An instrument like an endoscope, for use in abdominoscopy.
abdominoscopy
abdominoscopy
noun
(medicine) Examination of the abdomen to detect abdominal disease, using an endoscope.
abranchialism
abranchialism
noun
The condition of being without gills.
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).
acclimatation
acclimatation
noun
(rare) Acclimatization.
acclimatement
acclimatement
noun
(rare) acclimation
acclimatising
acclimatising
verb
present participle of acclimatise
acclimatizing
acclimatizing
verb
present participle of acclimatize
accombination
accombination
noun
(rare) A combining together.
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.
accompaniment
accompaniment
noun
(music) A part, usually performed by instruments, that gives support or adds to the background in music, or adds for ornamentation; also, the harmony of a figured bass.
That which accompanies; something that attends as a circumstance, or which is added to give greater completeness to the principal thing, or by way of ornament, or for the sake of symmetry.
accomplishing
accomplishing
verb
present participle of accomplish
accouchements
accouchements
noun
plural of accouchement
accountrement
accouterments
accouterments
noun
plural of accouterment
accoutrements
accoutrements
noun
plural of accoutrement
accumulations
accumulations
noun
plural of accumulation
accustomation
accustomation
noun
The process of becoming accustomed to something; habituation.
accustomizing
accustomizing
verb
present participle of accustomize
acetaminophen
acetaminophen
noun
(Canada, US) A white crystalline compound used in medicine as an anodyne to relieve pain and reduce fever.
acetomorphine
acetomorphine
noun
heroin
achaemenidian
achromatising
achromatising
verb
present participle of achromatise
achromatizing
achromatizing
verb
present participle of achromatize
ackermanville
acquiescement
acrimoniously
acrimoniously
adv
In an acrimonious manner; with acrimony.
acronymically
acronymically
adv
In an acronymic way; in such a way as to form an acronym.
actiniochrome
actiniochrome
noun
A red to violet pigment present in some Actinozoa
actiniomorpha
actinodromous
actinodromous
adj
(botany) having palmate veins
actinometricy
actinomorphic
actinomorphic
adj
(botany, of a flower) Having its petals arranged in a radially symmetric fashion.
actinomycetal
actinomycetal
adj
Of or relating to the Actinomycetales, an order of Actinobacteria.
actinomycosis
actinomycosis
noun
(pathology) An infectious bacterial disease of cattle and swine, sometimes transmitted to man, characterized by the formation of painful abscesses in the mouth, lungs, or gastrointestinal tract, caused by Actinomyces israelii, Actinomyces gerencseriae, and Propionibacterium propionicum.
actinomycotic
actinomycotic
adj
Of or pertaining to actinomycosis.
actinomyxidia
actinotoxemia
actinouranium
actinouranium
noun
Alternative spelling of actino-uranium
adenoidectomy
adenoidectomy
noun
(surgery) Surgical removal of the adenoids, or of adenoid growths in the nasopharynx; commonly performed along with tonsillectomy.
adenosarcomas
adiathermancy
adiathermancy
noun
(obsolete) A resistance to the flow of heat.
adrenalectomy
adrenalectomy
noun
(surgery) The removal of one or both adrenal glands, usually advised for patients with tumours in those glands.
aeolharmonica
aeolharmonica
noun
(music, obsolete) A form of harmonium.
aerodynamical
aerodynamical
adj
Synonym of aerodynamic
aeromaechanic
aeromechanics
aeromechanics
noun
(physics) The branch of mechanics that deals with the motion of gases; it comprises aerostatics and aerodynamics
plural of aeromechanic
africanderism
agronomically
agronomically
adv
With reference to agronomics
aircraftwoman
aircraftwoman
noun
A female aircraftman.
albuminoscope
alcoholomania
alcoholomania
noun
(dated) alcohol addiction
alcovinometer
alectoromancy
alectoromancy
noun
Alternative form of alectryomancy
alectryomancy
alectryomancy
noun
A form of divination in which the diviner observes a bird or birds (preferably the white rooster or cockerel) pecking at grain that the diviner has scattered on the ground.
alphanumerics
alphanumerics
noun
plural of alphanumeric
aluminoferric
amarantaceous
amarantaceous
adj
(botany) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the family Amaranthaceae of plants, of which the amaranth is the type.
amaranthaceae
amazonomachia
amblyrhynchus
amelification
americanising
americanistic
americanistic
Adjective
Relating to the academic discipline of American studies
americanizing
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.
aminoethionic
aminoglutaric
aminoglutaric
noun
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) Any amino derivative of a glutaric group
amniocentesis
amniocentesis
noun
(medicine) A procedure for obtaining amniotic fluid from a pregnant animal, by inserting a hollow needle through the abdominal wall and into the amniotic sac. Used in diagnosing possible genetic defects and/or obstetric complications.
amphibichnite
amphictyonian
amphictyonies
amphictyonies
noun
plural of amphictyony
amphicyonidae
amphipneustic
amplification
amplification
noun
(electronics) Gain.
(genetics) The using of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for isolating and exponentially amplifying a fragment or sequence of DNA.
(organic chemistry) A procedure used in the nomenclature of complex organic compounds in which the superatoms of a basic structure (a phane) are replaced by cyclic structures (amplificants).
(physics) The act, or result of independently increasing some quantity, especially voltage, power or current.
(translation studies) A translation technique that involves adding content that is not present in the source text to the target text, usually to improve the fluency of the translation.
The act, or result of amplifying, enlarging, extending or adding.
anacromyodian
anathematical
androcephalum
androdioecism
androdioecism
noun
The property of being androdioecious.
anemometrical
anemometrical
adj
Alternative form of anemometric
anglomaniacal
anidiomatical
anidiomatical
adj
(archaic) Not idiomatic.
anisometropic
anisometropic
adj
Relating to anisometropia
announcements
announcements
noun
plural of announcement
anomalistical
anomalistical
adj
Alternative form of anomalistic
antambulacral
antambulacral
adj
(zoology) Away from the ambulacral region.
antecommunion
antecommunion
noun
The part of the Anglican communion liturgy that precedes the consecration of the elements.
anteoperculum
anthelminthic
anthelminthic
adj
Alternative form of anthelmintic
anthracomancy
anthracomancy
noun
Divination by studying burning coals
anthracomarti
anthracometer
anthracometer
noun
An instrument for measuring the amount of carbonic acid in a mixture.
anthropomancy
anthropomancy
noun
divination by the interpretation of human sacrificial entrails.
antiasthmatic
antiasthmatic
adj
antasthmatic
anticalcimine
anticlimactic
anticlimactic
adj
Lacking climax, disappointing or ironically insignificant following of impressive foreshadowing.
anticlinorium
anticlinorium
noun
(geology) A series of parallel anticlinal folds on a regional-scale anticline.
anticommunism
anticommunism
noun
Opposition to communism.
anticommunist
anticommunist
adj
Opposed to the tenets of communism.
noun
One who is opposed to the tenets of communism.
anticosmetics
antidemocracy
antidemocracy
adj
Opposed to democracy.
noun
Opposition to democracy.
antidominican
antiempirical
antiempirical
adj
Going against what is empirically true.
antienzymatic
antienzymatic
adj
That inhibits the action of an enzyme
antihemolytic
antihemolytic
adj
Inhibiting hemolysis
antimacassars
antimacassars
noun
plural of antimacassar
antimachinery
antimachinery
adj
Opposing the use of machinery.
antimechanism
antimechanism
noun
(philosophy) A belief that opposes mechanism.
antimechanist
antimechanist
noun
(philosophy) One who rejects mechanism.
antimedically
antimiasmatic
antimiasmatic
adj
Counteracting a miasma.
noun
A drug or substance that counteracts a miasma.
antimicrobial
antimicrobial
adj
(pharmacology) inhibiting the growth of microbes
(pharmacology) preventing or counteracting the pathogenic action of microbes
(pharmacology) tending to destroy or capable of destroying microbes
noun
an agent that destroys microbes, inhibits their growth, or prevents or counteracts their pathogenic action
antimonarchal
antimonarchic
antimonarchic
adj
(politics) Opposing monarchy.
antimusically
antimysticism
antiochianism
antipragmatic
antipragmatic
adj
(philosophy) Opposing or rejecting pragmatism.
antirheumatic
antirheumatic
adj
(pharmacology) Serving to prevent or counter rheumatism.
noun
(pharmacology) A drug that prevents or counters rheumatism.
antisepticism
antisepticism
noun
(medicine) The use of antiseptics.
antispasmodic
antispasmodic
adj
(pharmacology) Referring to something that suppresses spasms, generally a drug.
(of a matrix) Whose transpose equals its negative (i.e., Mᵀ = −M);
(of a tensor) That changes sign when any two indices are interchanged (e.g., Tᵢⱼₖ = -Tⱼᵢₖ);
(set theory, order theory, of a binary relation R on a set S) Having the property that, for any two distinct elements of S, at least one is not related to the other via R; equivalently, having the property that, for any x, y ∈ S, if both xRy and yRx then x=y.
antrotympanic
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.
archmessenger
archvestryman
argentometric
argentometric
adj
Relating to argentometry.
arithmetician
arithmetician
noun
(now rare) One with expertise in arithmetic; a mathematician.
ascertainment
ascertainment
noun
The act of ascertaining.
aschelminthes
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.
asynchronisms
asynchronisms
noun
plural of asynchronism
autochthonism
autochthonism
noun
The state of being autochthonal.
autocoenobium
autocremation
autocremation
noun
self-immolation
autodecrement
autodecrement
noun
(computing) An automatic decrement.
verb
(computing) To decrement automatically.
autoincrement
autoincrement
noun
(computing) An automatic increment.
verb
(computing) To increment automatically.
automechanism
autonomically
autonomically
adv
In an autonomic manner
With reference to the autonomic nervous system
autopneumatic
autopneumatic
adj
Acting or moving automatically by means of compressed air.