(medicine) Relating to or involving abiotrophy; relating to or involving the functional loss of an organ or cells not due to an injury.
abruptiones
absorptance
absorptance
noun
(optics, physics) Absorbed radiation and incident radiation in a ratio format; a measurement that shows how well a surface absorbs radiation.
absorptions
absorptions
noun
plural of absorption
albitophyre
alphabetary
alphabetary
adj
(obsolete) alphabetic; rudimentary
alphabetics
alphabetics
noun
(dated) The science of representing spoken sounds by letters.
alphabeting
alphabeting
verb
present participle of alphabet
alphabetise
alphabetise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of alphabetize.
alphabetism
alphabetism
noun
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.
alphabetist
alphabetist
noun
Someone who practices alphabetism, discrimination on the basis of the first letter of a name.
alphabetize
alphabetize
verb
(US, Canada) To arrange words or items in order of the first (and then subsequent) letters as they occur in the alphabet.
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
amphibolite
amphibolite
noun
Any of a class of metamorphic rock composed mainly of amphibole with some quartz etc.
anabaptisms
anabaptists
anabaptists
noun
plural of anabaptist
anabaptized
anabaptized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anabaptize
analphabete
analphabete
noun
(rare) Alternative spelling of analphabet
analphabets
analphabets
noun
plural of analphabet
anthophobia
anthophobia
noun
Fear of flowers.
antlophobia
antlophobia
noun
(rare) The fear of floods or inundation.
apometaboly
appointable
appointable
adj
Capable of being appointed.
approbating
approbating
verb
present participle of approbate
approbation
approbation
noun
The act of approving; an assenting to the propriety of a thing with some degree of pleasure or satisfaction; approval, sanction, commendation or official recognition.
approbative
approbative
adj
Expressing approval.
Sanctioning officially, giving authorization or approval to something.
noun
(linguistics) A word or grammatical form which denotes a positive affect expressing the appreciation or approval of the speaker.
approbatory
approbatory
adj
Tending to approve or confirm
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.
attemptable
attemptable
adj
Capable of being attempted, tried, or attacked.
backpointer
backstamped
backstopped
backstopped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backstop
baffleplate
bankrupting
bankrupting
verb
present participle of bankrupt
bankruptism
bankruptism
noun
(obsolete) bankruptcy
bankrupture
bankrupture
noun
(dated) bankruptcy
baptismally
baptismally
adv
In a baptismal way; through baptism.
baptistries
baptistries
noun
plural of baptistry
baptizement
baptizement
noun
(archaic) baptism
baroceptors
baroceptors
noun
plural of baroceptor
baronetship
baronetship
noun
baronetcy
basiophitic
basiotripsy
basipetally
basipetally
adv
In a basipetal manner.
basipoditic
basipoditic
adj
Relating to the basipodite.
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
bathyscaphe
bathyscaphe
noun
A self-propelled deep-sea diving submersible for exploring the ocean depths, consisting of a crew cabin similar to a bathysphere suspended below a float filled with a buoyant liquid such as petrol.
bathyscaphs
bathyscaphs
noun
plural of bathyscaph
bathysophic
bathysphere
bathysphere
noun
A spherical steel deep-diving chamber with perspex windows, in which persons are lowered to the depths by a cable to study the oceans and deep-sea life; the precursor to the bathyscaphe
batsmanship
batsmanship
noun
(cricket) A skilled or courteous display of skill as a batsman.
battipaglia
battlepiece
battleplane
battleplane
noun
An airplane for military use.
battleships
battleships
noun
plural of battleship
becarpeting
becarpeting
verb
present participle of becarpet
beneplacito
beneplacity
bespattered
bespattered
adj
covered in spots of splashed liquid
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bespatter
bespatterer
bespatterer
noun
One who bespatters.
bibliotaphe
bicorporate
bicorporate
adj
(heraldry) Having two bodies.
bicuspidate
bicuspidate
adj
Having two points or prominences (as teeth, leaves, fruit, etc.); bicuspid.
biographist
biographist
noun
(dated) A biographer.
bipaleolate
biparasitic
biparasitic
adj
parasitic on another parasite
bipartitely
bipartitely
adv
In a bipartite fashion; into two parts.
bipartition
bipartition
noun
Something that is bipartite
sharing or partitioning in two
verb
To partition into two.
bipectinate
bipectinate
adj
(biology) Having two margins toothed like a comb.
biperforate
biperforate
adj
Having two foramina or perforations
bipinnately
bipinnately
adv
In a bipinnate manner.
bipupillate
bipupillate
adj
(zoology) Having an eyespot on the wing, with two dots within it of a different colour, as in some butterflies.
birthplaces
birthplaces
noun
plural of birthplace
bistephanic
bistephanic
adj
(anatomy) Relating to, or connecting the two stephanions
bistipulate
blacktopped
blacktopped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blacktop
blastophaga
blastophore
blastophore
noun
(biology, obsolete) That portion of the spermatospore which is not converted into spermatoblasts, but carries them.
blastoporal
blastoporal
adj
(biology) Pertaining to a blastopore; blastoporic.
blastopores
blastopores
noun
plural of blastopore
blastoporic
blastoporic
adj
(biology) Pertaining to a blastopore; blastoporal.
blastospore
blastospore
noun
(mycology) A type of fungal spore produced asexually by budding.
blemmatrope
blepharitic
blepharitic
adj
Relating to blepharitis.
blepharitis
boatmanship
boatmanship
noun
The art of managing a boat.
boilerplate
boilerplate
adj
(aeronautics) Used to refer to a non-functional spacecraft used to test configuration and procedures.
Describing text or other material of a standard or routine nature.
noun
(UK) The rating plate or nameplate required to be affixed to a boiler by the Boiler Explosions Act (1882).
(computing) Standard text or program code used routinely and added with a text editor or word processor; text of a legal or official nature added to documents or labels.
(journalism) Syndicated material.
(skiing) Hard, icy snow which may be dangerous to ski on.
A plate attached to industrial machinery, identifying information such as manufacturer, model number, serial number, and power requirements.
A sheet of copper or steel used in the construction of a boiler.
Formulaic or hackneyed language.
verb
(transitive) To store (standard text) so that it can easily be retrieved for reuse.
bonapartean
bonapartean
Adjective
Of or pertaining to or his family.
bonapartism
bonapartism
Noun
The practices and ideology of
bonapartist
bonapartist
Noun
One attached to the of
Adjective
Of or pertaining to
botanophile
botanophile
noun
A person with an interest in botany.
bradypeptic
bradypeptic
adj
(medicine, dated) Having abnormally slow digestion.
brahmaputra
brahmaputra
Proper noun
A great river in India.
Noun
A domestic fowl, the Brahmapootra.
breakpoints
breakpoints
noun
plural of breakpoint
breastpiece
breastplate
breastplate
noun
(Judaism) An embroidered square of linen worn on the breast of the Jewish high priest, bearing twelve precious stones, each inscribed with the name of one of the tribes of Israel.
A piece of armor that covers the chest.
A piece of horse tack designed to prevent the saddle slipping backwards.
A piece of silicone in the shape of women's breasts worn by drag queens and other female impersonators to simulate a female body shape.
brontograph
brontograph
noun
A tracing or chart showing the phenomena accompanying a thunderstorm.
An instrument for making such tracings, such as a recording brontometer.
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
buprestidae
buprestidan
buprestidan
noun
(zoology, chiefly in the plural, dated) Any of a number of jewel beetles of the family Buprestidae, usually with shiny metallic colours.
butterpaste
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
catabaptist
catabaptist
Noun
One who opposes baptism, especially of infants.
celtophobia
celtophobia
Noun
Hatred against Celtic peoples.
coitophobia
coitophobia
noun
The fear of coitus, or sexual intercourse.
compactable
compactable
Adjective
Capable of being compacted.
compactible
compactible
adj
Capable of being compacted.
compatibles
compatibles
noun
plural of compatible
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.
copiability
copiability
noun
The quality of being copiable; ability to be copied.
culpability
culpability
noun
The degree of one's blameworthiness in the commission of a crime or offence.
decapitable
decapitable
adj
Able or fit to be decapitated.
depleteable
diaboleptic
disruptable
disruptable
adj
Capable of being disrupted.
drapability
drapability
noun
The degree to which a fabric can be draped.
ecblastpsis
embryophyta
emetophobia
emetophobia
noun
An inordinate fear of vomit or vomiting, especially in public.
enetophobia
enetophobia
Noun
A fear of pins and needles.
epalpebrate
epalpebrate
adj
(rare) Without eyebrows.
epibaterium
epibaterius
epiblastema
erotophobia
erotophobia
noun
Fear of sex; negative attitudes towards sex
exploitable
exploitable
adj
Able to be exploited, especially commercially.
Easily fooled; credulous.
noun
A person or thing that can be exploited.
haptoglobin
haptoglobin
noun
(biochemistry) A protein in blood plasma that binds free hemoglobin released from erythrocytes and thereby inhibits its oxidative activity.
haptophobia
holobaptist
hyperbatons
hyperbatons
noun
plural of hyperbaton
hyperbrutal
hypoblastic
hypoblastic
adj
of, or relating to the hypoblast
impalatable
impalatable
adj
unpalatable
implantable
implantable
adj
Capable of being, or designed to be, implanted (within the body etc.)
noun
A device that can be implanted surgically.
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.