(pathology) A chronic disease marked by enlargement of the bones of the extremities, face, and jaw that is caused by over-activity of the pituitary gland.
adelphogamy
adelphogamy
noun
A form of polyandry where a woman is married to two or more brothers.
Marriage between a brother and a sister.
admiringly
admiringly
adv
In an admiring manner.
admonishingly
admonishingly
adv
In an admonishing manner.
affirmingly
affirmingly
adv
in an affirming manner
agamically
agamically
adv
In an agamic manner.
agamogenetically
agamogenetically
adv
By means of agamogenesis.
agmatology
agronomically
agronomically
adv
With reference to agronomics
alarmingly
alarmingly
adv
Causing fear or concern.
In an alarming way, frighteningly.
To an extent that causes alarm.
algometrically
algometrically
adv
In terms of or by means of algometry.
algometry
algometry
noun
(medicine) The scientific measurement of responses to pain stimuli.
algorithmically
algorithmically
adv
Using an algorithm.
allogamy
allogamy
noun
(biology) The fertilization of an ovum from one individual with the spermatozoa of another; cross-fertilization
almightily
almightily
adv
In a way or manner that is almighty.
almighty
almighty
adj
(by extension) Having very great power, influence, etc.
(slang) Great; extreme; terrible.
(sometimes postpositive) Unlimited in might; omnipotent; all-powerful
adv
(slang, colloquial) Extremely; thoroughly.
aluminography
aluminography
noun
The art or process of producing, and printing from, aluminium plates, after the manner of ordinary lithography.
amazingly
amazingly
adv
Difficult to believe; strange but true.
In an amazing manner; in a way that causes amazement; wonderfully.
To a wonder-inspiring extent.
ambagiously
ambagiously
adv
In an ambagious manner.
ambiguously
ambiguously
adv
In an ambiguous manner.
ambilogy
amblingly
amblingly
adv
With an ambling walk.
amblygeusia
amblygon
amblygon
noun
(geometry, obsolete, rare) An obtuse-angled figure, especially a triangle.
amblygonal
amblygonal
adj
(obsolete) obtuse-angled
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
ambrology
ammonolyzing
ampelography
ampelography
noun
(botany) The discipline within botany concerned with the taxonomy of cultivars in the grapevine genus, Vitis.
ampelograpny
amphibiology
amphibiology
noun
The branch of science that deals with amphibious animals.
amphibologically
amphibologically
adv
In an amphibological manner.
amphibology
amphibology
noun
(archaic) Amphiboly.
amphigenously
amphigenously
adv
In an amphigenous manner.
amphilogy
amphilogy
noun
ambiguity of speech; equivocation
amplifying
amplifying
verb
present participle of amplify
amusingly
amusingly
adv
In an amusing manner.
amygdal
amygdal
noun
Alternative form of amygdale (“almond-shaped inclusion in igneous rock or lava”)
amygdala
amygdala
noun
(neuroanatomy) Each one of the two regions of the brain, located as a pair in the medial temporal lobe, believed to play a key role in processing emotions, such as fear and pleasure, in both animals and humans.
amygdalaceae
amygdalaceous
amygdalaceous
adj
(botany) Akin to, or derived from, the almond.
amygdalae
amygdalase
amygdalase
noun
(biochemistry) Either of two enzymes: beta-glucosidase and amygdalin beta-glucosidase.
amygdalate
amygdalate
adj
Of or pertaining to almonds.
noun
(obsolete, uncountable) almond milk
(organic chemistry, countable) Any salt or ester of amygdalic acid.
amygdale
amygdale
noun
(geology) An almond-shaped inclusion in igneous rock or lava
Misconstruction of amygdala
amygdalectomy
amygdalectomy
Noun
Surgical removal of the amygdala.
amygdales
amygdales
noun
plural of amygdale
amygdalic
amygdalic
adj
(chemistry) Of or pertaining to almonds or amygdalin.
amygdaliferous
amygdaliferous
adj
almond-bearing
amygdaliform
amygdaliform
adj
(mycology) Shaped like an almond.
amygdalin
amygdalin
noun
(biochemistry) A glycoside of benzaldehyde and hydrogen cyanide found in bitter almonds, and in the kernels of some other fruit.
amygdaline
amygdaline
adj
Resembling or characteristic of almonds.
noun
Alternative form of amygdalin
amygdalinic
amygdalitis
amygdalitis
noun
(obsolete) tonsillitis
amygdaloid
amygdaloid
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the amygdala
Shaped like an almond
noun
A variety of trap or basaltic rock, containing small cavities, occupied, wholly or in part, by nodules or geodes of different minerals, especially agates, quartz, calcite, and the zeolites. When the imbedded minerals are detached or removed by decomposition, it is porous, like lava.
amygdaloidal
amygdaloidal
adj
Of, like or pertaining to, the amygdaloid mineral.
amygdaloids
amygdaloids
noun
plural of amygdaloid
amygdalolith
amygdaloncus
amygdalopathy
amygdalothripsis
amygdalotome
amygdalotomy
amygdalotomy
noun
(surgery) Surgical removal of the amygdala.
amygdalus
amygdonitrile
amygdule
amygdule
noun
(geology) A rounded mass of secondary mineral found in volcanic rock.
amygdules
amygdules
noun
plural of amygdule
amylocoagulase
amylogen
amylogen
noun
The water-soluble part of granulose.
amylogenesis
amylogenesis
noun
The formation of starch.
amylogenic
amylogenic
adj
Forming starch; applied specifically to leucoplasts.
Of or pertaining to amylogen.
amylogens
amylophagia
amylophagia
noun
(pathology) the pathologic desire to eat excessive starch, starchlike or carbohydrate-rich foods
anagrammatically
anagrammatically
adv
In an anagrammatic manner.
anatomicophysiologic
anatomicophysiological
anatomicophysiological
adj
Relating to anatomy and physiology.
anemographically
anemographically
adv
By means of anemography.
anemology
anemology
noun
The study of the movements of the winds.
The wind movements in a particular region.
anemometrographically
angelomachy
angelomachy
noun
(rare) A battle between angels.
angiolymphitis
angiolymphoma
angiomegaly
animatingly
animatingly
adv
in an animating manner
anthropoclimatology
anthropoclimatology
noun
The scientific study of the relationship between human beings and the climate.
anthropomorphologically
anthropomorphologically
adv
(biology) With regard to anthropomorphology (human morphology).
anthropomorphology
anthropomorphology
noun
(biology) Human morphology.
(biology) The study of human morphology.
(religion) The attribution of human characteristics to God.
anthroposomatology
anthroposomatology
noun
(dated, rare) The sum of knowledge regarding the human body, comprehending anatomy, physiology, pathology, etc.
antidogmatically
antigovernmentally
antigrammatically
antipolygamy
antipolygamy
adj
Opposing polygamy.
antipragmatically
apogamically
apogamically
adv
By means of apogamy.
apogamously
apothegmatically
apothegmatically
adv
In an apothegmatic way.
archicleistogamy
argentometrically
argentometrically
adv
By means of argentometry.
argumentatively
argumentatively
adv
In an argumentative manner.
assumingly
assumingly
adv
In an assuming manner.
astigmatically
astigmatically
adv
In an astigmatic manner; through or in relation to astigmatism.
astragalectomy
astragalectomy
noun
The surgical removal of the astragalus, or talus, in order to stabilize the ankle.
astragalomancy
astragalomancy
noun
Divination by dice made from huckle-bones. They have four flat sides and two round sides which were marked.
Divination by throwing astragaloi (see etymology above) onto the pages of a picture book.
Simply divination by dice.
astrometeorology
astrometeorology
noun
(astrology) The practice of using astrology for weather forecasting.
atmology
atmology
noun
The branch of science dealing with the laws and phenomena of aqueous vapour.
atmospherology
atmospherology
noun
The study of a planetary atmosphere.
atomology
atomology
noun
(dated) The doctrine of atoms.
augmentatively
augmentatively
adv
In an augmentative fashion.
augmentedly
augmentedly
adv
In an augmented manner.
autoallogamy
beamingly
beamingly
adv
In a beaming way, or while beaming.
becomingly
becomingly
adv
In a becoming manner.
bemoaningly
bemoaningly
adv
In a bemoaning manner.
benumbingly
benumbingly
adv
in a benumbing manner
beseemingly
beseemingly
adv
(archaic) In a beseeming manner.
bigamistically
bigamously
bigamously
adv
In a bigamous manner.
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).
biometeorology
biometeorology
noun
The study of the relationship between atmospheric conditions (the weather) and living organisms.
blamingly
blamingly
adv
So as to blame.
bloomingly
bloomingly
adv
In a blooming manner.
boomingly
boomingly
adv
In a booming manner; loudly.
brimmingly
brimmingly
adv
(often figurative) So as to brim or overflow.
bromatology
bromatology
noun
The study of food.
bumblingly
bumblingly
adv
In a bumbling manner
bumpingly
bumpingly
adv
In a bumping way; with bumps or jolts.
bumpology
bumpology
noun
(archaic, derogatory) phrenology
calmingly
calmingly
adv
In a calming manner.
campanologically
campanologically
adv
By means of, or in terms of, campanology.
campanology
campanology
noun
The study of bells and their casting, tuning, and ringing.
carboxyhemoglobin
carboxyhemoglobin
noun
(biochemistry) The stable complex of carbon monoxide with hemoglobin; it prevents the normal complexing with oxygen and thus leads to anoxia
cardiomegaly
cardiomegaly
noun
megalocardia
categorematically
categorematically
adv
In a categorematic fashion.
celiogastrotomy
celiomyalgia
celiosalpingectomy
celiosalpingotomy
chalazogamy
chalazogamy
noun
(botany) A process of fecundation in which the pollen tube penetrates to the embryo sac through the tissue of the chalaza, instead of entering through the micropyle.
charmingly
charmingly
adv
In a charming manner.
cheesemongerly
cheiromegaly
cheiromegaly
noun
Alternative form of chiromegaly
chemicobiology
chemicophysiological
chemicophysiological
adj
physiochemical
chemigraphically
chemophysiological
chemophysiology
chemurgically
chemurgically
adv
In terms of or by means of chemurgy.
chirognomically
chirognomically
adv
In terms of, or by means of, chirognomy.
chiromegaly
chiromegaly
noun
Abnormal gigantism of the hands.
cholecystgastrostomy
cholecystogastrostomy
cholecystogastrostomy
noun
(surgery) anastomosis of the gallbladder and the stomach