(now rare) The common wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), an intensely bitter herb used in the production of absinthe and vermouth, and as a tonic.
The dried leaves and flowering tops of the wormwood plant.
absinthe oil
absolutism
absolutism
noun
(philosophy) Belief in a metaphysical absolute; belief in Absolute.
(political science, sociology) The principles or practice of absolute or arbitrary government; despotism.
(rare) The characteristic of being absolute in nature or scope; absoluteness.
(theology) Doctrine of preordination; doctrine of absolute decrees; doctrine that God acts in an absolute manner.
Positiveness; the state of being absolute.
abstemious
abstemious
adj
(rare) Promotive of abstemiousness.
Marked by, or spent in, abstinence.
Refraining from freely consuming food or strong drink; sparing in diet; abstinent, temperate.
Sparing in the indulgence of the appetite or passions.
Sparingly used; used with temperance or moderation.
absumption
absumption
noun
(obsolete) Destruction or disintegration, especially a gradual one; wasting away.
abulomania
abulomania
noun
Alternative form of aboulomania
accumbency
accumbency
noun
(rare) The state of being accumbent or reclining.
acetabulum
acetabulum
noun
(anatomy) The bony cup of the pelvis which receives the head of the femur.
(historical) A Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of 2½ Roman ounces of wine and equivalent to about 66 mL although differing slightly over time.
(zootomy) A sucker of the sepia or cuttlefish and related animals.
(zootomy) One of the lobes of the placenta in ruminating animals.
(zootomy) The cavity in which the leg of an insect is inserted at its articulation with the body.
(zootomy) The large posterior sucker of the leeches.
A vinegar saucer, especially (historical) in ancient Roman contexts.
adumbrated
adumbrated
adj
(comparable) Foreshadowed.
(comparable) Obscured.
(heraldry) Depicted on a shield as an outline instead of a solid figure.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of adumbrate
adumbrates
adumbrates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adumbrate
aglobulism
alabastrum
alabastrum
noun
(botany) A flower bud
An alabastron, or ancient pottery container for oil.
albumenise
albumenise
verb
Non-Oxford British English spelling of albumenize
albumenize
albumenize
verb
(transitive) To coat or saturate with albumen.
(transitive) To convert into albumen.
albumenoid
albumenoid
noun
Alternative form of albuminoid
albuminate
albuminate
noun
(chemistry) A compound of albumin and a base or acid
albuminise
albuminise
verb
Non-Oxford British English spelling of albuminize
albuminize
albuminize
verb
Alternative form of albumenize
albuminoid
albuminoid
adj
like albumen
of albumin
noun
A simple protein of a subclass mainly derived from animal connective or supportive tissue
albuminone
albuminone
noun
(organic chemistry, dated) A principle derived from certain albuminoids; it is soluble in alcohol and is not coagulable by heat.
albuminose
albuminose
noun
Alternative form of albuminous
albuminous
albuminous
adj
Relating to, containing, or having the properties of albumen or albumin.
ambigenous
ambigenous
adj
(botany) Partaking of two natures, as the perianth of some endogenous plants, where the outer surface is calycine and the inner petaloid.
ambilevous
ambilevous
adj
(rare) Having equally bad ability in both hands; clumsy; butterfingered.
ambiparous
ambisexual
ambisexual
adj
(slang) Of ambiguous sexual orientation.
(zoology) Hermaphroditic.
Bisexual: attracted to persons of either sex.
Unisex: fit for persons of either sex.
noun
An ambisexual person.
ambosexous
ambosexous
adj
(obsolete) ambisexual; hermaphroditic
ambosexual
ambulacral
ambulacral
adj
Of or pertaining to an ambulacrum
noun
Alternative form of ambulacrum
ambulacrum
ambulacrum
noun
(of an echinoderm) A row of pores for the protrusion of appendages such as tube feet.
ambulanced
ambulanced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ambulance
ambulancer
ambulancer
noun
(military) A medic working in a mobile field hospital.
ambulances
ambulances
noun
plural of ambulance
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ambulance
ambulantes
ambulating
ambulating
verb
present participle of ambulate
ambulation
ambulation
Noun
walking around
ambulative
ambulative
adj
(archaic) walking
ambulators
ambulators
noun
plural of ambulator
ambulatory
ambulatory
adj
(comparable, medicine) Able to walk about and not bedridden.
(law) Not yet legally fixed or settled; alterable.
(medicine) Performed on or involving an ambulatory patient or an outpatient.
Accustomed to move from place to place; not stationary; movable.
Of, relating to, or adapted to walking.
noun
Any part of a building intended for walking in; a corridor.
The round walkway encircling the altar in many cathedrals.
ambuscaded
ambuscaded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ambuscade
ambuscader
ambuscader
noun
One who ambushes, or who is involved in an ambush.
ambuscades
ambuscades
noun
plural of ambuscade
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ambuscade
ambuscados
ambuscados
noun
plural of ambuscado
ambushlike
ambushment
ambushment
noun
(obsolete) An ambush
amphibalus
amphibalus
noun
An ecclesiastical vestment like the chasuble.
amphibious
amphibious
adj
Capable of functioning on land or in water.
Occurring on both land and water.
anabathrum
anaerobium
antebellum
antebellum
adj
(US) Of the period prior to the American Civil War, especially in reference to the culture of the southern states.
Of the time period prior to a war.
antelabium
antenumber
antilobium
arboretums
archhumbug
armbruster
ashburnham
automobile
automobile
adj
Self-moving; self-propelled.
noun
(US, Canada) A type of vehicle designed to move on the ground under its own stored power and intended to carry a driver, a small number of additional passengers, and a very limited amount of other load. A car or motorcar.
baculiform
baculiform
adj
Shaped like a bacillus; rod-shaped.
badmouthed
badmouthed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of badmouth
bakuninism
barbituism
barotrauma
barotrauma
noun
(pathology) Damage to body tissue caused by a difference in pressure between an air space in or near the body and the surrounding air.
barramunda
barramunda
noun
Neoceratodus forsteri, the Queensland lungfish.
barramundi
barramundi
noun
A diadromous fish of species Lates calcarifer, of the Centropomidae family, order Perciformes.
basigamous
basigynium
basigynium
Noun
The pedicel on which the ovary of certain flowers, such as the passion flower, is seated; a carpophore or thecaphore.
batrachium
baumeister
beaumontia
bermudians
betacismus
bigamously
bigamously
adv
In a bigamous manner.
bimaculate
bimaculate
adj
Having two spots or similar marks
bimanually
bimanually
Adverb
Using both hands.
bimuscular
bimuscular
adj
(zoology) Having two adductor muscles.
bismuthate
bismuthate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) The anion BiO₃⁻ of pentavalent bismuth; any salt containing this anion
bituminate
bituminate
verb
(transitive) To treat or impregnate with bitumen.
blamefully
blamefully
adv
In a blameful manner.
blubberman
blumenthal
boulangism
boulangism
Noun
The spirit or principles of a French political movement identified with (1837–1891), who promoted an aggressive nationalism which opposed Germany and called for the defeat of the Franco-Prussian War (1870-71) to be avenged.
bradycauma
braquemard
braquemard
noun
a short, thick, double-edged sword
broadmouth
broadmouth
noun
One of the Eurylaimidae, a family of East Indian passerine birds.
bromaurate
bromoauric
brushmaker
brushmaker
noun
A person who makes brushes.
buchmanism
buchmanite
buckingham
buckingham
Proper noun
A place name:
A town in Buckinghamshire, England.
A former city in Quebec, Canada, merged into Gatineau in 2002.
An unincorporated community in Colorado, USA, named after a railroad official.
A census-designated place in Florida, USA.
A village in Illinois, USA.
An unincorporated community in Iowa, USA, named after Buckingham County, VA.
A former city in Texas, USA, now part of Richardson, Texas.
A census-designated place and county seat of Buckingham County in Virginia, USA.
A dukedom in the English peerage.
An English habitational surname derived from the place name.
buckraming
buckraming
verb
present participle of buckram
bugbeardom
bullamacow
bullockman
bumbailiff
bumbailiff
noun
(UK, obsolete) A bound bailiff.
bumboatman
bumboatman
noun
A man who pilots a bumboat.
bumboatmen
bumboatmen
noun
plural of bumboatman
bumgardner
burbankism
burlingame
burlingham
burthenman
bushhammer
bushhammer
noun
Alternative form of bush hammer
verb
To dress with bush hammer.
bushmaking
bushmaster
bushmaster
noun
A venomous pit viper, Lachesis muta, from tropical America.
butomaceae
butylamine
butylamine
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of four isomeric aliphatic amines derived from butane
cambyuskan
catacumbal
catacumbal
adj
Of or relating to a catacomb.
choriambus
choriambus
noun
(poetry) A metrical foot consisting of four syllables, of which the first and last are long, and the others short; a choreus, or trochee, united with an iambus.
coambulant
columbaria
columbella
columbiana
columbidae
commutable
commutable
adj
Capable of being commuted.
computable
computable
adj
(computing theory) Of a problem, solvable by a Turing machine or any thereto Turing-equivalent model; Turing-computable.
(mathematics) of a number, able to be approximated to arbitrary precision by a computable function
(mathematics, set theory) Of a countably infinite set, having a computable indicator function.
Capable of being computed, or enumerated.
computably
computably
adv
In a computable manner
With regard to computability
conalbumin
conalbumin
noun
(biology) One of the two major types of albumin found in egg white (the other being ovalbumin), which isolates and sequesters metallic contaminants in the egg white.
consumable
consumable
adj
That is consumed or depleted upon use.
That may be eaten.
noun
A material or product that is produced for consumption.
cumberland
cumberland
Proper noun
A maritime former border county of England, since 1974 absorbed into Cumbria.
A city in Maryland, USA
A CDP in Virginia, USA
A river in the eastern United States, tributary to the Ohio.
A town on British Columbia, Canada.
customable
customable
adj
(obsolete) Subject to the payment of customs; dutiable.
(obsolete) customary
customably
customably
adv
(obsolete) usually; by custom or habit
deambulate
deambulate
verb
(medicine) To walk independently, especially in contrast to a state where one is physically unable to walk.
(rare) To go out walking; to stroll.
demihagbut
demurrable
demurrable
adj
That may be demurred to.
doubledamn
drumbeater
drumbeater
noun
(figuratively) A propagandist.
One who beats a drum.
dumbheaded
dumbwaiter
dumbwaiter
noun
(obsolete) A lazy Susan.
(obsolete) A table or set of trays on rollers used for serving food.
A small elevator used to move food etc. from one floor of a building to another.
elegiambus
embrasured
embrasured
Adjective
Having embrasures.
embrasures
embrasures
noun
plural of embrasure
embryulcia
embryulcia
noun
(surgery, archaic) The forcible extraction of the fetus.
endolumbar
enumerable
enumerable
adj
Capable of being enumerated; countable.
enumerably
enumerably
adv
(mathematics) In a manner that permits enumeration.
ethambutol
ethambutol
noun
(pharmacology) A synthetic bacteriostatic antimycobacterial drug C₁₀H₂₄N₂O₂ that is a derivative of ethylenediamine, used in the form of its hydrochloride and in combination with other drugs to treat tuberculosis.
exumbrella
exumbrella
noun
The outer surface of the umbrella of a jellyfish.
fernambuck
fimbriatum
formulable
formulable
adj
That can be formulated
fumbulator
funambulic
galliambus
galliambus
noun
(poetry) A verse consisting of four Ionics a minore, with variations and substitutions.
greenebaum
hamburgers
hamburgers
noun
plural of hamburger
hemalbumen
hematobium
herbariums
herbariums
noun
plural of herbarium
humbugable
humbugable
adj
Alternative form of humbuggable
humpbacked
humpbacked
adj
Being a humpback bridge.
Having a hump on the back, either naturally or due to a medical condition.