The study of spined things, in particular sea urchins, and the resultant impact on taxonomy.
acarologist
acarologist
noun
A specialist in acarology - the study of ticks and mites.
acceptingly
acceptingly
adv
In a accepting manner; tolerantly.
acclimating
acclimating
verb
present participle of acclimate
acetylating
acetylating
verb
present participle of acetylate
acetylizing
acetylizing
verb
present participle of acetylize
acidulating
acidulating
verb
present participle of acidulate
actinologue
actinologue
noun
(biology) Part of an actinomere
actualising
actualising
verb
present participle of actualise
actualizing
actualizing
verb
present participle of actualize
acutangular
acutangular
adj
(geometry) acute-angled.
affectingly
affectingly
adv
So as to affect in an emotional sense.
agnatically
agnatically
adv
In an agnatic manner; by means of agnation.
agonistical
agonistical
adj
(archaic) agonistic (of or relating to contests that were originally participated in by the Ancient Greeks).
agriculture
agriculture
noun
The art or science of cultivating the ground, including the harvesting of crops, and the rearing and management of livestock
algefacient
algefacient
adj
Making cool; cooling.
algorithmic
algorithmic
adj
(mathematics, computing) Of, relating to, or being an algorithm.
aliturgical
aliturgical
adj
(of a day in the Christian calendar) On which the holy sacrifice is not offered.
altercating
altercating
verb
present participle of altercate
anagalactic
anagalactic
adj
Outside of our own galaxy.
anaglyptics
anaglyptics
noun
(art) The art of carving or embossing in low relief
analogistic
angletwitch
angletwitch
noun
(rare, dialectal) An angleworm; earthworm.
anthecology
anthecology
noun
(biology) The study of the relationships between flowers and pollinators
antilogical
antilogical
adj
Going against logic.
aphlogistic
aphlogistic
adj
(archaic) flameless
apologetics
apologetics
noun
The field of study concerned with the systematic defense of a position, or of religious or occult doctrines
arcticology
atmological
atmological
adj
Relating to atmology.
attackingly
autecologic
autoclaving
autoclaving
noun
sterilization in an autoclave
verb
present participle of autoclave
autological
autological
adj
(grammar, of a word, phrase, or especially an adjective) Possessing the property it describes.
autopelagic
backlighted
backlisting
backlisting
verb
present participle of backlist
bedclothing
bedclothing
noun
bedclothes
bicolligate
bicolligate
adj
(ornithology) Having the anterior toes united by a basal web
biologistic
biologistic
adj
Of or relating to biological determinism.
blackington
blacktongue
blastogenic
blastogenic
adj
Of or pertaining to blastogenesis.
bootlicking
bootlicking
noun
servile behaviour
verb
present participle of bootlick
calculating
calculating
adj
(especially of a person) Serving one's own interests in an unemotional, analytical manner.
(not comparable) Having the ability to calculate.
verb
present participle of calculate
calenturing
calibrating
calibrating
verb
present participle of calibrate
caliologist
caliologist
noun
One who studies birds' nests.
callityping
calyptrogen
calyptrogen
noun
rootcap
candlelight
candlelight
noun
The light emitted by a candle.
cannulating
cannulating
verb
present participle of cannulate
cantilating
carbolating
carpologist
carpologist
noun
One who studies carpology.
cartelising
cartelising
verb
present participle of cartelise
cartelizing
cartelizing
verb
present participle of cartelize
castiglione
castlereagh
catalogical
catalogical
adj
Synonym of catalogic
cataloguers
cataloguers
noun
plural of cataloguer
cataloguing
cataloguing
noun
(British spelling) The act of arranging in, or as if in, a catalogue.
verb
present participle of catalogue
cataloguish
cataloguist
cataloguize
catapulting
catapulting
verb
present participle of catapult
catchpoling
categorical
categorical
adj
Absolute; having no exception.
Of, pertaining to, or using a category or categories.
noun
(logic) A categorical proposition.
celebrating
celebrating
noun
celebration
verb
present participle of celebrate
cellulating
cellulating
verb
present participle of cellulate
celtologist
centrifugal
centrifugal
adj
(botany) Expanding first at the summit, and later at the base, as a flower cluster.
(botany) Having the radicle turned toward the sides of the fruit, as some embryos.
Tending, or causing, to recede from the center.
noun
A rotating machine used to separate massecuite into sugar crystals and molasses.
cetological
cetological
adj
Of or pertaining to cetology.
cetologists
cetologists
noun
plural of cetologist
chilognatha
chinologist
chirologist
chirologist
noun
A user of sign language.
One who engages in palm reading.
chitterling
chitterling
noun
(obsolete) The frill to the breast of a shirt.
A single piece of chitterlings (intestine used as food).
cholangitis
cholangitis
noun
(pathology) An inflammation of the bile duct.
chorologist
chorologist
noun
One who studies chorology.
christology
christology
Noun
A field of study within Christian theology which is concerned with the nature of Jesus Christ, particularly with how the divine and human are related in his person.
A particular theory or viewpoint within the field of Christology, e.g. Chalcedonian Christology, Arian Christology, etc.
circulating
circulating
adj
An institution lending from its collection, especially of books, on condition of membership.
Moving about freely.
verb
present participle of circulate
clarigation
cleistogamy
cleistogamy
noun
(botany) The production of flowers which do not open and are self-fertilized in the bud.
cleistogene
cleistogene
noun
(botany) A cleistogamous flower or plant
cleistogeny
clientelage
clientelage
noun
(dated) clientele; customers or patrons
climatizing
climatizing
verb
present participle of climatize
climatology
climatology
noun
The science that deals with climates, and investigates their phenomena and causes.
clingstones
clingstones
noun
plural of clingstone
cliticizing
cliticizing
verb
present participle of cliticize
cloistering
cloistering
verb
present participle of cloister
clothmaking
clothmaking
noun
The art or trade of a clothmaker.
clusterings
clusterings
noun
plural of clustering
clutchingly
clutchingly
adv
With a clutching or grasping motion.
coagulating
coagulating
verb
present participle of coagulate
coagulation
coagulation
noun
Similar solidification of other materials (e.g. of tofu).
The precipitation of suspended particles as they increase in size (by any of several physical or chemical processes)(e.g. of proteins)
The process by which blood forms solid clots.
coagulative
coagulative
adj
Having the power to cause coagulation
coagulators
coagulators
noun
plural of coagulator
coagulatory
coagulatory
adj
Produced by coagulation.
Serving to coagulate.
cocktailing
cocktailing
noun
Work as a cocktail waitress.
coculturing
coculturing
verb
present participle of coculture
coelongated
cognitional
cognitional
adj
Of or pertaining to cognition
cognitively
cognitively
adv
Relating to thinking (cognition).
collegatary
colligating
colligating
verb
present participle of colligate
colligation
colligation
noun
(linguistics) The co-occurrence of syntactic categories, usually within a sentence.
(logic) The formulation of a general hypothesis which seeks to connect two or more facts.
A binding together.
colligative
colligative
adj
(chemistry, physics) Describing any property that depends only on the number of molecules present.
collimating
collimating
adj
That collimates, or employs collimation
verb
present participle of collimate
collocating
collocating
verb
present participle of collocate
collotyping
cologarithm
cologarithm
noun
(mathematics) The logarithm of the reciprocal of a number (equal to the negative of the original logarithm)
colongitude
colongitude
noun
(astronomy) The longitude of the morning terminator (division between illuminated and dark regions) on the Moon, as measured in degrees westward from the prime meridian.
colportages
colportages
noun
plural of colportage
columnating
columnating
verb
present participle of columnate
competingly
competingly
adv
So as to compete.
complecting
complecting
verb
present participle of complect
complotting
complotting
noun
The forming of a joint plot; conspiracy.
verb
present participle of complot
conflagrant
conflagrant
adj
brightly burning
conflagrate
conflagrate
verb
(intransitive) To catch fire.
(transitive) To set fire to something.
conflicting
conflicting
adj
Being in opposition; contrary; contradictory.
fighting; contending; in conflict
verb
present participle of conflict
congealment
congealment
noun
Something that has congealed; a clot.
The act of congealing.
congelation
congelation
noun
That which is congealed.
The act or process of passing, or causing to pass, from a fluid to a solid state, as by the abstraction of heat; the act or process of freezing.
The state of being congealed.
congelative
congelative
adj
That which tends to congeal.
congestible
congestible
adj
Liable to become congested
conglaciate
conglaciate
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To turn to ice; to freeze.
conglobated
conglobated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of conglobate
conglobates
conglobates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conglobate
congruently
congruently
adv
In a congruent manner
congustable
conjugality
conjugality
noun
The condition of being conjugal.
The conjugal state; marriage; sexual intercourse.
conjugately
conjugately
adv
In a conjugate manner.
consulating
controlling
controlling
adj
(chiefly Britain) Exerting control over a person or thing.
noun
The act of exerting control.
verb
present participle of control
convoluting
convoluting
verb
present participle of convolute
correlating
correlating
verb
present participle of correlate
corseleting
cosmetology
cosmetology
noun
the profession of a cosmetologist or beautician
the science of cosmetics
cosmologist
cosmologist
noun
A person who studies cosmology.
counterglow
counterglow
noun
The gegenschein.
crenelating
crenelating
verb
present participle of crenelate
cryptoglaux
cryptologic
cryptologic
Adjective
Of or relating to cryptology.
crystalling
crystallogy
culminating
culminating
verb
present participle of culminate
cultivating
cultivating
verb
present participle of cultivate
culturology
culturology
noun
A branch of social sciences concerned with the scientific description and analysis of cultures as a whole.
cystoplegia
cystoplegia
noun
(pathology) paralysis of the bladder
cytoecology
cytological
cytological
adj
Of, or relating to cytology or cytologists.
cytologists
cytologists
noun
plural of cytologist
cytomegalic
cytomegalic
adj
Relating to or exhibiting cytomegaly.
dactylogram
dactylogram
Noun
a fingerprint.
dactylology
dactylology
noun
The use of the fingers and hands to communicate ideas, especially by the deaf.