(comparable) (of a person) Illiterate, unable to read or write.
(not comparable) (of symbols) Not alphabetic.
noun
An illiterate person.
angioblastic
angioblastic
adj
Relating to angioblasts.
antebrachial
antebrachial
adj
(anatomy) relating to the forearm
antibacklash
antibacklash
adj
(mechanics) Countering or preventing backlash (jarring reflex motion in machinery).
antiblackism
antiblackism
noun
Antiblack sentiments or politics.
antibrachial
antibrachial
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the antibrachium, or forearm.
aplanobacter
aquincubital
aquincubital
adj
(ornithology) Lacking a fifth cubital remex.
archibenthal
backbitingly
backbitingly
adv
In a backbiting manner.
backlighting
backlighting
noun
The illumination of a photographic subject from the rear, causing edges to glow while other areas remain in shadow.
verb
present participle of backlight
baculiticone
ballistician
ballistician
noun
A person who has expertise in the field of ballistics
bathycolpian
becompliment
beneficently
beneficently
adv
In a beneficent manner
bewitchingly
bewitchingly
adv
In a bewitching manner
bicentennial
bicentennial
adj
Occurring every two hundred (200) years
Relating to the 200th anniversary of an event or happening.
noun
The 200th anniversary of an event or happening.
bifunctional
bifunctional
adj
(chemistry, of a compound) Having two functional groups or binding sites.
(chemistry, of a reaction) Involving two functional groups or binding sites.
Having two functions.
bilification
billsticking
billsticking
noun
Synonym of billposting
binocularity
binocularity
noun
Binocular vision.
binucleolate
binucleolate
adj
(biology) Having two nucleoli.
biogenetical
biogenetical
adj
biogenetic
biotechnical
biotechnical
adj
Of or pertaining to biotechnology
blackcurrant
blackcurrant
noun
A shrub, Ribes nigrum, that produces small, very dark purple, edible berries.
The berry borne by this shrub.
blacklisting
blacklisting
noun
The act of placing onto a blacklist.
verb
present participle of blacklist
blacktopping
blacktopping
verb
present participle of blacktop
blanchimeter
blennostatic
blockbusting
blockbusting
adj
Having the characteristics of a blockbuster; hugely successful.
noun
(US) A technique used to encourage people to sell their property by giving the impression that a neighborhood is changing for the worse, especially by implying a change in its racial makeup.
blowtorching
blowtorching
verb
present participle of blowtorch
bluestocking
bluestocking
noun
(historical) A member of an 18th-century Blue Stockings Society.
(historical) The English parliament of 1653, more commonly called the Barebones Parliament
(usually derogatory) A scholarly, literary, or cultured woman.
botticellian
botticellian
Adjective
Of, pertaining to, or reminiscent of (1445-1510), Italian painter of the early Renaissance era, or his works.
bottlenecked
bottlenecked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bottleneck
brownistical
cablecasting
cablecasting
verb
present participle of cablecast
calibrations
calibrations
noun
plural of calibration
campbelltown
carbogelatin
carbolineate
carbonylated
carbonylated
adj
Subjected to carbonylation.
catabolizing
catabolizing
verb
present participle of catabolize
celebrations
celebrations
noun
plural of celebration
celibatarian
celibatarian
noun
One who remains celibate.
cementoblast
cementoblast
noun
A cell that forms from the follicular cells around the root of a tooth, and whose biological function is cementogenesis.
chondroblast
chondroblast
noun
A cell which originates from a mesenchymal stem cell and forms chondrocytes.
churnability
churnability
noun
The condition of being churnable
cleanability
cleanability
noun
(countable) A measure of the degree to which something is cleanable
(uncountable) The state of being cleanable
cobaltammine
cobaltammine
noun
(inorganic chemistry) Any ammine of cobalt, especially the hexamminecobalt(III) cation
cobblestoned
cobblestoned
adj
(medicine) Exhibiting cobblestoning.
Cobbled; laid with cobblestones.
cobblestones
cobblestones
noun
plural of cobblestone
coenobitical
coenobitical
adj
Synonym of cenobitic
coenoblastic
coenoblastic
adj
Relating to, or composed of coenoblasts
cogitabundly
colibacterin
concelebrant
concelebrant
noun
One who concelebrates.
concelebrate
concelebrate
verb
(of a newly ordained priest) To celebrate a mass along with the bishop who ordained him
To celebrate along with others
confabulated
confabulated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confabulate
confabulates
confabulates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of confabulate
confabulator
confabulator
noun
One who confabulates.
conglobately
conglobating
conglobating
verb
present participle of conglobate
conglobation
conglobation
noun
Formation into a ball, globe or rounded mass.
conglobulate
conglobulate
verb
(rare, intransitive) To collect together into a compact round mass.
connubiality
connubiality
noun
Something characteristic of the conjugal state; an expression of connubial tenderness.
The quality of being connubial.
constabulary
constabulary
adj
Characteristic of police; police-like, rather than military.
Of or relating to constables.
noun
A police force.
The police in a particular district or area.
consumptible
contaminable
contaminable
adj
Capable of being contaminated.
contemplable
contemplable
adj
Contemplatable
contemptible
contemptible
adj
Deserving contempt.
contemptibly
contemptibly
adv
In a contemptible manner.
contractable
contractable
adj
Capable of being contracted (in various senses).
contractible
contractible
adj
(mathematics) (of a topological set) Able to be reduced to one of its points by a continuous deformation
Capable of contraction
contractibly
contrastable
contrastable
adj
Capable of being contrasted (with something else); admitting contrast.
contrastably
controllable
controllable
adj
Able to be controlled; subject to regulation or command.
noun
(business) Any factor that can be controlled.
controllably
controllably
adv
In a controllable manner.
contubernial
contubernial
adj
Alternative form of contubernal
convertibles
convertibles
noun
plural of convertible
countability
countability
noun
The quality of being countable.
counterblast
counterblast
noun
A work that strongly refutes or criticises another.
counterblows
counterblows
noun
plural of counterblow
cybernetical
cybernetical
adj
Synonym of cybernetic
cytoglobulin
danceability
danceability
noun
(countable) The extent to which a tune, record etc. is danceable.
(uncountable) The characteristic of being danceable.
discountable
discountable
adj
That can be discounted (in all senses).
documentable
documentable
adj
Capable of being supported by documentary evidence.
elucubrating
elucubrating
verb
present participle of elucubrate
elucubration
elucubration
noun
The act of elucubrating.
encorbelment
encorbelment
noun
corbelling
fibrinolytic
fibrinolytic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or producing fibrinolysis.
noun
A substance or drug that produces fibrinolysis.
frictionable
geobotanical
geobotanical
adj
Relating to geobotany.
granoblastic
granoblastic
adj
(geology) Containing equidimensional grains of metamorphic rock formed by recrystallization
gymnoblastic
gymnoblastic
adj
(zoology) Of or pertaining to the Gymnoblastea.
haplobiontic
haplobiontic
adj
(biology) Describing a plant or fungus that has either a haploid or a diploid phase (but not both) in its life cycle. That is, it lacks any alternation of generations.
inacceptable
inacceptable
adj
(proscribed, nonstandard) Unacceptable.
inattackable
incapability
incapability
noun
The condition of being incapable.
incharitable
incharitable
adj
Obsolete form of uncharitable.
incitability
incommutable
incommutable
adj
Not commutable
incommutably
incommutably
adv
In an incommutable manner.
incompatible
incompatible
adj
(chemistry) Incapable of being together without mutual reaction or decomposition, as certain medicines.
Of two things: that cannot coexist; not congruous because of differences; unable to function together due to dissimilarities.
noun
(medicine, chemistry, chiefly in the plural) An incompatible substance; one of a group of things that cannot be placed or used together because of a change of chemical composition or opposing medicinal qualities.
(philosophy) A consequent of a contrary.
incompatibly
incompatibly
adv
In an incompatible manner.
incompetible
incompetible
adj
(obsolete) Outside of one's competence
Archaic form of incompatible.
incomputable
incomputable
adj
Not computable; that cannot be computed, calculated or estimated.
incomputably
incomputably
adv
To an incomputable degree.
inconfutable
inconfutable
adj
(obsolete) Not confutable.
inconfutably
increditable
increditable
adj
(rare) Incapable of being believed; not creditable.
incubational
incubational
adj
Relating to incubation.
incunabulist
incunabulist
noun
Someone interested in the field of incunabula.
incurability
incurability
noun
The quality or state of being incurable—not being able to be cured.
indefectible
indefectible
adj
Not defectible.
indefectibly
indefectibly
adv
In an indefectible manner.
indelectable
indelectable
adj
(archaic) Not delectable; unpleasant; disagreeable.
indetectable
indetectable
adj
Not detectable.
indocibility
indocibility
noun
The state of being indocible.
inducibility
inducibility
noun
(countable) The degree to which something is inducible
(uncountable) The state of being inducible
ineffectible
ineffectible
adj
ineffectual; impracticable
ineffectibly
inexecutable
inexecutable
adj
That cannot be executed or carried out.
inexpectable
inexpectable
adj
(obsolete) Not to be expected or anticipated.
inextricable
inextricable
adj
(of a knot etc) Impossible to untie or disentangle.
(of a maze etc) Impossible to escape from.
(of a problem) Impossible to solve.
inextricably
inextricably
adv
In an inextricable manner.
To an inextricable degree.
inscriptible
inscriptible
adj
Capable of being inscribed.
inscrutables
inscrutables
noun
plural of inscrutable
instructable
instructable
adj
Capable of being instructed; receptive to instruction or education.
instructible
instructible
adj
Capable of being instructed; teachable.
interbalance
introducible
introducible
adj
able to be introduced
labyrinthici
lactalbumins
lactalbumins
noun
plural of lactalbumin
lubrications
lubrications
noun
plural of lubrication
lubrifaction
lubrifaction
noun
lubrication
lucubrations
lucubrations
noun
plural of lucubration
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.
neuroblastic
neuroblastic
adj
Of or pertaining to a neuroblastoma.
nightclubbed
nightclubbed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of nightclub
nightclubber
nightclubber
noun
One who visits a nightclub
noctambulant
noctambulant
adj
Relating to or given to sleepwalking; noctambulous.
Walking or traveling at night.
noctambulate
noctambulate
verb
(intransitive) To sleepwalk.
(intransitive) To walk about at night.
noctambulism
noctambulism
noun
(rare) sleepwalking
noctambulist
noctambulist
noun
(rare) One who sleepwalks at night; a somnambulist.