Marked by abstinence or restraint, especially in relation to food or drink.
accouchement
accouchement
noun
Delivery in childbed; parturition
accouplement
accouplement
noun
(rare) That which couples, as a tie or brace
(rare) The act of coupling, or the state of being coupled; union
accouterment
accouterment
noun
(archaic) The act of accoutering; furnishing.
(by extension) An identifying yet superficial characteristic.
(chiefly in the plural) An article of clothing or equipment, in particular when used as an accessory.
(military, chiefly in the plural) A soldier's equipment, other than weapons and uniform.
accoutrement
accoutrement
noun
(Commonwealth) Alternative form of accouterment
accumulative
accumulative
adj
Characterized by accumulation; serving to collect or amass
Having a propensity to amass; acquisitive.
accustomedly
accustomedly
adv
In an accustomed manner.
accustomized
accustomized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accustomize
aceratherium
achlamydeous
achlamydeous
adj
(botany) having no perianth
acoelomatous
acquirements
acquirements
noun
plural of acquirement
acutenaculum
adjournments
adjournments
noun
plural of adjournment
adjustmental
adjustmental
adj
Relating to adjustment.
adminiculate
adminiculate
verb
(Scotland, law, transitive) To prove; to corroborate.
adventurisms
adventurisms
noun
plural of adventurism
aechmophorus
aetheogamous
aetheogamous
adj
(botany) Of the nature of an aetheogam.
alalcomeneus
albumeniizer
albumenising
albumenising
verb
present participle of albumenise
albumenizing
albumenizing
verb
present participle of albumenize
aldebaranium
aldebaranium
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) A rejected name for ytterbium.
alhambresque
alhambresque
Adjective
Made or decorated after the fanciful style of the ornamentation in the Alhambra palace, which affords an unusually fine exhibition of Saracenic or Arabesque architecture.
alloxuraemia
alphanumeric
alphanumeric
adj
Consisting of these characters plus punctuation and other special characters.
Consisting of, or limited to, letters and/or numbers, especially the characters A to Z (lowercase and uppercase) and 0 to 9.
noun
An alphanumeric character.
aluminaphone
amateurishly
amateurishly
adv
In an amateurish manner; without expertise or professionalism.
amberiferous
amberiferous
adj
Containing or yielding amber.
ambidextrous
ambidextrous
adj
(archaic) Practising or siding with both parties.
(humorous) Of a person, bisexual.
Equally usable by left-handed and right-handed people (as a tool or instrument).
Exceptionally skillful; adept in more than one medium, genre, style, etc.
Having equal ability in both hands; in particular, able to write equally well with both hands.
ambisextrous
ambisextrous
adj
(humorous, sometimes offensive, of a person) Bisexual.
Epicene, androgynous.
Having both male and female, or masculine and feminine elements.
ambleocarpus
ambulatories
ambulatories
noun
plural of ambulatory
amentiferous
amentiferous
adj
(botany) Bearing catkins.
ammoniureted
amphicoelous
amphicoelous
adj
(zoology, of vertebrae) Having both ends concave; biconcave.
amphidesmous
amphimorulae
amphineurous
amphinucleus
amphipneusta
amphithecium
ampullaceous
ampullaceous
adj
Shaped like a swollen bottle.
amyloleucite
anemochorous
anemochorous
adj
(botany) Adapted for dispersal via wind.
anemophilous
anemophilous
adj
(botany) Pollinated by the wind.
aneurilemmic
aneurismally
aneurismatic
aneurismatic
adj
Alternative spelling of aneurysmatic
aneurysmally
aneurysmally
adv
In an aneurysmal way.
aneurysmatic
aneurysmatic
adj
(medicine) Describing a blood vessel that has an aneurysm; aneurysmal
animalculine
animalculine
adj
(obsolete, rare) Of, relating to, or resembling animalcules.
announcement
announcement
noun
An act of announcing, or giving notice.
That which conveys what is announced.
The content which is announced.
anomaluridae
anonymuncule
anonymuncule
noun
(obsolete) an insignificant anonymous writer.
anteambulate
antebrachium
antebrachium
noun
(anatomy) The forearm
anteluminary
antependiums
antependiums
noun
plural of antependium
anthomedusae
anthomedusan
anthomedusan
noun
Any hydrozoan of the former order Anthomedusae (now Anthoathecata)
anthospermum
antialbumose
anticonsumer
anticonsumer
adj
Opposing the consumer.
noun
A person of anticonsumerist beliefs.
antileukemic
antileukemic
adj
(oncology, pharmacology) Preventing or countering leukemia.
noun
Any drug that prevents or counters leukemia.
antimoniuret
antimoniuret
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) An antimonide.
antiopelmous
antiopelmous
adj
(zoology) Of birds: having a zygodactylous foot with one tendon to flex the third toe and another, trifurcate tendon to flex the first, second and fourth toes.
antiopiumite
antivenomous
antivenomous
adj
(pharmacology, immunology) acting against venom
aouellimiden
apneumatosis
apneumatosis
noun
(medicine) atelectasis
apogalacteum
aponeurotome
aponeurotomy
aponeurotomy
noun
(anatomy) dissection of aponeuroses
apoquinamine
apoquinamine
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid, C₁₉H₂₂N₂O, that is formed by dissolving quinamine in acid.
apostematous
apostematous
adj
Of or pertaining to an aposteme; having the nature of an aposteme; characterised by apostemes.
appressorium
appressorium
noun
(mycology) A bulbous formation produced by parasitic fungi that is well attached to the cuticle of the host and from where a peg-shaped hypha is formed that penetrates the cuticle.
aquaemanalia
arceuthobium
archdukedoms
archdukedoms
noun
plural of archdukedom
archesporium
archesporium
noun
(botany) Any of the cells of the sporangium that give rise to spores.
archisupreme
archmurderer
archmurderer
noun
(rare) One who kills many people; a murderer who surpasses the profile of a normal serial killer.
argumentator
argumentator
noun
One who argues; a debator.
armeniaceous
armeniaceous
adj
(zoology) Apricot-colored.
armourbearer
armourbearer
Noun
One who carries armor for another.
ascomycetous
ascomycetous
adj
(mycology) Of or relating to the ascomycetes.
aspergillums
aspergillums
noun
plural of aspergillum
aspersoriums
assuagements
assuagements
noun
plural of assuagement
assumingness
assumingness
noun
The state or quality of assuming.
assumptively
assumptively
adv
In an assumptive manner.
astispumante
atheromatous
atheromatous
adj
Of, pertaining to, or having atheromas.
atmospherium
attouchement
attroupement
audiometries
audiometries
noun
plural of audiometry
audiometrist
audiometrist
noun
A technician who carries out audiometry.
augmentation
augmentation
noun
(Scotland, law) An increase of stipend obtained by a parish minister by an action raised in the Court of Teinds against the titular and heritors.
(heraldry) A particular mark of honour, granted by the sovereign in consideration of some noble action, or by favour; and either quartered with the family arms, or on an escutcheon or canton.
(medicine) A surgical procedure to enlarge a body part, as breast augmentation.
(medicine) The stage of a disease during which symptoms increase or continue.
(music) A compositional technique where the composer lengthens the melody by lengthening its note values.
The act or process of augmenting.
augmentative
augmentative
adj
Growing, enlarging, increasing.
noun
(grammar) A form of word that expresses large size, intensity, or seniority
aulostomidae
autochemical
autoerotisms
autoerotisms
noun
plural of autoerotism
autoimmunize
autolimnetic
autolimnetic
adj
Living at the surface of a body of water.
automateable
autosoterism
autosoterism
noun
(religion) The belief that salvation is attained through oneself and not an external agency
autotoxaemia
autotoxaemia
noun
autointoxication
ayuntamiento
ayuntamiento
noun
A corporation or body of magistrates in cities and towns in Spain, corresponding to mayor and aldermen.
backcourtmen
backcourtmen
noun
plural of backcourtman
balsamaceous
barquisimeto
barramundies
bartholomeus
baumhauerite
baumhauerite
noun
(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing arsenic, lead, and sulfur.
beaumarchais
befuddlement
befuddlement
noun
The state of being befuddled.
beglamouring
beglamouring
verb
present participle of beglamour
beguilements
beguilements
noun
plural of beguilement
behaviourism
behaviourism
noun
(British spelling) Standard spelling of behaviorism.
belimousined
bemuddlement
bemuddlement
noun
The state of being bemuddled.
benumbedness
benumbedness
noun
The state or quality of being benumbed.
bepuzzlement
bepuzzlement
Noun
Perplexity.
bequeathment
bequeathment
noun
The act of bequeathing, or the state of being bequeathed; a bequest.
bimillennium
biomolecular
biomolecular
adj
(biochemistry) Relating to biomolecules (especially macromolecules)
biomolecules
biomolecules
noun
plural of biomolecule
biscuitmaker
bismuthinite
bismuthinite
noun
(mineralogy) A soft bismuth sulfide mineral, an important ore for bismuth.
blabbermouth
blabbermouth
noun
(aviation) A kind of foam-dispensing nozzle used in firefighting at airports.
(informal) A gossip.
(informal) A person who talks excessively.
blamefulness
blamefulness
noun
The quality of being blameful.
bluebeardism
bombacaceous
bombacaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the now disused family Bombacaceae (now the much-reduced subfamily Bombacoideae in Malvaceae).
bramantesque
breastsummer
breastsummer
noun
(architecture) Alternative spelling of bressummer
brimfullness
bristlemouth
bristlemouth
noun
A member of Gonostomatidae, a family of deep-water marine fish.
A member of one of several of the species of oceanic ray-finned fish in genera Argyripnus or Maurolicus in the family Sternoptychidae.
bromoaurates
bucketmaking
bucketmaking
noun
The manufacture of buckets.
bulletmaking
bulletmaking
noun
The manufacture of bullets.
bumbershoots
bumbershoots
noun
plural of bumbershoot
bumblingness
burdensomely
burdensomely
adv
In a burdensome fashion.
burgomasters
burgomasters
noun
plural of burgomaster
butcherbroom
buttermaking
buttermonger
buttermonger
noun
(historical) A seller of butter.
butyrometric
butyrometric
adj
Measured using a butyrometer
Relating to butyrometry
calamiferous
calamiferous
adj
Producing reeds; reedy.
calistheneum
calistheneum
noun
(dated) A gymnasium, especially one for light physical exercise by women and children.