(obsolete) the role or duration of being an abigail, or lady's maid.
agoraphobes
agoraphobes
noun
plural of agoraphobe
agoraphobia
agoraphobia
noun
(rare) An aversion to markets.
The fear of wide open spaces, crowds, or uncontrolled social conditions.
agoraphobiac
agoraphobiac
noun
One who fears open spaces, crowds, or uncontrolled social conditions.
agoraphobias
agoraphobias
noun
plural of agoraphobia
agoraphobic
agoraphobic
adj
Of, pertaining to or suffering from agoraphobia.
noun
One who suffers from agoraphobia.
agoraphobics
agoraphobics
noun
plural of agoraphobic
agyrophobia
agyrophobia
noun
fear of crossing the street
albedograph
algophobia
algophobia
noun
Fear of pain.
alphabeting
alphabeting
verb
present participle of alphabet
alphabetising
alphabetising
verb
present participle of alphabetise
alphabetizing
alphabetizing
verb
present participle of alphabetize
alphabetology
amphibiological
amphibiological
adj
Pertaining to amphibiology.
amphibiology
amphibiology
noun
The branch of science that deals with amphibious animals.
amphibological
amphibological
adj
(linguistics) Grammatically ambiguous.
(rare) of doubtful meaning, ambiguous, quibbling.
amphibologically
amphibologically
adv
In an amphibological manner.
amphibologies
amphibologies
noun
plural of amphibology
amphibologism
amphibology
amphibology
noun
(archaic) Amphiboly.
anemobiagraph
anginophobia
anginophobia
noun
A fear of angina; The irrational fear of choking, angina or narrowing of the throat. This is mainly caused by experience or being a witness to someone choking.
anglophobe
anglophobe
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Anglophobe
anglophobes
anglophobes
noun
plural of anglophobe
anglophobia
anglophobia
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Anglophobia
anglophobiac
anglophobic
anglophobic
Adjective
Having an aversion to England or the English.
anglophobist
anthrohopobiological
anthropobiologist
anthropobiologist
noun
bioanthropologist
anthropobiology
anthropobiology
noun
bioanthropology
autobiographal
autobiographal
adj
(archaic) autobiographical
autobiographer
autobiographer
noun
One who writes his or her own life or biography.
autobiographers
autobiographers
noun
plural of autobiographer
autobiographic
autobiographic
Adjective
Of or relating to a person's life or an account of a person's life, as told by the subject.
autobiographical
autobiographical
adj
Of or relating to a person's life or an account of a person's life, as told by the subject.
autobiographically
autobiographically
adv
In an autobiographical manner.
autobiographies
autobiographies
noun
plural of autobiography
autobiographist
autobiographist
noun
An autobiographer.
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.
bacteriopathology
bacteriophage
bacteriophage
noun
(microbiology, virology) A virus that specifically infects bacteria.
bacteriophages
bacteriophages
noun
plural of bacteriophage
bacteriophagia
bacteriophagic
bacteriophagic
adj
Of or pertaining to a bacteriophage.
bacteriophagous
bacteriophagous
adj
Pertaining to the predation and consumption of bacterium.
bacteriophagy
bacteriophagy
noun
The feeding on bacteria.
bactetiophage
ballistocardiograph
ballistocardiograph
noun
An instrument which measures ballistic forces on the heart, producing a graphical representation of repetitive motions of the human body arising from the sudden ejection of blood into the great vessels with each heartbeat.
ballistocardiographic
ballistocardiographic
adj
Relating to ballistocardiography
ballistocardiography
ballistocardiography
noun
The science of the preparation and diagnostic interpretation of ballistocardiograms.
balneographer
balneographer
noun
One who writes descriptions of therapeutic baths.
balneography
balneography
noun
A description of therapeutic baths.
balneophysiology
barhopping
barhopping
verb
present participle of barhop
barograph
barograph
noun
A type of barometer that continuously records air pressure on a sheet or rotating drum
barographic
barographic
adj
Measured using a barograph
barographs
barographs
noun
plural of barograph
barometrograph
barometrograph
noun
A form of barometer capable of recording the variations of atmospheric pressure onto paper.
barometrography
barothermograph
barothermograph
noun
An instrument for recording both pressure and temperature, as of the atmosphere.
barothermohygrograph
barothermohygrograph
noun
A device for measuring atmospheric pressure, temperature, and humidity.
bathygraphic
bathygraphic
adj
Relating to bathygraphy.
bathyorographical
bathyorographical
adj
Of, embodying, or pertaining to elevation heights and pelagic depths.
bathypelagic
bathypelagic
adj
(oceanography) Of or pertaining to the parts of the oceans at depths between 1000 and 4000 meters deep.
bathythermograph
bathythermograph
noun
A small torpedo-shaped device that holds a temperature sensor and a transducer to detect changes in hydrostatic pressure.
batrachophagous
batrachophagous
adj
Feeding on frogs.
beglerbegship
beglerbegship
noun
The role or status of a beglerbeg.
belgophile
benthopelagic
benthopelagic
adj
Both benthic and pelagic.
noun
Any such organism.
benzophloroglucinol
bethpage
bethumping
bethumping
verb
present participle of bethump
bhagalpur
biblicopsychological
bibliograph
bibliograph
noun
Archaic form of bibliographer.
bibliographer
bibliographer
noun
A person who compiles bibliographies, or who studies bibliography.
bibliographers
bibliographers
noun
plural of bibliographer
bibliographic
bibliographic
adj
Of or pertaining to bibliography.
bibliographical
bibliographical
adj
bibliographic
bibliographically
bibliographically
adv
Concerning bibliography.
bibliographies
bibliographies
noun
plural of bibliography
bibliographize
bibliographize
verb
(transitive) To compile a bibliography of.
bibliography
bibliography
noun
A list of books or documents relevant to a particular subject or author.
A section of a written work containing citations, not quotations, to all the books referred to in the work.
The study of the history of books in terms of their classification, printing and publication.
bibliophage
bibliophage
noun
(figuratively) A person who loves to read books; a bookworm.
A creature that consumes books’ physical contents.
bibliophagic
bibliophagic
adj
devouring books (literally or figuratively)
bibliophagist
bibliophagist
noun
(rare) A bibliophage; one who loves to read books.
bibliophagous
bibliophagous
adj
Book-consuming.
biobibliographer
biobibliographer
noun
The author of a biobibliography.
biobibliographic
biobibliographical
biobibliographical
adj
Of or relating to a biobibliography.
biobibliographies
biobibliographies
noun
plural of biobibliography
biobibliography
biobibliography
noun
A bibliography that also contains a short biography of the author
biogeographer
biogeographer
noun
A person engaged in biogeography.
biogeographers
biogeographers
noun
plural of biogeographer
biogeographic
biogeographic
adj
Of or pertaining to biogeography, the study of the geographical arrangement of plants and animals
biogeographical
biogeographical
adj
Of or pertaining to biogeography.
biogeographically
biogeographically
adv
In a biogeographic manner
With regard to biogeography
biogeography
biogeography
noun
(biology, geography, countable) The geographical distribution of a particular living thing.
(biology, geography, uncountable) The study of the geographical distribution of living things.
biograph
biograph
noun
(rare) A biographical essay.
An early device to show moving pictures on a screen.
verb
(rare, transitive) To write a biography of.
biographee
biographee
noun
One about whom a biography is written; the subject of a biography.
biographees
biographees
noun
plural of biographee
biographer
biographer
noun
The writer of a biography; a professional writer of biographies.
biographers
biographers
noun
plural of biographer
biographic
biographic
adj
biographical
biographical
biographical
adj
of or relating to an account of a person's life
biographically
biographically
adv
In the form of a biography.
biographies
biographies
noun
plural of biography
biographist
biographist
noun
(dated) A biographer.
biographize
biographize
Verb
To write a biography of.
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.
biophagism
biophagous
biophagous
adj
That feeds on living creatures.
biophagy
biophagy
noun
The property of being a biophage, a living organism that feeds on other living organisms.
biophysiography
biophysiography
noun
The branch of biology that deals with the natural history of living organisms; descriptive biology.
biophysiological
biophysiological
adj
Relating to biophysiology
biophysiologist
biophysiologist
noun
One who studies biophysiology.
biophysiology
biophysiology
noun
(biology, physiology) biological physiology
biopsychological
biopsychological
adj
Of or pertaining to biopsychology.
biopsychologies
biopsychologist
biopsychologist
noun
A specialist in biopsychology.
biopsychology
biopsychology
noun
biological psychology
biostratigraphy
biostratigraphy
noun
(biology, geology) The study of the stratigraphic distribution of fossils.
bishoping
bishoping
verb
present participle of bishop
bishopling
bishopling
noun
A little or petty bishop.
blaspheming
blaspheming
noun
An act of blasphemy.
verb
present participle of blaspheme
blastophaga
blennophlogisma
blennophlogosis
blephariglottis
blepharoplegia
blepharoplegia
noun
(pathology) paralysis of an eyelid
bolograph
bolographic
bolographically
bolography
boltuprightness
borghalpenny
boroughship
boughpot
boughpot
noun
Alternative form of bough pot
boughpots
boughpots
noun
plural of boughpot
brachygrapher
brachygrapher
noun
(obsolete) A writer who uses shorthand; a stenographer.
brachygraphic
brachygraphic
adj
Relating to brachygraphy.
brachygraphical
brachygraphy
brachygraphy
noun
(obsolete) A system of writing using abbreviations or special characters; shorthand.
brachyphalangia
brachyphalangia
noun
Unusual shortness of the phalanx of a finger or toe
bradyphagia
bradyphagia
noun
Unusual slowness in eating
bradysphygmia
breastplough
breastplough
noun
A kind of plough, worked by handles near the worker's breast, and in some types by pushing with the breast/chest, by which ploughing can be done by hand (without a draft animal), albeit more slowly and difficultly, or by which turf (peat) can be cut for fuel; the type commonly used in preindustrial Britain is analogous to a spade with a large T-shaped handle gripped with both hands.