(chemistry) Decomposition of a molecule under the influence of an acid.
acidometry
acidometry
noun
Alternative form of acidimetry
acondylose
acondylose
adj
Alternative form of acondylous
acondylous
acondylous
adj
(anatomy) Without joints; jointless.
acotyledon
acotyledon
noun
(botany) A plant that has no cotyledons, as the dodder and all flowerless plants.
acromyodic
acromyodic
adj
Relating to the acromyodians
adactylous
adactylous
adj
Without claws on the feet (of crustaceous animals).
Without fingers or without toes.
adenectomy
adenectomy
noun
(medicine) The removal of all or part of the adenoid glands by surgery.
adipolytic
adipolytic
adj
(biochemistry) That hydrolyses fat into free fatty acids, especially by the action of enzymes
advocatory
advocatory
adj
Characteristic of an advocate.
anchylosed
anchylosed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anchylose
ancylopoda
androcracy
androcracy
noun
(government, sociology) Government or rule by men.
androgynic
anhydrotic
anodically
anodically
adv
In an anodic manner.
azocyanide
backwoodsy
backwoodsy
adj
(US) Typical of something or someone from the backwoods
badacsonyi
berycoidea
berycoidei
bicondylar
bicondylar
adj
Involving two condyles.
biodynamic
biodynamic
adj
(Anthroposophy, agriculture, pseudoscience) Of, or relating to a form of organic agriculture with mystical and holistic elements, based on the teachings of Rudolf Steiner.
(New Age, psychoanalysis, pseudoscience) Of, or relating to a form of psychotherapy, massage and energy healing developed by Gerda Boyesen in Norway in the 1950s.
Of, or relating to the effects of motion on living things.
bombycidae
bostrychid
bostrychid
noun
Misspelling of bostrichid.
brachydome
brachydome
noun
(crystallography) A dome parallel to the shorter lateral axis.
brachydont
brachydont
adj
Having low-crowned, short teeth.
noun
(zoology) Any organism with brachydont teeth.
bradytocia
bromhydric
byproducts
byproducts
noun
plural of byproduct
cacodylate
cacodylate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of cacodylic acid
verb
To react or to treat with cacodylic acid
calydonian
candyfloss
candyfloss
noun
Alternative spelling of candy floss
canyonside
canyonside
noun
The side of a canyon, typically a residential one
cardiatomy
cardiology
cardiology
noun
(medicine) The study of the structure, function, and disorders of the heart.
cardiotomy
cardiotomy
noun
(surgery) The procedure of making an incision in the heart.
cattyphoid
cecidology
cecidology
noun
Study of plant galls.
celiodynia
chalcedony
chalcedony
noun
A form of fine-grained quartz that is nearly transparent or has a milky translucence; it fractures conchoidally.
chardonnay
chardonnay
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Chardonnay
cheiropody
cheiropody
noun
Archaic form of chiropody.
chelydroid
chlorodyne
chlorodyne
noun
A narcotic drug, made from chloroform, morphia and other substances.
chordotomy
chordotomy
noun
(surgery) Alternative spelling of cordotomy
chrysaloid
chrysaloid
adj
Resembling a chrysalis.
cladophyll
cladophyll
noun
(botany) A phyllode
cleidotomy
cleidotomy
noun
(obstetrics) Intentional fracturing of the clavicle of a fetus for the management of shoulder dystocia during vaginal delivery .
cloddishly
cloddishly
adv
In a cloddish manner.
cloudberry
cloudberry
noun
A species of slow-growing bramble, Rubus chamaemorus.
The fruit of these plants.
cloudology
cloyedness
cloyedness
noun
The condition of being cloyed
coccydynia
coccydynia
noun
(pathology) pain in the coccyx
cockabondy
cockabondy
noun
(fishing, dated) An angler's artificial fly.
cockeyedly
cockeyedly
adv
In a cockeyed manner.
cockneydom
cockneydom
Noun
The region or home of Cockneys; Cockneys collectively.
codfishery
codfishery
noun
A fishery specifically dealing with cod.
codicology
codicology
noun
The study of codices (early handwritten books).
coemployed
coidentity
coidentity
noun
(category theory) The identity element of a cogroup.
coldturkey
collotyped
colymbidae
combinedly
combinedly
adv
In combination; jointly
commandery
commandery
noun
(historical) Any of various administrative divisions of imperial China.
(historical) The smallest division of a manor under the control of a commander of an order of knights, originally only the Knights Hospitaller.
A chapter of a secret order, especially the Knights Templar (order affiliated with Freemasonry).
composedly
composedly
adv
In a composed manner.
concededly
concededly
Adverb
admittedly
concordity
condensary
condensary
noun
Alternative spelling of condensery
condensery
condensery
noun
(US) A place in which condensed milk is manufactured
condensity
condignity
condignity
noun
The condition of being condign; merit or worthiness
conducibly
conducibly
adv
In a conducible manner; so as to promote.
conductory
conductory
adj
Able to conduct (electricity, etc.)
condylarth
condylarth
noun
Any of a group of extinct placental mammals, early ungulates, known from the Paleocene and Eocene epochs.
condylomas
condylomas
noun
plural of condyloma
condylopod
confidency
confidency
noun
Dated form of confidence.
confinedly
confusedly
confusedly
adv
In a confused manner.
conhydrine
conhydrine
noun
(organic chemistry) A vegetable alkaloid, C₈H₁₇NO, found with conine in the poison hemlock (Conium maculatum).
conoidally
conoidally
adv
In a conoidal manner.
consumedly
consumedly
adv
(dated, colloquial) deucedly; extremely
In a way that entirely consumes one
convexedly
convexedly
adv
In a convex form; convexly.
copycatted
copycatted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of copycat
copyholder
copyholder
noun
(dated, publishing) A device that holds copy in place for typesetting.
(dated, publishing) A person who holds copy and reads it aloud to a proofreader, who checks the typeset text against it.
(historical) A person who rents land under the copyhold system.
copyreader
copyreader
noun
One who copyreads.
cordiality
cordiality
noun
A friendly utterance.
The quality of being cordial.
to exchange cordialities with people
cordlessly
cordlessly
adv
Without the use of an electrical cord.
corduroyed
corduroyed
adj
Dressed in corduroy.
Having a ribbed pattern, like corduroy.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of corduroy
cordycepin
cordycepin
noun
(biochemistry, organic chemistry) A deoxy form of adenosine.
corrodiary
corydaline
corydaline
noun
(biochemistry) A bioactive isoquinoline alkaloid.
coryphodon
cotyledons
cotyledons
noun
plural of cotyledon
cotyloidal
countywide
countywide
adj
Occurring or extending throughout a county
adv
Throughout a county.
courtyards
courtyards
noun
plural of courtyard
crocodylus
crymodynia
cryohydric
cryohydric
adj
(physics) Describing the eutectic point of a solution of salt in water.
cryptodira
cryptodire
cryptodire
noun
(zoology) Any member of the Cryptodira, the taxonomic suborder of Testudines that includes most living tortoises and turtles.
crystallod
cyanoderma
cycadiform
cyclodiene
cyclodiene
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of a class of chlorinated polycyclic insecticides derived from cyclopentadiene
cycloidean
cycloidian
cycloidian
noun
(zoology) cycloid
cyclopedia
cyclopedia
noun
Alternative spelling of cyclopaedia
cyclopedic
cyclopedic
adj
Belonging to the circle of the sciences, or to a cyclopedia; of great range, extent, or amount.
cylindroid
cylindroid
noun
(geometry) A certain three-dimensional surface described by a moving straight line, used to illustrate the motions of a rigid body and the forces that act upon it.
(geometry) A cylinder with elliptical cross-section.
(medicine) A ribbon-like mucous cast frequently found in the urine in cases of mild irritation of the kidney.
cylindroma
cylindroma
noun
A tumor with nests of cells that resemble a cylinder in cross section.
cynipidous
cynipoidea
cynodictis
cynodontia
cynopodous
cynorrhoda
cystodynia
cystoidean
cystoidean
noun
(zoology) A cystidean.
cytioderma
dacryocele
dacryocele
noun
(embryology, ophthalmology) Synonym of dacryocystocele
dacryocyst
dacryocyst
noun
(anatomy, ophthalmology) The lacrimal sac.
dacryolite
dacryolith
dacryolith
noun
(ophthalmology) A concretion of material in a lacrymal or nasal duct.
dacyorrhea
dasyprocta
daunomycin
daunomycin
noun
(pharmacology) Alternative form of daunorubicin.
decagynous
decagynous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Decagynia; having ten styles.
decastylos
declomycin
decoratory
decoratory
adj
Relating to, or employing, decoration; decorative; ornamental.
decorously
decorously
adv
In a decorous manner.
decryption
decryption
noun
The process reversing an encryption, i.e. the process which converts encrypted data into its original form.
dedicatory
dedicatory
adj
Of or pertaining to dedication.
noun
A dedication.
descensory
descensory
noun
A vessel used in alchemy to extract oils.
despoticly
despoticly
adv
Archaic form of despotically.
detractory
detractory
adj
(now rare) That detracts from something; disparaging, depreciatory.
dicaeology
dicaryotic
dichromasy
dichromasy
noun
Alternative spelling of dichromacy
dicotylous
dicotylous
adj
dicotyledonous
dictionary
dictionary
noun
(by extension) Any work that has a list of material organized alphabetically; e.g., biographical dictionary, encyclopedic dictionary.
(computing) An associative array, a data structure where each value is referenced by a particular key, analogous to words and definitions in a dictionary (sense 1).
(preceded by the) A synchronic dictionary of a standardised language held to only contain words that are properly part of the language.
A reference work with a list of words from one or more languages, normally ordered alphabetically, explaining each word's meanings (senses), and sometimes also containing information on its etymology, pronunciation, usage, semantic relations, and translations, as well as other data.
verb
(intransitive, rare) To compile a dictionary.
(transitive) To add to a dictionary.
(transitive) To look up in a dictionary.
dictyonema
dictyonina
dictyonine
dictyosome
dictyosome
noun
(cytology) A plant organelle that is functionally equivalent to the Golgi apparatus in animal cells.
dicyanogen
dicyanogen
noun
(dated, organic chemistry) cyanogen
dicynodont
dicynodont
noun
A member of the Dicynodontia, an extinct group of therapsids.