(photography, historical) An early type of photograph in which a glass negative appears positive when displayed on a black background.
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
beauchamp
beauchamp
Proper noun
The name of several places in Northern France
of Norman origin
becompass
becrampon
bedimpled
bedimpled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bedimple
bedimples
bedimples
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedimple
befrumple
benempted
bepimpled
bepimpled
adj
pimply; covered with pimples
bepimples
bethumped
bethumped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bethump
betrample
betrample
verb
(transitive) To trample over; affect by much trampling; trample excessively.
betrumpet
betrumpet
verb
(transitive) To trumpet about; trumpet the praise of.
bipalmate
bipalmate
adj
(botany) Describing leaves that have a palmate structure on petioles that are themselves palmate
bitmapped
bitmapped
adj
(computing) Represented by a bitmap.
blaspheme
blaspheme
noun
Obsolete spelling of blasphemy
verb
(intransitive) To commit blasphemy; to speak against God or religious doctrine.
(transitive) To calumniate; to revile; to abuse.
(transitive) To speak of, or address, with impious irreverence; to revile impiously (anything sacred).
blasphemy
blasphemy
noun
(by extension) An act of irreverence towards anything considered inviolable; the act of disregarding a convention.
An act of irreverence or contempt toward a god or toward something considered sacred; an impious act, utterance, view, etc.
bromopnea
bromopnea
noun
(medicine, dated) The condition of having bad breath.
broomrape
broomrape
noun
Any of various plants, of the genus Orobanche, that are parasitic on the roots of other plants.
bumpering
bumpering
verb
present participle of bumper
bumpiness
bumpiness
noun
The characteristic of being bumpy.
bumpkinet
bupleurum
bupleurum
noun
Any of the genus Bupleurum of apiaceous plants.
comptible
comptible
adj
(obsolete) accountable; responsible
(obsolete) sensitive
demophobe
embaphium
emptiable
emptiable
adj
Capable of being emptied.
epibolism
epilabrum
epilobium
epilobium
noun
Any plant of the genus Epilobium.
impacable
impacable
adj
(obsolete) Not to be appeased or quieted.
impatible
impatible
Adjective
Impassible.
impayable
impedible
impedible
adj
Capable of being impeded or hindered.
impliable
impliable
adj
(archaic) not pliable; inflexible; unyielding
Capable of being implied.
imposable
imposable
adj
Capable of being imposed or laid on.
impotable
impotable
adj
(rare) not drinkable
improbate
improbate
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To disallow.
(obsolete, transitive) To disapprove of.
impuberal
impuberal
adj
(rare) Immature; not having come to puberty.
impuberty
impuberty
noun
The condition of not having reached puberty.
impunible
imputable
imputable
adj
(law) Accusable; culpable; chargeable with fault.
That may be imputed
maplebush
overplumb
palembang
palembang
Proper noun
A city in Indonesia, located on South Sumatra.
pemberton
pemberton
Proper noun
A village in British Columbia, Canada
A suburb of Wigan, England
A city in Minnesota
A borough in New Jersey
An unincorporated community in Ohio
A town in Western Australia
penumbrae
penumbrae
noun
plural of penumbra
penumbral
penumbral
adj
Of, or pertaining to, the penumbra.
penumbras
periblems
periblems
noun
plural of periblem
permeable
permeable
adj
absorbing or allowing the passage of fluids
permeably
permeably
adv
In a permeable manner.
petrobium
plumbable
plumbable
adj
Capable (as depths) of being plumbed.
plumbeous
plumbeous
adj
(rare) Dull; heavy; stupid.
Consisting of, or resembling, lead.
plumbless
plumbless
adj
(poetic) Too deep to be plumbed.
plumbness
preambled
preambled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of preamble
preambles
preambles
noun
plural of preamble
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of preamble
prebellum
prebellum
adj
Synonym of antebellum
precombat
precombat
adj
Before combat.
preembody
preimbibe
preimbibe
verb
To imbibe prior to some other action
preimbued
prelabrum
prelumbar
prelumbar
adj
(anatomy) Situated immediately in front of the loins; applied to the dorsal part of the abdomen.
premorbid
premorbid
adj
(medicine, psychiatry) Approaching a morbid condition, especially of mental functioning shortly prior to the onset of schizophrenia, etc.
prenumber
prenumber
verb
To number in advance.
presubmit
proembryo
proembryo
noun
(botany) A cluster of cells in the ovule of a fertilized flowering plant that has not yet formed into an embryo
(botany) The protonema of mosses
pronumber
rebaptism
rebaptism
noun
A second or subsequent baptism; the act or ceremony of rebaptizing.
september
stampable
stampable
adj
Capable of being marked with a stamp.
subsample
subsample
noun
(sciences) A portion of the original sample that is representative in nature to that of the original sample, thereby assuring equivalency in results from tests and analysis either upon the subsample or the original material, independent of their size.
A smaller portion of an original sample, created by trimming, subdividing, splitting or discrete collection of the original sample.
verb
(transitive) To take subsamples from.
subsimple
superbomb
superbomb
noun
An extremely powerful bomb, especially the atomic bomb or hydrogen bomb.
swampable
swampable
adj
Capable of being swamped.
temptable
temptable
adj
Capable of being tempted; liable to be tempted.
thumbrope
unplumbed
unplumbed
adj
(figurative) Not assayed or measured in any way.
Not measured for depth, with or as if with a plumb.