(now rare) The common wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), an intensely bitter herb used in the production of absinthe and vermouth, and as a tonic.
The dried leaves and flowering tops of the wormwood plant.
absinthe oil
antebrachium
antebrachium
noun
(anatomy) The forearm
antibacchius
antibacchius
noun
(poetry) A rare metrical foot consisting of two accented syllables followed by one unaccented syllable.
antiburgher
antiburgher
noun
(historical, Scotland) A member of a faction of the Scottish Presbyterian Church that refused to take the burgess oath in 1747; since reunited.
antihumbuggist
authenticatable
authenticatable
adj
Capable of being authenticated.
autohybridization
autoinhibited
autoinhibited
adj
Subject to, or produced by autoinhibition
verb
simple past tense and past participle of autoinhibit
badmouthing
badmouthing
verb
present participle of badmouth
balneotherapeutics
balneotherapeutics
noun
balneotherapy
baluchistan
bankruptship
bathukolpian
bathukolpian
adj
Alternative spelling of bathykolpian
behistun
benzothiofuran
bequeathing
bequeathing
verb
present participle of bequeath
beshouting
beshouting
verb
present participle of beshout
bethumping
bethumping
verb
present participle of bethump
bhutani
bhutani
Proper noun
A Baloch tribe residing in Balochistan, Pakistan.
The language of the aforementioned people.
biologicohumanistic
bismuthine
bismuthine
noun
(chemistry) any hydrocarbyl derivative of bismuthane
bismuthinite
bismuthinite
noun
(mineralogy) A soft bismuth sulfide mineral, an important ore for bismuth.
blepharoconjunctivitis
blepharoconjunctivitis
noun
(medicine) The combination of conjunctivitis and blepharitis.
bluestockingish
bluestockingish
adj
Like a bluestocking, or scholarly woman.
bluntish
bluntish
adj
Somewhat blunt.
They spent hours laboriously chopping wood with bluntish axes.
bluntishness
bluntishness
noun
(rare) The quality of being somewhat blunt.
boethusian
boltuprightness
bountihead
bountihead
noun
Bounteousness.
bountith
bountith
noun
(Scotland, historical) A bonus payment made by an employer to a servant.
boustrophedonic
boustrophedonic
adj
Relating to the boustrophedon mode of writing.
brachistochronous
branchiopneustic
branchiopulmonata
branchiopulmonate
branchiostegous
branchiostegous
adj
branchiostegal
branchiostomous
bringhurst
brontotherium
brutishness
brutishness
noun
the characteristic of being brutish
buchanite
buchmanite
buchnerite
buchonite
bullfighting
bullfighting
noun
A traditional spectacle, popular in Spain and many former Spanish colonies, in which a matador manipulates and ultimately kills a bull at close range.
bullshitting
bullshitting
verb
present participle of bullshit
bunchiest
bunchiest
adj
superlative form of bunchy: most bunchy
burnight
burnishment
burnishment
noun
burnishing
burthening
burthening
verb
present participle of burthen
bushfighting
bushfighting
noun
Fighting in the bush, or from behind bushes, trees, or thickets.
butchering
butchering
noun
The act by which someone or something is butchered; a slaughter or killing.
verb
present participle of butcher
butcherliness
butcherliness
noun
The quality of being butcherly.
buttgenbachite
buttgenbachite
noun
(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dihexagonal dipyramidal mineral containing chlorine, copper, hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxygen.
buttonholing
buttonholing
noun
The act of detaining someone in conversation against his or her will.
verb
present participle of buttonhole
caducibranchiata
caducibranchiate
caducibranchiate
adj
(zoology) With temporary gills; applied to those amphibians in which the gills do not remain in adult life.
chateaubriand
chateaubriand
noun
A thick, juicy cut from the center of a beef tenderloin.
chondrofibromatous
christiansburg
churnability
churnability
noun
The condition of being churnable
contributorship
contributorship
noun
The role or status of contributor.
counterbewitch
counterestablishment
counterestablishment
noun
An establishment that opposes another establishment.
counterphobic
counterphobic
adj
Tending to respond to fear or anxiety by actively seeking it out instead of fleeing.
dipleurobranchiate
disburthen
disburthen
verb
(obsolete) disburden
dishabituating
dishabituating
verb
present participle of dishabituate
distinguishability
distinguishability
noun
The state of being distinguishable.
distinguishable
distinguishable
adj
Able, or easily able to be distinguished.
distinguishableness
distinguishableness
noun
The state or quality of being distinguishable.
distinguishably
distinguishably
adv
In a distinguishable way
doublehatching
doublethink
doublethink
noun
The holding of two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously and accepting both of them as true or correct, without realizing the contradiction.
doublethinking
doublethinks
doublethinks
noun
plural of doublethink
dumbartonshire
ectobronchium
ectobronchium
noun
A dorsal branch of the avian mesobronchium or prolongation
entobronchium
entobronchium
noun
One of the main bronchi in the lungs of birds.
ethbinium
ethmoturbinal
ethmoturbinal
noun
(anatomy) An upper turbinal, connected directly with the ethmoid bone.
ethmoturbinate
ethmoturbinate
adj
(anatomy) ethmoid and turbinate
noun
The part of the ethmoid bone occupying the caudal part of the nasal fossae
eulamellibranchiata
eulamellibranchiate
eulamellibranchiate
adj
(biology) Relating to bivalve molluscs of the order Eulamellibranchia
eurybenthic
extinguishable
extinguishable
adj
Able to be extinguished.
furbishment
gastroalbuminorrhea
gunbright
habitualness
habitualness
noun
The characteristic of being habitual.
habitualnesses
habituating
habituating
adj
habit-forming
verb
present participle of habituate
habituation
habituation
noun
(psychology) The process of becoming accustomed to an internal or external stimulus, such as a noxious smell or loud noise.
The act of habituating, or accustoming; the state of being habituated.
habituations
habituations
noun
plural of habituation
habitudinal
heartburning
heartburning
noun
Secret enmity; discountent.
hebetudinous
hebetudinous
adj
Displaying mental lethargy or dullness.
hematoglobulin
heteroinoculable
houseboating
houseboating
noun
The practice of living and/or travelling in a houseboat.
hubnerite
hubnerite
noun
Alternative spelling of hübnerite
humboldtianum
humboldtine
humboldtine
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing carbon, hydrogen, iron, and oxygen.
humicubation
humicubation
noun
(obsolete) The act or practice of lying on the ground.
huntingburg
hydroturbine
hyperobtrusiveness
hypersuggestibleness
inbrought
inbrought
verb
simple past tense and past participle of inbring
indistinguishability
indistinguishability
noun
The state of being indistinguishable
indistinguishable
indistinguishable
adj
Not capable of being perceived or known.
Not distinguishable; not capable of being perceived, known, or discriminated as separate and distinct
noun
Any of a set of things that cannot be distinguished.
indistinguishableness
indistinguishableness
noun
The state or quality of being indistinguishable.
indistinguishably
indistinguishably
adv
(archaic) Indiscriminately.
In an indistinguishable manner; so that separate components or differences cannot be discerned.
inexhaustibility
inexhaustibility
noun
The state or condition of being inexhaustible.
inexhaustible
inexhaustible
adj
Impossible to exhaust; unlimited.
inexhaustibleness
inexhaustibleness
noun
inexhaustibility; the quality of being inexhaustible.
inexhaustibly
inexhaustibly
adv
In an inexhaustible manner.
To an inexhaustible degree.
inextinguishability
inextinguishability
noun
The state of not being extinguishable.
inextinguishable
inextinguishable
adj
Incapable of being extinguished, not extinguishable.
inextinguishables
inextinguishably
inextinguishably
adv
In a way that cannot be extinguished; immortally.
interborough
interborough
adj
Between boroughs.
labyrinthula
labyrinthulidae
lautverschiebung
lecithalbumin
leuchtenbergite
leuchtenbergite
noun
(mineralogy) A variety of clinochlore that contains little or no iron.
libanotophorous
lightningbug
methemoglobinuria
methemoglobinuria
noun
The occurrence of methemoglobin in the urine.
mintbush
mintbush
noun
Any of various bushy evergreen shrubs of the genus Prostanthera, usually with strongly aromatic leaves.
mountebankish
mountebankish
adj
Like a mountebank; using or suggesting quackery.
multibranched
multibranched
adj
Having more than one branch.
multibranchiate
nephrotuberculosis
nightclub
nightclub
noun
A public or private establishment that is open late at night to provide entertainment, food, drink, music and/or dancing.
verb
To visit a nightclub (or nightclubs) for entertainment.
nightclubbed
nightclubbed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of nightclub
nightclubber
nightclubber
noun
One who visits a nightclub
nightclubs
nightclubs
noun
plural of nightclub
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of nightclub
niterbush
nonautobiographical
nonautobiographical
adj
Not autobiographical.
nonautobiographically
noncrushability
nondistinguishable
nondistinguishable
adj
indistinguishable
nondistinguishableness
nondistinguishably
nonexhaustible
nonextinguishable
nonhabitual
nonhabitual
adj
Not habitual.
nonhabitually
nonhabitualness
nonhabituating
nonhabituating
adj
Not habit-forming
nonhubristic
nonpurchasability
northumbria
northumbria
Proper noun
North-east England; Northumberland.
An Anglo-Saxon kingdom in the Northeast of England.
northumbrian
northumbrian
Proper noun
The dialect spoken by Northumbrians.
Noun
An inhabitant of the county of Northumberland in the Northeast of England.
Adjective
Of, from, or relating to Northumbria or its inhabitants.