(lichenology) Any lichen in which the fungus is a member of the Basidiomycota
basidiolichenes
basidiophore
basihyoid
basihyoid
noun
(anatomy) The central tongue bone.
basiophitic
basiophthalmite
basiophthalmous
basiparachromatin
basiphobia
basiphobia
noun
Alternative form of basophobia
basisphenoid
basisphenoid
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the base of the sphenoid bone, especially to a centre of ossification there in the embryo
noun
The basisphenoid bone
basisphenoidal
basisphenoidal
adj
Alternative form of basisphenoid
basoche
basoche
noun
A guild of legal clerks in pre-revolutionary France.
basommatophora
basommatophorous
basophil
basophil
noun
(cytology, immunology) A white blood cell responsible for inflammatory reactions during immune response.
One of the endocrine basophilic cells of the adenohypophysis, including gonadotrophs and thyrotrophs.
basophile
basophile
noun
Alternative form of basophil
basophilia
basophilia
noun
(hematology) A condition where the quantity of basophils (basophil granulocytes) is abnormally elevated.
The condition of being basophilic.
basophilias
basophilias
noun
plural of basophilia
basophilic
basophilic
adj
Easily stained with basic dyes, such as haematoxylin.
basophilous
basophilous
adj
Alternative form of basophilic
basophils
basophils
noun
plural of basophil
basophobia
basophobia
noun
Inability to walk or stand erect, due to emotional causes.
basotho
bathhouse
bathhouse
noun
A building where swimmers can change clothes.
A building with baths for communal use.
A business with bath-like facilities, which chiefly serves as a place for sexual encounters, especially among men.
bathhouses
bathhouses
noun
plural of bathhouse
bathmotropism
bathmotropism
noun
Synonym of bathmotropy
bathochromatism
batholiths
batholiths
noun
plural of batholith
bathorse
bathorse
noun
A horse which carries an officer's baggage during a campaign. Also spelt bat-horse and bat horse.
bathos
bathos
noun
(literature, the arts) Risible failure on the part of a work of art to properly affect its audience, particularly owing to
(literature, the arts) The ironic use of such failure for satiric or humorous effect.
(now uncommon) Depth.
(uncommon) A nadir, a low point particularly in one's career.
Overdone or treacly attempts to inspire pathos.
anticlimax: an abrupt transition in style or subject from high to low.
banality: unaffectingly clichéd or trite treatment of a topic.
hyperbole: excessiveness
immaturity: lack of serious treatment of a topic.
bathoses
bathoses
noun
plural of bathos
bathrobes
bathrobes
noun
plural of bathrobe
bathrooms
bathrooms
noun
plural of bathroom
bathysophic
bathysophical
batrachophagous
batrachophagous
adj
Feeding on frogs.
batrachoplasty
batrachospermum
bawdyhouse
bawdyhouse
noun
Alternative spelling of bawdy-house
bawdyhouses
bawdyhouses
noun
plural of bawdyhouse
bawhorse
bawhorse
noun
Obsolete form of bathorse.
bayshore
beachboys
beachboys
noun
plural of beachboy
beachcombers
beachcombers
noun
plural of beachcomber
beachdrops
beachfronts
beachfronts
noun
plural of beachfront
beadhouse
beadhouse
noun
(historical) An almshouse for poor people who pray daily for their benefactors.
beadhouses
beadhouses
noun
plural of beadhouse
beamhouse
beanshooter
beanshooter
noun
Alternative form of bean-shooter
beasthood
beasthood
noun
The property or state of being a beast.
beforehandedness
behaviorism
behaviorism
noun
An approach to psychology focusing on observable behavior which, generally assuming that behavior is determined by the environment and denying any independent significance for mind, largely ignores any pathophysiological processes which may, or may not, underlie subjective, behavioral phenomena.
behaviorisms
behaviorisms
noun
plural of behaviorism
behaviorist
behaviorist
noun
One who studies behavior of humans or animals.
behavioristic
behavioristic
adj
Of or pertaining to behaviorism, especially B. F. Skinner’s school of radical behaviorism.
behavioristically
behavioristically
adv
In a behavioristic manner
behaviorists
behaviorists
noun
plural of behaviorist
behaviors
behaviors
noun
plural of behavior
behaviourism
behaviourism
noun
(British spelling) Standard spelling of behaviorism.
behaviourist
behaviourist
noun
Britain standard spelling of behaviorist.
behaviours
behaviours
noun
plural of behaviour
belonosphaerite
benefactorship
benefactorship
noun
The role or status of benefactor.
beshadow
beshadow
verb
(transitive) To cast a shadow around, about, or over; overshadow.
beshadowed
beshadowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beshadow
beshadowing
beshadowing
verb
present participle of beshadow
beshadows
beshadows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beshadow
betrothals
betrothals
noun
plural of betrothal
bhoosa
bhoosa
noun
(India, historical) The husks and straw of various kinds of corn, recovered from threshing and used to feed cattle.
biathlons
biathlons
noun
plural of biathlon
biblicopsychological
bibliographers
bibliographers
noun
plural of bibliographer
bibliographies
bibliographies
noun
plural of bibliography
bibliophagist
bibliophagist
noun
(rare) A bibliophage; one who loves to read books.
bibliophagous
bibliophagous
adj
Book-consuming.
bibliothecas
bibliotherapies
bibliotherapies
noun
plural of bibliotherapy
bibliotherapist
bibliotherapist
noun
A therapist who provides bibliotherapy.
bicephalous
bicephalous
adj
(zoology) Having two heads.
bichromates
bichromates
noun
plural of bichromate
bilharziosis
bilharziosis
noun
schistosomiasis
biobibliographies
biobibliographies
noun
plural of biobibliography
biochemicals
biochemicals
noun
plural of biochemical
biogeographers
biogeographers
noun
plural of biogeographer
biographees
biographees
noun
plural of biographee
biographers
biographers
noun
plural of biographer
biographies
biographies
noun
plural of biography
biographist
biographist
noun
(dated) A biographer.
biologicohumanistic
biomathematics
biomathematics
noun
(biology, mathematics) The application of mathematics to the study of biological systems and processes
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.
biophagism
biophagous
biophagous
adj
That feeds on living creatures.
biophysical
biophysical
adj
of or pertaining to a combination of biology and physics
of or pertaining to biophysics
biophysically
biophysically
adv
With regard to biophysics.
biophysicochemical
biophysicochemical
adj
(biology, chemistry) biophysical and biochemical
biophysiography
biophysiography
noun
The branch of biology that deals with the natural history of living organisms; descriptive biology.
biophysiological
biophysiological
adj
Relating to biophysiology
biopsychical
biopsychical
adj
Alternative form of biopsychic
biopsychological
biopsychological
adj
Of or pertaining to biopsychology.
bioresearch
bioresearch
noun
(biology) research in any of the biological sciences
biostratigraphy
biostratigraphy
noun
(biology, geology) The study of the stratigraphic distribution of fossils.
biosynthetically
biosynthetically
adv
In terms of, or by means of, biosynthesis.
bisdimethylamino
bishopscap
bishydroxycoumarin
bishydroxycoumarin
noun
(organic chemistry) Synonym of dicumarol
bismutosphaerite
blabbermouths
blabbermouths
noun
plural of blabbermouth
blackthorns
blackthorns
noun
plural of blackthorn
blagoveshchensk
blameworthiness
blameworthiness
noun
The characteristic of being blameworthy.
blameworthinesses
blasphemous
blasphemous
adj
Lacking piety or respect for the sacred. Resembling blasphemy.
blasphemously
blasphemously
adv
In blasphemous manner.
blasphemousness
blasphemousness
noun
The state or quality of being blasphemous.
blasthole
blasthole
noun
A hole in the bottom of a pump through which water enters.
The hole created by an explosion, for example in mining.
The hole into which a blasting charge is inserted
blastocheme
blastochyle
blastochyle
noun
(anatomy) The clear or shiny colorless fluid in the blastodermic vesicles.
blastophaga
blastophitic
blastophoral
blastophore
blastophore
noun
(biology, obsolete) That portion of the spermatospore which is not converted into spermatoblasts, but carries them.
blastophoric
blastophoric
adj
Relating to the blastophore.
blastophthoria
blastophthoria
noun
Degeneration of the germ cells as a result of poisoning by syphilis, lead, alcohol, opium, etc.
blastophthoric
blastophyllum
blastoporphyritic
blastosphere
blastosphere
noun
A blastula
blastospheric
blastospheric
adj
(embryology) blastular
bleachhouse
bleachworks
bleachworks
noun
A factory that manufactures bleach.
blennophlogisma
blepharanthracosis
blepharelcosis
blephariglottis
blepharoadenitis
blepharoadenitis
noun
Alternative form of blepharadenitis
blepharochalasis
blepharochalasis
noun
An inflammation of the eyelid, characterized by exacerbations and remissions of eyelid edema, which results in a stretching and subsequent atrophy of the eyelid tissue resulting in redundant folds over the lid margins.
blepharochromidrosis
blepharoclonus
blepharoclonus
noun
(medicine) An increase in the frequency or duration of blinking.
blepharoconjunctivitis
blepharoconjunctivitis
noun
(medicine) The combination of conjunctivitis and blepharitis.
blepharodiastasis
blepharodyschroia
blepharohematidrosis
blepharolithiasis
blepharomelasma
blepharoncosis
blepharoncus
blepharophimosis
blepharophimosis
noun
(medicine) A condition involving bilateral ptosis with reduced eyelid size, vertically and horizontally, a flat nasal bridge, and hypoplastic orbital rim.