Congenital lack of melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); the condition of being albino.
albumins
albumins
noun
plural of albumin
alembics
alembics
noun
plural of alembic
ambaries
amberies
amberies
noun
plural of ambery
ambients
ambients
noun
plural of ambient
amblosis
amblosis
noun
abortion (termination of pregnancy)
amboinas
amboinas
noun
plural of amboina
ambroids
ambroise
ambrosia
ambrosia
noun
(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) The anointing-oil of the gods.
(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) The food of the gods, thought to confer immortality.
A dessert made of shredded coconuts and tropical fruits such as pineapples and oranges; some recipes also include ingredients such as marshmallow and cream.
A mixture of nectar and pollen prepared by worker bees and fed to larvae.
An annual herb historically used medicinally and in cooking, Dysphania botrys.
Any food with an especially delicious flavour or fragrance.
Any fungus of a number of species that insects such as ambrosia beetles carry as symbionts, "farming" them on poor-quality food such as wood, where they grow, providing food for the insect.
Anything delightfully sweet and pleasing.
ambrosin
ambrosin
noun
(numismatics) An early coin struck by the dukes of Milan, and bearing the effigy of St. Ambrose on its horseback.
(organic chemistry) The sesquiterpene lactone (3aS,6S,6aR,9aR,9bR)-6,9a-dimethyl-3-methylidene-3a,4,5,6,6a,9b-hexahydroazuleno[8,7-b]furan-2,9-dione present in Ambrosia maritima
ambrosio
aumbries
aumbries
noun
plural of aumbrie
baalisms
babelism
babooism
babooism
noun
Archaic form of babuism.
baconism
baianism
baianism
Noun
A school of thought, the immediate historical predecessor of Jansenism, that claimed thorough Augustinianism over the scholasticism which held sway over most Catholic theologians at the time.
bailsman
bailsman
noun
(law) A person who provides bail for another
bailsmen
bailsmen
noun
plural of bailsman
balanism
balmiest
balmiest
adj
superlative form of balmy: most balmy
balsamic
balsamic
adj
Having the health-giving properties of balsam; soothing, restorative.
Having the pleasant odour of balsam; balmy, fragrant.
Producing balsam.
noun
A balsamic vinegar.
bambinos
bannimus
bannimus
noun
A form of expulsion of any individual from the University of Oxford, by putting the proctorial edict up in some public place, as a denunciation or promulgation of it. It also served to prevent the individual from claiming the cause of expulsion.
baptisms
baptisms
noun
plural of baptism
barmaids
barmaids
noun
plural of barmaid
barmiest
barmiest
adj
superlative form of barmy: most barmy
barmskin
barmskin
noun
(UK, dialect, obsolete) A blacksmith's leather apron.
barosmin
barosmin
noun
(medicine, obsolete) A resinous product of buchu (from Barosma species), used as a diuretic.
basidium
basidium
noun
(mycology) A small structure, shaped like a club, found in the Basidiomycota division of fungi, that bears four spores at the tips of small projections. [from 19th c.]
basigamy
bathmism
bathmism
noun
(obsolete) A supposed "growth force" in vitalism.
beamiest
beamiest
adj
superlative form of beamy: most beamy
becrimes
bedismal
bedtimes
bedtimes
noun
plural of bedtime
begrimes
begrimes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of begrime
bemisted
bemisted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bemist
bemusing
bemusing
verb
present participle of bemuse
beslimed
beslimed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beslime
beslimer
beslimes
beslimes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beslime
besmiled
besmiled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of besmile
besmiles
besmiles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of besmile
besmirch
besmirch
verb
(transitive) To tarnish something, especially someone's reputation.
(transitive, literary) To make dirty.
betacism
betacism
noun
(phonology) A sound change in which [b] (the voiced bilabial plosive) shifts to [v] (the voiced labiodental fricative).
A speech disorder involving excessive use of the [b] sound, or conversion of other sounds into it.
bevomits
bevomits
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bevomit
bigamies
bigamies
noun
plural of bigamy
bigamist
bigamist
noun
One who practices bigamy.
bigamous
bigamous
adj
(of a marriage) involving bigamy
(of a spouse) guilty of bigamy
bilimbis
bilimbis
noun
plural of bilimbi
bimanous
bimanous
adj
(biology) Having two hands (rather than any other distal part of a forelimb).
bimastic
bimbashi
bimbashi
noun
Alternative spelling of binbashi
bimensal
bimensal
adj
Happening every two months.
bimester
bimester
noun
A period of two months.
bimetals
bimetals
noun
plural of bimetal
bimorphs
bimorphs
noun
plural of bimorph
bimotors
bimotors
noun
plural of bimotor
bioherms
bioherms
noun
plural of bioherm
bioplasm
bioplasm
noun
(biology) Any living matter, but especially germinal or forming matter; matter possessing reproductive vitality; protoplasm, especially in its relation to living processes and development.
bipedism
bipedism
noun
Synonym of bipedalism
biramose
biramose
adj
Alternative form of biramous
biramous
biramous
adj
Branching in two, composed of two branches.
birchism
birimose
bisimine
bisimine
noun
(organic chemistry) Any compound having two imine groups
bismanol
bismarck
bismarck
noun
(Alberta, Saskatchewan, Northern US, Midwestern US) A jelly doughnut: a doughnut filled with jam and coated with sugar.
(Manitoba) A doughnut filled with cream, often with chocolate icing.
(Midland US) A fried cruller, or a sort of pancake.
bismosol
bismosol
noun
(medicine, historical) A sterilized solution of potassium sodium bismuthotartrate, used to treat syphilis.
bismuths
bismuths
noun
plural of bismuth
bitheism
bitheism
noun
A form of dualism that recognizes two deities which are not in conflict or opposition (as good vs evil) but rather are in two exclusive forms or states (like male and female).
bitumens
bitumens
noun
plural of bitumen
blimpish
blimpish
adj
(often capitalized) Pompously reactionary, like Colonel Blimp.
Blimp-like in appearance or size.
blindism
blindism
noun
A stereotypy characteristic of blind people, such as eye-rubbing or hand-flapping.
An idiosyncratic behaviour associated with blind people.
boehmist
bogyisms
bohemias
bohemias
noun
plural of bohemia
bombesin
bombesin
noun
(biochemistry) A neural oligopeptide that stimulates the release of gastrin
bombings
bombings
noun
plural of bombing
boobyism
boobyism
noun
The quality of being a booby, foolishness.
boomiest
boomiest
adj
superlative form of boomy: most boomy
boomkins
boomkins
noun
plural of boomkin
bosoming
bosoming
verb
present participle of bosom
bossisms
bossisms
noun
plural of bossism
botulism
botulism
noun
(pathology) Poisoning caused by the toxin from Clostridium botulinum, an anaerobic bacterium that grows in improperly prepared food.
bovarism
bovarism
noun
Alternative spelling of bovarysm
boxerism
boyarism
brahmins
brahmins
noun
plural of brahmin
brahmism
braidism
braidism
Noun
hypnotism
brimless
brimless
adj
Having no brim
brimmers
brimmers
noun
plural of brimmer
bromides
bromides
noun
plural of bromide
bromines
bromines
noun
plural of bromine
bromised
bromisms
bromisms
noun
plural of bromism
bromizes
bromizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bromize
brosimum
brownism
brownism
Proper noun
The political ideology attributed to the former British Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown, characterised by, among other things, allegedly prudent economics.
The doctrines of the Brunonian system of medicine.
Proper noun
The beliefs of the Brownists, or followers of
brumbies
brumbies
noun
plural of brumby
brutisms
brutisms
noun
plural of brutism
bruxisms
bruxisms
noun
plural of bruxism
bryanism
bsindmgt
buddhism
bulimias
bulimias
noun
plural of bulimia
bullyism
bullyism
noun
(dated) The swaggering, domineering behaviour of a bully.
bumpiest
bumpiest
adj
superlative form of bumpy: most bumpy
bumpkins
bumpkins
noun
plural of bumpkin
butolism
byronism
cabalism
cabalism
noun
The activities of a cabal; secret plotting.
The study of the Jewish Kaballah.
cacimbos
cambisms
cambists
cambists
noun
plural of cambist
cambiums
cambouis
cambrics
cambrics
noun
plural of cambric
climbers
climbers
noun
plural of climber
clubbism
clubbism
noun
(archaic) clubmanship; cliquishness
combfish
combfish
noun
An Australasian wrasse, Coris picta, having a comb-like stripe
combines
combines
noun
plural of combine
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of combine
combings
combings
noun
Fragments of hair etc. removed with a comb.
combwise
combwise
adv
In the manner of a comb; with a scraping motion intended to straighten.
corambis
darbyism
diiambus
diiambus
noun
(poetry) A double iambus; a metrical foot consisting of two iambs.
disblame
disbloom
disbosom
disbosom
verb
Synonym of unbosom
disembay
disembed
disembed
verb
(transitive) To remove (something) from what it is embedded in.
dumbfish
ebionism
embodies
embodies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of embody
emboites
embolies
embolies
noun
plural of emboly
embolism
embolism
noun
(pathology) An obstruction or occlusion of an artery by an embolus, that is by a blood clot, air bubble or other matter that has been transported by the blood stream.
An intercalated prayer for deliverance from evil coming after the Lord's Prayer.
The insertion or intercalation of days into the calendar in order to correct the error arising from the difference between the civil year and the solar year.
embroils
embroils
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of embroil
embuskin
escambio
escambio
noun
(UK, law, obsolete) A licence formerly required for the making over a bill of exchange to another person overseas.
fibromas
gambians
gambiers
gambiers
Proper noun
Gambier Islands
gambusia
gambusia
noun
Any of several live-bearing freshwater fish, of the genus Gambusia, that feed on the larva of mosquitos and are used to control them.
gobinism
gumboils
gumboils
noun
plural of gumboil
hebraism
hebraism
Noun
the identification of a usage, trait, or characteristic of the Hebrew language. By successive extension it is sometimes applied to the Jewish people, their faith, national ideology, or culture.
Excessive use of expressions derived from Hebrew
hobbyism
hobbyism
noun
An interest in hobbies.
hoboisms
iambuses
iambuses
noun
plural of iambus
ibsenism
ibsenism
Proper noun
The dramatic practice or purpose characteristic of the writings of whose best-known plays deal with conventional hypocrisies, the story in each play thus developing a definite moral problem.