryology) blastular
blennophlogisma
blennophlogosis
blepharadenitis
blepharadenitis
noun
(pathology) inflammation of the meibomian glands
blepharanthracosis
blepharelcosis
blepharemphysema
blephariglottis
blepharism
blepharitis
blepharoadenitis
blepharoadenitis
noun
Alternative form of blepharadenitis
blepharochalasis
blepharochalasis
noun
An inflammation of the eyelid, characterized by exacerbations and remissions of eyelid edema, which results in a stretching and subsequent atrophy of the eyelid tissue resulting in redundant folds over the lid margins.
blepharochromidrosis
blepharoclonus
blepharoclonus
noun
(medicine) An increase in the frequency or duration of blinking.
blepharoconjunctivitis
blepharoconjunctivitis
noun
(medicine) The combination of conjunctivitis and blepharitis.