A form of articulation that allows considerable change in position and spatial relationship between the articulated parts, and which bones move freely upon one another; diarthrosis.
abhominable
abhominable
adj
Obsolete form of abominable.
abiotrophic
abiotrophic
adj
(medicine) Relating to or involving abiotrophy; relating to or involving the functional loss of an organ or cells not due to an injury.
abolishable
abolishable
adj
Capable of being abolished.
abolishment
abolishment
noun
The act of abolishing; abolition; destruction.
abranchious
abranchious
adj
Having no gills
acarophobia
acarophobia
noun
(medicine) The fear of itching or of small crawling insects that cause itching, such as mites or lice.
achroglobin
acrophobias
acrophobias
noun
plural of acrophobia
agoraphobia
agoraphobia
noun
(rare) An aversion to markets.
The fear of wide open spaces, crowds, or uncontrolled social conditions.
agoraphobic
agoraphobic
adj
Of, pertaining to or suffering from agoraphobia.
noun
One who suffers from agoraphobia.
agyrophobia
agyrophobia
noun
fear of crossing the street
ailurophobe
ailurophobe
noun
A person with an irrational fear or hatred of felines.
albitophyre
alphesiboea
amphibiotic
amphibiotic
adj
Describing insects that initially live in water but live on land as adults
amphibolies
amphibolies
noun
plural of amphiboly
amphiboline
amphibolite
amphibolite
noun
Any of a class of metamorphic rock composed mainly of amphibole with some quartz etc.
amphibology
amphibology
noun
(archaic) Amphiboly.
amphibolous
amphibolous
adj
(obsolete) ambiguous; doubtful
amphibryous
androphobia
androphobia
noun
Fear of or aversion to men.
anglophobia
anglophobia
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Anglophobia
anglophobic
anglophobic
Adjective
Having an aversion to England or the English.
anthophobia
anthophobia
noun
Fear of flowers.
antlophobia
antlophobia
noun
(rare) The fear of floods or inundation.
archbishops
archbishops
noun
plural of archbishop
archebiosis
archebiosis
noun
(biology) The origination of living matter from non-living; abiogenesis.
astraphobia
astraphobia
noun
An abnormal fear of thunder and lightning.
astrophobia
astrophobia
noun
A fear of stars and celestial space.
atelophobia
atelophobia
noun
The fear of imperfection or not being good enough.
bachelorism
bachelorism
noun
A manner or peculiarity belonging to bachelors.
Bachelorhood.
bachelorize
bachelorize
verb
To confer a bachelor's degree on.
To live the life of a bachelor; to socialize without a wife.
To live without neither spouse nor children; to live alone or with other single people.
To make into a bachelor; to deprive of a spouse.
To make or become typical of a bachelor.
badmouthing
badmouthing
verb
present participle of badmouth
baldacchino
baldachinos
baldachinos
noun
plural of baldachino
balloonfish
balloonfish
noun
The pufferfish; blowfish
ballyhooing
ballyhooing
verb
present participle of ballyhoo
bardolphian
barographic
barographic
adj
Measured using a barograph
baronetship
baronetship
noun
baronetcy
bashibazouk
bashibazouk
noun
Alternative spelling of bashi-bazouk
basiophitic
basophilias
basophilias
noun
plural of basophilia
basophilous
basophilous
adj
Alternative form of basophilic
bathofloric
batholithic
batholithic
adj
Containing or relating to batholith.
bathophobia
bathophobia
noun
The fear of depths
The fear of volumes with large depths such as stairways and deep caves.
bathukolpic
bathukolpic
adj
(rare) Deep-bosomed.
bathycolpic
bathycolpic
adj
Alternative form of bathukolpic
bathysophic
behaviorism
behaviorism
noun
An approach to psychology focusing on observable behavior which, generally assuming that behavior is determined by the environment and denying any independent significance for mind, largely ignores any pathophysiological processes which may, or may not, underlie subjective, behavioral phenomena.
behaviorist
behaviorist
noun
One who studies behavior of humans or animals.
behavioural
behavioural
adj
(British spelling) Of or pertaining to behaviour.
beshadowing
beshadowing
verb
present participle of beshadow
bibliograph
bibliograph
noun
Archaic form of bibliographer.
bibliophage
bibliophage
noun
(figuratively) A person who loves to read books; a bookworm.
A creature that consumes books’ physical contents.
bibliotaphe
bibliotheca
bibliotheca
noun
(obsolete) A library.
bicephalous
bicephalous
adj
(zoology) Having two heads.
bichromated
bichromates
bichromates
noun
plural of bichromate
bichromatic
bichromatic
adj
(mathematics) Describing a graph with edges of two possible colours.
(physics) Describing a spectrometer (or similar instrument or system) capable of analysing two wavelengths at the same time.
biochemical
biochemical
adj
characterized by, produced by, or involving chemical processes in living organisms
of, or relating to biochemistry
noun
a chemical substance derived from a biological source
biographees
biographees
noun
plural of biographee
biographers
biographers
noun
plural of biographer
biographies
biographies
noun
plural of biography
biographist
biographist
noun
(dated) A biographer.
biographize
biographize
Verb
To write a biography of.
biophysical
biophysical
adj
of or pertaining to a combination of biology and physics
of or pertaining to biophysics
bioresearch
bioresearch
noun
(biology) research in any of the biological sciences
birobidzhan
boarishness
boarishness
noun
the quality of being boarish
boatmanship
boatmanship
noun
The art of managing a boat.
bodhidharma
bodhisattva
bodhisattva
noun
(Buddhism) A person who has taken specific lay or monastic vows and who is on the road to perfect knowledge; specifically, one who foregoes personal nirvana in order to help others achieve enlightenment.
(Buddhism) An enlightened being existing in a form of existence beyond the ordinary forms of physical reality understood and acknowledged by scientific thought, resembling the Western notion of angels, but with a wealth of its own nuances and expectations. These include the compassionate working for enlightenment of all sentient beings.
bodhisattwa
bohemianism
bohemianism
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Bohemianism
bolographic
boltheading
bondmanship
bondmanship
noun
The state of being a bondman.
botanophile
botanophile
noun
A person with an interest in botany.
botheration
botheration
intj
A mild expression of annoyance or exasperation: bother!
noun
(countable) A person or thing that causes bother, inconvenience, trouble, etc.
(countable) An act of bothering or annoying.
(uncountable) The state of being bothered; annoyance, vexation.
boththridia
brachiation
brachiation
noun
(zoology) Movement by swinging the arms from one hold to the next.
brachiators
brachiators
noun
plural of brachiator
brachiopoda
brachiopode
brachiopods
brachiopods
noun
plural of brachiopod
brachiosaur
brachiosaur
noun
Any of several massive, herbivorous sauropod dinosaurs, of the genus Brachiosaurus, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.
brachiotomy
branchiform
branchiopod
branchiopod
noun
Any of the very many aquatic crustaceans of the class Branchiopoda, such as the fairy shrimps and water fleas.
branchiopoo
brochantite
brochantite
noun
(mineralogy) A basic copper sulfate mineral
bronchially
bronchially
adv
In a bronchial way.
bronchiolar
bronchiolar
adj
Of or pertaining to the bronchioles of the lung
buffalofish
bulgarophil
calciphobic
cardiophobe
cardiophobe
noun
A person who has cardiophobia.
celtophobia
celtophobia
Noun
Hatred against Celtic peoples.
charbonnier
charbonnier
noun
A species of fungus in the family Tricholomataceae, Tricholoma portentosum.
charbroiled
charbroiled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of charbroil
charbroiler
charbroiler
noun
A device for charbroiling; a chargrill.
chloriambus
choliambist
choliambist
noun
One who writes in choliambic meter.
choriambize
chrysarobin
chrysarobin
noun
(organic chemistry) A bitter yellow substance forming the essential constituent of Goa powder, and yielding chrysophanic acid.
clinophobia
clinophobia
noun
fear of going to bed
cnidophobia
cohabitancy
cohabitancy
noun
Cohabitation.
cohabitants
cohabitants
noun
plural of cohabitant
coinhabitor
coitophobia
coitophobia
noun
The fear of coitus, or sexual intercourse.
coprophobia
coprophobia
noun
A fear of feces.
corybantish
diabolarchy
dithyrambos
dorsibranch
dromophobia
elaphebolia
emetophobia
emetophobia
noun
An inordinate fear of vomit or vomiting, especially in public.
enetophobia
enetophobia
Noun
A fear of pins and needles.
ergophobiac
erotophobia
erotophobia
noun
Fear of sex; negative attitudes towards sex
fashionable
fashionable
adj
(archaic) genteel; well-bred
Characteristic of or influenced by a current popular trend or style.
Established or favoured by custom or use; current; prevailing at a particular time.
noun
A fashionable person; a fop.
fashionably
fashionably
adv
In a fashionable manner.
febriphobia
foliobranch
gallophobia
gnathobasic
gnathobasic
adj
Related to, or characteristic of a gnathobase
gristhorbia
gymnophobia
gymnophobia
noun
An inordinate fear or hatred of nudity.
habilitator
habilitator
noun
(US, obsolete) One who supplies money to work a mine.
habitations
habitations
noun
plural of habitation
habituation
habituation
noun
(psychology) The process of becoming accustomed to an internal or external stimulus, such as a noxious smell or loud noise.
The act of habituating, or accustoming; the state of being habituated.
haemoglobic
haemoglobin
haemoglobin
noun
(British spelling, biochemistry) Alternative spelling of hemoglobin
hagiophobia
hagiophobia
noun
The fear, dislike, or hatred of holiness and/or of holy things.
haphophobia
haptoglobin
haptoglobin
noun
(biochemistry) A protein in blood plasma that binds free hemoglobin released from erythrocytes and thereby inhibits its oxidative activity.
haptophobia
harbourside
harbourside
adj
Located on or near a harbour.
noun
(British spelling) An area (especially a residential area) near a harbour (often in the form of converted warehouses etc)
hebdomarian
hebetations
heliophobia
heliophobia
noun
Fear of sunlight.
hematobious
hereinabove
hereinabove
adv
Above this, in this document.
Earth and heaven (here and above).
hexabromide
hexabromide
noun
(chemistry) any bromide containing six bromine atoms in each molecule
hibernation
hibernation
noun
(biology, sleep) A state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression in some animals during winter.
(biology, sleep, space science) A hypothetical state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression in humans during long space flights.
(computing) A standby state which conserves power by writing the contents of the memory to disk and completely power off the computer, in order that one will resume the session from the disk.
hibernators
hibernators
noun
plural of hibernator
hierophobia
hierophobia
noun
Fear of what is religious or sacred.
higinbotham
hippophobia
hippophobia
noun
An irrational fear of horses or other hoofed animals like ponies, donkeys, or mules.