(zoology) Any of the genus Alcyonium of fleshy Alcyonaria, their polyps somewhat resembling flowers with eight fringed rays.
aleuromancy
aleuromancy
noun
divination using flour or related products such as dough or cakes and fortune cookies
allonymous
allonymous
adj
Misattributed: appearing or (especially) knowingly published under the name of a different person from the true author.
allonymously
aluminography
aluminography
noun
The art or process of producing, and printing from, aluminium plates, after the manner of ordinary lithography.
aluminosity
aluminothermy
aluminothermy
noun
(inorganic chemistry) the production of a metal from its oxide by heating it with aluminium
aluminotype
aluminotype
noun
A form of printing plate made of a sheet of aluminium.
ambulomancy
ambulomancy
noun
Any of various forms of divination that involve walking, often in circles.
amphicondylous
amphigenously
amphigenously
adv
In an amphigenous manner.
amuyon
amuyong
amyelencephalous
amygdaloncus
ancylostomum
androdynamous
anisomyodous
anomalously
anomalously
adv
In an anomalous manner.
anomophyllous
anonymous
anonymous
adj
(comparable, figurative) Lacking individuality.
(not comparable) Lacking a name; not named, for example an animal not assigned to any species.
(not comparable) Of unknown name; whose name is withheld
(not comparable) Without any name acknowledged of a person responsible
anonymously
anonymously
adv
In an anonymous manner; without a name.
In an anonymous manner; without individuality.
anonymousness
anonymousness
noun
The state or quality of being anonymous.
anonymuncule
anonymuncule
noun
(obsolete) an insignificant anonymous writer.
anthropomorphously
anthropomorphously
adv
In an anthropomorphous manner; in a manner resembling that of a human.
anticeremoniously
anticommunistically
antiunemployment
antiunemployment
adj
(politics) Opposing or countering unemployment.
antonymous
antonymous
adj
Having an opposite or diametrically opposite meaning.
Of, or being an antonym; antonymic.
apocynum
aponeurotomy
aponeurotomy
noun
(anatomy) dissection of aponeuroses
argumentatory
argumentatory
adj
Synonym of argumentatious
argyranthemous
asymmetranthous
atlantodidymus
aureomycin
aureomycin
noun
(medicine) The drug chlortetracycline, obtained from Streptomyces aureofaciens bacteria.
austromancy
austromancy
noun
Soothsaying, or prediction of events, from observation of the winds or cloud formations.
autodepolymerization
autodynamic
autodynamic
adj
Supplying its own power.
autohemolysin
autohemolysin
noun
(immunology) Any hemolysin produced by the affected person's own body
autohypnotism
autohypnotism
noun
autohypnosis
autoimmunity
autoimmunity
noun
(pathology, immunology) The condition where one's immune system attacks one's own tissues, i.e., an autoimmune disorder.
autonephrectomy
autonomasy
autonomasy
noun
Archaic form of autonomasia.
autonomically
autonomically
adv
In an autonomic manner
With reference to the autonomic nervous system
autonomously
autonomously
adv
In an autonomous or self-governing manner.
autonomy
autonomy
noun
(Christianity, uncountable) The status of a church whose highest-ranking bishop is appointed by the patriarch of the mother church, but which is self-governing in all other respects. Compare autocephaly.
(government, countable) A self-governing country or region.
(mechanics, uncountable) The capacity of a system to make a decision about its actions without the involvement of another system or operator.
(philosophy, uncountable) The capacity to make an informed, uncoerced decision.
(uncountable) The right or condition of self-government; freedom to act or function independently.
autonym
autonym
noun
(linguistics, anthropology) A name used by a group or category of people to refer to themselves or their language, as opposed to a name given to them by other groups.
(taxonomy) An infraspecific name in which the specific epithet is repeated.
A work published under the author's true name.
The true name of a person or other entity, especially an author.
autosymbiontic
autosymnoia
ayuntamiento
ayuntamiento
noun
A corporation or body of magistrates in cities and towns in Spain, corresponding to mayor and aldermen.
ayuntamientos
ayuntamientos
noun
plural of ayuntamiento
benzopyrylium
benzopyrylium
noun
(organic chemistry) An aromatic bicyclic ion or salt containing a benzene ring fused to a pyrylium ion
bishydroxycoumarin
bishydroxycoumarin
noun
(organic chemistry) Synonym of dicumarol
bombycinous
bombycinous
adj
(obsolete) Of the colour of the silkworm; transparent with a yellow tint.
(obsolete) silken; made of silk
(of paper) made of cotton in imitation of parchment.
bonhomously
boroughmongery
boroughmongery
Noun
The practices of a boroughmonger.
bromodeoxyuridine
bromodeoxyuridine
noun
(organic chemistry) A synthetic nucleoside which is an analogue of thymidine; it is commonly used in the detection of proliferating cells in living tissues, where it competes with uridine
bronchomucormycosis
bronchopulmonary
bronchopulmonary
adj
Of or pertaining to both the bronchi and the lungs.
bunnymouth
burdensomely
burdensomely
adv
In a burdensome fashion.
callionymus
calumniatory
calumniatory
adj
Containing calumny; slanderous.
calumniously
calumniously
adv
In the manner of a falsification intended to discredit another.
calycanthemous
campyloneuron
cardiopulmonary
cardiopulmonary
adj
(medicine) Of or pertaining to both the heart and the lungs.
centauromachy
centauromachy
noun
(art) A fight in which centaurs take part; a common theme in ancient relief sculpture.
ceraunomancy
ceraunomancy
noun
(uncommon) Divination by thunder; the use of thunder or lightning to supernaturally gain information.
(uncommon) The magical power of conjuring or controlling thunder or lightning.
ceremoniously
ceremoniously
adv
In a ceremonious manner.
cholecystoduodenostomy
cholecystoduodenostomy
noun
(surgery) anastomosis of the gallbladder and the duodenum
cholecystojejunostomy
cholecystojejunostomy
noun
(surgery) anastomosis of the gallbladder and the jejunum
choledochoduodenostomy
choledochoduodenostomy
noun
(surgery) anastomosis of the common bile duct to part of the duodenum
chrysosplenium
chrysothamnus
cinenchymatous
cinenchymatous
adj
Of or relating to cinenchyma.
cingulectomy
circumgyration
circumgyration
noun
circling, wheeling (around)
rotation, revolution
circumlocutionary
circumlocutionary
adj
(of speech) Evasive, avoiding difficult questions or key points.
Articulated in a roundabout manner; tautological or with repetitive language.
circumnavigatory
circumnavigatory
adj
pertaining to circumnavigation
circumnutatory
circumnutatory
adj
circumnutating; performing or relating to circumnutation
circumpolygon
coenenchymatous
coenenchymatous
adj
Composed of coenenchyme
coharmoniously
collenchymatous
collenchymatous
adj
Relating to collenchyma.
columbyne
columnarity
columnarity
noun
The state or quality of being columnar.
commensurability
commensurability
noun
The quality of being commensurable or commensurate
commensurably
commensurably
adv
In a commensurable manner; so as to be commensurable.
commensurately
commensurately
adv
In a commensurate manner; so as to be equal or proportionate.
With equal measure or extent.
communality
communality
noun
(mathematics) A measure of variance in factor analysis.
The condition of being communal.
The extent to which something is communal.
communally
communally
adv
affecting, by, or on behalf of, a community or group of people
communicability
communicability
noun
The quality of being communicable.
communicably
communicably
adv
In a communicable manner.
communicatively
communicatively
adv
In a communicative manner.
communicatory
communicatory
adj
Whose function is to communicate
communistery
communistically
communistically
adv
In a communistic manner.
communitary
community
community
noun
(Wales, countable) A local area within a county or county borough which is the lowest tier of local government, usually represented by a community council or town council, which is generally equivalent to a civil parish in England.
(countable) A group sharing common characteristics, such as the same language, law, religion, or tradition.
(countable) A residential or religious collective; a commune.
(countable, Internet) A group of people interacting by electronic means for educational, professional, social, or other purposes; a virtual community.
(countable, ecology) A group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other.
(countable, obsolete) Common enjoyment or possession; participation.
(uncountable) The condition of having certain attitudes and interests in common.
(uncountable, obsolete) Common character; likeness.
(uncountable, obsolete) Commonness; frequency.
communitywide
communitywide
adj
Throughout a community.
compendiously
compendiously
adv
In a compendious manner.
compunctionary
compunctiously
compunctiously
adv
With compunction.
computationally
computationally
adv
In a computational manner
Using computation
conchylium
concumbency
condylomatous
condylomatous
adj
Relating to condyloma.
coniothyrium
consumedly
consumedly
adv
(dated, colloquial) deucedly; extremely
In a way that entirely consumes one
consumingly
consumingly
adv
In a consuming manner; so as to consume.
consummately
consummately
adv
In a consummate manner
consummatively
consummatory
consummatory
adj
(biology) Describing any behaviour that has survival value.
Pertaining to consummation; consummative.
consumptively
consumptively
adv
In a consumptive manner.
consumptivity
consumptivity
noun
The quality or degree of being consumptive.
contemporaneously
contemporaneously
adv
In the same period of time.
contemptuously
contemptuously
adv
In a disrespectful or discourteous manner; condescendingly.
conterminously
conterminously
adv
In a conterminous manner
contumaciously
contumaciously
adv
In a contumacious manner.
contumacity
contumacity
noun
Alternative form of contumacy
contumacy
contumacy
noun
(chiefly Christianity and law) Disobedience, resistance to authority.
contumeliously
contumeliously
adv
In a contumelious, insolent manner.
contumely
contumely
noun
Offensive and abusive language or behaviour; scorn, insult.
conumerary
corynebacterium
corynebacterium
noun
Any bacterium, of the genus Corynebacterium, many of which are pathogenic or parasitic.
coryneum
cosmonautically
costopneumopexy
costopulmonary
costopulmonary
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the ribs and the lungs.
cotemporaneously
cotemporaneously
adv
During the same time period.
coterminously
coterminously
adv
In a coterminous manner; ending together.
countercompany
countercompony
countercompony
noun
(heraldry) A checkerboard of two rows of squares in alternating tinctures
countermutiny
countermutiny
noun
Mutiny in response to another mutiny.
countermyth
countermyth
noun
A myth that counters or contradicts another.
countermyths
countermyths
noun
plural of countermyth
counternecromancy
countersympathy
countryman
countryman
noun
(Ireland, traveller) A settled person, as opposed to a traveller.
A country dweller, especially a follower of country pursuits.
Somebody from a certain country.
Somebody from one's own country; a fellow countryman; compatriot.
countrymen
countrymen
noun
plural of countryman
countrywoman
countrywoman
noun
A female compatriot
A woman who lives in the country or has retained country ways.
