Having the form of a developed alphabet or its letters, as opposed to crude pictographic symbols.
alphabetizers
alphabetizers
noun
plural of alphabetizer
apportionable
apportionable
adj
Capable of being apportioned.
approvability
archpresbyter
archpresbyter
noun
(ecclesiastical) An archpriest.
astrapophobia
astrapophobia
noun
astraphobia
autobiography
autobiography
noun
(countable) A self-written biography; the story of one's own life.
(uncountable) Biographies of this kind regarded as a literary genre.
bacteriophage
bacteriophage
noun
(microbiology, virology) A virus that specifically infects bacteria.
bacteriophagy
bacteriophagy
noun
The feeding on bacteria.
bacterioscopy
bacterioscopy
noun
The use of microscopy to study bacteria.
balneotherapy
balneotherapy
noun
The treatment of disease by bathing.
barristership
barristership
noun
The role or status of a barrister.
basipterygial
basipterygial
adj
Of or pertaining to a basipterygium
basipterygium
basipterygium
noun
A cartilage at the base of the fins of some fish that develops into the metapterygium upon maturity.
basipterygoid
basipterygoid
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the base of the sphenoid bone
noun
(anatomy) The basipterygoid process
bathmotropism
bathmotropism
noun
Synonym of bathmotropy
bespatterment
bibliotherapy
bibliotherapy
noun
A nonpharmacological therapy using reading materials to meet people’s therapeutic or developmental needs.
bipartisanism
bipartisanism
noun
bipartisanship
blastocarpous
blastospheric
blastospheric
adj
(embryology) blastular
blepharoplast
blepharoplast
Noun
A basal body.
blepharospath
blepharydatis
bootstrapping
bootstrapping
noun
The process by which something is bootstrapped.
verb
present participle of bootstrap
botryotherapy
brachiopodist
brachypterous
brachypterous
adj
(zoology) Having short, possibly non-functional wings
brahmanaspati
breithauptite
breithauptite
noun
(mineralogy) A nickel antimonide mineral with the chemical formula NiSb, having a metallic opaque copper-red appearance.
bretwaldaship
bridgehampton
bronchoplasty
bronchoplasty
noun
(surgery) repair of a bronchus
buttstrapping
cambridgeport
carpetbaggers
carpetbaggers
noun
plural of carpetbagger
carpetbaggery
carpetbaggery
noun
(derogatory) The practice of a person coming to a place or organisation with which they have no previous connection, with the sole or primary aim of personal gain, especially political or financial gain.
carpetbagging
carpetbagging
verb
present participle of carpetbag
carpetbaggism
carpetbaggism
noun
The practices of a carpetbagger
claustrophobe
claustrophobe
noun
One who suffers from claustrophobia.
comparability
comparability
noun
The quality of being comparable.
copyrightable
copyrightable
adj
(copyright law) Able to be protected by copyright law.
noun
Anything for which one can obtain copyright.
cubitoplantar
deplorability
deplorability
noun
The quality of being deplorable.
deportability
dermatophobia
disprofitable
disprofitable
adj
(obsolete) unprofitable
electrophobia
electrophobia
noun
fear of electricity
embryoplastic
embryoplastic
adj
(biology) Relating to, or aiding in, the formation of an embryo.
erythrophobia
erythrophobia
noun
Abnormal and persistent fear of the colour red.
abnormal and persistent fear of blushing
evaporability
evaporability
noun
Capability of evaporating.
exportability
exportability
noun
The property of being exportable.
graphitizable
graphitizable
adj
(chemistry, of carbon) Able to be converted to graphite.
hamartophobia
hemerobaptism
hemerobaptist
hemerobaptist
Noun
A member of an ancient religious group who repeated a baptismal (bathing) rite every day.
herpetophobia
herpetophobia
noun
Fear of reptiles, amphibians, and similar animals.
hyperbrutally
hypobaropathy
hypobaropathy
noun
(pathology) Sickness caused by reduced atmospheric pressure, such as altitude sickness.
impartability
impartibility
impartibility
noun
The quality of being impartible; communicability.
The quality of being incapable of division into parts; indivisibility.
imperturbable
imperturbable
adj
Calm and collected, even under pressure.
Not easily perturbed, upset or excited.
imperturbably
imperturbably
adv
In an imperturbable manner; calmly.
importability
importability
noun
The property of being importable.
impracticable
impracticable
adj
(obsolete, of a person or thing) unmanageable
(of a passage or road) impassable
not practicable; impossible or difficult in practice
noun
(obsolete) an unmanageable person
impracticably
impracticably
adv
In an impracticable way.
impregability
impreventable
impreventable
adj
Not preventable; inevitable.
improbability
improbability
noun
That which is improbable; an improbable event or result.
The quality or state of being improbable; unlikelihood.
improvability
improvability
noun
The condition of being improvable
incomportable
incomportable
adj
(rare) Not comportable; intolerable; inconsistent; unsuitable; unendurable.
inoperability
inoperability
noun
The quality or state of being inoperable.
inspirability
insupportable
insupportable
adj
(of a statement, claim, argument, etc.) That cannot be supported; that cannot be demonstrated or proved.
That cannot be tolerated or endured.
insupportably
insupportably
adv
In an insupportable manner.
interceptable
interceptable
adj
Able to be intercepted
interpretable
interpretable
adj
Capable of being interpreted or explained.
interpretably
interpretably
adv
In an interpretable way.
interruptable
interruptable
adj
That can be interrupted.
irrepatriable
irrespectable
malabsorption
malabsorption
noun
The state arising from abnormality in digestion or absorption of food nutrients across the gastrointestinal tract.
methylparaben
methylparaben
noun
A preservative and antifungal agent, the methyl ester of p-hydroxybenzoic acid.
mynpachtbrief
nonabsorption
nonabsorption
noun
The absence of absorption
nonabsorptive
nonabsorptive
adj
Not absorptive
nonexportable
nonexportable
adj
Not exportable.
nonpenetrable
nonpenetrable
adj
Not penetrable
nonpenetrably
nonprofitable
nonprofitable
adj
not profitable; not making profit
nonreportable
nonreportable
adj
Not reportable.
nonrupturable
nontemperable
operabilities
operabilities
noun
plural of operability
opisthobranch
opisthobranch
adj
(of a gastropod) Having gills placed behind the heart.
(of gills) Placed behind the heart.
noun
(zoology) A gastropod with gills behind the heart, formerly thought to belong to a single group.
opprobriating
opprobriating
verb
present participle of opprobriate
ornithophobia
ornithophobia
noun
Fear of birds.
orthoplumbate
overbepatched
paravertebral
paravertebral
adj
Located near the vertebral column.
partimembered
pasturability
pasturability
noun
The quality or degree of being pasturable.
patroiophobia
paurometabola
paurometaboly
paurometaboly
noun
Synonym of paurometabolism
pebblehearted
pectinibranch
pectinibranch
noun
(zoology) One of the Pectinibranchiata.
penetrability
penetrability
noun
The extent to which something is penetrable
pentacarbonyl
pentacarbonyl
noun
Any metal carbonyl containing five carbonyl groups
pentobarbital
pentobarbital
noun
(pharmacology) A narcotic and sedative barbiturate drug (trademark Nembutal) formerly used to relieve insomnia.
perambulating
perambulating
verb
present participle of perambulate
perambulation
perambulation
noun
(law) An English legal ceremony in which an official from a town or parish walks around it to delineate and record its boundaries.
(rare) A survey, a tour; a walking around.
The district thus inspected.
perambulators
perambulators
noun
plural of perambulator
perambulatory
perambulatory
adj
Relating to perambulation.
percribration
perditionable
perditionable
adj
(rare) Capable of being ruined; worthy of perdition.
perdurability
perdurability
noun
The state of being perdurable.
perilabyrinth
perishability
perishability
noun
The quality of being perishable.
perivertebral
perivertebral
adj
(anatomy) Surrounding the vertebrae.
permutability
permutability
noun
(countable) The extent to which something is permutable
(uncountable) The condition of being permutable
peroneotibial
peroneotibial
adj
Relating to the perone (fibula) and the tibia.
perturbations
perturbations
noun
plural of perturbation
perturbatious
perturbatious
adj
(obsolete) Causing or relating to perturbation.
perturbatress
phenobarbital
phenobarbital
noun
(pharmacology) A narcotic and sedative barbiturate drug used chiefly to treat epilepsy.
phenobarbitol
phenobarbitol
noun
Alternative spelling of phenobarbital
picturability
picturability
noun
The quality or degree of being picturable.
polycarbonate
polycarbonate
noun
(chemistry) Any of a range of polymers of aromatic carbonates; they are used to make light, flexible alternatives to glass. Abbreviation: PC
ponderability
ponderability
noun
Amenability to consideration or thought.
The fact of having a detectable weight or mass.
porphyroblast
porphyroblast
noun
(geology) A relatively large crystal within a metamorphic rock
postbranchial
postbranchial
adj
posterior to the gills
postbreakfast
postbreakfast
adj
After breakfast.
postbronchial
postbronchial
adj
(anatomy) posterior to the bronchus
postembryonal
postembryonal
adj
Synonym of postembryonic
postpalpebral
postvertebral
postvertebral
adj
(anatomy) posterior to the vertebrae
preabundantly
preacetabular
preacetabular
adj
(anatomy) in front of the acetabulum
preadjustable
preadjustable
adj
Able to be adjusted in advance.
preambulation
preambulation
noun
(obsolete) A preamble.
(obsolete) A walking or going before; precedence.
preambulatory
preambulatory
adj
Preceding; going before; introductory.
prebankruptcy
prebankruptcy
adj
Preceding a bankruptcy.
precedentable
precelebrated
precelebrated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of precelebrate
predeliberate
predeliberate
verb
To deliberate in advance.
predestinable
predicability
predicability
noun
The quality or state of being predicable, or affirmable of something, or attributed to something.
predisability
predisability
adj
Prior to the onset of a disability.
prefabricated
prefabricated
adj
invented in advance
manufactured in advance, usually to a standard format, and then assembled on site
verb
simple past tense and past participle of prefabricate
prefabricates
prefabricates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prefabricate