(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
achenodium
agomphious
agomphious
adj
toothless
altazimuth
altazimuth
noun
A telescope or surveying instrument that has a mount permitting both horizontal and vertical rotation
amateurish
amateurish
adj
Suggesting or reflecting the efforts of an amateur; not seeming professional or polished.
ambushlike
amianthium
amphiaraus
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.
amphigouri
amphimarus
amphineura
amphinomus
amphipnous
amphithura
anchesmius
anhalonium
anthericum
anthericum
noun
(botany) Any member of the genus Anthericum of rhizomatous perennial plants in the family Asparagaceae.
antimachus
apothecium
apothecium
noun
(lichenology & mycology) A type of fructification of some ascomycete fungi, forming cyst structures of various shapes. Often the fungal components of lichens have this sort of fertile structure.
archidamus
archimagus
archimagus
noun
Alternative form of archimage
autotheism
autotheism
noun
Belief that one is a deity.
Belief that one is possessed by a divine power.
The doctrine of the self-subsistence of God, especially of the second person in the Trinity.
Worship of oneself.
azthionium
batrachium
bismuthate
bismuthate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) The anion BiO₃⁻ of pentavalent bismuth; any salt containing this anion
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.
burlingham
bushmaking
callithump
callithump
noun
(US) A burlesque serenade; a charivari.
(US) A somewhat riotous parade, accompanied with the blowing of tin horns and other discordant noises.
charmonium
charmonium
noun
(physics) Any meson formed from a charm quark and its antiquark.
chaucerism
chauvinism
chauvinism
noun
(derogatory) Excessive patriotism, eagerness for national superiority; jingoism.
(derogatory) Unwarranted bias, favoritism, or devotion to one's own particular group, cause, or idea.
chikamatsu
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.
chromatium
cuemanship
cuemanship
noun
The art or skill of playing a cue sport.
cumaphytic
cunningham
cunningham
noun
(nautical) A downhaul located at the tack of a sail, used for tightening the luff.
dehumanise
dehumanise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of dehumanize.
dehumanize
dehumanize
verb
To take away humanity; to remove or deny human qualities, characteristics, or attributes; to impersonalize.
demihagbut
enthusiasm
enthusiasm
noun
(obsolete or historical) Possession by a god; divine inspiration or frenzy.
Intensity of feeling; excited interest or eagerness.
Something in which one is keenly interested.
erimanthus
euharmonic
euharmonic
adj
(rare) Pleasingly melodious or harmonious — applied especially to the euharmonic organ invented by Henry Ward Poole (1825-1890), in whose design mathematical principles of harmony were employed.
euomphalid
euomphalid
noun
(zoology) Any extinct gastropod in the family Euomphalidae.
eustachium
exhumating
exhumating
verb
present participle of exhumate
exhumation
exhumation
noun
The act of digging up that which has been buried.
fluidrachm
fluidrachm
noun
Alternative form of fluidram
galumphing
galumphing
verb
(nonce word) Galloping in a triumphant manner
present participle of galumph
gnaphalium
gnaphalium
noun
Any of the genus Gnaphalium of flowering plants, the cudweeds.
gnathidium
gnathidium
noun
(zoology) The ramus of the lower jaw of a bird as far as it is naked.
gunmanship
gunmanship
noun
The art or skill of using a gun.
haematinum
haematuria
haematuria
noun
Britain standard spelling of hematuria.
haemulidae
haimsucken
harmonious
harmonious
adj
Having components pleasingly or appropriately combined.
Melodious; in harmony.
Showing accord in feeling or action.
harmoniums
harmoniums
noun
plural of harmonium
haustorium
haustorium
noun
A cellular structure, growing into or around another structure to absorb water or nutrients, such as a cotyledon.
A root of a parasitic plant modified to take nourishment from its host.
hematobium
hemigeusia
herbariums
herbariums
noun
plural of herbarium
himantopus
homagyrius
homoiousia
homoiousia
noun
The doctrine of the homoiousians
homoousian
homoousian
adj
Having the same essence or substance, especially with reference to the first and second persons of the Trinity.
noun
(historical) One of those, in the 4th century, who accepted the Nicene Creed and maintained that the Son had the same essence or substance with the Father.
honorarium
honorarium
noun
Compensation for services that do not have a predetermined value.
housemaids
housemaids
noun
plural of housemaid
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of housemaid
housemaidy
housemaidy
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a housemaid.
hughmanick
humaniform
humaniform
adj
Like a human or that of a human in form or appearance.
noun
(science fiction) A robot resembling a human.
humanising
humanising
verb
present participle of humanise
humanistic
humanistic
adj
Of or pertaining to humanism.
humanitary
humanitary
adj
(archaic) humanitarian
humanitian
humanitian
noun
(obsolete) A humanist.
humanities
humanities
noun
(obsolete) Synonym of classical studies: the study of Ancient Greek and Latin, their literature, etc.
The study of language, literature, the arts, history, and philosophy, sometimes including religion.
plural of humanity
humanizers
humanizers
noun
plural of humanizer
humanizing
humanizing
verb
present participle of humanize
humankinds
humankinds
noun
plural of humankind
humidistat
humidistat
noun
A device that measures, or controls, the relative humidity of a gas.
humilation
humiliated
humiliated
adj
deprived of dignity or self-respect
verb
simple past tense and past participle of humiliate
humiliates
humiliates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of humiliate
humiliator
humiliator
noun
One who humiliates.
humoralism
humoralism
noun
(obsolete, medicine) The doctrine that diseases proceed from the humours; humorism.
(obsolete, medicine) The state or quality of being humoral.
humoralist
humoralist
noun
One who favors the humoral pathology or believes in humoralism.
hypanthium
hypanthium
noun
(botany) The bowl-shaped part of a flower on which the sepals, petals, and stamens are borne
imaumbarah
infrahuman
infrahuman
adj
Below the level of the human.
noun
(psychology) A creature that is not (yet) at the level of understanding of a human being, such as a presymbolic child or an animal.
inhumanely
inhumanely
adv
In an inhumane manner.
inhumanism
inhumanity
inhumanity
noun
An inhuman act.
The lack of compassion.
inhumanize
inhumation
inhumation
noun
(medicine) arenation
The act of burial.
The act of burying vessels in warm earth in order to expose their contents to a steady moderate heat; the state of being thus exposed.
interhuman
interhuman
adj
Between humans
khammurabi
khidmutgar
khidmutgar
noun
Alternative form of khitmatgar
khitmutgar
khitmutgar
noun
Alternative spelling of khitmatgar
leuchaemia
leuchaemia
noun
Archaic form of leukemia.
lubumbashi
lubumbashi
Proper noun
A large city in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
lysimachus
machineful
machineful
noun
Enough laundry to fill a washing machine.
malthusian
malthusian
Adjective
of, or relating to Malthus or his views on human population and world resources
mamamouchi
manchurian
manchurian
Adjective
Pertaining to Manchuria.
Noun
An inhabitant of Manchuria, especially one who is not of Han Chinese origin.
manhunting
manhunting
noun
Organized searching for a criminal or enemy.
manichaeus
manichaeus
Proper noun
Mani
maquahuitl
maquahuitl
noun
Alternative form of macuahuitl
marihuanas
marihuanas
noun
plural of marihuana
maucherite
maulawiyah
mclaughlin
megarhinus
melanthium
melanthius
melianthus
mesosuchia
mithraeums
moustachio
moustachio
noun
Alternative spelling of mustachio
multiflash
multiflash
adj
(photography) Involving more than one flash.
multigraph
multigraph
noun
(graph theory) A set V (whose elements are called vertices or nodes), taken together with a multiset E, each of whose elements (called an edge or line) is a cardinality-two multisubset of V.
(graph theory, less commonly) A set V (as before), taken together with a multiset E, each of whose elements is a cardinality-two subset of V.
(historical, printing) A combined rotary typesetting and printing machine for office use. The type is transferred semi-automatically by means of keys from a type-supply drum to a printing drum. The printing may be done by means of an inked ribbon to print "typewritten" letters, or directly from inked type or a stereotype plate, as in a printing press.
(linguistics) A specific sequence of letters treated as a (phonemic) unit.
verb
(historical, transitive) To print using a multigraph machine.
multiphase
multiphase
adj
That generates, or employs, multiple alternating current supplies with the same voltage but different phase angles.
musophobia
musophobia
noun
fear of mice
mustachial
mustachial
adj
Alternative form of moustachial.
mustachios
mustachios
noun
plural of mustachio
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mustachio
nachtmusik
narthecium
naumachiae
naumachiae
noun
plural of naumachia
naumachias
naumachies
naumachies
noun
plural of naumachy
orichalcum
orichalcum
noun
A valuable yellow metal known to the Ancient Greeks and Romans; now sometimes interpreted as referring to a natural alloy of gold and copper, and sometimes treated as a mythical substance.
osphradium
osphradium
noun
(zoology) The olfactory organ in certain molluscs, linked with the respiration organ. Its main function is to test incoming water for silt and other possible food particles.
outshaming
outshaming
verb
present participle of outshame
pamphilius
parthenium
parthenium
noun
(botany) Any of the genus Parthenium of flowering plants in the aster family.
phalangium
phlyzacium
phlyzacium
noun
(medicine, obsolete) A large round, red pustule that is succeeded by a hard dark scab.
pulahanism
qualmishly
qualmishly
adv
In a qualmish manner.
rehumanize
rehumanize
verb
(transitive) To make human again.
rheumatics
rheumatics
noun
(Britain, colloquial) Rheumatism.
plural of rheumatic
rheumatism
rheumatism
noun
(pathology) Any disorder of the muscles, tendons, joints, bones, nerves, characterized by pain, discomfort and disability.