(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.
abdominoposterior
abnormalist
abnormalist
noun
(Christianity, theology) One who believes that the cosmos is in an abnormal state that can only be set right by divine influence.
abnormalities
abnormalities
noun
plural of abnormality
abnormities
abnormities
noun
plural of abnormity
abominators
abominators
noun
plural of abominator
aborsement
aborsement
noun
(obsolete) Abortment; abortion
abridgements
abridgements
noun
plural of abridgement
abridgments
abridgments
noun
plural of abridgment
abstractionism
abstractionism
noun
The creation, principles, or ideals of abstractions, in particular art.
The presentation of ideas in an abstract manner.
accouterments
accouterments
noun
plural of accouterment
accoutrements
accoutrements
noun
plural of accoutrement
accruements
accruements
noun
plural of accruement
achromatisation
achromatising
achromatising
verb
present participle of achromatise
acquirements
acquirements
noun
plural of acquirement
acrodontism
acromiosternal
acromyotonus
acromyotonus
noun
Synonym of acromyotonia
actinochemistry
actinochemistry
noun
The science of chemistry and actinism.
actinodermatitis
actinodermatitis
noun
actinic dermatitis
actinodromous
actinodromous
adj
(botany) having palmate veins
actinometers
actinometers
noun
plural of actinometer
actinomorphous
actinomorphous
adj
(botany, of a flower) Having petals arranged in a radially symmetric pattern.
actinosphaerium
adenocarcinomatous
adenocarcinomatous
adj
Of or pertaining to adenocarcinomas
adenometritis
adenosarcomata
adenosarcomata
noun
plural of adenosarcoma
adiathermanous
adjournments
adjournments
noun
plural of adjournment
admeasurement
admeasurement
noun
Apportionment.
admensuration
admensuration
noun
admeasurement
administer
administer
verb
(intransitive) To minister (to).
(law) To settle, as the estate of one who dies without a will, or whose will fails of an executor.
(medicine) To give a drug to a patient, be it orally or by any other means.
(transitive) To apportion out, distribute.
(transitive) To cause to ingest (a drug), either by openly offering or through deceit.
(transitive) To manage or supervise the conduct, performance or execution of; to govern or regulate the parameters for the conduct, performance or execution of; to work in an administrative capacity.
To give, as an oath.
administerd
administerd
verb
(obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of administer
administered
administered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of administer
administerial
administerial
adj
Of or pertaining to administering or administration.
administering
administering
noun
administration
verb
present participle of administer
administerings
administerings
noun
plural of administering
administers
administers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of administer
administrable
administrable
adj
Able to be administered
administrant
administrant
adj
Administrating
noun
The one who administers.
administrants
administrants
noun
plural of administrant
administrate
administrate
verb
(computing) the act or function of providing maintenance and general housekeeping for computer systems, networks, peripheral equipment, etc.
to administer
administrated
administrated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of administrate
administrates
administrates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of administrate
administrating
administrating
verb
present participle of administrate
administration
administration
noun
(countable) A body that administers; a body of administrators.
(countable, government, politics) The executive part of government; the persons collectively who are entrusted with the execution of laws and the superintendence of public affairs; the chief magistrate and his cabinet or council; or the council, or ministry, alone, as in Great Britain.
(government, politics) The country's government under the rule of a particular leader.
(uncountable) The act of administering, or tendering something to another; dispensation.
(uncountable) The act of administering; government of public affairs; the service rendered, or duties assumed, in conducting affairs; the conducting of any office or employment; direction.
(uncountable, business) Management.
(uncountable, law, UK) An arrangement whereby an insolvent company can continue trading under supervision.
administrational
administrational
adj
(nonstandard) Relating to administration.
administrationist
administrations
administrations
noun
plural of administration
administrative
administrative
adj
Of or relating to administering or administration.
administratively
administratively
adv
In an administrative manner, or for purposes of administration.
administrator
administrator
noun
(computing) One who is responsible for software installation, management, information and maintenance of a computer or network
(law) A person who manages or settles the estate of an intestate, or of a testator when there is no competent executor; one to whom the right of administration has been committed by competent authority
One who administers affairs; one who directs, manages, executes, or dispenses, whether in civil, judicial, political, or ecclesiastical affairs; a manager
administrators
administrators
noun
plural of administrator
administratorship
administratorship
noun
The position or role of an administrator.
administratress
administratress
Noun
A female administrator.
administratrices
administratrices
noun
plural of administratrix
administratrix
administratrix
noun
A female administrator.
adminstration
adminstrations
admirations
admirations
noun
plural of admiration
adornments
adornments
noun
plural of adornment
adrenalectomies
adrenalectomies
noun
plural of adrenalectomy
adumbrations
adumbrations
noun
plural of adumbration
adventuresome
adventuresome
adj
Prone to, or willing to undertake, adventures; daring or bold.
adventuresomely
adventuresomely
adv
In an adventuresome manner.
adventuresomeness
adventuresomeness
noun
The state or quality of being adventuresome.
adventuresomes
adventurism
adventurism
noun
(politics) The taking of excessive risks by a government in their political, economic or foreign affairs.
The behaviour of an adventurer; risk-taking.
adventurisms
adventurisms
noun
plural of adventurism
advertisement
advertisement
noun
(card games) In gin rummy, the discarding of a card of one's preferred suit so as to mislead the opponent into thinking you do not want it.
(marketing) A commercial solicitation designed to sell some commodity, service or similar.
(obsolete) Notoriety.
A public notice.
A recommendation of a particular product, service or person.
advertisements
advertisements
noun
plural of advertisement
aepyornithiformes
aerodynamicist
aerodynamicist
noun
A person who studies aerodynamics.
aeronautism
aeronautism
noun
The practice of aeronautic travel.
aeronomist
aeronomist
Noun
One who studies aeronomy.
aeronomists
aeronomists
noun
plural of aeronomist
aerothermodynamics
aerothermodynamics
noun
(physics) The scientific study of the thermodynamic properties of gases, especially when travelling at a high velocity.
affirmations
affirmations
noun
plural of affirmation
affirmativeness
affirmativeness
noun
The property of being affirmative.
afforestment
afforestment
noun
The process of afforesting.
affranchisement
affranchisement
noun
The act of freeing; enfranchisement.
afterimpression
afterimpression
noun
Alternative spelling of after-impression
afterswarming
agglomerations
agglomerations
noun
plural of agglomeration
aggrandisement
aggrandisement
noun
(Britain) Alternative form of aggrandizement
aggrandizements
aggrandizements
noun
plural of aggrandizement
agreements
agreements
noun
plural of agreement
agrements
agrements
noun
plural of agrement
agronomist
agronomist
noun
A scientist whose speciality is agronomy.
agronomists
agronomists
noun
plural of agronomist
aimworthiness
aimworthiness
noun
The quality of having good aim (with a weapon).
aircraftsman
aircraftsman
noun
An aircraftman.
aircraftsmen
aircraftsmen
noun
plural of aircraftsman
aircraftswoman
aircraftswoman
noun
An aircraftwoman.
aircraftswomen
aircraftswomen
noun
plural of aircraftswoman
aldermaston
aldosteronism
aldosteronism
noun
(pathology) A condition, marked by excessive secretion of aldosterone, that gives rise to cardiac difficulties
alimentariness
alimentariness
noun
The state or quality of being alimentary.
allurements
allurements
noun
plural of allurement
aluminothermics
aluminothermics
noun
Synonym of aluminothermy
amarantaceous
amarantaceous
adj
(botany) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the family Amaranthaceae of plants, of which the amaranth is the type.
amaranthaceous
amaranthaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the family Amaranthaceae of amaranths and goosefoots.
amaranths
amaranths
noun
plural of amaranth
amaranthus
amaranthus
noun
Any of the genus Amaranthus; an amaranth.
amarantus
amarantus
noun
amaranth (rare, formal)
amateurishness
amateurishness
noun
The quality of being amateurish.
ambidextrousness
ambidextrousness
noun
The state or quality of being ambidextrous.
ambisinister
ambisinister
adj
(rare) Awkward or clumsy with both hands.
ambisinistrous
ambisinistrous
adj
clumsy, ambilevous
ambisporangiate
ameliorations
ameliorations
noun
plural of amelioration
amentiferous
amentiferous
adj
(botany) Bearing catkins.
amercements
amercements
noun
plural of amercement
americanisation
americanist
americanist
Noun
Somebody who favors the values of the USA.
An expert in the study of America.
Adjective
Favoring the values of the USA.
Of or relating to a phonetic notation developed for transcription of Native American and European languages. See
americanistic
americanistic
Adjective
Relating to the academic discipline of American studies
americanitis
americanitis
Noun
neurasthenia
americanumancestors
aminopterins
aminopterins
noun
plural of aminopterin
aminotransferase
aminotransferase
noun
(biochemistry) Transaminase.
ammoniojarosite
ammoniojarosite
noun
(mineralogy) A trigonal-ditrigonal pyramidal yellow mineral containing hydrogen, iron, nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur.
ammonitiferous
ammonitiferous
adj
Containing fossil ammonites.
amortising
amortising
verb
present participle of amortise
amortissement
amortizations
amortizations
noun
plural of amortization
amounters
amphisporangiate
amphithurons
amphithyrons
anachronismatical
anachronismatical
adj
(archaic) anachronistic
anacrotism
anacrotism
noun
(biology) A secondary notch in the pulse curve, obtained in a sphygmographic tracing.
anadicrotism
anagrammatise
anagrammatise
verb
(transitive) To produce an anagram of; to transpose the letters of.
anagrammatised
anagrammatised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anagrammatise
anagrammatising
anagrammatising
verb
present participle of anagrammatise
anagrammatism
anagrammatism
noun
The creation or formation of anagrams.
anagrammatist
anagrammatist
noun
A creator or finder of anagrams.
anametadromous
ananthropism
anapterygotism
anaptomorphus
anartismos
anathematiser
anathematiser
noun
Alternative spelling of anathematizer
anatomicosurgical
anatomicosurgical
adj
Relating to anatomy and surgery.
anatomiser
anatomiser
noun
Alternative form of anatomizer
anchoretism
anchoretism
noun
The practice or mode of life of an anchorite.
anchoritism
anemometers
anemometers
noun
plural of anemometer
anemometries
anemometries
noun
plural of anemometry
anemotropism
anemotropism
noun
(botany) The orientation of plants in response to the direction of the wind.
anesthesimeter
anesthesimeter
noun
(surgery) A device that monitors the amount of anaesthetic given to a patient
anesthesiometer
anesthesiometer
noun
Alternative form of anesthesimeter
aneurismatic
aneurismatic
adj
Alternative spelling of aneurysmatic
aneurysmatic
aneurysmatic
adj
(medicine) Describing a blood vessel that has an aneurysm; aneurysmal