One who fears open spaces, crowds, or uncontrolled social conditions.
agoraphobias
agoraphobias
noun
plural of agoraphobia
agoraphobics
agoraphobics
noun
plural of agoraphobic
amphibiology
amphibiology
noun
The branch of science that deals with amphibious animals.
anginophobia
anginophobia
noun
A fear of angina; The irrational fear of choking, angina or narrowing of the throat. This is mainly caused by experience or being a witness to someone choking.
anglophobiac
anglophobist
anthobiology
archvagabond
attenborough
attenborough
Proper noun
A village in Broxtowe borough, Nottinghamshire, England.
backchecking
backchecking
verb
present participle of backcheck
backlighting
backlighting
noun
The illumination of a photographic subject from the rear, causing edges to glow while other areas remain in shadow.
verb
present participle of backlight
ballhandling
ballhandling
noun
(basketball) Skillful handling of the basketball when dribbling, passing or receiving
balneography
balneography
noun
A description of therapeutic baths.
bantamweight
bantamweight
noun
(boxing) A weight class in boxing and other sports, intermediate between flyweight and featherweight. In boxing it ranges from 112 to 118 pounds (51 to 54 kg).
A boxer or other competitor of this weight.
baragouinish
bathygraphic
bathygraphic
adj
Relating to bathygraphy.
bathypelagic
bathypelagic
adj
(oceanography) Of or pertaining to the parts of the oceans at depths between 1000 and 4000 meters deep.
beachcombing
beachcombing
noun
An item found lying near the sea; marine salvage.
The lifestyle and habits of a beachcomber.
verb
present participle of beachcomb
bellyflaught
benchmarking
benchmarking
noun
A performance measurement according to a benchmark.
verb
present participle of benchmark
beneighbored
berlichingen
beseechingly
beseechingly
adv
In a beseeching manner.
bewitchingly
bewitchingly
adv
In a bewitching manner
bibliography
bibliography
noun
A list of books or documents relevant to a particular subject or author.
A section of a written work containing citations, not quotations, to all the books referred to in the work.
The study of the history of books in terms of their classification, printing and publication.
bibliophagic
bibliophagic
adj
devouring books (literally or figuratively)
bigheartedly
bigheartedly
adv
In a bighearted manner
biogeography
biogeography
noun
(biology, geography, countable) The geographical distribution of a particular living thing.
(biology, geography, uncountable) The study of the geographical distribution of living things.
biographical
biographical
adj
of or relating to an account of a person's life
birdcatching
birdcatching
noun
The trapping of birds.
birdwatching
birdwatching
noun
(slang) The hobby of watching rocket launches.
Observing or identifying wild birds in their natural environment.
blackfishing
blackfishing
noun
(slang, of a non-black person) The practice of appropriating signifiers of black identity, such as darkening the skin, or wearing traditionally black hairstyles.
verb
present participle of blackfish
blackwashing
blackwashing
noun
(derogatory) The revisionist portrayal of something as belonging to a black race of people.
(derogatory) The revisionist portrayal of something as evil.
The application of a coating of blackwash.
verb
present participle of blackwash
bleachground
blowtorching
blowtorching
verb
present participle of blowtorch
bodychecking
bodychecking
verb
present participle of bodycheck
bohnenberger
bolshevizing
bolshevizing
verb
present participle of bolshevize
bonefishings
borghalpenny
brachigerous
brachygraphy
brachygraphy
noun
(obsolete) A system of writing using abbreviations or special characters; shorthand.
brachylogies
brachystegia
brainwashing
brainwashing
noun
Alternative spelling of brain-washing
verb
present participle of brainwash
brainwashjng
brandenburgh
braunschweig
braunschweig
Proper noun
a city in Lower Saxony, Germany; Brunswick
breakthrough
breakthrough
adj
(immunology) Involving the contraction of a disease by a person with a decreased susceptibility, such as a person who has been vaccinated to help prevent that disease.
(medicine) The emergence or one or more symptoms of a condition despite medication or other medical treatment.
Characterized by major progress or overcoming some obstacle.
noun
(construction) The penetration of a separating wall or the remaining distance to an adjacent hollow (a crosscut in mining) or between two parts of a tunnel build from both ends; knockthrough.
(military) An advance through and past enemy lines.
(sports) The penetration of the opposition's defence.
Any major progress; such as a great innovation or discovery that overcomes a significant obstacle.
breastheight
breastplough
breastplough
noun
A kind of plough, worked by handles near the worker's breast, and in some types by pushing with the breast/chest, by which ploughing can be done by hand (without a draft animal), albeit more slowly and difficultly, or by which turf (peat) can be cut for fuel; the type commonly used in preindustrial Britain is analogous to a spade with a large T-shaped handle gripped with both hands.
breathtaking
breathtaking
adj
Very surprising or shocking; to such a degree as to cause astonishment.
stunningly beautiful; amazing
brigandishly
brigandishly
adv
In a brigandish manner.
brightnesses
brightnesses
noun
plural of brightness
brightwaters
bronchogenic
bronchogenic
adj
Originating in the bronchus.
bullfighters
bullfighters
noun
plural of bullfighter
bullfighting
bullfighting
noun
A traditional spectacle, popular in Spain and many former Spanish colonies, in which a matador manipulates and ultimately kills a bull at close range.
bullshitting
bullshitting
verb
present participle of bullshit
bullwhipping
bullwhipping
noun
A beating with a bullwhip.
verb
present participle of bullwhip
bunchgrasses
bunchgrasses
noun
plural of bunchgrass
burghalpenny
bushfighting
bushfighting
noun
Fighting in the bush, or from behind bushes, trees, or thickets.
bushrangings
bushwhacking
bushwhacking
noun
criticizing, by someone or a person(s), on policies and stances by George W. Bush, in forums and discussions
fighting, as a guerilla, especially in wooded country
travelling through thick wooded country, cutting away scrub to make progress
verb
present participle of bushwhack
butterwright
buttonholing
buttonholing
noun
The act of detaining someone in conversation against his or her will.
verb
present participle of buttonhole
challengable
challengable
adj
Alternative form of challengeable
chambersburg
charbroiling
charbroiling
verb
present participle of charbroil
cheeseburger
cheeseburger
noun
(military, slang) The BLU-82 bomb.
A hamburger containing cheese (usually one or more slices of processed cheese).
chemisorbing
chemisorbing
verb
present participle of chemisorb
chemosorbing
chemosorbing
verb
present participle of chemosorb
childbearing
childbearing
adj
Of, pertaining to, or suitable for childbirth
noun
The process of giving birth; pregnancy and parturition
childersburg
climbingfish
cobridgehead
copublishing
copublishing
verb
present participle of copublish
denbighshire
denbighshire
Proper noun
A maritime traditional county of Wales, bounded to the north by the Irish Sea, to the east by Flintshire, Cheshire and Shropshire, to the south by Montgomeryshire and Merionethshire, and to the west by Caernarfonshire.
A local government principal area, bordered by Wrexham, Flintshire, Conwy, Gwynedd and Powys.
disbranching
disbranching
verb
present participle of disbranch
doughbellies
draughtboard
draughtboard
noun
A checkerboard used to play draughts.
earthgrubber
embellishing
embellishing
noun
An embellishment.
verb
present participle of embellish
embryography
embryography
noun
The scientific description of embryos.
establishing
establishing
noun
The act by which something is established; establishment.
verb
present participle of establish
ethnobiology
ethnobiology
noun
(biology) The study of the relationships between plants and animals and human cultures
exchangeable
exchangeable
adj
(finance) Having an associated right to be exchanged for another form of financial security.
Able to be exchanged.
noun
(finance) Any financial instrument with an associated right to be exchanged for another form of financial security.
exchangeably
exchangeably
adv
By way of exchange.
extraburghal
extraburghal
adj
(UK) Outside of a burgh or borough.
fishybacking
forthbringer
forthbringer
noun
One who or that which brings forth.
forthbrought
forthbrought
verb
simple past tense and past participle of forthbring
frightenable
frightenable
adj
Capable of being frightened.
gabrielrache
gainsborough
gainsborough
Proper noun
A town in Lincolnshire, England.
A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.
gaithersburg
galbraithian
gametophobia
gametophobia
noun
The fear of marriage.
garrnishable
germanophobe
ghibellinism
gibbergunyah
globicephala
glossophobia
glossophobia
noun
Speech anxiety
The fear of public speaking.
gompholobium
graphophobia
graphophobia
noun
Fear or dislike of writing.
greenthumbed
gringophobia
gringophobia
noun
Fear or hatred of gringos.
guestchamber
guestchamber
noun
A chamber for the purpose of housing a guest; a guestroom.
guidebookish
guidebookish
adj
Having the tone or style of a guidebook.
habilitating
habilitating
verb
present participle of habilitate
haptoglobins
haptoglobins
noun
plural of haptoglobin
harbingering
harbingering
verb
present participle of harbinger
hardenbergia
harrisonburg
harrisonburg
Proper noun
a village in Louisiana, USA
an independent city in Virginia, USA, which is the county seat of
heartburning
heartburning
noun
Secret enmity; discountent.
hedenbergite
hedenbergite
noun
(mineralogy) The iron-rich endmember of the pyroxene group having a monoclinic crystal system.
hedgebreaker
heliogabalus
heliogabalus
Proper noun
A Roman emperor of the Severan dynasty who reigned from 218 to 222. He was known for perverse and decadent behavior with regard especially to sex, religion, and food.
hemoglobinic
hemoglobulin
hemoglobulin
noun
Synonym of hemoglobin
herringboned
herringboned
adj
Having a herringbone (zigzag) pattern.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of herringbone
herringbones
herringbones
noun
plural of herringbone
higginbotham
highbrowisms
highbrowisms
noun
plural of highbrowism
hillsborough
hillsborough
Proper noun
A number of places in English-speaking countries, see Wikipedia:Hillsborough
A major football disaster at the Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield.
the home stadium of Sheffield Wednesday Football Club
Sheffield Wednesday Football Club itself.
homebuilding
homebuilding
noun
The part of the construction industry concerned with building individual homes.
honeycombing
honeycombing
noun
A honeycomb pattern or structure.
verb
present participle of honeycomb
houseboating
houseboating
noun
The practice of living and/or travelling in a houseboat.
hubertusburg
humbuggeries
humbuggeries
noun
plural of humbuggery
hummingbirds
hummingbirds
noun
plural of hummingbird
hydrobiology
hydrobiology
noun
(biology) The study of the biology of the organisms that inhabit bodies of water.
hyperalgebra
hyperalgebra
noun
(mathematics) The formal group ring of a formal group law.
hypoglobulia
hypoglobulia
noun
The presence of an abnormally low count of red blood cells in the blood.
iambographer
iambographer
noun
A poet who writes iambic verse.
inchangeable
ingleborough
interborough
interborough
adj
Between boroughs.
johannesburg
johannesburg
Proper noun
The largest city of South Africa.
jonesborough
laughability
laughability
noun
laughableness
lightbrained
lightningbug
loughborough
loughborough
Proper noun
a small town in Leicestershire, England
lyndeborough
marshallberg
muhlenbergia
negrophobiac
negrophobias
negrophobist
neighborhood
neighborhood
noun
(chiefly obsolete) The quality of being a neighbor, of living nearby, next to each-other; proximity.
(dated) Close proximity; nearness.
(graph theory) The set of all the vertices adjacent to a given vertex.
(obsolete) The disposition becoming a neighbor; neighborly kindness or good will.
(topology) The infinitesimal open set of all points that may be reached directly from a given point.
A formal or informal division of a municipality or region.
A set containing an open ball which contains a specified point.
A set containing an open set which contains some specified point.
Alternatively: An open ball which contains some specified point.
Alternatively: An open set which contains some specified point.