(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
absolutism
absolutism
noun
(philosophy) Belief in a metaphysical absolute; belief in Absolute.
(political science, sociology) The principles or practice of absolute or arbitrary government; despotism.
(rare) The characteristic of being absolute in nature or scope; absoluteness.
(theology) Doctrine of preordination; doctrine of absolute decrees; doctrine that God acts in an absolute manner.
Positiveness; the state of being absolute.
abstemious
abstemious
adj
(rare) Promotive of abstemiousness.
Marked by, or spent in, abstinence.
Refraining from freely consuming food or strong drink; sparing in diet; abstinent, temperate.
Sparing in the indulgence of the appetite or passions.
Sparingly used; used with temperance or moderation.
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
ambulative
ambulative
adj
(archaic) walking
antelabium
antilobium
automobile
automobile
adj
Self-moving; self-propelled.
noun
(US, Canada) A type of vehicle designed to move on the ground under its own stored power and intended to carry a driver, a small number of additional passengers, and a very limited amount of other load. A car or motorcar.
barbituism
batrachium
baumeister
beaumontia
besmutting
besmutting
verb
present participle of besmut
betacismus
bethumping
bethumping
verb
present participle of bethump
bigmouthed
bigmouthed
adj
(of a person) Loud or talkative, especially in an indiscreet manner.
Having a large mouth.
bimaculate
bimaculate
adj
Having two spots or similar marks
bismuthate
bismuthate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) The anion BiO₃⁻ of pentavalent bismuth; any salt containing this anion
bismuthide
bismuthide
noun
(inorganic chemistry) Any compound of bismuth with a more electropositive element
bismuthine
bismuthine
noun
(chemistry) any hydrocarbyl derivative of bismuthane
bismuthite
bismuthite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic bismuth carbonate mineral.
bismuthous
bismuthous
adj
(chemistry) Of, or containing bismuth in its lower valence.
bitterbump
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.
bothridium
bothridium
noun
An outgrowth from the head of some tapeworms that is used for attachment
botrychium
botuliform
botuliform
adj
Having the shape of a sausage
botulismus
botulismus
noun
Obsolete form of botulism.
buchmanite
bumblekite
buttermilk
buttermilk
noun
Cultured buttermilk, a fermented dairy product produced from cow's milk, with a characteristically sour taste.
The liquid left over after producing butter from full cream milk by the churning process, also called traditional buttermilk.
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.
combustive
combustive
adj
Of, pertaining to, caused by, or partaking in combustion.
coquimbite
coquimbite
noun
(mineralogy) The nonahydrate of iron(III) sulfate.
crumbliest
crumbliest
adj
superlative form of crumbly: most crumbly
demihagbut
dumbwaiter
dumbwaiter
noun
(obsolete) A lazy Susan.
(obsolete) A table or set of trays on rollers used for serving food.
A small elevator used to move food etc. from one floor of a building to another.
emmitsburg
fimbriatum
hematobium
imbruement
imbruement
noun
The act of imbruing or state of being imbrued.
impuberate
impuberate
adj
not puberate
incumbents
incumbents
noun
plural of incumbent
limburgite
limburgite
noun
A dark volcanic rock resembling basalt and consisting essentially of olivine and augite with a brownish glassy groundmass.
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.
microburet
minibudget
minibudget
noun
(chiefly UK, finance) A budget statement proposed by a government between annual budgets, involving special economic measures.
A small budget.
misdoubted
misdoubted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of misdoubt
muliebrity
muliebrity
noun
(literary) The state of attainment of womanhood following maidenhood.
(literary) The state or quality of being a woman; the features of a woman's nature; femininity, womanhood.
(physiology) The state of puberty in a female.
multibirth
multibirth
adj
Relating to more than one birth.
multiblade
multiblade
adj
Of or pertaining to multiple blades.
multiblock
multiblock
adj
Of or pertaining to more than one block (in various senses).
multibreak
multibreak
adj
Involving more than one break.
multilobar
multilobar
adj
Consisting of, or having, many lobes.
multilobed
multilobed
adj
Having more than one lobe.
mutability
mutability
noun
The quality or state of being mutable.
muttonbird
muttonbird
noun
Alternative form of mutton bird
outbeaming
outbeaming
adj
Shining outward.
outclimbed
outclimbed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outclimb
prohibitum
rumbustion
smithsburg
stimulable
stimulable
adj
Able to be stimulated.
strabismus
strabismus
noun
A defect of vision in which one eye cannot focus with the other on an object because of imbalance of the eye muscles; a squint.
subclimate
subclimate
noun
A local climate that makes up part of a larger climate.
subintimal
subintimal
adj
(anatomy) Beneath an intima; relating to a subintima
sublimated
sublimated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of sublimate
sublimates
sublimates
noun
plural of sublimate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sublimate
sublimator
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
submuriate
suboptimal
suboptimal
adj
Worse than optimal.
suboptimum
suboptimum
adj
suboptimal
noun
A point or value below an optimum.
subtotemic
tabularium
tabuliform
tabuliform
adj
table-shaped
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
tambourist
tambourist
noun
A musician who plays the tambour.
tamburitza
tamburitza
noun
(music) Any of a number of different types of long-necked lutes found in the Balkans.
thimbleful
thimbleful
noun
(by extension) A small amount of liquid, especially alcoholic spirits.
As much as a thimble will hold.
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
thumbpiece
thumbpiece
noun
Part of an object to accommodate a person's thumb, such as on the ornamental handle of a tankard.
thumbprint
thumbprint
noun
A print, mark or impression made by a thumb.
thuribulum
topinambou
toxalbumic
toxalbumin
toxalbumin
noun
A protein which is toxic (i.e. organic and poisonous)
triplumbic
trombidium
tubemaking
tubemaking
noun
The manufacture of tubes.
tuberiform
tuberiform
adj
Resembling a tuber.
tubuliform
tubuliform
adj
Having the form of a small tube, or tubule.
tumblingly
tumblingly
adv
With a tumbling motion or action.
ubiquitism
ubiquitism
noun
The belief that the human nature of Christ is omnipresent.
umbilicate
umbilicate
adj
(botany) Supported by a central stalk.
(mycology, of a mushroom etc.) Having a small umbo in a central depression, or a depression in the center of the cap
Having a navel
umbonation
umbonation
noun
An umbo.
The formation of an umbo.
umbratical
umbratical
adj
Alternative form of umbratic
unambition
unambition
noun
The absence of ambition.
unimitable
unimitable
adj
That cannot be imitated.
unimitably
unintombed
unintombed
adj
Archaic form of unentombed.
untimbered
untimbered
adj
Not timbered.
vestibulum
vestibulum
noun
(anatomy) The vestibule of the ear.
(zootomy) A cavity into which, in certain bryozoans, the esophagus and anus open.