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).
accommodately
accommodately
adv
(rare) suitably; fitly
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.
accommodators
accommodators
noun
plural of accommodator
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
acidimetrical
acidimetrical
adj
Alternative form of acidimetric
actinodromous
actinodromous
adj
(botany) having palmate veins
actinomyxidia
adamantoblast
adamantoblast
noun
(obsolete) ameloblast
additamentary
adenoidectomy
adenoidectomy
noun
(surgery) Surgical removal of the adenoids, or of adenoid growths in the nasopharynx; commonly performed along with tonsillectomy.
adenometritis
adhesivemeter
adhesivemeter
noun
An instrument for measuring the adhesive qualities of a substance.
adiathermancy
adiathermancy
noun
(obsolete) A resistance to the flow of heat.
admeasurement
admeasurement
noun
Apportionment.
admensuration
admensuration
noun
admeasurement
administerial
administerial
adj
Of or pertaining to administering or administration.
administering
administering
noun
administration
verb
present participle of administer
administrable
administrable
adj
Able to be administered
administrants
administrants
noun
plural of administrant
administrated
administrated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of administrate
administrates
administrates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of administrate
administrator
administrator
noun
(computing) One who is responsible for software installation, management, information and maintenance of a computer or network
(law) A person who manages or settles the estate of an intestate, or of a testator when there is no competent executor; one to whom the right of administration has been committed by competent authority
One who administers affairs; one who directs, manages, executes, or dispenses, whether in civil, judicial, political, or ecclesiastical affairs; a manager
adminstration
admissability
admissability
noun
The state or quality of being admissable or allowable.
admissibility
admissibility
noun
The state or quality of being admissible or allowable.
admonishments
admonishments
noun
plural of admonishment
admonitionist
admonitionist
noun
One who admonishes, or believes in a policy of doing so.
admortization
admortization
noun
(law) In feudal law, the reducing of lands or tenements to mortmain.
adrenalectomy
adrenalectomy
noun
(surgery) The removal of one or both adrenal glands, usually advised for patients with tumours in those glands.
adumbratively
adumbratively
adv
In an adumbrative manner
adventurement
adventurement
noun
(obsolete) adventure.
adventuresome
adventuresome
adj
Prone to, or willing to undertake, adventures; daring or bold.
advertisement
advertisement
noun
(card games) In gin rummy, the discarding of a card of one's preferred suit so as to mislead the opponent into thinking you do not want it.
(marketing) A commercial solicitation designed to sell some commodity, service or similar.
(obsolete) Notoriety.
A public notice.
A recommendation of a particular product, service or person.
advertizement
advertizement
noun
Alternative spelling of advertisement
aldosteronism
aldosteronism
noun
(pathology) A condition, marked by excessive secretion of aldosterone, that gives rise to cardiac difficulties
ambidexterity
ambidexterity
noun
Superior cleverness or adaptability.
The property of being equally skillful with each hand.
ambidexterous
ambidexterous
adj
Misspelling of ambidextrous.
amethodically
amethodically
adv
In an amethodical manner.
amidothiazole
amplitudinous
amygdalectomy
amygdalectomy
Noun
Surgical removal of the amygdala.
amygdalopathy
amygdonitrile
anathematised
anathematised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anathematise
anathematized
anathematized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anathematize
anidiomatical
anidiomatical
adj
(archaic) Not idiomatic.
animadverting
animadverting
verb
present participle of animadvert
antidemocracy
antidemocracy
adj
Opposed to democracy.
noun
Opposition to democracy.
antidogmatism
antidogmatism
noun
Opposition to dogma.
antidogmatist
antidominican
antiendowment
antiendowment
adj
Opposing an endowment.
antifeudalism
antifeudalism
noun
(politics) Opposition to a feudal system.
antimediaeval
antimediaeval
adj
Alternative form of antimedieval
antimedically
antimodernism
antimodernism
noun
A movement that opposes modernism.
antimodernist
antimodernist
adj
Opposing modernism.
noun
One who opposes modernism.
antispasmodic
antispasmodic
adj
(pharmacology) Referring to something that suppresses spasms, generally a drug.
noun
(pharmacology) A drug that suppresses spasms.
antivandalism
antivandalism
adj
(law enforcement) Opposing or proscribing vandalism.
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.
armageddonist
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
autodecrement
autodecrement
noun
(computing) An automatic decrement.
verb
(computing) To decrement automatically.
autoimmunized
autoradiogram
autoradiogram
noun
Synonym of autoradiograph
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.
bedragglement
bedragglement
noun
The state of being bedraggled.
befuddlements
befuddlements
noun
plural of befuddlement
belltopperdom
benedictinism
bestsellerdom
bestsellerdom
noun
The quality of having the status of bestseller.
bewilderments
bewilderments
noun
plural of bewilderment
blandishments
blandishments
noun
plural of blandishment
blomstrandine
blomstrandine
noun
(mineralogy) A basic oxide mineral containing a mixture of several rare earths
brachydomatic
brachydontism
bridgehampton
cambridgeport
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.
cardiectomize
catadicrotism
catadicrotism
noun
The quality of being catadicrotic.
catanadromous
catanadromous
adj
(zoology) Ascending and descending freshwater streams from and to the sea, as the salmon does; anadromous.
cathedraticum
centrodesmose
centropomidae
chaetosomidae
chamberletted
chamberletted
adj
(zoology) Divided into little chambers.
chiasmodontid
chiasmodontid
noun
(zoology) Any fish in the family Chiasmodontidae.
chondromatous
chondromatous
adj
Having or relating to chondromata.
chondroseptum
chondrosteoma
chordacentrum
chordacentrum
noun
The centrum of a vertebra
christmastide
christmastide
Noun
The Christmas season.
The Twelve Days of Christmas.
chromoplastid
chromoplastid
noun
(botany) A protoplasmic granule of some other colour than green.
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.
circumnutated
circumnutated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of circumnutate
circumrotated
circumrotated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of circumrotate
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.
coastguardman
coastguardman
noun
(dated) A coastguard.
comicotragedy
commendations
commendations
noun
plural of commendation
commensurated
commensurated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of commensurate
committedness
committedness
noun
The state or condition of being committed; commitment.
communitywide
communitywide
adj
Throughout a community.
compactedness
compactedness
noun
The state or quality of being compacted.
compartmented
compartmented
adj
Divided into compartments.
Having (a specified type of) compartments.
complementoid
complementoid
noun
(biochemistry, dated) An immunological complement that has lost its zymotoxic group, but which still has a receptor site for the hemolysin.
completedness
completedness
noun
The quality of being completed.
complicatedly
complicatedly
adv
In a complicated manner.
condemnations
condemnations
noun
plural of condemnation
condiddlement
conductimeter
conductimeter
noun
Alternative form of conductometer
conductometer
conductometer
noun
(physics) Any device used to measure conductivity
condylomatous
condylomatous
adj
Relating to condyloma.
confederatism
conglomerated
conglomerated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of conglomerate
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
coredemptress
coredemptress
noun
A female coredeemer.
counterdemand
counterdemand
noun
A demand made in response to another demand.
countermanded
countermanded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of countermand
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
cyclostomidae
dactyliomancy
dactyliomancy
noun
Alternative form of dactylomancy
dactylomegaly
dactylomegaly
noun
(pathology) The presence of enlarged digits
damageability
damageability
noun
The quality or degree of being susceptible to damage.
damnabilities
damnification
damnification
noun
That which causes damage or loss.
deamidization
deaminization
debromination
debromination
noun
(chemistry) Any reaction that removes bromine from a compound
decamethonium
decamethonium
noun
(pharmacology) Synonym of decamethonium bromide.
decelerometer
decelerometer
noun
An instrument for measuring deceleration.
decempunctate
decolorimeter
decompensated
decompensated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of decompensate
decompensates
decompensates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decompensate
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.
decontaminate
decontaminate
verb
(transitive) To remove contamination from (something), rendering it safe.