A bushy wormwood from Europe, sometimes used in the brewing of beer., southernwood, Artemisia abrotanum.
absinthium
absinthium
noun
(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
abstemiousness
abstemiousness
noun
The quality of being abstemious, temperate, or sparing, particularly in the use of food and strong drinks.
absumption
absumption
noun
(obsolete) Destruction or disintegration, especially a gradual one; wasting away.
abutment
abutment
noun
(architecture) That element that shares a common boundary or surface with its neighbor.
(dentistry) The tooth that supports a denture or bridge.
(engineering) A construction that supports the ends of a bridge; a structure that anchors the cables on a suspension bridge.
(engineering) The part of a valley or canyon wall against which a dam is constructed.
(engineering, architecture) The solid portion of a structure that supports the lateral pressure of an arch or vault.
A fixed point or surface where resistance is obtained.
Something that abuts, or on which something abuts.
The point of junction between two things, in particular a support, that abuts.
The state of abutting.
abutments
abutments
noun
plural of abutment
accumbent
accumbent
adj
(botany) Lying against anything, as one part of a leaf against another leaf
Leaning or reclining, as the ancients did at their meals.
noun
One who rests in an accumbent position, especially at table.
adumbrant
adumbrant
adj
Giving a faint shadow, or slight resemblance; shadowing forth.
adumbrating
adumbrating
verb
present participle of adumbrate
adumbration
adumbration
noun
(countable) A faint sketch; a brief representation, an outline.
(countable, philosophy, specifically phenomenology) The form of an object as seen by an observer.
(countable, uncountable, figuratively) A rough or symbolic representation; a vague indication of what is to come, a foreshadowing.
(specifically, heraldry) The outline of a charge (“image displayed on an escutcheon”), sometimes filled in with a darker shade than the field.
(uncountable) The state of being in shadow or shade; (countable) a shadow.
adumbrations
adumbrations
noun
plural of adumbration
albumenisation
albumenization
albumenization
noun
Alternative form of albuminization
albuminate
albuminate
noun
(chemistry) A compound of albumin and a base or acid
albuminaturia
albuminaturia
noun
(medicine) A form of albuminuria in which there is a preponderance in the urine of mineral substances over proteins.
albuminimeter
albuminimeter
noun
An instrument for determining the quantity of albumen in a liquid.
albuminimetry
albuminimetry
noun
The measurement of the quantity of albumen in a liquid.
albuminization
albuminization
noun
A coating with albumen.
A conversion into albumin.
A saturation with albumen.
albuminometer
albuminometry
ambidextrousness
ambidextrousness
noun
The state or quality of being ambidextrous.
ambisinistrous
ambisinistrous
adj
clumsy, ambilevous
ambitiousness
ambitiousness
noun
The state or quality of being ambitious.
ambulant
ambulant
adj
Able to walk.
Designed for use by somebody with a disability that impairs, but does not prevent, walking.
noun
A patient who is able to walk.
ambulante
ambulantes
ambulating
ambulating
verb
present participle of ambulate
ambulation
ambulation
Noun
walking around
ambulations
ambulations
noun
plural of ambulation
ambushment
ambushment
noun
(obsolete) An ambush
ambushments
ambushments
noun
plural of ambushment
ambustion
ambustion
noun
(medicine, obsolete) A burn or scald.
aminobarbituric
anabathrum
antambulacral
antambulacral
adj
(zoology) Away from the ambulacral region.
anteambulate
anteambulation
antebellum
antebellum
adj
(US) Of the period prior to the American Civil War, especially in reference to the culture of the southern states.
Of the time period prior to a war.
antebrachium
antebrachium
noun
(anatomy) The forearm
antelabium
antenumber
antialbumid
antialbumid
noun
(biochemistry) A compound formed from albumin by pancreatic and gastric digestion, convertible into antipeptone.
antialbumin
antialbumose
antihumbuggist
antilobium
antirepublicanism
antisubmarine
antisubmarine
adj
(military) Intended for use against submarines.
aquincubitalism
aquincubitalism
noun
The quality of being aquincubital.
aquintocubitalism
aquopentamminecobaltic
aristorepublicanism
atmidalbumin
augmentable
augmentable
adj
Capable of being augmented or increased.
Capable of increasing.
autocoenobium
autocombustion
autocombustion
noun
spontaneous combustion
automobiling
automobiling
verb
present participle of automobile
autosymbiontic
backcourtman
backcourtman
noun
(basketball) A backcourt player.
backcourtmen
backcourtmen
noun
plural of backcourtman
badmouthing
badmouthing
verb
present participle of badmouth
balantidium
balantidium
noun
Any parasite of the genus Balantidium.
bankruptism
bankruptism
noun
(obsolete) bankruptcy
beaumont
beaumont
Proper noun
An English habitational surname from any of several places in France.
A city in Texas, USA
beaumontia
befoulment
befoulment
noun
That which makes or has been made soiled.
The act of befouling; soiling; making dirty.
befuddlement
befuddlement
noun
The state of being befuddled.
befuddlements
befuddlements
noun
plural of befuddlement
beguilement
beguilement
noun
The action or process of beguiling; the characteristic of being beguiling.
beguilements
beguilements
noun
plural of beguilement
beleaguerment
beleaguerment
noun
The fact or state of beleaguering; a state of blockade or siege.
bemuddlement
bemuddlement
noun
The state of being bemuddled.
bemusement
bemusement
noun
The state of being bemused.
bemusements
bemusements
noun
plural of bemusement
benumbment
benumbment
noun
The act of benumbing, or state of being benumbed; torpor.
bepuzzlement
bepuzzlement
Noun
Perplexity.
bequeathment
bequeathment
noun
The act of bequeathing, or the state of being bequeathed; a bequest.
besmutting
besmutting
verb
present participle of besmut
bethumping
bethumping
verb
present participle of bethump
betulinamaric
biacuminate
biacuminate
adj
(botany) Having points in two directions.
bimucronate
bimucronate
adj
(biology) Having two mucros
binomenclature
bioaccumulation
bioaccumulation
noun
(biology) The process by which substances accumulate in the tissues of living organisms; used especially of toxic substances that accumulate via a food chain.
bioinstrument
bioinstrument
noun
Any device, attached to the body, that is used in bioinstrumentation
bioinstrumentation
bioinstrumentation
noun
The use of sensors attached to or embedded in the body to remotely monitor physiological function
(chemistry) any hydrocarbyl derivative of bismuthane
bismuthinite
bismuthinite
noun
(mineralogy) A soft bismuth sulfide mineral, an important ore for bismuth.
bismutoplagionite
bitumen
bitumen
noun
(Australia, colloquial) Roads sealed with bitumen, as opposed to dirt roads.
(Canada) Canadian deposits of extremely heavy crude oil.
(by extension) Any one of the natural hydrocarbons, including the hard, solid, brittle varieties called asphalt, the semisolid maltha and mineral tars, the oily petrolea, and even the light, volatile naphthas.
A sticky, black, highly viscous liquid or semi-solid form of petroleum, burning with a bright flame. It occurs as an abundant natural product in many places, as on the shores of the Dead and Caspian Seas. It is used in cements, in the construction of pavements, etc.; Mineral pitch.
verb
To cover or fill with bitumen.
bitumens
bitumens
noun
plural of bitumen
bituminate
bituminate
verb
(transitive) To treat or impregnate with bitumen.
bituminiferous
bituminiferous
adj
Producing bitumen.
bituminisation
bituminisation
noun
Alternative form of bituminization
bituminise
bituminise
verb
Alternative spelling of bituminize
bituminised
bituminised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bituminise
bituminising
bituminising
verb
present participle of bituminise
bituminization
bituminization
noun
The process of bituminizing.
bituminize
bituminize
verb
(transitive) to treat with bitumen
bituminized
bituminized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bituminize
bituminizes
bituminizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bituminize
bituminizing
bituminizing
verb
present participle of bituminize
bituminoid
bituminosis
bituminous
bituminous
adj
Of or pertaining to bitumen.
noun
(countable) A type or grade of bituminous coal.
(uncountable) Bituminous coal.
bluemont
bluestockingism
bluestockingism
noun
(colloquial) The character or manner of a bluestocking; female pedantry.
blumenthal
bonaventurism
botulinum
botulinum
noun
An anaerobic soil bacterium, Clostridium botulinum, that secretes the toxin botulin
bouleversement
bouleversement
noun
Complete overthrow; reversal; turmoil
bournemouth
bournemouth
Proper noun
A large town in Dorset, England
bramantesque
branchiopulmonata
branchiopulmonate
branchiostomous
bremsstrahlung
bremsstrahlung
noun
The electromagnetic radiation produced by the deceleration of a charged particle, such as an electron, when it is deflected by another charged particle, such as an atomic nucleus.
bronteum
brontotherium
brontozoum
brulyiement
brumstane
brumstone
brutalitarianism
brutalitarianism
noun
brutal totalitarianism
bubblement
buchmanite
bucketmaking
bucketmaking
noun
The manufacture of buckets.
bucketman
bulletmaking
bulletmaking
noun
The manufacture of bullets.
bultman
bultmann
bumboatman
bumboatman
noun
A man who pilots a bumboat.
bumboatmen
bumboatmen
noun
plural of bumboatman
bumboatwoman
bumboatwoman
noun
A woman who pilots a bumboat.
bumpkinet
bumptiousness
bumptiousness
noun
The state of being bumptious; conceitedness.
bunemost
bunkmate
bunkmate
noun
Especially, one who shares a bunk bed.
One who sleeps in the same area as another person.
bunkmates
bunkmates
noun
plural of bunkmate
bunnymouth
bunomastodontidae
burnishment
burnishment
noun
burnishing
burthenman
burthensome
burthensome
adj
Obsolete spelling of burdensome
bushment
bushment
noun
(obsolete) A surprise party; a company of soldiers secretly deployed.
(obsolete) An ambush.
(obsolete) The troops concealed in an ambush.
butment
butment
noun
(architecture) A buttress of an arch; the supporter, or that part which joins it to the upright pier.
(masonry) The mass of stone or solid work at the end of a bridge, by which the extreme arches are sustained, or by which the end of a bridge without arches is supported.