(surgery) Removal of the uterus via an incision made in the abdominal wall rather than via the vagina.
abdominohysterotomy
abdominohysterotomy
noun
(surgery) An incision of the uterus, done through a surgical hole in the abdomen.
amblycephalidae
aminobenzaldehyde
bacchylides
bacchylides
Proper noun
An Ancient Greek name, particularly borne by a 5th century Ancient Greek lyric poet.
backhandedly
ballyhooed
ballyhooed
adj
Sensationalized; presented with grand claims.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ballyhoo
barleyhood
bawdyhouse
bawdyhouse
noun
Alternative spelling of bawdy-house
bawdyhouses
bawdyhouses
noun
plural of bawdyhouse
bayhead
bayhead
noun
(ecology) A swamp habitat dominated by bay laurels.
bellyached
bellyached
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bellyache
benightedly
benightedly
adv
In a benighted manner.
benzalcyanhydrin
benzaldehyde
benzaldehyde
noun
(countable) Any of various derivatives of benzaldehyde.
(organic chemistry, uncountable) A chemical compound (C₆H₅CHO) consisting of a benzene ring with an aldehyde substituent.
benzaldiphenyl
benzalhydrazine
benzalphenylhydrazone
benzhydrol
benzhydrol
noun
diphenylmethanol
benzhydroxamic
benzohydrol
benzoiodohydrin
berhymed
berhymed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of berhyme
bethylid
bethylid
noun
(zoology) Any wasp in the family Bethylidae.
bethylidae
bigheartedly
bigheartedly
adv
In a bighearted manner
bihydrazine
bisdimethylamino
blackheartedly
bleachyard
blepharodyschroia
blepharosyndesmitis
blepharydatis
blockheadedly
blockheadedly
adv
In a blockheaded way.
blythedale
blythewood
bodycheck
bodycheck
noun
Alternative spelling of body check
bodychecked
bodychecked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bodycheck
bodychecking
bodychecking
verb
present participle of bodycheck
bodyweight
bodyweight
adj
Employing (only) a person's own weight as resistance to movement for the purpose of physical exercise.
noun
The weight or mass of an organism.
boldheartedly
borohydride
borohydride
noun
(inorganic chemistry) The anion and very strong reducing agent BH₄⁻.
A salt of this anion.
borohydrides
borohydrides
noun
plural of borohydride
bostrychidae
botchedly
botchedly
adv
In a clumsy manner.
bounderishly
bounderishly
adv
In a bounderish manner.
brachydodrome
brachydome
brachydome
noun
(crystallography) A dome parallel to the shorter lateral axis.
brachypodine
brachysclereid
brachysclereid
noun
(botany) A sclereid that occurs in the stems (and some fruit) of plants
bradyesthesia
bradyphemia
bradyphemia
noun
(medicine) abnormally slow speech
bradyphrenia
bradyphrenia
noun
(neurology) The slowness of thought common to many disorders of the brain
breadthways
breadthways
adv
breadthwise
brokenheartedly
brokenheartedly
adv
In a brokenhearted manner.
bromhydrate
bromhydrate
noun
hydrobromate
bromohydrate
budgerygah
bullheadedly
bullheadedly
adv
In a bullheaded manner.
busyhead
butyraldehyde
butyraldehyde
noun
(organic chemistry) The aliphatic aldehyde CH₃-CH₂-CH₂-CHO derived from butane
carbohydrase
carbohydrase
noun
(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of polysaccharides into simple sugars
carbohydrate
carbohydrate
noun
(colloquial, by extension, metonymically) Any food rich in starch or other carbohydrates.
(organic chemistry, nutrition) A sugar, starch, or cellulose that is a food source of energy for an animal or plant.
carbohydrates
carbohydrates
noun
plural of carbohydrate
carbohydrazide
carbohydrazide
noun
(organic chemistry) Any N,N'-diamino derivative of urea
carbohydride
carbohydride
noun
(chemistry) A hydrocarbon.
carbohydrogen
chlamydobacteriaceae
chlamydobacteriaceous
chlamydobacteriales
cryptobranchidae
dacryoblenorrhea
dacryocystoblennorrhea
dahabeeyah
dahabiyeh
debauchedly
debauchedly
adv
In a debauched manner.
debauchery
debauchery
noun
(archaic) Seduction from duty.
Indulgence in sensual pleasures; scandalous activities involving sex, alcohol, or drugs without inhibition.
decipherability
decipherability
noun
(countable) The extent to which something can be deciphered.
(uncountable) The condition of being decipherable.
decipherably
decipherably
adv
In a decipherable manner.
dehydroascorbic
dehydroascorbic
adj
(organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to dehydroascorbic acid or its derivatives
derbyshire
derbyshire
Proper noun
A midland county of England bounded by South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, Greater Manchester, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Staffordshire and Cheshire.
detachability
detachability
noun
The quality or degree of being detachable.
detachably
detachably
adv
In such a way that it can be detached.
dhobey
dibromoacetaldehyde
diethylstilbestrol
diethylstilbestrol
noun
(pharmacology) A synthetic estrogen drug C₁₈H₂₀O₂ used formerly to prevent miscarriage or premature delivery in humans and to promote growth in livestock. The medical use of diethystilbestrol was discontinued in the U.S. during the early 1970s due to its association with serious side effects (such as reproductive tract abnormalities and increased rates of infertility) in offspring exposed to the drug while developing in the uterus. It is no longer commercially available in the U.S. and its use is currently limited to specially compounded formulations for veterinary care.
diethylstilboestrol
diethylstilboestrol
noun
(pharmacology) UK spelling of diethylstilbestrol.
dimethylbenzene
dimethylbenzene
noun
(organic chemistry) xylene
dimethylcarbinol
doublehandedly
doublehandedly
adv
Alternative form of double-handedly
doughbelly
doughbelly
noun
Synonym of frybread
dyushambe
elderbrotherly
endobronchially
endobronchially
adv
In an endobronchial manner
endolabyrinthitis
feebleheartedly
haberdashery
haberdashery
noun
A shop selling clothing and accessories for men, including hats.
A shop selling such goods.
Ribbons, buttons, thread, needles and similar sewing goods sold in a haberdasher's shop.
handybillies
hardberry
hardenability
hardenability
noun
The quality or degree of being hardenable.
harebrainedly
hebdomadally
hebdomadally
adv
In periods of seven days; weekly.
hebdomadary
hebdomadary
adj
(obsolete) hebdomadal
noun
A member of a Roman Catholic chapter or convent whose week it is to officiate in the choir and perform other services, which, on extraordinary occasions, are performed by the superiors.
hebdomary
hedgeberry
hedgeberry
noun
The hagberry.
hemibasidiomycetes
hendecasyllabic
hendecasyllabic
adj
Having eleven syllables.
noun
A word or line of eleven syllables.
hendecasyllable
hendecasyllable
noun
(chiefly prosody) A line, verse, or word that comprises eleven syllables.
herbicidally
herbicidally
adv
As a herbicide.
herdboy
herdboy
Noun
A boy who herds animals.
hereditability
hereditability
noun
The quality of being hereditable.
hereditably
hereditably
adv
By inheritance.
hexahydrobenzene
hindberry
hindberry
noun
(archaic, dialectal) The raspberry.
hobbledehoy
hobbledehoy
noun
An awkward adolescent youth.
hobbledehoydom
hobbledehoyhood
hobbledehoyhood
noun
The period or time of being a hobbledehoy; awkward adolescence.
hobbledehoyish
hobbledehoyish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a hobbledehoy.
hobbledehoyishness
hobbledehoyishness
noun
The quality of being hobbledehoyish.
hobbledehoyism
hobbledehoyism
noun
hobbledehoyhood
hobbledehoys
hobbledehoys
noun
plural of hobbledehoy
hobbledygee
homebody
homebody
noun
(Canada, US, informal) A person who prefers to remain at home, rather than participate in social events elsewhere.
honeybind
honeycombed
honeycombed
adj
Having a perforated structure, resembling a honeycomb.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of honeycomb
hornblendophyre
houndsberry
houndsberry
noun
The common dogwood.
hybridae
hybridisable
hybridisable
adj
Alternative form of hybridizable
hybridise
hybridise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of hybridize.
hybridised
hybridised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hybridise
hybridiser
hybridiser
noun
Alternative form of hybridizer
hybridities
hybridities
noun
plural of hybridity
hybridizable
hybridizable
adj
That may be hybridized.
hybridize
hybridize
verb
(biochemistry) To combine complementary subunits of multiple biological macromolecules.
(intransitive) To produce hybrid offspring; to interbreed.
(physics) To combine atomic orbitals mathematically to form hybrid orbitals.
(transitive) To construct a hybrid word from elements of different languages.
(transitive) To cross-breed animals or plants to form hybrids.
To form a mixture of any kind.
hybridized
hybridized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hybridize
hybridizer
hybridizer
noun
One who hybridizes.
hybridizers
hybridizers
noun
plural of hybridizer
hybridizes
hybridizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hybridize
hyderabad
hyderabad
Proper noun
The state capital of Telangana state and Andhra Pradesh state in India.
A former state, landlocked in south-central India, which was ruled from 1724 until 1948 by a line of nizams.
A city in the Sindh province of Pakistan.
hydrazobenzene
hydrazobenzene
noun
(organic chemistry) The hydrogenated form of azobenzene 1,2-diphenylhydrazine
hydrobarometer
hydrobarometer
noun
An instrument for determining the depth of the sea by the pressure of the water.
hydrobates
hydrobatidae
hydrobenzoin
hydrobiplane
hydrobiplane
noun
(aviation, dated) A hydroaeroplane having two supporting planes.
hydroboracite
hydroboracite
noun
(mineralogy) A hydrated borate mineral with the chemical formula CaMgB₆O₈(OH)₆·3(H₂O).
hydrobranchiate
hydrobromate
hydrobromate
noun
(chemistry) hydrobromide
hydrobromide
hydrobromide
noun
(organic chemistry) A compound of hydrobromic acid with an organic base (distinguished from a bromide, in which only the bromine unites with the base).
hydrocarbide
hydrocarbide
noun
(obsolete, organic chemistry) hydrocarbon
hydrocarbonaceous
hydrocarbonaceous
adj
(chemistry, archaic) Of the nature of, or containing, hydrocarbons.
hydrocarbonate
hydrocarbonate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) bicarbonate
(inorganic chemistry, obsolete) hydrous carbonate, such as malachite