(now rare) The common wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), an intensely bitter herb used in the production of absinthe and vermouth, and as a tonic.
The dried leaves and flowering tops of the wormwood plant.
absinthe oil
absumption
absumption
noun
(obsolete) Destruction or disintegration, especially a gradual one; wasting away.
albuminate
albuminate
noun
(chemistry) A compound of albumin and a base or acid
ambulating
ambulating
verb
present participle of ambulate
ambulation
ambulation
Noun
walking around
antelabium
antilobium
beaumontia
besmutting
besmutting
verb
present participle of besmut
bethumping
bethumping
verb
present participle of bethump
bismuthine
bismuthine
noun
(chemistry) any hydrocarbyl derivative of bismuthane
bituminate
bituminate
verb
(transitive) To treat or impregnate with bitumen.
bituminise
bituminise
verb
Alternative spelling of bituminize
bituminize
bituminize
verb
(transitive) to treat with bitumen
bituminoid
bituminous
bituminous
adj
Of or pertaining to bitumen.
noun
(countable) A type or grade of bituminous coal.
(uncountable) Bituminous coal.
buchmanite
butylamine
butylamine
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of four isomeric aliphatic amines derived from butane
combusting
combusting
verb
present participle of combust
combustion
combustion
noun
(chemistry) The act or process of burning.
(figuratively) Violent agitation, tumult.
A process whereby two chemicals are combined to produce heat.
A process wherein a fuel is combined with oxygen, usually at high temperature, releasing heat.
imbruement
imbruement
noun
The act of imbruing or state of being imbrued.
incumbents
incumbents
noun
plural of incumbent
meditabund
metalbumin
metalbumin
noun
(biochemistry) A form of albumin found in ascitic and certain serous fluids, and sometimes regarded as a mixture of albumin and mucin.
minibudget
minibudget
noun
(chiefly UK, finance) A budget statement proposed by a government between annual budgets, involving special economic measures.
A small budget.
muttonbird
muttonbird
noun
Alternative form of mutton bird
outbeaming
outbeaming
adj
Shining outward.
rumbustion
subintimal
subintimal
adj
(anatomy) Beneath an intima; relating to a subintima
submediant
submediant
noun
(music) The sixth note of a scale, shown as VI.
submeeting
submeeting
noun
A secondary or subsidiary meeting.
submitting
submitting
noun
(rare, formal) A submission.
verb
present participle of submit
tambourine
tambourine
noun
A kind of Provençal dance.
A percussion instrument consisting of a small, usually wooden, hoop closed on one side with a drum frame and featuring jingling metal disks on the tread; it is most often held in the hand and shaken rhythmically; by extension, any frame drum.
A tambourine dove.
verb
To make a sound like a tambourine.
To play the tambourine.
tambouring
tambouring
verb
present participle of tambour
tambourins
tambourins
noun
plural of tambourin
thingumbob
thumbelina
thumbikins
thumbikins
noun
An instrument of torture for compressing the thumb; a thumbkin or thumbscrew.
plural of thumbikin
thumbnails
thumbnails
noun
plural of thumbnail
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of thumbnail
thumbprint
thumbprint
noun
A print, mark or impression made by a thumb.
topinambou
toxalbumin
toxalbumin
noun
A protein which is toxic (i.e. organic and poisonous)