(anatomy, of an electrical current in a muscle) Away from the end and towards the centre
beminstrel
bimestrial
bimestrial
adj
Occurring once every two months
bitemporal
bitemporal
adj
Of, pertaining to, or joining the two temporal bones
bolometric
bolometric
adj
Of or pertaining to bolometry
as measured using a bolometer
brambliest
brambliest
adj
superlative form of brambly: most brambly
bromellite
bromellite
noun
(mineralogy) A white oxide mineral containing beryllium.
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.
colbertism
crumbliest
crumbliest
adj
superlative form of crumbly: most crumbly
embrittled
embrittled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of embrittle
immortable
impartable
impartable
adj
Capable of being imparted.
impartible
impartible
adj
capable of being imparted or communicated; impartable.
not partible; not subject to partition; indivisible
impetrable
impetrable
adj
(obsolete) Capable of being obtained or influenced by petition.
importable
importable
adj
(obsolete) Insupportable, unbearable.
Capable of being imported.
noun
Something that can be imported.
kimberlite
kimberlite
noun
(geology) A variety of peridotite containing a high proportion of carbon dioxide; often contains diamonds.
limburgite
limburgite
noun
A dark volcanic rock resembling basalt and consisting essentially of olivine and augite with a brownish glassy groundmass.
materiable
metrizable
metrizable
adj
(topology) Of a topological space: for which a metric exists that will induce the original topology.
measurable, quantifiable
mirabilite
mirabilite
noun
(mineralogy) An evaporite, consisting of sodium sulfate, with the chemical formula Na₂SO₄·10H₂O.
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.
multibreak
multibreak
adj
Involving more than one break.
problemist
problemist
noun
(chess) One who composes chess problems for other players to attempt to solve.
remittable
remittable
adj
Capable of being remitted
terminable
terminable
adj
Having an ending; finite.
terminably
thimblerig
thimblerig
noun
A game of skill which requires the bettor to guess under which of three small cups (or thimbles) a pea-sized object has been placed after the party operating the game rapidly rearranges them, providing opportunity for sleight-of-hand trickery; a shell game.
One operating such a game.
verb
(intransitive) To cheat in the thimblerig game.
(transitive, intransitive, figuratively) To cheat (someone) by trickery.
timberland
timberland
noun
Forested land thought of in terms of its potential and value as timber.
timberless
timberless
adj
Without timber.
timberlike
timberlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of timber.
timberline
timberline
noun
The height or limit beyond which trees do not grow in mountainous or Arctic regions.
timberling
timberling
noun
(UK, dialect, dated) A small tree.
timbrelled
timbrelled
adj
Sung to the sound of the timbrel.
timbreller
traymobile
traymobile
noun
A wheeled trolley for transporting food to the table.