antibacterial | (noun) any drug that destroys bacteria or inhibits their growth | Synonyms: antibacterial drug, bactericide |
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antibaryon | (noun) the antiparticle of a baryon; a hadron with a baryon number of -1 | - |
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arariba | (noun) Brazilian tree with handsomely marked wood | Synonyms: Centrolobium robustum |
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balibago | (noun) shrubby tree widely distributed along tropical shores; yields a light tough wood used for canoe outriggers and a fiber used for cordage and caulk; often cultivated for ornament | Synonyms: Hibiscus tiliaceus, mahagua, mahoe, majagua, purau |
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cannibal | (noun) a person who eats human flesh | Synonyms: anthropophagite, anthropophagus, man-eater |
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cannibalism | (noun) the practice of eating the flesh of your own kind | - |
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capibara | (noun) pig-sized tailless South American amphibious rodent with partly webbed feet; largest living rodent | Synonyms: capybara, Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris |
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celibacy | (noun) abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows) | Synonyms: chastity, sexual abstention |
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(noun) an unmarried status | - |
celibate | (noun) an unmarried person who has taken a religious vow of chastity | - |
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copaiba | (noun) an oleoresin used in varnishes and ointments | Synonyms: balsam capivi, copaiba balsam |
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deciban | (noun) a unit of information, one tenth of a ban. | - |
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detribalisation | (noun) the decline or termination of tribal organization | Synonyms: detribalization |
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(noun) the act of causing tribal people to abandon their customs and adopt urban ways of living | Synonyms: detribalization |
detribalization | (noun) the decline or termination of tribal organization | Synonyms: detribalisation |
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(noun) the act of causing tribal people to abandon their customs and adopt urban ways of living | Synonyms: detribalisation |
garibaldi | (noun) a loose high-necked blouse with long sleeves; styled after the red flannel shirts worn by Garibaldi's soldiers | - |
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hibachi | (noun) a portable brazier that burns charcoal and has a grill for cooking | - |
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indescribability | (noun) The quality or state of being impossible, or very difficult to describe. | Synonyms: indescribableness |
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indescribableness | (noun) The quality or state of being impossible, or very difficult to describe. | Synonyms: indescribability |
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libation | (noun) the act of pouring a liquid offering (especially wine) as a religious ceremony | - |
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(noun) a serving (of wine) poured out in honor of a deity | - |
(noun) (facetious) a serving of an alcoholic beverage | - |
millibar | (noun) a unit of atmospheric pressure equal to one thousandth of a bar | - |
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minibar | (noun) sideboard with compartments for holding bottles | Synonyms: cellaret |
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olibanum | (noun) an aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees; formerly valued for worship and for embalming and fumigation | Synonyms: frankincense, gum olibanum, thus |
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ribald | (noun) a ribald person; someone who uses vulgar and offensive language | - |
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ribaldry | (noun) behavior or language bordering on indelicacy | Synonyms: gaminess, raciness, spiciness |
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(noun) ribald humor | - |
riband | (noun) a ribbon used as a decoration | Synonyms: ribband |
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ribavirin | (noun) an inhaled antiviral agent (trade name Virazole) that may be used to treat serious virus infections | Synonyms: Virazole |
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shibah | (noun) (Judaism) a period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative | Synonyms: shiva, shivah |
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tribade | (noun) a female homosexual | Synonyms: gay woman, lesbian |
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tribadism | (noun) a form of lesbianism that simulates heterosexual intercourse | - |
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tribalisation | (noun) the act of making tribal; unification on a tribal basis | Synonyms: tribalization |
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tribalism | (noun) the beliefs of a tribal society | - |
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(noun) the state of living together in tribes | - |
tribalization | (noun) the act of making tribal; unification on a tribal basis | Synonyms: tribalisation |
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