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.
amberfishes
amberfishes
noun
plural of amberfish
ambushments
ambushments
noun
plural of ambushment
amphibolies
amphibolies
noun
plural of 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.
bachelorism
bachelorism
noun
A manner or peculiarity belonging to bachelors.
Bachelorhood.
banishments
banishments
noun
plural of banishment
barthianism
batsmanship
batsmanship
noun
(cricket) A skilled or courteous display of skill as a batsman.
beachmaster
bedchambers
bedchambers
noun
plural of bedchamber
bedlamitish
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.
bellmanship
bergamasche
bichromates
bichromates
noun
plural of bichromate
blacksmiths
blacksmiths
noun
plural of blacksmith
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.
blastocheme
blossomhead
boatmanship
boatmanship
noun
The art of managing a boat.
bohemianism
bohemianism
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Bohemianism
bondmanship
bondmanship
noun
The state of being a bondman.
brachyprism
brahmanists
brahminists
bramblebush
brushmaking
brushmaking
noun
The manufacture of brushes.
buphthalmos
buphthalmos
noun
(medicine) Abnormal enlargement of the eyeball.
burghmaster
burghmaster
noun
(UK, mining, historical) An officer who directs and lays out the meres or boundaries for the workers.
A burgomaster.
bushelwoman
bushelwoman
noun
(US, dialect) A tailor's female assistant for repairing garments.
bushmanship
bushmanship
noun
The survival skills of a bushman.
bushmasters
bushmasters
noun
plural of bushmaster
chloriambus
choliambist
choliambist
noun
One who writes in choliambic meter.
chromoblast
chromoblast
noun
An embryonic cell that develops into a pigment cell.
dithyrambos
dithyrambus
dithyrambus
noun
Alternative form of dithyramb
ethambutols
habiliments
habiliments
noun
plural of habiliment
halberdsman
halberdsman
noun
Alternative form of halberdman
hamletsburg
harmonsburg
hematobious
hematoblast
hematoblast
noun
Alternative form of haematoblast
hemibasidii
herbariiums
homoblastic
homoblastic
adj
(biology) Developing from a single type of tissue.
(botany) Having leaves whose shape changes very little with the plant's or shoot's age.
homophobias
homophobias
noun
plural of homophobia
hyperbarism
lymphoblast
lymphoblast
noun
(US, cytology, oncology) An immature lymphocyte; they proliferate uncontrollably in lymphoblastic leukemia
malesherbia
marshbanker
matchboards
matchboards
noun
plural of matchboard
meshrabiyeh
meshrabiyeh
noun
(architecture) The latticed projecting windows of private houses, in Islamic architecture.
micawberish
misbehavers
misbehavers
noun
plural of misbehaver
misbehaving
misbehaving
noun
bad conduct or actions
verb
present participle of misbehave
misbehavior
misbehavior
noun
(American spelling) Action or conduct that is inappropriate, improper, incorrect, or unexpected.
phlebograms
phlebograms
noun
plural of phlebogram
rechabitism
rhabdomeres
rhabdomeres
noun
plural of rhabdomere
rhabdomonas
rhomboclase
rhomboclase
noun
(mineralogy) An acidic orthorhombic iron sulfate mineral.
shamblingly
shamblingly
adv
With a shambling motion.
smotherable
smotherable
adj
That which may be smothered.
stomachable
stomachable
adj
tolerable; capable of being stomached; not so distasteful as to be unacceptable.
subakhmimic
subchairman
subchairman
noun
A secondary or subordinate chairman.
subchairmen
subchairmen
noun
plural of subchairman
subfreshman
subfreshman
noun
(US, dated) A student preparing for the freshman year.
subharmonic
subharmonic
adj
(physics) Having a frequency that is a fraction of a fundamental frequency
noun
Such a frequency
subhymenial
subterhuman
subterhuman
adj
(archaic) Subhuman.
subthalamic
subthalamic
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the subthalamus
subthalamus
subthalamus
noun
(anatomy) Part of the diencephalon beneath the thalamus.