Divination using numbers that are the equivalent of letters of a name
arrhythmic
arrhythmic
adj
(music) Without rhythm.
(pathology) Suffering from cardiac arrhythmia.
articulacy
articulacy
noun
The condition of being articulate.
articulary
articulary
adj
articular; relating to the joints
noun
(anatomy) A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes.
arythmical
ascendancy
ascendancy
noun
(ecology) A quantitative attribute of an ecosystem, defined as a function of the ecosystem's trophic network, and intended to indicate its ability to prevail against disturbance by virtue of its combined organization and size.
(historical, Ireland, sometimes capitalized) A class of Protestant landowners and professionals that dominated political and social life in Ireland up to the early 20th century
Supremacy; dominant control; the quality of being in the ascendant.
ascendency
ascendency
noun
Alternative spelling of ascendancy
ascescency
ascomycete
ascomycete
noun
(mycology) Any fungus of the phylum Ascomycota, characterized by the production of a sac, or ascus, which contains non-motile spores.
asecretory
asphyctous
assistency
assurgency
assurgency
noun
A tendency to rise.
astrocytic
astrocytic
adj
Of or pertaining to the astrocytes.
astromancy
astromancy
noun
Divination by the stars; astrology in its modern prophetic aspect.
astroscopy
astroscopy
noun
(obsolete) observation of the stars
asymbiotic
asymbiotic
adj
Not symbiotic
asymmetric
asymmetric
adj
(cryptography) Not involving a mutual exchange of keys between the sender and receiver.
(set theory) Of a relation R on a set S: having the property that for any two elements of S (not necessarily distinct), at least one is not related to the other via R.
Not symmetric.
asymptotic
asymptotic
adj
(mathematical analysis) Coming into consideration as a variable tends to a limit, usually infinity.
(mathematics) Pertaining to values or properties approached at infinity.
asynchrony
asynchrony
noun
The state of being asynchronous, or out of synchronization
asyntactic
asyntactic
adj
Not syntactic
asyzygetic
asyzygetic
adj
(mathematics) Not syzygetic
athermancy
athermancy
noun
Inability to transmit radiant heat; impermeability to heat.
atomically
atomically
adv
With regard to atoms or atomic energy.
attachedly
attachedly
adv
Having a (physical or emotional) attachment.
attendancy
attendancy
noun
(obsolete) A retinue.
(obsolete) Relative position.
attingency
attingency
noun
Alternative form of attingence
atypically
atypically
adv
In a manner which is not typical.
auctionary
auctionary
adj
Of or pertaining to an auction.
aureomycin
aureomycin
noun
(medicine) The drug chlortetracycline, obtained from Streptomyces aureofaciens bacteria.
auricyanic
autecology
autecology
noun
one of two broad subdivisions of ecology, which studies the individual organism or species.
autochromy
autochromy
noun
The production of autochrome photographs.
autocolony
autocolony
noun
(botany) A daughter colony formed inside a cell of a parent colony.
autophytic
autostylic
autostylic
adj
(anatomy) Having the mandibular arch articulated directly to the cranium, as in the skulls of the Amphibia.
axenically
axenically
adv
Without other living organisms.
axinomancy
axinomancy
noun
(rare) Divination by saws or axes.
ayacahuite
azocyanide
bachelorly
bachelorly
adj
Befitting a bachelor.
backwardly
backwardly
adv
In a backward direction.
backwoodsy
backwoodsy
adj
(US) Typical of something or someone from the backwoods
backyarder
backyarder
noun
One who carries on a project or business in a backyard, especially the raising of poultry.
badacsonyi
ballywrack
bankruptcy
bankruptcy
noun
(finance, law) A legally declared or recognized condition of insolvency of a person or organization.
barleycorn
barleycorn
noun
(architecture, woodworking) A small groove between two mouldings.
(obsolete) The length of such a grain; a unit of length of approximately one third (or sometimes one quarter) of an inch or eight millimetres, still used as a basis for shoe sizes.
A grain of barley.
barleysick
barycenter
barycenter
noun
(geometry) The centroid, the geometric center of a plane figure
(physics) The center of a mass; often specifically, the point at which the gravitational forces exerted by two objects are equal
verb
To determine such a barycenter
barycentre
barycentre
noun
(mathematics, physics, astronomy) The point at the centre of a system; an average point, weighted according to mass or other attribute. The term is usually used in astronomy for the centre of mass about which a system rotates, for example, the moon and the earth rotate about a common point within the earth but not near the centre. Jupiter and the Sun rotate about a common point just outside the surface of the Sun.
baryphonic
bathylitic
bathyscape
bathyscape
noun
Alternative form of bathyscaphe
bathyscaph
bathyscaph
noun
Alternative spelling of bathyscaphe
beckemeyer
becomingly
becomingly
adv
In a becoming manner.
beerocracy
beerocracy
noun
Those who control or profit from the brewing of beer.
bellyached
bellyached
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bellyache
bellyacher
bellyacher
noun
One who bellyaches; a complainer.
bellyaches
bellyaches
noun
plural of bellyache
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bellyache
bellypiece
bellypinch
benignancy
benignancy
noun
benignity
berecyntia
beryciform
beryciform
adj
(zoology) Belonging to the Beryciformes, an order of ray-finned fishes
noun
Any fish of the order Beryciformes
berycoidea
berycoidei
besanctify
bewitchery
bewitchery
noun
The power of bewitching or fascinating; charm.
beyrichite
biblically
biblically
adv
(euphemistic) Carnally; in the biblical sense.
In a biblical manner.
bicondylar
bicondylar
adj
Involving two condyles.
bicyclical
bicyclists
bicyclists
noun
plural of bicyclist
bilicyanin
bilicyanin
noun
(biochemistry) A blue (or bluish) bile pigment found in gallstones and formed by oxidation of biliverdin or bilirubin.
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
biotically
biotically
adv
In a biotic manner
biracially
biracially
adv
In a biracial manner.
bisyllabic
bisyllabic
Adjective
Comprising two syllables.
blackbelly
blackberry
blackberry
noun
(UK, dialectal) The blackcurrant.
A fruit-bearing shrub of the aggregate species Rubus fruticosus and some hybrids.
The soft fruit borne by this shrub, formed of a black (when ripe) cluster of drupelets.
verb
To gather or forage for blackberries.
blackishly
blackishly
adv
In a blackish way.
blastocyst
blastocyst
noun
(biology) The mammalian blastula
blastocyte
blastocyte
noun
An undifferentiated cell in the blastula stage of an embryo.
bleachyard
blockishly
blocklayer
blocklayer
noun
A person employed to lay down blocks of material, for example as a road surface.
bobbysocks
bombycidae
bombycilla
bostrychid
bostrychid
noun
Misspelling of bostrichid.
botrychium
bounceably
bouncingly
bouncingly
adv
With a bouncing motion.
boyceville
boycottage
boycotting
boycotting
noun
The act of something being boycotted.
verb
present participle of boycott
boycottism
boycottism
noun
The methods or actions of boycotters.
brachyaxis
brachycera
brachycome
brachydome
brachydome
noun
(crystallography) A dome parallel to the shorter lateral axis.
brachydont
brachydont
adj
Having low-crowned, short teeth.
noun
(zoology) Any organism with brachydont teeth.
brachylogy
brachylogy
noun
(rhetoric) Any of several forms of omission of words, including the omission of an understood part of a phrase, as, the omission of "good" from "(good) morning!"
Concise speech; laconism.
brachyoura
brachypnea
brachyural
brachyural
adj
(zoology) Of or relating to the Brachyura.
brachyuran
brachyuran
adj
Of or pertaining to crabs.
noun
(zoology) A crab.
brachyurus
bradycauma
bradytelic
bradytelic
adj
Of or relating to bradytely.
bradytocia
bricklayer
bricklayer
noun
A craftsman who builds walls and suchlike out of bricks.
brilliancy
brilliancy
noun
(chess) A spectacular and beautiful game of chess, generally featuring sacrificial attacks and unexpected moves.
A shining quality; brilliance.
An act of being brilliant.
bromhydric
bryceville
bryophytic
bryophytic
adj
Of or pertaining to bryophytes, the green, seedless land plants that make up the division Bryophyta, including mosses, liverworts, and hornworts.
bunchberry
bunchberry
noun
Cornus canadensis - Canadian bunchberry or eastern bunchberry.
Cornus suecica - Eurasian bunchberry or northern bunchberry.
The fruit of either of these plants.
buoyancies
buoyancies
noun
plural of buoyancy
bursectomy
bursectomy
noun
(surgery) The surgical removal of a bursa
byproducts
byproducts
noun
plural of byproduct
byssaceous
byssaceous
adj
Like byssus; consisting of fine fibres or threads.
cacochylia
cacochylia
noun
(pathology) Defective formation or absorption of chyle.
cacochymia
cacochymia
noun
(medicine, obsolete) A vitiated state of the humours, or bodily fluids.
cacochymic
cacochymic
adj
(archaic) Having the fluids of the body vitiated, especially the blood.
cacodylate
cacodylate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of cacodylic acid
verb
To react or to treat with cacodylic acid
cacography
cacography
noun
Bad spelling or punctuation, especially unintuitive spellings considered as a feature of a whole language or dialect.
Poor or illegible handwriting.
caconychia
cacothymia
cacothymia
noun
An unbalanced state of mind; a mental or glandular disorder as from a malfunctioning thymus gland.
cacotrophy
cacotrophy
noun
(medicine, obsolete) Disordered or defective nutrition.
caddicefly
caecectomy
caecectomy
noun
Alternative form of cecectomy
caecostomy
caecostomy
noun
(surgery) An operation involving bringing the caecum through the abdominal wall, most often by a tube, and opening it for drainage or decompression, usually to treat an obstruction of the colon.
caenostyly
caerphilly
caerphilly
noun
A light-colored, crumbly cheese made from cow's milk.
cajolingly
cajolingly
adv
in a cajoling manner
calaminary
calcifying
calcifying
verb
present participle of calcify
calciphyre
calculably
calculably
adv
In a calculable manner
caligraphy
caligraphy
noun
Alternative form of calligraphy
callityped
calography
caloricity
caloricity
noun
Ectothermy.
calotypist
calotypist
noun
A person who makes calotypes.
calyciform
calyciform
adj
(botany) Having the form or appearance of a calyx.