Describing insects that initially live in water but live on land as adults
amphibrachs
amphibrachs
noun
plural of amphibrach
antichamber
antichamber
noun
Obsolete form of antechamber.
archaimbaud
bachelorism
bachelorism
noun
A manner or peculiarity belonging to bachelors.
Bachelorhood.
bathymetric
bathymetric
adj
Of, pertaining to, or derived from bathymetry.
besmirchers
besmirchers
noun
plural of besmircher
besmirching
besmirching
verb
present participle of besmirch
bewitchment
bewitchment
noun
The characteristic of being bewitched.
bichromated
bichromates
bichromates
noun
plural of bichromate
bichromatic
bichromatic
adj
(mathematics) Describing a graph with edges of two possible colours.
(physics) Describing a spectrometer (or similar instrument or system) capable of analysing two wavelengths at the same time.
bimorphemic
bimorphemic
adj
Consisting of, or relating to, two morphemes
Relating to bimorphemes
biochemical
biochemical
adj
characterized by, produced by, or involving chemical processes in living organisms
of, or relating to biochemistry
noun
a chemical substance derived from a biological source
biochemists
biochemists
noun
plural of biochemist
biorhythmic
biorhythmic
adj
Of or pertaining to biorhythms.
blacksmiths
blacksmiths
noun
plural of blacksmith
brachiotomy
brachyprism
brahmachari
brahmachari
noun
A man who practises brahmacharya.
brahmanical
brahmanical
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the Brahman
Of or pertaining to the Brahmins or their doctrines or worship.
brahminical
brahminical
adj
Of or relating to brahmins or Brahmanism.
branchiform
branchireme
buphthalmic
buphthalmic
adj
Exhibiting, or relating to, buphthalmia.
chamaebatia
chamberlain
chamberlain
noun
(obsolete) An upper servant of an inn.
A high officer of state, as currently with the papal camerlengo, but normally now a mainly honorary title.
A senior royal official in charge of superintending the arrangement of domestic affairs and often charged with receiving and paying out money kept in the royal chamber, especially in the United Kingdom and in Denmark.
chambermaid
chambermaid
noun
A maid who handles the chores in a bedroom.
chemisorbed
chemisorbed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chemisorb
chloriambus
choliambist
choliambist
noun
One who writes in choliambic meter.
choriambize
decemberish
decemberish
Adjective
Characteristic of the month of December; wintry, gloomy, etc.
dithyrambic
dithyrambic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or resembling a dithyramb; especially, passionate, intoxicated with enthusiasm.
noun
A dithyramb.
haemoglobic
hauberticum
hemibenthic
hibernicism
homoblastic
homoblastic
adj
(biology) Developing from a single type of tissue.
(botany) Having leaves whose shape changes very little with the plant's or shoot's age.
hydrobromic
hydrobromic
adj
(chemistry) Composed of hydrogen and bromine
immatchable
immatchable
adj
(obsolete) matchless; peerless
impeachable
impeachable
adj
Able to be impeached (of a person).
That warrants impeachment (of an offence).
machineable
machineable
adj
Alternative form of machinable
micawberish
microphobia
microphobia
noun
A morbid fear of microbes.
mouchrabieh
ombrophilic
ombrophilic
adj
Synonym of ombrophilous
phlebotomic
phlebotomic
adj
Relating to phlebotomy.
prebrachium
rechabitism
rhombogenic
subakhmimic
subchairman
subchairman
noun
A secondary or subordinate chairman.
subchairmen
subchairmen
noun
plural of subchairman
subharmonic
subharmonic
adj
(physics) Having a frequency that is a fraction of a fundamental frequency
