areolet
A small space on the wings of insects, circumscribed by the radii.

areolets
plural of areolet

armaria
plural of armarium

armariola
plural of armariolum

armariolum
A kind of cupboard for storing documents.

armarium
Synonym of ambry (“cupboard or storage area”).
proventriculus

armatole
A Greek armed mercenary who enforced Ottoman rule in Greece from the 15th century onward; during the Greek War of Independence (1821–1832), many armatoloi became pro-independence guerrilla fighters opposed to Ottoman rule.

armatoles
plural of armatole.

armatoli
plural of armatole.

armatoloi
plural of armatolos

armatolos
Alternative form of armatole.

armorplast
A fictional material, often described as being strong, flexible, and transparent.

armourplast
Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, and UK spelling of armorplast.

ascription
The act, or an instance, of ascribing a quality, characteristic, quotation, artistic work, or other thing to someone or something.
The stratification of people according to inborn characteristics (such as race or sex) outside of their control.

ascriptions
plural of ascription

ascriptive
ascribing; relating to ascription

ascriptives
plural of ascriptive

ashtanga
The classical system of yoga described in the Yoga Sutras by Patanjali.
Any of several styles of yoga, including ashtanga vinyasa yoga.

ashtangas
plural of ashtanga

aspidochelone
A fabled sea creature according to the tradition of the Physiologus and medieval bestiaries, variously described as a large whale or vast sea turtle, and a giant sea monster with huge spines on the ridge of its back. It is often mistaken for an island, enticing unwitting sailors and drowning them.

aspidochelones
plural of aspidochelone

astanga
Alternative form of ashtanga.

astangas
plural of astanga

asthanga
Alternative form of ashtanga.

attorny
Alternative spelling of attorney.

aubrites
plural of aubrite

audiotyping
Alternative form of audio typing.

aughties
Synonym of aughts (“first decade of a century”).

aughts
The first decade of a century, such as 1900 to 1909 or 2000 to 2009, whose digit in the tens place is zero; the noughties.

aureuses
plural of aureus

autoethnonym
An ethnonym used by those who belong to the ethnic group it describes.

autoethnonyms
plural of autoethnonym

autognostics
A paradigm describing the capacity for computer networks to be self-aware.

autogram
A sentence that describes itself, in the sense of providing an inventory of its own characters.

autograms
plural of autogram

avania
A tax or fee imposed on foreigners under the Ottoman Empire, especially one considered to be irregular or extortionate.

avanias
plural of avania

awmries
plural of awmry

awmry
A cupboard or wardrobe.

bambocciante
Any of a group of Dutch painters, from the seventeenth century, who painted scenes from ordinary life; used attributively to describe the style of their paintings

bambocciantes
plural of bambocciante

bambooings
plural of bambooing

barbituates
plural of barbituate

barcalounger
A plush stuffed recliner armchair.

barcaloungers
plural of barcalounger

barcolounger
Misspelling of barcalounger.

barnboard
Antique board recovered from old barns, used in construction and the making of furniture.

barnboards
plural of barnboard

baryonia
plural of baryonium

baryonium
A particle-like resonance preferentially coupled to baryon-antibaryon channels. It is described either as a baryon-antibaryon compound or composed of a diquark and an antidiquark.

baryoniums
plural of baryonium

bashaw
A pasha.
A grandee.
A very large siluroid fish (Pylodictis olivaris) of the Mississippi valley; the goujon or mudcat.

bashibazouk
Alternative spelling of bashi-bazouk.

bashibazouks
plural of bashibazouk

bassock
A hassock.

bavaroise
A drink of sweetened milk, eggs and tea, often with some sort of spirit.
A cold dessert made from custard, cream and gelatine.

beanbag
A piece of soft furniture consisting of a leather or vinyl covering stuffed with dry beans or other similar pellets.
A small cloth bag filled with dry beans, used as a toy or for exercising the hands.
A type of juggling ball usually made from leather or cloth stuffed with dry beans.
A testicle.
An idiot.

beanbags
plural of beanbag

beatdown
A severe beating.
A prescribed situation, usually to advance an angle or establish character, where two or more wrestlers severely beat up another wrestler or performer.
A subgenre of hardcore punk influenced by heavy metal.

beatdowns
plural of beatdown

beaufets
plural of beaufet

beauffet
Obsolete form of buffet (“counter or sideboard”).

beauffets
plural of beauffet

bedboard
The headboard or footboard of a bed.
The part of the bed consisting of a board under the mattress.

bedboards
plural of bedboard

beddings
plural of bedding

bedesten
An indoor marketplace in the Ottoman Empire.

bedestens
plural of bedesten

bedframes
plural of bedframe

bedrail
A rail at the head, foot, or side of a bed.

bedspring
A springy surface that supports the mattress of a bed.

bedsprings
plural of bedspring

bedstead
The framework that supports a bed; the rigid structural components of a bed, excluding the mattress, box spring, etc; bedframe.

bedsteadle
A bedstead.

bedsteadles
plural of bedsteadle

bedsteads
plural of bedstead

bedtime
The time or hour at which one retires to bed in order to sleep.

bedtop
The top section of a four-poster bed.

beerglass
Alternative spelling of beer glass.

beerglasses
plural of beerglass

beglerbeg
Alternative form of beylerbey.

beglerbegs
plural of beglerbeg

beglerbey
Alternative form of beylerbey.

beglerbeys
plural of beglerbey

bek
Alternative form of bey (“Turkish governor”).

beks
plural of bek

benchland
A bench (thin strip of relatively flat land bounded by slopes).

beshlik
A silver coin of the Ottoman Empire.

beshliks
plural of beshlik

bey
A governor of a province or district in the Turkish (e.g. Ottoman) dominions.
in various other places, a prince or nobleman

beylerbey
The governor of a province of the Ottoman Empire, ranking immediately below the grand vizier. (Ottoman administrative title)

beylerbeys
plural of beylerbey

beys
plural of bey

bicep
A biceps.

biceps
Any muscle having two heads.
Specifically, the biceps brachii, the flexor of the elbow.
The upper arm, especially the collective muscles of the upper arm.
A point in a metrical pattern that can be filled either with one long syllable (a longum) or two short syllables (two brevia).

bicepses
plural of biceps

bicipites
plural of biceps

bilipid
Used attributively to describe a lipid bilayer

bilipids
plural of bilipid

bioautogram
The visual result of bioautography

bioautograms
plural of bioautogram

biopsychiatry
A form of psychiatry that ascribes disorders to strictly biological factors.

birthbed
The bed on which a woman gives birth.

birthchild
A child ascribed to the domain of its birth, or to the ruler of it.

birthchildren
plural of birthchild

birthdaycard
Nonstandard form of birthday card.

birthdaycards
plural of birthdaycard

blotter
A piece of blotting paper in a pad as a piece of desk furniture.
A daily register of arrests and other events in a police station.
A register of the related events made in the form of the list of times and brief descriptions.
A portion of blotter acid.

blotters
plural of blotter

bookcase
A piece of furniture for the storage and display of books.

bookcases
plural of bookcase

bookclub
Alternative spelling of book club.

bookclubs
plural of bookclub

bookpress
Synonym of bookcase.

bookpresses
plural of bookpress

bookrack
A rack for books; a bookshelf.

bookracks
plural of bookrack

bookshelf
A shelf or shelves for storing books for easy visual reference.

bookshelves
plural of bookshelf

boraces
plural of borax

borek
Alternative form of burek.

boreks
plural of borek

bostangi
Alternative spelling of bostanji.

bostangis
plural of bostangi

bostanji
One of the imperial guards of the Ottoman Empire.