(zoology) Having short, possibly non-functional wings
brachyure
bradyauxetic
bradyauxetically
bronchopleurisy
bryaceous
bryaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Bryaceae.
buccopharyngeal
buccopharyngeal
adj
Relating to the buccopharynx
Relating to, or connecting the mouth and pharynx
buckberry
buckberry
noun
The deerberry, Vaccinium stamineum.
The huckleberry, Gaylussacia ursina, found in the Southern United States.
The silver buffaloberry, Shepherdia argentea.
buckety
buckety
adj
Resembling a bucket.
buckeye
buckeye
noun
(US) A confection made from peanut butter fudge partially dipped in chocolate to leave a circle of peanut butter visible, supposed to resemble the nut of the Ohio buckeye tree.
(US, slang) A native or resident of the American state of Ohio.
Aesculus hippocastanum, the horse chestnut.
Any of several species of the related Mexican buckeye (genus Ungnadia).
Any of several species of trees of the genus Aesculus.
The Junonia coenia butterfly.
The seed or fruit of these plants.
buckeyed
buckeyes
buckeyes
noun
plural of buckeye
buckeystown
buckley
buckleya
bunchberry
bunchberry
noun
Cornus canadensis - Canadian bunchberry or eastern bunchberry.
Cornus suecica - Eurasian bunchberry or northern bunchberry.
The fruit of either of these plants.
buoyance
buoyance
noun
The state or quality of being buoyant
buoyances
buoyances
noun
plural of buoyance
buoyancies
buoyancies
noun
plural of buoyancy
bureaucracy
bureaucracy
noun
(business, organizational theory) A system of administration based upon organisation into bureaus, division of labour, a hierarchy of authority, etc., designed to dispose of a large body of work in a routine manner.
(chiefly derogatory) Excessive red tape and routine in any administration, body or behaviour.
Government by bureaus or their administrators or officers.
The body of officers and administrators, especially of a government.
bureaucratically
bureaucratically
adv
In a bureaucratic manner.
burleycue
burleycue
noun
Alternative form of burlecue
bursectomy
bursectomy
noun
(surgery) The surgical removal of a bursa
butcherly
butcherly
adj
Like a butcher; characterised by slaughter, savage.
adv
(obsolete) Like a butcher; cruelly, brutally.
butchery
butchery
noun
(rare) An abattoir, a slaughterhouse.
(slang) The stereotypical behaviors and accoutrements of being a butch lesbian.
A disastrous effort, an atrocious failure.
A meat market
The butchering of meat.
The cruel, ruthless killings of humans, as at a slaughterhouse.
butyraceous
butyraceous
adj
Of, pertaining to or containing butter; buttery
butyrolactone
butyrolactone
noun
(organic chemistry) Any lactone derived from a hydroxybutyric acid
butyrometric
butyrometric
adj
Measured using a butyrometer
Relating to butyrometry
byssaceous
byssaceous
adj
Like byssus; consisting of fine fibres or threads.
canterbury
canterbury
noun
A rack for magazines or other papers, usually wooden, often done as a decorative piece.
censurability
censurability
Noun
The state or condition of being censurable; blameworthiness.
censurably
censurably
adv
In a censurable manner.
cerebromedullary
cerebromedullary
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the cerebrum and medulla.
chalybeous
chalybeous
adj
(zoology) steel blue; of the colour of tempered steel.
cherubically
cherubically
adv
In a cherubic way.
chlamydobacteriaceous
circumambiency
circumambiency
Noun
The act of surrounding or encompassing.
circumambiently
circumambiently
adv
In a circumambient manner.
citybuster
claybourne
cloudberry
cloudberry
noun
A species of slow-growing bramble, Rubus chamaemorus.
The fruit of these plants.
clusterberry
clusterberry
noun
A form of cotoneaster
columbyne
comburimetry
comburimetry
noun
(obsolete) The measurement of how comburivorous a substance is.
combustively
commensurability
commensurability
noun
The quality of being commensurable or commensurate
commensurably
commensurably
adv
In a commensurable manner; so as to be commensurable.
concumbency
conduceability
conjecturably
conjecturably
adv
In a conjecturable manner
consubsistency
contributively
contributively
adv
In a contributive fashion.
corybulbine
corymbiferous
corymbiferous
adj
(botany) Bearing corymbs of flowers or fruit.
corynebacterium
corynebacterium
noun
Any bacterium, of the genus Corynebacterium, many of which are pathogenic or parasitic.
corytuberine
corytuberine
noun
(organic chemistry) An aporphine alkaloid found in the family Hernandiaceae of flowering plants.
counterbattery
counterbattery
adj
(military) Directed against opposing artillery.
counterboycott
counterboycott
noun
An opposing boycott set up in response to another boycott.
cryptodouble
cubbyhole
cubbyhole
noun
A glove compartment
A small compartment; a pigeonhole
A small, snug room which may be used as a place of privacy and safety by children
verb
To restrict, limit or narrowly define; to pigeonhole.
cubbyholes
cubbyholes
noun
plural of cubbyhole
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cubbyhole
cubbyhouse
cubbyhouse
noun
Alternative spelling of cubby house
cubbyyew
cumbersomely
cumbersomely
adv
In a cumbersome way.
curlewberry
currycombed
currycombed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of currycomb
cybercultural
cybercultural
adj
Of or pertaining to cyberculture.
cyberculture
cyberculture
noun
Internet culture; attitudes and behaviours in cyberspace.
cyclobutane
cyclobutane
noun
(countable, organic chemistry) Any derivative of this compound.
(uncountable, organic chemistry) A simple alicyclic hydrocarbon, C₄H₈; a light inflammable gas.
cymbocephalous
cynocrambaceous
cytoblastematous
cytoblastemous
debauchedly
debauchedly
adv
In a debauched manner.
debauchery
debauchery
noun
(archaic) Seduction from duty.
Indulgence in sensual pleasures; scandalous activities involving sex, alcohol, or drugs without inhibition.
decumbency
decumbency
noun
decumbence
decumbently
decumbently
adv
In a decumbent posture.
deducibility
deducibility
noun
The condition of being deducible
deducibly
deducibly
adv
In a way that can be deduced.
deductibility
deductibility
noun
The ability to be deducted, such as from one's taxes
deoxyribonuclease
deoxyribonuclease
noun
(biochemistry, genetics) Any of several enzymes that catalyze the cleavage of DNA.
deoxyribonucleic
deoxyribonucleic
adj
(genetics) Of or pertaining to deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) or its derivatives.
deoxyribonucleoprotein
deoxyribonucleoprotein
noun
(biochemistry) The complex of DNA and protein in which DNA is usually found upon cell disruption and isolation.
deoxyribonucleotide
deoxyribonucleotide
noun
(biochemistry, genetics) Any nucleotide containing deoxyribose.
desoxyribonuclease
desoxyribonuclease
noun
Alternative form of deoxyribonuclease
desoxyribonucleic
desoxyribonucleic
adj
Alternative form of deoxyribonucleic
desoxyribonucleoprotein
destructibility
destructibility
noun
The condition of being destructible
dubiocrystalline
ebulliency
ebulliency
noun
ebullience
ebullioscopy
ebullioscopy
noun
(physics) the measurement of the boiling point of liquids
educability
educability
noun
(countable) The degree to which someone is educable
(uncountable) The state of being educable
educatability
educatability
noun
The state or condition of being educatable.
embryulci
embryulcia
embryulcia
noun
(surgery, archaic) The forcible extraction of the fetus.
embryulculci
embryulcus
embryulcuses
encumberingly
encumberingly
adv
In an encumbering manner.
enunciability
enunciability
noun
The quality or degree of being enunciable.
eurybathic
eurybathic
adj
(zoology) Able to live at different depths (of water)
eurybenthic
excludability
excludability
noun
The ability to be excluded.
excusability
excusability
Noun
The quality of being excusable.
excusably
excusably
adv
In an excusable manner or to an excusable degree
exuberancy
exuberancy
noun
Archaic form of exuberance.
herbaceously
herbaceously
adv
In a herbaceous manner.
honeybunch
honeybunch
noun
(informal) A honey, a darling (term of endearment).
huckleberry
huckleberry
noun
(US, slang) The person one is looking for; the right person for the job.
(slang) A person of little consequence.
A shrub growing this fruit.
A small amount, a short distance, as in the phrase huckleberry above a persimmon.
A small round fruit of a dark blue or red color of several plants in the related genera Vaccinium and Gaylussacia.
verb
(intransitive) To pick huckleberries.
hydrocarbonaceous
hydrocarbonaceous
adj
(chemistry, archaic) Of the nature of, or containing, hydrocarbons.
hydrocarburet
hydrocarburet
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) A hydrocarbon.
(chemistry, obsolete) Carburetted hydrogen.
hypercarbureted
hypercarburetted
hypercoagulability
hypercoagulability
noun
coagulation of blood faster than normal; especially an abnormally increased coagulability
hypercoagulable
hypercoagulable
adj
(of blood) Having an increased tendency to clot.
hypercube
hypercube
noun
(computing) A computer architecture in which each processor is connected to n others, by analogy with a hypercube of n dimensions.
(computing) A data cube with more than three dimensions.
(geometry) A geometric figure in four or more dimensions, which is analogous to a cube in three dimensions. Specifically, the n-dimensional equivalent of a cube for any non-negative integer n.
(geometry) Such a figure in four dimensions; a tesseract.
hypersusceptibility
hypersusceptibility
noun
A greater than normal susceptibility to something, such as light or infection.
hypersusceptible
hypersusceptible
adj
(medicine) Extremely susceptible; having an elevated susceptibility
imputrescibility
incensurably
incommensurability
incommensurability
noun
The state or characteristic of being incommensurable.
incommensurably
incommensurably
adv
In an incommensurable manner; immeasurably.
incumbency
incumbency
noun
(figurative) Benefice, lucrative position or possession.
A tenure.
An obligation or duty.
The state of being incumbent.
incumbently
incumbently
adv
In an incumbent manner; so as to be incumbent.
indestrucibility
indestructibility
indestructibility
noun
The condition of being indestructible.
indestructibly
indestructibly
adv
In a way or to an extent that is indestructible
ineducability
ineducability
noun
Inability to be educated.
ineluctability
ineluctability
noun
The state or condition of being ineluctable.
ineluctably
ineluctably
adv
In an ineluctable manner.
inexcusability
inexcusability
Noun
The quality of being inexcusable.
inexcusably
inexcusably
adv
In an inexcusable manner.
influencability
influenceability
influenceability
noun
The quality or state of being influenceable.
insusceptibility
insusceptibility
noun
Lack of susceptibility, or of capacity to feel or perceive.
insusceptibly
insusceptibly
adv
In an insusceptible manner
intercommunicability
intercommunicability
noun
The ability to intercommunicate.
intersubjectively
intersubjectively
adv
(philosophy) In an intersubjective way; between or among multiple subjects