(medicine) Premature degeneration of cells or tissues, especially with genetic causes; loss of function of organ or cell, not due to injury.
ablatively
ablatively
adv
In an ablative manner.
abmodality
abominably
abominably
adv
In an abominable manner; very odiously; detestably.
abortively
abortively
adv
In an abortive or untimely manner; immaturely; fruitlessly.
abrasively
abrasively
adv
Hardly; roughly; in a rough manner.
In an abrasive manner; in a rude and unkind manner; acting in a way that may hurt other people's feelings.
abridgedly
abridgedly
adv
in an abridged manner, in a manner that is cut short or shortened
abstinency
abstinency
noun
(rare) Alternative form of abstinence
abstrusity
abstrusity
noun
(archaic) Abstruseness; that which is abstruse.
abyssinian
abyssinian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Ethiopia or its inhabitants; Ethiopian.
Noun
A short-haired domestic cat descended from cats of ancient Egypt making it one of the oldest breeds in the world; Abyssinian cat.
A member of the
A native of Ethiopia.
Proper noun
The Amharic language.
abyssolith
abyssolith
noun
(geology) A mass of igneous rock deep in the crust with no known bottom; a large batholith.
accessibly
accessibly
adv
In an accessible manner.
actability
actability
noun
The condition of being actable
actionably
actionably
adv
In an actionable manner.
addability
addability
noun
Alternative spelling of addibility
addibility
addibility
noun
Capability of addition; capability of being added to or added together.
admissibly
admissibly
adv
in a manner that is admissible; acceptably
affability
affability
noun
The state or quality of being affable, friendly, or approachable.
affirmably
affirmably
adv
In an affirmable manner
airwaybill
airwaybill
noun
An airbill.
aktyubinsk
ambagitory
ambagitory
adj
(obsolete) periphrastic or circumlocutory
amblyaphia
amblyopsis
amiability
amiability
noun
Friendliness, especially easy approachability owing to a cheerful and pleasant disposition.
amphibiety
antibaryon
antibaryon
noun
(physics) The antiparticle corresponding to a baryon.
applicably
applicably
adv
In an applicable manner.
aryballoid
assignably
asymbiotic
asymbiotic
adj
Not symbiotic
attainably
attainably
adv
Such that it can be attained.
audibility
audibility
noun
The quality of being heard or understood; the degree to which a thing is audible.
babblingly
babblingly
adv
In a babbling way.
babblishly
babylonian
babylonian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the real (or to the mystical) Babylon
Of or pertaining to the ancient kingdom of Babylonia; Chaldea.
Noun
An inhabitant of the city of Babylon.
An inhabitant of Babylonia (which included Chaldea); a Chaldean.
An astrologer; so called because the Chaldeans were remarkable for the study of astrology.
Proper noun
A later form of Akkadian language spoken in Babylonia in 1950 BC – 100 AD.
babylonish
babylonish
Adjective
Of or pertaining to, or made in, Babylon or Babylonia.
Pertaining to the Babylon of Revelation xiv. 8.
Pertaining to Rome and papal power.
Confused; Babel-like.
babylonism
babylonite
babylonize
babysitter
babysitter
noun
A person who cares for one or more babies or children for a short period of time in place of their legal guardians.
badacsonyi
bafflingly
bafflingly
adv
In a baffling or puzzling manner.
baptistery
baptistery
noun
Alternative spelling of baptistry.
barleybird
barleysick
barryville
baryphonia
baryphonic
barysilite
barysilite
noun
(mineralogy) A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing lead, manganese, oxygen, and silicon.
barythymia
barythymia
noun
(medicine, archaic, rare) A depressed state of mind.
basigynium
basigynium
Noun
The pedicel on which the ovary of certain flowers, such as the passion flower, is seated; a carpophore or thecaphore.
bastionary
bastionary
adj
Having the form of a bastion (fortification).
bathylitic
bathyseism
bayberries
bayberries
noun
plural of bayberry
bayldonite
bayldonite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing arsenic, copper, hydrogen, lead, oxygen, and zinc.
bayminette
bayoneting
bayoneting
noun
A stabbing with a bayonet.
verb
(US) present participle of bayonet
beatifying
beatifying
verb
present participle of beatify
beautyship
becomingly
becomingly
adv
In a becoming manner.
bedirtying
bedirtying
verb
present participle of bedirty
believably
believably
adv
In a believable way.
Used to express the speaker's assessment of the credibility of a reported statement.
bellypiece
bellypinch
benignancy
benignancy
noun
benignity
berecyntia
berryville
berryville
Proper noun
a city in Arkansas, USA, which is one of the two county seats of
a town in Texas, USA.
an incorporated town in Virginia, USA
an unincorporated community in West Virginia, USA.
beryciform
beryciform
adj
(zoology) Belonging to the Beryciformes, an order of ray-finned fishes
noun
Any fish of the order Beryciformes
berycoidea
berycoidei
beryllosis
besanctify
bestiality
bestiality
noun
(archaic) A mark, trait, or emblem of a beast.
(archaic) A status of lower animal.
(archaic) An animal-like instinct or behaviour.
(dated) Any abstract entity similar to a beast.
Bestial nature, savagery, inhumanity, like (or akin to) an animal's.
Sexual activity between a human and another animal species.
bethylidae
betweenity
betweenity
noun
An object or area located between two things.
The state of being between two things.
bewearying
bewitchery
bewitchery
noun
The power of bewitching or fascinating; charm.
beworrying
beworrying
verb
present participle of beworry
beyrichite
biannually
biannually
adv
Taking place every two years, biennially.
Taking place twice per year, semiannually.
biaxiality
biaxiality
noun
The condition of being biaxial.
biaxillary
biblically
biblically
adv
(euphemistic) Carnally; in the biblical sense.
In a biblical manner.
bibliogony
bibliology
bibliology
noun
The study of biblical literature, or theology.
The study of the history of books and the art of printing.
bibliopegy
bibliopegy
noun
The art of bookbinding.
bibliopoly
bibliopoly
noun
(literary) Bookselling.
bibulosity
bibulosity
noun
A fondness for tippling.
bibulously
bibulously
adv
In a bibulous manner; drunkenly; as if intoxicated.
bicondylar
bicondylar
adj
Involving two condyles.
bicyclical
bicyclists
bicyclists
noun
plural of bicyclist
biennially
biennially
adv
Taking place every two years
bigamously
bigamously
adv
In a bigamous manner.
bigwiggery
bigwiggery
noun
The habits and attitudes of bigwigs.
bilicyanin
bilicyanin
noun
(biochemistry) A blue (or bluish) bile pigment found in gallstones and formed by oxidation of biliverdin or bilirubin.
billiardly
bimanually
bimanually
Adverb
Using both hands.
bimodality
bimodality
noun
(statistics) A bimodal condition
binaphthyl
binaphthyl
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of several isomeric aromatic hydrocarbons, analogous to biphenyl, formed from two naphthalene residues linked by a single bond
binaurally
binaurally
adv
In a binaural fashion; using or pertaining to both ears.
binomially
binomially
adv
In a binomial manner
bioassayed
bioassayed
adj
Subjected to bioassay
biodynamic
biodynamic
adj
(Anthroposophy, agriculture, pseudoscience) Of, or relating to a form of organic agriculture with mystical and holistic elements, based on the teachings of Rudolf Steiner.
(New Age, psychoanalysis, pseudoscience) Of, or relating to a form of psychotherapy, massage and energy healing developed by Gerda Boyesen in Norway in the 1950s.
Of, or relating to the effects of motion on living things.
bioecology
bioecology
noun
The specifically biological aspects of ecology
biophysics
biophysics
noun
The interdisciplinary science that applies theories and methods of the physical sciences to questions of biology.
biopsychic
biopsychic
adj
Relating to psychic phenomena in their relation to the living organism or to the general phenomena of life
biorythmic
biotherapy
biotherapy
noun
(medicine) Any of several unrelated therapies that use natural biological processes, especially those that use parts of the immune system.
(medicine) The use of living organisms (such as maggots or leeches) in the control of disease or the healing of wounds.
biotically
biotically
adv
In a biotic manner
bipedality
bipedality
noun
The condition of being bipedal; bipedalism.
bipolarity
bipolarity
noun
The state of being bipolar.
bipyridine
bipyridine
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of six isomeric bicyclic heterocycles consisting of two pyridine molecules directly linked; their derivatives have many industrial applications.
biracially
biracially
adv
In a biracial manner.
birotatory
biserially
biserially
adv
In a biserial manner.
bisexually
bisexually
adv
In a bisexual manner
bisyllabic
bisyllabic
Adjective
Comprising two syllables.
bisymmetry
bisymmetry
noun
(mathematics) The property of being bisymmetric.
bitonality
bitonality
noun
(music) The simultaneous presence of two keys in a piece of music
biuniquely
blackishly
blackishly
adv
In a blackish way.
blarneying
blarneying
verb
present participle of blarney
bleatingly
bleatingly
adv
With bleating sounds.
blessingly
blessingly
adv
In a way that blesses, or gives a blessing.
blimpishly
blimpishly
adv
In a blimpish manner.
blindingly
blindingly
adv
In a blinding manner.
blindstory
blindstory
noun
(architecture) The triforium, as opposed to the clerestory.
blinkingly
blinkingly
adv
While blinking, or as if blinking
blissfully
blissfully
adv
In a blissful, happy or joyful manner.
blitzbuggy
blitzbuggy
noun
(archaic) A jeep (military vehicle).
blizzardly
blizzardly
adj
(dated) Resembling or characteristic of a blizzard.
blockishly
bloomingly
bloomingly
adv
In a blooming manner.
blottingly
blottingly
adv
So as to blot out or conceal.
So as to produce blots.
blurringly
blurringly
adv
in a blurring manner
blushingly
blushingly
adv
In an blushing manner; in a manner that evokes a blush.
boastingly
boastingly
adv
Boastfully.
bodymaking
bodyweight
bodyweight
adj
Employing (only) a person's own weight as resistance to movement for the purpose of physical exercise.
noun
The weight or mass of an organism.
bogglingly
bogglingly
adv
In a stupefying manner or to a stupefying degree.
While boggling; with an amazed expression.
boistously
bombycidae
bombycilla
bombylious
bombylious
adj
(obsolete) Buzzing like a bumblebee.
bopyridian
borborygmi
borborygmi
noun
plural of borborygm.
plural of borborygmus.
bostrychid
bostrychid
noun
Misspelling of bostrichid.
botrychium
botryoidal
botryoidal
adj
(chiefly mineralogy) Having the form of a bunch of grapes.
botryolite
botryolite
noun
(mineralogy) A variety of datolite, usually having a botryoidal structure.