(anatomy) Relating to the abdomen and to the bladder.
abdominohysterectomy
abdominohysterectomy
noun
(surgery) Removal of the uterus via an incision made in the abdominal wall rather than via the vagina.
abdominohysterotomy
abdominohysterotomy
noun
(surgery) An incision of the uterus, done through a surgical hole in the abdomen.
abepithymia
abmodality
abnormality
abnormality
noun
Something abnormal; an aberration; an abnormal occurrence or feature.
The state or quality of being abnormal; variation; irregularity.
abnormity
abnormity
noun
(rare) Alternative form of abnormality
A monstrosity
abominability
absentmindedly
absentmindedly
adv
Alternative form of absent-mindedly
abstemiously
abstemiously
adv
Marked by abstinence or restraint, especially in relation to food or drink.
acetylaminobenzene
acetylmethylcarbinol
acetylmethylcarbinol
noun
(organic chemistry) acetoin
admirability
admirability
noun
That quality which produces admiration or wonder
admissability
admissability
noun
The state or quality of being admissable or allowable.
admissibility
admissibility
noun
The state or quality of being admissible or allowable.
adumbratively
adumbratively
adv
In an adumbrative manner
albuminimetry
albuminimetry
noun
The measurement of the quantity of albumen in a liquid.
albuminometry
amability
amability
noun
(obsolete) lovableness
ambagiosity
ambagiosity
noun
The quality of being ambagious.
ambagitory
ambagitory
adj
(obsolete) periphrastic or circumlocutory
ambidexterity
ambidexterity
noun
Superior cleverness or adaptability.
The property of being equally skillful with each hand.
ambidextrously
ambidextrously
adv
In an ambidextrous manner.
ambiguity
ambiguity
noun
(countable) words or statements that are open to more than one interpretation, explanation or meaning, especially if that meaning cannot be determined from its context.
(uncountable) The state of being ambiguous.
ambilateralaterally
ambilaterality
ambilaterality
noun
The condition of being ambilateral
ambilaterally
ambilaterally
adv
In an ambilateral manner
ambisexuality
ambisexuality
noun
(countable) An instance of ambisexual behaviour.
(uncountable) The state of being ambisexual.
ambitendency
ambitendency
noun
(psychology) Contradictory behaviors exhibited when one is pulled between different choices.
ambitionlessly
ambitionlessly
adv
Without ambition.
ambitiously
ambitiously
adv
In an ambitious manner.
ambitty
ambitty
adj
(glassmaking) Of glass: covered with stony speckles, symptoms of incipient devitrification.
ambivalently
ambivalently
adv
In an ambivalent manner.
amblychromatic
amblydactyla
amblygonite
amblygonite
noun
(mineralogy) A mineral, a mixed fluoride and aluminophosphate of sodium and lithium that is an important ore of lithium.
amblygonites
amblygonites
noun
plural of amblygonite
amblystegite
amblystoma
ambrotype
ambrotype
noun
(photography, historical) An early type of photograph in which a glass negative appears positive when displayed on a black background.
ambulatorily
ambulatorily
adv
By or in terms of walking.
ambulatory
ambulatory
adj
(comparable, medicine) Able to walk about and not bedridden.
(law) Not yet legally fixed or settled; alterable.
(medicine) Performed on or involving an ambulatory patient or an outpatient.
Accustomed to move from place to place; not stationary; movable.
Of, relating to, or adapted to walking.
noun
Any part of a building intended for walking in; a corridor.
The round walkway encircling the altar in many cathedrals.
ambystoma
ambystomidae
amebocyte
amebocyte
noun
Alternative spelling of amoebocyte
amenability
amenability
noun
The state or quality of being amenable.
ametaboly
amiability
amiability
noun
Friendliness, especially easy approachability owing to a cheerful and pleasant disposition.
amicability
amicability
noun
The state or quality of being amicable or friendly.
amissibility
amissibility
noun
The quality of being amissible; the possibility of being lost.
amoebocyte
amoebocyte
noun
A leukocyte, especially in an in vitro culture.
Any cell that has the form or motion of an amoeba.
amoebocytes
amoebocytes
noun
plural of amoebocyte
amovability
amovability
noun
Liability to be removed or dismissed from office.
amphibiety
amphibolostylous
animability
apometaboly
arteriophlebotomy
assimilability
assimilability
noun
The quality or degree of being assimilable.
assumability
asymbiotic
asymbiotic
adj
Not symbiotic
attemptability
attemptability
noun
The property of being attemptable.
aummbulatory
autobasidiomycetes
autobasidiomycetous
automobility
automobility
noun
The utilization of automobiles as the major means of transportation and mobility.
automysophobia
automysophobia
noun
An abnormal fear of being dirty.
autosymbiontic
autosymbolic
autosymbolical
autosymbolically
bacteriohemolysin
baptismally
baptismally
adv
In a baptismal way; through baptism.
barocyclonometer
barocyclonometer
noun
(nautical) A type of aneroid barometer that has accompanying diagrams and directions that help predict storms
barometrically
barometrically
adv
By means of a barometer
barometrography
barometry
barometry
noun
The art or process of making barometrical measurements.
barothermohygrogram
barothermohygrograph
barothermohygrograph
noun
A device for measuring atmospheric pressure, temperature, and humidity.
barthelemy
bartholemy
bartlemy
barythymia
barythymia
noun
(medicine, archaic, rare) A depressed state of mind.
basidiomycete
basidiomycete
noun
(mycology) Any fungus of the phylum Basidiomycota, that produces sexual spores on a basidium.
basidiomycetes
basidiomycetes
noun
plural of basidiomycete
basidiomycetous
basidiomycetous
adj
Relating to the basidiomycetes.
basipterygium
basipterygium
noun
A cartilage at the base of the fins of some fish that develops into the metapterygium upon maturity.
bathochromy
bathometry
bathychrome
bathylimnetic
bathylimnetic
adj
Living in the depths of a lake or marsh.
bathymeter
bathymeter
noun
Alternative form of bathometer
bathymetric
bathymetric
adj
Of, pertaining to, or derived from bathymetry.
bathymetrical
bathymetrical
adj
Alternative form of bathymetric
bathymetrically
bathymetrically
adv
In a bathymetric way
bathymetries
bathymetries
noun
plural of bathymetry
bathymetry
bathymetry
noun
The measurement of the depths of the seas and oceans.
bathyseism
bathysmal
bathythermogram
bathythermograph
bathythermograph
noun
A small torpedo-shaped device that holds a temperature sensor and a transducer to detect changes in hydrostatic pressure.
batteryman
bayminette
baysmelt
baysmelts
bdellatomy
bdellatomy
noun
(archaic) The snipping off the tail of a leech engaged in sucking human blood, in order to let the blood run out of it and so increase its powers of drawing blood.
bdellotomy
bdellotomy
noun
Alternative form of bdellatomy
beautydom
beautydom
noun
The estate or rank of a beauty or of beautiful women.
bemajesty
bemartyr
benzalethylamine
betrayment
betrayment
Noun
betrayal
bewrayment
bewrayment
noun
The act or process of bewraying; betrayal
biformity
biformity
noun
A double form.
bigamistically
bimasty
bimethyl
bimethyl
noun
Synonym of dimethyl
bimethyls
bimodality
bimodality
noun
(statistics) A bimodal condition
bimonthly
bimonthly
adj
Occurring once every two months; bimestrial
Twice every month; semimonthly.
adv
once every two months; bimestrially
noun
A publication that is published on a bimonthly basis.
biochemistry
biochemistry
noun
(countable) The biochemical activity associated with a particular chemical or condition
(countable) The chemical characteristics of a particular living organism
(uncountable) The chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
bioclimatologically
bioclimatology
bioclimatology
noun
The interdisciplinary field of science that studies the interactions between the biosphere and the Earth's atmosphere on time scales of the order of seasons or longer (in opposition to biometeorology).
bioenvironmentaly
biogeochemistry
biogeochemistry
noun
(biology, geology, chemistry, ecology) The scientific study of biological, geological and chemical processes in the natural environment and especially of their mutual relationships
biometeorology
biometeorology
noun
The study of the relationship between atmospheric conditions (the weather) and living organisms.
biometrically
biometrically
adv
In a biometric way; through use of biometrics.
biometry
biometry
noun
(dated) The measurement of biological data.
The analysis of biological statistics; biostatistics.
The application of biostatistics to security; biometrics.
biorhythm
biorhythm
noun
(biology) Any cyclic biological or physiological pattern or activity.
(pseudoscience) Any of three sinusoidal graphs, normally plotted by computer, having a person's birthdate as origin, that are claimed to give meaningful information about emotional levels, physical energy levels, and mental/psychic sensitivity.
biorhythmic
biorhythmic
adj
Of or pertaining to biorhythms.
biorhythmicities
biorhythmicity
biorhythmicity
noun
The condition of being biorhythmic
biorythmic
biosystematic
biosystematic
adj
Of or pertaining to biosystematics
biosystematics
biosystematics
noun
(biology, taxonomy) taxonomy based upon statistical data of the evolution of organisms
biosystematist
biosystematist
noun
One who works with biosystematics.
biosystematy
biosystematy
noun
(dated) biosystematics
biotelemetry
biotelemetry
noun
(biology, electronics) The use of telemetry to monitor, measure and record physiological data of an organism
biotomy
biotomy
noun
(dated) The study of animal and plant structure by dissection.
(dated) Vivisection.
bisdimethylamino
bismethyl
bismuthyl
bismuthyl
noun
(chemistry) Any tartrate in the form of a univalent radical, wherein only one replaceable hydrogen atom has been replaced by a base, causing it to have twice the amount of acid contained in a normal salt.
bisymmetric
bisymmetric
adj
(mathematics, of a square matrix) Symmetric about both of its main diagonals.
bisymmetrical
bisymmetrical
adj
Alternative form of bisymmetric
bisymmetrically
bisymmetry
bisymmetry
noun
(mathematics) The property of being bisymmetric.
bizygomatic
bizygomatic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or joining the two zygomatic arches
blamability
blameworthy
blameworthy
adj
Deserving blame or censure; reprehensible.
blastomyces
blastomycete
blastomycete
noun
(mycology) A fungus of the genus Blastomyces.
(mycology, obsolete) A yeast fungus.
blastomycetes
blastomycetic
blastomycetic
adj
Related to, or caused by fungi of the genus Blastomyces, now Zymonema.
blastomycetous
blastomycin
blastomycin
noun
A sterile material, produced from cultures of the fungus Blastomyces, once used for intradermal testing
blastomycosis
blastomycosis
noun
(pathology) A fungal infection caused by the organism Blastomyces dermatitidis, endemic to parts of North America, whose clinical symptoms resemble those of histoplasmosis