A form of articulation that allows considerable change in position and spatial relationship between the articulated parts, and which bones move freely upon one another; diarthrosis.
abiotrophic
abiotrophic
adj
(medicine) Relating to or involving abiotrophy; relating to or involving the functional loss of an organ or cells not due to an injury.
abranchious
abranchious
adj
Having no gills
acarophobia
acarophobia
noun
(medicine) The fear of itching or of small crawling insects that cause itching, such as mites or lice.
achroglobin
acrophobias
acrophobias
noun
plural of acrophobia
agoraphobia
agoraphobia
noun
(rare) An aversion to markets.
The fear of wide open spaces, crowds, or uncontrolled social conditions.
agoraphobic
agoraphobic
adj
Of, pertaining to or suffering from agoraphobia.
noun
One who suffers from agoraphobia.
agyrophobia
agyrophobia
noun
fear of crossing the street
ailurophobe
ailurophobe
noun
A person with an irrational fear or hatred of felines.
albitophyre
amphibryous
androphobia
androphobia
noun
Fear of or aversion to men.
archbishops
archbishops
noun
plural of archbishop
archebiosis
archebiosis
noun
(biology) The origination of living matter from non-living; abiogenesis.
astraphobia
astraphobia
noun
An abnormal fear of thunder and lightning.
astrophobia
astrophobia
noun
A fear of stars and celestial space.
bachelorism
bachelorism
noun
A manner or peculiarity belonging to bachelors.
Bachelorhood.
bachelorize
bachelorize
verb
To confer a bachelor's degree on.
To live the life of a bachelor; to socialize without a wife.
To live without neither spouse nor children; to live alone or with other single people.
To make into a bachelor; to deprive of a spouse.
To make or become typical of a bachelor.
bardolphian
barographic
barographic
adj
Measured using a barograph
baronetship
baronetship
noun
baronetcy
bathofloric
behaviorism
behaviorism
noun
An approach to psychology focusing on observable behavior which, generally assuming that behavior is determined by the environment and denying any independent significance for mind, largely ignores any pathophysiological processes which may, or may not, underlie subjective, behavioral phenomena.
behaviorist
behaviorist
noun
One who studies behavior of humans or animals.
behavioural
behavioural
adj
(British spelling) Of or pertaining to behaviour.
behypocrite
berrichonne
bescorching
bescorching
verb
present participle of bescorch
beshrouding
beshrouding
verb
present participle of beshroud
bibliograph
bibliograph
noun
Archaic form of bibliographer.
bichlorides
bichlorides
noun
plural of bichloride
bichromated
bichromates
bichromates
noun
plural of bichromate
bichromatic
bichromatic
adj
(mathematics) Describing a graph with edges of two possible colours.
(physics) Describing a spectrometer (or similar instrument or system) capable of analysing two wavelengths at the same time.
bimorphemic
bimorphemic
adj
Consisting of, or relating to, two morphemes
Relating to bimorphemes
biographees
biographees
noun
plural of biographee
biographers
biographers
noun
plural of biographer
biographies
biographies
noun
plural of biography
biographist
biographist
noun
(dated) A biographer.
biographize
biographize
Verb
To write a biography of.
bioresearch
bioresearch
noun
(biology) research in any of the biological sciences
biorhythmic
biorhythmic
adj
Of or pertaining to biorhythms.
birdmouthed
birobidzhan
birthstones
birthstones
noun
plural of birthstone
bloodthirst
bloodthirst
noun
An eagerness for bloodshed.
boarishness
boarishness
noun
the quality of being boarish
bodhidharma
boilerhouse
boilerhouse
noun
(nautical) The deckhouse above a ship's boiler and engine room.
A building containing a boiler.
boilersmith
boilersmith
noun
One who builds or repairs boilers.
bolographic
boorishness
boorishness
noun
The state or characteristic of being a boor or of being boorish; boorish behaviour.
borderlight
borohydride
borohydride
noun
(inorganic chemistry) The anion and very strong reducing agent BH₄⁻.
A salt of this anion.
boroughship
boroughwide
boroughwide
adj
Throughout a borough.
bostrychoid
bostrychoid
adj
(botany, of buds) arranged in a helical manner on the outside of a long, tapering, conical rachis
botheration
botheration
intj
A mild expression of annoyance or exasperation: bother!
noun
(countable) A person or thing that causes bother, inconvenience, trouble, etc.
(countable) An act of bothering or annoying.
(uncountable) The state of being bothered; annoyance, vexation.
bothridiums
boththridia
brachiation
brachiation
noun
(zoology) Movement by swinging the arms from one hold to the next.
brachiators
brachiators
noun
plural of brachiator
brachiopoda
brachiopode
brachiopods
brachiopods
noun
plural of brachiopod
brachiosaur
brachiosaur
noun
Any of several massive, herbivorous sauropod dinosaurs, of the genus Brachiosaurus, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.
brachiotomy
branchiform
branchiopod
branchiopod
noun
Any of the very many aquatic crustaceans of the class Branchiopoda, such as the fairy shrimps and water fleas.
branchiopoo
breconshire
breconshire
Proper noun
Brecknockshire
bribeworthy
brightworks
brightworks
noun
plural of brightwork
britishhood
brochantite
brochantite
noun
(mineralogy) A basic copper sulfate mineral
bromohydrin
bromohydrin
noun
(organic chemistry) Any halohydrin in which the halogen is bromine.
bronchially
bronchially
adv
In a bronchial way.
bronchiolar
bronchiolar
adj
Of or pertaining to the bronchioles of the lung
bronchioles
bronchioles
noun
plural of bronchiole
bronchiolus
bronchiolus
noun
A bronchiole.
broncholith
broncholith
noun
(pathology) calcified or ossified material within the lumen of the bronchus
bronzesmith
bronzesmith
noun
A maker of bronze articles.
brookesmith
brothellike
brothellike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a brothel.
brotherlike
brotherlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a brother.
brothership
brothership
noun
The state of being brothers; brotherhood.
brownshirts
brownshirts
noun
plural of brownshirt
bulgarophil
cardiophobe
cardiophobe
noun
A person who has cardiophobia.
charbonnier
charbonnier
noun
A species of fungus in the family Tricholomataceae, Tricholoma portentosum.
charbroiled
charbroiled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of charbroil
charbroiler
charbroiler
noun
A device for charbroiling; a chargrill.
chemisorbed
chemisorbed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chemisorb
chifforobes
chifforobes
noun
plural of chifforobe
chloriambus
choriambize
chrysarobin
chrysarobin
noun
(organic chemistry) A bitter yellow substance forming the essential constituent of Goa powder, and yielding chrysophanic acid.
cobblerfish
cobblerfish
noun
Any of various catfish.
Trachinotus carolinus
cobblership
cobblership
noun
The realm or sphere of cobblers (shoe repairers).
coinhabitor
coprophobia
coprophobia
noun
A fear of feces.
coprophobic
copublisher
copublisher
noun
A joint publisher; one of several publishers releasing a publication together.
corybantish
diabolarchy
dithyrambos
dorsibranch
dromophobia
ergophobiac
erotophobia
erotophobia
noun
Fear of sex; negative attitudes towards sex
febriphobia
foliobranch
gristhorbia
habilitator
habilitator
noun
(US, obsolete) One who supplies money to work a mine.
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)
hebdomarian
helicorubin
helleborein
helleborein
noun
Alternative form of helleborin
helleborine
helleborine
noun
Any of a number of species of orchid of the genera Epipactis and Cephalanthera.
helleborism
helleborism
noun
(medicine, historical) The use of hellebore to treat insanity.
veratrum poisoning
helsingborg
helsingborg
Proper noun
a city of western Sweden, in the province of Scania
herbicolous
herbiferous
herbiferous
adj
Bearing herbs or vegetation.
herbivories
herbivorism
herbivority
herbivority
noun
herbivorousness
herbivorous
herbivorous
adj
Feeding chiefly on plants.
herbologies
herborizing
herborizing
noun
A botanical expedition for the purpose of finding and classifying plant species.
verb
present participle of herborize
hereinabove
hereinabove
adv
Above this, in this document.
Earth and heaven (here and above).
hereinbelow
hereinbelow
adv
Synonym of hereinunder
herringbone
herringbone
noun
(skiing) A method of climbing a hill by pointing the skis outward in a V-shape to keep from sliding backwards.
A bone of a herring.
A zigzag pattern, especially made by bricks, on a cloth, or by stitches in sewing.
Twilled fabric woven in rows of parallel sloping lines.
verb
(skiing) To climb a hill by pointing the skis outward in a V-shape to keep from sliding backwards.
To stitch in a herringbone pattern.
hexabromide
hexabromide
noun
(chemistry) any bromide containing six bromine atoms in each molecule
hibernation
hibernation
noun
(biology, sleep) A state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression in some animals during winter.
(biology, sleep, space science) A hypothetical state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression in humans during long space flights.
(computing) A standby state which conserves power by writing the contents of the memory to disk and completely power off the computer, in order that one will resume the session from the disk.
hibernators
hibernators
noun
plural of hibernator
hibernology
hierophobia
hierophobia
noun
Fear of what is religious or sacred.
highbrowism
highbrowism
noun
highbrow attitudes and policies generally
homebuilder
homebuilder
noun
A person or company which builds houses
hormephobia
hornblendic
hornblendic
adj
Of or pertaining to hornblende.
horribility
horribility
noun
The quality of being horrible.
hybridation
hybridation
noun
hybridization
hydrobiosis
hydrobromic
hydrobromic
adj
(chemistry) Composed of hydrogen and bromine
hydrobromid
hydrophobia
hydrophobia
noun
(pathology) An aversion to water, as a symptom of rabies; the disease of rabies itself.
(psychology, colloquial) A morbid fear of water; aquaphobia.
hydrophobic
hydrophobic
adj
(physics, chemistry) Lacking an affinity for water; unable to absorb or to be wetted by water.
Of, or having, hydrophobia (rabies).
hydrosorbic
hygrophobia
hyperbolism
hyperbolism
noun
(countable) An instance of hyperbole
(countable, geometry) A blow-up of a curve at a point.
(uncountable) The use of hyperbole
hyperbolist
hyperbolist
noun
One who uses hyperbole; an exaggerator.
hyperbolize
hyperbolize
verb
(intransitive, now rare) To exaggerate, use hyperbole.
(transitive, now rare) To represent or talk about with hyperbole.
hyperboloid
hyperboloid
noun
A particular surface in three-dimensional Euclidean space, the graph of a quadratic with all three variables squared and their coefficients not all of the same sign.
hypobromite
hypobromite
noun
(inorganic chemistry) any salt or ester of hypobromous acid