(ichthyology) Having the ventral fins under the abdomen and behind the pectoral fins.
(ichthyology) Ventral, in describing a fin.
(zoology, obsolete) Belonging to the order Abdominales of fish.
Of or pertaining to the abdomen; ventral.
noun
(colloquial, usually plural only) An abdominal muscle.
(zoology, obsolete) A fish of the order Abdominales.
abiliment
abiliment
noun
Obsolete form of habiliment.
abimelech
abimelech
Proper noun
Any of several Philistine kings.
abnormity
abnormity
noun
(rare) Alternative form of abnormality
A monstrosity
abomasusi
abominate
abominate
adj
(rare) Abominable; detested.
verb
(transitive) To feel disgust towards; to loathe or detest thoroughly; to hate in the highest degree, as if with religious dread.
(transitive, colloquial) To dislike strongly.
abrahamic
abrahamic
Adjective
Pertaining to Abraham, the patriarch.
Descended from the religious tradition of Abraham.
absurdism
absurdism
noun
(countable) Absurdity, something that is absurd
(uncountable, philosophy) A philosophy which holds that the universe is chaotic and irrational and that any attempt to impose order will ultimately fail.
accubitum
accubitum
noun
A bench or sofa for reclining at a table.
A dining hall or refectory.
A round dining table.
admirable
admirable
adj
Deserving of the highest esteem or admiration.
admirably
admirably
adv
In a way worthy of admiration.
To an admirable degree.
agamobium
airmobile
airmobile
adj
Capable of being moved by air.
alabamian
alabamian
Adjective
Pertaining to the American state Alabama, or its natives and residents.
Noun
A native or resident of the state of Alabama in the United States of America.
alabamide
alabamine
alabamine
noun
(obsolete) Former name for the chemical element astatine.
alambique
albamycin
albamycin
Noun
novobiocin
albinisms
albinisms
noun
plural of albinism
albinoism
albinoism
noun
congenital lack of melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); the condition of being albino
amability
amability
noun
(obsolete) lovableness
ambagious
ambagious
adj
Indefinite.
Roundabout; vague.
amberfish
amberfish
noun
An amberjack.
ambergris
ambergris
noun
A solid, waxy, flammable substance of a dull grey or blackish color, produced in the intestines of the sperm whale. It is used in perfumes.
amberlike
amberlike
adj
Resembling the resin amber.
amberoids
ambiances
ambiances
noun
plural of ambiance
ambiences
ambiences
noun
plural of ambience
ambigenal
ambiguity
ambiguity
noun
(countable) words or statements that are open to more than one interpretation, explanation or meaning, especially if that meaning cannot be determined from its context.
(uncountable) The state of being ambiguous.
ambiguous
ambiguous
adj
(obsolete, of persons) Hesitant; uncertain; not taking sides.
Open to multiple interpretations.
ambitions
ambitions
noun
plural of ambition
ambitious
ambitious
adj
(followed by "of" or the infinitive) Very desirous
(of a person or their character) Having or showing ambition; wanting a lot of power, honor, respect, superiority, or other distinction.
Hard to achieve.
Resulting from, characterized by, or indicating, ambition
ambiverts
ambiverts
noun
plural of ambivert
amblingly
amblingly
adv
With an ambling walk.
amblyopia
amblyopia
noun
A disorder of visual development in which the brain partially or wholly ignores input from one or both eyes.
dimness or blurring of the eyesight due to a fault in transmission of signals to the brain from an otherwise healthy eye.
amblyopic
amblyopic
adj
of, relating to, or suffering from amblyopia
amboinese
ambrogino
ambrosiac
ambrosiac
adj
Having the qualities of ambrosia; delicious.
ambrosial
ambrosial
adj
(Greek mythology) Pertaining to or worthy of the gods.
Succulently sweet or fragrant; balmy, divine.
ambrosian
ambrosian
adj
Ambrosial.
ambrosias
ambrosias
noun
plural of ambrosia
ambrosine
ambrosius
ambulatio
amburbial
amburbial
adj
Relating to the amburbium.
ambushing
ambushing
verb
present participle of ambush
ambustion
ambustion
noun
(medicine, obsolete) A burn or scald.
amebiasis
amebiasis
noun
(medicine) Alternative spelling of amoebiasis
amebicide
amebicide
noun
A substance that kills amoebae, usually in the stomach or intestines.
amebiform
amebiform
adj
That resembles an amoeba/ameba
amicrobic
amicrobic
adj
Not caused by microbes
amissible
amissible
adj
Liable to be lost.
amoebidae
amphibali
amphibial
amphibial
adj
Archaic form of amphibian.
amphibian
amphibian
adj
(obsolete) Having two natures.
Capable of operating on both land and water amphibious.
Of or relating to the class Amphibia.
noun
A vehicle which can operate on land and water. See Wikipedia article on "Amphibious aircraft"
An animal of the Amphibia; any four-legged vertebrate that does not have amniotic eggs, living both on land and in water.
amphibion
amphibium
amphibium
noun
(archaic) An amphibian.
amphibola
amphibole
amphibole
noun
(mineralogy) Any of a large group of structurally similar hydrated double silicate minerals, containing various combinations of sodium, calcium, magnesium, iron, and aluminium/aluminum
amphiboly
amphiboly
noun
(grammar) An ambiguous grammatical construction.
anabolism
anabolism
noun
The constructive metabolism of the body, as distinguished from catabolism.
arabicism
artmobile
artmobile
noun
A vehicle that operates as a mobile art exhibition.
asymbolia
asymbolia
noun
Synonym of asemia
asymbolic
babouvism
babouvism
Noun
Babouvist beliefs generally
bacciform
bacciform
adj
Having the form of a berry.
baccillum
bacterium
bacterium
noun
(microbiology) A single-celled organism with cell walls but no nucleus or organelles.
badminton
badminton
noun
(countable) A cooling summer drink made with claret, sugar, and soda water.
(uncountable) A racquet sport played indoors on a court by two opposing players (singles) or two opposing pairs of players (doubles), in which a shuttlecock is volleyed over a net and the competitions are presided by an umpire in British English and a referee in American English.
bagmaking
bagmaking
noun
The manufacture of bags.
bahamians
bailments
bailments
noun
plural of bailment
bairnteam
bairnteem
bairntime
baisemain
bakemeier
balaamite
balaamite
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Balaam (a Biblical figure).
Resembling Balaam, as described in Revelation 2:14.
Noun
A Balaamite person.
balimbing
balimbing
noun
(Philippines) A turncoat; one who defects to the other side in politics.
(Philippines) Alternative form of belimbing (“star fruit”)
balkanism
balkanism
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Balkanism
balladism
ballismus
ballismus
noun
(medicine) A condition characterised by violent involuntary rapid and irregular movements.
balminess
balminess
noun
The characteristic of being balmy.
balmonies
balsamina
balsamine
balsamine
noun
A plant, the Impatiens balsamina, or garden balsam.
balsaming
balsaming
verb
present participle of balsam
balsamize
baltimore
baltimore
Proper noun
A city in central Maryland, USA
banditism
banditism
noun
banditry
bandlimit
bandlimit
noun
(physics) The limiting frequency of a signal beyond which the intensity of the signal is zero
bantamize
bantamize
verb
(transitive) To breed (a chicken, or occasionally a dog) into a miniature variety.
baptismal
baptismal
adj
Of a name, conferred at baptism.
Of or relating to baptism.
noun
A baptismal font: a large basin used for baptism.
A baptismal name: a name given at baptism.
barbarism
barbarism
noun
A barbaric act.
A word hybridizing Ancient Greek and Latin or other heterogeneous roots.
An error in language use within a single word, such as a mispronunciation.
The condition of existing barbarically.
barenboim
barmecide
barnumism
barnumize
barnumize
verb
Alternative form of Barnumize
bartramia
bashawism
bashawism
noun
The behaviour of a bashaw.
bashmuric
basilemma
basilemma
noun
basement membrane
bastiment
battarism
bdelliums
bdelliums
noun
plural of bdellium
beadleism
beaminess
beaminess
noun
The state or quality of being beamy.
beamingly
beamingly
adv
In a beaming way, or while beaming.
beamishly
beamishly
adv
In a beamish manner.
beaverism
becalming
becalming
verb
present participle of becalm
becomings
becomings
noun
plural of becoming
becriming
becrimson
becrimson
verb
(transitive, poetic) To turn crimson; to redden.
bedamning
bedamning
verb
present participle of bedamn
bedimming
bedimming
verb
present participle of bedim
bedimpled
bedimpled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bedimple
bedimples
bedimples
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedimple
bedlamise
bedlamism
bedlamism
noun
(dated) insanity
bedlamite
bedlamite
noun
(obsolete) A lunatic.
bedlamize
bedmaking
bedmaking
noun
The skill or act of making beds (arranging the sheets, etc.).
bedumbing
bedumbing
verb
present participle of bedumb
begemming
begemming
verb
present participle of begem
beggarism
beggarism
noun
beggary
begriming
begriming
verb
present participle of begrime
begrimmed
begumming
begumming
verb
present participle of begum
behmenism
behmenist
behmenist
Adjective
Pertaining to the ideas of seventeenth-century German mystic
Noun
A supporter or adherent of such theosophical ideas.
behmenite
belemnite
belemnite
noun
(paleontology) Any member of the extinct order †Belemnitida of Mesozoic marine cephalopods, very similar in many ways to the modern squid and closely related to the modern cuttlefish.
belemnoid
belemnoid
adj
dart-shaped; styloid
noun
(anatomy) The styloid process of the ulna or of the temporal bone.
(zoology) A member of the Belemnoidea, an extinct group of marine cephalopods.
bellemina
bellicism
bellicism
noun
An inclination to war; warlike policy or behaviour.
bemeaning
bemeaning
verb
present participle of bemean
bementite
bementite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and silicon.
bemingled
bemingled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bemingle
bemingles
bemingles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bemingle
bemisting
bemisting
verb
present participle of bemist
bemitered
bemoaning
bemoaning
noun
The act of one who bemoans something.
verb
present participle of bemoan
bemocking
bemocking
verb
present participle of bemock
bemoisten
bemoisten
verb
(intransitive, rare) Become moist.
(transitive) Make moist.
benamidar
benamidar
noun
(South Asia) The person who acts as a proxy in a benami transfer of property.
beniamino
benjamins
benjamins
noun
plural of benjamin
benjamite
benjamite
Noun
A Benjaminite.
benthamic
benthamic
Adjective
Of or pertaining to or Benthamism.
benumbing
benumbing
verb
present participle of benumb
benzamide
benzamide
noun
(organic chemistry) The amide of benzoic acid or any of its derivatives; several of its derivatives are pharmaceuticals