An instrument like an endoscope, for use in abdominoscopy.
acipenseridae
adenemphraxis
adrenotrophin
adventureship
alisphenoidal
alisphenoidal
adj
Alternative form of alisphenoid
allophanamide
allophanamide
noun
(organic chemistry) biuret
aminodiphenyl
amphicyonidae
amphisbaenoid
amphisbaenoid
adj
(zoology) Resembling or relating to the lizards of the genus Amphisbaena.
androsphinges
androsphinxes
androsphinxes
noun
plural of androsphinx
aneroidograph
anoplotheroid
anthophoridae
anthropoidean
antiapartheid
antiapartheid
adj
Acting against or opposing apartheid.
antispreading
aplodontiidae
appendicalgia
appendicalgia
noun
(medicine) Pain in the appendix.
appendiculata
appendiculate
appendiculate
adj
(biology) Bearing appendages, such as one of the leg-bearing segments of an insect.
(biology) Having the nature of an appendage, such as the leg or antenna of an insect.
(mycology) Of a mushroom: having partial veil remnants hanging along the cap margin.
bandspreading
benzoperoxide
bloodripeness
bridgehampton
candidateship
candidateship
noun
Candidacy.
cardionephric
cardionephric
adj
nephrocardiac
cardiophrenia
centropomidae
centuplicated
centuplicated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of centuplicate
cephaloridine
cephaloridine
noun
A particular cephalosporin antibiotic.
chenopodiales
cnemidophorus
commandership
commandership
noun
The role of a commander.
companionized
companionized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of companionize
compendiously
compendiously
adv
In a compendious manner.
complementoid
complementoid
noun
(biochemistry, dated) An immunological complement that has lost its zymotoxic group, but which still has a receptor site for the hemolysin.
comprehending
comprehending
verb
present participle of comprehend
conduplicated
conduplicated
adj
Synonym of conduplicate
contemporised
contemporised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of contemporise
contemporized
contemporized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of contemporize
corresponding
corresponding
adj
that have a similar relationship
noun
A correspondence; the situation where things correspond or match.
verb
present participle of correspond
coryphaenidae
counterpoised
counterpoised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of counterpoise
cuneoscaphoid
cynopithecoid
cyprinodontes
decapitations
decapitations
noun
plural of decapitation
decapsulation
decapsulation
noun
The act or process of decapsulating.
deceptiveness
deceptiveness
noun
the state or quality of being deceptive
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.
decompressing
decompressing
verb
present participle of decompress
decompression
decompression
noun
(medicine) The relief of pressure on a body part by surgery.
A mode of operation of some internal combustion engines which reduces the engine's compression ratio, making it easier to start but significantly increasing fuel consumption.
The process of decompressing.
The restoration to atmospheric pressure of a person who has spent time under higher pressure (such as a diver).
decrepitating
decrepitating
verb
present participle of decrepitate
decrepitation
decrepitation
noun
(mineralogy) The shattering of minerals by the action of heat, especially when accompanied by a crackling sound
deduplication
deduplication
noun
(biology) The division of that which is morphologically one organ into two or more, such as the division of an organ of a plant into a pair or cluster.
(computing) The elimination of redundant duplicate data.
deemphasizing
deemphasizing
verb
present participle of deemphasize
dehypnotizing
dehypnotizing
verb
present participle of dehypnotize
deinocephalia
deipnosophism
deipnosophist
deipnosophist
noun
A master of the art of dining, particularly learned conversation in the manner of Athenaeus's characters.
delphinoidine
demidandiprat
demipectinate
demipronation
dendrophilous
dendrophilous
adj
Thriving in an environment with trees; living in or on trees.
depancreatize
departisanize
departmentize
departmentize
verb
Alternative form of departmentalize
depasturation
depauperation
depauperation
noun
(genetics) The removal of variety (of species, genes, or biodiversity)
dependability
dependability
noun
The characteristic of being dependable; the ability to be depended upon.
depersonalise
depersonalise
verb
Alternative spelling of depersonalize
depersonalize
depersonalize
verb
(psychiatry, intransitive) To suffer an episode of depersonalization.
(transitive) To present (something) as an impersonal object.
(transitive) To remove a sense of personal identity or individual character from something; to anonymize.
dephlegmation
dephlegmation
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) The operation of separating water from spirits and acids, by evaporation or repeated distillation; concentration.
depiedmontize
depopulations
depopulations
noun
plural of depopulation
deprecatingly
deprecatingly
adv
In a deprecating manner.
depreciations
depreciations
noun
plural of depreciation
deprehensible
deprehensible
adj
(obsolete) Capable of being caught or discovered.
depressionary
depressionary
adj
(economics) Characteristic of a depression
deproceduring
deprogramming
deprogramming
noun
The removal of the programming instilled into a person by a religious, political, economic, or social group associated with the belief system.
verb
present participle of deprogram
present participle of deprogramme
depullulation
deputationist
deputationize
dermatopnagic
desmopyknosis
despoliations
despoliations
noun
plural of despoliation
despondencies
despondencies
noun
plural of despondency
diapensiaceae
diaphanometer
diaphanometer
noun
An instrument for measuring the transparency of a fluid.
diaphanometry
diaphanoscope
diaphanoscope
noun
A dark box constructed for viewing transparent pictures, with or without a lens.
diencephalons
digitipinnate
dilettantship
dinitrophenol
dinitrophenol
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of six isomeric aromatic compounds C₆H₃OH(NO₂)₂ formed by the nitration of phenol; they are metabolic poisons
diphenoxylate
diphenoxylate
noun
(pharmacology) An antidiarrheal agent (trademark Lomotil) chemically related to pethidine and administered in the form of its hydrochloride C₃₀H₃₂N₂O₂·HCl in combination with the sulfate of atropine.
diphenylamine
diphenylamine
noun
(chemistry) an aromatic amine, (C₆H₅)₂NH, used in the manufacture of plastics, dyes, explosives, pesticides, fungicides and pharmaceuticals
diphthongised
diphthongised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of diphthongise
diphthongized
diphthongized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of diphthongize
dipicrylamine
disacceptance
disacceptance
noun
The act or concept of not accepting.
disappearance
disappearance
noun
The action of disappearing or vanishing.
disappendancy
disciplinable
disciplinable
adj
(obsolete) Relating to discipline; disciplinary.
For which one is liable to be disciplined or punished.
That can be instructed (by discipline); able to be taught.
discomplexion
discomplexion
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To change the complexion or hue of.
discompliance
discompliance
noun
(obsolete) Failure or refusal to comply.
discoplacenta
discrepancies
discrepancies
noun
plural of discrepancy
discrepencies
disemployment
disemployment
noun
The state of being disemployed, or deprived of employment.
disparagement
disparagement
noun
The act of disparaging, of belittling.
disparateness
disparateness
noun
the degree to which a thing is disparate
dispassionate
dispassionate
adj
not showing, and not affected by, emotion, bias, or prejudice
dispendiously
dispensations
dispensations
noun
plural of dispensation
dispensatress
dispeoplement
dispeoplement
noun
(archaic) Depopulation.
dispersedness
dispersedness
noun
The state or quality of being dispersed.
displacements
displacements
noun
plural of displacement
displeasingly
displeasingly
adv
In a displeasing manner.
displeasuring
displeasuring
verb
present participle of displeasure
dispositioned
dispositioned
adj
(in combination) Having a specified kind of disposition.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disposition
dispossessing
dispossessing
verb
present participle of dispossess
dispossession
dispossession
noun
The act of dispossessing someone of something.
The casting out of an evil spirit that has possessed someone; exorcism.
dispunishable
dispunishable
adj
(archaic) Without penal restraint; not punishable.
disreputation
disreputation
noun
(archaic) Loss or lack of reputation or good name; dishonour; disrepute.
dissepimental
dissepimental
adj
Relating to a dissepiment.
distemperance
distemperance
noun
(obsolete) distemperature
distemperment
distemperment
noun
(obsolete) distempered state; distemperature
dodecaphonism
dodecaphonist
dodecaphonist
noun
(music) A practitioner or proponent of dodecaphony, i.e. use of the dodecaphonic musical scale, which has twelve tones per octave
dolerophanite
dolerophanite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing copper, oxygen, and sulfur.
dolphinfishes
dolphinfishes
noun
plural of dolphinfish
dropsicalness
dryopithecine
dryopithecine
adj
(zoology) Of, or relating to, the primate genus Dryopithecus, considered to be relatives of both humans and apes.
noun
(zoology) Any member of this genus of primates
eavesdropping
eavesdropping
noun
(telecommunications) The interception of electronic communication.
(zoology) The act of one organism listening for another's calls, so as to exploit them.
Listening secretly to the private conversations of others.
verb
present participle of eavesdrop
ectropionized
elephanticide
elephanticide
noun
The killing of an elephant.
elephantoidal
elephantoidal
adj
Resembling an elephant; elephantoid.
encyclopaedia
encyclopaedia
noun
(chiefly UK, Australia) Alternative spelling of encyclopedia
encyclopaedic
encyclopaedic
adj
Alternative spelling of encyclopedic
encyclopediac
encyclopediac
adj
Of or pertaining to encyclopaediae; relating to encyclopedias.
encyclopedial
encyclopedial
adj
(rare) encyclopedic
encyclopedian
encyclopedian
adj
Encyclopedic; embracing the whole circle of learning, or a wide range of subjects.
noun
A person who has an encyclopedic knowledge.
encyclopedias
encyclopedias
noun
plural of encyclopedia
encyclopedism
encyclopedism
noun
Encyclopedic knowledge or learning.
encyclopedist
encyclopedist
noun
A member of a group of French authors who collaborated in the 18th century in the production of the Encyclopédie, under the direction of Denis Diderot.
A person helping to write an encyclopedia.
encyclopedize
encyclopedize
verb
(transitive) To catalogue in, or as if in, an encyclopedia; to list or describe exhaustively.
encydlopaedic
endocrinopath
endolymphatic
endolymphatic
adj
(anatomy) Pertaining to, or containing, endolymph.