(cytology, of a cell nucleus) Lacking the ability to be coloured by a stain.
achromatised
achromatised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of achromatise
achromatisms
achromatisms
noun
plural of achromatism
achromatized
achromatized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of achromatize
achromatizes
achromatizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of achromatize
achromatopia
achromatopia
noun
defective ability to see colours
achromatosis
achromatosis
noun
(pathology) achromia, albinism
achromaturia
achromaturia
noun
(pathology) The lack of pigments (especially bile pigments) in the urine
actinomorphy
actinomorphy
noun
The condition of being actinomorphic.
admonishment
admonishment
noun
The act of admonishing; a reprimand or rebuke.
aliethmoidal
aliethmoidal
adj
(anatomy) Relating to expansions of the ethmoid bone or cartilage.
allomorphite
allorhythmia
allorhythmia
noun
(pathology) An irregular pattern of the heartbeat
allothimorph
alphitomancy
alphitomancy
noun
An Ancient Greek method of divination using barley meal, used for instance to reveal guilty parties; it entailed feeding a person or group barley meal, and judging those who felt no effects to be innocent, while judging those who felt indigestion to be guilty.
amathophobia
amathophobia
noun
Fear of dust.
amianthiform
amianthiform
adj
Resembling amianthus in form.
amianthoidal
amphibiontic
amphibiotica
amphibolites
amphibolites
noun
plural of amphibolite
amphibolitic
amphibolitic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or composed of an amphibolite.
amphictyonic
amphictyonic
adj
(Ancient Greece) Of or relating to the amphictyons or their League or Council.
amphicyrtous
amphierotism
amphipeptone
amphistomoid
amphistomous
amphistomous
adj
(zoology) Having a sucker at each extremity.
amphithurons
amphithyrons
amphitropous
amphitropous
adj
(botany) Having the ovule bent so that the ends are near each other.
amphotericin
amphotericin
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a group of amphoteric antibiotic and antifungal agents derived from Streptomyces bacteria.
amygdalolith
ananthropism
anhaematosis
anhaemolytic
animatograph
anophthalmia
anophthalmia
noun
(teratology) The congenital absence of one or both eyes
antechinomys
anthoclinium
anthomyiidae
anthotropism
antichronism
antichronism
noun
Deviation from the true order of time; anachronism.
antichymosin
antighostism
antimethodic
antimonarchy
antimonarchy
adj
(politics) Opposing a specific monarchical system or monarchy in general.
noun
(politics) An antimonarchic movement.
(politics) Stance against monarchy.
antithrombic
antithrombic
adj
(biochemistry) Of, pertaining to, or resembling the action of antithrombin
antithrombin
antithrombin
noun
A small molecule that inactivates several enzymes of the coagulation system.
aphorismatic
aphorismatic
adj
aphorismic
apochromatic
apochromatic
adj
(optics) Corrected for both chromatic aberration and spherical aberration
apothegmatic
apothegmatic
Adjective
Relating to, or in the manner of, an apothegm; sententious; pithy.
arceuthobium
aristomachus
arithmocracy
arithmocracy
noun
A form of government where decisions are made based purely on the numerical majority of supporters.
arithmograph
arithmomancy
arithmomancy
noun
Alternative form of arithmancy
arithmomania
arithmomania
noun
an obsessive-compulsive disorder in which the subject feels the need to count things
arithmometer
arithmometer
noun
(dated) A calculating machine.
arithromania
arthrotomies
arthrotomies
noun
plural of arthrotomy
astonishment
astonishment
noun
(obsolete) Loss of composure or presence of mind.
(obsolete) Loss of mental faculties, inability to think or use one's senses.
(obsolete) Loss of physical sensation; inability to move a part of the body.
Something very surprising.
The feeling or experience of being astonished; great surprise.
astrochemist
astrochemist
noun
(chemistry, astronomy) A chemist or astronomer whose speciality is astrochemistry.
atmospherics
atmospherics
noun
radio interference caused by pulses of electromagnetic radiation in the atmosphere as the result of lightning and other events (both natural and man-made)
atmospherium
atomechanics
atomechanics
noun
(obsolete) The mechanics of atoms.
autochemical
autographism
autographism
noun
(dated, pathology) A skin condition in which wheals can be raised on the skin by tracing over it
automorphism
automorphism
noun
(algebra) An isomorphism of a mathematical object or system of objects onto itself.
The ascription to others of one's own characteristics.
autorhythmic
autorhythmic
adj
That generates its own rhythm
bartholomite
bathmotropic
bathmotropic
adj
(physiology) That influences the response of tissue to stimuli, especially that of cardiac muscle
bathochromic
bathochromic
adj
(physics) Of a change in the position of a spectral band, to a lower frequency
bichromatize
bichromatize
verb
(transitive) To combine or treat with a bichromate, especially with bichromate of potassium.
biochemistry
biochemistry
noun
(countable) The biochemical activity associated with a particular chemical or condition
(countable) The chemical characteristics of a particular living organism
(uncountable) The chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
blithesomely
blithesomely
adv
In a blithesome manner.
boatsmanship
bristlemouth
bristlemouth
noun
A member of Gonostomatidae, a family of deep-water marine fish.
A member of one of several of the species of oceanic ray-finned fish in genera Argyripnus or Maurolicus in the family Sternoptychidae.
cacorhythmic
camphorating
camphorating
verb
present participle of camphorate
chalcomenite
chalcomenite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-disphenoidal light blue mineral containing copper, hydrogen, oxygen, and selenium.
cheilotomies
cheilotomies
noun
plural of cheilotomy
chemicovital
chemicovital
adj
(dated) Both chemical and vital; biochemical.
chemiosmotic
chemiosmotic
adj
Of or pertaining to chemiosmosis.
chemiotactic
chemiotactic
adj
Dated form of chemotactic.
chemiotropic
chemokinetic
chemokinetic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or provoking chemokinesis
chemotrophic
chemotrophic
adj
Of or relating to chemotropism.
chemotropism
chemotropism
noun
(biology) The movement or growth of an organism in response to a chemical stimulus
chicomecoatl
chilostomata
chimonanthus
chimonanthus
noun
Any Asian shrub of the genus Chimonanthus, especially a form of allspice
chirognomist
chirognomist
noun
One who studies chirognomy.
chirogymnast
chiromancist
chirotherium
chlorimetric
chlorimetric
adj
Alternative form of chlorometric
chlorometric
chlorometric
adj
Relating to chlorometry.
choirmasters
choirmasters
noun
plural of choirmaster
cholehematin
chondriomite
chrismations
chrismations
noun
plural of chrismation
chromatician
chromaticism
chromaticism
noun
the act or action of chromaticizing: the use of chromatic notes or tones (contrasted with diatonicism)
the quality or state of being chromatic
chromaticity
chromaticity
noun
An objective specification of the quality of a colour, regardless of its luminance.
chromatophil
chromatophil
noun
(cytology) A chromatophilic cell or structure
chromatopsia
chromatopsia
noun
A visual aberration in which objects appear abnormally coloured, such as xanthopsia or cyanopia.
chromocratic
chromocratic
adj
(geology) Melanocratic.
chromolithic
chromolithic
adj
Alternative form of chromolithographic
chromotropic
chromotropic
adj
Relating to chromotropism
chronomantic
chronomantic
adj
Relating to chronomancy
chronomastix
chronometric
chronometric
adj
Of or pertaining to a chronometer or to chronometry
chrysostomic
chrysostomic
adj
Of or pertaining to John Chrysostom, early Archbishop of Constantinople
golden-tongued (used as an epithet)
chrysothemis
chymotrypsin
chymotrypsin
noun
An endopeptidase enzyme that cleaves peptides at the carboxyl side of tyrosine, tryptophan, and phenylalanine amino acids.
chymotryptic
chymotryptic
adj
Of or pertaining to chymotrypsin
cologarithms
cologarithms
noun
plural of cologarithm
coniothyrium
coppersmiths
coppersmiths
noun
plural of coppersmith
cosmochemist
cosmochemist
noun
A scientist involved in cosmochemistry.
cryptorchism
cryptorchism
noun
The failure of one or both testes to descend into the scrotum.
cyclothymiac
cyclothymiac
adj
Related to, or affected by cyclothymia.
noun
A person affected by cyclothymia.
cyclothymias
cyclothymias
noun
plural of cyclothymia
cymotrichous
cymotrichous
adj
(anthropology) Having wavy hair.
cytochemical
cytochemical
adj
(biochemistry) Relating to cytochemistry
noun
(biochemistry) Any chemical compound that is found only in cells
deinotherium
deinotherium
noun
Alternative form of dinotherium
dementholize
demographist
demolishment
demolishment
noun
(archaic) demolition
demosthenian
demosthenian
Adjective
Demosthenic, pertaining to or characteristic of Demosthenes.
dermatrophia
dethyroidism
diastrophism
diastrophism
noun
(geology) The deformation of the Earth's crust to form the continents, mountains and other large features
diazomethane
diazomethane
noun
(organic chemistry) the simplest diazo compound, CH₂=N⁺=N⁻; a toxic, yellow, explosive gas; used in analytical chemistry to convert carboxylic acids into their methyl esters for analysis via gas-liquid chromatography
dichotomised
dichotomised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dichotomise
dichotomists
dichotomists
noun
plural of dichotomist
dichotomized
dichotomized
adj
Divided into dichotomous parts.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dichotomize.
dichotomizes
dichotomizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dichotomize
dichromatism
dichromatism
noun
(biology) The condition when male and female birds have different plumage colors.
(pathology) A form of colourblindness in which only two of the three primary colours can be distinguished
The condition of being dichromatic
dolichotmema
domatophobia
domatophobia
noun
A morbid fear of being inside a house.
dorcatherium
dyophysitism
dyotheletism
dyothelitism
dyothelitism
noun
(Christianity, theology) dyothelism
earthmovings
ectethmoidal
ectomorphism
elaeothesium
emetatrophia
emmeniopathy
enantiomorph
enantiomorph
noun
(chemistry) A similar molecule or compound; an enantiomer.
A mirror image, a form related to another as an object is to its image in a mirror.
Either of a pair of crystals that are mirror images of each other, and are optically active.