(surgery) Removal of the uterus via an incision made in the abdominal wall rather than via the vagina.
abdominothoracic
abdominothoracic
adj
Relating to the abdomen and the thorax, or chest.
abelmoschus
abimelech
abimelech
Proper noun
Any of several Philistine kings.
abouchement
abrahamic
abrahamic
Adjective
Pertaining to Abraham, the patriarch.
Descended from the religious tradition of Abraham.
abrahamitic
abrahamitic
Adjective
Relating to the patriarch Abraham.
abranchialism
abranchialism
noun
The condition of being without gills.
absinthismic
absinthismic
adj
Afflicted with absinthism.
accomplishable
accomplishable
adj
Capable of being accomplished; practicable.
acetylmethylcarbinol
acetylmethylcarbinol
noun
(organic chemistry) acetoin
achromatizable
achromobacter
achromobacterieae
aichmophobia
aichmophobia
noun
The fear of needles and other pointed or sharp objects.
albuminocholia
alhambraic
ambach
ambatch
ambatch
noun
(countable) A raft made from bundles of the stems of this plant.
A large shrub or small tree found in and around water in the African tropics, Aeschynomene elaphroxylon, formerly used to make rafts due to its extremely lightweight wood.
amblycephalidae
amblycephalus
amblychromatic
amblyrhynchus
americophobe
americophobe
Noun
Americanophobe
amphibichnite
amphibiological
amphibiological
adj
Pertaining to amphibiology.
amphibiontic
amphibiotic
amphibiotic
adj
Describing insects that initially live in water but live on land as adults
amphibiotica
amphiblastic
amphiblastic
adj
(biology) Segmenting unequally; said of telolecithal ova with complete segmentation.
amphibolic
amphibolic
adj
(geology) Of, resembling or containing the mineral amphibole.
Of, pertaining to or exhibiting amphiboly; ambiguous; equivocal.
amphibolitic
amphibolitic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or composed of an amphibolite.
amphibological
amphibological
adj
(linguistics) Grammatically ambiguous.
(rare) of doubtful meaning, ambiguous, quibbling.
amphibologically
amphibologically
adv
In an amphibological manner.
amphibrach
amphibrach
noun
(prosody) A metrical foot in ancient Greek or Latin consisting of two short syllables surrounding one long one (e.g. amāta).
(prosody) A metrical foot in modern prosody, consisting of three syllables, the middle one of which is stressed (e.g. Jamaica).
amphibrachic
amphibrachic
adj
Consisting of amphibrachs, metrical feet consisting of either a long syllable between two that are short, or an accented syllable between two that are not accented.
amphibrachs
amphibrachs
noun
plural of amphibrach
amphicribral
amphicribral
adj
(botany) In which the phloem surrounds the xylem
amphisbaenic
amphisbaenic
adj
(mythology) Relating to an amphisbaena.
antebrachium
antebrachium
noun
(anatomy) The forearm
antechamber
antechamber
noun
A small room used as an entryway or reception area to a larger room.
antechambers
antechambers
noun
plural of antechamber
antichamber
antichamber
noun
Obsolete form of antechamber.
antithrombic
antithrombic
adj
(biochemistry) Of, pertaining to, or resembling the action of antithrombin
arceuthobium
archabomination
archaimbaud
archambault
archdissembler
archhumbug
archiblastoma
archicerebrum
archisymbolical
armbrecht
arthrobacterium
bacchanalianism
bacchanalianism
noun
The practice of bacchanalians; bacchanals; drunken revelry.
bacchanalism
bacchanalism
noun
Alternative form of bacchanalianism
bachelordom
bachelordom
noun
The state of a male who is a bachelor, i.e. unwed.
bachelordoms
bachelorism
bachelorism
noun
A manner or peculiarity belonging to bachelors.
Bachelorhood.
bachman
bacteriohemolysin
baluchitherium
bambochade
bamboche
baphometic
barmcloth
barmcloth
Noun
An apron.
bashmuric
basichromatic
basichromatin
basichromatin
noun
The basophil portion of the chromatin of a cell.
basichromatinic
basichromiole
basiparachromatin
bathmic
bathmic
adj
Relating to bathmism.
bathmotropic
bathmotropic
adj
(physiology) That influences the response of tissue to stimuli, especially that of cardiac muscle
bathochromatic
bathochromatic
adj
Alternative form of bathochromic
bathochromatism
bathochrome
bathochromic
bathochromic
adj
(physics) Of a change in the position of a spectral band, to a lower frequency
bathochromy
bathychrome
bathylimnetic
bathylimnetic
adj
Living in the depths of a lake or marsh.
bathymetric
bathymetric
adj
Of, pertaining to, or derived from bathymetry.
bathymetrical
bathymetrical
adj
Alternative form of bathymetric
bathymetrically
bathymetrically
adv
In a bathymetric way
batrachium
batrachospermum
beacham
beachcomb
beachcomb
noun
An instance of beachcombing.
verb
To go beachcombing.
beachcombed
beachcombed
adj
Obtained by beachcombing
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beachcomb
beachcomber
beachcomber
noun
(nautical) A seaman who is not prepared to work but hangs around port areas living off the charity of others.
A long rolling wave of the sea.
A person who collects marine salvage at the coast.
Any loafer around a waterfront.
beachcombers
beachcombers
noun
plural of beachcomber
beachcombing
beachcombing
noun
An item found lying near the sea; marine salvage.
The lifestyle and habits of a beachcomber.
verb
present participle of beachcomb
beachlamar
beachman
beachmaster
beachmen
beauchamp
beauchamp
Proper noun
The name of several places in Northern France
of Norman origin
beaumarchais
bechamel
bechamel
noun
Alternative spelling of béchamel
bechamels
bechamels
noun
plural of bechamel
becharm
becharm
verb
(transitive, archaic) To charm; fascinate; hold by a charm or spell.
becharmed
becharmed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of becharm
becharming
becharming
verb
present participle of becharm
becharms
becharms
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of becharm
bedchamber
bedchamber
noun
(archaic) A bedroom.
bedchambers
bedchambers
noun
plural of bedchamber
beecham
benchman
benchman
noun
A worker who uses a workbench.
benchmar
benchmark
benchmark
noun
(computing) A computer program that is executed to assess the performance of the runtime environment.
A standard by which something is evaluated or measured.
A surveyor's mark made on some stationary object and shown on a map; used as a reference point.
verb
(intransitive, followed by at) To give certain results in a benchmark test.
(transitive, intransitive, followed by against) To use something (e.g., a competitor's product) as a standard to improve one's own thing.
benchmarked
benchmarked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of benchmark
benchmarking
benchmarking
noun
A performance measurement according to a benchmark.
verb
present participle of benchmark
benchmarks
benchmarks
noun
plural of benchmark
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of benchmark
benchwarmer
benchwarmer
noun
Alternative spelling of bench-warmer
benchwarmers
benchwarmers
noun
plural of benchwarmer
benthamic
benthamic
Adjective
Of or pertaining to or Benthamism.
benzhydroxamic
benzoxycamphor
berchemia
bergamasche
bichelamar
bichromate
bichromate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) Synonym of dichromate
bichromated
bichromates
bichromates
noun
plural of bichromate
bichromatic
bichromatic
adj
(mathematics) Describing a graph with edges of two possible colours.
(physics) Describing a spectrometer (or similar instrument or system) capable of analysing two wavelengths at the same time.
bichromatize
bichromatize
verb
(transitive) To combine or treat with a bichromate, especially with bichromate of potassium.
biharmonic
biharmonic
adj
(mathematics) Describing a class of fourth-order partial differential equations which arises in areas of continuum mechanics
noun
Any equation of this kind.
biochemical
biochemical
adj
characterized by, produced by, or involving chemical processes in living organisms
of, or relating to biochemistry
noun
a chemical substance derived from a biological source
biochemically
biochemically
adv
With reference to biochemistry.
biochemicals
biochemicals
noun
plural of biochemical
biogeochemical
biogeochemical
adj
Of or pertaining to biogeochemistry
noun
A geochemical of biological origin
biologicohumanistic
biomathematics
biomathematics
noun
(biology, mathematics) The application of mathematics to the study of biological systems and processes
biomechanical
biomechanical
adj
Of or pertaining to biomechanics
biomechanics
biomechanics
noun
(biology) The functioning of a particular part of a body.
(biology, physics) The branch of biophysics that deals with the mechanics of the human or animal body; especially concerned with muscles and the skeleton.
biophysicochemical
biophysicochemical
adj
(biology, chemistry) biophysical and biochemical
birchman
bishydroxycoumarin
bishydroxycoumarin
noun
(organic chemistry) Synonym of dicumarol
blacksmith
blacksmith
noun
(informal) A person who shoes horses.
A blackish fish of the Pacific coast (Chromis punctipinnis).
A person who forges iron.
verb
(intransitive) To work as a blacksmith.
blacksmithing
blacksmithing
noun
the business of a blacksmith
verb
present participle of blacksmith
blacksmiths
blacksmiths
noun
plural of blacksmith
blanchimeter
blastocheme
bleacherman
bleachman
blepharocarcinoma
blepharochromidrosis
blepharocoloboma
blepharosphincterectomy
blockheadism
blockheadism
noun
The character or behaviour of a blockhead; stupidity.
bothrenchyma
bothrenchyma
noun
(botany, obsolete) Dotted or pitted ducts or vessels forming the pores seen in many kinds of wood.