atavism /atˈə-vi-zm/

1. The reappearance of ancestral, but not parental, characteristics
2. Reversion to an ancestral, or to a primitive, type

atavistˈic adjective

atavistˈically adverb

• bawdy-house
• bawdy-houses
• bawl
• bawled
• bawler
• bawlers
• bawley
• bawleys
• bawling
• bawlings
• bawl out
• bawls
• bawn
• bawns
• bawr
• bawrs
• baxter
• baxters
• bay
• bayadère
• black-hat hackers
• blackhead
• blackheaded
• blackheads
• blackheart