(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
absolutism
absolutism
noun
(philosophy) Belief in a metaphysical absolute; belief in Absolute.
(political science, sociology) The principles or practice of absolute or arbitrary government; despotism.
(rare) The characteristic of being absolute in nature or scope; absoluteness.
(theology) Doctrine of preordination; doctrine of absolute decrees; doctrine that God acts in an absolute manner.
Positiveness; the state of being absolute.
abstemious
abstemious
adj
(rare) Promotive of abstemiousness.
Marked by, or spent in, abstinence.
Refraining from freely consuming food or strong drink; sparing in diet; abstinent, temperate.
Sparing in the indulgence of the appetite or passions.
Sparingly used; used with temperance or moderation.
absumption
absumption
noun
(obsolete) Destruction or disintegration, especially a gradual one; wasting away.
acetabulum
acetabulum
noun
(anatomy) The bony cup of the pelvis which receives the head of the femur.
(historical) A Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of 2½ Roman ounces of wine and equivalent to about 66 mL although differing slightly over time.
(zootomy) A sucker of the sepia or cuttlefish and related animals.
(zootomy) One of the lobes of the placenta in ruminating animals.
(zootomy) The cavity in which the leg of an insect is inserted at its articulation with the body.
(zootomy) The large posterior sucker of the leeches.
A vinegar saucer, especially (historical) in ancient Roman contexts.
adumbrated
adumbrated
adj
(comparable) Foreshadowed.
(comparable) Obscured.
(heraldry) Depicted on a shield as an outline instead of a solid figure.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of adumbrate
adumbrates
adumbrates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adumbrate
alabastrum
alabastrum
noun
(botany) A flower bud
An alabastron, or ancient pottery container for oil.
albuminate
albuminate
noun
(chemistry) A compound of albumin and a base or acid
ambulantes
ambulating
ambulating
verb
present participle of ambulate
ambulation
ambulation
Noun
walking around
ambulative
ambulative
adj
(archaic) walking
ambulators
ambulators
noun
plural of ambulator
ambulatory
ambulatory
adj
(comparable, medicine) Able to walk about and not bedridden.
(law) Not yet legally fixed or settled; alterable.
(medicine) Performed on or involving an ambulatory patient or an outpatient.
Accustomed to move from place to place; not stationary; movable.
Of, relating to, or adapted to walking.
noun
Any part of a building intended for walking in; a corridor.
The round walkway encircling the altar in many cathedrals.
ambushment
ambushment
noun
(obsolete) An ambush
anabathrum
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.
antelabium
antenumber
antilobium
arboretums
armbruster
automobile
automobile
adj
Self-moving; self-propelled.
noun
(US, Canada) A type of vehicle designed to move on the ground under its own stored power and intended to carry a driver, a small number of additional passengers, and a very limited amount of other load. A car or motorcar.
badmouthed
badmouthed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of badmouth
barbituism
barotrauma
barotrauma
noun
(pathology) Damage to body tissue caused by a difference in pressure between an air space in or near the body and the surrounding air.
batrachium
baumeister
beaumontia
befoulment
befoulment
noun
That which makes or has been made soiled.
The act of befouling; soiling; making dirty.
bemusement
bemusement
noun
The state of being bemused.
benumbment
benumbment
noun
The act of benumbing, or state of being benumbed; torpor.
besmutting
besmutting
verb
present participle of besmut
betacismus
bethumping
bethumping
verb
present participle of bethump
bigmouthed
bigmouthed
adj
(of a person) Loud or talkative, especially in an indiscreet manner.
Having a large mouth.
bimaculate
bimaculate
adj
Having two spots or similar marks
bismuthate
bismuthate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) The anion BiO₃⁻ of pentavalent bismuth; any salt containing this anion
bismuthide
bismuthide
noun
(inorganic chemistry) Any compound of bismuth with a more electropositive element
bismuthine
bismuthine
noun
(chemistry) any hydrocarbyl derivative of bismuthane
bismuthite
bismuthite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic bismuth carbonate mineral.
bismuthous
bismuthous
adj
(chemistry) Of, or containing bismuth in its lower valence.
bitterbump
bituminate
bituminate
verb
(transitive) To treat or impregnate with bitumen.
bituminise
bituminise
verb
Alternative spelling of bituminize
bituminize
bituminize
verb
(transitive) to treat with bitumen
bituminoid
bituminous
bituminous
adj
Of or pertaining to bitumen.
noun
(countable) A type or grade of bituminous coal.
(uncountable) Bituminous coal.
blumenthal
bothridium
bothridium
noun
An outgrowth from the head of some tapeworms that is used for attachment
botrychium
botuliform
botuliform
adj
Having the shape of a sausage
botulismus
botulismus
noun
Obsolete form of botulism.
broadmouth
broadmouth
noun
One of the Eurylaimidae, a family of East Indian passerine birds.
bromaurate
brontozoum
bubblement
buchmanite
bumblefoot
bumblefoot
noun
(countable) A clubfoot.
(uncountable) Ulcerative pododermatitis, a bacterial infection and inflammatory reaction on the feet of birds and rodents.
bumblekite
bumboatman
bumboatman
noun
A man who pilots a bumboat.
bumboatmen
bumboatmen
noun
plural of bumboatman
bumperette
bumperette
noun
A small secondary bumper to protect a car's main bumpers in the event of a collision.
bunnymouth
bursectomy
bursectomy
noun
(surgery) The surgical removal of a bursa
burthenman
bushmaster
bushmaster
noun
A venomous pit viper, Lachesis muta, from tropical America.
butcherdom
butcherdom
noun
The condition or trade of a butcher.
butomaceae
butterbump
butterbump
noun
The European bittern
buttermere
buttermilk
buttermilk
noun
Cultured buttermilk, a fermented dairy product produced from cow's milk, with a characteristically sour taste.
The liquid left over after producing butter from full cream milk by the churning process, also called traditional buttermilk.
buttonmold
butylamine
butylamine
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of four isomeric aliphatic amines derived from butane
catacumbal
catacumbal
adj
Of or relating to a catacomb.
coambulant
combusting
combusting
verb
present participle of combust
combustion
combustion
noun
(chemistry) The act or process of burning.
(figuratively) Violent agitation, tumult.
A process whereby two chemicals are combined to produce heat.
A process wherein a fuel is combined with oxygen, usually at high temperature, releasing heat.
combustive
combustive
adj
Of, pertaining to, caused by, or partaking in combustion.
commutable
commutable
adj
Capable of being commuted.
computable
computable
adj
(computing theory) Of a problem, solvable by a Turing machine or any thereto Turing-equivalent model; Turing-computable.
(mathematics) of a number, able to be approximated to arbitrary precision by a computable function
(mathematics, set theory) Of a countably infinite set, having a computable indicator function.
Capable of being computed, or enumerated.
computably
computably
adv
In a computable manner
With regard to computability
coquimbite
coquimbite
noun
(mineralogy) The nonahydrate of iron(III) sulfate.
crumbcloth
crumbcloth
noun
A cloth laid under a dining table to receive falling fragments and keep the carpet or floor clean.
crumbliest
crumbliest
adj
superlative form of crumbly: most crumbly
cumberment
cumberment
noun
encumberment; encumbrance
customable
customable
adj
(obsolete) Subject to the payment of customs; dutiable.
(obsolete) customary
customably
customably
adv
(obsolete) usually; by custom or habit
deambulate
deambulate
verb
(medicine) To walk independently, especially in contrast to a state where one is physically unable to walk.
(rare) To go out walking; to stroll.
debunkment
debunkment
noun
Synonym of debunking
demihagbut
drumbeater
drumbeater
noun
(figuratively) A propagandist.
One who beats a drum.
dumbstruck
dumbstruck
adj
so shocked as to be unable to speak
dumbwaiter
dumbwaiter
noun
(obsolete) A lazy Susan.
(obsolete) A table or set of trays on rollers used for serving food.
A small elevator used to move food etc. from one floor of a building to another.
eboulement
emmetsburg
emmitsburg
ethambutol
ethambutol
noun
(pharmacology) A synthetic bacteriostatic antimycobacterial drug C₁₀H₂₄N₂O₂ that is a derivative of ethylenediamine, used in the form of its hydrochloride and in combination with other drugs to treat tuberculosis.
fimbriatum
fumbulator
gobmouthed
hematobium
imbruement
imbruement
noun
The act of imbruing or state of being imbrued.
impuberate
impuberate
adj
not puberate
incumbents
incumbents
noun
plural of incumbent
jumblement
jumblement
Noun
A confused mixture.
limburgite
limburgite
noun
A dark volcanic rock resembling basalt and consisting essentially of olivine and augite with a brownish glassy groundmass.
lumberport
masturbate
masturbate
verb
(informal, derogatory) To stimulate or please oneself by means of anything, not necessarily sexual, that does not get them anywhere; something that wastes their time; something that does not help others or achieve any important goal.
(intransitive) To stimulate oneself sexually, especially by use of one’s hand or a sex toy made for this purpose, often to the point of ejaculation or orgasm.
(transitive, colloquial) To stimulate someone else sexually without penetration of the penis.
meditabund
metabolous
metabolous
adj
Relating to metabolons
metalbumin
metalbumin
noun
(biochemistry) A form of albumin found in ascitic and certain serous fluids, and sometimes regarded as a mixture of albumin and mucin.
microburet
minibudget
minibudget
noun
(chiefly UK, finance) A budget statement proposed by a government between annual budgets, involving special economic measures.
A small budget.
misdoubted
misdoubted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of misdoubt
motorbuses
motorbuses
noun
plural of motorbus
mountebank
mountebank
noun
(obsolete) An acrobat.
Any boastful, false pretender.
One who sells by deception; a con artist.
One who sells dubious medicines.
verb
(intransitive) To act as a mountebank.
(transitive) To cheat by boasting and false pretenses.
muliebrity
muliebrity
noun
(literary) The state of attainment of womanhood following maidenhood.
(literary) The state or quality of being a woman; the features of a woman's nature; femininity, womanhood.
(physiology) The state of puberty in a female.
multibirth
multibirth
adj
Relating to more than one birth.
multiblade
multiblade
adj
Of or pertaining to multiple blades.
multiblock
multiblock
adj
Of or pertaining to more than one block (in various senses).
multibreak
multibreak
adj
Involving more than one break.
multilobar
multilobar
adj
Consisting of, or having, many lobes.
multilobed
multilobed
adj
Having more than one lobe.
mumblement
mumblement
noun
mumbling
musterable
musterable
adj
Capable of being mustered.
mutability
mutability
noun
The quality or state of being mutable.
muttonbird
muttonbird
noun
Alternative form of mutton bird
noctambule
nonmutable
nonmutable
adj
Not mutable; immutable.
nonmutably
northumber
obambulate
obambulate
verb
(intransitive) To walk about; to wander aimlessly
(transitive) To walk or go up to, so as or as if to meet.
obumbrated
obumbrated
adj
(obsolete, rare) Overshadowed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of obumbrate
outbeaming
outbeaming
adj
Shining outward.
outbloomed
outbloomed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outbloom
outblossom
outblossom
noun
The best that is produced (by something); culmination.
verb
To bloom in spite of.
To blossom forth; to emerge into a state of blossoming; to flower.
To blossom more beautifully than, or with more flowers than.
outchamber
outchamber
noun
An outer or external chamber.
outclimbed
outclimbed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outclimb
outgambled
outgambled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outgamble
outnumbers
outnumbers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outnumber
overtumble
overtumble
verb
(intransitive) To tumble over; to trip; to fall over.
(transitive) To depose or unseat.
permutable
permutable
adj
Able to be permuted
permutably
permutably
adv
Such that it can be permuted.
photoalbum
postbellum
postbellum
adj
(US) Of the period following the American Civil War, especially used in reference to the South.