Made or decorated after the fanciful style of the ornamentation in the Alhambra palace, which affords an unusually fine exhibition of Saracenic or Arabesque architecture.
amphibiology
amphibiology
noun
The branch of science that deals with amphibious animals.
amphibiously
amphibiously
adv
In an amphibious manner.
In the manner of an amphibian.
amphiblastic
amphiblastic
adj
(biology) Segmenting unequally; said of telolecithal ova with complete segmentation.
amphibolites
amphibolites
noun
plural of amphibolite
amphibolitic
amphibolitic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or composed of an amphibolite.
amphicribral
amphicribral
adj
(botany) In which the phloem surrounds the xylem
bacchanalism
bacchanalism
noun
Alternative form of bacchanalianism
bachelordoms
balmawhapple
barhamsville
bartholomean
bartholomeus
bartholomite
biochemicals
biochemicals
noun
plural of biochemical
blabbermouth
blabbermouth
noun
(aviation) A kind of foam-dispensing nozzle used in firefighting at airports.
(informal) A gossip.
(informal) A person who talks excessively.
blanchimeter
blandishment
blandishment
noun
(countable) Often in the plural form blandishments: a flattering speech or action designed to influence or persuade.
(countable) Something alluring or attractive.
(uncountable, figurative) Allurement, attraction.
blepharedema
blepharedema
noun
edema of the eyelids
blepharotomy
blepharotomy
noun
(surgery) The removal of a slice of eyelid tissue for examination
blockheadism
blockheadism
noun
The character or behaviour of a blockhead; stupidity.
chamberlains
chamberlains
noun
plural of chamberlain
chamberleted
chamberleted
adj
Alternative form of chamberletted
cherubimical
chlorambucil
chlorambucil
Noun
A particular drug used in chemotherapy.
cymbocephaly
diminishable
diminishable
adj
That may be diminished
elasmobranch
elasmobranch
noun
Any of many cartilaginous fish of the subclass Elasmobranchii.
habilimental
habilimented
habilimented
Adjective
clothed
haematoblast
haematoblast
noun
(anatomy) One of the minute disk-shaped bodies found in blood with the ordinary red and white corpuscles; a third kind of blood corpuscle, supposed by some to be an early stage in the development of the red corpuscles.
hambletonian
harmonisable
harmonisable
adj
Alternative form of harmonizable
harmonizable
harmonizable
adj
That can be harmonized
hebdomadally
hebdomadally
adv
In periods of seven days; weekly.
hemiablepsia
hemialbumose
hemialbumose
noun
(biochemistry) An albuminous substance formed in gastric digestion, and by the action of boiling dilute acids on albumin. It is readily convertible into hemipeptone.
hemimetabola
hemimetabole
hemimetaboly
hemimetaboly
noun
hemimetabolism
hibernaculum
hibernaculum
noun
(botany) A bud, case, or protective covering that a plant uses to survive the challenging environmental conditions during a dormancy period.
(zoology) The place where a hibernating animal shelters for the winter.
holometabola
holometabole
holometaboly
homeoblastic
homeoblastic
adj
(biology) Developing from similar tissue.
hyomandibula
hyomandibula
noun
(biology) The bony or cartilaginous portion of the upper hyoid arch in some fish
hypermutable
hypermutable
adj
(genetics) That mutates rapidly
imperishable
imperishable
adj
not perishable; not subject to decay; enduring permanently
noun
(in the plural) something that does not perish, or keeps for a long time
imperishably
imperishably
adv
In an imperishable manner.
lissamphibia
lymphoblasts
lymphoblasts
noun
plural of lymphoblast
marbleheader
marshallberg
mechanizable
mechanizable
adj
Capable of being mechanized.
merchantable
merchantable
adj
Fit for the market, i.e. suitable for selling for an ordinary price. Sometimes, this is a technical designation for a particular kind or class.
muhlenbergia
nonblasphemy
palimbacchic
peachblossom
phlebangioma
phytalbumose
rhombohedral
rhombohedral
adj
(crystallography) Having three equal axes and oblique angles.
rhomboidally
rhomboidally
adv
In the shape of a rhomboid.
rhythmizable
semibachelor
semibleached
shamableness
stablishment
stablishment
noun
(obsolete) Establishment
subrhombical
symblepharon
symblepharon
noun
(medicine) A partial or complete adhesion of the eyelid to the eyeball.
thermolabile
thermolabile
adj
(biochemistry) Subject to destruction/decomposition or change in response to heat.
thermostable
thermostable
adj
Physically or chemically unaffected by high temperatures