(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.
acrobryous
bastionary
bastionary
adj
Having the form of a bastion (fortification).
beryllosis
blindstory
blindstory
noun
(architecture) The triforium, as opposed to the clerestory.
bloomsbury
bloomsbury
Proper noun
An area of the London borough of Camden, known for its array of garden squares and its literary connections.
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.
boresomely
bostrychid
bostrychid
noun
Misspelling of bostrichid.
botrytises
botrytises
noun
plural of botrytis
boyfriends
boyfriends
noun
plural of boyfriend
bradynosus
brailowsky
bryologies
bryologist
bryologist
noun
A scientist specialising in bryology.
bryophytes
bryophytes
noun
plural of bryophyte
bursectomy
bursectomy
noun
(surgery) The surgical removal of a bursa
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.
cheboksary
cheboksary
Proper noun
The capital city of Chuvashia, Russia
chrysobull
chrysobull
noun
(religion) golden bull
corybantes
cribrosity
cumbrously
cumbrously
adv
In a cumbrous manner.
currycombs
currycombs
noun
plural of currycomb
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of currycomb
disobeyers
disobeyers
noun
plural of disobeyer
ferryboats
ferryboats
noun
plural of ferryboat
frabjously
frabjously
adv
In a frabjous manner; wonderfully, fabulously.
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.
hobbyhorse
hobbyhorse
noun
Alternative spelling of hobby horse
hydrobates
hyperbolas
hyperboles
hyperboles
noun
plural of hyperbole
hypobarism
insobriety
insobriety
noun
The state of being drunk; a lack of sobriety.
isobutyric
isobutyric
adj
Of or pertaining to isobutyric acid or its derivatives
isobutyryl
laborously
laborously
adv
In a laborous manner.
louseberry
mooseberry
nonsoberly
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.
obstetricy
obstetricy
noun
(obsolete) obstetrics.
onobrychis
overbusily
overbusily
adv
in an overbusy manner
oversubtly
oversubtly
adv
In an oversubtle manner.
oysterbird
personably
personably
adv
In a personable manner.
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.
reasonably
reasonably
adv
Fairly; satisfactorily; not extremely.
In accordance with reason.
Quite; fairly; satisfactorily.
rhyobasalt
scabrosely
scabrously
scabrously
adv
In a scabrous way.
scelotyrbe
shoreberry
sibilatory
sibilatory
adj
hissing; sibilant
snobocracy
snobocracy
noun
Snobs, collectively; snobbish behaviour or attitudes.
soberingly
soberingly
adv
In a sobering way.
sombrously
sombrously
adv
In a sombrous manner.
sprayboard
sprayboard
noun
(nautical) A dashboard.
stonybrook
storyboard
storyboard
noun
A series of drawings that lay out the sequence of scenes in a film or series, especially an animated one.
Any sequence of drawings or diagrams which illustrate a sequence of events, e.g. in an accident or as a flowsheet for computer programming.
verb
To create and arrange storyboard drawings.
storybooks
storybooks
noun
plural of storybook
strabotomy
strabotomy
noun
(surgery) The surgical procedure of cutting or making an incision in a muscle or tendon of the eye to correct strabismus, or squint.
stubbornly
stubbornly
adv
In a stubborn manner.
subfactory
subfactory
noun
A secondary or subordinate factory.
subrectory
subsultory
subsultory
adj
Bounding; leaping; moving by sudden leaps or starts.
symbolater
symbolatry
symbolizer
symbolizer
noun
One who, or that which, symbolizes.
trolleybus
trolleybus
noun
Alternative spelling of trolley bus
tuberosity
tuberosity
noun
(countable, anatomy) A rounded protuberance, at the end of a bone, to which a muscle or tendon is attached