A book used to teach the alphabet; alphabet book; primer.
An inscription consisting of the letters of an alphabet, almost always listed in order.
absurdism
absurdism
noun
(countable) Absurdity, something that is absurd
(uncountable, philosophy) A philosophy which holds that the universe is chaotic and irrational and that any attempt to impose order will ultimately fail.
absurdum
absurdum
noun
An illogical conclusion or state.
adambulacral
adambulacral
adj
Next to the ambulacra
noun
Such an ossicle or spine
adamsburg
adarbitrium
adnumber
adumbral
adumbral
adj
Dark, shady.
adumbrant
adumbrant
adj
Giving a faint shadow, or slight resemblance; shadowing forth.
adumbrate
adumbrate
verb
To foreshadow vaguely.
To give a vague outline.
To obscure or overshadow.
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
adumbrating
adumbrating
verb
present participle of adumbrate
adumbration
adumbration
noun
(countable) A faint sketch; a brief representation, an outline.
(countable, philosophy, specifically phenomenology) The form of an object as seen by an observer.
(countable, uncountable, figuratively) A rough or symbolic representation; a vague indication of what is to come, a foreshadowing.
(specifically, heraldry) The outline of a charge (“image displayed on an escutcheon”), sometimes filled in with a darker shade than the field.
(uncountable) The state of being in shadow or shade; (countable) a shadow.
adumbrations
adumbrations
noun
plural of adumbration
adumbrative
adumbrative
adj
Of or pertaining to adumbration
adumbratively
adumbratively
adv
In an adumbrative manner
adumbrellar
aldebaranium
aldebaranium
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) A rejected name for ytterbium.
alumbrado
ambassadeur
ambidexterous
ambidexterous
adj
Misspelling of ambidextrous.
ambidextrous
ambidextrous
adj
(archaic) Practising or siding with both parties.
(humorous) Of a person, bisexual.
Equally usable by left-handed and right-handed people (as a tool or instrument).
Exceptionally skillful; adept in more than one medium, genre, style, etc.
Having equal ability in both hands; in particular, able to write equally well with both hands.
ambidextrously
ambidextrously
adv
In an ambidextrous manner.
ambidextrousness
ambidextrousness
noun
The state or quality of being ambidextrous.
ambuscader
ambuscader
noun
One who ambushes, or who is involved in an ambush.
ambuscaders
ambuscaders
noun
plural of ambuscader
archaimbaud
auribromide
aurobromide
ballyllumford
barramunda
barramunda
noun
Neoceratodus forsteri, the Queensland lungfish.
barramundas
barramundas
noun
plural of barramunda
barramundi
barramundi
noun
A diadromous fish of species Lates calcarifer, of the Centropomidae family, order Perciformes.
barramundies
barramundis
barramundis
noun
plural of barramundi
beglamoured
beglamoured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beglamour
bemurmured
bermuda
bermudan
bermudan
Noun
A person from Bermuda or of Bermudian descent.
Adjective
Of, from, or pertaining to Bermuda, or the Bermudian peoples.
bermudas
bermudian
bermudian
Adjective
Of, from, or pertaining to Bermuda, or the Bermudian people.
Personal legal status equivalent to citizenship for the country of Bermuda.
Noun
A person from Bermuda or of Bermudian descent.
bermudians
bermudite
beuniformed
beuniformed
adj
(dated) Wearing a uniform.
bhumidar
bildungsroman
bildungsroman
noun
A novel tracing the spiritual, moral, psychological, or social development and growth of the main character, usually from childhood to maturity.
birdmouthed
bishydroxycoumarin
bishydroxycoumarin
noun
(organic chemistry) Synonym of dicumarol
bismerpund
bismerpund
noun
(historical) An old Swedish unit of weight, equivalent to 5.101 kilograms.
blackguardism
blackguardism
noun
Blackguardly behaviour or language.
bluebeardism
blundersome
blundersome
adj
Apt or prone to cause blunders; troublesome; difficult; problematic.
Indicating or marked by blunders or mistakes; messed-up.
boedromius
bothridium
bothridium
noun
An outgrowth from the head of some tapeworms that is used for attachment
bothridiums
botrydium
brachydodromous
bradycauma
braquemard
braquemard
noun
a short, thick, double-edged sword
broadmouth
broadmouth
noun
One of the Eurylaimidae, a family of East Indian passerine birds.
brochidodromous
brochidodromous
adj
(botany, of a leaf) Having veins that form a series of arches or loops
bromodeoxyuridine
bromodeoxyuridine
noun
(organic chemistry) A synthetic nucleoside which is an analogue of thymidine; it is commonly used in the detection of proliferating cells in living tissues, where it competes with uridine
brumidi
brundisium
brutedom
brutedom
noun
The condition of being a brute; brutality.
buckramed
buckramed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of buckram
budworm
budworm
noun
Any of various moth caterpillars.
budworms
budworms
noun
plural of budworm
bugbeardom
bulbomedullary
bumbard
bumbard
noun
Obsolete form of bombard.
bumgardner
bumpered
bumpered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bumper
burdensome
burdensome
adj
Characteristic of a burden; arduous or demanding
burdensomely
burdensomely
adv
In a burdensome fashion.
burdensomeness
burdensomeness
noun
The state or quality of being burdensome.
burgessdom
burgessdom
noun
The role or status of burgess.
burgherdom
butcherdom
butcherdom
noun
The condition or trade of a butcher.
butlerdom
butlerdom
noun
The status or sphere of butlers.
canandelabrum
candelabrum
candelabrum
noun
A candle holder.
candelabrums
carborundum
carborundum
noun
Crystals of silicon carbide used as an abrasive.
ceratomandibular
cerebromedullary
cerebromedullary
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the cerebrum and medulla.
chlamydobacteriaceous
chondroalbuminoid
chondroalbuminoid
adj
chondral and albuminoid
chondrofibromatous
circumambulated
circumambulated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of circumambulate
circumbendibus
circumbendibus
adj
(often humorous) indirect or roundabout
noun
(often humorous) A roundabout route or process
(often humorous) A roundabout, indirect, or confusing manner of speech or writing
circumbendibuses
circumbendibuses
noun
plural of circumbendibus
circumscribed
circumscribed
adj
Limited narrowly; restricted.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of circumscribe
comburendo
coracomandibular
coracomandibular
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the coracoid process and the mandible.
counterembattled
counterembowed
counterembowed
adj
(heraldry) Bent, curved or arched in two directions, both to the left and to the right, or both upwards and downwards.
countermandable
countermandable
adj
Capable of being countermanded.
crumbed
crumbed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crumb
crumbled
crumbled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crumble
cumberbunds
cumberbunds
noun
Misspelling of cummerbunds.
cumbered
cumbered
adj
(archaic) Encumbered; hampered.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cumber
cumberland
cumberland
Proper noun
A maritime former border county of England, since 1974 absorbed into Cumbria.
A city in Maryland, USA
A CDP in Virginia, USA
A river in the eastern United States, tributary to the Ohio.
A town on British Columbia, Canada.
cumberlandite
cumbernauld
cumbernauld
Proper noun
a town in council area, Scotland, a new town founded in the 1950s on the site of a village of the same name
cumberworld
cumberworld
noun
(derogatory, obsolete) Someone who, or something which, is an encumbrance on the world; a useless person or thing.
cummerbund
cummerbund
noun
(fashion) A broad sash, especially one that is pleated lengthwise and worn as an article of formal dress, as around a man's waist together with a tuxedo or dinner jacket.
cummerbunds
cummerbunds
noun
plural of cummerbund.
currycombed
currycombed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of currycomb
deambulatories
deambulatories
noun
plural of deambulatory
deambulatory
deambulatory
adj
Going about from place to place; wandering.
noun
(dated) A covered place in which to walk; an ambulatory.
decumbiture
decumbiture
noun
(astrology, now historical) The time one takes to one's bed during an illness, as used for astrological prognostications; or a chart drawn up to express this.
(obsolete) The fact of lying down, specifically of a person due to illness.
deliberandum
delubrum
delubrum
noun
A church with a font.
A sanctuary.
A temple or shrine.
demibrute
demibuckram
demirhumb
demurrable
demurrable
adj
That may be demurred to.
dendrobium
dendrobium
noun
(botany) Any plant of the genus Dendrobium.
denumberment
denumerability
denumerability
noun
(mathematics) The property of being denumerable.
denumerable
denumerable
adj
(mathematics) Capable of being assigned a bijection to the natural numbers. Applied to sets which are not finite, but have a one-to-one mapping to the natural numbers.
denumerably
denumerably
adv
In a denumerable manner
deuteroalbumose
deutobromide
diphyllobothrium
diplobacterium
diplobacterium
noun
A bacterium composed of two adherent bacteria
disburdenment
disburdenment
noun
The removal of a burden; an unburdening.
disbursement
disbursement
noun
Money paid out or spent.
The act, instance, or process of disbursing.
disbursements
disbursements
noun
plural of disbursement
discumber
discumber
verb
(archaic, transitive) To free from that which cumbers or impedes; to disencumber.
disemburden
disemburden
verb
to disburden
disencumber
disencumber
verb
(transitive) To remove an encumbrance or burden from (someone or something); unburden.
disencumbered
disencumbered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disencumber
disencumbering
disencumbering
verb
present participle of disencumber
disencumberment
disencumbers
disencumbers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disencumber
disencumbrance
disencumbrance
noun
Freedom or deliverance from encumbrance, or anything burdensome or troublesome.
disequilibrium
disequilibrium
noun
The loss of equilibrium or stability, especially due to an imbalance of forces.
disequilibriums
dismeasurable
disnumber
dithyrambus
dithyrambus
noun
Alternative form of dithyramb
dorsilumbar
dorsilumbar
adj
Alternative form of dorsolumbar
dorsolumbar
dorsolumbar
adj
(anatomy) dorsal and lumbar
dorsumbonal
doubtmonger
doubtmonger
noun
One who sows doubts in the minds of others.
drambuie
drambuie
Noun
A Scottish honey-flavoured whiskey liqueur
drumbeat
drumbeat
noun
(by extension) A repetitive beating sound.
(figuratively) A driving force.
The beating of a drum.
The sound of a beating drum.
drumbeater
drumbeater
noun
(figuratively) A propagandist.
One who beats a drum.
drumbeaters
drumbeaters
noun
plural of drumbeater
drumbeating
drumbeating
noun
A beating of drums.
drumbeatings
drumbeatings
noun
plural of drumbeating
drumbeats
drumbeats
noun
plural of drumbeat
drumble
drumble
verb
(obsolete) To do something ineptly; to bungle or bumble.