(physics) The ratio of the absorbance or optical density of a substance to that of a similar body of pure solvent.
The quality of being absorbent.
abyssolith
abyssolith
noun
(geology) A mass of igneous rock deep in the crust with no known bottom; a large batholith.
acrobryous
amblyopsis
amblystoma
asymbiotic
asymbiotic
adj
Not symbiotic
babylonish
babylonish
Adjective
Of or pertaining to, or made in, Babylon or Babylonia.
Pertaining to the Babylon of Revelation xiv. 8.
Pertaining to Rome and papal power.
Confused; Babel-like.
babylonism
backwoodsy
backwoodsy
adj
(US) Typical of something or someone from the backwoods
badacsonyi
baldmoneys
bastionary
bastionary
adj
Having the form of a bastion (fortification).
bawdyhouse
bawdyhouse
noun
Alternative spelling of bawdy-house
beryllosis
besottedly
besottedly
adv
In a besotted manner.
beyondness
beyondness
noun
The state or quality of being beyond.
bibulosity
bibulosity
noun
A fondness for tippling.
bibulously
bibulously
adv
In a bibulous manner; drunkenly; as if intoxicated.
bigamously
bigamously
adv
In a bigamous manner.
bioassayed
bioassayed
adj
Subjected to bioassay
biophysics
biophysics
noun
The interdisciplinary science that applies theories and methods of the physical sciences to questions of biology.
biopsychic
biopsychic
adj
Relating to psychic phenomena in their relation to the living organism or to the general phenomena of life
blastocyst
blastocyst
noun
(biology) The mammalian blastula
blastocyte
blastocyte
noun
An undifferentiated cell in the blastula stage of an embryo.
blastogeny
blindstory
blindstory
noun
(architecture) The triforium, as opposed to the clerestory.
blockishly
bloomsbury
bloomsbury
Proper noun
An area of the London borough of Camden, known for its array of garden squares and its literary connections.
boastfully
boastfully
adv
In a boastful manner.
boastingly
boastingly
adv
Boastfully.
bobbysocks
bobbysoxer
bobbysoxer
noun
Alternative form of bobby soxer
bodyguards
bodyguards
noun
plural of bodyguard
bodysurfed
bodysurfed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bodysurf
bodysurfer
bodysurfer
noun
One who bodysurfs.
boistously
bombylious
bombylious
adj
(obsolete) Buzzing like a bumblebee.
bonelessly
bonelessly
adv
In a boneless manner.
bootlessly
bootlessly
adv
In a bootless manner.
boresomely
bostrychid
bostrychid
noun
Misspelling of bostrichid.
botrytises
botrytises
noun
plural of botrytis
bountyless
bountyless
adj
Without bounty.
boycottism
boycottism
noun
The methods or actions of boycotters.
boyfriends
boyfriends
noun
plural of boyfriend
boyishness
boyishness
noun
The quality of being boyish.
bradynosus
brailowsky
bryologies
bryologist
bryologist
noun
A scientist specialising in bryology.
bryophytes
bryophytes
noun
plural of bryophyte
buoyancies
buoyancies
noun
plural of buoyancy
bursectomy
bursectomy
noun
(surgery) The surgical removal of a bursa
busybodied
busybodied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of busybody
busybodies
busybodies
noun
plural of busybody
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of busybody
byproducts
byproducts
noun
plural of byproduct
byronesque
byronesque
Adjective
Reminiscent of the works of George Gordon Byron, typified by gloomy Romantic themes and passionate, arrogant and self-destructive heroes.
byssaceous
byssaceous
adj
Like byssus; consisting of fine fibres or threads.
byssinosis
byssinosis
noun
A lung disease, caused by exposure to cotton dust in inadequately ventilated working environments.
chalybeous
chalybeous
adj
(zoology) steel blue; of the colour of tempered steel.
cheboksary
cheboksary
Proper noun
The capital city of Chuvashia, Russia
chrysobull
chrysobull
noun
(religion) golden bull
cognisably
cognisably
adv
Alternative form of cognizably
confusably
confusably
adv
In a confusable way; such that they may be confused.
consolably
consolably
adv
In an consolable manner.
corybantes
cribrosity
cubbyholes
cubbyholes
noun
plural of cubbyhole
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cubbyhole
cubbyhouse
cubbyhouse
noun
Alternative spelling of cubby house
cumbrously
cumbrously
adv
In a cumbrous manner.
currycombs
currycombs
noun
plural of currycomb
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of currycomb
customably
customably
adv
(obsolete) usually; by custom or habit
diabolepsy
disobeyers
disobeyers
noun
plural of disobeyer
disobeying
disobeying
verb
present participle of disobey
dobzhansky
fabulosity
fabulosity
noun
(obsolete, countable) A fabulous thing; a fable.
(uncountable) Fabulousness; the quality of being fabulous; fictitiousness; mythical character.
fabulously
fabulously
adv
In a fabulous manner.
In fables.
ferryboats
ferryboats
noun
plural of ferryboat
frabjously
frabjously
adv
In a frabjous manner; wonderfully, fabulously.
globulysis
gooseberry
gooseberry
noun
(chiefly Britain) An additional person who is neither necessary nor wanted in a given situation.
(dated, British slang) A chaperone.
(dated, British slang) A fantastic story; a tall tale; a hoax.
(dated, British slang) A fool.
(dated, British slang, vulgar, usually in the plural) A testicle.
A fruit, Ribes uva-crispa, related to the currant.
Any other plant or fruit in the subgenus Grossularia, distinguished from currants by bearing spines, including Ribes hirtellum, the American gooseberry.
Cape gooseberry (Physalis peruviana), indigenous to South America
Jamaican gooseberry tree (Phyllanthus acuminatus), a herb-like plant
Katuk (Sauropus androgynus), a shrub grown in some tropical regions as a leaf vegetable
Otaheite gooseberry (Phyllanthus acidus)
Physalis angulata, also called balloon cherry and cutleaf groundcherry
The Long Key locustberry or shiny locustberry (Byrsonima lucida)
poison gooseberry (Withania somnifera)
the Barbados gooseberry (Pereskia aculeata), an unusual cactus
the Ceylon gooseberry, a species of Dovyalis native to Sri Lanka and southern India
the Chinese gooseberry or kiwifruit, the edible berry of a cultivar group of the woody vine Actinidia deliciosa and hybrids between this and other species in the genus Actinidia
the Indian gooseberry (Phyllanthus emblica), emblic, amla.
hautboyist
hautboyist
noun
Someone who plays the hautboy.
hebegynous
hobbyhorse
hobbyhorse
noun
Alternative spelling of hobby horse
homoblasty
homoblasty
noun
The state of being homoblastic.
honeyballs
honeycombs
honeycombs
noun
plural of honeycomb
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of honeycomb
hospitably
hospitably
adv
in a hospitable manner
hydrobates
hyperbolas
hyperboles
hyperboles
noun
plural of hyperbole
hypobarism
impossibly
impossibly
adv
Contrary to what had been thought possible.
Not possibly; in an impossible manner.
To the point of impossibility.
insobriety
insobriety
noun
The state of being drunk; a lack of sobriety.
insociably
insociably
adv
In an insociable manner.
insolvably
insolvably
adv
In an insolvable manner.
isobutyric
isobutyric
adj
Of or pertaining to isobutyric acid or its derivatives
isobutyryl
laborously
laborously
adv
In a laborous manner.
libelously
libelously
adv
In a libelous manner.
louseberry
metasymbol
molybdosis
molybdosis
noun
molybdenum poisoning
mooseberry
myeloblast
myeloblast
noun
(biology) An immature cell of bone marrow that develops into a myelocyte.
myoblastic
myoblastic
adj
of or relating to the myoblast
mysophobia
mysophobia
noun
An abnormal fear of uncleanliness, dirt, or contamination.
nabobishly
nabobishly
adv
In a nabobish manner.
nebulosity
nebulosity
noun
(meteorology, astronomy) The characteristic of being nebulous; cloudiness (measured in octas).
nebulously
nebulously
adv
As if viewed through a cloud or haze.
In a manner like that of a cloud or haze.
Vaguely, without clear purpose or specific intention.
nobodyness
nobodyness
noun
Alternative form of nobodiness
nonsalably
nonsoberly
nonsolubly
nonsubsidy
nonsubsidy
noun
Absence of subsidy; failure to subsidize something.
nonvisibly
obeisantly
obeisantly
adv
In an obeisant manner.
obscurancy
obscuredly
obscuredly
adv
In an obscured manner.
observably
observably
adv
(degree) To a detectable degree, sufficient to be observed.
(manner) In an observable manner.
(modal) Indicates that the proposition can be verified by observation.
observancy
observancy
noun
Obsolete form of observance.
observedly
observedly
adv
In a way that is observed.
obsoletely
obsoletely
adv
(biology) Imperfectly or indistinctly developed.
When out of date or no longer in use.
obstetricy
obstetricy
noun
(obsolete) obstetrics.
obstinancy
obstinancy
noun
(rare) Obstinance; the characteristic of being obstinate.
onobrychis
ostensibly
ostensibly
adv
(modal) Seemingly, apparently, on the surface.
overbusily
overbusily
adv
in an overbusy manner
oversubtly
oversubtly
adv
In an oversubtle manner.
oxyblepsia
oysterbird
personably
personably
adv
In a personable manner.
playboyism
playboyism
noun
Behaviour characteristic of a playboy.
polybasite
polybasite
noun
(mineralogy) An iron-black ore of silver, consisting of silver, sulfur, and antimony, with some copper and arsenic.
polybunous
polybunous
adj
multituberculate
presbyopia
presbyopia
noun
(pathology) Inability of the eye, due to ageing, to focus on nearby objects.
presbyopic
presbyopic
adj
Affected by or pertaining to presbyopia.
noun
An individual who has presbyopia.
psilocybin
psilocybin
noun
(biochemistry) A hallucinogenic alkaloid, C₁₂H₁₅N₂O·H₂PO₃, present in several species of Central American mushroom and producing effects similar to LSD. The prodrug of psilocin.
reasonably
reasonably
adv
Fairly; satisfactorily; not extremely.
In accordance with reason.
Quite; fairly; satisfactorily.
rhyobasalt
sabulosity
sabulosity
noun
The characteristic of being sabulous; sandiness; grittiness.
sallybloom
scabiosity
scabiosity
noun
The quality of being scabious; scabbiness.
scabrosely
scabrously
scabrously
adv
In a scabrous way.
scelotyrbe
schoolboys
schoolboys
noun
plural of schoolboy
seasonably
seasonably
adv
(chiefly law) Within the appropriate time period during which an action will be legally effective, as prescribed in legislation, a contract, or otherwise.