(astronautics) A section or piece of a launch vehicle, rocket, or spacecraft that enters the atmosphere unprotected behind the nose cone or other body that is protected for entry.
(astronomy) A companion body that trails a satellite or spacecraft.
(nautical) The part of a vessel abaft midships.
The afterpart of a vehicle.
albertype
albertype
noun
(historical) A picture printed from a kind of gelatine plate produced by means of a photographic negative.
alterably
alterably
adv
In an alterable manner.
ambrotype
ambrotype
noun
(photography, historical) An early type of photograph in which a glass negative appears positive when displayed on a black background.
amebocyte
amebocyte
noun
Alternative spelling of amoebocyte
ametaboly
atterbury
baileyton
bapistery
barklyite
barklyite
noun
A magenta-coloured turbid variety of ruby from Victoria, Australia.
barometry
barometry
noun
The art or process of making barometrical measurements.
baronetcy
baronetcy
noun
The rank of a baronet.
barrulety
barytones
barytones
noun
plural of barytone
bathylite
battycake
batyphone
bayoneted
bayoneted
adj
(US) Alternative form of bayonetted
verb
(US) simple past tense and past participle of bayonet
baysmelts
beastlily
beastlily
adv
In a beastly manner.
beautydom
beautydom
noun
The estate or rank of a beauty or of beautiful women.
beetrooty
beetrooty
adj
Containing beetroot.
Resembling or characteristic of beetroot in colour, texture, etc.
belatedly
belatedly
adv
In a belated manner; tardily.
bemajesty
benignity
benignity
noun
(countable) A benign act.
(uncountable) The state of being benign.
beryllate
beryllate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) The anion BeO₂²⁻ or any salt containing this anion
berytidae
bestially
bestially
adv
In a bestial manner.
betrayals
betrayals
noun
plural of betrayal
betrayers
betrayers
noun
plural of betrayer
betraying
betraying
noun
betrayal
verb
present participle of betray
biacetyls
bidactyle
bigotedly
bigotedly
adv
In a bigoted manner.
bimethyls
bismethyl
blanketry
bodyplate
bootyless
bootyless
adj
Not having any booty.
botchedly
botchedly
adv
In a clumsy manner.
botcherly
botcherly
adj
bungling; awkward
botryogen
botryogen
noun
(mineralogy) A hydrous magnesium sulfate mineral.
boycotted
boycotted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of boycott
boycotter
boycotter
noun
Someone who engages in a boycott
boyertown
bradytely
bradytely
noun
(biology) Unusually slow evolution.
braystone
breathily
breathily
adv
In a breathy manner.
brittaney
brittlely
brittlely
adv
in a brittle way
bromethyl
bromyrite
bromyrite
noun
bromargyrite
brothelry
brothelry
noun
prostitution, especially in brothels
brotherly
brotherly
adj
Of or characteristic of brothers.
adv
In the manner of a brother, as a brother, as brothers.
bryophyte
bryophyte
noun
(botany) Any plant of the division Bryophyta, defined sensu lato to comprise the mosses, liverworts and hornworts and corresponding to all embryophytes that are not vascular plants.
budgetary
budgetary
adj
Of or pertaining to a budget.
butadiyne
butadiyne
noun
(organic chemistry) diacetylene
butcherly
butcherly
adj
Like a butcher; characterised by slaughter, savage.
adv
(obsolete) Like a butcher; cruelly, brutally.
butterfly
butterfly
noun
(alternate history) A random change in an aspect of the timeline seemingly unrelated to the primary point of divergence, resulting from the butterfly effect.
(finance) A combination of four options of the same type at three strike prices giving limited profit and limited risk.
(in the plural) A sensation of excited anxiety felt in the stomach.
(medicine, attributive) A use of surgical tape, cut into thin strips and placed across an open wound to hold it closed.
(now rare) Someone seen as being unserious and (originally) dressed gaudily; someone flighty and unreliable.
(sports) A type of stretch in which one sits on the ground with the legs folded into a shape like that of a butterfly's wings, slightly rocking them up and down, resembling the wings fluttering.
(swimming) The butterfly stroke.
A flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from moths by their diurnal activity and generally brighter colouring.
A person who changes partners frequently.
Any of several plane curves that look like a butterfly; see Butterfly curve (transcendental) and Butterfly curve (algebraic).
verb
(transitive) To cut (food) almost entirely in half and spread the halves apart, in a shape suggesting the wings of a butterfly.
(transitive) To cut strips of surgical tape or plasters into thin strips, and place across (a gaping wound) to close it.
(transitive, of the point of divergence of an alternate history scenario) To cause events after the point of divergence to not happen as they did in real history, and people conceived after the point of divergence to not exist in recognizable form, due to the random variations introduced by the butterfly effect.
butylated
butylated
adj
(organic chemistry) Modified to contain one or more butyl groups
verb
simple past tense and past participle of butylate
butylates
butylates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of butylate
butylenes
butylenes
noun
plural of butylene
butyrates
butyrates
noun
plural of butyrate
byelostok
byestreet
byssolite
byssolite
noun
(mineralogy) An olive-green fibrous variety of hornblende.
bystander
bystander
noun
A person who, although present at some event, does not take part in it; an observer, witness, or spectator.
bystreets
bystreets
noun
plural of bystreet
bytownite
bytownite
noun
(mineralogy) A plagioclase feldspar, the fifth member of the Albite-Anorthite solid solution series. Bytownite is rare, and normally occurs in small grains in lime-rich igneous rocks. Clear pale yellow crystals have come from Mexico and Oregon.
byzantine
byzantine
adj
Alternative spelling of Byzantine
noun
(historical) A byzant (coin).
cabinetry
cabinetry
noun
High-quality wooden furniture; cabinetwork.
The craft of making high-quality wooden furniture; cabinetmaking.
celebrity
celebrity
noun
(obsolete) A rite or ceremony.
(uncountable) Fame, renown; the state of being famous or talked-about.
A person who has a high degree of recognition by the general population for his or her success or accomplishments; a famous person.
chalybite
chalybite
noun
(mineralogy) Native iron carbonate.
clitocybe
cybernate
cybernate
verb
(transitive) To automate (an industrial process, etc.) using a computer system.
daftberry
debatably
debatably
adv
In a way subject to challenge or worthy of debate.
deboistly
deboistly
adv
(obsolete) debauchedly
derbylite
derbylite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing antimony, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, and titanium.
doftberry
doubtedly
ebriosity
ebriosity
noun
(formal) Drunkenness or intoxication from alcohol, especially as a habitual state.
edibility
edibility
noun
suitability for use as food
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
equitably
equitably
adv
In an equitable manner
estimably
estimably
adv
In an estimable manner; deserving of esteem.
eurybates
excitably
excitably
adv
In an excitable manner.
eyebright
eyebright
noun
Any of the flowering plants of the genus Euphrasia, originally as used to treat eye infections.
febricity
febricity
noun
feverishness
febrility
febrility
Noun
feverishness
ferryboat
ferryboat
noun
(nautical) A boat used to ferry passengers, vehicles, or goods across open water, especially one that runs to a regular schedule
fibrocyte
fibrocyte
noun
An inactive connective tissue cell that is capable of forming collagen
flebotomy
freebooty
freebooty
noun
(obsolete) freebootery
geobotany
geobotany
noun
The branch of biogeography that is concerned with the geographic distribution of plant species.
gigabytes
gigabytes
noun
plural of gigabyte
glabreity
glabriety
hartberry
herbosity
heritably
heritably
adv
In a heritable manner
hylobates
hylobates
noun
plural of hylobate
hyperbata
hypnobate
impuberty
impuberty
noun
The condition of not having reached puberty.
inebriety
inebriety
noun
The state of being inebriated; inebriation, drunkenness.
interbody
interbody
adj
Between bodies
keybutton
keybutton
noun
(dated) A key on a keyboard.
kilobytes
kilobytes
noun
plural of kilobyte
knotberry
knotberry
noun
(archaic) The cloudberry, Rubus chamaemorus.
lambently
lambently
adv
In a lambent manner, brightly.
lindybeth
lobectomy
lobectomy
noun
(surgery) The surgical removal of a lobe from an organ such as the lung or the brain
lyubertsy
megabytes
megabytes
noun
plural of megabyte
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.
multibyte
multibyte
adj
(computing) Contained in more than one byte.
neobotany
neobotany
noun
The branch of botany that deals with plants that still exist in modern times, as opposed to paleontology.
nonbeauty
nonbeauty
noun
Absence of beauty; unbeautifulness.
nullbiety
objectify
objectify
verb
To make (something, such as an abstract idea) possible to be perceived by the senses.
To treat (someone) as a mere object, denying (their) dignity.
To treat (something) as objectively real.
obnoxiety
obnoxiety
noun
(obsolete, rare) obnoxiousness
obscenity
obscenity
noun
(countable) An act of obscene behaviour.
(countable) Something that is obscene.
(countable) Specifically, an offensive word; a profanity; a dirty word.
(uncountable) The qualities that make something obscene; lewdness, indecency, or offensive behaviour.
obsequity
obsequity
noun
The state of being obsequious; unctuousness
obstupefy
obstupefy
verb
(obsolete) To stupefy.
polybotes
prebetray
presbyter
presbyter
noun
An elder of the Presbyterian church.
An elder of the congregation in early Christianity.
An elder, priest, pastor, or minister in various Christian churches.
presbytia
presbytia
Noun
Presbyopia.
presbytic
presbytic
adj
presbyopic
presbytis
rabbiteye
rabbiteye
noun
A type of blueberry (Vaccinium virgatum)
refutably
refutably
adv
So as to be refutable.
reputably
reputably
adv
In a reputable manner.
sceptibly
stableboy
stableboy
noun
Alternative form of stable boy
stageably
stanberry
statesboy
stibethyl
stylebook
stylebook
noun
A manual containing an organization's standardized usage conventions for how to write.
stylobate
stylobate
noun
(Classical Greek architecture) The top step of the crepidoma, i.e. the platform upon which the superstructure of the building is erected.