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.
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.
achaemenidian
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.
aerodynamical
aerodynamical
adj
Synonym of aerodynamic
africanderism
amidocaffeine
amidocyanogen
aminoacidemia
aminoacidemia
noun
(pathology) The presence of amino acids in the blood
aminoaciduria
aminoaciduria
noun
(medicine) The presence of amino acids in the urine.
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.
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.
benedictinism
brachydontism
cacodaemoniac
cacodaemonial
callionymidae
camaldolesian
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.
celiomyodynia
centropomidae
chiasmodontid
chiasmodontid
noun
(zoology) Any fish in the family Chiasmodontidae.
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
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
circumstanced
circumstanced
adj
(in combination) In the specified situation or circumstances.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of circumstance
cnemidophorus
coenodioecism
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.
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
craniodidymus
credentialism
credentialism
noun
Excessive emphasis on the importance of educational, academic, legal, or regulatory qualifications.
cryptodynamic
cumberlandite
curmudgeonish
cyanogenamide
cyanohermidin
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.
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).
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.
delacrimation
demasculinise
demasculinise
verb
Alternative spelling of demasculinize
demasculinize
demasculinize
verb
To remove the masculine qualities of.
To remove the testicles from
demiflouncing
demioctagonal
demipectinate
democratising
democratising
verb
present participle of democratise
democratizing
democratizing
verb
present participle of democratize
demonological
demonological
adj
Of or pertaining to demonology.
densitometric
densitometric
adj
Obtained by use of a densitometer
Of or pertaining to densitometry
dermatopnagic
dermobranchia
dermonecrotic
dermonecrotic
adj
Relating to dermonecrosis
dermoreaction
deromanticize
deromanticize
verb
(transitive) To strip of romance; to make realistic rather than wishfully ideal.
deterministic
deterministic
adj
(computing, of an algorithm) For a given particular input, always producing the same output through the same sequence of states.
(mathematics, of a Turing machine) Having at most one instruction associated with any given internal state.
(philosophy) Of, or relating to determinism.
(physics, of a system) Having exactly predictable time evolution.
diacromyodian
diamondbacked
dichotomising
dichotomising
verb
present participle of dichotomise
dichotomizing
dichotomizing
verb
present participle of dichotomize
dicyandiamide
dicyandiamide
noun
(organic chemistry) Synonym of cyanoguanidine
dipicrylamine
dipsomaniacal
dipsomaniacal
adj
pertaining to or suffering from dipsomania.
disaffirmance
disaffirmance
noun
(law) Overthrow or annulment by the decision of a superior tribunal.
(law) The act of disaffirming; denial.
discomforting
discomforting
verb
present participle of discomfort
discommission
discommission
verb
(transitive) To deprive of a commission or trust.
discomplexion
discomplexion
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To change the complexion or hue of.
discompliance
discompliance
noun
(obsolete) Failure or refusal to comply.
disconformity
disconformity
noun
(geology) A type of unconformity in which erosion or lack of deposition has occurred between two parallel sedimentary strata.
(religion) nonconformity
discriminable
discriminable
adj
That can be discriminated or distinguished from others
discriminably
discriminably
adv
So as to be discriminable; distinguishably.
discriminated
discriminated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of discriminate
discriminates
discriminates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discriminate
discriminator
discriminator
noun
(marketing) A feature of the seller's offering that differs from a competitor's offering and is important to the buyer in question.
(physics) Any of several electronic devices that convert some property of a signal into an amplitude whose value is proportional to the difference between the value of the input signal and that of a standard.
A person who discriminates or differentiates.
A test or variable, etc. that serves to distinguish between different things.
discussionism
disembocation
disencumbered
disencumbered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disencumber
disharmonical
disharmonical
adj
Alternative form of disharmonic (“not harmonic”)
displacements
displacements
noun
plural of displacement
distemperance
distemperance
noun
(obsolete) distemperature
doctrinairism
doctrinairism
noun
doctrinaire attitudes generally
documentalist
documentalist
noun
A person, especially a librarian, who is an expert in documents and documentation.
documentarian
documentarian
noun
(sometimes attributive, theology) Somebody who advocates the documentary hypothesis.
A person who cares about communication and documentation.
A person who writes software documentation.
A person whose profession is to create documentary films.
documentaries
documentaries
noun
plural of documentary
documentarily
documentarily
adv
By means of documents.
documentarist
documentarist
noun
A maker of documentaries.
documentation
documentation
noun
(computing, mechanical engineering) Documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program.
(non-native speakers' English) A documentary.
(programming) Comments that explain the usage of individual functions, libraries and blocks of code.
Documentary evidence and sources.
Something transposed from a thought to a document; the written account of an idea.
dodecaphonism
dolichocnemic
domesticating
domesticating
verb
present participle of domesticate
domestication
domestication
noun
(translation studies) The act of domesticating a text.
The act of domesticating, or accustoming to home; the action of taming wild animals or breeding plants.
The act of domesticating, or making a legal instrument recognized and enforceable in a jurisdiction foreign to the one in which the instrument was originally issued or created.
domiciliating
domiciliating
verb
present participle of domiciliate
domiciliation
domiciliation
noun
The act of domiciliating.
permanent residence
dosimetrician
dynamitically
dynamomorphic
dysmenorrheic
dysmenorrheic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or experiencing dysmenorrhea.
echinodermata
encyclopedism
encyclopedism
noun
Encyclopedic knowledge or learning.
endolymphatic
endolymphatic
adj
(anatomy) Pertaining to, or containing, endolymph.
endosmometric
endosmometric
adj
Pertaining to, or designed for, the measurement of endosmotic action.