(physics) The ratio of the absorbance or optical density of a substance to that of a similar body of pure solvent.
The quality of being absorbent.
abstinency
abstinency
noun
(rare) Alternative form of abstinence
abstrusely
abstrusely
adv
In an abstruse manner.
abusefully
abusefully
adv
In an abuseful manner; in a manner that abuses.
acceptably
acceptably
adv
In an acceptable manner; in a manner to please or give satisfaction.
To an acceptable degree.
accessibly
accessibly
adv
In an accessible manner.
accumbency
accumbency
noun
(rare) The state of being accumbent or reclining.
alberttype
amoebocyte
amoebocyte
noun
A leukocyte, especially in an in vitro culture.
Any cell that has the form or motion of an amoeba.
amphibiety
analysable
analysable
adj
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of analyzable
analyzable
analyzable
adj
Able to be analyzed.
angleberry
angleberry
noun
A warty growth of the skin of cattle.
answerably
answerably
adv
In a corresponding manner; correspondingly.
In suitable proportion; proportionately.
appeasably
appeasably
adv
In an appeasable manner; in a manner intended to appease.
appleberry
arboreally
arboreally
adv
In an arboreal manner
With regard to trees
assessably
assessably
adv
In an assessable manner.
babaylanes
babylonite
babylonize
babysitter
babysitter
noun
A person who cares for one or more babies or children for a short period of time in place of their legal guardians.
bachelorly
bachelorly
adj
Befitting a bachelor.
backyarder
backyarder
noun
One who carries on a project or business in a backyard, especially the raising of poultry.
baldmoneys
balloonery
ballplayer
ballplayer
noun
Alternative form of ball player
ballyhooed
ballyhooed
adj
Sensationalized; presented with grand claims.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ballyhoo
ballyhooer
ballyhooer
noun
One who engages in noisy shouting, uproar, or publicity.
balneatory
balneatory
adj
(obsolete, rare) Pertaining to a bath
balneology
balneology
noun
The study of baths and bathing, especially therapeutic bathing.
bandlessly
baptistery
baptistery
noun
Alternative spelling of baptistry.
barleybird
barleycorn
barleycorn
noun
(architecture, woodworking) A small groove between two mouldings.
(obsolete) The length of such a grain; a unit of length of approximately one third (or sometimes one quarter) of an inch or eight millimetres, still used as a basis for shoe sizes.
A grain of barley.
barleyhood
barleysick
barreleyes
barreleyes
noun
plural of barreleye
barryville
barthelemy
bartholemy
barycenter
barycenter
noun
(geometry) The centroid, the geometric center of a plane figure
(physics) The center of a mass; often specifically, the point at which the gravitational forces exerted by two objects are equal
verb
To determine such a barycenter
barycentre
barycentre
noun
(mathematics, physics, astronomy) The point at the centre of a system; an average point, weighted according to mass or other attribute. The term is usually used in astronomy for the centre of mass about which a system rotates, for example, the moon and the earth rotate about a common point within the earth but not near the centre. Jupiter and the Sun rotate about a common point just outside the surface of the Sun.
barysilite
barysilite
noun
(mineralogy) A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing lead, manganese, oxygen, and silicon.
barysphere
barysphere
noun
The central core of the Earth (or similar planets)
baselessly
baselessly
adv
In a baseless way.
bathometry
bathymeter
bathymeter
noun
Alternative form of bathometer
bathymetry
bathymetry
noun
The measurement of the depths of the seas and oceans.
bathyscape
bathyscape
noun
Alternative form of bathyscaphe
bathyseism
batteryman
bawdyhouse
bawdyhouse
noun
Alternative spelling of bawdy-house
bayberries
bayberries
noun
plural of bayberry
bayldonite
bayldonite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing arsenic, copper, hydrogen, lead, oxygen, and zinc.
bayminette
bayoneteer
bayoneteer
noun
A soldier armed with a bayonet.
bayoneting
bayoneting
noun
A stabbing with a bayonet.
verb
(US) present participle of bayonet
bayonetted
bayonetted
adj
Fitted with a bayonet.
verb
(Britain) simple past tense and past participle of bayonet
bdellatomy
bdellatomy
noun
(archaic) The snipping off the tail of a leech engaged in sucking human blood, in order to let the blood run out of it and so increase its powers of drawing blood.
beatifying
beatifying
verb
present participle of beatify
beautyship
beerocracy
beerocracy
noun
Those who control or profit from the brewing of beer.
believably
believably
adv
In a believable way.
Used to express the speaker's assessment of the credibility of a reported statement.
bellyached
bellyached
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bellyache
bellyacher
bellyacher
noun
One who bellyaches; a complainer.
bellyaches
bellyaches
noun
plural of bellyache
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bellyache
benignancy
benignancy
noun
benignity
benzopyran
benzopyran
noun
(organic chemistry) Either of two isomeric bicyclic heterocycles consisting of a benzene ring fused to that of pyran, but especially 2-benzopyran
benzoylate
benzoylate
verb
(organic chemistry) To react with a benzoyl radical
berecyntia
berycoidea
besanctify
bestiality
bestiality
noun
(archaic) A mark, trait, or emblem of a beast.
(archaic) A status of lower animal.
(archaic) An animal-like instinct or behaviour.
(dated) Any abstract entity similar to a beast.
Bestial nature, savagery, inhumanity, like (or akin to) an animal's.
Sexual activity between a human and another animal species.
bethylidae
betrayment
betrayment
Noun
betrayal
bewearying
bewrayment
bewrayment
noun
The act or process of bewraying; betrayal
biennially
biennially
adv
Taking place every two years
bioassayed
bioassayed
adj
Subjected to bioassay
biotherapy
biotherapy
noun
(medicine) Any of several unrelated therapies that use natural biological processes, especially those that use parts of the immune system.
(medicine) The use of living organisms (such as maggots or leeches) in the control of disease or the healing of wounds.
bipedality
bipedality
noun
The condition of being bipedal; bipedalism.
biserially
biserially
adv
In a biserial manner.
bisexually
bisexually
adv
In a bisexual manner
blackbelly
blackberry
blackberry
noun
(UK, dialectal) The blackcurrant.
A fruit-bearing shrub of the aggregate species Rubus fruticosus and some hybrids.
The soft fruit borne by this shrub, formed of a black (when ripe) cluster of drupelets.
verb
To gather or forage for blackberries.
blamefully
blamefully
adv
In a blameful manner.
blarneying
blarneying
verb
present participle of blarney
blastocyte
blastocyte
noun
An undifferentiated cell in the blastula stage of an embryo.
blastogeny
bleachyard
bleatingly
bleatingly
adv
With bleating sounds.
blocklayer
blocklayer
noun
A person employed to lay down blocks of material, for example as a road surface.
bloodalley
blythedale
bombycidae
bounceably
boycottage
brachycera
brachycome
brachydome
brachydome
noun
(crystallography) A dome parallel to the shorter lateral axis.
brachypnea
bradylexia
bradylexia
noun
An unusual slowness in reading
bradypepsy
bradypnoea
bradypnoea
noun
Alternative form of bradypnea
bradyseism
bradyseism
noun
(volcanology) A gradual uplift or descent of part of the Earth's surface caused by the filling or emptying of an underground magma chamber and/or hydrothermal activity, particularly in volcanic calderas
bradytelic
bradytelic
adj
Of or relating to bradytely.
bradyville
brandywine
brandywine
noun
(archaic) brandy
breadberry
breadberry
noun
A sort of aleberry made with water instead of ale, formerly given to invalids.
breezeways
breezeways
noun
plural of breezeway
briarberry
briarberry
noun
Alternative form of brierberry
bricklayer
bricklayer
noun
A craftsman who builds walls and suchlike out of bricks.
budgerygah
buoyancies
buoyancies
noun
plural of buoyancy
butylamine
butylamine
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of four isomeric aliphatic amines derived from butane
butyrinase
byeworkman
byssaceous
byssaceous
adj
Like byssus; consisting of fine fibres or threads.
bystanders
bystanders
noun
plural of bystander
canterbury
canterbury
noun
A rack for magazines or other papers, usually wooden, often done as a decorative piece.
carbethoxy
carbethoxy
noun
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) The univalent radical -CO-OCH₂CH₃
celibatory
censurably
censurably
adv
In a censurable manner.
cerambycid
cerambycid
noun
(coleopterology, entomology) Any member of the family Cerambycidae of longhorn beetles.
cerebrally
cerebrally
adv
In a cerebral way; intellectually.
chalybeate
chalybeate
adj
Containing dissolved salts of iron.
Tasting of iron, said of mineral water.
noun
A mineral water containing iron, a voguish general remedy during the 17th-19th century.
chalybeous
chalybeous
adj
(zoology) steel blue; of the colour of tempered steel.
chanceably
chanceably
adv
(obsolete) by chance
changeably
changeably
adv
In a changeable manner.
chargeably
chargeably
adv
(obsolete) At great cost; expensively.
cheboksary
cheboksary
Proper noun
The capital city of Chuvashia, Russia
chinaberry
chinaberry
noun
(US) Actaea rubra, a poisonous herbaceous flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae, native to North America.
(US) The bead tree or azedarac, Melia azedarach, a deciduous tree in the mahogany family Meliaceae, native to India, southern China and Australia, or its fruit.
(US) The soapberry (genus Sapindus, especially Sapindus saponaria), native to the Americas.
claybourne
clergyable
clergyable
adj
(dated) Entitled to, or admitting, the benefit of clergy.
colymbidae
convenably
convenably
adv
In a convenable manner.
conveyable
conveyable
adj
Able to be conveyed, especially from one owner to another.
coralberry
coralberry
noun
A species of bromeliad, Aechmea fulgens, of Brazil, and which is often used as an ornamental plant.
American winterberry, Ilex verticillata.
Ardisia crenata of east Asia.
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus, of eastern North America.
corybantes
corymbiate
creditably
creditably
adv
In a creditable manner; reputably, without disgrace.