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.
amblyoscope
amblyoscope
noun
A reflecting stereoscope used to evaluate binocular vision
amblypodous
amboceptoid
amboceptoid
noun
(obsolete) A hypothetical form of amboceptor that has undergone a degenerative change and lost its cytophil or complementophile groups.
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
amphibrachs
amphibrachs
noun
plural of amphibrach
amphibryous
amphisbaena
amphisbaena
noun
(mythology) A mythical serpent having a head at each end of its body, able to move in either direction.
A member of a genus of lizards, native to the Americas, having extremities which are very similar.
amplifiable
amplifiable
adj
Capable of being amplified.
anabaptisms
apoembryony
apometaboly
attemptable
attemptable
adj
Capable of being attempted, tried, or attacked.
backstamped
bankruptism
bankruptism
noun
(obsolete) bankruptcy
baptismally
baptismally
adv
In a baptismal way; through baptism.
baptizement
baptizement
noun
(archaic) baptism
batsmanship
batsmanship
noun
(cricket) A skilled or courteous display of skill as a batsman.
bellmanship
bipedalisms
bipyramidal
bipyramidal
adj
Having the shape of a bipyramid
blasphemers
blasphemers
noun
plural of blasphemer
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.
blemmatrope
boatmanship
boatmanship
noun
The art of managing a boat.
bonapartism
bonapartism
Noun
The practices and ideology of
bondmanship
bondmanship
noun
The state of being a bondman.
brachyprism
bradyphemia
bradyphemia
noun
(medicine) abnormally slow speech
brahmaputra
brahmaputra
Proper noun
A great river in India.
Noun
A domestic fowl, the Brahmapootra.
bromcamphor
buphthalmia
buphthalmia
noun
buphthalmos; abnormal enlargement of the eyeball
buphthalmic
buphthalmic
adj
Exhibiting, or relating to, buphthalmia.
buphthalmos
buphthalmos
noun
(medicine) Abnormal enlargement of the eyeball.
buphthalmum
bushmanship
bushmanship
noun
The survival skills of a bushman.
campbellism
campbellism
Proper noun
The
campbellite
campbellite
Noun
A member of any of various religious groups historically descended from the nineteenth-century Restoration Movement.
Adjective
Of or pertaining to any of these groups.
campbellton
campbeltown
compactable
compactable
Adjective
Capable of being compacted.
compactible
compactible
adj
Capable of being compacted.
companiable
companiable
adj
(obsolete) companionable; sociable
compassable
compassable
adj
Capable of being compassed or accomplished.
compatibles
compatibles
noun
plural of compatible
compellable
compellable
adj
Capable of being compelled or constrained.
compellably
compellably
adv
By compulsion.
compensable
compensable
adj
Able to be compensated; entitling one to compensation.
compileable
completable
completable
adj
(mathematics, of a partial algebra) That can be expanded to a total algebra
That can be completed.
comportable
comportable
adj
(obsolete) Consistent; suitable.
comprisable
comprisable
adj
Able to be contained or classified.
comprizable
corrumpable
corrumpable
adj
(obsolete) corruptible
dromophobia
embryophyta
emetophobia
emetophobia
noun
An inordinate fear of vomit or vomiting, especially in public.
employables
employables
noun
plural of employable
epibaterium
epiblastema
fibrolipoma
fibrolipoma
noun
(pathology) A lipoma characterised by the presence of fibrous connective tissue
gymnophobia
gymnophobia
noun
An inordinate fear or hatred of nudity.
homophobias
homophobias
noun
plural of homophobia
hormephobia
hyperbarism
impalatable
impalatable
adj
unpalatable
impeachable
impeachable
adj
Able to be impeached (of a person).
That warrants impeachment (of an offence).
impermeable
impermeable
adj
Impossible to permeate.
Not allowing passage, especially of liquids; waterproof.
impermeably
impermeably
adv
In an impermeable manner.
imperviable
imperviable
adj
impervious
implantable
implantable
adj
Capable of being, or designed to be, implanted (within the body etc.)
noun
A device that can be implanted surgically.
implausible
implausible
adj
Not plausible; unlikely; dubious.
implausibly
implausibly
adv
In an implausible or dubious manner.
impleadable
impleadable
adj
Not admitting excuse, evasion, or plea; rigorous.
impoundable
impoundable
adj
Capable of being impounded.
impregnable
impregnable
adj
(figuratively) Too strong to be defeated or overcome; invincible.
(military) Of a fortress or other fortified place: able to withstand all attacks; impenetrable, inconquerable, unvanquishable.
Capable of being impregnated; impregnatable.
impregnably
impregnably
adv
In an impregnable manner; so as to defy attack.
impressable
impressable
adj
Alternative form of impressible
imprestable
improbation
improbation
noun
(law, Scotland) The act by which falsehood and forgery are proved; an action brought for the purpose of having some instrument declared false or forged.
disapproval
improbative
improbative
adj
Implying, or tending to, improbation; disapproving.
improbatory
lampblacked
lampblacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of lampblack
limnophobia
lipofibroma
lipofibroma
noun
(pathology) A benign fibroma characterised by ectopic fatty tissue in the dermis
lymphoblast
lymphoblast
noun
(US, cytology, oncology) An immature lymphocyte; they proliferate uncontrollably in lymphoblastic leukemia
maniaphobia
maniaphobia
noun
An abnormal fear of being distraught or mentally ill.
An abnormal fear of being insane.
manipulable
manipulable
adj
Gullible or susceptible to persuasion.
Suitable for, or able to be subjected to manipulation.
meprobamate
meprobamate
noun
(pharmacology) A carbamate derivative used as an anxiolytic drug.
metaplumbic
microphobia
microphobia
noun
A morbid fear of microbes.
monoblepsia
monoblepsia
noun
Alternative form of monoblepsis
motorphobia
motorphobia
noun
Fear or dislike of automobiles or riding in one.
nonpumpable
nonpumpable
adj
Not pumpable.
numberplate
numberplate
noun
Alternative spelling of number plate
obpyramidal
obtemperate
obtemperate
verb
(obsolete) To obey or to conform to the prescribed rule or law.
opobalsamum
opobalsamum
noun
Synonym of opobalsam
palmilobate
parabaptism
parabaptism
noun
A baptism not authorised by the established church
parabematic
peachbottom
pearblossom
pedobaptism
pedobaptism
noun
Alternative form of paedobaptism
perambulant
perambulant
adj
That perambulates; walking around.
perambulate
perambulate
verb
(intransitive) To walk about, roam or stroll.
(transitive) To inspect (an area) on foot.
performable
performable
adj
Able to be performed.
permissable
permissable
noun
Misspelling of permissible.
permittable
permittable
adj
permitted; permissible; allowable
philantomba
phlebograms
phlebograms
noun
plural of phlebogram
plebeianism
plebeianism
noun
The quality or state of being plebeian.
poneramoeba
postabdomen
postabdomen
noun
(entomology) The terminal segments of the abdomen of an insect, modified for reproduction.
(zoology) The part of a crustacean behind the cephalothorax.
postumbonal
praeabdomen
preambition
preambulary
preambulary
adj
Of or pertaining to a preamble; introductory.
preambulate
preambulate
verb
To walk before; figuratively, to precede.
preassemble
preassemble
verb
To assemble components prior to delivery or sale
preassembly
preassembly
noun
Assembly of a product in advance
prebrachium
precambrian
precombated
premissable
probabilism
probabilism
noun
(philosophy) The doctrine that, in the absence of certainty, probability is the best criterion.
(theology, chiefly Catholicism) The casuistic doctrine that, in difficult matters of conscience, one may safely follow a doctrine that is probable, e.g. approved by a recognized Doctor of the Church, even if the opposite opinion is more probable.
problematic
problematic
adj
(logic, dated) Only affirming the possibility that a predicate be actualised.
(sociology) Contributing (especially if subtly) to discrimination (such as racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, or ageism).
Difficult to overcome, solve, or decide.
Not settled, uncertain, of uncertain outcome; debatable, questionable, open to doubt.
a problematic analysis
noun
(chiefly in the plural) A problem or difficulty in a particular field of study.
procambiums
progambling
programable
programable
adj
Alternative form of programmable
publicanism
pubofemoral
pubofemoral
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the pubis and femur.
rebaptismal
rebaptismal
adj
Relating to rebaptism.
septembrian
spermoblast
spermoblast
noun
(biology) One of the cells formed by the division of the spermospore, each of which is destined to become a spermatozoid; a spermatocyte; a spermatoblast.