Of or pertaining to the county of Aberdeen in Scotland; of a style that is widespread in Aberdeen.
Proper noun
a local government council area in north-east Scotland, created in 1996 on the abolition of Region. The city of Aberdeen is separate and has its own council.
a historic county in Scotland which was absorbed into Region in 1975.
abnormalising
abnormalising
verb
present participle of abnormalise
abnormalities
abnormalities
noun
plural of abnormality
abnormalizing
abnormalizing
verb
present participle of abnormalize
aboriginality
aboriginality
noun
The distinctive culture of aboriginal peoples
The quality of being aboriginal.
The spiritual bonds between the aboriginal people and their place of heritage.
abortifacient
abortifacient
adj
(pharmacology) Producing miscarriage.
noun
(pharmacology) A drug or an agent that induces an abortion.
abranchialism
abranchialism
noun
The condition of being without gills.
abstractional
abstractional
adj
Pertaining to abstraction.
adenofibrosis
adenofibrosis
noun
(pathology) a benign nodular microscopic lesion of the prostate consisting of acinar tissue with increased stroma
(pathology) a nodular, benign breast lesion consisting of hyperplastic distorted lobules of acinar tissue with increased collagenous stroma
administrable
administrable
adj
Able to be administered
admirableness
admirableness
noun
The state or quality of being admirable.
aggrandizable
aggrandizable
adj
(very rare) Capable of being made great; increasable.
agreeableness
agreeableness
noun
(countable) Resemblance; concordance; harmony.
(psychology) A personality trait characterized by the adjectives kind, sympathetic, cooperative, warm and considerate.
(uncountable) The quality of being agreeable or pleasing; that quality which gives satisfaction or moderate pleasure to the mind or senses.
(uncountable) The quality of being agreeable or suitable; suitableness or conformity; consistency.
albocinereous
albuminaturia
albuminaturia
noun
(medicine) A form of albuminuria in which there is a preponderance in the urine of mineral substances over proteins.
albuminimeter
albuminimeter
noun
An instrument for determining the quantity of albumen in a liquid.
albuminimetry
albuminimetry
noun
The measurement of the quantity of albumen in a liquid.
albuminometer
albuminometry
albuminorrhea
algebrization
algebrization
noun
(mathematics) Alternative form of algebraization
alphabetarian
alphabetarian
noun
A novice or ignoramus.
One who is learning the alphabet; an abecedarian.
alterableness
alterableness
noun
The state or quality of being alterable.
ambatoarinite
amblyrhynchus
anaerobically
anaerobically
adv
In an anaerobic manner; in a way that does not require oxygen. Generally used of metabolic processes.
anemobiagraph
anomorhomboid
answerability
answerability
noun
The state of being answerable.
antambulacral
antambulacral
adj
(zoology) Away from the ambulacral region.
antibacterial
antibacterial
adj
(archaic) Opposing the theory that diseases are caused by bacteria.
(pharmacology) Killing or inhibiting bacteria.
noun
(pharmacology) A drug having the effect of killing or inhibiting bacteria.
antiballooner
antiballooner
noun
(textiles) A device that prevents the outward bulging of the material being worked on by a spinning frame.
antiberiberin
antiberiberin
noun
A black fluid obtained from rice bran, used to treat beriberi.
antibourgeois
antibourgeois
adj
(sociology) Opposed to the bourgeoisie.
antiliberally
antilibration
antilibration
noun
(rare) A balancing; equipoise.
antimicrobial
antimicrobial
adj
(pharmacology) inhibiting the growth of microbes
(pharmacology) preventing or counteracting the pathogenic action of microbes
(pharmacology) tending to destroy or capable of destroying microbes
noun
an agent that destroys microbes, inhibits their growth, or prevents or counteracts their pathogenic action
antiscorbutic
antiscorbutic
adj
(pharmacology) preventing or curing scurvy
noun
(pharmacology) A medicine that prevents or cures scurvy.
antisubmarine
antisubmarine
adj
(military) Intended for use against submarines.
antivibrating
antivibratory
antivibratory
adj
preventing or reducing vibrations
aporobranchia
apportionable
apportionable
adj
Capable of being apportioned.
apprehendable
apprehendable
adj
That can be apprehended.
apprehensible
apprehensible
adj
Which can be apprehended (usually in the sense of being understood).
apprehensibly
apprehensibly
adv
Such that it can be apprehended; understandably.
arachnephobia
arachnephobia
noun
Misspelling of arachnophobia.
arbitrariness
arbitrariness
noun
The quality or state of being arbitrary; the extent to which something is arbitrary.
arbitrational
arbitrational
adj
Of or pertaining to arbitration
arborescently
arborescently
adv
In an arborescent manner.
arglebargling
arsenobenzene
arsenobenzene
noun
(organic chemistry) The aromatic derivative of arsenic C₆H₅-As=As-C₆H₅, whose derivatives include some pharmaceuticals
arsenobismite
ascertainable
ascertainable
adj
Able to be ascertained.
ascertainably
ascertainably
adv
In a way that can be ascertained.
aschaffenburg
attributional
attributional
adj
Of or pertaining to attribution
azerbaijanese
azerbaijanian
azerbaijanian
Noun
Azerbaijani
Adjective
Azerbaijani
azygobranchia
backspringing
backswordsman
backwardation
backwardation
noun
(obsolete) In the London Stock Exchange: a fee paid by a seller on settlement day either to the buyer or to a third party who lends stock, when the seller wishes to defer settlement until the next settlement day.
In full normal backwardation: the situation in a futures market where the price for future delivery of a commodity (the forward price) is lower than the price for immediate delivery (the spot price) or nearer delivery, generally arising from a near-term shortage of the commodity.
The situation in a stock market where the offer price for stock is lower than the bid price.
bacteriogenic
bacteriogenic
adj
Caused by bacteria
bacteriolysin
bacteriolysin
noun
Any antibody that causes lysis of the cells of a bacterium
bacteriotoxin
bacteriotoxin
noun
Any material that is toxic to bacteria
Any toxin produced by a bacterium
bacterization
bacterization
noun
The act or process of bacterizing.
balanorrhagia
balloonflower
balneographer
balneographer
noun
One who writes descriptions of therapeutic baths.
balneotherapy
balneotherapy
noun
The treatment of disease by bathing.
banderilleros
banderilleros
noun
plural of banderillero
bandspreading
banqueteering
banqueteering
noun
The act of participating in banquets, particularly as a frequent activity (also used attributively).
verb
present participle of banqueteer
barbarianized
barbarianized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of barbarianize
barbarisation
barbarisation
noun
An act which causes people to revert to a state which is primitive and uncivilized.
barbarization
barbarization
noun
Alternative form of barbarisation
barbarousness
barbarousness
noun
The state or quality of being barbarous.
barefacedness
barefacedness
noun
The state or quality of being barefaced.
barnardsville
baroclinicity
baroclinicity
noun
The condition of being baroclinic; barocliny
barosinusitis
barosinusitis
noun
aerosinusitis
barosinusitus
bartholinitis
bartholinitis
noun
inflammation of Bartholin's cyst
basibranchial
basibranchial
adj
Relating to the bony base of gills, or to the corresponding parts of abranchiate vertebrates
noun
Any fish that has such gills
basichromatin
basichromatin
noun
The basophil portion of the chromatin of a cell.
basiglandular
bastardliness
bastardliness
noun
The state or quality of being bastardly.
batrachotoxin
batrachotoxin
noun
(neurotoxicology, uncountable) An extremely neurotoxic and cardiotoxic steroidal alkaloid found in poison dart frogs.
(toxicology, countable) Any one of a group of extremely neurotoxic and cardiotoxic steroidal alkaloids found in poison dart frogs, Melyridae beetles, and certain birds.
battlegrounds
battlegrounds
noun
plural of battleground
beardlessness
beardlessness
noun
The state or quality of being beardless.
bedragglement
bedragglement
noun
The state of being bedraggled.
bedriddenness
bedriddenness
noun
The state or quality of being bedridden.
beleaguerment
beleaguerment
noun
The fact or state of beleaguering; a state of blockade or siege.
belligerences
belligerences
noun
plural of belligerence
belligerently
belligerently
adv
In a belligerent manner; with aggressive hostility.
benefactrices
benefactrices
noun
plural of benefactrix
benefactrixes
beneficiaries
beneficiaries
noun
plural of beneficiary
benzocoumaran
benzofluorene
benzofluorene
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of three isomeric polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in which a benzene ring is fused to a fluorene moiety
benzoperoxide
benzopyrylium
benzopyrylium
noun
(organic chemistry) An aromatic bicyclic ion or salt containing a benzene ring fused to a pyrylium ion
benzotriazine
benzotriazine
noun
(organic chemistry) A bicyclic heterocycle in which a benzene ring is fused to one of a triazine
benzotriazole
benzotriazole
noun
(organic chemistry) A bicyclic heterocycle consisting of a benzene ring fused to that of triazole
benzotrifuran
benzoylformic
berchtesgaden
berginization
berkeleianism
bernardsville
bespatterment
bessemerizing
bessemerizing
verb
present participle of bessemerize
bestiarianism
bestiarianism
noun
(dated, rare) Antivivisectionism.
betulinamaric
bewilderingly
bewilderingly
adv
In a bewildering manner, or to a bewildering extent.
bewilderments
bewilderments
noun
plural of bewilderment
bicentenaries
bicentenaries
noun
plural of bicentenary
bicentrically
bicylindrical
bicylindrical
adj
Of or relating to two cylinders.
bidirectional
bidirectional
adj
Moving in two directions (usually opposite)
Operating or functioning in two directions (usually opposite)
noun
Such an antenna or microphone
bilateralness
bilateralness
noun
The quality of being bilateral.
bildungsroman
bildungsroman
noun
A novel tracing the spiritual, moral, psychological, or social development and growth of the main character, usually from childhood to maturity.
bilirubinemia
bilirubinemia
noun
(medicine) The presence of bilirubin in the blood
bilirubinuria
bilirubinuria
noun
(medicine) the presence of bilirubin in the urine; often a symptom of liver disease
bimillionaire
binitarianism
binitarianism
noun
(chiefly Christianity) The belief, particularly among some Christian sects, that God is two personae (persons), two individuals, or two aspects in one Godhead (or God), these being God the Father and God the Son (Jesus Christ).
bioenergetics
bioenergetics
noun
(biology, physics) The study of the energy transformations that take place in living organisms.
A form of physical therapy according to which physical movements are a means of releasing emotional stress.
bioinstrument
bioinstrument
noun
Any device, attached to the body, that is used in bioinstrumentation
bipartisanism
bipartisanism
noun
bipartisanship
birchrunville
birectangular
birectangular
adj
Containing two right angles.
birefringence
birefringence
noun
(physics) The splitting of a ray of light into two parallel rays of perpendicular polarization by passage through an optically anisotropic medium; the property of a material that light passing through it is so split.
birminghamize
birminghamize
Verb
To make ersatz
bitterishness
bitterishness
noun
The state or condition of being bitterish.
blanketflower
blanketflower
noun
Gaillardia; a plant of the genus Gaillardia.
blenniiformes
blennorrhagia
blennorrhagia
noun
Excessive blennorrhea, or mucous discharge, especially as seen in gonorrhea.
blennorrhagic
blennorrhagic
adj
(pathology) of or relating to blennorrhoea
blennorrhinia
blennotorrhea
blitzkrieging
blomstrandine
blomstrandine
noun
(mineralogy) A basic oxide mineral containing a mixture of several rare earths
bloodcurdling
bloodcurdling
adj
Causing great horror or terror.
bloodripeness
blunderbusses
blunderbusses
noun
plural of blunderbuss
blunderheaded
boardinghouse
boardinghouse
noun
Alternative spelling of boarding house
boardsmanship
boardsmanship
noun
Alternative form of boardmanship
bonaventurism
bookbinderies
bookbinderies
noun
plural of bookbindery
bootstrapping
bootstrapping
noun
The process by which something is bootstrapped.
verb
present participle of bootstrap
boraginaceous
boraginaceous
adj
(botany) Of, relating to, or resembling the Boraginaceae, a plant family which includes the borage, heliotrope, beggar's lice, and many pestiferous plants.