(medicine) The quantitative assessment of a person's hearing ability, especially by means of an audiometer.
augmentatively
augmentatively
adv
In an augmentative fashion.
augmentedly
augmentedly
adv
In an augmented manner.
aumbry
aumery
aumery
noun
(obsolete) An ambry or closet.
aummbulatory
aureomycin
aureomycin
noun
(medicine) The drug chlortetracycline, obtained from Streptomyces aureofaciens bacteria.
austromancy
austromancy
noun
Soothsaying, or prediction of events, from observation of the winds or cloud formations.
autoallogamy
autobasidiomycetes
autobasidiomycetous
autocholecystectomy
autochromy
autochromy
noun
The production of autochrome photographs.
autodepolymerization
autodynamic
autodynamic
adj
Supplying its own power.
autogamy
autogamy
noun
Self-fertilization, the fertilizing pollen being derived from the same blossom as the pistil acted upon.
Sologamy, marriage to oneself.
autohemolysin
autohemolysin
noun
(immunology) Any hemolysin produced by the affected person's own body
autohemolysis
autohemolysis
noun
hemolysis by the action of an autohemolysin
autohemolytic
autohemotherapy
autohemotherapy
noun
(medicine) The intramuscular or subcutaneous, immediate hypodermic reinjection of blood previously removed from the patient.
autohypnotism
autohypnotism
noun
autohypnosis
autoimmunity
autoimmunity
noun
(pathology, immunology) The condition where one's immune system attacks one's own tissues, i.e., an autoimmune disorder.
automacy
automacy
noun
The quality, state, or condition of being automatic; automaticity.
automatically
automatically
adv
In an automatic manner.
automaticity
automaticity
noun
(medicine) The ability of the heart muscles to contract independently of each other when separated or in unison when reattached in whole or in groups.
The ability to do things without occupying the mind with the low level details required.
The process of one thing automatically following another.
autometry
autometry
noun
(mathematics) An isometry of a metric space to itself
automobility
automobility
noun
The utilization of automobiles as the major means of transportation and mobility.
automorphically
automorphically
adv
(mathematics) In terms of automorphisms
automysophobia
automysophobia
noun
An abnormal fear of being dirty.
autonephrectomy
autonomasy
autonomasy
noun
Archaic form of autonomasia.
autonomically
autonomically
adv
In an autonomic manner
With reference to the autonomic nervous system
autonomously
autonomously
adv
In an autonomous or self-governing manner.
autonomy
autonomy
noun
(Christianity, uncountable) The status of a church whose highest-ranking bishop is appointed by the patriarch of the mother church, but which is self-governing in all other respects. Compare autocephaly.
(government, countable) A self-governing country or region.
(mechanics, uncountable) The capacity of a system to make a decision about its actions without the involvement of another system or operator.
(philosophy, uncountable) The capacity to make an informed, uncoerced decision.
(uncountable) The right or condition of self-government; freedom to act or function independently.
autonym
autonym
noun
(linguistics, anthropology) A name used by a group or category of people to refer to themselves or their language, as opposed to a name given to them by other groups.
(taxonomy) An infraspecific name in which the specific epithet is repeated.
A work published under the author's true name.
The true name of a person or other entity, especially an author.
autophotometry
autoplasmotherapy
autopsychorhythmia
autorhythmic
autorhythmic
adj
That generates its own rhythm
autorhythmus
autosomally
autosomally
adv
In an autosomal way.
autostylism
autostylism
noun
Synonym of autostyly
autosymbiontic
autosymbolic
autosymbolical
autosymbolically
autosymnoia
autothermy
autotomy
autotomy
noun
(chiefly zoology) The spontaneous removal of a limb, tail etc, especially by some invertebrates as a self-defense mechanism.
autumnally
autumnally
adv
In an autumnal manner.
autumnity
autumnity
noun
autumn
middle age
auxamylase
auxoamylase
ayuntamiento
ayuntamiento
noun
A corporation or body of magistrates in cities and towns in Spain, corresponding to mayor and aldermen.
ayuntamientos
ayuntamientos
noun
plural of ayuntamiento
azimuthally
azimuthally
adv
In a manner with respect to the azimuth; with respect to the angle above a plane.
azygomatous
azymous
azymous
adj
unleavened, unfermented.
ballyllumford
basidiomycetous
basidiomycetous
adj
Relating to the basidiomycetes.
basigynium
basigynium
Noun
The pedicel on which the ovary of certain flowers, such as the passion flower, is seated; a carpophore or thecaphore.
basipterygium
basipterygium
noun
A cartilage at the base of the fins of some fish that develops into the metapterygium upon maturity.
beautydom
beautydom
noun
The estate or rank of a beauty or of beautiful women.
bemuddy
bemusedly
bemusedly
adv
In a bemused manner
benumbingly
benumbingly
adv
in a benumbing manner
benzopyrylium
benzopyrylium
noun
(organic chemistry) An aromatic bicyclic ion or salt containing a benzene ring fused to a pyrylium ion
beryllium
beryllium
noun
The chemical element (symbol Be) with an atomic number of 4; a soft silvery-white low density alkaline earth metal with specialist industrial applications.
bigamously
bigamously
adv
In a bigamous manner.
bimanually
bimanually
Adverb
Using both hands.
bimolecularly
bimolecularly
adv
In bimolecular terms.
bishydroxycoumarin
bishydroxycoumarin
noun
(organic chemistry) Synonym of dicumarol
bismuthyl
bismuthyl
noun
(chemistry) Any tartrate in the form of a univalent radical, wherein only one replaceable hydrogen atom has been replaced by a base, causing it to have twice the amount of acid contained in a normal salt.
blamefully
blamefully
adv
In a blameful manner.
blasphemously
blasphemously
adv
In blasphemous manner.
blastomycetous
blastophyllum
bloomsbury
bloomsbury
Proper noun
An area of the London borough of Camden, known for its array of garden squares and its literary connections.
bombycinous
bombycinous
adj
(obsolete) Of the colour of the silkworm; transparent with a yellow tint.
(obsolete) silken; made of silk
(of paper) made of cotton in imitation of parchment.
bombylious
bombylious
adj
(obsolete) Buzzing like a bumblebee.
bonhomously
borborygmus
borborygmus
noun
(figurative) Something resembling borborygmus.
A rumbling sound made by the movement of gas in the intestines.
boroughmongery
boroughmongery
Noun
The practices of a boroughmonger.
botrychium
botrydium
boulimy
brachydodromous
brachyphyllum
brachystomatous
brachystomous
bradycauma
brimfully
brimfully
adv
In a brimful manner
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
bronchomucormycosis
bronchopulmonary
bronchopulmonary
adj
Of or pertaining to both the bronchi and the lungs.
brulyiement
brumby
brumby
noun
(Australia) A wild or feral horse.
brumley
brummy
bryophyllum
bryophyllum
noun
(botany) Any of the genus Bryophyllum of plants in the family Crassulaceae.
bryophyllums
bryophyllums
noun
plural of bryophyllum
bryozoum
bryozoum
noun
A bryozoon.
bryum
buggyman
buggyman
noun
(historical) A man employed to transport material, such as the bloom from a furnace, on a wheeled carriage or buggy.
The male driver of a buggy.
buggymen
buggymen
noun
plural of buggyman
bulbomedullary
bulbophyllum
bulimy
bulimy
noun
Archaic form of bulimia.
bullydom
bullydom
noun
The state or condition of being a bully.
bullyism
bullyism
noun
(dated) The swaggering, domineering behaviour of a bully.
bumbleberry
bumbleberry
noun
Applied to pies, juices, etc. made with a mixture of various berries and sometimes other fruits.
bumblepuppy
bumblepuppy
noun
(card games) Whist played in an unscientific way.
The old game of nineholes.
bumblingly
bumblingly
adv
In a bumbling manner
bumicky
bummery
bummery
noun
(originally derogatory, historical) The faction of the Industrial Workers of the World in the 20th century which favored direct action.
Obsolete form of bottomry.
bumpily
bumpily
adv
In a bumpy manner.
bumpingly
bumpingly
adv
In a bumping way; with bumps or jolts.
bumpity
bumpity
intj
Nonce variation of the word bump, usually indicating the sound of someone or something tumbling down an uneven surface, or traveling on a rough road.
bumpkinly
bumpkinly
adj
Befitting a bumpkin.
bumpology
bumpology
noun
(archaic, derogatory) phrenology
bumpsy
bumptiously
bumptiously
adv
In a bumptious manner.
bumpy
bumpy
adj
covered with or full of bumps
rough; jumpy; causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements
bunnymouth
burdensomely
burdensomely
adv
In a burdensome fashion.
bursectomy
bursectomy
noun
(surgery) The surgical removal of a bursa
busybodyism
busybodyism
noun
The behaviour of a busybody; interfering, meddling.
buttyman
buttyman
noun
(mining) Synonym of butty (“miner who works under contract”)
butylamine
butylamine
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of four isomeric aliphatic amines derived from butane
butyrometer
butyrometer
noun
Any of several devices used to estimate the proportion of butterfat in milk
butyrometric
butyrometric
adj
Measured using a butyrometer
Relating to butyrometry
buxomly
buxomly
adv
In a buxom way.
bynum
byzantium
byzantium
Noun
A dark shade of purple, close to Tyrian purple and palatinate purple
Proper noun
The ancient Greek city situated on the Bosporus, named Constantinople in 330 and now known as Istanbul.
The Byzantine Empire.
calamitously
calamitously
adv
In a calamitous manner.
callionymus
calophyllum
calumniatory
calumniatory
adj
Containing calumny; slanderous.
calumniously
calumniously
adv
In the manner of a falsification intended to discredit another.
calumny
calumny
noun
(countable) A false accusation or charge brought to tarnish another's reputation or standing.
(uncountable) Falsifications or misrepresentations intended to disparage or discredit another.
verb
(transitive, formal) To make false accusations or levy false charges against a person with the intent to tarnish that person's reputation or standing; to calumniate.
calycanthemous
calycocarpum
calyptrimorphous
camaguey
cambyuskan
campyloneuron
campylospermous
campylospermous
adj
(botany) Having seeds grooved lengthwise on the inner face, as in sweet cicely.
campylotropous
campylotropous
adj
(botany) Having the ovules and seeds so curved, or bent down upon themselves, that the ends of the embryo are brought close together.
camuy
capsulectomy
capsulectomy
noun
(surgery) The removal of a capsule, especially one that surrounds an implant
capsulotomy
capsulotomy
noun
(surgery) incision into a capsule, especially into the lens of the eye when removing cataracts