(surgery) Removal of the uterus via an incision made in the abdominal wall rather than via the vagina.
abdominothoracic
abdominothoracic
adj
Relating to the abdomen and the thorax, or chest.
abhorrence
abhorrence
noun
(obsolete, historical) An expression of abhorrence, in particular any of the parliamentary addresses dictated towards Charles II.
A person or thing that is loathsome; a detested thing.
Extreme aversion or detestation; the feeling of utter dislike or loathing.
abhorrences
abhorrences
noun
plural of abhorrence
abhorrency
abhorrency
noun
(obsolete) Aberrancy.
(obsolete) Quality of being abhorrent; feeling of abhorrence.
(obsolete) something that elicits abhorrence; a detestable thing.
abiotrophic
abiotrophic
adj
(medicine) Relating to or involving abiotrophy; relating to or involving the functional loss of an organ or cells not due to an injury.
abranchious
abranchious
adj
Having no gills
abroach
abroach
adj
Astir; moving about.
Tapped; broached.
adv
(obsolete) Broached; in a condition for letting out or yielding liquor, as a cask which is tapped.
(obsolete) In a state to be diffused or propagated.
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To set abroach; to let out, as liquor; to broach; to tap.
acarophobia
acarophobia
noun
(medicine) The fear of itching or of small crawling insects that cause itching, such as mites or lice.
acerbophobia
acetylmethylcarbinol
acetylmethylcarbinol
noun
(organic chemistry) acetoin
achillobursitis
achillobursitis
noun
(pathology) inflammation of a bursa near the Achilles tendon
achroglobin
achromatizable
achromobacter
achromobacterieae
acrobatholithic
acrobatholithic
adj
Relating to the upward-projecting dome of a batholith
acrophobia
acrophobia
noun
phobia or strong fear of being high above ground level
acrophobias
acrophobias
noun
plural of acrophobia
actinobranch
actinobranch
noun
(biology) An organ, in some anthozoans, that functions as a gill
actinobranchia
actinobranchia
noun
Alternative form of actinobranch
aerobranchia
aerobranchiate
aerophobic
aerophobic
adj
Disliking or avoiding air.
Having a fear of flying in aircraft.
agoraphobiac
agoraphobiac
noun
One who fears open spaces, crowds, or uncontrolled social conditions.
agoraphobic
agoraphobic
adj
Of, pertaining to or suffering from agoraphobia.
noun
One who suffers from agoraphobia.
agoraphobics
agoraphobics
noun
plural of agoraphobic
ahorseback
ahorseback
adv
On the back of a horse; horseback.
ailurophobic
ailurophobic
adj
Having or relating to a fear or hatred of cats.
amblychromatic
americophobe
americophobe
Noun
Americanophobe
anchorable
anchorable
adj
Capable of being anchored.
That can be used as an anchorage.
ancraophobia
anisobranchiate
anthrohopobiological
antiblennorrhagic
antiblennorrhagic
adj
(pharmacology) Countering or preventing blennorrhoea.
noun
(pharmacology) Any medicine that counters or prevents blennorrhoea.
antihydrophobic
antihydrophobic
adj
Counteracting or preventing hydrophobia.
noun
(rare) A remedy for hydrophobia.
antithrombic
antithrombic
adj
(biochemistry) Of, pertaining to, or resembling the action of antithrombin
aporobranchia
aporobranchian
aporobranchiata
approachability
approachability
noun
The characteristic of being approachable; the ability to be approached.
approachabl
approachable
approachable
adj
Easily approached; easy to talk to.
approachableness
approachableness
noun
The state or quality of being approachable.
arachnephobia
arachnephobia
noun
Misspelling of arachnophobia.
arceuthobium
archabomination
archbeacon
archbishop
archbishop
noun
A senior bishop who is in charge of an archdiocese, and presides over a group of dioceses called a province (in Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Anglicanism, etc.)
archbishopess
archbishopess
noun
(rare) A female archbishop.
(rare) The wife of an archbishop.
archbishopric
archbishopric
noun
(ecclesiastical) The jurisdiction of an archbishop.
(ecclesiastical) The rank or office of an archbishop.
archbishoprics
archbishoprics
noun
plural of archbishopric
archbishopry
archbishops
archbishops
noun
plural of archbishop
archbold
archbotcher
archboutefeu
archbuffoon
archebiosis
archebiosis
noun
(biology) The origination of living matter from non-living; abiogenesis.
archibaldo
archibenthos
archiblastoma
archibold
archibuteo
archisymbolical
archrobber
archsnob
archvagabond
arthrobacter
arthrobacterium
arthrobranch
arthrobranch
noun
A gill, of a crustacean, that is attached to the membrane between the body and the base of the leg
arthrobranchia
aspidobranchia
aspidobranchiata
aspidobranchiate
autobiographic
autobiographic
Adjective
Of or relating to a person's life or an account of a person's life, as told by the subject.
autobiographical
autobiographical
adj
Of or relating to a person's life or an account of a person's life, as told by the subject.
autobiographically
autobiographically
adv
In an autobiographical manner.
azygobranchia
azygobranchiata
azygobranchiate
baccharoid
bachelor
bachelor
noun
(Canada) A bachelor apartment.
(obsolete) A knight who had no standard of his own, but fought under the standard of another in the field.
(obsolete) Among London tradesmen, a junior member not yet admitted to wear the livery.
(obsolete) An unmarried woman.
A kind of bass, an edible freshwater fish (Pomoxis annularis) of the southern United States.
A person, especially a man, who is socially regarded as able to marry, but has not yet.
Someone who has achieved a bachelor's degree.
The first or lowest academical degree conferred by universities and colleges; a bachelor's degree.
bachelordom
bachelordom
noun
The state of a male who is a bachelor, i.e. unwed.
bachelordoms
bachelorette
bachelorette
noun
(Canada) A very small bachelor (single room) apartment.
(Canada, US) An unmarried woman.
bachelorhood
bachelorhood
noun
The condition of being a bachelor.
bachelorhoods
bachelorhoods
noun
plural of bachelorhood
bachelorism
bachelorism
noun
A manner or peculiarity belonging to bachelors.
Bachelorhood.
bachelorize
bachelorize
verb
To confer a bachelor's degree on.
To live the life of a bachelor; to socialize without a wife.
To live without neither spouse nor children; to live alone or with other single people.
To make into a bachelor; to deprive of a spouse.
To make or become typical of a bachelor.
bachelorlike
bachelorlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bachelor.
bachelorly
bachelorly
adj
Befitting a bachelor.
bachelors
bachelors
noun
plural of bachelor
bachelorship
bachelorship
noun
The state of being a bachelor.
bachelorwise
bachelorwise
adv
In the manner of a bachelor; (as though) living alone as a single man.
bacillariophyta
backhooker
bactericholia
bacteriochlorophyll
bacteriochlorophyll
noun
(biology) A photosynthetic pigment occurring in various phototrophic bacteria, related to the chlorophylls.
bacteriohemolysin
bacteriopathology
bacteriophage
bacteriophage
noun
(microbiology, virology) A virus that specifically infects bacteria.
bacteriophages
bacteriophages
noun
plural of bacteriophage
bacteriophagia
bacteriophagic
bacteriophagic
adj
Of or pertaining to a bacteriophage.
bacteriophagous
bacteriophagous
adj
Pertaining to the predation and consumption of bacterium.
bacteriophagy
bacteriophagy
noun
The feeding on bacteria.
bacteriophobia
bacteriophobia
noun
An abnormal fear of bacteria
bacteriorhodopsin
bacteriorhodopsin
noun
(biochemistry) Any of several related purple photosynthetic proteins, found in halobacteria, that act as proton pumps
bacteriotherapeutic
bacteriotherapeutic
adj
Relating to bacteriotherapy.
bacteriotherapy
bacteriotherapy
noun
(medicine) Any therapeutic use of bacteria
balanophoraceae
balanophoraceous
balanophoraceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Balanophoraceae.
ballistocardiograph
ballistocardiograph
noun
An instrument which measures ballistic forces on the heart, producing a graphical representation of repetitive motions of the human body arising from the sudden ejection of blood into the great vessels with each heartbeat.
ballistocardiographic
ballistocardiographic
adj
Relating to ballistocardiography
ballistocardiography
ballistocardiography
noun
The science of the preparation and diagnostic interpretation of ballistocardiograms.
balneotherapeutics
balneotherapeutics
noun
balneotherapy
bariloche
barmcloth
barmcloth
Noun
An apron.
barocchio
barographic
barographic
adj
Measured using a barograph
baroswitch
baroswitch
noun
Any form of switch that is activated barometrically (by a change in pressure)
barouche
barouche
noun
A four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage with collapsible half-hood, two double seats facing each other, and an outside seat for the driver.
barouches
barouches
noun
plural of barouche
barouchet
barouchet
noun
Alternative spelling of barouchette
barouchette
barouchette
noun
A light barouche.
bartosch
baryphonic
basiarachnoiditis
basichromatic
basichromatin
basichromatin
noun
The basophil portion of the chromatin of a cell.
basichromatinic
basichromiole
basiparachromatin
batchelor
batchelor
noun
(Britain) Archaic spelling of bachelor.
bathmotropic
bathmotropic
adj
(physiology) That influences the response of tissue to stimuli, especially that of cardiac muscle
bathochromatic
bathochromatic
adj
Alternative form of bathochromic
bathochromatism
bathochrome
bathochromic
bathochromic
adj
(physics) Of a change in the position of a spectral band, to a lower frequency
bathochromy
bathofloric
bathychrome
bathyorographical
bathyorographical
adj
Of, embodying, or pertaining to elevation heights and pelagic depths.
batrachoid
batrachoid
adj
(zoology) Of or pertaining to the family Batrachoididae of marine fishes, called toadfish.
(zoology, dated) Frog-like; batrachian.
noun
(zoology) Any species of the family Batrachoididae; a batrachoidid.
batrachoididae
batrachophagous
batrachophagous
adj
Feeding on frogs.
batrachophidia
batrachophobia
batrachophobia
noun
Fear of frogs.
batrachoplasty
batrachospermum
batrachotoxin
batrachotoxin
noun
(neurotoxicology, uncountable) An extremely neurotoxic and cardiotoxic steroidal alkaloid found in poison dart frogs.
(toxicology, countable) Any one of a group of extremely neurotoxic and cardiotoxic steroidal alkaloids found in poison dart frogs, Melyridae beetles, and certain birds.
beachcomber
beachcomber
noun
(nautical) A seaman who is not prepared to work but hangs around port areas living off the charity of others.
A long rolling wave of the sea.
A person who collects marine salvage at the coast.