(medicine) A person, especially a man, who delivers a baby (in childbirth).
acrorhagus
acrorhagus
noun
Any of a set of marginal tubercles of sea anemones containing specialized nematocysts
afterhours
aftertouch
aftertouch
noun
(music, uncountable) Pressure sensitivity on an electronic synthesizer, allowing the musician to change the tone or sound of a note after it is struck.
(rare) A touch (feature or characteristic) added finally or as an afterthought.
(video games) A feature in football/soccer games allowing the player to swerve the ball immediately after kicking it.
agathyrsus
airbrushed
airbrushed
adj
(by extension) Having had imperfections and blemishes removed through digital manipulation.
Having been manipulated with an airbrush.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of airbrush
airbrushes
airbrushes
noun
plural of airbrush
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of airbrush
allenhurst
amaranthus
amaranthus
noun
Any of the genus Amaranthus; an amaranth.
amateurish
amateurish
adj
Suggesting or reflecting the efforts of an amateur; not seeming professional or polished.
amphiaraus
amphigouri
amphimarus
amphineura
amphithura
amphoterus
anabathrum
anarthrous
anarthrous
adj
(biology, of a limb) Not having joints.
(biology, of an organism) Not having legs, wings, or other limbs.
(linguistics) Not having a determiner.
(linguistics) Not having an article (especially of Greek nouns).
Nouns indicating status often appear in anarthrous noun phrases, ie, as bare nouns.
anhungered
anhungered
Adjective
Hungry.
anischuria
antechurch
anthericum
anthericum
noun
(botany) Any member of the genus Anthericum of rhizomatous perennial plants in the family Asparagaceae.
anthriscus
antichorus
antichurch
antichurch
adj
Opposed to the church; against the Christian institution.
archemorus
archeunuch
archgunner
archhumbug
archibuteo
archidamus
archiereus
archimagus
archimagus
noun
Alternative form of archimage
archivault
arthroncus
arthurdale
arthuriana
arthuriana
Noun
Things relating to King Arthur.
ashburnham
aurigraphy
aurigraphy
noun
The art of writing with or in gold.
aurophobia
aurophobia
noun
The fear of gold; by extension, the fear of wealth.
austrophil
autarchies
autarchies
noun
plural of autarchy
autarchist
autarchist
noun
A proponent of autarchy.
authorhood
authorhood
Noun
The status or period of being an author.
authorised
authorised
adj
Alternative spelling of authorized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of authorise
authoriser
authoriser
noun
Alternative form of authorizer
authorized
authorized
adj
Explicitly allowed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of authorize
authorizer
authorizer
noun
One who, or that which, authorizes.
authorizes
authorizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of authorize
authorless
authorless
adj
Without an author.
authorling
authorling
noun
A young or insignificant author.
authorship
authorship
noun
The quality or state of being an author; the function or dignity of an author.
The source; origin; origination
autochrome
autochrome
noun
An early photograph produced by means of a glass plate coated on one side with a random mosaic of microscopic dyed grains of potato starch under silver halide emulsion.
autochromy
autochromy
noun
The production of autochrome photographs.
autographs
autographs
noun
plural of autograph
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of autograph
autography
autography
noun
(countable, rare) An autobiography.
A process in lithography by which a writing or drawing is transferred from paper to stone.
Writing in one's own handwriting.
autoheader
autothermy
autotrophy
autotrophy
noun
(biology) The synthesis of food from inorganic substances, using heat or light as a source of energy
auxochrome
auxochrome
noun
(obsolete, chemistry) any atom or group which, when added to a chromophore, causes a bathochromic shift in its spectrum
auxotrophy
auxotrophy
noun
(biology) The inability of a microorganism to synthesize an organic compound required for its growth, often as a result of mutation.
backrushes
backrushes
noun
plural of backrush
bahawalpur
bahawalpur
Proper noun
A city in West Punjab in Pakistan.
The district surrounding this city.
The administrative division of Pakistan which contains this district.
bahuvrihis
bahuvrihis
noun
plural of bahuvrihi
bargehouse
batrachium
beerhouses
beerhouses
noun
plural of beerhouse
behaviours
behaviours
noun
plural of behaviour
bellarthur
bequeather
bequeather
noun
One who bequeaths.
beshrouded
beshrouded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beshroud
bestraught
bestraught
adj
(obsolete) Distracted; mad, distraught.
birdhouses
birdhouses
noun
plural of birdhouse
bitterbush
blackbrush
blackbrush
noun
A shrub of the genus Coleogyne
bluehearts
bluethroat
bluethroat
noun
A small Old World passerine bird, Luscinia svecica, the male in spring having a bright blue throat.
borgerhout
boroughlet
bothridium
bothridium
noun
An outgrowth from the head of some tapeworms that is used for attachment
botrychium
boucherism
boucherize
boucherize
Verb
To impregnate (timber, railroad ties, etc.) with a preservative solution of copper sulphate.
bounderish
bounderish
adj
Pertaining to or having the characteristics of a bounder; loutish; boorish.
brachyoura
brachyural
brachyural
adj
(zoology) Of or relating to the Brachyura.
brachyuran
brachyuran
adj
Of or pertaining to crabs.
noun
(zoology) A crab.
brachyurus
branchipus
branchiura
brauhauser
bravuraish
breakshugh
brewhouses
brewhouses
noun
plural of brewhouse
bridehouse
brinehouse
bringhurst
broadmouth
broadmouth
noun
One of the Eurylaimidae, a family of East Indian passerine birds.
brodehurst
brookhouse
brunanburh
brunnhilde
brunnichia
brushfires
brushfires
noun
plural of brushfire
brushiness
brushiness
noun
The state or condition of being brushy.
brushmaker
brushmaker
noun
A person who makes brushes.
brushproof
brushproof
adj
Resistant to damage caused by brushing.
buchbinder
buchnerite
buckwasher
budgerigah
budgerygah
bufflehorn
bugbearish
bugbearish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bugbear; terrifying; frightful.
bullrushes
bullrushes
noun
plural of bullrush
bunchberry
bunchberry
noun
Cornus canadensis - Canadian bunchberry or eastern bunchberry.
Cornus suecica - Eurasian bunchberry or northern bunchberry.
The fruit of either of these plants.
bundesrath
burchfield
burckhardt
burgherage
burgherdom
burgheress
burhinidae
burlingham
burnishers
burnishers
noun
plural of burnisher
burnishing
burnishing
noun
A polishing.
verb
present participle of burnish
burrfishes
burrfishes
noun
plural of burrfish
burrheaded
burrobrush
burrobrush
noun
an allergenic perennial shrub of species Hymenoclea salsola, found in the deserts of Arizona and neighboring states.
bursarship
bursarship
noun
The rank or office of a bursar.
burthening
burthening
verb
present participle of burthen
burthenman
burushaski
burushaski
Proper noun
A language of northwestern Kashmir, not known to be related to any other language.
bushbeater
bushhammer
bushhammer
noun
Alternative form of bush hammer
verb
To dress with bush hammer.
bushmaster
bushmaster
noun
A venomous pit viper, Lachesis muta, from tropical America.
bushranger
bushranger
noun
(Australia, historical) A convict or outlaw who escapes to the bush to avoid capture; a roving bandit who lives in the bush.
(Australia, obsolete) A person skilled in bushcraft.
bushweller
butcherdom
butcherdom
noun
The condition or trade of a butcher.
butcheress
butcheress
noun
(dated) A female butcher (dealer in meat).
(dated) A murderess.
butcheries
butcheries
noun
plural of butchery
butchering
butchering
noun
The act by which someone or something is butchered; a slaughter or killing.
verb
present participle of butcher
butcherous
butcherous
adj
Involving butchery, or violent bloodshed.
butlership
butlership
noun
The rank, office, or position of a butler.
butterbush
butterfish
butterfish
noun
(informal) The sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria) (the sablefish is not a true butterfish; but is called such informally)
(obsolete) The Murray perch, Oligorus mitchelli; an Australian perciform fish of Murray river, now known as trout cod, Maccullochella macquariensis http://www.fishbase.org/Nomenclature/SynonymsList.php?ID=6308&SynCode=26048&GenusName=Maccullochella&SpeciesName=macquariensis, http://www.fishbase.org/summary/Maccullochella-macquariensis.html.
A rock gunnel, Pholis gunnellus, an eel-like fish found in the intertidal and subtidal zones of the North Atlantic.
Perciform fish of the family Stromateidae, including the genera Pampus, Peprilus and Stromateus.
The New Zealand fish Odax pullus, also known as greenbone.
butterhead
butterhead
noun
butterhead lettuce
canephorus
carruthers
carthusian
carthusian
Noun
A member of a Christian contemplative order of monks founded by Bruno of Cologne (St Bruno) in 1084.
A pupil of Charterhouse School (founded in a Carthusian monastery)