(countable) That which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction.
(obsolete, rare) Dissonance.
(uncountable) The quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment.
absurdly
absurdly
adv
In an absurd fashion.
The critics were absurdly extravagant with their praise.
To an extreme degree.
accursedly
accursedly
adv
(degree, somewhat dated) Damnably; extremely.
In an accursed manner.
acetylenediurein
acetylfluoride
acrodactylum
acrodactylum
noun
The upper surface of a toe
acromyodous
acromyodous
adj
Synonym of acromyodic
acrydium
adjudicatory
adjudicatory
adj
Of or pertaining to an adjudication.
adjuratory
adjuratory
adj
Of or pertaining to an adjuration.
adjutory
adjutory
adj
(obsolete) Serving to help or assist.
adminiculary
adminiculary
adj
(obsolete) Adminicular.
adrenomedullary
adrenomedullary
adj
Of or relating to the adrenal medulla.
adulatory
adulatory
adj
Exhibiting adulation; overly flattering.
adulterately
adulterately
adv
In an adulterate manner.
adulterously
adulterously
adv
In an adulterous manner.
adultery
adultery
noun
(biblical) Faithlessness in religion.
(biblical) Lewdness or unchastity of thought as well as act, as forbidden by the seventh commandment.
(ecclesiastical) The intrusion of a person into a bishopric during the life of the bishop.
(obsolete) Injury; degradation; ruin.
(obsolete) The fine and penalty formerly imposed for the offence of adultery.
(political economy) Adulteration; corruption.
Sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse.
adumbratively
adumbratively
adv
In an adumbrative manner
adventuresomely
adventuresomely
adv
In an adventuresome manner.
adventurously
adventurously
adv
In an adventurous manner.
aerohydrous
aerohydrous
adj
Composed of or containing air and water.
afterstudy
alumohydrocalcite
alumohydrocalcite
noun
(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing aluminum, calcium, carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.
amaryllidaceous
amaryllidaceous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to the family Amaryllidaceae of herbaceous, perennial and bulbous flowering plants.
amaryllideous
amaryllideous
adj
= amaryllidaceous
ambidextrously
ambidextrously
adv
In an ambidextrous manner.
amygdaliferous
amygdaliferous
adj
almond-bearing
androdynamous
androgynous
androgynous
adj
(of a connector or docking port) Able to connect to another connector or port of the same type, rather than being restricted to connecting to solely male or solely female connectors or ports.
Pertaining to a feature or characteristic that is not definitively of either sex.
Possessing qualities of both sexes.
Possessing the sex organs of both sexes.
androgynus
androgynus
noun
A hermaphrodite.
anhydrous
anhydrous
adj
(chemistry) Having no water of crystallization.
Having little or no water.
anhydrously
antejudiciary
anthrahydroquinone
antidysuric
antiproductively
antiproductivity
apodyterium
apodyterium
noun
(architecture, historical) The apartment at the entrance of the baths, or in the palestra, for getting undressed.
archduchy
archduchy
noun
The territory (principality) of an archduke.
archichlamydeous
archichlamydeous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to the Archichlamydeae.
arduously
arduously
adv
in an arduous manner
artiodactylous
artiodactylous
adj
(zoology) even-toed; of ungulates, having the weight borne about equally by the third and fourth toes
assuredly
assuredly
adv
In an assured manner; certainly.
asterospondylous
audiometrically
audiometrically
adv
By means of, or in terms of, audiometry.
audiometry
audiometry
noun
(medicine) The quantitative assessment of a person's hearing ability, especially by means of an audiometer.
auditorially
auditorially
adv
In an auditory manner.
auditorily
auditorily
adv
With regard to hearing.
auditory
auditory
adj
Of, or relating to hearing, or to the sense or organs of hearing.
noun
(archaic) Synonym of audience.
(archaic) Synonym of auditorium.
audrey
audry
audrye
aurichlorohydric
auricyanhydric
auricyanide
aurocyanide
aurocyanide
noun
(inorganic chemistry, uncountable) The complex anion, Au(CN)₂⁻, produced when gold is dissolved as part of the cyanide process.
autodepolymerization
autoheterodyne
autoheterodyne
noun
(dated, electronics) autodyne
autohybridization
autoradiography
autoradiography
noun
The process of making autoradiographs.
autotetraploidy
autotetraploidy
noun
The property of being autotetraploid.
autotriploidy
autotriploidy
noun
The condition of being autotriploid
ayurveda
ayurvedas
ayurvedic
ayurvedic
adj
Alternative spelling of Ayurvedic
ballyllumford
baudery
begrudgingly
begrudgingly
adv
In a begrudging manner; in a manner that is envious or reluctant.
bishydroxycoumarin
bishydroxycoumarin
noun
(organic chemistry) Synonym of dicumarol
blackguardly
blackguardly
adj
Characteristic of a blackguard.
blackguardry
bloodcurdlingly
bloodcurdlingly
adv
in a bloodcurdling manner
blunderingly
blunderingly
adv
In a blundering way; making mistakes.
blurredly
bodybuilder
bodybuilder
noun
(bodybuilding) A person who uses diet and exercise to build an aesthetically muscular physique, in order to compete in bodybuilding.
bodybuilders
bodybuilders
noun
plural of bodybuilder
bodyguard
bodyguard
noun
A person or group of persons, often armed, responsible for protecting an individual.
verb
(transitive) To act as bodyguard for (someone); figuratively, to protect.
bodyguarded
bodyguarded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bodyguard
bodyguarding
bodyguarding
noun
The profession of a bodyguard, protecting another from harm.
bodyguards
bodyguards
noun
plural of bodyguard
bodysurf
bodysurf
verb
To ride waves either without equipment or with a handboard.
bodysurfed
bodysurfed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bodysurf
bodysurfer
bodysurfer
noun
One who bodysurfs.
bodysurfers
bodysurfers
noun
plural of bodysurfer
bodysurfing
bodysurfing
verb
present participle of bodysurf
bodysurfs
bodysurfs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bodysurf
borofluohydric
botrydium
bouldery
bouldery
adj
(climbing) involving, or resembling, bouldering
Of, pertaining to, or containing boulders
boundary
boundary
noun
(cricket) An edge or line marking an edge of the playing field.
(cricket) An event whereby the ball is struck and either touches or passes over a boundary (with or without bouncing), usually resulting in an award of 4 (four) or 6 (six) runs respectively for the batting team.
(figurative, often in the plural) The bounds, confines, or limits between immaterial things (such as one’s comfort zone, privacy, or professional sphere and the realm beyond).
(topology) (of a set) The set of points in the closure of a set S, not belonging to the interior of that set.
The dividing line or location between two areas.
bounderishly
bounderishly
adv
In a bounderish manner.
brachydactylous
brachydactylous
adj
(zoology) Having abnormally short digits.
brachydodromous
brachypodous
bradbury
bradburya
bradyacousia
bradyauxesis
bradyauxetic
bradyauxetically
bradycauma
bradynosus
bradypus
bradyuria
bradyuria
noun
Unusually slow urination
bromodeoxyuridine
bromodeoxyuridine
noun
(organic chemistry) A synthetic nucleoside which is an analogue of thymidine; it is commonly used in the detection of proliferating cells in living tissues, where it competes with uridine
budgerygah
budgetary
budgetary
adj
Of or pertaining to a budget.
buirdly
buirdly
adj
(Scotland) Sturdy, well-built; solid, stocky.
bulbomedullary
bullyragged
bullyragged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bullyrag
bulreedy
buraydah
burdensomely
burdensomely
adv
In a burdensome fashion.
burgundy
burgundy
adj
Of a deep purple red color like that of Burgundy wine.
noun
(color) A dark red colour tinged with purple, like that of Burgundy (red) wine.
Alternative letter-case form of Burgundy (red wine).
butteryfingered
butyraldehyde
butyraldehyde
noun
(organic chemistry) The aliphatic aldehyde CH₃-CH₂-CH₂-CHO derived from butane
buzzardly
byproduct
byproduct
noun
Alternative form of by-product
byproducts
byproducts
noun
plural of byproduct
cadaverously
cadaverously
adv
In a cadaverous manner; like a cadaver.
caducary
caducary
adj
(law) Relating to escheat, forfeiture, or confiscation.
caduciary
carbohydraturia
carbohydraturia
noun
(pathology) The presence of carbohydrates (principally sugars) in the urine
cardiodysneuria
cardiopulmonary
cardiopulmonary
adj
(medicine) Of or pertaining to both the heart and the lungs.
caudatory
cerebromedullary
cerebromedullary
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the cerebrum and medulla.
chlamydobacteriaceous
chlamydosaurus
chlorohydroquinone
chondropharyngeus
chondropterygious
churchyard
churchyard
noun
A patch of land adjoining a church, often used as a graveyard.
churchyards
churchyards
noun
plural of churchyard
chylopericardium
chylopericardium
noun
(pathology) The presence of chyle in the pericardium
chytridiaceous
chytridiaceous
adj
(mycology) Belonging to the Chytridiaceae.
chytridium
clairaudiently
clairaudiently
adv
In a clairaudient way; by means of clairaudience.
cloudberry
cloudberry
noun
A species of slow-growing bramble, Rubus chamaemorus.
The fruit of these plants.
coldturkey
conductory
conductory
adj
Able to conduct (electricity, etc.)
condylarthrous
condylura
condylure
condylure
noun
The star-nosed mole.
consuetudinary
consuetudinary
adj
(law) Customary; considered law by virtue of the fact that it is generally observed.
noun
A ritual book containing the forms and ceremonies used in the services of a particular monastery, cathedral or religious order.
An unwritten law established by usage, derived by immemorial custom from antiquity.
contradictiously
contradictiously
adv
In a contradictious manner.
corduroy
corduroy
adj
Of a road, path, etc., paved with split or round logs laid crosswise side by side.
noun
(obsolete, Ireland, slang) Cheap and poor-quality whiskey.
A heavy fabric, usually made of cotton, with vertical ribs.
A pattern on snow resulting from the use of a snow groomer to pack snow and improve skiing, snowboarding and snowmobile trail conditions. Corduroy is widely regarded as a good surface on which to ski or ride.
verb
To make (a road) by laying down split logs or tree-trunks over a marsh, swamp etc.
corduroyed
corduroyed
adj
Dressed in corduroy.
Having a ribbed pattern, like corduroy.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of corduroy
corduroying
corduroying
verb
present participle of corduroy
corduroys
corduroys
noun
Trousers made from corduroy.
cordylanthus
corruptedly
corruptedly
adv
(rare) In a corrupted manner.
couderay
counterdifficulty
counterdifficulty
noun
A difficulty arising in response to another difficulty.