Spanish to English Dictionary (Diccionario Español-Inglés)

Apothecary

A person who prepared and sold medicines and drugs, historically the precursor to the modern pharmacist.

Barabbas

The biblical figure, a prisoner released by Pilate at the Passover festival instead of Jesus.

Barotrauma

Physical damage to body tissues caused by a difference in pressure between a gas space inside, in contact with, or inside the body and the surrounding gas or fluid.

Bedout

A suspected large meteorite impact crater located off the northwestern coast of Australia.

Benzedrine

A brand name for amphetamine, formerly widely used as a medical stimulant and decongestant.

Betel-pepper

An evergreen, dioecious climber vine (Piper betle) of the pepper family, whose leaves are widely chewed in Asian cultures.

Bibliolater

A person who treats the Bible with an uncritical or literalistic worship, often elevating the text itself above its spiritual or contextual meaning.

Blitter

A dedicated electronic circuit or software routine used in computer graphics to rapidly transfer, combine, or copy blocks of data pixels onto a display memory.

Bonist

An adherent of bonism; one who maintains that the world or human nature is fundamentally good.

Bulu

A member of a Bantu-speaking ethnic group native to southern Cameroon.

Doxy

A mistress, paramour, or loose woman, particularly in historical or literary contexts.

Vulturism

The practice or habit of preying on the misfortunes, vulnerabilities, or distress of others for personal or financial gain.