(rare) Absenteeism, in particular related to landowners.
alphabetarian
alphabetarian
noun
A novice or ignoramus.
One who is learning the alphabet; an abecedarian.
alphabeting
alphabeting
verb
present participle of alphabet
alphabetisation
alphabetisation
noun
The act or process of arranging in alphabetical order.
alphabetising
alphabetising
verb
present participle of alphabetise
alphabetization
alphabetization
noun
Alternative form of alphabetisation
alphabetizing
alphabetizing
verb
present participle of alphabetize
amphibichnite
amphibiontic
analphabet
analphabet
adj
Ignorant of the letters of the alphabet; partly or wholly illiterate.
noun
A person who does not know the letters of the alphabet; a partly or wholly illiterate person.
analphabete
analphabete
noun
(rare) Alternative spelling of analphabet
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
analphabetism
analphabetism
noun
Illiteracy, the inability to read and write.
analphabets
analphabets
noun
plural of analphabet
anglophobist
anteprohibition
anteprohibition
adj
Before Prohibition (period of alcohol ban).
anthophobia
anthophobia
noun
Fear of flowers.
anthrohopobiological
anthropobiologist
anthropobiologist
noun
bioanthropologist
anthropobiology
anthropobiology
noun
bioanthropology
anthropophobia
anthropophobia
noun
A profound fear of human beings, or of human society.
antibishop
antibishop
noun
(historical, ecclesiastical, chiefly in medieval and early modern history) A pretender to the episcopal office, such as a bishop appointed by an antipope. [from 18th c.]
antihydrophobic
antihydrophobic
adj
Counteracting or preventing hydrophobia.
noun
(rare) A remedy for hydrophobia.
antiprohibition
antiprohibition
adj
Opposing the prohibition of alcoholic drink.
antiprohibitionist
antiprohibitionist
noun
One who opposes the prohibition of alcoholic drink.
antlophobia
antlophobia
noun
(rare) The fear of floods or inundation.
aporobranchiata
apprehensibility
apprehensibility
noun
The quality of being apprehensible.
aspidobranchiata
aspidobranchiate
asthenophobia
bacteriorhodopsin
bacteriorhodopsin
noun
(biochemistry) Any of several related purple photosynthetic proteins, found in halobacteria, that act as proton pumps
balanoposthitis
balanoposthitis
noun
An inflammation of the glans penis and the prepuce.
balneotherapeutics
balneotherapeutics
noun
balneotherapy
balneotherapia
balneotherapia
noun
Obsolete form of balneotherapy.
balneotherapy
balneotherapy
noun
The treatment of disease by bathing.
bankruptship
baronetship
baronetship
noun
baronetcy
basiparachromatin
bathukolpian
bathukolpian
adj
Alternative spelling of bathykolpian
bathycolpian
bathyplankton
bathyplankton
noun
(biology) plankton living in the bathyal zone
batsmanship
batsmanship
noun
(cricket) A skilled or courteous display of skill as a batsman.
batyphone
bellerophontes
bellerophontic
bellerophontidae
belonosphaerite
benefactorship
benefactorship
noun
The role or status of benefactor.
benthopelagic
benthopelagic
adj
Both benthic and pelagic.
noun
Any such organism.
benthoscope
benzalacetophenone
benzalacetophenone
noun
(organic chemistry) chalcone
benzalphthalide
benzonaphthol
benzonaphthol
noun
A white crystalline powder used as an intestinal antiseptic; beta-naphthol benzoate.
benzophenanthrazine
benzophenanthroline
benzophenothiazine
benzophthalazine
benzothiophene
benzothiophene
noun
(organic chemistry) A bicyclic aromatic heterocycle in which a benzene ring is fused to that of a thiophene molecule; it occurs in some coal tars and is used in the synthesis of other compounds.
benzothiopyran
benzothiopyran
noun
(organic chemistry) A bicyclic heterocycle consisting of a benzene ring fused to that of thiopyran
benzoxyphenanthrene
benzthiophen
betanaphthol
bethumping
bethumping
verb
present participle of bethump
bicycloheptane
bicycloheptane
noun
(organic chemistry) Any bicyclic alicyclic hydrocarbon that has seven carbon atoms
(organic chemistry) The compound cycloheptylcycloheptane
bilophodont
bilophodont
adj
Having teeth with two fused ridges, of the type found one per tooth in lophodont teeth.
binaphthyl
binaphthyl
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of several isomeric aromatic hydrocarbons, analogous to biphenyl, formed from two naphthalene residues linked by a single bond
binapthyl
biophotophone
biophotophone
noun
(historical) An instrument combining a cinematograph and a phonograph so that the moving figures on the screen are accompanied by the appropriate sounds; an early kind of film projector.
bipartisanship
bipartisanship
noun
In the context of a two-party system, especially in the United States, cooperation between the competing political parties; governing in a bipartisan manner
bistephanic
bistephanic
adj
(anatomy) Relating to, or connecting the two stephanions
blennophthalmia
blepharadenitis
blepharadenitis
noun
(pathology) inflammation of the meibomian glands
blepharanthracosis
blepharoadenitis
blepharoadenitis
noun
Alternative form of blepharadenitis
blepharoconjunctivitis
blepharoconjunctivitis
noun
(medicine) The combination of conjunctivitis and blepharitis.
blepharosphincterectomy
blepharostenosis
blepharosyndesmitis
boanthropy
boanthropy
noun
(psychiatry) The delusion that one is an ox or cow.
boatmanship
boatmanship
noun
The art of managing a boat.
boatsmanship
boltuprightness
bophuthatswana
bophuthatswana
Proper noun
A former bantustan in the northwestern region of South Africa.
botanophile
botanophile
noun
A person with an interest in botany.
botanophilist
botanophilist
noun
Synonym of botanophile
boustrophedon
boustrophedon
adj
(figuratively) Changing direction, going back and forth.
(historical, calligraphy, of writing) Written from right-to-left and left-to-right on alternate lines.
adv
(historical, calligraphy, of writing) In a fashion such that the reading direction changes from right-to-left to left-to-right with each new line.
noun
(historical, calligraphy, of writing) Writing that is right-to-left and left-to-right on alternate lines.
boustrophedonic
boustrophedonic
adj
Relating to the boustrophedon mode of writing.
brachycephalization
brachycephalization
noun
Modification to a brachycephalic form
brahmanaspati
branchiopneustic
branchiopulmonata
branchiopulmonate
branchport
bridgehampton
bromonaphthalene
bromonaphthalene
noun
(organic chemistry) Either of two isomeric brominated derivatives of naphthalene
bronchocephalitis
bronchopathy
bronchopathy
noun
(medicine) Any disease of the bronchi.
bronchophthisis
bronchoplasty
bronchoplasty
noun
(surgery) repair of a bronchus
bronchoscopist
bronchoscopist
noun
One who carries out bronchoscopy.
bronchotyphoid
bronchotyphus
brontephobia
brontephobia
noun
Alternative form of brontophobia
brontograph
brontograph
noun
A tracing or chart showing the phenomena accompanying a thunderstorm.
An instrument for making such tracings, such as a recording brontometer.
brontophobia
brontophobia
noun
The fear of thunder and lightning.
bunolophodont
bunolophodont
adj
(zoology) Having molars with transverse ridges and rounded cusps on the occlusal surface
cephalobranchiata
cephalobranchiate
comprehensibility
comprehensibility
noun
The characteristic of being comprehensible; clarity.
constableship
constableship
noun
The office or rank of a constable
contributorship
contributorship
noun
The role or status of contributor.
counterphobic
counterphobic
adj
Tending to respond to fear or anxiety by actively seeking it out instead of fleeing.
cryptobranch
cryptobranch
noun
Any limpet of the genus Cryptobranchia
cryptobranchia
cryptobranchiata
cryptobranchiate
cryptobranchiate
adj
(zoology) Having concealed or rudimentary gills.
cryptobranchidae
cryptobranchus
dipleurobranchiate
endophlebitis
endophlebitis
noun
Inflammation of the inner coat of a vein.
enetophobia
enetophobia
Noun
A fear of pins and needles.
entomophobia
entomophobia
noun
Abnormal fear of insects or similar arthropods
epibenthic
epibenthic
adj
(ecology) That lives on the surface of sediments at the bottom of the sea
epibenthos
epibenthos
noun
(ecology) benthic organisms that live on top of the sediment
germanophobist
haplobiont
haplobiontic
haplobiontic
adj
(biology) Describing a plant or fungus that has either a haploid or a diploid phase (but not both) in its life cycle. That is, it lacks any alternation of generations.
haptoglobin
haptoglobin
noun
(biochemistry) A protein in blood plasma that binds free hemoglobin released from erythrocytes and thereby inhibits its oxidative activity.
haptoglobins
haptoglobins
noun
plural of haptoglobin
helminthophobia
helminthophobia
noun
A morbid fear of parasitic worms.
hemoglobinopathy
hemoglobinopathy
noun
(American spelling, medicine) Any of a range of inherited genetic disorders affecting hemoglobin
hospitableness
hospitableness
Noun
The quality of being hospitable.
hyperabsorption
hyperabsorption
noun
An abnormally high level of absorption.
hyperbaton
hyperbaton
noun
(grammar) An inversion of the usual or logical order of words or phrases, for emphasis or poetic effect.
(rhetoric) Adding a word or thought to a sentence that is already semantically complete, thus drawing emphasis to the addition.
hyperbatons
hyperbatons
noun
plural of hyperbaton
hyperexcitableness
hyperobtrusiveness
hypersensibility
hypersensibility
noun
hyperesthesia
hypersuggestibleness
hyperthrombinemia
hyperthrombinemia
noun
An abnormally high level of thrombin in the blood.
hypnobate
hypnotisability
hypnotisability
noun
Alternative spelling of hypnotizability
hypnotisable
hypnotisable
adj
Alternative spelling of hypnotizable
hypnotizability
hypnotizability
noun
the ability to be hypnotized
hypnotizable
hypnotizable
adj
Able to be hypnotized.
noun
One who is susceptible to hypnosis.
hypobenthonic
hypobenthos
hypobranchiate
inapprehensibility
inapprehensibility
noun
The quality of being inapprehensible.
inapproachability
inapproachability
noun
The quality of being inapproachable.
incomprehensibility
incomprehensibility
noun
(countable) Something that cannot be understood.
(uncountable) The condition of being incomprehensible.
indecipherability
indecipherability
noun
The state of being indecipherable.
inhospitable
inhospitable
adj
(of a person) Not inclined to hospitality; unfriendly. [from 16th c.]
(of a place) Not offering shelter; barren or forbidding. [from 17th c.]