(mineralogy) Any of a large group of structurally similar hydrated double silicate minerals, containing various combinations of sodium, calcium, magnesium, iron, and aluminium/aluminum
amphiboly
amphiboly
noun
(grammar) An ambiguous grammatical construction.
apiphobia
apiphobia
noun
An inordinate fear of bees.
arabophil
autophoby
autophoby
noun
Archaic form of autophobia.
bakeshops
bakeshops
noun
plural of bakeshop
barhopped
barhopped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of barhop
barograph
barograph
noun
A type of barometer that continuously records air pressure on a sheet or rotating drum
baronship
baronship
noun
The rank or position of a baron.
baryphony
basophile
basophile
noun
Alternative form of basophil
basophils
basophils
noun
plural of basophil
batyphone
biography
biography
noun
A person's life story, especially one published.
The art of writing this kind of story.
verb
(transitive) To write a biography of.
bolograph
bouphonia
bryophyta
chapbooks
chapbooks
noun
plural of chapbook
chipboard
chipboard
noun
(Australia, UK) A building material made from wood chips compressed and bound with synthetic resin.
ecophobia
ecophobia
noun
A feeling of powerlessness to prevent cataclysmic environmental change, apocalypse, etc.
Fear of one’s home.
euphorbia
euphorbia
noun
Any plant of the genus Euphorbia, the spurges.
hyperbola
hyperbola
noun
(geometry) A conic section formed by the intersection of a cone with a plane that intersects the base of the cone and is not tangent to the cone. The function y(x) = 1/x draws a hyperbola.
hypnobate
hypobaric
hypobaric
adj
Of, relating to, or utilizing less than normal air pressure.
hypobasal
hypobasal
adj
Below or anterior to a base or to the basal wall
hypobases
hypobasis
hypoblast
hypoblast
noun
(embryology) A type of tissue that forms from the inner cell mass and later is incorporated into the endoderm
hypobulia
hypobulia
noun
Difficulty in making decisions; impaired willpower.
nabobship
nabobship
noun
The rank or condition of a nabob.
neophobia
neophobia
noun
The fear or hatred of novelty, new things, innovation, or unfamiliar places or situations.
oxybaphon
oxybaphus
panphobia
panphobia
noun
(neologism) Fear, dislike, or hatred of pansexual people and/or pansexuality.
The fear of everything.
peachblow
peachblow
adj
(ceramics) Of a delicate purplish-pink colour suggesting peach blooms; applied especially to a style of Chinese porcelain.
poachable
poachable
adj
Capable of being poached, or stolen.
Suitable for being cooked by poaching.
posthabit
prohibita
rhabdopod
shipboard
shipboard
adj
(figurative) casual or ephemeral (e.g. a shipboard romance)
(nautical) Occurring or existing on board a ship.
noun
The side of a ship.
shopboard
shopboard
noun
(now historical) A tradesman's counter or table where goods for sale are displayed.
(now historical) A workbench or platform on which a tradesman, especially a tailor, sits to work.