An instrument like an endoscope, for use in abdominoscopy.
abdominoscopy
abdominoscopy
noun
(medicine) Examination of the abdomen to detect abdominal disease, using an endoscope.
academization
academization
noun
Process or action of academizing.
acaridomatium
acarocecidium
acarocecidium
noun
A plant gall caused by an acarid mite
accidentalism
accidentalism
noun
A system of medicine based on belief that symptoms of disease are caused by external factors.
Accidental character or effect.
The belief that events happen by random chance, without cause or purpose.
The belief that outward appearance often contrasts with substance or essence (after Thomas Aquinas).
accommodating
accommodating
adj
Affording, or disposed to afford, accommodation; obliging; helpful.
Pliable; easily corrupted.
verb
present participle of accommodate
accommodation
accommodation
noun
(chiefly Britain, usually a mass noun) Lodging in a dwelling or similar living quarters afforded to travellers in hotels or on cruise ships, or prisoners, etc.
(countable) The application of a writer's language, on the ground of analogy, to something not originally referred to or intended.
(countable, commerce) A loan of money.
(countable, commerce) An accommodation bill or note.
(countable, geology) The place where sediments can make, or have made, a sedimentation.
(countable, law) An offer of substitute goods to fulfill a contract, which will bind the purchaser if accepted.
(countable, medicine) The adjustment of the eye to a change of the distance from an observed object.
(countable, physiology, biology) The adaptation or adjustment of an organism, organ, or part.
(countable, uncountable) A convenience, a fitting, something satisfying a need.
(countable, uncountable) Adjustment of differences; state of agreement; reconciliation; settlement; compromise.
(countable, uncountable) Willingness to accommodate; obligingness.
(countable, uncountable, followed by to) The act of fitting or adapting, or the state of being fitted or adapted; adaptation; adjustment.
(linguistics, sociolinguistics) Modification(s) to make one's way of communicating similar to others involved in a conversation or discourse.
(theology) An adaptation or method of interpretation which explains the special form in which the revelation is presented as unessential to its contents, or rather as often adopted by way of compromise with human ignorance or weakness.
accommodative
accommodative
adj
Supplying with or obliging; accommodating.
acetazolamide
acetazolamide
noun
(pharmacology) A drug that inhibits the enzyme carbonic anhydrase, used in the treatment of glaucoma and epilepsy and as a diuretic (now especially in the prevention of acute mountain sickness).
acetbromamide
achaemenidian
acidimetrical
acidimetrical
adj
Alternative form of acidimetric
actinodromous
actinodromous
adj
(botany) having palmate veins
actinomyxidia
adenoidectomy
adenoidectomy
noun
(surgery) Surgical removal of the adenoids, or of adenoid growths in the nasopharynx; commonly performed along with tonsillectomy.
adiathermancy
adiathermancy
noun
(obsolete) A resistance to the flow of heat.
adipoceriform
adipoceriform
adj
(rare) Having the form or appearance of adipocere.
aerodynamical
aerodynamical
adj
Synonym of aerodynamic
africanderism
amethodically
amethodically
adv
In an amethodical manner.
amidocaffeine
amidocyanogen
amidoguaiacol
aminoacidemia
aminoacidemia
noun
(pathology) The presence of amino acids in the blood
aminoaciduria
aminoaciduria
noun
(medicine) The presence of amino acids in the urine.
ampelidaceous
ampelidaceous
adj
(botany, obsolete) Of or belonging to the Ampelidaceae (now Vitaceae).
amphicyonidae
anacromyodian
androdioecism
androdioecism
noun
The property of being androdioecious.
anidiomatical
anidiomatical
adj
(archaic) Not idiomatic.
antidemocracy
antidemocracy
adj
Opposed to democracy.
noun
Opposition to democracy.
antidominican
antimedically
antispasmodic
antispasmodic
adj
(pharmacology) Referring to something that suppresses spasms, generally a drug.
noun
(pharmacology) A drug that suppresses spasms.
archdogmatist
archimandrite
archimandrite
noun
(ecclesiastical) An honorary title sometimes given to a monastic priest.
(ecclesiastical) The superior of a large monastery, or group of monasteries, in the Orthodox Church.
astrodynamics
astrodynamics
noun
The study of the motion of rockets and other spacecraft usually from Newton's laws of motion and Newton's law of universal gravitation.
atticomastoid
aureocasidium
autoschediasm
autoschediasm
noun
Anything done with little forethought or preparation.
basidiomycete
basidiomycete
noun
(mycology) Any fungus of the phylum Basidiomycota, that produces sexual spores on a basidium.
benedictinism
blackguardism
blackguardism
noun
Blackguardly behaviour or language.
bombycillidae
brachydomatic
brachydontism
brachypyramid
cacodaemoniac
cacodaemonial
callionymidae
camaldolesian
cambridgeport
campephagidae
caprimulgidae
carbodynamite
carbodynamite
noun
A form of dynamite in which charcoal is used as the absorbent
carcinomatoid
carcinomatoid
adj
(medicine) Having an appearance resembling that of carcinomata, often histopathologically.
cardiamorphia
cardiectomize
cardiomalacia
cardiomalacia
noun
(pathology) A softening of the muscular walls of the heart
cardiomegalia
cardiorrheuma
cardiospermum
cardipaludism
catadicrotism
catadicrotism
noun
The quality of being catadicrotic.
cathedraticum
cecidomyiidae
celiomyodynia
centropomidae
chaetosomidae
charadriiform
charadriiform
adj
(ornithology) Belonging to the Charadriiformes.
noun
Any bird of the order Charadriiformes
chiasmodontid
chiasmodontid
noun
(zoology) Any fish in the family Chiasmodontidae.
chlorobromide
chlorobromide
noun
(inorganic chemistry) Any mixed chloride and bromide.
(photography) A photographic paper containing such silver salts; a print made on such paper.
chondriosomal
chondriosomes
chondriosomes
noun
plural of chondriosome
chondrolipoma
chondromucoid
chondromucoid
noun
(obsolete, anatomy) The combination of chondroitin sulfate and collagen fibres that gives cartilage its resilience and flexibility.
chondrosamine
chondrosamine
noun
(dated) galactosamine
chorioadenoma
chorioadenoma
noun
(pathology) An adenoma of the chorion
christmastide
christmastide
Noun
The Christmas season.
The Twelve Days of Christmas.
chromhidrosis
chromhidrosis
noun
(medicine) A rare condition characterized by the secretion of coloured sweat, caused by the deposition of lipofuscin in the sweat glands.
chromidiogamy
chromidiosome
chromoplastid
chromoplastid
noun
(botany) A protoplasmic granule of some other colour than green.
chrysomelidae
cinemelodrama
cinnamylidene
cinnamylidene
noun
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) The divalent radical C₆H₅-CH=CH-CH=
circumdiction
circumduction
circumduction
noun
(Scotland, law) The act of circumducing.
(anatomy) The circular (or, more precisely, conical) movement of a body part, such as a ball-and-socket joint or the eye. It consists of a combination of flexion, extension, adduction, and abduction.
circummundane
circummundane
adj
(chiefly zoology) Existing throughout the world.
circumnutated
circumnutated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of circumnutate
circumrotated
circumrotated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of circumrotate
circumscribed
circumscribed
adj
Limited narrowly; restricted.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of circumscribe
circumstanced
circumstanced
adj
(in combination) In the specified situation or circumstances.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of circumstance
cleidomastoid
cleidomastoid
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the clavicle and the mastoid process
clitoridotomy
clitoridotomy
noun
(surgery) A surgical procedure which reduces the size of the clitoral hood.
cnemidophorus
coenodioecism
comicotragedy
commandeering
commandeering
verb
present participle of commandeer
commandership
commandership
noun
The role of a commander.
commendations
commendations
noun
plural of commendation
committedness
committedness
noun
The state or condition of being committed; commitment.
communitywide
communitywide
adj
Throughout a community.
companionized
companionized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of companionize
compendiously
compendiously
adv
In a compendious manner.
complementoid
complementoid
noun
(biochemistry, dated) An immunological complement that has lost its zymotoxic group, but which still has a receptor site for the hemolysin.
complicatedly
complicatedly
adv
In a complicated manner.
comprehending
comprehending
verb
present participle of comprehend
comradeliness
comradeliness
noun
The state or quality of being comradely.
condemnations
condemnations
noun
plural of condemnation
condiddlement
condominiiums
conductimeter
conductimeter
noun
Alternative form of conductometer
confederatism
confirmedness
confirmedness
noun
The quality of being confirmed.
contemporised
contemporised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of contemporise
contemporized
contemporized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of contemporize
contrabandism
contrabandism
noun
traffic in contraband goods; smuggling
copolymerized
copolymerized
adj
polymerized, along with another compound, to form a copolymer
copperheadism
copperheadism
Noun
The state of being a Copperhead; sympathy in the North for Southern secessionists during the American Civil War.
corallidomous
craniodidymus
credentialism
credentialism
noun
Excessive emphasis on the importance of educational, academic, legal, or regulatory qualifications.
cricoidectomy
cricoidectomy
noun
(surgery) excision of the cricoid cartilage
cryptodynamic
cumberlandite
curmudgeonish
cyanogenamide
cyanohermidin
cycloheximide
cycloheximide
noun
(organic chemistry) An agricultural fungicide produced by the bacterium Streptomyces griseus, widely used in biomedical research.
cyclostomidae
dactyliomancy
dactyliomancy
noun
Alternative form of dactylomancy
damnification
damnification
noun
That which causes damage or loss.
decalcomaniac
decalcomaniac
noun
A person who carries out the decalcomania process.
decalcomanias
decalcomanias
noun
plural of decalcomania
decamethonium
decamethonium
noun
(pharmacology) Synonym of decamethonium bromide.
dechemicalize
decolorimeter
decommissions
decommissions
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decommission
decomposition
decomposition
noun
A biological process through which organic material is reduced to e.g. compost.
The act of taking something apart, e.g. for analysis.
The splitting (of e.g. a matrix, an atom, or a compound) into constituent parts.
decompressing
decompressing
verb
present participle of decompress
decompression
decompression
noun
(medicine) The relief of pressure on a body part by surgery.
A mode of operation of some internal combustion engines which reduces the engine's compression ratio, making it easier to start but significantly increasing fuel consumption.
The process of decompressing.
The restoration to atmospheric pressure of a person who has spent time under higher pressure (such as a diver).
decompressive
decompressive
adj
That decompresses.
decontaminate
decontaminate
verb
(transitive) To remove contamination from (something), rendering it safe.
decriminalize
decriminalize
verb
(transitive) To change the laws so something is no longer a crime.