(medicine, archaic) A mass of fat found internally; also, a fatty tumor.
aeolism
aeolism
noun
Alternative form of Aeolism
agamoid
agonium
airampo
airampo
noun
The erect prickly pear Opuntia stricta.
airsome
airsome
adj
Characterised or marked by air, especially bracingly cold air; windy; stormy
algomic
aliform
aliform
adj
(of a building) Having wings
Shaped like a wing
alimony
alimony
noun
(law) A court-mandated allowance made to a former spouse by a divorced or legally separated person.
The means to support life.
almoign
alodium
alodium
noun
Alternative form of allodium
alogism
alogism
noun
(art) An absurd or nonsensical element deliberately added to a work that belongs to the alogism movement.
(art) An early 20th century movement in painting and writing, emerging from the Russian avant-garde, which made use of antirational or nonsensical elements.
An inconsistency or arbitrary situation that follows no logical pattern.
An irrational statement or line of argument; a logical error.
Irrationality; the rejection of logical thinking as a means of approaching truth.
amaigbo
amanori
amanori
noun
Porphyra seaweed used as food in Japan; laver.
amaroid
amaroid
noun
(obsolete) Any bitter substance extracted from a plant (other than an alkaloid or glycoside).
amatito
amboina
amboina
noun
Alternative form of amboyna
amboise
ambolic
ambroid
ambrosi
ameboid
ameboid
adj
(US) Alternative spelling of amoeboid
amerigo
amicous
amicron
amidols
amidols
noun
plural of amidol
amidone
amidone
noun
Synonym of methadone
amidoxy
amiloun
aminoid
amintor
amishgo
ammonia
ammonia
noun
(inorganic chemistry) A gaseous compound of hydrogen and nitrogen, NH₃, with a pungent smell and taste.
A solution of this compound in water used domestically as a cleaning fluid.
ammonic
ammonic
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the cornu ammonis.
(inorganic chemistry) Relating to ammonia.
amnions
amniota
amniote
amniote
noun
(biology) Any of the Amniota group of vertebrates having an amnion during the development of the embryo; mammals, birds and reptiles.
amoebic
amoebic
adj
(biology, pathology) Relating to, or caused by an amoeba.
amoebid
amoebid
noun
(zoology) Any member of the family Amoebidae of certain amoebas.
amolish
amoraic
amoraim
amorini
amorini
noun
plural of amorino
amorino
amorino
noun
(art) A cupid (a putto, commonly with bow and arrow, representing love).
amorism
amorist
amorist
noun
Someone who is in love.
Someone who writes about love.
amorita
amorite
amorphi
amorphi
noun
plural of amorphus
amosite
amosite
noun
(mineralogy) A variety of grunerite asbestos, once used in insulation.
amotion
amotion
noun
deprivation of possession
removal; ousting, especially, of a corporate officer from office
amoving
amoving
verb
present participle of amove
amphion
amroati
amsonia
amsonia
noun
Any of the genus Amsonia of flowering plants; a bluestar.
amyloid
amyloid
adj
(mycology) Applied to a mushroom that turns blue-black upon application of Melzer's reagent
Containing or resembling starch.
noun
A waxy compound of protein and polysaccharides that is found deposited in tissues in amyloidosis.
Any of various starchlike substances.
angioma
angioma
noun
(medicine) A benign tumor made up of small blood vessels or lymph vessels.
animato
animato
adv
(music) (To be played) in a lively, animated manner.
noun
(music) A passage to be played in a lively, animated manner.
animose
animose
adj
Resolute and full of vigor; vehement.
animoso
animous
animous
adj
animose
anomies
anomies
noun
plural of anomie
anomite
anomite
noun
A form of biotite in which the plane of the optic axis is perpendicular to the plane of symmetry.
anosmia
anosmia
noun
Inability to smell; the inability to perceive odors.
anosmic
anosmic
adj
(pathology) Having anosmia; lacking a sense of smell.
(zoology) Lacking olfactory organs; anosmatic.
noun
(pathology) A person with anosmia; a person lacking a sense of smell.
aortism
apomict
apomict
noun
(botany, zoology) Any apomictic plant or organism.
armoire
armoire
noun
A type of cupboard, cabinet, or wardrobe - originally used for storing weapons.
armoric
armoric
Adjective
Relating to Armorica; Armorican.
Proper noun
The language spoken by the Gauls of Armorica, the ancestor of Breton.
arolium
arolium
noun
(entomology) A median lobe into which the pretarsus expands, in an insect's leg.
astomia
atomics
atomics
noun
The study of physics at an atomic level.
plural of atomic
atomies
atomies
noun
plural of atomy
atomise
atomise
verb
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of atomize
atomism
atomism
noun
(philosophy) The ancient Greek theory that all matter is composed of very small indestructible and indivisible particles.
(philosophy) The doctrine that society arises from individuals and that larger structures are unimportant.
atomist
atomist
noun
An adherent of atomism; one who believes matter is composed of elementary indivisible particles.
An adherent of the atomic theory.
atomity
atomize
atomize
verb
(transitive) to bomb with nuclear weapons
(transitive) to fragment, break into small pieces or concepts
(transitive) to make into a fine spray
(transitive) to separate or reduce into atoms
axiform
azimino
azonium
azoxime
bambino
bambino
noun
A child or baby, especially a representation in art of the infant Christ wrapped in swaddling clothes. [from 18th c.]
bevomit
bevomit
verb
(transitive) To vomit upon; vomit all over.
bimboes
bimodal
bimodal
adj
(mathematics, of a distribution) Having two modes (local maxima)
Having two modes or forms
bimorph
bimorph
noun
A cantilever that consists of two active layers: piezoelectric and metal.
bimotor
bimotor
noun
A twin-engine aircraft.
binomen
binomen
noun
A name having two parts.
bioherm
bioherm
noun
(geology) A mass of rock constructed from the remains of marine organisms such as coral or algae
(geology) A massive, unlayered, mound-shape body in discordant relationship to the surrounding layered facies which drape over it; thus either a reef or a bank (after Asquith, 1979, p.73).
biomass
biomass
noun
Organic matter from living things which were recently alive (especially vegetation) used as a fuel or source of energy, especially if cultivated for that purpose; also, fuel produced from such organic matter; biofuel.
The total mass of a living thing or a part thereof (such as a cell).
The total mass of all, or a specified category of, living things within a specific area, habitat, etc.
bionomy
bionomy
noun
physiology.
biosome
biotome
biotome
noun
A specialised form of knife or scalpel
biotomy
biotomy
noun
(dated) The study of animal and plant structure by dissection.
(dated) Vivisection.
birddom
birddom
noun
The state of being a bird, or of belonging to the world of birds; birds collectively.
blissom
blissom
adj
in heat; said of ewes
lascivious
verb
(stative) To be lustful; to be lascivious.
bochism
bogmire
bogomil
bogomil
Noun
A member of a dualist Christian sect which flourished in the Balkans during the 10th to 15th centuries and was characterized by resistance to the state and church authorities.
bogyism
bogyism
noun
Alternative form of bogeyism
bohemia
bohemia
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Bohemia
bohmite
bolimba
boloism
bombing
bombing
noun
The action of dropping bombs from the air.
The action of placing and detonating bombs.
verb
present participle of bomb
bookism
boomier
boomier
adj
comparative form of boomy: more boomy
booming
booming
adj
Experiencing a period of prosperity, or rapid economic growth.
Loud and resonant.
noun
A deep hollow or roaring sound.
verb
present participle of boom
boomkin
boomkin
noun
Alternative form of bumkin
boreism
boreism
noun
The state of being boring.
bossism
bossism
noun
(US, politics) The domination of a political party by a single, powerful person (the boss)
boulimy
brimson
bromian
bromian
adj
(mineralogy) Describing minerals that contain bromine
bromide
bromide
noun
(by extension) A dull person with conventional thoughts.
(inorganic chemistry) A binary compound of bromine and some other element or radical.
(photography) A print made on bromide paper.
A dose of bromide taken as a sedative, or to reduce sexual appetite.
A platitude.
bromids
bromids
noun
plural of bromid
bromine
bromine
noun
(countable) A bromine atom
(uncountable) A nonmetallic chemical element (symbol Br) with an atomic number of 35; one of the halogens, it is a fuming red-brown liquid at room temperature.
bromins
bromios
bromise
bromism
bromism
noun
(medicine) poisoning by bromine or bromides
bromite
bromite
noun
(inorganic chemistry) Any salt of bromous acid
(inorganic chemistry) The univalent anion BrO₂⁻
bromius
bromize
bromize
verb
(photography, transitive) To prepare or treat with bromine.
bromoil
cacimbo
caimito
caimito
noun
Synonym of star apple, a tropical tree and its fruit
cambion
cambion
noun
(mythology) The offspring of either an incubus and a female human or a succubus and a male human.
camillo
camions
camions
noun
plural of camion
camogie
camogie
noun
A women's stick-and-ball sport from Ireland, almost identical to hurling.
camoodi
camoodi
noun
A boa constrictor or other constricting snake
campion
campion
noun
Any flowering plant of the genus Silene.
Some flowering plants of the genus Lychnis.
catoism
centimo
centimo
noun
A cent, i.e. ¹⁄₁₀₀, of certain (mainly historic) Iberian and Latin American currencies, and presently of the Euro (coinage version in Spanish), as a coin or theoretic value.
chamiso
chamiso
noun
An evergreen shrub native to California, Adenostoma fasciculatum.
An evergreen shrub, Atriplex canescens, found in the southwestern United States.
chamois
chamois
adj
Chamois-colored.
noun
(cycling) A padded insert which protects the groin from the bicycle saddle.
A short-horned goat antelope native to mountainous terrain in southern Europe; Rupicapra rupicapra.
An absorbent cloth used for cleaning and polishing, formerly made of chamois leather.
Short for chamois leather (“soft pliable leather originally made from the skin of chamois (nowadays the hides of deer, sheep, and other species of goat are alternatively used)”).
The traditional colour of chamois leather.
verb
(transitive) To clean with a chamois leather cloth.
chamoix
chemizo
chiloma
chimayo
chorism
chrisom
chrisom
noun
(historical) A white cloth, anointed with chrism, or a white mantle thrown over a child when baptized or christened.
Short for chrisom child.
chromic
chromic
adj
(chemistry) of, relating to, or containing chromium, especially in oxidation state 3
chromid
chromid
noun
(zoology) One of the Chromidae, a family of freshwater fishes abundant in the tropical parts of America and Africa.