Marked by abstinence or restraint, especially in relation to food or drink.
abstrusities
abstrusities
noun
plural of abstrusity
adumbrations
adumbrations
noun
plural of adumbration
agribusiness
agribusiness
noun
(countable) A business or group of businesses engaged in agriculture, particularly if using modern farming techniques in the process.
(uncountable) Business (especially big business) connected to agriculture, either owning or operating large-scale farms, or catering to those who do.
ailurophobes
ailurophobes
noun
plural of ailurophobe
albopruinose
albumenising
albumenising
verb
present participle of albumenise
albuminising
albuminising
verb
present participle of albuminise
albuminurias
albuminurias
noun
plural of albuminuria
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.
amblyacousia
ambulatories
ambulatories
noun
plural of ambulatory
amphibiously
amphibiously
adv
In an amphibious manner.
In the manner of an amphibian.
antialbumose
antibacchius
antibacchius
noun
(poetry) A rare metrical foot consisting of two accented syllables followed by one unaccented syllable.
antibusiness
antibusiness
adj
Opposed to or biased against business, or private enterprise
antiscabious
arabesquerie
arabesquerie
noun
arabesque ornamentation
arbitrageurs
arbitrageurs
noun
plural of arbitrageur
arboricolous
arboricolous
adj
(ecology) That grows on, or lives in, trees.
arcubalister
arcubalister
noun
A crossbowman; one who used the arcubalist.
ashurbanipal
assumability
assurbanipal
attributions
attributions
noun
plural of attribution
attributives
attributives
noun
plural of attributive
audibilities
audibilities
noun
plural of audibility
audubonistic
authorisable
authorisable
adj
Alternative spelling of authorizable
autobasidium
autobasidium
noun
(mycology) Synonym of holobasidium
automobilism
automobilism
noun
(dated) The use of automobiles.
automobilist
automobilist
noun
(archaic) The driver of a motor vehicle.
autosymbolic
bacteriurias
bacteriurias
noun
plural of bacteriuria
baculiferous
balaniferous
balaniferous
adj
(nonce word) Bearing or producing acorns.
balustrading
balustrading
noun
(architecture) work including one or more balustrades
bananivorous
bananivorous
adj
(rare) Feeding on bananas; banana-eating.
bankruptcies
bankruptcies
noun
plural of bankruptcy
bankruptship
baragouinish
barbiturates
barbiturates
noun
plural of barbiturate
barquentines
barquentines
noun
plural of barquentine
barquisimeto
barramundies
barranquitas
baserunnings
basilosaurus
basilosaurus
noun
Any species of several very large extinct cetaceans belonging to the Genus Basilosaurus, of the family Basilosauridae, from the late Eocene. the two species in the genus B.isis (found in Egypt and Tunisia) and B. cetoides (found in the southern and eastern US).
beaujolaises
beaumarchais
begoniaceous
begoniaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Begoniaceae.
beguilements
beguilements
noun
plural of beguilement
behaviourism
behaviourism
noun
(British spelling) Standard spelling of behaviorism.
behaviourist
behaviourist
noun
Britain standard spelling of behaviorist.
belimousined
bibulosities
bibulousness
bibulousness
noun
The quality of being bibulous.
bifurcations
bifurcations
noun
plural of bifurcation
bilingualism
bilingualism
noun
The condition of being bilingual; the ability to speak two languages.
bioacoustics
bioacoustics
noun
A cross-disciplinary science that combines biology and acoustics, investigating for instance the mechanisms of sound production and detection.
biomolecules
biomolecules
noun
plural of biomolecule
biquadratics
biquadratics
noun
plural of biquadratic
biscuitmaker
bismuthinite
bismuthinite
noun
(mineralogy) A soft bismuth sulfide mineral, an important ore for bismuth.
bituminising
bituminising
verb
present participle of bituminise
biuniqueness
biuniqueness
noun
The quality of being biunique.
bivoluminous
blastulation
blastulation
noun
(biology) The process of forming blastocoels and blastulas.
blissfulness
blissfulness
noun
The characteristic of being blissful.
blockbusting
blockbusting
adj
Having the characteristics of a blockbuster; hugely successful.
noun
(US) A technique used to encourage people to sell their property by giving the impression that a neighborhood is changing for the worse, especially by implying a change in its racial makeup.
bloodlusting
bloodsucking
bloodsucking
adj
(by extension, of a person) parasitic, leechlike or freeloading
(of an insect or animal) That draws off the blood of another animal, or a person.
bloomsburian
blountsville
blountsville
Proper noun
A town in
A town in
bluebeardism
bluestocking
bluestocking
noun
(historical) A member of an 18th-century Blue Stockings Society.
(historical) The English parliament of 1653, more commonly called the Barebones Parliament
(usually derogatory) A scholarly, literary, or cultured woman.
bluishnesses
bluntishness
bluntishness
noun
(rare) The quality of being somewhat blunt.
blurrinesses
blurrinesses
noun
plural of blurriness
blusteration
blusteration
noun
blustering
blusteringly
blusteringly
adv
in a blustering manner
boatbuilders
boatbuilders
noun
plural of boatbuilder
bodybuilders
bodybuilders
noun
plural of bodybuilder
boisterously
boisterously
adv
In a boisterous manner.
boistousness
bondieuserie
bondieuserie
noun
Any devotional ornament or church object, especially one having little artistic value; a religious knick-knack.
boraciferous
boraciferous
adj
Yielding or containing borax.
borotungstic
boudoiresque
bounderishly
bounderishly
adv
In a bounderish manner.
bourgeoisies
bourgeoisies
noun
plural of bourgeoisie
bourgeoisify
bourgeoisify
Verb
To make bourgeois.
bourignonism
bourignonist
boussingault
boutonnieres
boutonnieres
noun
plural of boutonniere
brachiferous
brachigerous
bradyacousia
bradyauxesis
branchiosaur
branchiosaur
noun
Any prehistoric amphibian of the genus Branchiosaurus
branchiurous
braunschweig
braunschweig
Proper noun
a city in Lower Saxony, Germany; Brunswick
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.
bromouracils
bromouracils
noun
plural of bromouracil
broussonetia
brunelleschi
brushability
brushability
noun
The quality or degree of being brushable.
buccaneerish
buccaneerish
adj
Like a buccaneer; piratical.
buccellarius
buddhistical
buffooneries
buffooneries
noun
plural of buffoonery
buildingless
buildingless
adj
Without buildings.
bullbaitings
bullbaitings
noun
plural of bullbaiting
bulldoggings
bullfighters
bullfighters
noun
plural of bullfighter
bullmastiffs
bullmastiffs
noun
plural of bullmastiff
bullshitting
bullshitting
verb
present participle of bullshit
bullterriers
bullterriers
noun
plural of bullterrier
bumblingness
bunchberries
bunchberries
noun
plural of bunchberry
burglarising
burglarising
verb
(Britain) present participle of burglarise
burtonsville
bushfighting
bushfighting
noun
Fighting in the bush, or from behind bushes, trees, or thickets.
bushrangings
bushwhacking
bushwhacking
noun
criticizing, by someone or a person(s), on policies and stances by George W. Bush, in forums and discussions
fighting, as a guerilla, especially in wooded country
travelling through thick wooded country, cutting away scrub to make progress
verb
present participle of bushwhack
businesslike
businesslike
adj
Earnest and practical without being distracted or enthusiastic.
Methodical and efficient, in a way that would be advantageous to a business or businessperson.
butterfishes
butterfishes
noun
plural of butterfish
buttresslike
buttresslike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a buttress.
byelorussian
calciphobous
calciphobous
adj
(botany, of a plant) Not suited to a calcareous soil
canterburies
carbophilous
carburetions
carburetions
noun
plural of carburetion
cerebrosuria
cherubfishes
childersburg
choriambuses
chubbinesses
chubbinesses
noun
plural of chubbiness
circumscribe
circumscribe
verb
(geometry) To draw the smallest circle or higher-dimensional sphere that has (a polyhedron, polygon, etc.) in its interior.