(pathology) inflammation of a bursa near the Achilles tendon
achromatizable
achtehalber
acrobatholithic
acrobatholithic
adj
Relating to the upward-projecting dome of a batholith
albrecht
alphabetic
alphabetic
adj
Of or relating to an alphabet, especially the characters A to Z, both uppercase and lowercase.
alphabetical
alphabetical
adj
(obsolete) literal
According to the sequence of the letters of the alphabet.
Pertaining to, furnished with, or expressed by letters of the alphabet.
alphabetically
alphabetically
adv
(manner) In an alphabetical manner.
(sequence) Arranged in the order of the alphabet.
alphabetics
alphabetics
noun
(dated) The science of representing spoken sounds by letters.
alsbachite
amblychromatic
amphiblastic
amphiblastic
adj
(biology) Segmenting unequally; said of telolecithal ova with complete segmentation.
amphibolitic
amphibolitic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or composed of an amphibolite.
analphabetic
analphabetic
adj
(comparable) (of a person) Illiterate, unable to read or write.
(not comparable) (of symbols) Not alphabetic.
noun
An illiterate person.
analphabetical
analphabetical
adj
Alternative form of analphabetic
antebrachial
antebrachial
adj
(anatomy) relating to the forearm
anthrohopobiological
antibacklash
antibacklash
adj
(mechanics) Countering or preventing backlash (jarring reflex motion in machinery).
antiblennorrhagic
antiblennorrhagic
adj
(pharmacology) Countering or preventing blennorrhoea.
noun
(pharmacology) Any medicine that counters or prevents blennorrhoea.
antibrachial
antibrachial
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the antibrachium, or forearm.
approachability
approachability
noun
The characteristic of being approachable; the ability to be approached.
archambault
archibenthal
archiblast
archiblastic
archiblastoma
archiblastula
archiblastula
noun
(biology) A hollow blastula, supposed to be the primitive form.
attachable
attachable
adj
Able to be attached.
attachableness
attachableness
noun
The state or quality of being attachable.
authenticatable
authenticatable
adj
Capable of being authenticated.
autobiographical
autobiographical
adj
Of or relating to a person's life or an account of a person's life, as told by the subject.
autobiographically
autobiographically
adv
In an autobiographical manner.
bacchanalization
bacchanalization
noun
Riotous revelry.
bachelorette
bachelorette
noun
(Canada) A very small bachelor (single room) apartment.
(Canada, US) An unmarried woman.
bacillariophyta
backcloth
backcloth
noun
The painted scenery at the back of a stage; the backdrop.
backlighted
backlighting
backlighting
noun
The illumination of a photographic subject from the rear, causing edges to glow while other areas remain in shadow.
verb
present participle of backlight
bactericholia
bacteriochlorophyll
bacteriochlorophyll
noun
(biology) A photosynthetic pigment occurring in various phototrophic bacteria, related to the chlorophylls.
bacteriohemolysin
bacteriopathology
ballistocardiograph
ballistocardiograph
noun
An instrument which measures ballistic forces on the heart, producing a graphical representation of repetitive motions of the human body arising from the sudden ejection of blood into the great vessels with each heartbeat.
ballistocardiographic
ballistocardiographic
adj
Relating to ballistocardiography
ballistocardiography
ballistocardiography
noun
The science of the preparation and diagnostic interpretation of ballistocardiograms.
balneotechnics
balneotherapeutics
balneotherapeutics
noun
balneotherapy
baluchistan
baluchithere
baluchitheria
baluchitherium
barmcloth
barmcloth
Noun
An apron.
batchelder
batchelor
batchelor
noun
(Britain) Archaic spelling of bachelor.
bathetically
bathetically
adv
In a bathetic manner.
bathofloric
batholithic
batholithic
adj
Containing or relating to batholith.
batholitic
batholitic
adj
Of or relating to batholite.
bathukolpic
bathukolpic
adj
(rare) Deep-bosomed.
bathycolpian
bathycolpic
bathycolpic
adj
Alternative form of bathukolpic
bathylimnetic
bathylimnetic
adj
Living in the depths of a lake or marsh.
bathylithic
bathylitic
bathymetrical
bathymetrical
adj
Alternative form of bathymetric
bathymetrically
bathymetrically
adv
In a bathymetric way
bathyorographical
bathyorographical
adj
Of, embodying, or pertaining to elevation heights and pelagic depths.
bathypelagic
bathypelagic
adj
(oceanography) Of or pertaining to the parts of the oceans at depths between 1000 and 4000 meters deep.
bathysophical
batrachoplasty
behavioristically
behavioristically
adv
In a behavioristic manner
benthopelagic
benthopelagic
adj
Both benthic and pelagic.
noun
Any such organism.
benzalacetophenone
benzalacetophenone
noun
(organic chemistry) chalcone
bibliotaphic
bibliotaphic
adj
Being or relating to a bibliotaph; hiding away books.
bibliotheca
bibliotheca
noun
(obsolete) A library.
bibliothecae
bibliothecae
noun
plural of bibliotheca
bibliothecaire
bibliothecal
bibliothecal
adj
Belonging or pertaining to a library.
bibliothecarial
bibliothecarial
adj
Relating to libraries.
bibliothecarian
bibliothecarian
noun
(archaic) A librarian.
bibliothecary
bibliothecary
noun
(now rare) A librarian.
bibliothecas
bibliotherapeutic
bibliotherapeutic
adj
Relating to bibliotherapy.
bicycloheptane
bicycloheptane
noun
(organic chemistry) Any bicyclic alicyclic hydrocarbon that has seven carbon atoms
(organic chemistry) The compound cycloheptylcycloheptane
biologicohumanistic
biosynthetically
biosynthetically
adv
In terms of, or by means of, biosynthesis.
biotechnical
biotechnical
adj
Of or pertaining to biotechnology
biotechnological
biotechnological
adj
Of or pertaining to biotechnology.
biotechnologically
biotechnologically
adv
With reference to, or by means of biotechnology
biotechnologicaly
birthplace
birthplace
noun
(by extension) The location where something was created or devised.
The location where a person was born.
birthplaces
birthplaces
noun
plural of birthplace
blackheart
blackheart
noun
A cruel and remorseless person.
A heart-shaped cherry with a very dark skin.
A type of malleable cast iron with minimum tensile strength of 350 N/mm².
Any of various plant diseases that cause darkening of the central tissue.
blackhearted
blackhearted
adj
Alternative form of black-hearted
blackheartedly
blackheartedness
blackheartedness
noun
The state or quality of being blackhearted; villainy.
blackhearts
blackhearts
noun
plural of blackheart
blacklight
blacklight
noun
Alternative form of black light (“ultraviolet bulb”)
blackpatch
blackshirt
blackshirt
noun
(by extension) Any member of a fascist party.
(historical, chiefly in the plural) A uniformed member of a paramilitary wing of the Italian Fascist Party.
blackshirted
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
blackthorn
blackthorn
noun
A large shrub or small tree, Prunus spinosa, that is native to Europe, western Asia, and north Africa. It has a dark bark and bears thorns.
A stick or staff taken from this tree.
blackthorns
blackthorns
noun
plural of blackthorn
blanchester
blanchette
blanchimeter
blastocheme
blastochyle
blastochyle
noun
(anatomy) The clear or shiny colorless fluid in the blastodermic vesicles.
blastophitic
blastophoric
blastophoric
adj
Relating to the blastophore.
blastophthoric
blastoporphyritic
blastospheric
blastospheric
adj
(embryology) blastular
blatch
blatch
noun
(obsolete) Blacking, blackening.
verb
(transitive, archaic) To blacken; to smear with blacking; to stain or mark with soot or coal.
blatchang
bleachability
bleachability
noun
The condition of being bleachable
bleacherite
bleacherite
noun
(sports, informal) One who sits in the bleachers.
bleacherites
bleacherites
noun
plural of bleacherite
blepharanthracosis
blepharitic
blepharitic
adj
Relating to blepharitis.
blepharoconjunctivitis
blepharoconjunctivitis
noun
(medicine) The combination of conjunctivitis and blepharitis.
blepharoplastic
blepharoplastic
adj
relating to blepharoplasty
blepharosphincterectomy
bloodstanch
bolshevistically
bostrychoidal
bothriocephalus
brachelytra
brachelytrous
brachelytrous
adj
(entomology, of a beetle) That has short elytrons
brachiocubital
brachiocubital
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the arm and to the elbow or forearm
brachistocephali
brachistocephalic
brachistocephalous
brachistocephaly
brachycatalectic
brachycatalectic
noun
(poetry) A verse that is two syllables short.
brachycephalization
brachycephalization
noun
Modification to a brachycephalic form
brachydactyl
brachydactylia
brachydactylia
noun
brachydactyly
brachydactylic
brachydactylic
adj
Relating to brachydactyly
brachydactylism
brachydactylous
brachydactylous
adj
(zoology) Having abnormally short digits.
brachydactyly
brachydactyly
noun
(pathology) Abnormal shortness of the fingers or toes
brachystaphylic
branchiopulmonata
branchiopulmonate
branchiostegal
branchiostegal
adj
(zoology) Of or pertaining to the operculum that covers the gill slits of fish
noun
A branchiostegal ray.
branchlet
branchlet
noun
A small branch; a twig or sprig.
broadcloth
broadcloth
noun
(historical) A fine smooth-faced woolen cloth for men’s garments, usually of double width (i.e., a yard and a half); so called in distinction from woolens three quarters of a yard wide.
A dense, plain woven cloth, usually made of cotton or a cotton blend.
broadcloths
broadcloths
noun
plural of broadcloth
bromochloromethane
bromochloromethane
noun
(organic chemistry) The halogenated hydrocarbon CH₂BrCl once used in fire extinguishers