A literary or scientific periodical, especially one similar to the London Athenaeum.
Alternative form of Athenaeum: a temple primarily dedicated to Athena or her Roman equivalent Minerva.
An association for the advancement of learning, particularly in science or literature.
The reading room or library of such an association; (by extension) any reading room or library.
athenaeums
athenaeums
noun
plural of athenaeum
athenaeus
atheneum
atheneums
athermanous
athermanous
adj
Not transmitting heat.
attenborough
attenborough
Proper noun
A village in Broxtowe borough, Nottinghamshire, England.
attouchement
auchenia
auchenium
auchenium
noun
(zoology) The posterior portion of the neck in birds.
auchinleck
audiphone
audiphone
noun
An instrument which, placed against the teeth, conveys sound to the auditory nerve and enables the deaf to hear more or less distinctly.
auriphone
australopithecinae
australopithecine
australopithecine
adj
(anthropology, paleontology) Of or pertaining to these hominids.
noun
(anthropology, paleontology) Any of several extinct hominids, belonging to the genera Australopithecus, Paranthropus when seen as distinct, and sometimes other closely related genera.
authentic
authentic
adj
(music, of a Gregorian mode) Having the final as the lowest note of the mode.
(obsolete) Authoritative.
Conforming to reality and therefore worthy of trust, reliance, or belief.
Of the same origin as claimed; genuine.
authentical
authentical
adj
(archaic) Authentic.
authentically
authentically
adv
In an authentic manner; with the requisite or genuine authority.
authenticalness
authenticalness
noun
The quality of being authentic; authenticity.
authenticatable
authenticatable
adj
Capable of being authenticated.
authenticate
authenticate
adj
Synonym of authentic.
verb
(transitive) To prove authentic; to determine as real and true.
(transitive) To render authentic; to give authority to, by the proof, attestation, or formalities required by law, or sufficient to entitle to credit.
authenticated
authenticated
verb
past participle of authenticate
authenticates
authenticates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of authenticate
authenticating
authenticating
verb
present participle of authenticate
authentication
authentication
noun
(computing) proof of the identity of a user logging on to some network
a hallmark or assay-mark on a piece of metalwork
something which validates or confirms the authenticity of something
authentications
authentications
noun
plural of authentication
authenticator
authenticator
noun
(film, television) A person employed to check the accuracy and realism of a script.
A feature that shows something to be authentic.
One who authenticates.
authenticators
authenticators
noun
plural of authenticator
authenticities
authenticities
noun
plural of authenticity
authenticity
authenticity
noun
(obsolete) The quality of being authentic (of established authority).
The quality of being genuine or not corrupted from the original, of having the same origin (or attribution, commitment, intention, etc.) as claimed.
authenticly
authenticly
adv
Dated spelling of authentically.
authenticness
authenticness
Noun
The quality of being authentic; authenticity.
authigene
authigenetic
authigenetic
adj
Synonym of authigenic
authigenic
authigenic
adj
(geology) Generated where it is found or observed.
authigenous
authigenous
adj
authigenic
authoritativeness
authoritativeness
noun
The quality of possessing authority.
The quality of trustworthiness and reliability.
autobahnen
autochanger
autochanger
noun
(computing) An automatic tape loader, for switching automatically between several computer backup tapes.
A device for playing multiple music media of a certain kind (gramophone records, compact discs, etc.) in a predetermined sequence without user intervention.
autochthones
autochthones
noun
plural of autochthon
autochthonousness
autochthonousness
noun
The quality of being autochthonous.
autohemolysin
autohemolysin
noun
(immunology) Any hemolysin produced by the affected person's own body
autoheterodyne
autoheterodyne
noun
(dated, electronics) autodyne
autohypnoses
autohypnoses
noun
plural of autohypnosis
autoinhibited
autoinhibited
adj
Subject to, or produced by autoinhibition
verb
simple past tense and past participle of autoinhibit
automechanical
automechanism
autonephrectomy
autonephrotoxin
autophone
autophone
noun
(archaic) idiophone
autophonoscope
autophonoscope
noun
(historical) An instrument for studying the human voice, having a lamp, a mirror, and a tube that is introduced into a person's mouth. The inner workings of the mouth can then be viewed while speaking etc.
autophyllogeny
auxohormone
avouchment
avouchment
noun
A positive declaration.
The act of avouching.
avouchments
avouchments
noun
plural of avouchment
azosulphine
baduhenna
balanophoraceous
balanophoraceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Balanophoraceae.
balneotherapeutics
balneotherapeutics
noun
balneotherapy
bashfulness
bashfulness
noun
The quality or property of being bashful
bashfulnesses
bashfulnesses
noun
plural of bashfulness
bathycurrent
bearhound
bearhound
noun
A dog for baiting or hunting bears.
beauharnais
bechuana
bechuana
Noun
A member of the Tswana people.
bechuanaland
bechuanaland
Proper noun
A former name of what is now Botswana, used until 1966
bechuanas
becushioned
bedunch
beechnut
beechnut
noun
The small, triangular, edible nut of the beech tree.
beechnuts
beechnuts
noun
plural of beechnut
behistun
behoovefulness
behung
behung
adj
Draped; ornamented with something hanging.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of behang
behusband
benchful
benchful
noun
As much as a bench will hold.
benhur
benzophloroglucinol
benzosulphimide
benzothiofuran
beothukan
bequeathing
bequeathing
verb
present participle of bequeath
bequeathment
bequeathment
noun
The act of bequeathing, or the state of being bequeathed; a bequest.
bergschrund
bergschrund
noun
Alternative form of bergshrund
bescutcheon
beshouting
beshouting
verb
present participle of beshout
beshrouding
beshrouding
verb
present participle of beshroud
bethumping
bethumping
verb
present participle of bethump
bethunder
bethune
beuthen
bhubaneswar
bhubaneswar
Proper noun
State capital of Odisha, India.
bhunder
bhunder
Noun
A rhesus macaque.
bhutanese
birchrunville
bismuthine
bismuthine
noun
(chemistry) any hydrocarbyl derivative of bismuthane
bismuthinite
bismuthinite
noun
(mineralogy) A soft bismuth sulfide mineral, an important ore for bismuth.
blasphemousness
blasphemousness
noun
The state or quality of being blasphemous.
bleachground
blechnum
blepharoclonus
blepharoclonus
noun
(medicine) An increase in the frequency or duration of blinking.
blepharoconjunctivitis
blepharoconjunctivitis
noun
(medicine) The combination of conjunctivitis and blepharitis.
blepharoncus
bluestockingish
bluestockingish
adj
Like a bluestocking, or scholarly woman.
bluishness
bluishness
noun
The quality of being bluish.
bluishnesses
blumenthal
blunderhead
blunderhead
noun
Someone who habitually makes mistakes or blunders
blunderheaded
blunderheadedness
blunthead
blunthearted
bluntishness
bluntishness
noun
(rare) The quality of being somewhat blunt.
blushfulness
blushfulness
noun
The quality of being blushful.
blushiness
blushiness
noun
The quality of being blushy.
boardinghouse
boardinghouse
noun
Alternative spelling of boarding house
boardinghouses
boardinghouses
noun
plural of boardinghouse
boethusian
boltuprightness
bonheur
boozehound
boozehound
noun
(informal) alcoholic, drunkard
boroughmonger
boroughmonger
noun
One who buys or sells the parliamentary seats of boroughs.
boroughmongering
boroughmongering
noun
The practices of a boroughmonger.
boroughmongery
boroughmongery
Noun
The practices of a boroughmonger.
bouchaleen
boughten
boughten
adj
(archaic or regional, West Country, Cornwall, Canada, US) Having been purchased or bought (rather than homemade).
verb
(archaic or regional, chiefly US) past participle of buy
bounderish
bounderish
adj
Pertaining to or having the characteristics of a bounder; loutish; boorish.
bounderishly
bounderishly
adv
In a bounderish manner.
bountihead
bountihead
noun
Bounteousness.
bournemouth
bournemouth
Proper noun
A large town in Dorset, England
boustrophedon
boustrophedon
adj
(figuratively) Changing direction, going back and forth.
(historical, calligraphy, of writing) Written from right-to-left and left-to-right on alternate lines.
adv
(historical, calligraphy, of writing) In a fashion such that the reading direction changes from right-to-left to left-to-right with each new line.
noun
(historical, calligraphy, of writing) Writing that is right-to-left and left-to-right on alternate lines.
boustrophedonic
boustrophedonic
adj
Relating to the boustrophedon mode of writing.
branchiferous
branchiferous
adj
(anatomy) Having gills; branchiate.
branchiogenous
branchiopneustic
branchiopulmonate
branchiostegous
branchiostegous
adj
branchiostegal
brandenburgh
braunschweig
braunschweig
Proper noun
a city in Lower Saxony, Germany; Brunswick
braunschweiger
braunschweiger
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Braunschweiger (a sausage).
bremsstrahlung
bremsstrahlung
noun
The electromagnetic radiation produced by the deceleration of a charged particle, such as an electron, when it is deflected by another charged particle, such as an atomic nucleus.
brennschluss
brennschluss
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Brennschluss
brinehouse
bronchobuster
bronchocavernous
bronchopleurisy
bronchopneumonia
bronchopneumonia
noun
(medicine) A bacterial infection of the lungs, characteristically showing numerous small foci of infection.