(obsolete, historical) An expression of abhorrence, in particular any of the parliamentary addresses dictated towards Charles II.
A person or thing that is loathsome; a detested thing.
Extreme aversion or detestation; the feeling of utter dislike or loathing.
abhorrency
abhorrency
noun
(obsolete) Aberrancy.
(obsolete) Quality of being abhorrent; feeling of abhorrence.
(obsolete) something that elicits abhorrence; a detestable thing.
acrophobia
acrophobia
noun
phobia or strong fear of being high above ground level
aerophobic
aerophobic
adj
Disliking or avoiding air.
Having a fear of flying in aircraft.
ahorseback
ahorseback
adv
On the back of a horse; horseback.
anchorable
anchorable
adj
Capable of being anchored.
That can be used as an anchorage.
archbeacon
archbishop
archbishop
noun
A senior bishop who is in charge of an archdiocese, and presides over a group of dioceses called a province (in Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Anglicanism, etc.)
archibaldo
archibuteo
archrobber
baccharoid
bachelorly
bachelorly
adj
Befitting a bachelor.
backhooker
baroswitch
baroswitch
noun
Any form of switch that is activated barometrically (by a change in pressure)
baryphonic
batrachoid
batrachoid
adj
(zoology) Of or pertaining to the family Batrachoididae of marine fishes, called toadfish.
(zoology, dated) Frog-like; batrachian.
noun
(zoology) Any species of the family Batrachoididae; a batrachoidid.
beachdrops
beachfront
beachfront
adj
Of property (real estate): located on a beach.
noun
The portion of land or property that runs alongside and facing a beach.
beechdrops
beechdrops
noun
Epifagus virginiana or Epifagus americana, a parasitic plant which grows on the roots of beech trees.
benchboard
bescorched
bescorched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bescorch
bescorches
bescorches
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bescorch
bichloride
bichloride
noun
(chemistry) A dichloride.
bichromate
bichromate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) Synonym of dichromate
biharmonic
biharmonic
adj
(mathematics) Describing a class of fourth-order partial differential equations which arises in areas of continuum mechanics
noun
Any equation of this kind.
biographic
biographic
adj
biographical
biomorphic
biomorphic
adj
Having the appearance of a biomorph; representing a living organism rather than an artistic or pragmatic ideal.
biorythmic
bishoprics
bishoprics
noun
plural of bishopric
blackthorn
blackthorn
noun
A large shrub or small tree, Prunus spinosa, that is native to Europe, western Asia, and north Africa. It has a dark bark and bears thorns.
A stick or staff taken from this tree.
blockholer
boccherini
boschneger
bostrychid
bostrychid
noun
Misspelling of bostrichid.
botcheries
botcheries
noun
plural of botchery
botrychium
boucherism
boucherize
boucherize
Verb
To impregnate (timber, railroad ties, etc.) with a preservative solution of copper sulphate.
brachiator
brachiator
noun
Any creature that moves by means of brachiation
brachiopod
brachiopod
noun
Any of many marine invertebrates, of the phylum Brachiopoda, that have bivalve dorsal and ventral shells with two tentacle-bearing arms that capture food
brachycome
brachydome
brachydome
noun
(crystallography) A dome parallel to the shorter lateral axis.
brachydont
brachydont
adj
Having low-crowned, short teeth.
noun
(zoology) Any organism with brachydont teeth.
brachylogy
brachylogy
noun
(rhetoric) Any of several forms of omission of words, including the omission of an understood part of a phrase, as, the omission of "good" from "(good) morning!"
Concise speech; laconism.
brachyoura
branchport
broadcloth
broadcloth
noun
(historical) A fine smooth-faced woolen cloth for men’s garments, usually of double width (i.e., a yard and a half); so called in distinction from woolens three quarters of a yard wide.
A dense, plain woven cloth, usually made of cotton or a cotton blend.
brochettes
brochettes
noun
plural of brochette
bromhydric
bronchiole
bronchiole
noun
(anatomy) Any of the small cartilage-less branches of a bronchus.
bronchioli
bronchioli
noun
plural of bronchiolus
bronchitic
bronchitic
adj
Of or pertaining to bronchitis.
noun
A person who has bronchitis.
bronchitis
bronchitis
noun
(countable) An occurrence of, a case (patient) of, or a type of bronchitis.
(uncountable) An inflammation of the bronchi of the lungs, that causes the cilia of the bronchial epithelial cells to stop functioning.
bryophytic
bryophytic
adj
Of or pertaining to bryophytes, the green, seedless land plants that make up the division Bryophyta, including mosses, liverworts, and hornworts.
butcherdom
butcherdom
noun
The condition or trade of a butcher.
butcherous
butcherous
adj
Involving butchery, or violent bloodshed.
carbethoxy
carbethoxy
noun
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) The univalent radical -CO-OCH₂CH₃
chadbourne
chairborne
chairborne
adj
Employed to work in an office, etc. and not out in the field; having a sedentary job.
chalkboard
chalkboard
noun
A slate or enamel board for writing on with chalk; a predecessor to a whiteboard.
verb
To write or draw on a chalkboard.
chamberino
charbroils
charbroils
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of charbroil
chatterbox
chatterbox
noun
(computing) Synonym of chatterbot
(informal) One who chats or talks to excess.
A cootie catcher (children's fortune-telling device).
cheboksary
cheboksary
Proper noun
The capital city of Chuvashia, Russia
cherubicon
cherubikon
chessboard
chessboard
noun
(chess) The square board used in the game of chess, subdivided into eight rows of eight squares each, the squares in each row and column being of alternating colours.
(topology) A mathematical construction based on this pattern of squares
chifferobe
chifferobe
noun
Alternative spelling of chifforobe
chifforobe
chifforobe
noun
A piece of furniture consisting of a wardrobe combined with a chest of drawers
chimborazo
chimborazo
Proper noun
An inactive volcano in central Ecuador, whose peak is the highest in the country and the furthest point from the centre of the Earth.
chokeberry
chokeberry
noun
Either of two species in Aronia, formerly and sometimes in Photinia, deciduous shrubs, native to Russia and eastern North America and most commonly found in wet woods and swamps.
The fruit of such a shrub.
choriambic
choriambic
adj
Of or relating to a choriamb.
noun
A choriamb.
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.
chorobates
chrysobull
chrysobull
noun
(religion) golden bull
churubusco
cnibophore
combwright
croshabell
crossbench
crossbench
adj
Alternative form of cross-bench
crossbirth
crossbirth
noun
Alternative form of cross-birth
crouchback
crumbcloth
crumbcloth
noun
A cloth laid under a dining table to receive falling fragments and keep the carpet or floor clean.
debouchure
debouchure
noun
The outward opening of a river, valley, or strait.
diabolarch
ecphorable
ecphorable
adj
Able to be retrieved by the process of ecphoria.
elbowchair
elbowchair
noun
Alternative form of elbow chair
embouchure
embouchure
noun
(archaic) The mouth of a river or valley.
(music) The use of the lips, facial muscles, tongue, and teeth when playing a wind instrument.
ergophobic
ergophobic
adj
averse to doing work
frenchboro
habronemic
habronemic
adj
Of or relating to habronema nematodes.
hackbarrow
hackbarrow
noun
(historical) A kind of wheelbarrow used to carry new-made bricks to the hacks or racks where they are dried.
halocarbon
halocarbon
noun
(organic chemistry) any compound formally derived from a hydrocarbon by replacing at least one hydrogen atom with a halogen, but especially by replacing all hydrogen atoms with halogen(s)
heartblock
helleboric
helleboric
adj
Of or relating to the hellebore.
herbaceous
herbaceous
adj
(botany) Not woody, lacking lignified tissues.
(dated) Feeding on herbs and soft plants.
(wine) Not woody in flavor.
hexacarbon
holobranch
holobranch
noun
(zoology) A pair of hemibranchs on the same gill arch.
horbachite
horsebacks
horsebacks
noun
plural of horseback
hyperbolic
hyperbolic
adj
(geometry, topology, of an automorphism) Whose domain has two (possibly ideal) fixed points joined by a line mapped to itself by translation.
(mathematics, of a metric space or a geometry) Having negative curvature or sectional curvature.
(topology) Of, pertaining to, or in a hyperbolic space (a space having negative curvature or sectional curvature).
(vision, of a perceived color) Having a saturation exceeding 100%.
Indicates that the specified function is a hyperbolic function rather than a trigonometric function.
Of or pertaining to a hyperbola.
Of or relating to hyperbole.
Using hyperbole: exaggerated.
matchboard
matchboard
noun
(carpentry) A type of wooden board that connects with others using a tongue and groove system
(sand casting) A thin piece of material (such as wood, plaster, or metal) that forms and aligns the matched parting surfaces for the two parts (the cope and the drag) of a molding box or flask, to which board patterns are attached in some casting methods.
mitchboard
moucharaby
moucharaby
noun
A mashrabiyya.
notchboard
notchboard
noun
(carpentry) The board that receives the ends of the steps in a staircase.
obrenovich
onobrychis
outchamber
outchamber
noun
An outer or external chamber.
overblanch
overbleach
overbleach
verb
(transitive) To bleach too much.
overbranch
patchboard
patchboard
noun
A component of a manual telephone switchboard, or of various early data processing equipment, in which circuits are completed with cords on a matrix of connections.
podobranch
podobranch
noun
(zoology) One of the branchiae attached to the bases of the legs in crustaceans.
polybranch
punchboard
punchboard
noun
A board, having a number of holes filled with slips of paper, once used as a form of lottery
richebourg
schoenberg
schoenburg
seborrheic
seborrheic
adj
Of, pertaining to or affected by seborrhea.
seborrhoic
subchordal
subchoroid
subchronic
subchronic
adj
That repeats over a relatively short period.
subrhombic
subrhombic
adj
(biology) Somewhat rhombic.
theobromic
thorncombe
thrombotic
thrombotic
adj
(pathology) Of, pertaining to, or caused by thrombosis