The fear of wide open spaces, crowds, or uncontrolled social conditions.
agoraphobiac
agoraphobiac
noun
One who fears open spaces, crowds, or uncontrolled social conditions.
agoraphobias
agoraphobias
noun
plural of agoraphobia
agoraphobic
agoraphobic
adj
Of, pertaining to or suffering from agoraphobia.
noun
One who suffers from agoraphobia.
agoraphobics
agoraphobics
noun
plural of agoraphobic
agyrophobia
agyrophobia
noun
fear of crossing the street
airbrushing
airbrushing
verb
present participle of airbrush
albedograph
alberghi
alberghi
noun
plural of albergo
albright
albrightsville
anemobiagraph
angrbodha
anthrohopobiological
anthropobiologist
anthropobiologist
noun
bioanthropologist
anthropobiology
anthropobiology
noun
bioanthropology
antiblennorrhagic
antiblennorrhagic
adj
(pharmacology) Countering or preventing blennorrhoea.
noun
(pharmacology) Any medicine that counters or prevents blennorrhoea.
antiburgher
antiburgher
noun
(historical, Scotland) A member of a faction of the Scottish Presbyterian Church that refused to take the burgess oath in 1747; since reunited.
archhumbug
archvagabond
aschaffenburg
attenborough
attenborough
Proper noun
A village in Broxtowe borough, Nottinghamshire, England.
autobiographal
autobiographal
adj
(archaic) autobiographical
autobiographer
autobiographer
noun
One who writes his or her own life or biography.
autobiographers
autobiographers
noun
plural of autobiographer
autobiographic
autobiographic
Adjective
Of or relating to a person's life or an account of a person's life, as told by the subject.
autobiographical
autobiographical
adj
Of or relating to a person's life or an account of a person's life, as told by the subject.
autobiographically
autobiographically
adv
In an autobiographical manner.
autobiographies
autobiographies
noun
plural of autobiography
autobiographist
autobiographist
noun
An autobiographer.
autobiography
autobiography
noun
(countable) A self-written biography; the story of one's own life.
(uncountable) Biographies of this kind regarded as a literary genre.
azygobranchia
azygobranchiata
azygobranchiate
backscratching
backscratching
verb
present participle of backscratch
bacteriopathology
bacteriophage
bacteriophage
noun
(microbiology, virology) A virus that specifically infects bacteria.
bacteriophages
bacteriophages
noun
plural of bacteriophage
bacteriophagia
bacteriophagic
bacteriophagic
adj
Of or pertaining to a bacteriophage.
bacteriophagous
bacteriophagous
adj
Pertaining to the predation and consumption of bacterium.
bacteriophagy
bacteriophagy
noun
The feeding on bacteria.
badgerbrush
badgerbrush
noun
The plant Symphoricarpos occidentalis.
bagheera
bagheera
Proper noun
A fictional panther character in Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book.
Noun
The deputy leader of a pack of Cub Scouts.
balanorrhagia
ballistocardiograph
ballistocardiograph
noun
An instrument which measures ballistic forces on the heart, producing a graphical representation of repetitive motions of the human body arising from the sudden ejection of blood into the great vessels with each heartbeat.
ballistocardiographic
ballistocardiographic
adj
Relating to ballistocardiography
ballistocardiography
ballistocardiography
noun
The science of the preparation and diagnostic interpretation of ballistocardiograms.
balneographer
balneographer
noun
One who writes descriptions of therapeutic baths.
balneography
balneography
noun
A description of therapeutic baths.
baragouinish
barasingha
barasingha
noun
Rucervus duvaucelii, the swamp deer.
barehanding
bargehouse
bargh
bargham
barghest
barghest
noun
(mythology, Britain) A legendary monstrous black dog, said to possess large teeth and claws, and (sometimes) to be capable of changing form.
(mythology, Britain) Any ghost, wraith, hobgoblin, elf, or spirit.
barghests
barghests
noun
plural of barghest
barhopping
barhopping
verb
present participle of barhop
barkleigh
barograph
barograph
noun
A type of barometer that continuously records air pressure on a sheet or rotating drum
barographic
barographic
adj
Measured using a barograph
barographs
barographs
noun
plural of barograph
barometrograph
barometrograph
noun
A form of barometer capable of recording the variations of atmospheric pressure onto paper.
barometrography
barothermogram
barothermograph
barothermograph
noun
An instrument for recording both pressure and temperature, as of the atmosphere.
barothermohygrogram
barothermohygrograph
barothermohygrograph
noun
A device for measuring atmospheric pressure, temperature, and humidity.
bathygraphic
bathygraphic
adj
Relating to bathygraphy.
bathyorographical
bathyorographical
adj
Of, embodying, or pertaining to elevation heights and pelagic depths.
bathythermogram
bathythermograph
bathythermograph
noun
A small torpedo-shaped device that holds a temperature sensor and a transducer to detect changes in hydrostatic pressure.
batrachophagous
batrachophagous
adj
Feeding on frogs.
bearhug
bearhug
noun
Alternative spelling of bear hug
verb
(transitive) To embrace in a bear hug.
bearhugs
bearhugs
noun
plural of bearhug
becharming
becharming
verb
present participle of becharm
befraught
befraught
adj
(rare) fraught
begarnish
beggarhood
beggarhood
noun
The class of beggars generally.
The condition of being a beggar.
beghard
beghard
Noun
One of an association of religious laymen living in semimonastic communities in imitation of the Beguines, and influenced by Albigensian teachings and by the
begorah
begorrah
begorrah
intj
(Ireland) Alternative spelling of begorra
bellhanger
benchmarking
benchmarking
noun
A performance measurement according to a benchmark.
verb
present participle of benchmark
benightmare
berchtesgaden
bergalith
bergamasche
berghaan
berghaan
noun
(South Africa) Verreaux's eagle (Aquila verreauxii)
berthage
berthage
noun
A place for mooring vessels in a dock or harbor.
bestraught
bestraught
adj
(obsolete) Distracted; mad, distraught.
bhagalpur
bhaktimarga
bhaunagar
bhavnagar
bibliograph
bibliograph
noun
Archaic form of bibliographer.
bibliographer
bibliographer
noun
A person who compiles bibliographies, or who studies bibliography.
bibliographers
bibliographers
noun
plural of bibliographer
bibliographic
bibliographic
adj
Of or pertaining to bibliography.
bibliographical
bibliographical
adj
bibliographic
bibliographically
bibliographically
adv
Concerning bibliography.
bibliographies
bibliographies
noun
plural of bibliography
bibliographize
bibliographize
verb
(transitive) To compile a bibliography of.
bibliography
bibliography
noun
A list of books or documents relevant to a particular subject or author.
A section of a written work containing citations, not quotations, to all the books referred to in the work.
The study of the history of books in terms of their classification, printing and publication.
bighearted
bighearted
adj
Noble, kind and generous
bigheartedly
bigheartedly
adv
In a bighearted manner
bigheartedness
bigheartedness
noun
The quality of being bighearted.
biobibliographer
biobibliographer
noun
The author of a biobibliography.
biobibliographic
biobibliographical
biobibliographical
adj
Of or relating to a biobibliography.
biobibliographies
biobibliographies
noun
plural of biobibliography
biobibliography
biobibliography
noun
A bibliography that also contains a short biography of the author
biogeographer
biogeographer
noun
A person engaged in biogeography.
biogeographers
biogeographers
noun
plural of biogeographer
biogeographic
biogeographic
adj
Of or pertaining to biogeography, the study of the geographical arrangement of plants and animals
biogeographical
biogeographical
adj
Of or pertaining to biogeography.
biogeographically
biogeographically
adv
In a biogeographic manner
With regard to biogeography
biogeography
biogeography
noun
(biology, geography, countable) The geographical distribution of a particular living thing.
(biology, geography, uncountable) The study of the geographical distribution of living things.
biograph
biograph
noun
(rare) A biographical essay.
An early device to show moving pictures on a screen.
verb
(rare, transitive) To write a biography of.
biographee
biographee
noun
One about whom a biography is written; the subject of a biography.
biographees
biographees
noun
plural of biographee
biographer
biographer
noun
The writer of a biography; a professional writer of biographies.
biographers
biographers
noun
plural of biographer
biographic
biographic
adj
biographical
biographical
biographical
adj
of or relating to an account of a person's life
biographically
biographically
adv
In the form of a biography.
biographies
biographies
noun
plural of biography
biographist
biographist
noun
(dated) A biographer.
biographize
biographize
Verb
To write a biography of.
biography
biography
noun
A person's life story, especially one published.
The art of writing this kind of story.
verb
(transitive) To write a biography of.
biophysiography
biophysiography
noun
The branch of biology that deals with the natural history of living organisms; descriptive biology.
biostratigraphy
biostratigraphy
noun
(biology, geology) The study of the stratigraphic distribution of fossils.
birdcatching
birdcatching
noun
The trapping of birds.
birdwatching
birdwatching
noun
(slang) The hobby of watching rocket launches.
Observing or identifying wild birds in their natural environment.
birmingham
birmingham
Proper noun
A city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England, with a population of over one million.
A city in Alabama, United States
A city in Michigan, United States.
birminghamize
birminghamize
Verb
To make ersatz
blathering
blathering
noun
Meaningless nonsense.
verb
present participle of blather
bleachground
blennorrhagia
blennorrhagia
noun
Excessive blennorrhea, or mucous discharge, especially as seen in gonorrhea.
blennorrhagic
blennorrhagic
adj
(pathology) of or relating to blennorrhoea
blephariglottis
blepharoplegia
blepharoplegia
noun
(pathology) paralysis of an eyelid
boardinghouse
boardinghouse
noun
Alternative spelling of boarding house
boardinghouses
boardinghouses
noun
plural of boardinghouse
boatwright
boatwright
noun
A maker of boats, especially of traditional wooden construction.