(countable) A faint sketch; a brief representation, an outline.
(countable, philosophy, specifically phenomenology) The form of an object as seen by an observer.
(countable, uncountable, figuratively) A rough or symbolic representation; a vague indication of what is to come, a foreshadowing.
(specifically, heraldry) The outline of a charge (“image displayed on an escutcheon”), sometimes filled in with a darker shade than the field.
(uncountable) The state of being in shadow or shade; (countable) a shadow.
ailurophobe
ailurophobe
noun
A person with an irrational fear or hatred of felines.
albiflorous
albiflorous
adj
(botany) Having white flowers.
albumosuria
albumosuria
noun
(pathology) The presence of proteoses in the urine.
ambulatoria
amphibryous
anaerobious
anaerobious
adj
(archaic) anaerobic
arboviruses
arboviruses
noun
plural of arbovirus
atrabilious
atrabilious
adj
(medicine, obsolete) Having an excess of black bile.
Characterized by melancholy.
Ill-natured; malevolent; cantankerous.
attribution
attribution
noun
(law) A legal doctrine by which liability is extended to a defendant who did not actually commit the tortious or criminal act.
An explicit or formal acknowledgment of ownership or authorship.
The act of attributing something.
auribromide
aurobromide
bacciferous
bacciferous
adj
Producing berries.
baccivorous
baccivorous
adj
(zoology) Eating, or having a diet based on, berries
barbigerous
barbigerous
adj
(rare, humorous) Having a beard; bearded; hairy.
behavioural
behavioural
adj
(British spelling) Of or pertaining to behaviour.
belabouring
belabouring
verb
present participle of belabour
belorussian
bernoullian
bifariously
bifariously
adv
In a bifarious manner.
bifurcation
bifurcation
noun
(biology) A division into two branches.
(by extension) Any place where one thing divides into two.
(computer science) A command that executes one block or other of commands depending on the result of a condition.
(geography) A place where two roads, tributaries etc. part or meet.
(mathematics) The change in the qualitative or topological structure of a given family as described by bifurcation theory.
(nautical) The point where a channel divides when proceeding from seaward.
Either of the forks or other branches resultant from such a division.
The act of bifurcating; branching or dividing in two.
bimolecular
bimolecular
adj
(chemistry) Relating to bimolecules
(chemistry, of a reaction) involving two molecules
consisting of two layers of molecules
bimucronate
bimucronate
adj
(biology) Having two mucros
binocularly
binocularly
adv
In a binocular manner.
bistournage
blizzardous
blizzardous
adj
Marked by overly cold and snowy conditions; blizzardlike.
Unclear, hazy, difficult to view.
boatbuilder
boatbuilder
noun
A person involved in boatbuilding; one who builds boats.
boragineous
boragineous
adj
(botany) Relating to the borage tribe; boraginaceous.
borzicactus
bouleuteria
bouleuteria
noun
plural of bouleuterion
bourbonnais
brachiosaur
brachiosaur
noun
Any of several massive, herbivorous sauropod dinosaurs, of the genus Brachiosaurus, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.
bromalbumin
bromouracil
bromouracil
noun
A brominated derivative of uracil.
brontosauri
brontosauri
noun
plural of brontosaurus
buccinators
buccinators
noun
plural of buccinator
buccinatory
buccinatory
adj
Relating to the buccinator muscle.
bucerotidae
bucerotinae
bulgarophil
burglarious
burglarious
adj
Being or resembling a burglar
byelorussia
carabideous
carabideous
adj
Relating to the carabidans
carbolineum
carbolineum
noun
An oily, water-insoluble, flammable, dark brown coal tar mixture, formerly used to preserve wooden structures.
carbonnieux
carburation
carburation
noun
Alternative spelling of carburetion
carburetion
carburetion
noun
The process, such as occurs in a carburetor, of mixing fuel with oxygen or air in appropriate proportion for combustion.
chloriambus
coinsurable
columbaries
columbaries
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of columbary
columbarium
columbarium
noun
(historical) A large, sometimes architecturally impressive building for housing a large colony of pigeons or doves, particularly those of ancien regime France.
A building, a vault or a similar place for the respectful and usually public storage of cinerary urns containing cremated remains.
A niche in such a building for housing urns.
A pigeonhole in such a dovecote.
concubinary
concubinary
adj
Of or pertaining to a concubine
noun
The state of being a concubine
conurbation
conurbation
noun
A continuous aggregation of built-up urban communities created as a result of urban sprawl.
corbiculate
corbiculate
adj
Having corbiculae
noun
Any bee that has a corbicula (pollen basket)
covarrubias
dorsilumbar
dorsilumbar
adj
Alternative form of dorsolumbar
excubitoria
excubitoria
noun
plural of excubitorium
exuberation
fibromatous
fibromatous
adj
Of or relating to a fibroma.
floribundas
floribundas
noun
plural of floribunda
globularity
globularity
noun
The state of being globular.
gubernation
gubernation
noun
The act of governing; government.
harbourside
harbourside
adj
Located on or near a harbour.
noun
(British spelling) An area (especially a residential area) near a harbour (often in the form of converted warehouses etc)
inumbration
isobutyrate
isobutyrate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of isobutyric acid
laboriously
laboriously
adv
With great expenditure of effort, in a manner requiring much labor.
labouringly
labouringly
adv
With labour; strenuously.
labrosaurid
lubrication
lubrication
noun
The application of a substance (a lubricant), between moving surfaces in contact in order to reduce friction and minimize heating.
lubricators
lubricators
noun
plural of lubricator
lubricatory
lubricatory
adj
Serving to lubricate.
lubritorian
lucubration
lucubration
noun
Intense and prolonged study or meditation; especially, late at night.
The product of such study; often, writings.
macrobiotus
madisonburg
maraboutism
maraboutism
noun
Support for marabouts (Muslim holy men or mystics).
mouchrabieh
multicarbon
multicarbon
adj
Alternative spelling of multi-carbon
nonruinable
nonurbanite
nonurbanite
noun
One who is not an urbanite.
northumbria
northumbria
Proper noun
North-east England; Northumberland.
An Anglo-Saxon kingdom in the Northeast of England.
nourishable
nourishable
adj
Capable of being nourished.
obituarists
obituarists
noun
plural of obituarist
objurgating
objurgating
verb
present participle of objurgate
objurgation
objurgation
noun
(rare) A strong rebuke or scolding.
objurgative
objurgative
adj
That objurgates; sharply disapproving.
objurgatrix
obscurantic
obscurantic
adj
Employing obscurantism.
obscuration
obscuration
noun
A unit of measurement used in particular for smoke detectors which respond to absorption of light by smoke, in percent absorption per unit length, e.g. % obs/ft, % obs/m.
The state of being obscured.
obscurative
obscurative
adj
Tending to obscure; making something unclear or abstruse.
obturations
obturations
noun
plural of obturation
obturbinate
obturbinate
adj
inversely top-shaped
obumbrating
obumbrating
verb
present participle of obumbrate
obumbration
obumbration
noun
The act of darkening or obscuring.
orbiculares
orbiculares
noun
plural of orbicularis
orbicularis
orbicularis
noun
(anatomy) A muscle surrounding an opening.
orbicularly
orbicularly
adv
In an orbicular fashion.
orbiculated
orbiculated
adj
Alternative form of orbiculate
outbargains
outbargains
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outbargain
outbragging
outbragging
verb
present participle of outbrag
outbrawling
outbrawling
verb
present participle of outbrawl
outbreaking
outbreaking
noun
That which bursts forth.
The act of breaking out.
verb
present participle of outbreak
outwarbling
outwarbling
verb
present participle of outwarble
ovariotubal
overabusing
overabusing
verb
present participle of overabuse
overabusive
politbureau
politbureau
noun
Alternative form of politburo
pourability
pourability
noun
The state or condition of being pourable.
procambiums
quadrilobed
quadrilobed
Adjective
Having four lobes.
rabbitmouth
rambouillet
rambouillet
Noun
A sheep of a breed that originated in France.
reambitious
rhabdovirus
rhabdovirus
noun
Any of the rod-shaped viruses belonging to the family Rhabdoviridae.
rubefaction
rubefaction
noun
The act or process of making red.
rubrication
rubrication
noun
A form of calligraphy, in medieval manuscripts, in which added text was coloured in red.
rubricators
rubricators
noun
plural of rubricator
rubrospinal
rubrospinal
adj
(anatomy) Of or relating to the rubrospinal tract, part of the nervous system and a major motor control pathway in humans.
russophobia
russophobia
noun
Alternative spelling of Russophobia
saburration
saburration
noun
A sand bath (immersion of the body in hot sand).
sanguisorba
scorbutical
scorbutical
adj
Alternative form of scorbutic
scribacious
scribacious
adj
Prone to excessive writing.
scribatious
scribatious
adj
Alternative spelling of scribacious
scrobicular
scrobicular
adj
(zoology) Pertaining to, or surrounding, scrobiculae.
seaborgiums
seroalbumin
seroalbumin
noun
Alternative form of seralbumin
spinobulbar
spinobulbar
adj
(anatomy) Relating to, or connecting, the spinal cord and the medulla oblongata
subacromial
subacromial
adj
(anatomy) Below the acromion.
subaeration
subarration
subarration
noun
The ancient custom of betrothing by the bestowal, on the part of the man, of marriage gifts or tokens, such as money or rings, upon the woman.
subcoracoid
subcoracoid
adj
(anatomy) Situated under the coracoid process of the scapula.
subcortical
subcortical
adj
(medicine) Of or pertaining to the subcortex, the portion of the brain located below the cerebral cortex
subfraction
subfraction
noun
The result of fractionating a fraction into smaller components
subharmonic
subharmonic
adj
(physics) Having a frequency that is a fraction of a fundamental frequency
noun
Such a frequency
sublimatory
sublimatory
adj
Used for sublimation.
noun
(historical) A vessel used for sublimation.
sublittoral
sublittoral
adj
Under the shore.
noun
The area below the shore; the sublittoral region.
subnarcotic
subnarcotic
adj
(medicine) Moderately narcotic.
suborbitary
suborbitary
adj
(anatomy) Synonym of suborbital
subordinacy
subordinacy
Noun
The property or condition of being subordinate.
subordinary
subordinary
noun
(heraldry) Any device that is less common than the normal ordinaries
subordinate
subordinate
adj
(grammar, of a clause, not comparable) dependent on and either modifying or complementing the main clause
Descending in a regular series.
Placed in a lower class, rank, or position.
Submissive or inferior to, or controlled by authority.
noun
(countable) One who is subordinate.
verb
(transitive) To make subservient.
(transitive) To treat as of less value or importance.
(transitive, finance) To make of lower priority in order of payment in bankruptcy.
subornation
subornation
noun
The act of suborning
The procuring of someone to do a criminal act, especially to commit perjury
subornative
subornative
adj
Of or pertaining to subornation
subpetiolar
subpetiolar
adj
(botany) Concealed within the base of the petiole.
subrational
subrational
adj
(of thought etc.) Below or not fully rational; almost logical or reasonable.
subregional
subregional
adj
Of or pertaining to a subregion
noun
(sports) A tournament, especially a qualifier, held below the regional level
subrelation
subrogating
subrogating
verb
present participle of subrogate
subrogation
subrogation
noun
(law) Substitution of a different person in place of a creditor or claimant with respect to certain rights and duties.