(uncountable, philosophy) A philosophy which holds that the universe is chaotic and irrational and that any attempt to impose order will ultimately fail.
altruisms
altruisms
noun
plural of altruism
amaurosis
amaurosis
noun
Any form of blindness that is accompanied by no obvious change to the eye; often the result of disease of the optic nerve.
ambrosius
aneurisms
aneurisms
noun
plural of aneurism
antiserum
antiserum
noun
(medicine) A serum prepared from human or animal sources containing antibodies able to counter certain diseases or toxins.
aquariums
armouries
armouries
noun
plural of armoury
auteurism
auteurism
noun
(film) A theory that considers a work of cinema or television as the work of its director, rather than of the actors or producers
authorism
authorism
noun
(archaic, uncountable) Authorship.
(countable, uncountable) A habit or practice of an author.
barnumism
bashmuric
brutalism
brutalism
noun
(architecture) Alternative letter-case form of Brutalism.
Brutal, violent behaviour; savagery.
cauterism
cauterism
noun
(archaic) The use or application of a caustic; cautery.
cerastium
cerastium
noun
(botany) Any of several plants of the genus Cerastium, such as mouse-eared chickweed
coumarins
coumarins
noun
plural of coumarin
curialism
curialism
noun
(derogatory) The view or doctrine of the ultramontane party in the Latin Church.
eudromias
firmarius
fluidrams
fluidrams
noun
plural of fluidram
franciums
franciums
noun
plural of francium
frugalism
frugalism
noun
The practice of being frugal.
gambrinus
geraniums
geraniums
noun
plural of geranium
graminous
graminous
adj
grass-like
humaniser
humaniser
noun
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of humanizer.
ignoramus
ignoramus
noun
(law, dated) A grand jury's ruling on an indictment when the evidence is determined to be insufficient to send the case to trial.
A totally ignorant person—unknowledgeable, uneducated, or uninformed; a fool.
verb
(law, transitive) To make such a ruling against (an indictment).
immatures
immatures
noun
plural of immature
impasture
impasture
verb
(archaic, transitive) To place in a pasture; to foster.
kirshbaum
labourism
labourism
noun
Support for the labour movement, the development of a collective organization of working people to campaign for better working conditions and treatment.
lurdanism
macrobius
malarious
malarious
adj
(medicine) Causing or relating to malaria.
(medicine, of a place or region) With malaria; where people may catch malaria.
mamisburg
manicures
manicures
noun
plural of manicure
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of manicure
maquisard
maquisard
noun
(historical) A member of a resistance or guerrilla movement, originally and chiefly that of the French during the German occupation of 1940-5.
marasmius
marbrinus
marbrinus
noun
(historical) A thick cloth of the 13th and 14th centuries, made from particoloured worsted interwoven so as to resemble veins of marble, and sometimes adorned with figures of animals etc.
marcianus
marquisal
marquises
marquises
noun
plural of marquis
plural of marquise
marsupial
marsupial
adj
(anatomy) Of or relating to a marsupium.
Of or pertaining to a marsupial.
noun
A mammal of which the female has a pouch in which it rears its young, which are born immature, through early infancy, such as kangaroos or koalas, or else pouchless members of the Marsupialia like shrew opossums.
marsupian
marsupian
noun
(obsolete) marsupial
marsupium
marsupium
noun
A brood pouch in some fishes, crustaceans and insects in the family Monophlebidae.
The external pouch in which female marsupials rear and feed the young.
masticura
mastigure
mastigure
noun
Any of the spiny-tailed lizards of the genus Uromastyx.
masuriums
mauritius
mauritius
Proper noun
in the Indian Ocean. Official name: Republic of Mauritius.
Main island of the nation of the Republic of Mauritius.
Given name; e.g.,
measuring
measuring
noun
Act of measurement.
verb
present participle and gerund of measure
mesoarium
mesoarium
noun
(anatomy) A peritoneal fold supporting the ovary and its blood vessels and nerves as the mesentery does the intestine; the mesovarium.
mirandous
mirandous
adj
(formal) Amazing; miraculous.
misaunter
mosasauri
muraenids
muraenids
noun
plural of muraenid
muralists
muralists
noun
plural of muralist
muscarine
muscarine
noun
(biochemistry) An extremely poisonous alkaloid, obtained from fly agaric, that disrupts the action of acetylcholine neurotransmitter.
musterial
mutesarif
myiarchus
nursemaid
nursemaid
noun
A woman or girl employed to care for children.
verb
(colloquial) To care for or look after.
To tend to as a nursemaid.
origanums
origanums
noun
plural of origanum
ossuarium
ossuarium
noun
A charnel house; an ossuary.
pastorium
pastorium
noun
(US, Southern US) A parsonage, in some Baptist churches.
pathrusim
pauperism
pauperism
noun
The state of being a pauper; poverty.
pluralism
pluralism
noun
(ecclesiastical) The state of a pluralist; the holding of more than one ecclesiastical living at a time.
(law) The existence of differing legal systems in a population or area.
(philosophy) The belief that a plural predicate refers to its individuals rather than to a collective.
(philosophy) The belief that values can be simultaneously antagonistic and incommensurable.
(politics) The acknowledgement of a diversity of political systems.
(politics) The belief that there should be diverse and competing centers of power in society.
(sociology) A social system that permits smaller groups within a society to maintain their individual cultural identities.
The quality or state of being plural, or in the plural number.
quagmires
quagmires
noun
plural of quagmire
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quagmire
quakerism
quakerism
Noun
The belief system of the members of the Religious Society of Friends, an ostensibly Christian religious denomination that began in England in the 17th century.
A behaviour, belief, etc. that is characteristic of Quakers.
querimans
ramequins
ramequins
noun
plural of ramequin
ritualism
ritualism
noun
The belief that it is necessary for rites or repeated sets of actions to be carried out.
rosariums
rosariums
noun
plural of rosarium
rumanians
ruminants
ruminants
noun
plural of ruminant
ruminates
ruminates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ruminate
ruralisms
ruralisms
noun
plural of ruralism
sacrarium
sacrarium
noun
(anatomy) The complex sacrum of any bird.
(historical) In Ancient Rome, a place where sacred objects were kept, either in a temple (the adytum) or in a house (holding the penates)
The area surrounding the altar of a Christian church; the sanctuary or piscina. Sometimes specifically a drain directly to the earth, perhaps including reference to a basin, for washing vessels from consecration.
samariums
saturnism
saturnism
noun
(medicine, dated) lead poisoning
scoparium
semilunar
semilunar
adj
Shaped like a half-moon; crescent-shaped.
noun
(anatomy) The lunate bone, or semilunar bone.
seminuria
seminuria
noun
Synonym of spermaturia
semirural
semirural
adj
Moderately rural; transcending both urbanity and province; developing
semiurban
semiurban
adj
Partially urban.
septarium
septarium
noun
(geology) A flattened concretionary nodule, usually of limestone, intersected within by cracks which are often filled with calcite, barite, or other minerals.
shinarump
simarouba
simarouba
noun
(botany) Any plant of the genus Simarouba.
simarubas
simulacra
simulacra
noun
plural of simulacrum
simulacre
simulacre
noun
A simulacrum.
simulator
simulator
noun
A machine or system that simulates an environment (such as an aircraft cockpit), often for training purposes.
One who simulates or feigns.
solariums
solariums
noun
plural of solarium
sphaerium
squadrism
squadrism
noun
(historical) A policy of violence by squads of Fascists in Italy after the First World War.
strumatic
strumatic
adj
scrofulous; strumous
submarine
submarine
adj
(baseball) Of a pitch, thrown with the hand lower than the elbow.
Existing, relating to, or made for use beneath the sea.
Hidden or undisclosed.
noun
(baseball) A pitch delivered with an underhand motion.
(informal) A stowaway on a seagoing vessel.
A boat that can go underwater.
A kind of sandwich made in a long loaf of bread.
Any submarine plant or animal.
verb
(intransitive) To operate or serve on a submarine.
(intransitive, automotive) To slide forwards underneath one's seat belt (during a crash or sudden stop).
(intransitive, sometimes figurative) To sink or submerge oneself.
(transitive) To torpedo; to destroy with a sudden sneak attack.
submatrix
submatrix
noun
(mathematics) A matrix formed by selecting certain rows and columns from a larger matrix.
sucramine
summaries
summaries
noun
plural of summary
summarily
summarily
adv
(duration) Over a short period of time, briefly.
(manner) In a summary manner.
summarise
summarise
verb
Alternative form of summarize
summarist
summarist
noun
One who summarizes.
summarize
summarize
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To give a recapitulation of the salient facts; to recapitulate or review.
(transitive, intransitive) To prepare a summary of (something).
surmisant
surmisant
adj
Aware through having made a surmise; suspecting.
surnaming
surnaming
verb
present participle of surname
targumist
targumist
Noun
The writer of a targum; one versed in the targums.
tartufism
tartufism
noun
Alternative form of tartuffism
trigamous
trigamous
adj
(botany) Having three kinds of flowers — male, female, and hermaphrodite — in the same flower head.
Living in or involving trigamy.
tripsacum
truantism
ultraisms
ultraisms
noun
plural of ultraism
umpirages
umpirages
noun
plural of umpirage
uniramose
uniramose
adj
(zoology) Synonym of uniramous
uniramous
uniramous
adj
Composed of only one branch.
unitarism
unitarism
noun
(politics) A unified and centralized system of government
unrealism
unrealism
noun
The opposite of realism.
unsimilar
unsimilar
adj
dissimilar
unsimular
urbanisms
urbanisms
noun
plural of urbanism
urinemias
urinemias
noun
plural of urinemia
uromastix
utraquism
utraquism
noun
(countable, rare) A term, phrase, or concept with multiple meanings.
(psychoanalysis, specifically) A method that uses analogy to draw on insights from both objective natural science on the one hand, and subjective psychology and social science on the other.
(rare) Alternative letter-case form of Utraquism.
The combination of two methods or fields of study.
variorums
variorums
noun
plural of variorum
vivariums
vulgarism
vulgarism
noun
(grammar) A word or term that is considered offensive or vulgar.
A spelling, word, or phrase used in common speech that is considered improper or incorrect for formal communication.
Editors of newspapers allow more vulgarisms to go to print today than they used to.