(organic chemistry) An alkaloid found in plants of genus Adlumia.
aequorin
aequorin
noun
(biochemistry) A photoprotein, isolated from luminescent jellyfish and other marine organisms, composed of two distinct units: the apoprotein apoaequorin and the prosthetic group coelenterazine.
aesculin
aesculin
noun
Alternative form of esculin
aidoneus
alaudine
alaudine
adj
Of or pertaining to skylarks.
alchuine
aleutian
aleutian
Adjective
Of, from, or pertaining to the Aleutian Islands (a group of islands in the northern Pacific Ocean, west of Alaska), or to its inhabitants, their culture, or their language.
Noun
A native or inhabitant of the Aleutian Islands.
allumine
alumines
alunites
alunites
noun
plural of alunite
anauxite
anemious
anemious
adj
Pertaining to anemia.
aneurine
aneurine
Noun
thiamine
aneurins
aneurism
aneurism
noun
Alternative spelling of aneurysm
anguidae
anguille
anguiped
anguiped
adj
Having serpents (or similar) in place of legs
noun
A mythological creature that had serpents in place of legs
anicetus
anicetus
Proper noun
One of the twin sons of Heracles and Hebe, his twin brother is Alexiares. Along with their father, Anicetus and Alexiares are the guardians and gatekeepers of the gates of Mount Olympus.
animuses
animuses
noun
plural of animus
antiblue
antiblue
adj
(US, colloquial) Anti-police.
(particle physics) Describing one of the three possible colours of an antiquark, corresponding to blue in a quark.
antiduke
antinuke
antinuke
adj
Opposed to nuclear weapons.
noun
(informal) One who opposes nuclear weapons.
antiqued
antiqued
verb
simple past tense and past participle of antique
antiquer
antiquer
adj
comparative form of antique: more antique
noun
(slang) A person who browses for antiques.
A person who finishes furniture or objects so they have the appearance of an antique, either for decoration or to perpetrate a fraud.
antiques
antiques
noun
plural of antique
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of antique
anuresis
anuresis
noun
(medicine) The inability to urinate; the retention of urine in the bladder.
anuretic
anuretic
adj
(medicine) Of, pertaining to or characterised by anuresis.
(medicine) Who has anuresis; unable to urinate.
apneusis
apneusis
noun
(pathology) An abnormal pattern of breathing characterized by deep, gasping inspiration with a pause at full inspiration followed by a brief, insufficient release.
aquiline
aquiline
adj
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of eagles; resembling that of an eagle.
arsenium
arsenium
noun
(inorganic chemistry) The radical cation H₂As:⁺ derived from arsine
(organic chemistry) Any derivative of this ion R₂As:⁺
aubepine
auchenia
audience
audience
noun
(historical) An audiencia (judicial court of the Spanish empire), or the territory administered by it.
(now rare) Hearing; the condition or state of hearing or listening.
A following.
A formal meeting with a state or religious dignitary.
A group of people within hearing; specifically, a large gathering of people listening to or watching a performance, speech, etc.
A widespread or nationwide viewing or listening public, as of a TV or radio network or program.
The readership of a book or other written publication.
audients
audients
noun
plural of audient
auganite
auntlier
auntlier
adj
comparative form of auntly: more auntly
auntlike
auntlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of an aunt.
auramine
auramine
noun
(organic chemistry, cytology) Any of a family of fluorescent dyes used to stain tissues for fluorescence microscopy
aurelian
aurelian
adj
Pertaining to or resembling an aurelia; gold-coloured, golden.
noun
(obsolete) A collector of butterflies.
aureolin
aureolin
noun
A yellow pigment used in painting, composed of potassium cobaltinitrite.
aureolin:
austrine
austrine
adj
(obsolete) Southern; southerly; austral.
autunite
autunite
noun
(mineralogy) A yellow mineral with tetragonal crystals, Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O.
auximone
baculine
baculine
adj
Of or pertaining to the rod or punishment with the rod.
badineur
banlieue
banlieue
noun
The outskirts of a city, especially in France, inhabited chiefly by poor people living in tenement-style housing
basquine
basquine
noun
A sort of basque petticoat.
baudekin
beaudoin
bedouins
bedouins
noun
plural of bedouin
beguines
beguines
noun
plural of beguine
behistun
belitung
belluine
belluine
adj
(obsolete) Of, characteristic of, or pertaining to beasts; animal, bestial; brutal.
bemusing
bemusing
verb
present participle of bemuse
bettinus
biennium
biennium
noun
A period of two years, particularly for purposes involving intercalation or fiscal calculations.
bienvenu
binnogue
bitumens
bitumens
noun
plural of bitumen
biunique
biunique
adj
(mathematics, of two sets) that have a one-to-one correspondence in each direction
bluefins
bluefins
noun
plural of bluefin
blueings
blueings
noun
plural of blueing
blueline
blueline
noun
A reproduction of the material submitted for printing, computer-generated or printed from film, provided to the customer for approval before the material is printed.
verb
(US, Canada) To designate a certain area as representing one in which investment is risky.
(surgery) To mark on a patient's body where the surgical incision is to be made.
To check the bluelines before printing material.
To create the bluelines for material that is about to be printed.
To edit a legal document.
To veto a portion of a budget.
bluewing
bluewing
noun
(usually in the plural) Torenia (wishbone flower)
Anas discors (syn. Spatula discors), the blue-winged teal.
bouncier
bouncier
adj
comparative form of bouncy: more bouncy
bountied
bountied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bounty
bounties
bounties
noun
plural of bounty
bouvines
braeunig
braunite
braunite
noun
(mineralogy) A silicate mineral containing divalent and trivalent manganese and forming grey-black tetragonal crystals.
brucines
brunizem
bubaline
bubaline
adj
(zoology) Resembling or pertaining to a buffalo.
buccinae
bufferin
bufonite
bufonite
noun
(paleontology, obsolete) A fossil consisting of the petrified teeth and palatal bones of fishes belonging to the family of pycnodonts, whose remains occur in the oolite and chalk formations.
buginese
buginese
Proper noun
A Malayo-Polynesian language spoken in parts of Sulawesi, Indonesia
bulletin
bulletin
noun
A short news report.
A short printed publication, especially one produced by an organization.
A short report, especially one released through official channels to be broadcast or publicized.
verb
To announce something by means of such a report or publication.
bullgine
bullgine
noun
(US, slang, obsolete) A steam locomotive.
bunchier
bunchier
adj
comparative form of bunchy: more bunchy
buntline
buntline
noun
(nautical) Any, except the outermost, of the ropes extending down to the deck with which a square sail is rolled up to the yard.
A type of revolver with an exceptionally long barrel.
burnewin
burnfire
burnfire
noun
(nonstandard) Bonfire.
burnside
burnside
noun
(especially in plural) A moustache, with whiskers on the cheeks but no beard on the chin.
business
business
adj
Of, to, pertaining to or utilized for purposes of conducting trade, commerce, governance, advocacy or other professional purposes.
Professional, businesslike, having concern for good business practice.
Supporting business, conducive to the conduct of business.
noun
(acting) Action carried out with a prop or piece of clothing, usually away from the focus of the scene.
(countable) A particular situation or activity.
(countable) A person's occupation, work, or trade.
(countable) A specific commercial enterprise or establishment.
(countable) Any activity or objective needing to be dealt with; especially, one of a financial or legal matter.
(countable, rare) The collective noun for a group of ferrets.
(slang, uncountable) The act of defecation, or the excrement itself, particularly that of a non-human animal.
(travel, uncountable) Business class, the class of seating provided by airlines between first class and coach.
(uncountable) Commercial, industrial, or professional activity.
(uncountable) One's dealings; patronage.
(uncountable) Private commercial interests taken collectively.
(uncountable) Something involving one personally.
(uncountable) The management of commercial enterprises, or the study of such management.
(uncountable) The volume or amount of commercial trade.
(uncountable, parliamentary procedure) Matters that come before a body for deliberation or action.
(uncountable, slang) Disruptive shenanigans.
(uncountable, slang, Britain) Something very good; top quality. (possibly from "the bee's knees")
buskined
buskined
adj
Tragic, dignified or serious in style.
Trodden by buskins.
Wearing buskins.
canicule
canicule
noun
(archaic) Synonym of dog days.
capucine
carinule
carinule
noun
Alternative form of carinula
ceinture
ceinture
noun
A belt or girdle.
cellulin
cellulin
noun
A type of polysaccharide found exclusively within the oomyceteous fungi of the order Leptomitales.
cenobium
cenobium
noun
A monastery, a monastic community.
centauri
centuria
ceraunia
cernauti
cerulein
cerulein
noun
A fast dyestuff with chemical formula C₂₀H₈O₆, made by heating gallein with strong sulfuric acid. It dyes mordanted fabrics green.
ceruletide
chequinn
cherubin
cherubin
noun
Obsolete form of cherub.
Obsolete form of cherubim (plural of cherub)
chunkier
chunkier
adj
comparative form of chunky: more chunky
cincture
cincture
noun
(architecture) The fillet, listel, or band next to the apophyge at the extremity of the shaft of a column.
A girdle or belt, especially as part of a vestment
An enclosure, or the act of enclosing, encircling or encompassing
verb
(viniculture) To girdle (stunt or kill by cutting).
To encircle, or surround.
cinerous
cinerous
adj
Alternative form of cinereous (“ash-colored”)
claudine
clunkier
clunkier
adj
comparative form of clunky: more clunky
clupeine
clupeine
noun
(biochemistry) A protamine found in salmon sperm
coinsure
coinsure
verb
To insure (or be insured) jointly with another
To take out coinsurance
comenius
contineu
continue
continue
noun
(video games) An option allowing the player to resume play after game over, when all lives have been lost, while retaining their progress.
verb
(intransitive, copulative sense obsolete) To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay.
(poker slang) To make a continuation bet.
(transitive) To make last; to prolong.
(transitive) To proceed with (doing an activity); to prolong (an activity).
(transitive) To retain (someone or something) in a given state, position, etc.
(transitive, law) To adjourn, prorogue, put off.
coquelin
corineus
counties
counties
noun
plural of county
countrie
countrie
noun
Obsolete spelling of country
couperin
cruisken
cruisken
noun
Alternative form of cruiskeen
cuailnge
cubanite
cubanite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing copper, iron, and sulfur.
cubanize
cubanize
Verb
To make Cuban.
cubicone
cucoline
cuculine
cuculine
adj
Of, or pertaining to cuckoos.
cuisines
cuisines
noun
plural of cuisine
culicine
culicine
noun
Any mosquito of the subfamily Culicinae
cultigen
cultigen
noun
(botany, horticulture) A plant that has been deliberately altered or selected by humans, that is it has resulted from artificial rather than natural selection.
culverin
culverin
noun
A kind of handgun.
A large cannon.
cumidine
cumidine
noun
(organic chemistry) A strong, liquid, organic base, C₃H₇.C₆H₄.NH₂, homologous with aniline.
cuminole
cuneatic
cuneatic
adj
cuneiform
cungeboi
cungevoi
cunjevoi
cunjevoi
noun
(Australia) A coastal sea squirt, Pyura stolonifera, found in some parts of Australia and South Africa.
A large flowering plant, Alocasia macrorrhizos, native to tropical islands from Asia to Australia.
cupeling
cupidone
cupreine
curarine
curarine
noun
The alkaloid responsible for the poisonous effects of curare.
curbline
cusinero
cusinero
noun
(US, historical) The cook who prepares meals from a chuck wagon.
cutinise
cutinise
verb
Alternative form of cutinize
cutinize
cutinize
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To change into cutin.
cutlines
cutlines
noun
plural of cutline
dauphine
dauphine
noun
The wife of the dauphin; dauphiness.
debusing
debuting
debuting
verb
present participle of debut
decumani
decurion
decurion
noun
(historical) A member of local government in ancient Rome.
(historical) An officer in charge of ten men in the ancient Roman army.
deducing
deducing
verb
present participle of deduce
defusing
defusing
verb
present participle of defuse
defusion
defusion
noun
(proscribed) The act of defusing.
(psychology) The separation of an emotion or behavior-provoking verbal stimulus from the unwanted emotional or behavioral response as part of a therapeutic process. A neologism meant to indicate the reversal of thought-emotion-action fusion.
Misspelling of diffusion.
defuzing
defuzing
verb
present participle of defuze
deguelin
deguelin
noun
A rotenone derivative and naturally-occurring insecticide.