A calliper used to estimate the amount of internal fat by measuring the thickness of a fold of skin
amboceptor
amboceptor
noun
(obsolete) Synonym of hemolysin
amorphotae
amphiaster
amphiaster
noun
(biology) The achromatic figure, formed in mitotic cell division, consisting of two asters connected by a spindle-shaped bundle of rod-like fibres diverging from each aster.
amphibiety
amphidetic
amphidetic
adj
(biology, of the ligament of some bivalves) That extends in front of, and behind, the beak
amphistome
amphistome
noun
Any trematode of the genus Paramphistomum (previously Amphistoma)
amphithect
amphithere
amphithere
noun
(heraldry) A type of winged serpent
amphitrite
amphitrite
noun
Any polychaete worm of the genus Amphitrite.
amphorette
amphoteric
amphoteric
adj
(chemistry) Having the characteristics of both an acid and a base, and capable of reacting as either; amphiprotic.
amphoterus
amplectant
amplectant
adj
(botany) That clasps a support, especially by twining around it
clasping or embracing
ampliative
ampliative
adj
That broadens conceptual knowledge by adding new information.
amplitudes
amplitudes
noun
plural of amplitude
ampullated
ampullated
adj
ampullate
amputative
amputative
adj
(surgery) That involves amputation
anemopathy
antepartum
antepartum
adj
Describing the period before childbirth; antenatal
antetemple
antetemple
noun
The portico or narthex in an ancient temple or church.
antipewism
antiprimer
apartments
apartments
noun
plural of apartment
apneumatic
apneumatic
adj
(medicine) Devoid of air; free from air, or effected by or with exclusion of air.
(rare) Of or pertaining to the nonexistence of soul or spirit; non-spiritual.
apodematal
apopemptic
apopemptic
adj
Pertaining to departing; farewell, valedictory.
noun
(obsolete) A farewell or parting address.
apophthegm
apophthegm
noun
(UK) Alternative spelling of apothegm
aposematic
aposematic
adj
(zoology, of a coloration or marking) That serves as a warning to predators, as of toxicity, especially falsely.
apostemate
apostemate
verb
To become an aposteme; to pustulate.
apothecium
apothecium
noun
(lichenology & mycology) A type of fructification of some ascomycete fungi, forming cyst structures of various shapes. Often the fungal components of lichens have this sort of fertile structure.
appallment
appallment
noun
(obsolete) depression occasioned by terror; dismay
applotment
applotment
Noun
apportionment
armipotent
armipotent
adj
(obsolete) Powerful in battle.
noun
(poetic, archaic) A powerful combatant.
asepticism
asepticism
noun
(dated) freedom from sepsis; asepsis
aspermatic
aspermatic
adj
That does not produce sperm
assumptive
assumptive
adj
(heraldry, of arms, not comparable) Originally, being arms which a person had a right to assume, in consequence of an exploit; now, those assumed without sanction of the Heralds' College.
Forward or presumptuous.
Held as true or valid without evidence.
asymptotes
asymptotes
noun
plural of asymptote
atmosphere
atmosphere
noun
(figuratively) The apparent mood felt in an environment.
(figuratively) The conditions (such as music, illumination etc.) that can influence the mood felt in an environment.
(television, film, uncountable) Extras in a scene who have no spoken lines.
A unit of measurement for pressure equal to 101325 Pa (symbol: atm)
The air in a particular place.
The gases surrounding the Earth or any astronomical body.
atropamine
attempered
attempered
adj
Having a moderate temperament; sober.
Modified by admixture; well blended.
Of a moderate temperature; mild.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of attemper
attempters
attempters
noun
plural of attempter
attempting
attempting
verb
present participle of attempt
attemptive
attemptive
adj
(obsolete) Disposed to attempt; adventurous.
autocamper
autocamper
noun
One who travels (by automobile) to stay at an autocamp.
baphometic
bitemporal
bitemporal
adj
Of, pertaining to, or joining the two temporal bones
campestral
campestral
adj
Relating to open fields or uncultivated land.
camphorate
camphorate
adj
camphoric
noun
(chemistry) Any salt of camphoric acid.
verb
(transitive) To treat or impregnate with camphor.
campimeter
campimeter
noun
A device used to measure a person's field of vision
campimetry
campimetry
noun
perimetry
campmaster
campmaster
noun
The person in charge of a camp.
camptonite
camptonite
noun
(mineralogy) A lamprophyre containing plagioclase and feldspar.
capitellum
capitellum
noun
(botany, anatomy, arachnology) Synonym of capitulum
carpostome
carpostome
noun
(biology) The opening in the cystocarp of red algae through which the spores are discharged
cetomorpha
champertor
champertor
noun
(law) One guilty of champerty; one who purchases a suit, or the right of suing, and carries it on at his or her own expense, in order to obtain a share of the gain.
chromatype
chromatype
noun
Alternative form of chromotype
compactest
compactest
adj
superlative form of compact: most compact
compactile
compacture
compacture
noun
(obsolete) The fact of being closely put together; compact nature or structure.
compartner
compartner
noun
Obsolete form of copartner.
compatable
compatable
adj
Misspelling of compatible.
compatible
compatible
adj
Able to get along well.
Capable of easy interaction.
Consistent; congruous.
noun
Something that is compatible with something else.
compatient
compatient
adj
(obsolete) suffering or enduring together
compearant
compearant
noun
(Scotland, law) A person who appears in court.
compensate
compensate
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To make up for; to do something in place of something else; to correct, satisfy; to reach an agreement such that the scales are literally or (metaphorically) balanced; to equalize or make even.
To adjust or adapt to a change, often a harm or deprivation.
To do (something good) after (something bad) happens
To pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration.
complacent
complacent
adj
Apathetic with regard to an apparent need or problem.
Uncritically satisfied with oneself or one's achievements; smug.
complanate
complanate
adj
Flattened to a level surface.
verb
(transitive) To make level.
compleated
compleated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of compleat
complicate
complicate
adj
(now rare, poetic) Complex, complicated.
(obsolete) Intertwined.
verb
(transitive) To involve in a convoluted matter.
(transitive) To make complex; to modify so as to make something intricate or difficult.
compositae
compostela
comprobate
comprobate
verb
(obsolete) To agree; to concur.
computable
computable
adj
(computing theory) Of a problem, solvable by a Turing machine or any thereto Turing-equivalent model; Turing-computable.
(mathematics) of a number, able to be approximated to arbitrary precision by a computable function
(mathematics, set theory) Of a countably infinite set, having a computable indicator function.
Capable of being computed, or enumerated.
cryptogame
cryptogame
noun
Alternative form of cryptogam
cryptonema
decampment
decampment
noun
A prompt departure.
The act of decamping.
department
department
noun
(historical) A military subdivision of a country
(in a university) One of the divisions of instructions
(obsolete) Act of departing; departure.
(often in proper names) One of the principal divisions of executive government
A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like.
A part, portion, or subdivision.
A specified aspect or quality.
A territorial division; a district; especially, in France, one of the districts into which the country is divided for governmental purposes, similar to a county in the UK and in the USA. France is composed of 101 départements organized in 18 régions, each department is divided into arrondissements, in turn divided into cantons.
deplumated
deplumated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of deplumate
dermaptera
dermatopsy
dermopathy
dermopathy
noun
(pathology) disease of the skin
dermoptera
desmopathy
desmopathy
noun
disease of the ligaments
despumated
despumated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of despumate
deutoplasm
deutoplasm
noun
(biology) The lifeless food matter in the cytoplasm of an ovum or a cell, as distinguished from the active or true protoplasm; yolk substance.
diparentum
diplomates
diplomates
noun
plural of diplomate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of diplomate
emancipate
emancipate
adj
Freed; set at liberty.
verb
To free from any controlling influence, especially from anything which exerts undue or evil influence
To set free from slavery or bondage; to give freedom to; to manumit
To set free, as a minor from a parent
emancipist
emancipist
noun
(Australia, historical) In penal colonies of early Australia, a convict who had been pardoned for good conduct; sometimes inclusively a convict whose sentence had completed, though one such was more usually called an expiree.
embioptera
emmetropia
emmetropia
noun
The condition of perfect vision, where images are correctly brought to a focus on the retina.
empalement
empalement
noun
Obsolete form of impalement. in particular in botany as a term for the calyx of a flower.
empathetic
empathetic
adj
Showing empathy for others, and recognizing their feelings; empathic.
empathized
empathized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of empathize
empathizes
empathizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of empathize
emphatical
emphatical
adj
emphatic
emphractic
emphractic
adj
(medicine) Having the quality of closing the pores of the skin.
emphyteuta
emplastrum
encampment
encampment
noun
A campsite.
A group of temporary living quarters and/or other temporary structures.
entrapment
entrapment
noun
(chemistry) A method of isolating specific cells or molecules from a mixture, especially by immobilization on a gel.
(law) Action by law enforcement personnel to lead an otherwise innocent person to commit a crime, in order to arrest and prosecute that person for the crime.
The state of being entrapped.
enwrapment
enwrapment
noun
A wrapper or envelope.
The act of enwrapping.
epaulement
epaulement
noun
(ballet) A position in which one shoulder is thrust forward and the other back, and the torso turned at a right angle to the supporting leg.
A barricade of heaped earth for protection from gunfire.
ephraimite
ephraimite
Noun
An of the tribal patriarch a member of the tribe purportedly descended from him, or an inhabitant of the Northern Kingdom of Israel (930–720 B.C.), in which the tribe of Ephraim was preëminent.
epiblemata
epicyemate
episematic
episematic
adj
(zoology, of a coloration or marking) That serves to assist individuals of the same species to identify each other.
epistomata
epistomian
epithalami
epithalamy
epithermal
epithermal
adj
(geology) Describing deposits of minerals formed from warm water at shallow depth
(physics) Describing neutrons of kinetic energy greater than that of thermal motion
epitomator
epitomator
noun
An epitomist
epitomical
epitomical
adj
epitomic
escapement
escapement
noun
(clocks, mechanics) The contrivance in a timepiece (winding wristwatch) which connects the train of wheel work with the pendulum or balance, giving to the latter the impulse by which it is kept in vibration.
A mechanism found in devices such as a typewriter or printer which controls lateral motion of the carriage.
An escape or means of escape.
The number of fish that escape commercial fishing operations and travel upstream to spawn.
escarpment
escarpment
noun
A steep descent or declivity; steep face or edge of a ridge; ground about a fortified place, cut away nearly vertically to prevent hostile approach.
espacement
eupatorium
eupatorium
noun
(botany) Any of the genus Eupatorium of perennial herbs.
extemporal
extemporal
adj
(archaic) Extemporaneous.
foretopman
foretopman
noun
(nautical) A sailor who controls the masts in the foretop.
haematopus
haptometer
haptometer
noun
An instrument for measuring sensitivity to touch, by adding and removing weights that produce pressure.
hecatomped
hemipteral
hemipteral
adj
Of or pertaining to the Hemiptera order; hemipteran.
hemipteran
hemipteran
adj
Of or pertaining to the Hemiptera order; hemipterous
noun
A hemipter.
hemitropal
hemitropal
adj
Of a crystal: having one part in reverse position with reference to the other part; twinned.
hepatomata
hepatotomy
hepatotomy
noun
(surgery) An incision of or into the liver.
heptameron
heptameron
noun
A literary work whose action covers a period of seven days.
heptameter
heptameter
noun
a line or verse containing seven metrical feet
heptasemic
heptasemic
adj
(ancient prosody) containing seven morae or units of time.
heptatomic
heptatomic
adj
(chemistry) Composed of seven atoms
heptatrema
hermatypic
hermatypic
adj
(marine biology) Of a coral that is a species that builds coral reefs
hetmanship
hetmanship
noun
The role or status of hetman.
homeopathy
homeopathy
noun
A system of treating diseases with small amounts of substances which, in larger amounts, would produce the observed symptoms.
homoeopath
homoeopath
noun
Alternative spelling of homeopath
homopteran
homopteran
noun
Any insect of the former hemipteran order Homoptera.
hypaethrum
impackment
impactment
impactment
noun
impaction
impairment
impairment
noun
(accounting) A downward revaluation, a write-down.
A deterioration or weakening
A disability or handicap
The result of being impaired
an inefficient part or factor.
impalement
impalement
noun
(botany) (obsolete) In the sense of an enclosure, the calyx of a flower. In still older works, also spelt empalement (q.v.)
(heraldry) The joining of two coats of arms on one shield.
A space fenced in, such as by palings, possibly in the form of an enclosure or cup.
The act of torturing or executing someone by impaling them on a sharp stake.
impapyrate
imparities
imparities
noun
plural of imparity
impartable
impartable
adj
Capable of being imparted.
impartance
impartance
noun
impartation
impartible
impartible
adj
capable of being imparted or communicated; impartable.
not partible; not subject to partition; indivisible
impartment
impartment
noun
The act of imparting something, or the thing imparted; disclosure.
impatience
impatience
noun
The quality of being impatient; lacking patience; restlessness and intolerance of delays; anxiety and eagerness, especially to begin something.
impatiency
impatiency
noun
(obsolete) Impatience.
imperation
imperation
noun
Synonym of empire
The action of governing or commanding; governance.
imperative
imperative
adj
(computing theory) Having semantics that incorporates mutable variables.
(grammar) Of, or relating to the imperative mood.
Essential; crucial; extremely important.
Expressing a command; authoritatively or absolutely directive.
noun
(countable) An essential action, a must: something which is imperative.
(countable, grammar) A verb in imperative mood.
(uncountable, grammar) The grammatical mood expressing an order (see jussive). In English, the imperative form of a verb is the same as that of the bare infinitive.