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.
amblyopsidae
amblyopsis
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.
antebaptismal
antirepublicanism
apometabolism
aristorepublicanism
baptismal
baptismal
adj
Of a name, conferred at baptism.
Of or relating to baptism.
noun
A baptismal font: a large basin used for baptism.
A baptismal name: a name given at baptism.
baptismally
baptismally
adv
In a baptismal way; through baptism.
basiophthalmite
basiophthalmous
basitemporal
basitemporal
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the base of the temporal region
bedimples
bedimples
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedimple
bedimplies
beldamship
bellmanship
benzosulphimide
bepimples
bibliophilism
bibliophilism
noun
A love of books.
bibliopolism
bibliopolism
noun
(rare) bookselling
biophysicochemical
biophysicochemical
adj
(biology, chemistry) biophysical and biochemical
bioplasm
bioplasm
noun
(biology) Any living matter, but especially germinal or forming matter; matter possessing reproductive vitality; protoplasm, especially in its relation to living processes and development.
bioplasmic
bioplasmic
adj
Pertaining to, or consisting of, bioplasm.
bioplasms
bioplasms
noun
plural of bioplasm
biopolymers
biopolymers
noun
plural of biopolymer
bipedalisms
bismutoplagionite
blasphemies
blasphemies
noun
plural of blasphemy
blaspheming
blaspheming
noun
An act of blasphemy.
verb
present participle of blaspheme
blennophlogisma
blepharism
blepharochromidrosis
blepharohematidrosis
blepharophimosis
blepharophimosis
noun
(medicine) A condition involving bilateral ptosis with reduced eyelid size, vertically and horizontally, a flat nasal bridge, and hypoplastic orbital rim.
blepharosphincterectomy
blepharosymphysis
blepharosyndesmitis
blimpish
blimpish
adj
(often capitalized) Pompously reactionary, like Colonel Blimp.
Blimp-like in appearance or size.
blimpishly
blimpishly
adv
In a blimpish manner.
blimpishness
blimpishness
noun
The quality of being blimpish.
blimps
blimps
noun
plural of blimp
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blimp
brachycephalism
brachycephalism
noun
Dated form of brachycephaly.
bumbailiffship
bumptiously
bumptiously
adv
In a bumptious manner.
campbellism
campbellism
Proper noun
The
campbellisms
campbellites
campbellsville
chamberlainship
chamberlainship
noun
The office or post of chamberlain.
companionableness
companionableness
noun
The state or quality of being companionable.
compassability
compassionable
compassionable
adj
(archaic) Deserving compassion or pity.
(obsolete) Having, feeling, or showing compassion.
compatibilities
compatibilities
noun
plural of compatibility
compatibleness
compatibleness
noun
The state or quality of being compatible.
compatibles
compatibles
noun
plural of compatible
compensability
compensability
noun
The characteristic of being compensable; the ability to be compensated.
compliableness
compossibility
compossibility
noun
The quality of being compossible.
compossible
compossible
adj
compatible or consistent with another statement.
comprehensibility
comprehensibility
noun
The characteristic of being comprehensible; clarity.
comprehensible
comprehensible
adj
Able to be comprehended.
comprehensibleness
comprehensibleness
noun
The quality of being comprehensible; comprehensibility.
comprehensibly
comprehensibly
adv
In a comprehensible manner.
compresbyterial
compressibilities
compressibilities
noun
plural of compressibility
compressibility
compressibility
noun
(thermodynamics) The product of pressure and molar volume divided by the product of the gas constant and the absolute temperature.
The degree to which something is compressible.
compressible
compressible
adj
(topology, of a surface embedded in a 3-dimensional manifold) Containing a circle that does not serve as the boundary of a disk that lies in the surface, but does serve as boundary of a disk that lies in the ambient manifold.
able to be compressed
compressibleness
compressibleness
noun
The quality of being compressible.
compressibly
compressibly
adv
In a compressible way.
comprisable
comprisable
adj
Able to be contained or classified.
compromisable
compromisable
adj
Capable of being compromised.
consumptible
contemptibleness
contemptibleness
noun
The state or quality of being contemptible.
decomposability
decomposability
noun
(countable) The extent to which something is decomposable
(uncountable) The condition of being decomposable
dermophlebitis
embryoplastic
embryoplastic
adj
(biology) Relating to, or aiding in, the formation of an embryo.
epiblastema
epibolism
epithelioblastoma
equiprobabilism
fibrolipomatous
fibrolipomatous
adj
(pathology) Relating to fibrolipomas
hemiablepsia
histocompatibility
histocompatibility
noun
The condition of being histocompatible
The toleration of grafts between genetically similar individuals
hyperalbuminosis
hyperalbuminosis
noun
Severe albuminosis
hyperanabolism
hyperbolism
hyperbolism
noun
(countable) An instance of hyperbole
(countable, geometry) A blow-up of a curve at a point.
(uncountable) The use of hyperbole
hypercatabolism
hypercatabolism
noun
An increased rate of catabolism.
hyperglobulism
hyperkatabolism
hyperkatabolism
noun
Alternative form of hypercatabolism
hypermetabolism
hypermetabolism
noun
(biochemistry) The physiological state of increased metabolic activity, typically occurring after significant damage to the body
hypsibrachycephalism
imparisyllabic
imparisyllabic
adj
Not having the same number of syllables in all its inflections (especially of Greek or Latin nouns); for example, the Latin word pars, which has the genitive form partis.
noun
An imparisyllabic noun.
impassability
impassability
noun
The state or quality of being impassable.
impassable
impassable
adj
(of a route, terrain, etc.) Incapable of being passed over, crossed, or negotiated.
(of an obstacle) Incapable of being overcome or surmounted.
(of currency) Not usable as legal tender.
impassableness
impassableness
noun
impassability; the state or quality of being impassable.
impassably
impassably
adv
In an impassable manner.
impassibilibly
impassibility
impassibility
noun
The state or condition of being impassible.
impassible
impassible
adj
(chiefly theology) Unable to suffer, or feel pain.
Incapable of suffering injury or detriment.
Misspelling of impassable.
Unable to feel emotion; impassive.
impassibleness
impassibleness
noun
impassibility
impassibly
impassibly
adv
In an impassible manner.
impassionable
impassionable
adj
Excitable; susceptible to strong emotion.
impeachableness
impeccableness
impeccableness
noun
Quality of being impeccable.
impenetrabilities
impenetrabilities
noun
plural of impenetrability
impenetrableness
impenetrableness
noun
The quality of being impenetrable.
impenitibleness
impenitibleness
noun
The quality of being impenitible.
imperceivableness
imperceivableness
noun
The quality of being imperceivable.
imperceptibleness
imperceptibleness
noun
The quality of being imperceptible.
imperishability
imperishability
noun
The quality of being imperishable.
imperishable
imperishable
adj
not perishable; not subject to decay; enduring permanently
noun
(in the plural) something that does not perish, or keeps for a long time
imperishableness
imperishableness
noun
The characteristic or property of being imperishable.
imperishably
imperishably
adv
In an imperishable manner.
impermeabilities
impermeabilities
noun
plural of impermeability
impermeableness
impermeableness
noun
impermeability
impermissibility
impermissibility
noun
The state or condition of being impermissible.
impermissible
impermissible
adj
not permissible; not to be permitted or allowed
impermissibly
impermissibly
adv
(chiefly law) In a way or to an extent that is not permissible.
imperscriptible
imperscrutable
imperscrutable
adj
(obsolete) Not capable of being searched out; inscrutable.
impersonable
imperspicable
imperspirability
imperspirable
impersuadability
impersuadable
impersuadable
adj
Not to be persuaded; obstinate; unyielding.
impersuadableness
impersuasibility
impersuasibility
noun
(rare) The quality of being impersuasible.
impersuasible
impersuasible
adj
Not persuasible; not to be moved by persuasion.
impersuasibleness
impersuasibleness
noun
The quality of being impersuasible.
impersuasibly
impertransible
impertransible
adj
Incapable of being passed through.
imperturbableness
imperturbableness
noun
The quality of being imperturbable.
impervestigable
imperviableness
implacabilities
implacabilities
noun
plural of implacability
implacableness
implacableness
noun
The quality of being implacable.
implausibilities
implausibilities
noun
plural of implausibility
implausibility
implausibility
noun
Lack of plausibility; the quality of being implausible.