An instrument like an endoscope, for use in abdominoscopy.
ableptical
ableptical
adj
Alternative form of ableptic (“blind”)
ableptically
absorptiometric
absorptiometric
adj
Of or pertaining to the measurement of absorption.
abyssopelagic
abyssopelagic
adj
Of or pertaining to the depths of the ocean; of the open waters of the abyssal zone.
academicianship
academicianship
noun
A membership in a national academy of arts or sciences
acalephoid
acalephoid
adj
Belonging to or resembling the Acalephae, or jellyfishes.
acanthocephali
acanthopteri
acanthopteri
noun
(zoology) A group of teleostean fishes having spiny fins. See Acanthopterygii.
acanthopterygian
acanthopterygian
adj
(zoology) Similar to an acanthopterygian.
noun
(zoology) Any fish of the superorder Acanthopterygii.
acanthopterygii
acatalepsia
acatalepsia
noun
Alternative form of acatalepsy
acataleptic
acataleptic
adj
Incapable of being comprehended; incomprehensible; inconceivable.
noun
An adherent of acatalepsy
acceptabilities
acceptabilities
noun
plural of acceptability
acceptability
acceptability
noun
(military) Operation plan review criterion. The determination as to whether the contemplated course of action is worth the cost in manpower, materiel, and time involved; is consistent with the law of war; and is militarily and politically supportable. (JP 1-02 Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms)
The quality of being acceptable; acceptableness.
acceptancies
acceptation
acceptation
noun
(obsolete) Acceptance; reception; favorable reception or regard; the state of being acceptable.
Ready belief.
The meaning (sense) in which a word or expression is understood, or generally received.
acceptations
acceptations
noun
plural of acceptation
acceptavit
acceptilate
acceptilate
verb
(transitive) To discharge a (claim) by acceptilation
acceptilated
acceptilated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acceptilate
acceptilating
acceptilating
verb
present participle of acceptilate
acceptilation
acceptilation
noun
(civil law) Gratuitous discharge; a release from debt or obligation without payment; free remission.
(theology) The doctrine, laid down by Duns Scotus and maintained by the Arminians, that the satisfaction rendered by Christ was not in itself really a true or full equivalent, but was merely accepted by God, through his gracious goodwill, as sufficient.
accepting
accepting
adj
Characterized by acceptance.
verb
present participle of accept
acceptingly
acceptingly
adv
In a accepting manner; tolerantly.
acceptingness
acceptingness
noun
The ability or desire to accept.
acception
acception
noun
(obsolete) Acceptation; received meaning.
acceptive
acceptive
adj
(obsolete) Ready to accept.
Fit for acceptance.
Receptive.
accessaryship
accessaryship
noun
(law) The condition of being an accessary.
accipenser
accipenser
noun
Any sturgeon of the genus Acipenser.
accipient
accipient
noun
(obsolete) Someone who, or something which, accepts (willingly receives).
accipiter
accipiter
noun
(medicine, surgery) A bandage applied over the nose, resembling the claw of a hawk.
(ornithology) Any hawk of the genus Accipiter.
accipitres
accipitrine
accipitrine
adj
(ornithology) Like or belonging to the Accipitres; raptorial; hawklike.
noun
A hawk or a hawk-like bird.
accipitrines
accipitrines
noun
plural of accipitrine
accipter
accompanied
accompanied
adj
Having accompaniment; being part of a group of at least two.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accompany
accompanier
accompanier
noun
Someone or something that accompanies.
accompanies
accompanies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accompany
accompaniment
accompaniment
noun
(music) A part, usually performed by instruments, that gives support or adds to the background in music, or adds for ornamentation; also, the harmony of a figured bass.
That which accompanies; something that attends as a circumstance, or which is added to give greater completeness to the principal thing, or by way of ornament, or for the sake of symmetry.
accompanimental
accompanimental
adj
Relating to or serving as an accompaniment
accompaniments
accompaniments
noun
plural of accompaniment
accompletive
accompletive
adj
(rare) Tending to accomplish.
accomplice
accomplice
noun
(law) An associate in the commission of a crime; a participator in an offense, whether a principal or an accessory.
(rare) A cooperator.
accomplices
accomplices
noun
plural of accomplice
accompliceship
accompliceship
noun
(rare) The state of being an accomplice.
accomplishable
accomplishable
adj
Capable of being accomplished; practicable.
accomplished
accomplished
adj
Completed; effected; established.
Having many accomplishments, often as a result of study or training.
Showing skill and artistry.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accomplish
accomplisher
accomplisher
noun
One who accomplishes.
accomplishers
accomplishers
noun
plural of accomplisher
accomplishes
accomplishes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accomplish
accomplishment
accomplishment
noun
(grammar, semantics) The lexical aspect (aktionsart) of verbs or predicates that change over time until a natural end point.
Something accomplished; an achievement.
That which completes, perfects, or equips thoroughly; acquirement; attainment; that which constitutes excellence of mind, or elegance of manners, acquired by education or training.
The act of accomplishing; completion; fulfilment.
accomplishments
accomplishments
noun
plural of accomplishment
acephali
acephali
noun
(ecclesiastical history) Bishops and certain clergymen not under regular diocesan control.
(ecclesiastical history) The Eutychians, a Christian sect in the year 482 without a leader. See http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01100c.htm.
A class of levelers in the time of King Henry I.
A people reported by Herodotus and Josephus to have no heads or removable heads.
plural of acephalus
acephalia
acephalia
noun
(medicine) A birth defect in which the head is absent
acephalina
acephaline
acephaline
adj
Of or pertaining to the parasitic protozoans of the suborder Acephalina
acephalism
acephalism
noun
The congenital lack of a head.
acephalist
acephalist
noun
(obsolete) One who acknowledges no head or superior
acephalite
acephalite
Noun
A Paulician, a member of an early gnostic Christian heresy.
acerbophobia
aceship
acetaminophen
acetaminophen
noun
(Canada, US) A white crystalline compound used in medicine as an anodyne to relieve pain and reduce fever.
acetnaphthalide
acetoamidophenol
acetomorphin
acetomorphine
acetomorphine
noun
heroin
acetophenetide
acetophenetide
noun
(organic chemistry) The N-acetyl derivative of a phenetidine
acetophenetidin
acetophenetidin
noun
phenacetin
acetophenetidine
acetophenin
acetophenine
acetopiperone
acetopyrin
acetopyrine
acetopyrine
noun
(medicine) An acetylsalicylate of antipyrine
acetoxyphthalide
acetphenetid
acetphenetidin
acetylperoxide
acetylphenylhydrazine
acetyltropeine
achitophel
achromatophile
achromatophile
adj
Being or relating to an achromatophil.
acidophile
acidophile
noun
A plant that thrives in relatively acid soil.
An organism that lives and thrives under acidic conditions; a form of extremophile.
acidophiles
acidophiles
noun
plural of acidophile
acidoproteolytic
acidoproteolytic
adj
Relating to acidoproteolytes
acidosteophyte
acidosteophyte
noun
(medicine) A sharp or needle-shaped osteophyte.
acipenser
acipenseres
acipenserid
acipenserid
noun
(ichthyology) Any member of the Acipenseridae (the true sturgeons)
acipenseridae
acipenserine
acipenserine
adj
Pertaining to sturgeons
acipenseroid
acipenseroid
noun
Synonym of chondrostean
acipenseroidei
acopyrine
acquaintanceship
acquaintanceship
noun
(countable) A relationship as acquaintances.
(uncountable) The state of being acquainted.
acquaintanceships
acquaintanceships
noun
plural of acquaintanceship
acrocephalia
acrocephalia
noun
(medicine) A deformity of the head in which the top is more or less pointed.
acrocephalic
acrocephalic
adj
Possessing a pointed skull.
noun
A person suffering from a pointed skull.
acroparesthesia
acroparesthesia
noun
(medicine) severe pain in the extremities
acrophonetic
acrophonetic
adj
Of or pertaining to acrophony.
acrophonies
acrophonies
noun
plural of acrophony
acropoleis
acropoleis
noun
plural of acropolis
acropolises
acrospire
acrospire
noun
(botany) The sprout at the end of a seed when it begins to germinate.
verb
To put forth the first sprout.
acrospired
acrospired
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acrospire
acrotrophoneurosis
actinophone
actinophone
noun
An apparatus for the production of sound by the action of the actinic, or ultraviolet, rays.
actinophore
actinophore
noun
(biology) A cartilaginous spine that supports the fin rays of fish
actinopteran
actinopteri
actinopterous
actinopterygian
actinopterygian
adj
Of the nature of fish of the class Actinopterygii.
noun
(zoology) Any of the ray-finned fish of the taxonomic class Actinopterygii.
actinopterygii
actinopterygious
actinosphaerium
actinostereoscopy
actinotherapeutic
actinotherapeutic
adj
Relating to actinotherapy.
actinotherapeutics
actinotherapeutics
noun
actinotherapy
actinotherapy
actinotherapy
noun
(medicine) The treatment of disease, especially skin disease, by exposure to ultraviolet light; radiotherapy.
actipylea
acyanoblepsia
acyanoblepsia
noun
Inability to see the colour blue.
adelomorphic
adelphic
adelphic
adj
Describing a form of polyandry in which a woman is married to two or more brothers
fraternal
adenectopia
adenectopic
adenemphractic
adenographic
adenographic
adj
Pertaining to adenography.
adenographical
adiaphoretic
adipescent
adipescent
adj
(medicine) Developing fatty deposits.
adipocele
adipocellulose
adipocere
adipocere
noun
A brown, fatty, waxy substance (fatty acids) that forms on dead animal tissues in response to hydrolysis
adipoceriform
adipoceriform
adj
(rare) Having the form or appearance of adipocere.
adipocerite
adipocerous
adipocerous
adj
Like adipocere.
adipocyte
adipocyte
noun
(cytology) a type of cell, present in adipose tissue, where fat is stored as a source of energy
adipogenic
adipogenic
adj
(biology) That forms fat, or fatty tissue; lipogenic
adipopectic
adipopexic
adrenocorticotrophic
adrenocorticotrophic
adj
Alternative form of adrenocorticotropic
adrenocorticotrophin
adrenocorticotrophin
noun
(biochemistry) adrenocorticotropic hormone
adrenocorticotropic
adrenocorticotropic
adj
That stimulates the adrenal cortex.
adrenotropic
adrenotropic
adj
That stimulates the adrenal glands or adrenal cortex
adscripted
adscripted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of adscript
adscriptive
adscriptive
adj
Attached or annexed to the glebe or estate and transferable with it.
advocateship
advocateship
noun
(now rare) The office or function of an advocate; advocacy.
aecidiospore
aeciospore
aeciospore
noun
(botany) A binucleate spore of a rust fungus, formed in a chainlike series in an aecium.
aeciospores
aeciospores
noun
plural of aeciospore
aecioteliospore
aeolotropic
aeolotropic
adj
(physics) Pertaining to aeolotropy; of a body or substance, having physical properties (e.g., electric conductivity, refractive index) that depend on the direction in which they are measured.
aerobioscope
aerobioscope
noun
An instrument that collects the bacterial content of air