An initialism: an abbreviation which is read letter by letter, such as UN.
Discrimination on the basis of the first letter of a name.
Excessive reliance upon the alphabet or alphabetic structures.
The ability to read an alphabet, a rudimentary form of literacy.
amblycephalus
amphibalus
amphibalus
noun
An ecclesiastical vestment like the chasuble.
amphibiously
amphibiously
adv
In an amphibious manner.
In the manner of an amphibian.
amphiblastic
amphiblastic
adj
(biology) Segmenting unequally; said of telolecithal ova with complete segmentation.
amphiblastula
amphiblastula
noun
A larva of some sponges that has equal numbers of both flagellate and nonflagellate cells separated from each other on opposite sides of the blastula
amphiblestritis
amphiboles
amphiboles
noun
plural of amphibole
amphibolies
amphibolies
noun
plural of amphiboly
amphiboliferous
amphiboliferous
adj
(mineralogy) Bearing amphibole.
amphibolites
amphibolites
noun
plural of amphibolite
amphibologies
amphibologies
noun
plural of amphibology
amphibologism
amphibolostylous
amphibolous
amphibolous
adj
(obsolete) ambiguous; doubtful
analphabetism
analphabetism
noun
Illiteracy, the inability to read and write.
basiophthalmite
basiophthalmous
beldamship
bellmanship
benzosulphimide
bibliophilism
bibliophilism
noun
A love of books.
biophysicochemical
biophysicochemical
adj
(biology, chemistry) biophysical and biochemical
blaspheme
blaspheme
noun
Obsolete spelling of blasphemy
verb
(intransitive) To commit blasphemy; to speak against God or religious doctrine.
(transitive) To calumniate; to revile; to abuse.
(transitive) To speak of, or address, with impious irreverence; to revile impiously (anything sacred).
blasphemed
blasphemed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blaspheme
blasphemer
blasphemer
noun
One who commits blasphemy; a person who mocks or derides a deity or religion, or claims to be God.
blasphemers
blasphemers
noun
plural of blasphemer
blasphemes
blasphemes
noun
plural of blaspheme
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blaspheme
blasphemies
blasphemies
noun
plural of blasphemy
blaspheming
blaspheming
noun
An act of blasphemy.
verb
present participle of blaspheme
blasphemous
blasphemous
adj
Lacking piety or respect for the sacred. Resembling blasphemy.
blasphemously
blasphemously
adv
In blasphemous manner.
blasphemousness
blasphemousness
noun
The state or quality of being blasphemous.
blasphemy
blasphemy
noun
(by extension) An act of irreverence towards anything considered inviolable; the act of disregarding a convention.
An act of irreverence or contempt toward a god or toward something considered sacred; an impious act, utterance, view, etc.
blastophyllum
blennophlogisma
blepharemphysema
blepharism
blepharochromidrosis
blepharohematidrosis
blepharomelasma
blepharophimosis
blepharophimosis
noun
(medicine) A condition involving bilateral ptosis with reduced eyelid size, vertically and horizontally, a flat nasal bridge, and hypoplastic orbital rim.
blepharospasm
blepharospasm
noun
(medicine) A physiological condition characterized by recurring involuntary twitches or closing of the eyelids.
blepharosphincterectomy
blepharosymphysis
blepharosyndesmitis
blimpish
blimpish
adj
(often capitalized) Pompously reactionary, like Colonel Blimp.
Blimp-like in appearance or size.
blimpishly
blimpishly
adv
In a blimpish manner.
blimpishness
blimpishness
noun
The quality of being blimpish.
brachycephalism
brachycephalism
noun
Dated form of brachycephaly.
bryophyllums
bryophyllums
noun
plural of bryophyllum
bumbailiffship
buphthalmos
buphthalmos
noun
(medicine) Abnormal enlargement of the eyeball.
chamberlainship
chamberlainship
noun
The office or post of chamberlain.
comprehensibility
comprehensibility
noun
The characteristic of being comprehensible; clarity.
comprehensible
comprehensible
adj
Able to be comprehended.
comprehensibleness
comprehensibleness
noun
The quality of being comprehensible; comprehensibility.
comprehensibly
comprehensibly
adv
In a comprehensible manner.
cymbocephalous
dermophlebitis
epithelioblastoma
hemiablepsia
histocompatibility
histocompatibility
noun
The condition of being histocompatible
The toleration of grafts between genetically similar individuals
hyperalbuminosis
hyperalbuminosis
noun
Severe albuminosis
hyperanabolism
hyperbolism
hyperbolism
noun
(countable) An instance of hyperbole
(countable, geometry) A blow-up of a curve at a point.
(uncountable) The use of hyperbole
hypercatabolism
hypercatabolism
noun
An increased rate of catabolism.
hyperglobulism
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
hypermonosyllable
hypermonosyllable
noun
(prosody) A word of multiple syllables, such as "power", when presented (e.g. in poetry) as having only one syllable.
hypsibrachycephalism
impeachableness
imperishability
imperishability
noun
The quality of being imperishable.
imperishable
imperishable
adj
not perishable; not subject to decay; enduring permanently
noun
(in the plural) something that does not perish, or keeps for a long time
imperishableness
imperishableness
noun
The characteristic or property of being imperishable.
imperishably
imperishably
adv
In an imperishable manner.
incomprehensibility
incomprehensibility
noun
(countable) Something that cannot be understood.
(uncountable) The condition of being incomprehensible.
incomprehensible
incomprehensible
adj
impossible or very difficult to understand.
noun
Anything that is beyond understanding.
incomprehensibleness
incomprehensibleness
noun
The state of being incomprehensible.
incomprehensiblies
incomprehensibly
incomprehensibly
adv
In an incomprehensible manner.
lissamphibia
lissamphibian
lissamphibian
adj
Characteristic of these creatures.
noun
Any of the living amphibians of the subclass Lissamphibia, including the frog and salamander families.
lymhpangiophlebitis
lymphoblast
lymphoblast
noun
(US, cytology, oncology) An immature lymphocyte; they proliferate uncontrollably in lymphoblastic leukemia
lymphoblastic
lymphoblastic
adj
(US, cytology, immunology) Of or pertaining to a lymphoblast.
lymphoblastoma
lymphoblastoma
noun
(pathology) A blastoma of the lymph nodes
lymphoblastosis
lymphoblasts
lymphoblasts
noun
plural of lymphoblast
maplebush
metabisulphite
metabisulphite
noun
Alternative spelling of metabisulfite
metamorphosable
metamorphosable
adj
Able to undergo metamorphosis
metrophlebitis
metrophlebitis
noun
inflammation of the uterine veins
microblepharism
micropublisher
micropublisher
noun
A publisher of microform publications.
A publisher operating on a small scale, or for a niche audience.
micropublishing
micropublishing
noun
Publishing on a small scale, or for a niche audience.
The publishing of microform publications.
misalphabetize
misalphabetized
misalphabetized
adj
alphabetized incorrectly
misalphabetizes
misalphabetizing
misapprehensible
misapprehensible
adj
Able to be misapprehended.
mispublished
mispublished
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mispublish
nonamphibiously
nonblasphemies
nonblasphemous
nonblasphemous
adj
Not blasphemous.
nonblasphemously
nonblasphemousness
nonblasphemy
noncomprehensible
noncomprehensiblely
ombrophilous
ombrophilous
adj
(biology) Capable of thriving in areas of heavy rainfall
omphalophlebitis
omphalophlebitis
noun
(pathology) inflammation of an umbilical vein
palimbacchius
palimbacchius
noun
A metrical foot composed of two long syllables and one short one
pathometabolism
peachblossom
phlebemphraxis
phlebenterism
phlebograms
phlebograms
noun
plural of phlebogram
phlebometritis
phlebothrombosis
phlebothrombosis
noun
The formation of a blood clot in a vein independently from the presence of inflammation of the vein.
phlebotomies
phlebotomies
noun
plural of phlebotomy
phlebotomisation
phlebotomise
phlebotomise
verb
Alternative form of phlebotomize
phlebotomised
phlebotomised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of phlebotomise
phlebotomising
phlebotomising
verb
present participle of phlebotomise
phlebotomist
phlebotomist
noun
A practitioner of phlebotomy.
phlebotomus
phosphomolybdate
phosphomolybdate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) Any salt of phosphomolybdic acid
phosphomolybdic
phosphomolybdic
adj
Relating to phosphomolybdic acid or its derivatives.
phytalbumose
plumbership
polyphloisboioism
polyphloisboism
protohematoblast
pseudolamellibranchia
pseudolamellibranchiata
pseudolamellibranchiate
pseudorhombohedral
pseudorhombohedral
adj
Having the external appearance of being rhombohedral
publishment
publishment
noun
(US) A public notice of intended marriage, required by the laws of some states.
The act or process of making publicly known; publication.
pushmobile
pushmobile
noun
An improvised wheeled vehicle propelled by pushing, used in children's races.
pylethrombophlebitis
pylethrombosis
republishment
republishment
noun
Synonym of republication
rhombencephalons
rhombencephalons
noun
plural of rhombencephalon
semibiographical
semibiographical
adj
Combining elements of biography with fiction.
semibiographically
semibiographically
adv
in a semibiographical manner
semiblasphemous
semiblasphemously
semiblasphemousness
semihyperbola
semihyperbolic
semihyperbolical
sphenomandibular
sphenomandibular
adj
(anatomy) Relating to a ligament connecting the sphenoid bone and mandibular foramen that limits distension of the mandible in an inferior direction.
strephosymbolia
strephosymbolia
noun
A tendency, associated with word blindness, to twist or invert certain similar letters (such as b and d) when reading.