Any of various aquatic insects, of the family Notonectidae, that swim on their backs.
baconianism
baconianism
Noun
The scientific methods of
The theory that was the real author of the works of Shakespeare.
bacteremias
bacteremias
noun
plural of bacteremia
besmirchers
besmirchers
noun
plural of besmircher
besmirching
besmirching
verb
present participle of besmirch
biblioclasm
biblioclasm
noun
(rare) Destruction of books, especially of the Bible.
bichromates
bichromates
noun
plural of bichromate
bimetallics
bimetallics
noun
plural of bimetallic
biochemists
biochemists
noun
plural of biochemist
biodynamics
biodynamics
noun
(agriculture) Biodynamic agricultural practices similar to organic farming.
(biology, dated) The doctrine of vital forces or energy.
biomimetics
biomimetics
noun
The study of the structure and function of living things as models for the creation of materials or products by reverse engineering.
biracialism
biracialism
noun
A situation where two races of people are segregated.
bisacromial
bisacromial
adj
(anatomy) Relating to, or connecting the two acromial processes
biscayanism
bismarckian
bismarckian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to (1815-1898), German statesman associated with antisocialism, complex diplomacy and the creation of the welfare state.
bisymmetric
bisymmetric
adj
(mathematics, of a square matrix) Symmetric about both of its main diagonals.
blacklegism
blacklegism
noun
The character or actions of a blackleg.
blacksmiths
blacksmiths
noun
plural of blacksmith
blastematic
blastematic
adj
(biology) Connected with, or proceeding from, the blastema; blastemal.
blastomeric
blastomeric
adj
Relating to blastomeres.
blastomycin
blastomycin
noun
A sterile material, produced from cultures of the fungus Blastomyces, once used for intradermal testing
bombastical
bombastical
adj
(archaic) bombastic
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.
brachyprism
broomsticks
broomsticks
noun
plural of broomstick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of broomstick
campbellism
campbellism
Proper noun
The
cannibalism
cannibalism
noun
(figurative) An act in which one thing consumes or takes over another of the same kind.
In speech, the occurrence of one word eliding part or all of the next word, because the syllables are the same. For example, "Look, an MIT shirt" for "Look, an MIT T-shirt".
The act of eating another of one's own species.
carbonarism
carbonarism
Proper noun
The principles, practices, or organization of the Carbonari.
catabolisms
catabolisms
noun
plural of catabolism
cerebralism
cerebralism
noun
(countable) Something cerebral.
(philosophy, uncountable) The doctrine that non-physical phenomena are functions or products of the brain only.
chemisorbed
chemisorbed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chemisorb
chloriambus
choliambist
choliambist
noun
One who writes in choliambic meter.
cicisbeisms
circumbasal
coenobitism
coenobitism
noun
Alternative form of cenobitism
columbaries
columbaries
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of columbary
combinators
combinators
noun
plural of combinator
combustible
combustible
adj
(figurative, dated) Easily kindled or excited; quick; fiery; irascible.
Capable of burning.
noun
A material that is capable of burning.
combustibly
combustibly
adv
in a combustible manner
combustions
combustions
noun
plural of combustion
combustious
combustious
adj
(figurative) turbulent
inflammable; combustible
comestibles
comestibles
noun
plural of comestible
compatibles
compatibles
noun
plural of compatible
compossible
compossible
adj
compatible or consistent with another statement.
comprisable
comprisable
adj
Able to be contained or classified.
coxcombries
coxcombries
noun
plural of coxcombry
crumbliness
crumbliness
noun
The state of being crumbly
decemberish
decemberish
Adjective
Characteristic of the month of December; wintry, gloomy, etc.
disencumber
disencumber
verb
(transitive) To remove an encumbrance or burden from (someone or something); unburden.
embraceries
embraceries
noun
plural of embracery
embroscopic
fibromucous
hibernicism
homoblastic
homoblastic
adj
(biology) Developing from a single type of tissue.
(botany) Having leaves whose shape changes very little with the plant's or shoot's age.
imbraceries
imbraceries
noun
plural of imbracery
labdacismus
labdacismus
noun
Alternative form of lambdacism
lobectomies
lobectomies
noun
plural of lobectomy
lumbricales
lumbricalis
lumbricalis
noun
Synonym of lumbrical.
lumbricosis
macrobiosis
macrobiosis
noun
Long life.
macrobiotus
masturbatic
masturbatic
adj
(archaic) masturbatory
meroblastic
meroblastic
adj
(of a fertilized egg) that undergoes only partial cleavage
mesiobuccal
mesiobuccal
adj
(dentistry) Of or relating to the mesial and the buccal surfaces of a tooth.
mesoblastic
mesoblastic
adj
(biology) of, relating to, or resembling the mesoblast
micawberish
micawberism
micawberism
Noun
optimism in the face of financial adversity
microbeless
microbeless
adj
Without microbes.
microbiosis
microbiosis
noun
An infection of microbes
microbursts
microbursts
noun
plural of microburst
microbusses
microprobes
microprobes
noun
plural of microprobe
misbalanced
misbalanced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of misbalance
misbalances
misbalances
noun
plural of misbalance
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misbalance
misbecoming
misbecoming
adj
unbecoming; unbefitting
verb
present participle of misbecome
miscibility
miscibility
noun
The degree to which two things mix.
The property of being able to be mixed.
misdescribe
misdescribe
verb
(transitive) To incorrectly explain or detail something or someone.
misscribing
misscribing
verb
present participle of misscribe
mobocracies
mobocracies
noun
plural of mobocracy
monoblastic
monoblastic
adj
Relating to a monoblast
mucofibrous
mucofibrous
adj
mucous and fibrous
myrmecobius
nonmiscible
nonmiscible
adj
Not miscible
nonsymbolic
nonsymbolic
adj
Not symbolic.
objectivism
objectivism
noun
(philosophy) Any of several doctrines that holds that all of reality is objective and exists outside of the mind.
(sometimes capitalized) The specific objectivist philosophy created by novelist Ayn Rand, endorsing logical reasoning and self-interest.
Moral objectivism.
The state of being objective; objectivity.
plebiscitum
plebiscitum
noun
(historical, Roman antiquity) A law enacted by the common people, under the superintendence of a tribune or some subordinate plebeian magistrate, without the intervention of the senate.
procambiums
publicanism
rechabitism
rumbustical
rumbustical
adj
(slang, archaic) Synonym of rumbustious
saccolabium
saccolabium
noun
Any plant of the genus Saccolabium.
sacrilumbal
saltimbanco
saltimbanco
noun
A quack doctor, a fraud.
saltimbocca
saltimbocca
noun
An Italian dish of veal, thinly sliced and rolled in prosciutto ham and sage leaves.
scombriform
scombriform
noun
(zoology) Any fish of the order Scombriformes
scombroidea
scribbledom
scribbledom
noun
(dated) The world or sphere of bad writing.
scribbleism
semiclimber
semicombust
semicubical
semicubical
adj
(mathematics) Of or relating to the square root of the cube of a quantity.
somnambulic
somnambulic
adj
related to somnambulism, walking in sleep
subacademic
subacademic
adj
(education) Not having full academic status.
subacromial
subacromial
adj
(anatomy) Below the acromion.
subakhmimic
subchairman
subchairman
noun
A secondary or subordinate chairman.
subchairmen
subchairmen
noun
plural of subchairman
subcingulum
subclimatic
subclimatic
adj
Relating to a subclimate
subclimaxes
subclimaxes
noun
plural of subclimax
subcriminal
subcriminal
adj
Less than criminal; not serious enough to count as a crime or a criminal.
subharmonic
subharmonic
adj
(physics) Having a frequency that is a fraction of a fundamental frequency
noun
Such a frequency
submaniacal
submatrices
submatrices
noun
plural of submatrix
submediocre
submediocre
adj
Worse than mediocre.
submetallic
submetallic
adj
(mineralogy) Having a lustre like that of metal, but duller and less reflective