A book used to teach the alphabet; alphabet book; primer.
An inscription consisting of the letters of an alphabet, almost always listed in order.
abjurement
abjurement
noun
(rare) renunciation
abnumerable
abnumerable
adj
(mathematics) Not enumerable or denumerable; uncountable.
abumbrellar
abumbrellar
adj
(obsolete) Alternative form of abumbral
accumber
accumber
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To encumber; to crush; to overwhelm.
acetabuliform
acetabuliform
adj
(botany) Shaped like a saucer or shallow cup.
adnumber
adumbrate
adumbrate
verb
To foreshadow vaguely.
To give a vague outline.
To obscure or overshadow.
adumbrated
adumbrated
adj
(comparable) Foreshadowed.
(comparable) Obscured.
(heraldry) Depicted on a shield as an outline instead of a solid figure.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of adumbrate
adumbrates
adumbrates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adumbrate
adumbrative
adumbrative
adj
Of or pertaining to adumbration
adumbratively
adumbratively
adv
In an adumbrative manner
adumbrellar
aerobium
agrobacterium
agrobacterium
noun
A soil bacterium, of the genus Agrobacterium, which can fix nitrogen, and causes the formation of crown galls in plants.
albumeniizer
albumeniser
albumenizer
albumenizer
noun
One who albumenizes.
albumimeter
albuminiferous
albuminiferous
adj
Supplying albumen.
albuminimeter
albuminimeter
noun
An instrument for determining the quantity of albumen in a liquid.
albuminimetry
albuminimetry
noun
The measurement of the quantity of albumen in a liquid.
albuminometer
albuminometry
albuminorrhea
aldebaranium
aldebaranium
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) A rejected name for ytterbium.
alhambresque
alhambresque
Adjective
Made or decorated after the fanciful style of the ornamentation in the Alhambra palace, which affords an unusually fine exhibition of Saracenic or Arabesque architecture.
ambassadeur
amberiferous
amberiferous
adj
Containing or yielding amber.
amberous
amberous
adj
amber-coloured
ambidexterous
ambidexterous
adj
Misspelling of ambidextrous.
ambidextrous
ambidextrous
adj
(archaic) Practising or siding with both parties.
(humorous) Of a person, bisexual.
Equally usable by left-handed and right-handed people (as a tool or instrument).
Exceptionally skillful; adept in more than one medium, genre, style, etc.
Having equal ability in both hands; in particular, able to write equally well with both hands.
ambidextrously
ambidextrously
adv
In an ambidextrous manner.
ambidextrousness
ambidextrousness
noun
The state or quality of being ambidextrous.
ambisextrous
ambisextrous
adj
(humorous, sometimes offensive, of a person) Bisexual.
Epicene, androgynous.
Having both male and female, or masculine and feminine elements.
ambleocarpus
ambrosiaceous
ambulancer
ambulancer
noun
(military) A medic working in a mobile field hospital.
ambulatories
ambulatories
noun
plural of ambulatory
amburgey
ambuscader
ambuscader
noun
One who ambushes, or who is involved in an ambush.
ambuscaders
ambuscaders
noun
plural of ambuscader
ambusher
ambusher
noun
One who ambushes.
ambushers
ambushers
noun
plural of ambusher
amesbury
amesbury
Proper noun
a town in southern Wiltshire, England.
amphiboliferous
amphiboliferous
adj
(mineralogy) Bearing amphibole.
anaerobium
antebrachium
antebrachium
noun
(anatomy) The forearm
antenumber
antirepublicanism
antisubmarine
antisubmarine
adj
(military) Intended for use against submarines.
arboretum
arboretum
noun
A place where many varieties of tree are grown for research, educational, and ornamental purposes.
arboretums
arceuthobium
archicerebrum
aristorepublicanism
armbruster
armourbearer
armourbearer
Noun
One who carries armor for another.
arthrobacterium
aslumber
aslumber
adj
(poetic) Asleep.
aumbries
aumbries
noun
plural of aumbrie
auribromide
aurobromide
azumbre
azumbre
noun
An ancient measure of volume of liquids used in Castile, equivalent to 2.016 litres.
backcourtmen
backcourtmen
noun
plural of backcourtman
bacteririum
bacterium
bacterium
noun
(microbiology) A single-celled organism with cell walls but no nucleus or organelles.
balsamiferous
balsamiferous
adj
That yields balsam
baluchitherium
barlafumble
barlafumble
intj
(Scotland, obsolete) A cry for peace or truce in children's games.
barnumesque
barnumesque
Adjective
Reminiscent of (1810–1891), American showman and businessman remembered for promoting celebrated hoaxes and for founding a circus.
barnumize
barnumize
verb
Alternative form of Barnumize
barquisimeto
barramundies
bartholomeus
basipterygium
basipterygium
noun
A cartilage at the base of the fins of some fish that develops into the metapterygium upon maturity.
batrachospermum
baumeister
baumhauerite
baumhauerite
noun
(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing arsenic, lead, and sulfur.
baumier
beaumarchais
beclamour
beclamour
verb
Alternative form of beclamor
becumber
befrumple
beglamour
beglamour
verb
To bedazzle; to deceive as if by magic.
To make glamorous.
beglamoured
beglamoured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beglamour
beglamouring
beglamouring
verb
present participle of beglamour
behaviourism
behaviourism
noun
(British spelling) Standard spelling of behaviorism.
belamour
belamour
noun
(obsolete) A loved one; a darling, lover.
beleaguerment
beleaguerment
noun
The fact or state of beleaguering; a state of blockade or siege.
bemourn
bemourn
verb
(transitive, rare) To weep or mourn over.
bemurmur
bemurmure
bemurmured
bemurmuring
bemurmurs
benzocoumaran
benzopyrylium
benzopyrylium
noun
(organic chemistry) An aromatic bicyclic ion or salt containing a benzene ring fused to a pyrylium ion
berkelium
berkelium
noun
A transuranic chemical element (symbol Bk) with an atomic number of 97.
bermuda
bermudan
bermudan
Noun
A person from Bermuda or of Bermudian descent.
Adjective
Of, from, or pertaining to Bermuda, or the Bermudian peoples.
bermudas
bermudian
bermudian
Adjective
Of, from, or pertaining to Bermuda, or the Bermudian people.
Personal legal status equivalent to citizenship for the country of Bermuda.
Noun
A person from Bermuda or of Bermudian descent.
bermudians
bermudite
bertrum
beryllium
beryllium
noun
The chemical element (symbol Be) with an atomic number of 4; a soft silvery-white low density alkaline earth metal with specialist industrial applications.
betrumpet
betrumpet
verb
(transitive) To trumpet about; trumpet the praise of.
betulinamaric
beuniformed
beuniformed
adj
(dated) Wearing a uniform.
bilirubinemia
bilirubinemia
noun
(medicine) The presence of bilirubin in the blood
bimolecular
bimolecular
adj
(chemistry) Relating to bimolecules
(chemistry, of a reaction) involving two molecules
consisting of two layers of molecules
bimolecularly
bimolecularly
adv
In bimolecular terms.
bimucronate
bimucronate
adj
(biology) Having two mucros
binomenclature
bioinstrument
bioinstrument
noun
Any device, attached to the body, that is used in bioinstrumentation
bioinstrumentation
bioinstrumentation
noun
The use of sensors attached to or embedded in the body to remotely monitor physiological function
biomolecular
biomolecular
adj
(biochemistry) Relating to biomolecules (especially macromolecules)
birdmouthed
biscuitmaker
bismerpund
bismerpund
noun
(historical) An old Swedish unit of weight, equivalent to 5.101 kilograms.
bismuthiferous
bismuthiferous
adj
Containing or producing bismuth.
bismutosphaerite
bitterbump
bituminiferous
bituminiferous
adj
Producing bitumen.
blabbermouth
blabbermouth
noun
(aviation) A kind of foam-dispensing nozzle used in firefighting at airports.
(informal) A gossip.
(informal) A person who talks excessively.
blabbermouths
blabbermouths
noun
plural of blabbermouth
blubberman
bluebeardism
blundersome
blundersome
adj
Apt or prone to cause blunders; troublesome; difficult; problematic.
Indicating or marked by blunders or mistakes; messed-up.
boedromius
bonaventurism
boreum
boroughmaster
boroughmaster
noun
The mayor, governor, or bailiff of a borough.
boroughmonger
boroughmonger
noun
One who buys or sells the parliamentary seats of boroughs.
boroughmongering
boroughmongering
noun
The practices of a boroughmonger.
boroughmongery
boroughmongery
Noun
The practices of a boroughmonger.
boucherism
bouleversement
bouleversement
noun
Complete overthrow; reversal; turmoil
bournemouth
bournemouth
Proper noun
A large town in Dorset, England
brabejum
brachiorrheuma
bramantesque
bramblebush
branchiopulmonate
braquemard
braquemard
noun
a short, thick, double-edged sword
breastsummer
breastsummer
noun
(architecture) Alternative spelling of bressummer
breekums
bremsstrahlung
bremsstrahlung
noun
The electromagnetic radiation produced by the deceleration of a charged particle, such as an electron, when it is deflected by another charged particle, such as an atomic nucleus.
bressummer
bressummer
noun
(architecture) A large, horizontal supporting beam which bears the weight of a wall starting on a first or higher floor, particularly when exposed or used to support a jetty (timber-frame overhang construction).
brimfullness
brimfulness
brimfulness
noun
Quality of being brimful.
bristlemouth
bristlemouth
noun
A member of Gonostomatidae, a family of deep-water marine fish.
A member of one of several of the species of oceanic ray-finned fish in genera Argyripnus or Maurolicus in the family Sternoptychidae.
bristlemouths
bristlemouths
noun
plural of bristlemouth
bromaurate
bromeliaceous
bromeliaceous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to the family Bromeliaceae of flowering plants