Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of achromatize.
achromatism
achromatism
noun
(optics) The state or quality of being achromatic; achromaticity.
Achromatopia.
The state of being free of colors, not emitting or separating into colors.
achromatium
achromatize
achromatize
verb
(transitive) To deprive of colour; to make achromatic.
(transitive) To remove chromatic aberration from an optical system
acrostichum
adiamorphic
adiaphorism
adiaphorism
noun
The belief that certain religious doctrines or ceremonies are indifferent, i.e. do not matter.
admonishers
admonishers
noun
plural of admonisher
algorithmic
algorithmic
adj
(mathematics, computing) Of, relating to, or being an algorithm.
allomorphic
allomorphic
adj
Pertaining to allomorphism or to allomorphs.
almonership
almonership
noun
The rank or office of an almoner.
amaranthoid
amenorrheic
amenorrheic
adj
Alternative spelling of amenorrhoeic
amorphinism
amorphinism
noun
withdrawal symptoms from morphine
amphibryous
amphichroic
amphichroic
adj
(chemistry) Exhibiting or producing two colours, as substances which may change red litmus to blue and blue litmus to red.
amphichrome
amphichromy
amphidromia
amphidromia
noun
An ancient Greek postnatal festive ceremony.
amphidromic
amphidromic
adj
Alternative form of amphidromical
Alternative form of amphidromous
Relating to a tidal node
amphierotic
amphigories
amphigories
noun
plural of amphigory
amphigouris
amphikaryon
amphimorula
amphiprotic
amphiprotic
adj
(chemistry) Able to both donate and accept a proton, and thus able to react both as an acid and a base; amphoteric.
amphithuron
amphithyron
amphitropal
amphitropal
adj
(botany) Having the ovule inverted, but with the attachment near the middle of one side; half anatropous.
amphivorous
amphoricity
amphoricity
noun
(rare) The quality of being amphoric.
amphoriskoi
amphoriskos
amyotrophia
amyotrophia
noun
Alternative form of amyotrophy
amyotrophic
amyotrophic
adj
(medicine) Characterized by amyotrophy (atrophy of the muscles)
anachronism
anachronism
noun
A chronological mistake; the erroneous dating of an event, circumstance, or object. [from 17th c.]
A person or thing which seems to belong to a different time or period of time. [from 19th c.]
The aberrant projection of the present onto the past.
anamorphism
anamorphism
noun
(computer science) a generalization of the list-producing unfolds known from functional programming to arbitrary abstract data types that can be described as final coalgebras
anchoretism
anchoretism
noun
The practice or mode of life of an anchorite.
anchoritism
anemochoric
anemochoric
adj
anemochorous
anguimorpha
anhydroxime
antheriform
antheriform
adj
Shaped like an anther.
antiheroism
antiheroism
noun
(literature) The quality of being an antihero
antihormone
antihormone
noun
(biochemistry) Any material that counteracts the effects of a hormone
antimonarch
aphroditeum
apomorphine
apomorphine
noun
(pharmacology) A crystalline morphine derivative that is a dopamine agonist, used as an emetic and is injected subcutaneously in the form of its hydrochloride C₁₇H₁₇NO₂·HCl·1/2H₂O to treat episodes of immobility associated with advanced Parkinson's disease.
aporrhiegma
archegonium
archegonium
noun
(botany) A multicellular reproductive structure that contains a large, non-motile gamete (egg cell), and within which an embryo will develop.
archimorula
arithmogram
arithmogram
noun
The number obtained by summing the numerical values of the letters of a word.
arthrodymic
arthromeric
atheromasia
atheromasia
noun
(pathology) The presence of atheroma
athyroidism
athyroidism
noun
(pathology) The congenital absence of a thyroid gland or suppression of its function
atmospheric
atmospheric
adj
(painting) Translucent or hazy.
Evoking a particular emotional or aesthetic quality.
Of, relating to, produced by, or coming from the atmosphere.
automorphic
automorphic
adj
(geology) Describing a mineral, in an igneous rock, that is bounded by its own crystal face; euhedral, idiomorphic
(mathematics) Describing a number whose square ends in the number itself; circular
(mathematics) Of or pertaining to automorphy or an automorphism
Marked by automorphism, the ascription to others of one's own characteristics.
auxochromic
auxochromic
adj
Relating to an auxochrome
bachelorism
bachelorism
noun
A manner or peculiarity belonging to bachelors.
Bachelorhood.
behaviorism
behaviorism
noun
An approach to psychology focusing on observable behavior which, generally assuming that behavior is determined by the environment and denying any independent significance for mind, largely ignores any pathophysiological processes which may, or may not, underlie subjective, behavioral phenomena.
bichromated
bichromates
bichromates
noun
plural of bichromate
bichromatic
bichromatic
adj
(mathematics) Describing a graph with edges of two possible colours.
(physics) Describing a spectrometer (or similar instrument or system) capable of analysing two wavelengths at the same time.
bodhidharma
brachiotomy
branchiform
cacomorphia
calathiform
calomorphic
camphoronic
chancriform
chancriform
adj
(pathology) Having the form of a chancre
cheiromancy
cheiromancy
noun
Alternative form of chiromancy
cheirospasm
cheirospasm
noun
(pathology) Any spasm of the muscles of the hand
chilogrammo
chiromancer
chiromancer
noun
One who practices chiromancy; a palm reader.
chiromantic
chiromantic
Adjective
Of or pertaining to chiromancy.
chiromantis
chiromegaly
chiromegaly
noun
Abnormal gigantism of the hands.
chiromyidae
chloramines
chloramines
noun
plural of chloramine
chloranemia
chloranemic
chloriambus
chloroamide
chloroamide
noun
(organic chemistry) Any C-chloro derivative of an amide.
chloroamine
chloroamine
noun
(organic chemistr) Any C-chloro derivative of an amine
choirmaster
choirmaster
noun
the musical director of a choir, who conducts performances and supervises rehearsal
choreomania
choreomania
noun
Synonym of tarantism (“dance mania; dance epidemic”)
choriambize
chrismation
chrismation
noun
(ecclesiastical) In general, the act of applying chrism, or consecrated oil.
(ecclesiastical) The sacrament of applying chrism to complete baptism in the Orthodox and Eastern Catholic churches.
chrismatory
chrismatory
noun
A globular ampulla or jar used to hold chrism.
Part of a church set aside for the rite of confirmation.
christogram
christogram
Noun
A monogram that forms an abbreviation for the name of Jesus Christ, traditionally used as a Christian symbol, such as the chi-rho (
chromamamin
chromammine
chromammine
noun
(inorganic chemistry) An ammine of chromium
chromatical
chromatical
adj
(obsolete) chromatic
chromatinic
chromatinic
adj
Of or pertaining to chromatin
chromatosis
chromatosis
noun
(medicine) Pigmentation, especially unusual pigmentation of human or animal tissue.
Excessive pigmentation of tissue that normally is pigmented.
Pigmentation of tissue that normally is not pigmented.
chromaturia
chromaturia
noun
(pathology) Any abnormal colouration of the urine
chromididae
chrominance
chrominance
noun
The signal used in video systems to convey the picture's colour information, separately from the accompanying luma signal.
cinemograph
cinemograph
noun
(historical) An integrating anemometer.
coharmonize
cologarithm
cologarithm
noun
(mathematics) The logarithm of the reciprocal of a number (equal to the negative of the original logarithm)
comprachico
comprachico
noun
(folklore) A person who deliberately mutilates a growing child in order to induce freakish physical traits.
comradeship
comradeship
noun
The company or friendship of others, or sharing a goal.
creophagism
crithomancy
crithomancy
noun
Divination by interpreting food, usually bread and grain used in sacrifice.
cymographic
cymographic
adj
Of or relating to the cymograph.
demographic
demographic
adj
Of or pertaining to demography.
noun
(chiefly in the plural) A demographic criterion: a characteristic used to classify people for statistical purposes, such as age, race, or gender.
A demographic group: a collection of people sharing a value for a certain demographic criterion.
An individual person's characteristic, encoded for the purposes of statistical analysis.
dermopathic
dermopathic
adj
dermatopathic
diamorphine
diamorphine
noun
(pharmacology) The BAN name for the drug heroin.
diathermous
diathermous
Adjective
Freely permeable by radiant heat.
dichloramin
dichromasia
dichromates
dichromates
noun
plural of dichromate
dichromatic
dichromatic
adj
(biology) occurring or existing in two different ornamentations or colors, typically as a form of sexual dimorphism.
(optics) exhibiting dichroism; dichroic.
(optics) having two hues, either of which may be visible depending on both the concentration of the absorbing substance and the depth or thickness of the medium traversed, such as in pumpkin seed oil. A form of polychromatism.
(pathology) having a form of colorblindness in which only two of the three primary colors can be distinguished
(zoology) having two independent channels for conveying color information in the eye.
having two colors.
dilogarithm
dilogarithm
noun
(mathematics) The form of polylogarithm having a base of two
disharmonic
disharmonic
adj
(Australianist linguistics) Of or relating to a generation that is an odd number of generations distant from a particular person.
Not harmonic.
dithyrambos
dragomanish
dragomanish
adj
(archaic) Resembling or relating to a dragoman.
dromophobia
earthmoving
earthmoving
adj
(construction, not comparable) Designed to move large quantities of earth or rubble for civil engineering or building purposes.
(figuratively, comparable) Of great significance.
echinoderma
euchromatic
euchromatic
adj
Of or pertaining to euchromatin.
euchromatin
euchromatin
noun
(genetics) uncoiled dispersed threads of chromosomal material that occurs during interphase; it stains lightly with basic dyes
filmography
filmography
noun
A selective list of movie titles that share a similar characteristic such as the same genre, the same director, the same actor etc.
fisherwoman
fisherwoman
noun
A woman who fishes.
A woman whose profession is catching fish.
She is a fisherwoman, out on a trawler for days at a time.
foremanship
foremanship
noun
The position of a foreman.
geographism
geographism
noun
The theory that events are influenced by geographical conditions, rather than by people.
gramophonic
gramophonic
adj
Of or pertaining to the gramophone.
graphomania
graphomania
noun
(art) Used as part of the name of various surrealist techniques, e.g., a method in which dots are made at the sites of impurities in a blank sheet of paper, and lines are then made between the dots; see "Entoptic graphomania".
The compulsion to write.
gymnorhinal
hadromerina
haematocrit
haematocrit
noun
(British spelling, physiology) Alternative spelling of hematocrit
haemorrhoid
haemorrhoid
noun
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of hemorrhoid
haemosporid
halomorphic
halomorphic
adj
Of soil: containing enough salt to affect plant growth.
harengiform
harengiform
adj
(rare) herring-shaped
harmoniacal
harmonicism
harmonicism
noun
The quality of being harmonic.
harmonicist
harmonicist
noun
someone who plays a harmonica
harmoniphon
harmoniphon
noun
Alternative form of harmoniphone
harmonising
harmonising
verb
present participle of harmonise
harmonistic
harmonistic
adj
of or pertaining to harmony (in fields other than music)
that reconciles conflicting texts etc.
harmonizers
harmonizers
noun
plural of harmonizer
harmonizing
harmonizing
verb
present participle of harmonize
hebdomarian
heliamphora
helicotrema
helicotrema
noun
(anatomy) The part of the cochlear labyrinth where the scala tympani and the scala vestibuli meet.
hemachrosis
hematocrits
hematocrits
noun
plural of hematocrit
hemeralopia
hemeralopia
noun
(medicine) The inability to see clearly in bright light; day blindness.
(medicine, archaic) Night blindness.
hemeralopic
hemeralopic
adj
(medicine) Unable to see clearly in bright light; day-blind; suffering from hemeralopia.
hemiatrophy
hemiatrophy
noun
(pathology) atrophy that affects only one half of the body