Marked by abstinence or restraint, especially in relation to food or drink.
abstrusity
abstrusity
noun
(archaic) Abstruseness; that which is abstruse.
absurdity
absurdity
noun
(countable) That which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction.
(obsolete, rare) Dissonance.
(uncountable) The quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment.
abulyeit
accountability
accountability
noun
(military) The obligation imposed by law or regulation on an officer or other person for keeping accurate record of property, documents, or funds. The person having this obligation may or may not have actual possession of the property, documents, or funds. Accountability is concerned primarily with records, while responsibility is concerned primarily with custody, care, and safekeeping.
An open determination of one's responsibility for something and imposition of consequences.
Good-faith acceptance of one's responsibility for something and of its consequences.
The state of being accountable; liability to be called on to render an account or give an explanation; liability to be held responsible or answerable for something.
acetylbiuret
acquirability
acquirability
noun
(rare) The quality of being acquirable; attainableness.
adjustability
adjustability
noun
The state or condition of being adjustable.
adumbratively
adumbratively
adv
In an adumbrative manner
agglutinability
agglutinability
noun
The quality or degree of being agglutinable.
aktyubinsk
albuminimetry
albuminimetry
noun
The measurement of the quantity of albumen in a liquid.
albuminometry
ambidextrously
ambidextrously
adv
In an ambidextrous manner.
ambiguity
ambiguity
noun
(countable) words or statements that are open to more than one interpretation, explanation or meaning, especially if that meaning cannot be determined from its context.
(uncountable) The state of being ambiguous.
ambisexuality
ambisexuality
noun
(countable) An instance of ambisexual behaviour.
(uncountable) The state of being ambisexual.
ambitiously
ambitiously
adv
In an ambitious manner.
ambulatorily
ambulatorily
adv
By or in terms of walking.
amphibolostylous
antiburglary
antiburglary
adj
Opposing or countering burglary.
antisubsidy
antisubsidy
adj
(politics) Opposing a subsidy.
articulability
articulability
noun
The quality or degree of being articulable.
assumability
attributively
attributively
adv
In an attributive manner.
audibility
audibility
noun
The quality of being heard or understood; the degree to which a thing is audible.
autoantibody
autoantibody
noun
An antibody formed in response to an agent (autoantigen) produced by the organism itself
autobasidiomycetes
autobasidiomycetous
autobiographically
autobiographically
adv
In an autobiographical manner.
autobiography
autobiography
noun
(countable) A self-written biography; the story of one's own life.
(uncountable) Biographies of this kind regarded as a literary genre.
autobiology
autohybridization
automobility
automobility
noun
The utilization of automobiles as the major means of transportation and mobility.
automysophobia
automysophobia
noun
An abnormal fear of being dirty.
autostability
autostability
noun
(engineering) Ability to keep a stable poise, either by virtue of shape and proportions, or by some mechanism.
autosuggestibility
autosuggestibility
noun
The quality of being autosuggestible.
autosymbiontic
autosymbolic
autosymbolical
autosymbolically
autoxidizability
autoxidizability
noun
Alternative form of autoxidisability
ayubite
azoisobutyronitrile
basidiomycetous
basidiomycetous
adj
Relating to the basidiomycetes.
basipterygium
basipterygium
noun
A cartilage at the base of the fins of some fish that develops into the metapterygium upon maturity.
bathybius
bathybius
Noun
A gelatinous substance found in mud dredged from the Atlantic and once supposed to be a free living protoplasm, later found to be the result of precipitation.
beautifully
beautifully
adv
In a beautiful manner.
beautify
beautify
verb
(computing) Synonym of pretty-print
(intransitive, rare) To become beautiful.
(intransitive, rare) To make oneself beautiful.
(transitive) To make beautiful; to increase the beauty of.
beautifying
beautifying
adj
That beautifies; tending to make beautiful.
noun
The action of the verb to beautify.
verb
present participle of beautify
beautyship
bibulosity
bibulosity
noun
A fondness for tippling.
bidactylous
bifurcately
bifurcately
adv
In a bifurcate manner.
bilinguality
bilinguality
noun
(rare) bilingualism
binocularity
binocularity
noun
Binocular vision.
biquarterly
biquarterly
adj
Twice every quarter, i.e. eight times per year.
biscuitry
biscuitry
noun
(countable) An individual business that manufactures biscuits and similar items; a biscuit factory.
(uncountable) A form of unglazed earthenware.
(uncountable) A mass or collection of baked goods such as biscuits and bread.
(uncountable) The baking of biscuits, bread, and similar items.
(uncountable) The business of manufacturing biscuits.
(woodworking, uncountable) The process of inserting biscuits (thin ovals of wood or other material) into mating slots in order to provide a gluing surface.
bisexuality
bisexuality
noun
(chiefly botany) The state of being bisexual (“having both male and female parts or roles”).
(of humans or other animals) The state of being sexually or romantically attracted to members of either sex or gender.
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.
bistoury
bistoury
noun
A narrow-bladed surgical knife.
biunity
biunity
noun
The quality of being biune.
blithefully
blithefully
adv
In a blitheful manner.
blitzbuggy
blitzbuggy
noun
(archaic) A jeep (military vehicle).
bloodguilty
bloodguilty
adj
Guilty of murder or bloodshed.
blusteringly
blusteringly
adv
in a blustering manner
bodysuit
bodysuit
noun
A one-piece, skin-tight garment rather like a leotard.
bodysuits
bodysuits
noun
plural of bodysuit
boisterously
boisterously
adv
In a boisterous manner.
boistously
botrychium
botrydium
bountifully
bountifully
adv
In a bountiful manner.
bradyauxetic
bradyauxetically
brulyiement
brushability
brushability
noun
The quality or degree of being brushable.
brutality
brutality
noun
A cruel or savage act.
The state of being brutal.
The use of excessive physical force, often in the form of violence.
brutify
brutify
verb
(transitive) To make like a brute; to make senseless or unfeeling; to brutalize.
brutifying
brutifying
verb
present participle of brutify
brutishly
brutishly
adv
In a brutish manner.
buccinatory
buccinatory
adj
Relating to the buccinator muscle.
buddhistically
buddhistically
Adverb
as a Buddhist, in a manner of a Buddhist
buffability
bumpity
bumpity
intj
Nonce variation of the word bump, usually indicating the sound of someone or something tumbling down an uneven surface, or traveling on a rough road.
bumptiously
bumptiously
adv
In a bumptious manner.
bureaucratically
bureaucratically
adv
In a bureaucratic manner.
burgality
bustlingly
bustlingly
adv
in a bustling manner
butadiyne
butadiyne
noun
(organic chemistry) diacetylene
butterflyfish
butterflyfish
noun
Any of a group of conspicuous tropical marine fish of the family Chaetodontidae; the bannerfish and coralfish are also included in this group. Butterflyfish are fairly small, mostly from 12 to 22 cm (c.7-9 in) in length.
butterflyfishes
butterflyfishes
noun
plural of butterflyfish
butterflying
butterflying
verb
present participle of butterfly
butterflylike
butterflylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a butterfly.
butteryfingered
buttinsky
buttinsky
noun
(derogatory) One who is prone to butt in, interrupt, or get involved where they are not welcome; a busybody.
(telecommunications) Alternative spelling of buttinski (“a robust portable one-piece telephone instrument with clips, used by technicians and lines staff for testing telephone circuits or making a temporary connection to a telephone line”)
butylamine
butylamine
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of four isomeric aliphatic amines derived from butane
butylating
butylating
verb
present participle of butylate
butylation
butylation
noun
(organic chemistry) A reaction in which a butyl group is added to a molecule
butylations
butylations
noun
plural of butylation
butylic
butylic
noun
(organic chemistry) Synonym of butyl
butyric
butyric
adj
(organic chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or derived from butyric acid or any of the isomeric univalent radicals of formula C₃H₇CO₂-
(rare) Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of butter
butyrically
butyrin
butyrin
noun
(organic chemistry) The triglyceride of butyric acid; the principal constituent of butterfat
butyrinase
butyrins
butyrins
noun
plural of butyrin
butyrometric
butyrometric
adj
Measured using a butyrometer
Relating to butyrometry
byzantinesque
byzantinesque
Adjective
Characteristic of Byzantine art or culture.
byzantium
byzantium
Noun
A dark shade of purple, close to Tyrian purple and palatinate purple
Proper noun
The ancient Greek city situated on the Bosporus, named Constantinople in 330 and now known as Istanbul.
The Byzantine Empire.
calculability
calculability
noun
The condition of being calculable
carbohydraturia
carbohydraturia
noun
(pathology) The presence of carbohydrates (principally sugars) in the urine
causability
causability
noun
The condition of being causable
censurability
censurability
Noun
The state or condition of being censurable; blameworthiness.
chlamydobacteriaceous
churnability
churnability
noun
The condition of being churnable
circumambiently
circumambiently
adv
In a circumambient manner.
circumambulatory
circumambulatory
adj
Designed especially for ritualistic circumambulation.
That is circumambulating.
circumstantiability
citybuster
clubability
clubability
noun
Alternative form of clubbability
clubbability
clubbability
noun
The quality of being clubbable.
coagulability
coagulability
noun
The ability to coagulate, of being coagulable
cogitabundity
cogitabundity
noun
(archaic, literary) The state of being cogitabund, or deep in thought.
cogitabundly
colourability
colourability
noun
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of colorability
comburimetry
comburimetry
noun
(obsolete) The measurement of how comburivorous a substance is.
combustibility
combustibility
noun
The quality or state of being combustible
combustibly
combustibly
adv
in a combustible manner
combustively
commensurability
commensurability
noun
The quality of being commensurable or commensurate
communicability
communicability
noun
The quality of being communicable.
commutability
commutability
noun
The quality of being commutable.
computability
computability
noun
(computing theory) The property of being computable by purely mechanical means.
concubitancy
conduceability
conductibility
conductibility
noun
The ability to conduct electricity.
confluxibility
confusability
confusability
noun
The condition of being confusable.
confutability
confutability
noun
The state of being confutable or disprovable.
connubiality
connubiality
noun
Something characteristic of the conjugal state; an expression of connubial tenderness.
The quality of being connubial.
construability
construability
noun
The quality of being construable; ability to be construed.
constructibility
constructibility
noun
(management) A project management technique to review construction processes and potential obstacles from start to finish, before building begins.
The condition of being constructible.
consubsistency
consubstantiality
consubstantiality
noun
The quality of being consubstantial.
consubstantially
consubstantially
adv
In a consubstantial manner; with identity of substance or nature.
contributary
contributary
adj
Obsolete form of contributory.
contributively
contributively
adv
In a contributive fashion.
contributorily
contributorily
adv
In a contributory manner.
contributory
contributory
adj
(obsolete) Paying tribute, tributary.
Of, pertaining to, or involving a contribution
Tending to contribute to a result
convulsibility
cooruptibly
corruptibility
corruptibility
noun
The state of being corruptible
corruptibly
corruptibly
adv
(obsolete) With corruption, in a way that corrupts.
In a corruptible way.
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.