(countable) words or statements that are open to more than one interpretation, explanation or meaning, especially if that meaning cannot be determined from its context.
(uncountable) The state of being ambiguous.
ambrotype
ambrotype
noun
(photography, historical) An early type of photograph in which a glass negative appears positive when displayed on a black background.
ambystoma
amebocyte
amebocyte
noun
Alternative spelling of amoebocyte
ametaboly
barometry
barometry
noun
The art or process of making barometrical measurements.
bathysmal
baysmelts
beautydom
beautydom
noun
The estate or rank of a beauty or of beautiful women.
bemajesty
biformity
biformity
noun
A double form.
bimethyls
bimonthly
bimonthly
adj
Occurring once every two months; bimestrial
Twice every month; semimonthly.
adv
once every two months; bimestrially
noun
A publication that is published on a bimonthly basis.
biorhythm
biorhythm
noun
(biology) Any cyclic biological or physiological pattern or activity.
(pseudoscience) Any of three sinusoidal graphs, normally plotted by computer, having a person's birthdate as origin, that are claimed to give meaningful information about emotional levels, physical energy levels, and mental/psychic sensitivity.
bismethyl
bismuthyl
bismuthyl
noun
(chemistry) Any tartrate in the form of a univalent radical, wherein only one replaceable hydrogen atom has been replaced by a base, causing it to have twice the amount of acid contained in a normal salt.
bombastry
bombastry
noun
Bombastic language.
botrydium
brimstony
brimstony
adj
Containing or resembling brimstone; sulphurous.
bromethyl
bromyrite
bromyrite
noun
bromargyrite
bysmalith
byzantium
byzantium
Noun
A dark shade of purple, close to Tyrian purple and palatinate purple
Proper noun
The ancient Greek city situated on the Bosporus, named Constantinople in 330 and now known as Istanbul.
The Byzantine Empire.
cambistry
cambistry
noun
The science of exchange, weight, measures, etc.
cymbalist
cymbalist
noun
A musician who plays the cymbals.
dithyramb
dithyramb
noun
A poem or oration in the same style.
A raucous and ardent choral hymn sung in ancient Athens in honor of the god Dionysus.
An impassioned speech, a rant.
embayment
embayment
noun
A bay. (the water)
A topographical feature that used to be a bay, like the Mississippi embayment.
The process by which a bay is formed.
The shoreline of a bay, an indentation in a shoreline. (the land, not the water)
embryotic
embryotic
adj
embryonic
estimably
estimably
adv
In an estimable manner; deserving of esteem.
flebotomy
immutably
immutably
adv
In an immutable manner. In a way that cannot be varied, or changed.
improbity
improbity
noun
a lack of probity, honesty or integrity
impuberty
impuberty
noun
The condition of not having reached puberty.
imputably
imputably
adv
In an imputable manner; by imputation.
lambently
lambently
adv
In a lambent manner, brightly.
limitably
lobectomy
lobectomy
noun
(surgery) The surgical removal of a lobe from an organ such as the lung or the brain
matchably
megabytes
megabytes
noun
plural of megabyte
mobolatry
molybdate
molybdate
noun
(chemistry) Any salt of molybdic acid.
(chemistry) The anion MoO₄²⁻.
molybdite
molybdite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing molybdenum and oxygen.
morbidity
morbidity
noun
(demography, insurance) The sickness rate of a population.
(medicine) The incidence of a disease, as a rate of a population which is affected.
(medicine, countable) Adverse effects caused by a medical treatment such as surgery.
(medicine, countable) An occurrence of illness or disease, or a single symptom of that illness.
The quality of being morbid; an attitude or state of mind marked by gloom.
The quality of being unhealthful or diseased, sometimes including the cause.
morbility
mountably
mountably
adv
Such that it can be mounted.
multibyte
multibyte
adj
(computing) Contained in more than one byte.
myoblasts
myoblasts
noun
plural of myoblast
nimbosity
potboydom
pubiotomy
pubiotomy
noun
Synonym of symphysiotomy
sublimity
sublimity
noun
(countable) Something sublime.
(uncountable) The state of being sublime.
subsystem
subsystem
noun
Alternative spelling of sub-system
symbionts
symbionts
noun
plural of symbiont
symbiotes
symbiotes
noun
plural of symbiote
symbiotic
symbiotic
adj
(ecology) Of, or relating to symbiosis; living together.
Of a relationship with mutual benefit between two individuals or organisms.
noun
(astronomy) symbiotic star
symbolist
symbolist
adj
(art, literature) Of or pertaining to the Symbolist movement in late 19th-century and early 20th-century European arts and literature
noun
One who employs symbols.
tomboyful
tomboyish
tomboyish
adj
Displaying behavior associated with a tomboy.
tomboyism
tomboyism
noun
Traditionally masculine behaviour in a girl.
tubectomy
tubectomy
noun
(surgery) salpingectomy
umbrosity
umbrosity
noun
(obsolete) The quality or state of being umbrose; shadiness.
untamably
untamably
adv
Alternative form of untameably
ytterbium
ytterbium
noun
A metallic chemical element (symbol Yb) with an atomic number of 70.