(medicine) Inducing or increasing absorption (of a drug).
noun
(medicine) Any such medicine that induces absorption.
abstractionism
abstractionism
noun
The creation, principles, or ideals of abstractions, in particular art.
The presentation of ideas in an abstract manner.
abstractionist
abstractionist
adj
Related or tending to abstractionism, particularly art.
noun
(art) Someone who supports or creates abstract art.
An idealist.
abstractitious
abstractitious
adj
(obsolete) Obtained from plants by distillation.
accomplishable
accomplishable
adj
Capable of being accomplished; practicable.
accountability
accountability
noun
(military) The obligation imposed by law or regulation on an officer or other person for keeping accurate record of property, documents, or funds. The person having this obligation may or may not have actual possession of the property, documents, or funds. Accountability is concerned primarily with records, while responsibility is concerned primarily with custody, care, and safekeeping.
An open determination of one's responsibility for something and imposition of consequences.
Good-faith acceptance of one's responsibility for something and of its consequences.
The state of being accountable; liability to be called on to render an account or give an explanation; liability to be held responsible or answerable for something.
acetylbenzoate
achromatizable
actinobaccilli
actinobacillus
actinobacillus
noun
Any bacterium of the genus Actinobacillus.
actinobranchia
actinobranchia
noun
Alternative form of actinobranch
aeroballistics
aeroballistics
noun
The part of ballistics that deals with the interaction of high-speed projectiles with the atmosphere
aerobiological
aerobiological
adj
Pertaining to aerobiology.
aerobiotically
aerobiotically
adv
By means of aerobiosis.
aerobranchiate
agrobiological
agrobiological
adj
of or pertaining to agrobiology
albuminocholia
ambicoloration
amblychromatic
ammonocarbonic
amphibological
amphibological
adj
(linguistics) Grammatically ambiguous.
(rare) of doubtful meaning, ambiguous, quibbling.
antiamboceptor
antiamboceptor
noun
Any substance that counters an amboceptor
antibiotically
antibiotically
adv
By means of antibiotics.
In terms of antibiotic effect.
antitobacconal
aporobranchian
aquintocubital
aquintocubital
adj
Alternative form of aquincubital
arboricultural
arboricultural
adj
Of or pertaining to the care, planting and maintenance of trees.
archbishoprics
archbishoprics
noun
plural of archbishopric
arthrobranchia
aspidobranchia
associableness
associableness
noun
The state or quality of being associable.
autobiographic
autobiographic
Adjective
Of or relating to a person's life or an account of a person's life, as told by the subject.
(archaic, medicine) Of bacterial origin or causation.
bacteriologies
bacteriologies
noun
plural of bacteriology
bacteriologist
bacteriologist
noun
A microbiologist whose speciality is bacteriology.
bacteriophages
bacteriophages
noun
plural of bacteriophage
bacteriophagia
bacteriophagic
bacteriophagic
adj
Of or pertaining to a bacteriophage.
bacteriophobia
bacteriophobia
noun
An abnormal fear of bacteria
bacteriopsonic
bacteriopsonin
bacterioscopic
bacterioscopic
adj
Of or pertaining to bacterioscopy.
bacteriostasis
bacteriostasis
noun
(biology) A phase in which microbial organisms are prevented from undergoing further cell growth, without being actually killed.
bacteriostatic
bacteriostatic
adj
Of or relating to bacteriostasis or a bacteriostat; inhibiting the growth of bacteria without destroying them.
bacteriotropic
bacteriotropic
adj
Attracted towards, or targeting, bacteria.
bacteriotropin
bacteriotropin
noun
An antibody that makes a specific bacterium more susceptible to phagocytosis
balneotechnics
baloskionaceae
balsaminaceous
balsaminaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Balsaminaceae.
baromacrometer
barometrically
barometrically
adv
By means of a barometer
basidiogenetic
basidiomycetes
basidiomycetes
noun
plural of basidiomycete
bathochromatic
bathochromatic
adj
Alternative form of bathochromic
batrachoididae
batrachophidia
batrachophobia
batrachophobia
noun
Fear of frogs.
batrachoplasty
beatifications
beatifications
noun
plural of beatification
beautification
beautification
noun
Making beautiful, beautifying, improving the appearance of something.
beggiatoaceous
benedictionale
benedictionary
benedictionary
noun
A collected series of benedictions.
benefactorship
benefactorship
noun
The role or status of benefactor.
benzhydroxamic
benzoxycamphor
berberidaceous
berberidaceous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to the family Berberidaceae of barberries.
bibliomaniacal
bibliomaniacal
adj
Having, or pertaining to, a passion for books.
bibliothecaire
bicycloheptane
bicycloheptane
noun
(organic chemistry) Any bicyclic alicyclic hydrocarbon that has seven carbon atoms
(organic chemistry) The compound cycloheptylcycloheptane
binomenclature
bioclimatician
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).
biogenetically
biogenetically
adv
In a biogenetic manner.
biogeochemical
biogeochemical
adj
Of or pertaining to biogeochemistry
noun
A geochemical of biological origin
biographically
biographically
adv
In the form of a biography.
biomathematics
biomathematics
noun
(biology, mathematics) The application of mathematics to the study of biological systems and processes
biosystematics
biosystematics
noun
(biology, taxonomy) taxonomy based upon statistical data of the evolution of organisms
bitrochanteric
bitrochanteric
adj
(anatomy) Relating to, or connecting, the two trochanters.
blandiloquence
blandiloquence
noun
(archaic) flattery [from 17th c.]
blastodermatic
blastogranitic
blastomycetous
blastophthoric
blepharelcosis
blepharoclonus
blepharoclonus
noun
(medicine) An increase in the frequency or duration of blinking.
blepharoncosis
bolometrically
bolometrically
adv
By means of, or in terms of, bolometry.
borosalicylate
bothriocidaris
brachiocubital
brachiocubital
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the arm and to the elbow or forearm
brachiorrheuma
brachydiagonal
brachydiagonal
adj
Relating to the shorter diagonal, as of a rhombic prism.
noun
The shorter of the diagonals in a rhombic prism.
brachygnathous
brachygnathous
adj
Relating to brachygnathia
brachymetropia
brachymetropia
noun
(pathology) myopia
brachymetropic
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.
brachyprosopic
branchiobdella
branchiogenous
branchiomerism
branchiomerism
noun
(zoology) The state of being formed of branchiate segments.
branchiopodous
branchiosauria
branchiosaurus
branchiostegal
branchiostegal
adj
(zoology) Of or pertaining to the operculum that covers the gill slits of fish
noun
A branchiostegal ray.
branchiostegan
branchiostomid
branchiostomid
noun
(zoology) Any lancelet of the family Branchiostomidae.
branchipodidae
bronchadenitis
bronchiectasis
bronchiectasis
noun
(medicine) Abnormal permanent dilation of the bronchial tubes.
bronchiectatic
bronchiectatic
adj
(medicine) Of, relating to, or affected by bronchiectasis.
bronchodilator
bronchodilator
noun
(medicine) Any drug used to dilate and relax the bronchial passages and ease the flow of air to the lungs
bronchographic
bronchographic
adj
Relating to bronchography.
bronchorrhagia
bronchorrhaphy
brunelliaceous
brunelliaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Brunelliaceae.
buccobranchial
bulbocavernous
bulbocavernous
adj
Relating to the bulbocavernosus
burmanniaceous
burmanniaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the family Burmanniaceae.
cabinetworking
calcaneocuboid
calcaneocuboid
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the calcaneus and the cuboid bone.
calcaneotibial
calcaneotibial
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the calcaneus and the tibia
calyptoblastea
calyptoblastic
camouflageable
camouflageable
adj
Capable of being camouflaged.
cannabinaceous
cannabinaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Cannabinaceae.
carbacidometer
carbacidometer
noun
A instrument used to measure the concentration of carbon dioxide in the air
carbohydrazide
carbohydrazide
noun
(organic chemistry) Any N,N'-diamino derivative of urea
carboxydomonas
carbunculation
carbunculation
noun
(rare) The blasting of something, by excessive heat or cold.
cerebrocardiac
cerebrocardiac
adj
Relating to the brain and heart.
cerebromalacia
cerebromalacia
noun
(medicine) Abnormal softening of cerebral parenchymal tissue, often secondary to an ischaemic event.
cerebrospinant
cervicobasilar
cervicobasilar
adj
Relating to the neck and the base of the skull.
charlottenburg
checkerboarded
checkerboarded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of checkerboard
cheimatophobia
chondrofibroma
chondrofibroma
noun
(pathology) A cartilaginous fibroma
chromatophobia
chromatophobia
noun
(cytology) resistance to staining
chrometophobia
chrometophobia
noun
Fear of money.
cibophobiafood
claustrophobia
claustrophobia
noun
The fear of closed, tight places.
claustrophobic
claustrophobic
adj
(psychology) Suffering from claustrophobia; being scared of being enclosed in a confined space.
Cramped and confined, so as to induce claustrophobia.
noun
Someone with claustrophobia
cobaltinitrite
cobaltinitrite
noun
(inorganic chemistry) The trivalent complex anion Co(NO₂)₆³⁻ (hexanitritocobaltate(III)), or any salt containing this anion