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.
aberystwyth
aberystwyth
Proper noun
A town in Ceredigion, Wales.
abolishment
abolishment
noun
The act of abolishing; abolition; destruction.
absinthiate
absinthiate
verb
To impregnate with wormwood.
afterbirths
afterbirths
noun
plural of afterbirth
alphabetics
alphabetics
noun
(dated) The science of representing spoken sounds by letters.
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.
ambushments
ambushments
noun
plural of ambushment
analphabets
analphabets
noun
plural of analphabet
artsybashev
artzybashev
astraphobia
astraphobia
noun
An abnormal fear of thunder and lightning.
astrophobia
astrophobia
noun
A fear of stars and celestial space.
backstretch
backstretch
noun
(athletics, horse racing, car racing) Synonym of back straight (“straight part of a racetrack, running track, etc., opposite the finishing line”).
(exercise) An exercise that stretches the muscles of the back.
(figuratively) The middle part of an event.
(horse racing) An area next to a racetrack used to stable the racehorses and house employees.
baluchistan
banishments
banishments
noun
plural of banishment
baresthesia
baresthesia
noun
barognosis
baronetship
baronetship
noun
baronetcy
barthianism
basehearted
basiophitic
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
batrachians
batrachians
noun
plural of batrachian
batsmanship
batsmanship
noun
(cricket) A skilled or courteous display of skill as a batsman.
battleships
battleships
noun
plural of battleship
beachfronts
beachfronts
noun
plural of beachfront
beachmaster
beanshooter
beanshooter
noun
Alternative form of bean-shooter
bedlamitish
behaviorist
behaviorist
noun
One who studies behavior of humans or animals.
bequeathals
bequeathals
noun
plural of bequeathal
bichromates
bichromates
noun
plural of bichromate
biographist
biographist
noun
(dated) A biographer.
birdwatches
birdwatches
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of birdwatch
birthplaces
birthplaces
noun
plural of birthplace
bistephanic
bistephanic
adj
(anatomy) Relating to, or connecting the two stephanions
blackhearts
blackhearts
noun
plural of blackheart
blacksmiths
blacksmiths
noun
plural of blacksmith
blackthorns
blackthorns
noun
plural of blackthorn
blanchester
blastocheme
blastochyle
blastochyle
noun
(anatomy) The clear or shiny colorless fluid in the blastodermic vesicles.
blastophaga
blastophore
blastophore
noun
(biology, obsolete) That portion of the spermatospore which is not converted into spermatoblasts, but carries them.
blepharitis
bloodstanch
boatmanship
boatmanship
noun
The art of managing a boat.
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
brachiators
brachiators
noun
plural of brachiator
brahmanists
brahminists
branchstand
brattishing
brattishing
noun
(architecture) Carved openwork, as of a shrine, battlement, or parapet.
A brattice.
verb
present participle of brattish
breadstitch
breadthless
breadthless
adj
Without breadth.
breadthways
breadthways
adv
breadthwise
breadthwise
breadthwise
adj
directed across the breadth of an object or place.
adv
Across the breadth of an object or place.
breathalyse
breathalyse
verb
(chiefly Britain) Alternative spelling of breathalyze
breathiness
breathiness
noun
The result or product of being breathy.
The state or quality of being breathy.
broadcloths
broadcloths
noun
plural of broadcloth
broadsheets
broadsheets
noun
plural of broadsheet
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.
bushmasters
bushmasters
noun
plural of bushmaster
chalybeates
chalybeates
noun
plural of chalybeate
chastisable
chastisable
adj
Capable or deserving of chastisement; punishable.
choliambist
choliambist
noun
One who writes in choliambic meter.
chromoblast
chromoblast
noun
An embryonic cell that develops into a pigment cell.
cohabitants
cohabitants
noun
plural of cohabitant
corybantish
dithyrambos
dithyrambus
dithyrambus
noun
Alternative form of dithyramb
escheatable
escheatable
adj
Liable to escheat.
established
established
adj
(Model, procedure, disease) Explicitly defined, described or recognized as a reference.
Having been in existence for a long time and therefore recognized and generally accepted.
Of a religion, church etc.: formally recognized by a state as being official within that area.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of establish
establisher
establisher
noun
A person who establishes something.
establishes
establishes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of establish
ethambutols
exhaustable
exhaustable
adj
Misspelling of exhaustible.
exhaustible
exhaustible
adj
Capable of being exhausted.
featherbeds
featherbeds
noun
plural of featherbed
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of featherbed
fishability
fishability
noun
The quality or degree of being fishable.
gnathobasic
gnathobasic
adj
Related to, or characteristic of a gnathobase
gristhorbia
habiliments
habiliments
noun
plural of habiliment
habilitates
habilitates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of habilitate
habitancies
habitations
habitations
noun
plural of habitation
hamletsburg
handbaskets
handbaskets
noun
plural of handbasket
hartebeests
hartebeests
noun
plural of hartebeest
harvestable
harvestable
adj
Capable of, or suitable for, being harvested.
hattiesburg
heartbreaks
heartbreaks
noun
plural of heartbreak
heartthrobs
heartthrobs
noun
plural of heartthrob
hebeanthous
hebetations
hematobious
hematoblast
hematoblast
noun
Alternative form of haematoblast
hibernators
hibernators
noun
plural of hibernator
hobbistical
holobaptist
holoblastic
holoblastic
adj
(biology, of an egg) Cleaving, and separating into separate blastomeres.
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.
houseboater
houseboater
noun
One who lives in a houseboat.
hubbardston
hudibrastic
hudibrastic
adj
Alternative spelling of Hudibrastic
hyalobasalt
hyperbatons
hyperbatons
noun
plural of hyperbaton
hypoblastic
hypoblastic
adj
of, or relating to the hypoblast
inhabitants
inhabitants
noun
plural of inhabitant
inhabitress
inhabitress
noun
(archaic) A female inhabitant.
leatherbush
lymphoblast
lymphoblast
noun
(US, cytology, oncology) An immature lymphocyte; they proliferate uncontrollably in lymphoblastic leukemia
matchboards
matchboards
noun
plural of matchboard
nihilobstat
papaphobist
patchboards
patchboards
noun
plural of patchboard
phlebectasy
photostable
photostable
adj
Exhibiting photostability
plattsburgh
rabbitbrush
rabbitbrush
noun
Any of various plants in the family Asteraceae, including most species of Chrysothamnus and some Ericameria.
rechabitism
reestablish
reestablish
verb
(transitive) To establish again.
(transitive) To restore to a previously operational state.
rubythroats
rubythroats
noun
plural of rubythroat
sabbathaian
sabbathaist
sabbathless
sabbathless
Adjective
Having no Sabbath.
sabbathlike
scotophobia
scotophobia
noun
Fear of darkness.
scratchable
scratchable
adj
Capable of being scratched.
scratchably
scratchback
scratchback
noun
(UK, dated) A toy which imitates the sound of tearing cloth, used by drawing it across the back of unsuspecting persons.
scutibranch
scutibranch
noun
(zoology) Any member of the Scutibranchiata.
shaftesbury
shaftesbury
Proper noun
A in
An English
shatterable
shatterable
adj
That can be shattered.
sheathbills
sheathbills
noun
plural of sheathbill
shortbreads
shortbreads
noun
plural of shortbread
showboating
showboating
verb
present participle of showboat
sitiophobia
sitiophobia
noun
Alternative form of sitophobia
smotherable
smotherable
adj
That which may be smothered.
stablishing
stablishing
verb
present participle of stablish
staggerbush
staggerbush
noun
Any of the genus Lyonia of ericaceous flowering plants.
starchboard
stasiphobia
stasiphobia
noun
(rare) A morbid fear of standing upright.
stasophobia
staunchable
stenobathic
stenobathic
adj
(zoology) Able to live only within a limited range of depths (of water).
stomachable
stomachable
adj
tolerable; capable of being stomached; not so distasteful as to be unacceptable.