Somewhat connected with or indicative of adventure or adventurism.
affrightful
affrightful
adj
(obsolete) frightful
afterchurch
afterchurch
adj
After attending a church.
agastrophus
ahantchuyuk
ailanthuses
ailanthuses
noun
plural of ailanthus
allaeanthus
alphatoluic
altazimuths
altazimuths
noun
plural of altazimuth
amateurship
amateurship
noun
The quality or character of an amateur.
ambushments
ambushments
noun
plural of ambushment
amianthuses
amianthuses
noun
plural of amianthus
amphanthium
amphicytula
amphipneust
amphistomum
amphithuron
amphitokous
anacanthous
anacanthous
adj
Spineless, like certain fishes.
anacoluthia
anacoluthia
noun
(grammar) A syntactic construction in which an element is followed by another that does not agree properly
anacoluthic
anacoluthic
adj
Of, pertaining to, being, or resembling an anacoluthon.
anacoluthon
anacoluthon
noun
(grammar) A sentence or clause that is grammatically inconsistent, especially with respect to the type of clausal or phrasal complement for the initial clause.
(rhetoric) Intentional use of such a structure.
anacoluttha
anakoluthia
anantherous
anantherous
adj
(botany) Without anthers
anchtherium
anisanthous
anoplanthus
antheridium
antheridium
noun
(botany, mycology) An organ producing male gametes called antherozoids, found in some algae, ferns, and bryophytes.
anthogenous
anthrarufin
anthrarufin
noun
(organic chemistry) 1,5-dihydroxyanthraquinone
anthropodus
antiburgher
antiburgher
noun
(historical, Scotland) A member of a faction of the Scottish Presbyterian Church that refused to take the burgess oath in 1747; since reunited.
antihunting
antihunting
adj
Opposed to the practice of hunting animals for sport.
antirrhinum
antirrhinum
noun
Any plant of the genus Antirrhinum of snapdragons.
aphroditeum
aphroditous
apostrophus
archambault
archicytula
archpuritan
aristarchus
aristarchus
Proper noun
name, of historical use only in English.
arrhythmous
artophagous
artophagous
adj
(rare) bread-eating
athermanous
athermanous
adj
Not transmitting heat.
auditorship
auditorship
noun
The office or function of auditor.
augitophyre
austrophile
autaesthesy
autarchical
autarchical
adj
autarchic
authentical
authentical
adj
(archaic) Authentic.
authenticly
authenticly
adv
Dated spelling of authentically.
authigenous
authigenous
adj
authigenic
authorcraft
authorcraft
noun
The craft of an author; the writing of books.
authoresses
authoresses
noun
plural of authoress
authorially
authorially
adv
as an author
authorising
authorising
verb
present participle of authorise
authorities
authorities
noun
The bodies that enforce law and order or provide a public service
The bodies that have political or administrative power and control in a particular sphere
plural of authority
authorizers
authorizers
noun
plural of authorizer
authorizing
authorizing
verb
present participle of authorize
authorships
authorships
noun
plural of authorship
autocephaly
autocephaly
noun
(Christianity) The condition where a church's leaders have severed ties to a larger body and thus no longer report to a higher authority.
autochanger
autochanger
noun
(computing) An automatic tape loader, for switching automatically between several computer backup tapes.
A device for playing multiple music media of a certain kind (gramophone records, compact discs, etc.) in a predetermined sequence without user intervention.
autochthons
autochthons
noun
plural of autochthon.
autochthony
autochthony
noun
An aboriginal condition or state.
autocoherer
autocoherer
noun
(historical, wireless telegraphy) A self-restoring coherer, such as a microphonic detector.
autographal
autographal
adj
(obsolete) autographic
autographed
autographed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of autograph
autographer
autographer
noun
Someone who writes an autograph
autographic
autographic
adj
Containing or relating to an autograph.
automorphic
automorphic
adj
(geology) Describing a mineral, in an igneous rock, that is bounded by its own crystal face; euhedral, idiomorphic
(mathematics) Describing a number whose square ends in the number itself; circular
(mathematics) Of or pertaining to automorphy or an automorphism
Marked by automorphism, the ascription to others of one's own characteristics.
autophagies
autophagies
noun
plural of autophagy
autophagous
autophagous
adj
Self-eating; exhibiting autophagy.
autophonous
autopsychic
autopsychic
adj
(psychology) Relating to the perception of one's own mind
autorrhaphy
autotheater
autotherapy
autotherapy
noun
(medicine) Self-treatment of a medical condition.
(medicine) The spontaneous cure of a medical condition.
(medicine) Treament of a disease by administration of filtrates from the patient's own pathological secretions, such as the ingestion of discharge from wounds.
autotrophic
autotrophic
adj
(biology) Relating to the production of organic compounds from carbon dioxide as a carbon source, using either light or reactions of inorganic chemical compounds, as a source of energy.
auxotrophic
auxotrophic
adj
(biology) Describing a strain of organism that requires a specific metabolic substance that the parent organism was able to synthesize by itself
avouchments
avouchments
noun
plural of avouchment
azimuthally
azimuthally
adv
In a manner with respect to the azimuth; with respect to the angle above a plane.
azothionium
badmouthing
badmouthing
verb
present participle of badmouth
baluchistan
barouchette
barouchette
noun
A light barouche.
bathukolpic
bathukolpic
adj
(rare) Deep-bosomed.
bellmouthed
bellmouthed
adj
Alternative form of bell-mouthed
bequeathals
bequeathals
noun
plural of bequeathal
bequeathing
bequeathing
verb
present participle of bequeath
bescutcheon
bibliothque
birdmouthed
bitterbrush
bitterbrush
noun
Any member of the genus Purshia of flowering shrubs, native to western North America.
blithefully
blithefully
adv
In a blitheful manner.
bluehearted
blueshifted
blueshifted
adj
Whose frequency/wavelength has been changed by a blueshift
boguechitto
bothridiums
bottlebrush
bottlebrush
noun
A cylindrical brush on a thin shaft that is used to clean bottles.
An uncommon cave formation resulting from a rise in water level such that a stalactite becomes immersed in water that is supersaturated with calcium carbonate, causing the stalactite to become coated with pool spar.
Any of various trees or shrubs of the myrtle family, especially of the genera Callistemon and Melaleuca, native to Australia and adjacent areas, having spikes of flowers with numerous conspicuous stamens.
bournemouth
bournemouth
Proper noun
A large town in Dorset, England
brahmaputra
brahmaputra
Proper noun
A great river in India.
Noun
A domestic fowl, the Brahmapootra.
breechclout
breechclout
noun
(dated) A breechcloth or loincloth.
brittlebush
brittlebush
noun
A shrub native to deserts in the southwestern US and northern Mexico, Encelia farinosa.
brutishness
brutishness
noun
the characteristic of being brutish
bucktoothed
bucktoothed
adj
Having buckteeth
buckwheater
buckwheater
noun
A poor and unskilled farmer.
bulbochaete
bullfighter
bullfighter
noun
One who engages in bullfighting; a toreador or matador.
bullshitted
bullshitted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bullshit
bumbershoot
bumbershoot
noun
(slang, humorous, US) An umbrella.
buphthalmia
buphthalmia
noun
buphthalmos; abnormal enlargement of the eyeball
buphthalmic
buphthalmic
adj
Exhibiting, or relating to, buphthalmia.
buphthalmos
buphthalmos
noun
(medicine) Abnormal enlargement of the eyeball.
buphthalmum
burgheristh
burghmaster
burghmaster
noun
(UK, mining, historical) An officer who directs and lays out the meres or boundaries for the workers.
A burgomaster.
burnishment
burnishment
noun
burnishing
burthensome
burthensome
adj
Obsolete spelling of burdensome
bushfighter
bushfighter
noun
One who takes part in bushfighting.
bushmasters
bushmasters
noun
plural of bushmaster
butcherbird
butcherbird
noun
(South Africa) The fiscal shrike, Lanius collaris.
(US) Any of the shrikes in the genus Lanius.
Any of the magpie-like birds in the genus Cracticus, family Artamidae, of Australia and New Guinea.
butcherless
butcherless
adj
Without a butcher.
butchnesses
butterbough
buttermouth
butterworth
butterworth
Proper noun
A major town in Penang, Malaysia
buttonholed
buttonholed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of buttonhole
buttonholer
buttonholer
noun
An attachment for a sewing machine which automates the side-to-side and forward-and-backward motions involved in sewing a buttonhole.
One who detains somebody in conversation against their will.
buttonholes
buttonholes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of buttonhole
buttonhooks
buttonhooks
noun
plural of buttonhook
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of buttonhook
calathidium
calathiscus
calenturish
callithumps
callithumps
noun
plural of callithump
calochortus
calycanthus
calycanthus
noun
Any of the genus Calycanthus of sweetshrubs.
caoutchoucs
caoutchoucs
noun
plural of caoutchouc
cataloguish
cataphyllum
catechumens
catechumens
noun
plural of catechumen
ceanothuses
ceanothuses
noun
plural of ceanothus
centerpunch
centerpunch
noun
A hand tool used to prepare a workpiece prior to drilling a hole. It typically compresses and then suddenly releases a spring, creating a small indentation that, in turn, guides and centers the drill.
The indentation left by such a tool.
verb
To place something directly in the middle.
To prepare a workpiece for drilling by using a centerpunch to create an indentation.
centranthus
chaetangium
chaffcutter
chalkcutter
champertous
champertous
adj
Having the quality of champerty; being an instance of champerty.