(pathology) inflammation of a bursa near the Achilles tendon
acoluthic
acoluthic
adj
Pertaining to a residual sense impression immediately following a stimulus, as with an afterimage
aethalium
aethalium
noun
A flat, plump fruiting body, formed by the aggregation of plasmodia, in certain slime molds.
affrightful
affrightful
adj
(obsolete) frightful
affrightfully
affrightfully
adv
(obsolete) frightfully
ailanthus
ailanthus
noun
Any of several deciduous Asiatic trees of the genus Ailanthus, including the tree of heaven.
ailanthuses
ailanthuses
noun
plural of ailanthus
akolouthia
akoluthia
allothigenous
allylthiourea
allylthiourea
noun
A particular organic carcinogen.
alphatoluic
alphitomorphous
alphitomorphous
Adjective
Resembling barleymeal.
altazimuth
altazimuth
noun
A telescope or surveying instrument that has a mount permitting both horizontal and vertical rotation
altazimuths
altazimuths
noun
plural of altazimuth
aluminothermic
aluminothermic
adj
Relating to, or employing, aluminothermy.
aluminothermics
aluminothermics
noun
Synonym of aluminothermy
aluminothermy
aluminothermy
noun
(inorganic chemistry) the production of a metal from its oxide by heating it with aluminium
alumohydrocalcite
alumohydrocalcite
noun
(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing aluminum, calcium, carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.
alushtite
amateurishly
amateurishly
adv
In an amateurish manner; without expertise or professionalism.
amphiblastula
amphiblastula
noun
A larva of some sponges that has equal numbers of both flagellate and nonflagellate cells separated from each other on opposite sides of the blastula
amphibolostylous
amphicytula
amphigastrula
amphithalamus
anacoluthia
anacoluthia
noun
(grammar) A syntactic construction in which an element is followed by another that does not agree properly
anacoluthic
anacoluthic
adj
Of, pertaining to, being, or resembling an anacoluthon.
anacoluthically
anacoluthically
adv
In an anacoluthic manner.
anakoluthia
anarchoindividualist
anatomicochirurgical
ankylurethria
ankylurethria
noun
(biology, medicine) Impaired patency of the urethra owing to any sort of fusion that either partially or completely obstructs its lumen (for example, stricture due to adhesions).
anoplotherium
anoplotherium
noun
(zoology) Any member of the extinct ungulate genus Anoplotherium.
anthoclinium
anthophilous
anthophilous
adj
Living or growing on flowers
anthraquinol
anthraquinonyl
anthropophilous
anthropophilous
adj
Synonym of anthropophilic
anticholagogue
anticholagogue
noun
(medicine) An agent that inhibits bile secretion.
antienthusiastically
antihemagglutinin
antihemagglutinin
adj
(immunology) That reacts with hemagglutinin
antihomosexual
antihomosexual
adj
Opposed to homosexuality.
noun
A person who opposes homosexuality.
antilochus
archiblastula
archiblastula
noun
(biology) A hollow blastula, supposed to be the primitive form.
archicleistogamous
archicytula
archigastrula
archilute
archilute
noun
Alternative form of archlute
architectural
architectural
adj
Pertaining to architecture.
Resembling architecture in style; seeming to have been designed (by an architect).
architecturalist
architecturally
architecturally
adv
In an architectural manner.
Regarding architecture.
archivault
aristolochiaceous
aristolochiaceous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to the family Aristolochiaceae of tropical vines.
arthroneuralgia
artiphyllous
aughtlins
aurichalcite
aurichalcite
noun
(mineralogy) A basic carbonate mineral of copper and zinc.
aurothiosulphate
aurothiosulphate
noun
Alternative form of aurothiosulfate
aurothiosulphuric
australopithecinae
australopithecine
australopithecine
adj
(anthropology, paleontology) Of or pertaining to these hominids.
noun
(anthropology, paleontology) Any of several extinct hominids, belonging to the genera Australopithecus, Paranthropus when seen as distinct, and sometimes other closely related genera.
australopithecus
austrophil
austrophile
austrophilism
autallotriomorphic
autarchical
autarchical
adj
autarchic
autarchically
authentical
authentical
adj
(archaic) Authentic.
authentically
authentically
adv
In an authentic manner; with the requisite or genuine authority.
authenticalness
authenticalness
noun
The quality of being authentic; authenticity.
authenticatable
authenticatable
adj
Capable of being authenticated.
authenticly
authenticly
adv
Dated spelling of authentically.
authorial
authorial
adj
Of, coming from, or typical of an author (especially of books)
authorially
authorially
adv
as an author
authorisable
authorisable
adj
Alternative spelling of authorizable
authoritatively
authoritatively
adv
In an authoritative manner, being worthy of trust.
authorizable
authorizable
adj
Capable of being authorized.
authorling
authorling
noun
A young or insignificant author.
autobiographal
autobiographal
adj
(archaic) autobiographical
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.
autocephalia
autocephalia
noun
Alternative form of autocephaly
autocephalic
autocephalic
adj
Autocephalous.
autocephality
autocephality
noun
(Christianity) The right of autonomy for a church; specifically, the right to resolve all internal problems on its own authority and to appoint its own bishops, including the head of the church, without any obligatory expression of dependence on another church.
autochemical
autoecholalia
autoecholalia
noun
A form of echolalia in which a person repeats his own words
autographical
autographical
adj
Relating to an autograph, or one's own handwriting.
Relating to, or used in, the process of autography.
autographically
autographically
adv
By means of autography.
autohemolysin
autohemolysin
noun
(immunology) Any hemolysin produced by the affected person's own body
autohemolysis
autohemolysis
noun
hemolysis by the action of an autohemolysin
autohemolytic
autohexaploid
autohexaploid
adj
(genetics) hexaploid as a result of multiplication of a haploid set of chromosomes
autohypnotically
autolith
autolith
noun
(geology) A rock fragment that has become enveloped in a larger rock of a similar type, during the latter's development and hardening.
autolithograph
autolithograph
noun
A drawing produced by autolithography
verb
To print by means of autolithography
autolithographer
autolithographic
autolithographic
adj
Related to autolithographs or to autolithography
autolithography
autolithography
noun
autography (form of lithography)
automechanical
automorphically
automorphically
adv
(mathematics) In terms of automorphisms
autophotoelectric
autophytically
autopsychoanalysis
autopsychoanalysis
noun
psychoanalysis of oneself
autoschediastical
autoschediastical
adj
autoschediastic
autoschediastically
autoschediastically
adv
In an autoschediastic manner.
autotrophically
autotrophically
adv
In an autotrophic manner.
With regard to autotrophy.
azimuthal
azimuthal
adj
(cartography) Describing a map projection which preserves direction for all points relative to a selected point (or in some cases two points).
Of or pertaining to the azimuth; in a horizontal circle.
noun
(cartography) An azimuthal projection.
azimuthally
azimuthally
adv
In a manner with respect to the azimuth; with respect to the angle above a plane.
azurmalachite
balneotherapeutics
balneotherapeutics
noun
balneotherapy
baluchistan
baluchithere
baluchitheria
baluchitherium
basiophthalmous
bathukolpian
bathukolpian
adj
Alternative spelling of bathykolpian
bathukolpic
bathukolpic
adj
(rare) Deep-bosomed.
bewitchful
bewitchful
adj
Bewitching; alluring; fascinating; amazing.
bibliotheque
bibliotheque
noun
(obsolete) A collection of books or treatises.
bibliotherapeutic
bibliotherapeutic
adj
Relating to bibliotherapy.
bibliothque
biologicohumanistic
bismuthal
bismuthal
adj
Containing bismuth.
bismuthyl
bismuthyl
noun
(chemistry) Any tartrate in the form of a univalent radical, wherein only one replaceable hydrogen atom has been replaced by a base, causing it to have twice the amount of acid contained in a normal salt.
bisulphate
bisulphate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) Alternative spelling of bisulfate
bisulphite
bisulphite
noun
(inorganic chemistry, Britain) Alternative spelling of bisulfite
bitulithic
blepharoconjunctivitis
blepharoconjunctivitis
noun
(medicine) The combination of conjunctivitis and blepharitis.
blitheful
blitheful
adj
Full of gaiety; joyous.
blithefully
blithefully
adv
In a blitheful manner.
blueshifted
blueshifted
adj
Whose frequency/wavelength has been changed by a blueshift
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.
boltuprightness
bothriocephalus
brachiocubital
brachiocubital
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the arm and to the elbow or forearm
brachistocephalous
branchiopulmonata
branchiopulmonate
bristlemouth
bristlemouth
noun
A member of Gonostomatidae, a family of deep-water marine fish.
A member of one of several of the species of oceanic ray-finned fish in genera Argyripnus or Maurolicus in the family Sternoptychidae.
bristlemouths
bristlemouths
noun
plural of bristlemouth
brittlebush
brittlebush
noun
A shrub native to deserts in the southwestern US and northern Mexico, Encelia farinosa.
brushability
brushability
noun
The quality or degree of being brushable.
brutishly
brutishly
adv
In a brutish manner.
buckwheatlike
buckwheatlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of buckwheat.
buddhistical
buddhistically
buddhistically
Adverb
as a Buddhist, in a manner of a Buddhist
bullfight
bullfight
noun
A public spectacle, in Spain and some other Latin countries, in which a person baits and often kills a bull.
bullfighter
bullfighter
noun
One who engages in bullfighting; a toreador or matador.
bullfighters
bullfighters
noun
plural of bullfighter
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.
bullfights
bullfights
noun
plural of bullfight
bullshit
bullshit
adj
(vulgar, slang) absurd, irrational, or nonsensical (Most often said of speech, information, or content.)
intj
(vulgar, slang) An expression of disbelief at what one has just heard.
noun
(card games, possibly vulgar) A card game in which players try to discard their hands first, following rules that encourage bluffing, calling others' bluffs, and penalizing others by tricking them into inaccurate accusations.
(philosophy) Statements made without regard for their truth value.
(rhetoric) Statements that are intentionally misleading, whether true or not.
(vulgar, literally) Feces produced by a bull.
(vulgar, slang) Statements that are transparently or offensively false.
(vulgar, slang) Synonym of shit (in its sense of any stuff, especially when viewed negatively or with collegial vulgarity).
(vulgar, slang, usual sense) Statements that are false or exaggerated to impress or cheat the listener.
verb
(intransitive, vulgar, slang) To come up with on the spot; to improvise.
(intransitive, vulgar, slang) To have casual conversation with no real point; to shoot the breeze.
(transitive, intransitive, vulgar, slang) To tell lies, exaggerate; to mislead; to deceive.