(chiefly politics) The pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink (for example, by risking a dangerous policy) rather than to concede a point.
brinksmanship
brinksmanship
noun
Alternative form of brinkmanship
bromidrosiphobia
bromidrosiphobia
noun
A fear that one has an offensive body odour
bronchiospasm
bronchopneumonia
bronchopneumonia
noun
(medicine) A bacterial infection of the lungs, characteristically showing numerous small foci of infection.
bumbailiffship
buphthalmia
buphthalmia
noun
buphthalmos; abnormal enlargement of the eyeball
buphthalmic
buphthalmic
adj
Exhibiting, or relating to, buphthalmia.
burgomastership
burgomastership
noun
The role or status of a burgomaster.
bushmanship
bushmanship
noun
The survival skills of a bushman.
cambridgeport
campbellism
campbellism
Proper noun
The
campbellisms
campbellite
campbellite
Noun
A member of any of various religious groups historically descended from the nineteenth-century Restoration Movement.
Adjective
Of or pertaining to any of these groups.
campbellites
campbellsville
camphocarboxylic
carpetbaggism
carpetbaggism
noun
The practices of a carpetbagger
carpetbagism
carpetbagism
noun
Alternative form of carpetbaggism
chamberlainship
chamberlainship
noun
The office or post of chamberlain.
cheimaphobia
cheimatophobia
chromatophobia
chromatophobia
noun
(cytology) resistance to staining
chrometophobia
chrometophobia
noun
Fear of money.
chromophobia
chromophobia
noun
(biology) The quality of being resistant to staining.
(rare) Aversion to a colour or colours.
compactability
compactability
noun
The condition of being compactable
compactible
compactible
adj
Capable of being compacted.
companiable
companiable
adj
(obsolete) companionable; sociable
companionability
companionability
noun
The state of being companionable, suitability for companionship.
companionable
companionable
adj
Having the characteristics of a worthy companion; friendly and sociable.
companionableness
companionableness
noun
The state or quality of being companionable.
companionably
companionably
adv
In a companionable manner; agreeably, sociably.
comparability
comparability
noun
The quality of being comparable.
compassability
compassionable
compassionable
adj
(archaic) Deserving compassion or pity.
(obsolete) Having, feeling, or showing compassion.
compatability
compatability
noun
Misspelling of compatibility.
compatibilities
compatibilities
noun
plural of compatibility
compatibility
compatibility
noun
(computing) the ability to execute a given program on different types of computers without modification of the program or the computers. See backward compatibility and forward compatibility.
(computing) the capability that allows the substitution of one subsystem (storage facility), or of one functional unit (e.g., hardware, software), for the originally designated system or functional unit in a relatively transparent manner, without loss of information and without the introduction of errors.
(structural analysis) the continuity or good fit of material or members or components while being deformed.
(telecommunications) the capability of two or more items or components of equipment or material to exist or function in the same system or environment without mutual interference.
The state of being compatible; in which two or more things are able to exist or work together in combination without problems or conflict.
compatible
compatible
adj
Able to get along well.
Capable of easy interaction.
Consistent; congruous.
noun
Something that is compatible with something else.
compatibleness
compatibleness
noun
The state or quality of being compatible.
compatibles
compatibles
noun
plural of compatible
compatibly
compatibly
adv
In a compatible manner
compellability
compensability
compensability
noun
The characteristic of being compensable; the ability to be compensated.
compilable
compilable
adj
(computing) That can be compiled.
compileable
complainable
complainable
adj
That may be complained of.
complexionably
compliable
compliable
adj
Capable of bending or yielding, or willing to do so; compliant.
compliableness
compliably
complimentable
complimentable
adj
Able to be complimented.
compresbyterial
comprisable
comprisable
adj
Able to be contained or classified.
comprizable
comprobation
comprobation
noun
(obsolete) approbation
(obsolete) joint attestation; proof
compromisable
compromisable
adj
Capable of being compromised.
computability
computability
noun
(computing theory) The property of being computable by purely mechanical means.
computerizable
computerizable
adj
Able to be computerized.
crampbit
cremnophobia
cremnophobia
noun
A morbid fear of abysses or precipices.
cubitometacarpal
cubitopalmar
cymbocephalic
cymophobia
decomposability
decomposability
noun
(countable) The extent to which something is decomposable
(uncountable) The condition of being decomposable
demonophobia
demonophobia
noun
An irrational fear of demons.
demophobia
demophobia
noun
(rare) A phobia, or fear, of crowds, masses, or people.
dermatopathophobia
dermatopathophobia
noun
(medicine, rare) A fear of skin disease.
dermatophobia
dermatosiophobia
diplobacterium
diplobacterium
noun
A bacterium composed of two adherent bacteria
domatophobia
domatophobia
noun
A morbid fear of being inside a house.
dromophobia
dysmorphophobia
dysmorphophobia
noun
(dated, psychiatry) body dysmorphic disorder, dysmorphia
embaphium
embioptera
embryographic
embryographic
adj
Relating to embryography.
embryoplastic
embryoplastic
adj
(biology) Relating to, or aiding in, the formation of an embryo.
emetophobia
emetophobia
noun
An inordinate fear of vomit or vomiting, especially in public.
employability
employability
noun
(countable) The product or result of being employable.
(uncountable) The state or quality of being employable.
emptiable
emptiable
adj
Capable of being emptied.
entomophobia
entomophobia
noun
Abnormal fear of insects or similar arthropods
epibaterium
epiblastema
epiblema
epiblema
noun
(botany) The epidermal cells of rootlets, specially adapted to absorb liquids.
epiblemata
epilabrum
epimandibular
epithelioblastoma
equiprobabilism
ermitophobia
exemplifiable
exemplifiable
adj
That can be exemplified.
exprimable
fibrolipoma
fibrolipoma
noun
(pathology) A lipoma characterised by the presence of fibrous connective tissue
fibrolipomatous
fibrolipomatous
adj
(pathology) Relating to fibrolipomas
fibropapilloma
fibropapilloma
noun
A fibrous papilloma
fibropsammoma
gametophobia
gametophobia
noun
The fear of marriage.
germanophobia
germanophobia
noun
Alternative form of Germanophobia
germanophobic
germanophobic
adj
Alternative form of Germanophobic
germanophobist
geumatophobia
gymnophobia
gymnophobia
noun
An inordinate fear or hatred of nudity.
hamartophobia
helminthophobia
helminthophobia
noun
A morbid fear of parasitic worms.
hemaphobia
hematophobia
hematophobia
noun
Alternative form of haematophobia
hemerobaptism
hemerobaptist
hemerobaptist
Noun
A member of an ancient religious group who repeated a baptismal (bathing) rite every day.
hemiablepsia
hemiamblyopia
hemoglobinopathy
hemoglobinopathy
noun
(American spelling, medicine) Any of a range of inherited genetic disorders affecting hemoglobin
hemophobia
hemophobia
noun
Fear of blood.
hepatoumbilical
histocompatibility
histocompatibility
noun
The condition of being histocompatible
The toleration of grafts between genetically similar individuals
homichlophobia
homichlophobia
noun
(rare) The fear of fog.
homophobia
homophobia
noun
(obsolete, individual occurrences) A pathological fear of mankind.
Hatred, fear, dislike of, or prejudice against LGBTQ+ people in general.
Hatred, fear, dislike of, or prejudice against homosexuals.
homophobias
homophobias
noun
plural of homophobia
hormephobia
hyperalbuminosis
hyperalbuminosis
noun
Severe albuminosis
hyperanabolism
hyperbarbarism
hyperbarism
hypercarbamidemia
hypercatabolism
hypercatabolism
noun
An increased rate of catabolism.
hyperhemoglobinemia
hyperhemoglobinemia
noun
(pathology) An abnormally high level of hemoglobin in the blood
hyperkatabolism
hyperkatabolism
noun
Alternative form of hypercatabolism
hypermetabolism
hypermetabolism
noun
(biochemistry) The physiological state of increased metabolic activity, typically occurring after significant damage to the body
hyperthrombinemia
hyperthrombinemia
noun
An abnormally high level of thrombin in the blood.
hyperurbanism
hyperurbanism
noun
(linguistics) the creation of a non-standard form by mimicking the standard dialect.
hypoalbuminemia
hypoalbuminemia
noun
(pathology) The presence of an abnormally low concentration of albumin in the blood.