A book used to teach the alphabet; alphabet book; primer.
An inscription consisting of the letters of an alphabet, almost always listed in order.
abjurement
abjurement
noun
(rare) renunciation
abnormous
abnormous
adj
(archaic) Abnormal; irregular; misshapen.
abnumerable
abnumerable
adj
(mathematics) Not enumerable or denumerable; uncountable.
abraum
abraum
noun
A red ocher used to darken mahogany and for making chloride of potassium.
abrotanum
abrotanum
noun
A bushy wormwood from Europe, sometimes used in the brewing of beer., southernwood, Artemisia abrotanum.
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.
abumbral
abumbral
adj
Alternative form of exumbrellar
abumbrellar
abumbrellar
adj
(obsolete) Alternative form of abumbral
accumber
accumber
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To encumber; to crush; to overwhelm.
acetabuliform
acetabuliform
adj
(botany) Shaped like a saucer or shallow cup.
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
aerobium
agrobacterium
agrobacterium
noun
A soil bacterium, of the genus Agrobacterium, which can fix nitrogen, and causes the formation of crown galls in plants.
alabastrum
alabastrum
noun
(botany) A flower bud
An alabastron, or ancient pottery container for oil.
alabastrums
alabastrums
noun
plural of alabastrum
albarium
albarium
noun
(art) A form of lime, made by heating marble, used for stucco.
albumeniizer
albumeniser
albumenizer
albumenizer
noun
One who albumenizes.
albumimeter
albuminaturia
albuminaturia
noun
(medicine) A form of albuminuria in which there is a preponderance in the urine of mineral substances over proteins.
albuminiferous
albuminiferous
adj
Supplying albumen.
albuminiform
albuminimeter
albuminimeter
noun
An instrument for determining the quantity of albumen in a liquid.
albuminimetry
albuminimetry
noun
The measurement of the quantity of albumen in a liquid.
albuminiparous
albuminiparous
adj
Producing albumin.
albuminofibrin
albuminometer
albuminometry
albuminorrhea
albuminuria
albuminuria
noun
(pathology) The presence of albumin in the urine, often a symptom of renal disease
albuminurias
albuminurias
noun
plural of albuminuria
albuminuric
albuminuric
adj
showing the symptom albuminuria, i.e. having albumen in the urine
albuminurophobia
albuminurophobia
noun
A phobia of renal disease.
albumosuria
albumosuria
noun
(pathology) The presence of proteoses in the urine.
alburnum
alburnum
noun
sapwood; the soft, newer wood in the trunk of a tree found between the bark and the hardened heartwood.
alburnums
alburnums
noun
plural of alburnum
aldebaranium
aldebaranium
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) A rejected name for ytterbium.
alhambresque
alhambresque
Adjective
Made or decorated after the fanciful style of the ornamentation in the Alhambra palace, which affords an unusually fine exhibition of Saracenic or Arabesque architecture.
alumbrado
amalburga
ambassadeur
amberiferous
amberiferous
adj
Containing or yielding amber.
amberous
amberous
adj
amber-coloured
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.
ambiparous
ambisextrous
ambisextrous
adj
(humorous, sometimes offensive, of a person) Bisexual.
Epicene, androgynous.
Having both male and female, or masculine and feminine elements.
ambisinistrous
ambisinistrous
adj
clumsy, ambilevous
ambleocarpus
amblyocarpous
amblyrhynchus
ambrosiaceous
ambrosius
ambulacra
ambulacral
ambulacral
adj
Of or pertaining to an ambulacrum
noun
Alternative form of ambulacrum
ambulacriform
ambulacriform
adj
(zoology) Having the form of ambulacra.
ambulacrum
ambulacrum
noun
(of an echinoderm) A row of pores for the protrusion of appendages such as tube feet.
ambulancer
ambulancer
noun
(military) A medic working in a mobile field hospital.
ambulator
ambulator
noun
A walker; one who walks.
ambulatoria
ambulatorial
ambulatorial
adj
(zoology) ambulatory; adapted for walking; gressorial
ambulatories
ambulatories
noun
plural of ambulatory
ambulatorily
ambulatorily
adv
By or in terms of walking.
ambulatorium
ambulatoriums
ambulators
ambulators
noun
plural of ambulator
ambulatory
ambulatory
adj
(comparable, medicine) Able to walk about and not bedridden.
(law) Not yet legally fixed or settled; alterable.
(medicine) Performed on or involving an ambulatory patient or an outpatient.
Accustomed to move from place to place; not stationary; movable.
Of, relating to, or adapted to walking.
noun
Any part of a building intended for walking in; a corridor.
The round walkway encircling the altar in many cathedrals.
ambur
amburbial
amburbial
adj
Relating to the amburbium.
amburgey
ambury
ambury
noun
Alternative form of anbury
ambuscader
ambuscader
noun
One who ambushes, or who is involved in an ambush.
ambuscaders
ambuscaders
noun
plural of ambuscader
ambusher
ambusher
noun
One who ambushes.
ambushers
ambushers
noun
plural of ambusher
amesbury
amesbury
Proper noun
a town in southern Wiltshire, England.
aminobarbituric
ammonocarbonous
amphiboliferous
amphiboliferous
adj
(mineralogy) Bearing amphibole.
amphibryous
anabathrum
anaerobium
antambulacral
antambulacral
adj
(zoology) Away from the ambulacral region.
antebrachium
antebrachium
noun
(anatomy) The forearm
antenumber
antirepublicanism
antisubmarine
antisubmarine
adj
(military) Intended for use against submarines.
aramburu
arboretum
arboretum
noun
A place where many varieties of tree are grown for research, educational, and ornamental purposes.
arboretums
arbustum
arceuthobium
archaimbaud
archambault
archhumbug
archicerebrum
aristorepublicanism
armbrust
armbruster
armourbearer
armourbearer
Noun
One who carries armor for another.
arthrobacterium
ashburnham
aslumber
aslumber
adj
(poetic) Asleep.
aumbries
aumbries
noun
plural of aumbrie
aumbry
aummbulatory
auribromide
aurobromide
azumbre
azumbre
noun
An ancient measure of volume of liquids used in Castile, equivalent to 2.016 litres.
backcourtman
backcourtman
noun
(basketball) A backcourt player.
backcourtmen
backcourtmen
noun
plural of backcourtman
bacteririum
bacterium
bacterium
noun
(microbiology) A single-celled organism with cell walls but no nucleus or organelles.
baculiform
baculiform
adj
Shaped like a bacillus; rod-shaped.
ballyllumford
balsamiferous
balsamiferous
adj
That yields balsam
baluchitherium
bankruptism
bankruptism
noun
(obsolete) bankruptcy
barathrum
barathrum
noun
A pit, especially one at Athens into which criminals were thrown.
The abyss, hell.
barbituism
barbiturism
barbiturism
noun
(dated, medicine) A morbid condition caused by excessive use of barbiturates.
barium
barium
noun
(medicine) barium sulfate suspension.
The chemical element (symbol Ba) with an atomic number of 56. It is a soft, reactive, silvery alkaline earth metal.
bariums
bariums
noun
plural of barium
barlafumble
barlafumble
intj
(Scotland, obsolete) A cry for peace or truce in children's games.
barlafummil
barlafummil
intj
Alternative form of barlafumble
barnum
barnumesque
barnumesque
Adjective
Reminiscent of (1810–1891), American showman and businessman remembered for promoting celebrated hoaxes and for founding a circus.
barnumism
barnumize
barnumize
verb
Alternative form of Barnumize
barotrauma
barotrauma
noun
(pathology) Damage to body tissue caused by a difference in pressure between an air space in or near the body and the surrounding air.
barotraumas
barotraumas
noun
plural of barotrauma
barotraumata
barquisimeto
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.