A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, the result of incomplete combustion of organic matter at high temperatures, found in grilled meats, tobacco smoke, etc.
benzopyran
benzopyran
noun
(organic chemistry) Either of two isomeric bicyclic heterocycles consisting of a benzene ring fused to that of pyran, but especially 2-benzopyran
benzopyranyl
benzopyrazolone
benzopyrene
benzopyrene
noun
(organic chemistry) A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (having five fused benzene rings) that is both mutagenic and carcinogenic
benzopyrylium
benzopyrylium
noun
(organic chemistry) An aromatic bicyclic ion or salt containing a benzene ring fused to a pyrylium ion
benzothiopyran
benzothiopyran
noun
(organic chemistry) A bicyclic heterocycle consisting of a benzene ring fused to that of thiopyran
benzoxycamphor
benzoxyphenanthrene
blepharosphincterectomy
blepharosyndesmitis
blepharosynechia
boanthropy
boanthropy
noun
(psychiatry) The delusion that one is an ox or cow.
bopyridian
borghalpenny
borophenylic
brachycephalization
brachycephalization
noun
Modification to a brachycephalic form
brachypinacoid
brachypinacoid
noun
(crystallography) A plane of an orthorhombic crystal which is parallel both to the vertical axis and to the shorter lateral (brachydiagonal) axis.
brachypinacoidal
brachypinacoidal
adj
Of or relating to a brachypinacoid.
brachypodine
bradypnoea
bradypnoea
noun
Alternative form of bradypnea
brochophony
bronchoegophony
bronchoesophagoscopy
bronchoesophagoscopy
noun
Visual exam of bronchi and esophagus with scope.
bronchography
bronchography
noun
radiography of the bronchus, involving the use of contrast
bronchopathy
bronchopathy
noun
(medicine) Any disease of the bronchi.
bronchophony
bronchophony
noun
(pathology) A modification of the voice sounds observed in auscultation of the chest; used as a diagnostic test
bronchoplasty
bronchoplasty
noun
(surgery) repair of a bronchus
bronchopleurisy
bronchopulmonary
bronchopulmonary
adj
Of or pertaining to both the bronchi and the lungs.
bronchorrhaphy
bronchoscopically
bronchoscopically
adv
In a bronchoscopic way.
bronchoscopy
bronchoscopy
noun
(medicine) A technique for viewing the bronchi using a flexible instrument called a bronchoscope.
bronchotyphoid
bronchotyphus
brontoscopy
brontoscopy
noun
divination by thunder
buccopharyngeal
buccopharyngeal
adj
Relating to the buccopharynx
Relating to, or connecting the mouth and pharynx
comprehensibility
comprehensibility
noun
The characteristic of being comprehensible; clarity.
comprehensibly
comprehensibly
adv
In a comprehensible manner.
cryptobranch
cryptobranch
noun
Any limpet of the genus Cryptobranchia
cryptobranchia
cryptobranchiata
cryptobranchiate
cryptobranchiate
adj
(zoology) Having concealed or rudimentary gills.
cryptobranchidae
cryptobranchus
deoxyribonucleoprotein
deoxyribonucleoprotein
noun
(biochemistry) The complex of DNA and protein in which DNA is usually found upon cell disruption and isolation.
desoxyribonucleoprotein
dibenzopyrrole
disproportionably
disproportionably
adv
in a disproportionable manner.
dryobalanops
epembryonic
glossolabiopharyngeal
hornblendophyre
hydrobiplane
hydrobiplane
noun
(aviation, dated) A hydroaeroplane having two supporting planes.
hyperabsorption
hyperabsorption
noun
An abnormally high level of absorption.
hyperalbuminosis
hyperalbuminosis
noun
Severe albuminosis
hyperanabolic
hyperanabolism
hyperbarbarousness
hyperbaton
hyperbaton
noun
(grammar) An inversion of the usual or logical order of words or phrases, for emphasis or poetic effect.
(rhetoric) Adding a word or thought to a sentence that is already semantically complete, thus drawing emphasis to the addition.
hyperbatons
hyperbatons
noun
plural of hyperbaton
hyperbolaeon
hyperbolaeon
noun
(music) The highest tetrachord.
hyperbolizing
hyperbolizing
verb
present participle of hyperbolize
hyperborean
hyperborean
adj
Pertaining to the extreme north of the earth, or (usually jocular) to a specific northern country or area.
noun
(Greek mythology) One of a race of people living in the extreme north, beyond the north wind.
(usually humorous) Any person living in a northern country, or to the north.
hyperboreans
hyperboreans
noun
plural of hyperborean
hyperdiabolicalness
hyperhemoglobinemia
hyperhemoglobinemia
noun
(pathology) An abnormally high level of hemoglobin in the blood
hypermonosyllable
hypermonosyllable
noun
(prosody) A word of multiple syllables, such as "power", when presented (e.g. in poetry) as having only one syllable.
hyperobtrusiveness
hyperthrombinemia
hyperthrombinemia
noun
An abnormally high level of thrombin in the blood.
hypobranchial
hypobranchial
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the segment between the basibranchial and the ceratobranchial in a branchial arch.
noun
(anatomy) A bone or cartilage of this kind.
hypobranchiate
impardonably
impardonably
adv
(obsolete) unpardonably
imponderability
imponderability
Noun
The state or characteristic of being imponderable.
imponderably
imponderably
adv
In an imponderable manner.
impressionability
impressionability
noun
The quality of being impressionable.
impressionably
impressionably
adv
In an impressionable manner.
inapproachability
inapproachability
noun
The quality of being inapproachable.
inapproachably
inapproachably
adv
In an inapproachable manner.
incomparability
incomparability
noun
(countable) The extent to which something is incomparable
(uncountable) The condition of being incomparable
incomparably
incomparably
adv
In an incomparable manner.
incomprehensibility
incomprehensibility
noun
(countable) Something that cannot be understood.
(uncountable) The condition of being incomprehensible.
incomprehensibly
incomprehensibly
adv
In an incomprehensible manner.
incompressibility
incompressibility
noun
(physics) The bulk modulus or modulus of incompressibility, measured in either electron volts or dynes per square centimeter.
The quality of being incompressible, of not compressing under pressure
incompressibly
incopresentability
incorruptibility
incorruptibility
noun
The condition of being incorruptible; honesty.
The condition of never decaying or decomposing (especially, as ascribed to the bodies of holy people in Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christianity).
incorruptibly
incorruptibly
adv
In an incorruptible manner.
inoperability
inoperability
noun
The quality or state of being inoperable.
insupportably
insupportably
adv
In an insupportable manner.
interresponsibility
interresponsibility
noun
Responsibility for each other.
irresponsibility
irresponsibility
noun
The character or state of being irresponsible; lack of or freedom from responsibility; want of accountability.
irresponsibly
irresponsibly
adv
In an irresponsible manner; so as to be irresponsible.
labioglossopharyngeal
labioglossopharyngeal
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the lips, tongue and pharynx
labiopharyngeal
laryngostroboscope
laryngostroboscope
noun
An instrument used to observe the vibration of the vocal chords during speech or singing
lymphangiofibroma
mandibulopharyngeal
mandibulopharyngeal
adj
Relating to the mandible and the pharynx.
newburyport
nonapprehensibility
nonapproachability
nonautobiographically
nonbiographically
noncomprehensiblely
noncompressibility
noncompressibility
noun
The condition of being noncompressible
noncorruptibility
noncorruptibly
nonhydrophobic
nonhydrophobic
adj
Not hydrophobic
nonhyperbolic
nonhyperbolic
adj
(mathematics) Not hyperbolic.
nonhyperbolical
nonhyperbolically
nonimpressionability
noninterpretability
nonopprobriously
nonparabolically
nonpenetrability
nonpenetrability
noun
The condition of being nonpenetrable
nonpenetrably
nonperceivably
nonperceptibility
nonperceptibly
nonperfectibility
nonpermeability
nonpermeability
noun
The property of being nonpermeable.
nonpermissibility
nonpermissibly
nonponderability
nonportability
nonportability
noun
The condition of being nonportable
nonportrayable
nonpracticability
nonpracticably
nonpreferability
nonpreferably
nonpresbyter
nonpresentability
nonpresentably
nonprobability
nonprobability
adj
Of or relating to a form of sampling in which the population is sampled not randomly but according to deliberate criteria.