Marked by abstinence or restraint, especially in relation to food or drink.
abstrusely
abstrusely
adv
In an abstruse manner.
abstrusity
abstrusity
noun
(archaic) Abstruseness; that which is abstruse.
absurdity
absurdity
noun
(countable) That which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction.
(obsolete, rare) Dissonance.
(uncountable) The quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment.
absyrtus
abulyeit
abundantly
abundantly
adv
Extremely.
In an abundant manner; in a sufficient degree; in large measure.
accountability
accountability
noun
(military) The obligation imposed by law or regulation on an officer or other person for keeping accurate record of property, documents, or funds. The person having this obligation may or may not have actual possession of the property, documents, or funds. Accountability is concerned primarily with records, while responsibility is concerned primarily with custody, care, and safekeeping.
An open determination of one's responsibility for something and imposition of consequences.
Good-faith acceptance of one's responsibility for something and of its consequences.
The state of being accountable; liability to be called on to render an account or give an explanation; liability to be held responsible or answerable for something.
accountably
accountably
adv
In an accountable manner.
acetylbiuret
acquirability
acquirability
noun
(rare) The quality of being acquirable; attainableness.
adjustability
adjustability
noun
The state or condition of being adjustable.
adjustably
adjustably
adv
In a way that is adjustable.
adumbratively
adumbratively
adv
In an adumbrative manner
agglutinability
agglutinability
noun
The quality or degree of being agglutinable.
aktyubinsk
albuminimetry
albuminimetry
noun
The measurement of the quantity of albumen in a liquid.
albuminometry
alkylbenzenesulfonate
alkylbenzenesulfonates
ambidextrously
ambidextrously
adv
In an ambidextrous manner.
ambiguity
ambiguity
noun
(countable) words or statements that are open to more than one interpretation, explanation or meaning, especially if that meaning cannot be determined from its context.
(uncountable) The state of being ambiguous.
ambisexuality
ambisexuality
noun
(countable) An instance of ambisexual behaviour.
(uncountable) The state of being ambisexual.
ambitiously
ambitiously
adv
In an ambitious manner.
ambulatorily
ambulatorily
adv
By or in terms of walking.
ambulatory
ambulatory
adj
(comparable, medicine) Able to walk about and not bedridden.
(law) Not yet legally fixed or settled; alterable.
(medicine) Performed on or involving an ambulatory patient or an outpatient.
Accustomed to move from place to place; not stationary; movable.
Of, relating to, or adapted to walking.
noun
Any part of a building intended for walking in; a corridor.
The round walkway encircling the altar in many cathedrals.
amphibolostylous
antiburglary
antiburglary
adj
Opposing or countering burglary.
antisubsidy
antisubsidy
adj
(politics) Opposing a subsidy.
articulability
articulability
noun
The quality or degree of being articulable.
assumability
atterbury
attributively
attributively
adv
In an attributive manner.
audibility
audibility
noun
The quality of being heard or understood; the degree to which a thing is audible.
aummbulatory
autoantibody
autoantibody
noun
An antibody formed in response to an agent (autoantigen) produced by the organism itself
autobasidiomycetes
autobasidiomycetous
autobiographically
autobiographically
adv
In an autobiographical manner.
autobiography
autobiography
noun
(countable) A self-written biography; the story of one's own life.
(uncountable) Biographies of this kind regarded as a literary genre.
autobiology
autohybridization
automobility
automobility
noun
The utilization of automobiles as the major means of transportation and mobility.
automysophobia
automysophobia
noun
An abnormal fear of being dirty.
autophoby
autophoby
noun
Archaic form of autophobia.
autostability
autostability
noun
(engineering) Ability to keep a stable poise, either by virtue of shape and proportions, or by some mechanism.
autosuggestibility
autosuggestibility
noun
The quality of being autosuggestible.
autosymbiontic
autosymbolic
autosymbolical
autosymbolically
autoxidizability
autoxidizability
noun
Alternative form of autoxidisability
ayubite
azoisobutyronitrile
backcountry
backcountry
noun
A remote region; countryside that is relatively inaccessible; the boondocks.
baetylus
baetylus
noun
Alternative form of baetyl (“sacred stone”)
bankruptcy
bankruptcy
noun
(finance, law) A legally declared or recognized condition of insolvency of a person or organization.
bankruptly
bankruptly
adv
In a bankrupt manner.
barratrously
barratrously
adv
In a barratrous manner.
barrulety
barytosulphate
basidiomycetous
basidiomycetous
adj
Relating to the basidiomycetes.
basipterygium
basipterygium
noun
A cartilage at the base of the fins of some fish that develops into the metapterygium upon maturity.
bathybius
bathybius
Noun
A gelatinous substance found in mud dredged from the Atlantic and once supposed to be a free living protoplasm, later found to be the result of precipitation.
bathycurrent
bayreuth
beauetry
beauteously
beauteously
adv
In a beauteous manner.
beautifully
beautifully
adv
In a beautiful manner.
beautify
beautify
verb
(computing) Synonym of pretty-print
(intransitive, rare) To become beautiful.
(intransitive, rare) To make oneself beautiful.
(transitive) To make beautiful; to increase the beauty of.
beautifying
beautifying
adj
That beautifies; tending to make beautiful.
noun
The action of the verb to beautify.
verb
present participle of beautify
beauty
beauty
adj
(Canada) Of high quality, well done.
intj
(Canada) Cool!
(Canada) Thanks!
noun
(archaic, in the plural) Beautiful passages or extracts of poetry.
(obsolete) Prevailing style or taste; rage; fashion.
(physics, obsolete) A beauty quark (now called bottom quark).
(with the definite article) The excellence or genius of a scheme or decision.
An excellent or egregious example of something.
Beauty treatment; cosmetology.
Someone who is beautiful.
Something that is particularly good or pleasing.
The quality of being (especially visually) attractive, pleasing, fine or good-looking; comeliness.
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To make beautiful.
beautydom
beautydom
noun
The estate or rank of a beauty or of beautiful women.
beautyship
bellyflaught
bidactylous
bifurcately
bifurcately
adv
In a bifurcate manner.
bilinguality
bilinguality
noun
(rare) bilingualism
binocularity
binocularity
noun
Binocular vision.
biquarterly
biquarterly
adj
Twice every quarter, i.e. eight times per year.
bisexuality
bisexuality
noun
(chiefly botany) The state of being bisexual (“having both male and female parts or roles”).
(of humans or other animals) The state of being sexually or romantically attracted to members of either sex or gender.
blastomycetous
blastophyllum
boastfully
boastfully
adv
In a boastful manner.
boutylka
brachelytrous
brachelytrous
adj
(entomology, of a beetle) That has short elytrons
brachydactylous
brachydactylous
adj
(zoology) Having abnormally short digits.
brachygnathous
brachygnathous
adj
Relating to brachygnathia
brachypterous
brachypterous
adj
(zoology) Having short, possibly non-functional wings
brachystomatous
brachystomous
brachytypous
brachytypous
adj
(mineralogy) Of a short form.
bradyauxetic
bradyauxetically
brushability
brushability
noun
The quality or degree of being brushable.
brutality
brutality
noun
A cruel or savage act.
The state of being brutal.
The use of excessive physical force, often in the form of violence.
brutally
brutally
adv
In a brutal manner; viciously, barbarically.
In a direct way that does not attempt to hide, disguise or mask unpleasantness; directly.
bryanthus
buccinatory
buccinatory
adj
Relating to the buccinator muscle.
buckstay
buckstay
noun
A vertical support for a furnace or boiler, to give it rigidity.
buddhistically
buddhistically
Adverb
as a Buddhist, in a manner of a Buddhist
budgetary
budgetary
adj
Of or pertaining to a budget.
buffability
buoyant
buoyant
adj
(figuratively) Lighthearted and lively.
(of an economy, business etc.) Involving or engaged in much successful trade or activity.
Having buoyancy; able to float.
buoyantly
buoyantly
adv
In a buoyant manner.
buoyantness
buoyantness
noun
The state or quality of being buoyant.
bureaucratically
bureaucratically
adv
In a bureaucratic manner.
burgality
buryat
buryat
Adjective
From, of, or pertaining to, Buryatia
Noun
Someone from Buryatia.
Proper noun
A Mongolic language spoken around Buryatia.
buryats
butadiyne
butadiyne
noun
(organic chemistry) diacetylene
buttyman
buttyman
noun
(mining) Synonym of butty (“miner who works under contract”)
butylamine
butylamine
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of four isomeric aliphatic amines derived from butane
butylate
butylate
verb
(organic chemistry) To react so as to introduce one or more butyl groups into a molecule
butylated
butylated
adj
(organic chemistry) Modified to contain one or more butyl groups
verb
simple past tense and past participle of butylate
butylates
butylates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of butylate
butylating
butylating
verb
present participle of butylate
butylation
butylation
noun
(organic chemistry) A reaction in which a butyl group is added to a molecule
butylations
butylations
noun
plural of butylation
butyraceous
butyraceous
adj
Of, pertaining to or containing butter; buttery
butyral
butyral
Noun
butyraldehyde
butyraldehyde
butyraldehyde
noun
(organic chemistry) The aliphatic aldehyde CH₃-CH₂-CH₂-CHO derived from butane
butyrals
butyrals
noun
plural of butyral
butyrate
butyrate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of butyric acid.
butyrates
butyrates
noun
plural of butyrate
butyrically
butyrinase
butyrochloral
butyrolactone
butyrolactone
noun
(organic chemistry) Any lactone derived from a hydroxybutyric acid
byzantinesque
byzantinesque
Adjective
Characteristic of Byzantine art or culture.
byzantium
byzantium
Noun
A dark shade of purple, close to Tyrian purple and palatinate purple
Proper noun
The ancient Greek city situated on the Bosporus, named Constantinople in 330 and now known as Istanbul.
The Byzantine Empire.
calculability
calculability
noun
The condition of being calculable
canterbury
canterbury
noun
A rack for magazines or other papers, usually wooden, often done as a decorative piece.
carbohydraturia
carbohydraturia
noun
(pathology) The presence of carbohydrates (principally sugars) in the urine
causability
causability
noun
The condition of being causable
censurability
censurability
Noun
The state or condition of being censurable; blameworthiness.
chlamydobacteriaceous
churnability
churnability
noun
The condition of being churnable
circumambiently
circumambiently
adv
In a circumambient manner.
circumambulatory
circumambulatory
adj
Designed especially for ritualistic circumambulation.
That is circumambulating.
circumstantiability
clubability
clubability
noun
Alternative form of clubbability
clubbability
clubbability
noun
The quality of being clubbable.
coagulability
coagulability
noun
The ability to coagulate, of being coagulable
cogitabundity
cogitabundity
noun
(archaic, literary) The state of being cogitabund, or deep in thought.
cogitabundly
colourability
colourability
noun
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of colorability
commensurability
commensurability
noun
The quality of being commensurable or commensurate