Absinthate :: Absinthate (n.) A combination of absinthic acid with a base or positive radical.

Acantha :: Acantha (n.) A prickle.

Acantha :: Acantha (n.) A spine or prickly fin.

Acantha :: Acantha (n.) The vertebral column; the spinous process of a vertebra.

Acanthaceous :: Acanthaceous (a.) Armed with prickles, as a plant..

Acanthaceous :: Acanthaceous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of which the acanthus is the type..

Acrolithan :: Acrolithan (a.) Alt. of Acrolithi.

Alecithal :: Alecithal (a.) Applied to those ova which segment uniformly, and which have little or no food yelk embedded in their protoplasm..

Althaea :: Althaea (n.) Alt. of Althe.

Anacathartic :: Anacathartic (a.) Producing vomiting or expectoration.

Anacathartic :: Anacathartic (n.) An anacathartic medicine; an expectorant or an emetic.

Aphtha :: Aphtha (n.) One of the whitish specks called aphthae.

Aphtha :: Aphtha (n.) The disease, also called thrush..

Aphthae :: Aphthae (n. pl.) Roundish pearl-colored specks or flakes in the mouth, on the lips, etc., terminating in white sloughs. They are commonly characteristic of thrush..

Athalamous :: Athalamous (a.) Not furnished with shields or beds for the spores, as the thallus of certain lichens..

Athamaunt :: Athamaunt (n.) Adamant.

Athanasian :: Athanasian (a.) Of or pertaining to Athanasius, bishop of Alexandria in the 4th century..

Athanor :: Athanor (n.) A digesting furnace, formerly used by alchemists. It was so constructed as to maintain uniform and durable heat..

Azimuthal :: Azimuthal (a.) Of or pertaining to the azimuth; in a horizontal circle.

Benthal :: Benthal (a.) Relating to the deepest zone or region of the ocean.

Benthamic :: Benthamic (a.) Of or pertaining to Bentham or Benthamism.

Benthamism :: Benthamism (n.) That phase of the doctrine of utilitarianism taught by Jeremy Bentham; the doctrine that the morality of actions is estimated and determined by their utility; also, the theory that the sensibility to pleasure and the recoil from pain are the only motives which influence human desires and actions, and that these are the sufficient explanation of ethical and jural conceptions..

Benthamite :: Benthamite (n.) One who believes in Benthamism.

Bequeathable :: Bequeathable (a.) Capable of being bequeathed.

Bequeathal :: Bequeathal (n.) The act of bequeathing; bequeathment; bequest.

Bertha :: Bertha (n.) A kind of collar or cape worn by ladies.

Berthage :: Berthage (n.) A place for mooring vessels in a dock or harbor.

Bethabara Wood :: Bethabara wood () A highly elastic wood, used for fishing rods, etc. The tree is unknown, but it is thought to be East Indian..

Betrothal :: Betrothal (n.) The act of betrothing, or the fact of being betrothed; a mutual promise, engagement, or contract for a future marriage between the persons betrothed; betrothment; affiance..

Bismuthal :: Bismuthal (a.) Containing bismuth.

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