(Canada, US) A white crystalline compound used in medicine as an anodyne to relieve pain and reduce fever.
acetomorphine
acetomorphine
noun
heroin
achromaticity
achromaticity
noun
(optics) The state or quality of being achromatic.
achromatising
achromatising
verb
present participle of achromatise
achromatizing
achromatizing
verb
present participle of achromatize
achromatophil
achromatophil
noun
(cytology) A cell (or tissue) that is not readily coloured by stains
achromatopsia
achromatopsia
noun
achromatopia
actiniochrome
actiniochrome
noun
A red to violet pigment present in some Actinozoa
actiniomorpha
actinomorphic
actinomorphic
adj
(botany, of a flower) Having its petals arranged in a radially symmetric fashion.
admonishments
admonishments
noun
plural of admonishment
aimworthiness
aimworthiness
noun
The quality of having good aim (with a weapon).
alcoholimeter
alcoholmetric
allochromatic
allochromatic
adj
(chemistry, physics, by extension) Having properties that are due to the presence of impurities, or to radiation damage
(mineralogy, especially of a gemstone) Having a colour that is due to the presence of impurities
allorrhythmic
alphabetiform
alphabetiform
adj
Having the form of a developed alphabet or its letters, as opposed to crude pictographic symbols.
aluminothermy
aluminothermy
noun
(inorganic chemistry) the production of a metal from its oxide by heating it with aluminium
amethodically
amethodically
adv
In an amethodical manner.
amidothiazole
aminoethionic
aminothiophen
amphictyonian
amphictyonies
amphictyonies
noun
plural of amphictyony
amphikaryotic
amphiprostyle
amphiprostyle
adj
(architecture, chiefly historical, of a temple or edifice) Having columns at either end but not along the sides.
noun
(architecture, historical) An amphiprostyle temple or edifice.
amphistomatic
amphistomatic
adj
(botany, of a leaf) Having stomata on both sides
amphitrichous
amphitrichous
adj
(biology) (of bacteria) Having a single flagellum on each of two opposite ends. (Only one flagellum operates at a time, allowing the bacterium to reverse course rapidly by switching which flagellum is active.)
anisognathism
anoplotherium
anoplotherium
noun
(zoology) Any member of the extinct ungulate genus Anoplotherium.
anthracomarti
antiharmonist
antihemolysin
antihemolytic
antihemolytic
adj
Inhibiting hemolysis
antilogarithm
antilogarithm
noun
(mathematics) The number of which a given number is the logarithm (to a given base).
antimonarchal
antimonarchic
antimonarchic
adj
(politics) Opposing monarchy.
antiochianism
aphototropism
apochromatism
apochromatism
noun
(optics) Freedom from both chromatic aberration and spherical aberration.
apophlegmatic
apophlegmatic
adj
(medicine) Designed to facilitate discharges of phlegm or mucus from the mouth or nostrils.
noun
(medicine) Any apophlegmatic medicine.
apothegmatist
apothegmatist
noun
A collector or maker of apothegms.
apothegmatize
apothegmatize
verb
(intransitive) To utter apothegms, or short and sententious sayings.
archdogmatist
archiblastoma
arithmocratic
arithmocratic
adj
Relating to arithmocracy.
arithmography
arithmography
noun
(linguistics) The encoding of words as numbers
A formal presentation of the properties of numbers.
arthrectomies
arthrectomies
noun
plural of arthrectomy
astonishments
astonishments
noun
plural of astonishment
atheromatosis
atheromatosis
noun
(pathology) The deposition of atheromas in the arteries
atmospherical
atmospherical
adj
atmospheric
austrophilism
autochthonism
autochthonism
noun
The state of being autochthonal.
autohemolysin
autohemolysin
noun
(immunology) Any hemolysin produced by the affected person's own body
autohemolysis
autohemolysis
noun
hemolysis by the action of an autohemolysin
autohemolytic
autohypnotism
autohypnotism
noun
autohypnosis
automechanism
autoschediasm
autoschediasm
noun
Anything done with little forethought or preparation.
basichromatic
basichromatin
basichromatin
noun
The basophil portion of the chromatin of a cell.
bathmotropism
bathmotropism
noun
Synonym of bathmotropy
brachydomatic
brachydontism
branchiostoma
branchiostoma
noun
the lancelet (Amphioxus lanceolatus)
bridgehampton
cacophthalmia
catastrophism
catastrophism
noun
(biology) The doctrine that, in addition to the more gradual effects of evolution, huge catastrophic events shape the earth's flora and fauna by causing major die-offs which make way for the emergence of new organisms.
(geology) The doctrine that sudden catastrophes, rather than continuous change, cause the main features of the Earth's crust.
The practice or tendency of catastrophizing, regarding bad things as catastrophic.
catecholamine
catecholamine
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a class of aromatic amines derived from pyrocatechol that are hormones produced by the adrenal gland.
cathartolinum
cathetometric
cephalometric
cephalometric
adj
Relating to cephalometrics
cephalomyitis
chaetosomidae
chamaeleontis
cheilostomata
chiasmodontid
chiasmodontid
noun
(zoology) Any fish in the family Chiasmodontidae.
chiromantical
chiromantical
adj
Of or pertaining to chiromancy.
chiropatagium
chiropatagium
noun
The interdigital wing membrane of bats
cholesteremia
chrestomathic
chrestomathic
adj
(of teaching or learning) That has a practical use
noun
A practical handbook.
chrismatories
chrismatories
noun
plural of chrismatory
chromatically
chromatically
adv
In a chromatic manner.
chromaticness
chromaticness
noun
The quality of being chromatic.
chromatolysis
chromatolysis
noun
The dissolution of the Nissl bodies in the cell body of a neuron.