A book used to teach the alphabet; alphabet book; primer.
An inscription consisting of the letters of an alphabet, almost always listed in order.
abecedarius
abecedarius
noun
An acrostic poem in which the lines begin with the letters of the alphabet in sequence.
aberuncator
aberuncator
noun
A pruning device mounted on a pole, so as to reach high branches; a weeding machine.
ambuscaders
ambuscaders
noun
plural of ambuscader
arboraceous
arboraceous
adj
Abounding in trees.
Of or relating to trees.
archbuilder
articulable
articulable
adj
(of ideas, thoughts, etc.) Capable of being expressed clearly in language.
(phonetics, of words, linguistic expressions, etc.) Capable of being pronounced or expressed distinctly in speech.
bacciferous
bacciferous
adj
Producing berries.
bacteririum
bacteriuria
bacteriuria
noun
(pathology) The presence of bacteria in the urine
barbecueing
bareknuckle
barouchette
barouchette
noun
A light barouche.
bauckiebird
bechauffeur
becurtained
becurtained
verb
simple past tense and past participle of becurtain
bifurcately
bifurcately
adv
In a bifurcate manner.
bimolecular
bimolecular
adj
(chemistry) Relating to bimolecules
(chemistry, of a reaction) involving two molecules
consisting of two layers of molecules
bimucronate
bimucronate
adj
(biology) Having two mucros
buccaneered
buccaneered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of buccaneer
bucerotidae
bucerotinae
bucketmaker
bucketmaker
noun
A manufacturer of buckets.
buckwheater
buckwheater
noun
A poor and unskilled farmer.
bulborectal
bullwhacker
bullwhacker
noun
(US) The driver of a bullock team.
bureaucracy
bureaucracy
noun
(business, organizational theory) A system of administration based upon organisation into bureaus, division of labour, a hierarchy of authority, etc., designed to dispose of a large body of work in a routine manner.
(chiefly derogatory) Excessive red tape and routine in any administration, body or behaviour.
Government by bureaus or their administrators or officers.
The body of officers and administrators, especially of a government.
bureaucrats
bureaucrats
noun
plural of bureaucrat
burseraceae
bursiculate
bursiculate
adj
(botany) bursiform
bushwhacker
bushwhacker
noun
(Australia) A person who lives in the bush, especially as a fugitive; a person who clears woods and bush country.
(US) One who travels through the woods, off the designated path.
(US, historical) A guerrilla (of either side) during the American Civil War.
(dated) Someone who attacks without warning.
A small, soft-floored inflatable boat (designed for use by one or two people).
butyraceous
butyraceous
adj
Of, pertaining to or containing butter; buttery
callensburg
candelabrum
candelabrum
noun
A candle holder.
carabideous
carabideous
adj
Relating to the carabidans
carbolineum
carbolineum
noun
An oily, water-insoluble, flammable, dark brown coal tar mixture, formerly used to preserve wooden structures.
carbonnieux
carburetant
carburetant
noun
Any volatile liquid used in charging illuminating gases.
carburetest
carbureting
carbureting
verb
present participle of carburet
carburetion
carburetion
noun
The process, such as occurs in a carburetor, of mixing fuel with oxygen or air in appropriate proportion for combustion.
carburetors
carburetors
noun
plural of carburetor
carburetted
carburetter
carburetter
noun
Alternative spelling of carburetor
carburettor
carburettor
noun
(automotive, Australia, New Zealand, UK) Alternative spelling of carburetor (“device in an internal combustion engine”)
cartersburg
charbonneau
circuitable
coinsurable
columbaries
columbaries
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of columbary
conquerable
conquerable
adj
Capable of being conquered or subdued.
construable
construable
adj
That may be construed.
contubernal
contubernal
adj
(historical) Of a relationship between a male and female slave: sexual in nature and somewhat similar to marriage, but not formalized due to the parties being legally unable to marry.
(rare) Living in close proximity (as though sharing a tent); intimate, familiar.
corbiculate
corbiculate
adj
Having corbiculae
noun
Any bee that has a corbicula (pollen basket)
corrumpable
corrumpable
adj
(obsolete) corruptible
counterabut
counterband
counterbase
counterbase
noun
Archaic form of contrabass.
cumbernauld
cumbernauld
Proper noun
a town in council area, Scotland, a new town founded in the 1950s on the site of a village of the same name
curableness
curableness
noun
The quality or state of being curable.
curveballed
curveballed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of curveball
cutiterebra
decarburise
decarburise
verb
Alternative form of decarburize
decarburize
decarburize
verb
To decarbonize.
demibuckram
disturbance
disturbance
noun
(psychology) A serious mental imbalance or illness.
A noisy commotion that causes a hubbub or interruption.
An interruption of that which is normal or regular.
Something that disturbs.
The act of disturbing, being disturbed.
elucubrated
elucubrated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of elucubrate
elucubrates
elucubrates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of elucubrate
encumbrance
encumbrance
noun
(law) One who is dependent on another.
(property law) An interest, right, burden, or liability attached to a title of land, such as a lien or mortgage.
Something that encumbers; a burden that must be carried.
verb
(law) To apply an encumbrance to (property, etc.).
escarbuncle
escarbuncle
noun
(heraldry) A carbuncle.
eubacterium
eubacterium
noun
(microbiology) Any bacterium considered to be within the obsolete taxonomic subkingdom Eubacteria
excruciable
excruciable
adj
(archaic) Liable to torment.
excubitoria
excubitoria
noun
plural of excubitorium
extrabuccal
extrabuccal
adj
(anatomy) Outside of the mouth.
extuberance
extuberance
noun
A swelling or rising; protuberance.
exuberances
exuberances
noun
plural of exuberance
fabricature
fracturable
fracturable
adj
Capable of being fractured
gubernacula
gubernacula
noun
plural of gubernaculum
hauberticum
hebecarpous
hibernacula
hibernacula
noun
plural of hibernaculum
incicurable
incicurable
adj
(rare) Impossible to tame.
incumbrance
incumbrance
noun
(law) an interest, right, burden, or liability attached to a title of land, such as a lien or mortgage.
A burden; a thing that must be carried.
inscrutable
inscrutable
adj
Difficult or impossible to comprehend, fathom, or interpret.
noun
One who or that which is inscrutable; a person, etc. that cannot be comprehended.
irrecurable
irrecusable
irrecusable
adj
That cannot be challenged or objected to
irrecusably
irrecusably
adv
In an irrecusable manner.
lubricative
lubricative
adj
Assisting, or relating to, lubrication.
lumberjacks
lumberjacks
noun
plural of lumberjack
lumbricales
lumbricidae
macabresque
mouchrabieh
obscurative
obscurative
adj
Tending to obscure; making something unclear or abstruse.
orbiculares
orbiculares
noun
plural of orbicularis
orbiculated
orbiculated
adj
Alternative form of orbiculate
packbuilder
perturbance
perturbance
noun
perturbation
perturbancy
perturbancy
noun
Alternative form of perturbance
poundbreach
prebrachium
precludable
precludable
adj
That may be precluded.
produceable
produceable
adj
Alternative form of producible
purchasable
purchasable
adj
able to be purchased; available for purchase
affordable
quarterback
quarterback
noun
(American football, Canadian football) An offensive back whose primary job is to pass the ball in a play.
(American football, historical) An offensive back who receives the snap (hike) and then blocks the defense from crossing the line of scrimmage; a blocking back.
(rugby football, historical) A position just behind the forwards, or one who plays this position.
verb
(American football) To play the position of quarterback.
(by extension) To lead a team or group; to be primarily responsible for some group project or activity.
quebrachine
quebrachine
noun
An alkaloid, probably identical to yohimbine, from the quebracho tree
quebrachite
racquetball
racquetball
noun
(countable) A ball used for this sport.
(uncountable) A certain sport, similar to squash, but played with a bigger ball.
recarburize
recarburize
verb
(transitive) To carburize again; to restore removed carbon to.
recountable
recountable
adj
Able to be recounted.
recruitable
recruitable
adj
Able to be recruited.
Suitable for recruitment.
relubricate
relubricate
verb
(transitive) To lubricate again.
renunciable
republicans
republicans
noun
plural of republican
retouchable
retouchable
adj
Capable of being retouched.
retrobuccal
rubefacient
rubefacient
adj
Making red.
noun
(medicine) A substance for topical application that produces redness of the skin, e.g. by dilating the capillaries.
rubefaction
rubefaction
noun
The act or process of making red.
saarbrucken
scaberulous
scaberulous
adj
(botany) slightly scabrous or roughened
subaetheric
subarcuated
subarcuated
adj
subarcuate
subbranched
subbranches
subbranches
noun
plural of subbranch
subcarinate
subcarinate
adj
Almost or imperfectly carinate.
subcategory
subcategory
noun
(category theory) A subclass of a category which is itself a category, whose arrows are a restriction of the arrows of the parent category, and whose composition rule is a restriction of the parent category's
With respect to a given category, a more narrow category.
subcellular
subcellular
adj
Relating to objects or processes that involve parts of a cell.
Smaller than a normal cell.
subcerebral
subcerebral
adj
(anatomy) Beneath the cerebral cortex
subchairmen
subchairmen
noun
plural of subchairman
subchapters
subchapters
noun
plural of subchapter
subcreative
subcreative
adj
Relating to subcreation.
subcrenated
subcultrate
subcultrate
adj
Having a form resembling that of a colter, or straight on one side and curved on the other.
subcurative
subcurative
adj
(medicine) Insufficient to effect a cure.
subdeaconry
subdeaconry
noun
The office of subdeacon; subdeaconship.
subhatchery
subhatchery
noun
A lesser or subsidiary hatchery.
subliteracy
subliteracy
noun
The state or condition of being subliterate.
submatrices
submatrices
noun
plural of submatrix
subnacreous
subpectoral
subpectoral
adj
(anatomy) Beneath the pectoralis major
subradiance
subradiance
noun
(physics) The cooperative inhibition of spontaneous emission by a destructive interatomic interference
subsurfaces
subsurfaces
noun
plural of subsurface
subtracters
subtracters
noun
plural of subtracter
subtractive
subtractive
adj
Of a colour: from which some wavelengths have been removed.
Of or pertaining to subtraction.
subtruncate
subtruncate
adj
Nearly truncate.
subvertical
subvertical
adj
Partly or not quite vertical.
succourable
succourable
adj
Alternative form of succorable
trabeculate
trabeculate
adj
(botany) Having trabeculae; crossbarred
tuberaceous
tuberaceous
adj
Belonging to the Tuberaceae, a family of mycorrhizal fungi.
tuberculars
tuberculars
noun
plural of tubercular
tuberculate
tuberculate
adj
Having tubercles.
Tubercular.
tuberculoma
tuberculoma
noun
(medicine) A lesion associated with tuberculosis.
turbocharge
turbocharge
verb
(transitive) To increase the power of (an internal combustion engine, either Otto or Diesel cycle) by compressing the inlet air with power extracted from the exhaust air (through using a turbocharger).
(transitive, colloquial) To make faster or more powerful.