Refraining from freely consuming food or strong drink; sparing in diet; abstinent, temperate.
Sparing in the indulgence of the appetite or passions.
Sparingly used; used with temperance or moderation.
achenodium
acroterium
acroterium
noun
(architecture) One of the small pedestals, for statues or other ornaments, placed on the apex and at the basal angles of a pediment, or upon the gables in Gothic architecture.
One of the pedestals, for vases or statues, forming a part roof balustrade.
aculeiform
aculeiform
adj
Like a prickle or thorn
aegopodium
albumenoid
albumenoid
noun
Alternative form of albuminoid
albuminone
albuminone
noun
(organic chemistry, dated) A principle derived from certain albuminoids; it is soluble in alcohol and is not coagulable by heat.
albuminose
albuminose
noun
Alternative form of albuminous
alloimmune
alloimmune
adj
(pathology) Characterized by alloimmunity, which is immunity, obtained from a tissue graft from another person, against one's own cells.
ambigenous
ambigenous
adj
(botany) Partaking of two natures, as the perianth of some endogenous plants, where the outer surface is calycine and the inner petaloid.
ambilevous
ambilevous
adj
(rare) Having equally bad ability in both hands; clumsy; butterfingered.
ammiaceous
ammoniuret
anaerobium
androecium
androecium
noun
(botany) The set of a flower's stamens.
anisomelus
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.
armiferous
armiferous
adj
(rare) Bearing arms or weapons.
armigerous
armigerous
adj
Entitled to bear a coat of arms.
audiometer
audiometer
noun
An instrument which is used to determine the acuity of hearing.
audiometry
audiometry
noun
(medicine) The quantitative assessment of a person's hearing ability, especially by means of an audiometer.
aureomycin
aureomycin
noun
(medicine) The drug chlortetracycline, obtained from Streptomyces aureofaciens bacteria.
autodermic
autogamies
autogamies
noun
plural of autogamy
autoimmune
autoimmune
adj
(pathology, immunology) Of or pertaining to autoimmunity.
automative
automative
adj
Relating to automation.
automatize
automatize
verb
To cause to be automated; to automate.
To make or become automatic.
autometric
autometric
adj
(mathematics) Relating to an autometry
automobile
automobile
adj
Self-moving; self-propelled.
noun
(US, Canada) A type of vehicle designed to move on the ground under its own stored power and intended to carry a driver, a small number of additional passengers, and a very limited amount of other load. A car or motorcar.
automolite
automolite
noun
(mineralogy) A form of gahnite.
automotive
automotive
adj
Having the ability to move by itself; self-propelled or self-propelling.
Of, or relating to motor vehicles.
noun
A shop or company that sells motor vehicle parts
autonomies
autonomies
noun
plural of autonomy
autonomize
autonomize
verb
(transitive) To make autonomous.
autotelism
autotelism
noun
(art) In literature or art, the belief that a work, having been created, is a justification in and of itself. Poems with a unified rhetorical device to frame the poem in a singular idea.
The belief that an entity or event has within itself its own meaning or purpose.
autotheism
autotheism
noun
Belief that one is a deity.
Belief that one is possessed by a divine power.
The doctrine of the self-subsistence of God, especially of the second person in the Trinity.
Worship of oneself.
autotomies
autotomies
noun
plural of autotomy
autotomise
autotomise
verb
Alternative form of autotomize
autotomize
autotomize
verb
(transitive) To shed (a body part) by autotomy.
beaumontia
bedouinism
bedouinism
noun
Nomadic desert life, like that of the bedouins.
bigmouthed
bigmouthed
adj
(of a person) Loud or talkative, especially in an indiscreet manner.
Having a large mouth.
boedromius
boucherism
boumdienne
cafetorium
cafetorium
noun
A large room, usually in a school, used as both a cafeteria and an auditorium.
ceruminous
ceruminous
adj
Having to do with cerumen (earwax).
circumcone
circumpose
circumpose
verb
(obsolete) To place within an encircling space; to pot (a plant).
(obsolete) To put round; to place around; to place or arrange circularly.
closterium
clubmobile
clubmobile
noun
A mobile clubroom, typically a converted trailer
clupeiform
clupeiform
adj
(zoology) Belonging or relating to the order Clupeiformes of ray-finned fish, including herrings and anchovies
noun
Any fish of the order Clupeiformes
coenoecium
coenoecium
noun
(zoology) A polypary; a chitinous investment or covering of a coenosarc in hydroid hydrozoans.
collegiums
columbeion
columbidae
columbines
columbines
noun
plural of columbine
columellia
columnized
columnized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of columnize
columnizes
columnizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of columnize
columnwise
columnwise
adj
By columns; one column at a time.
combustive
combustive
adj
Of, pertaining to, caused by, or partaking in combustion.
cometarium
cometarium
noun
(astronomy) An instrument intended to represent the revolution of a comet around the Sun.
comiferous
commercium
commercium
noun
A traditional academic feast, known and held at universities in most Central and Northern European countries.
comminuate
comminuted
comminuted
adj
Reduced to small particles or to powder, as by crushing or pulverizing.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of comminute
commissure
commissure
noun
(anatomy) The joint between two bones.
(anatomy) The line where the upper and lower lips or eyelids meet.
(neuroanatomy) A band of nerve tissue connecting the hemispheres of the brain, the two sides of the spinal cord, etc.
commixture
commixture
noun
The act or state of being mixed together; a union or mingling of constituents; commixtion.
communique
communique
noun
Alternative form of communiqué
communised
communised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of communise
communized
communized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of communize
compendium
compendium
noun
(pharmaceutical industry) A collected body of information on the standards of strength, purity, and quality of drugs.
A collection of board games packaged in a single box.
A list or collection of various items.
A short, complete summary; an abstract.
compulsive
compulsive
adj
Having power to compel; exercising or applying compulsion.
Uncontrolled or reactive and irresistible.
noun
One who exhibits compulsive behaviours.
connexivum
connexivum
noun
The banded or spotted border of the abdomen of various insects
coquimbite
coquimbite
noun
(mineralogy) The nonahydrate of iron(III) sulfate.
coremiumia
corniplume
corniplume
noun
A horn-like tuft of feathers on the head of some birds.
costumiere
costumiers
costumiers
noun
plural of costumier
councilmen
councilmen
noun
plural of councilman
coustumier
customized
customized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of customize
customizer
customizer
noun
A person or business that provides customization services
customizes
customizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of customize
cymiferous
cymiferous
adj
(botany) Producing cymes.
demicolumn
demifusion
demiourgoi
demiourgos
democritus
democritus
Proper noun
A Greek philosopher (c.460-c.370 BC). The originator of the atomic theory together with his teacher Leucippus.
demonifuge
demonifuge
noun
A remedy to drive out demons.
demounting
demounting
verb
present participle of demount
dendrobium
dendrobium
noun
(botany) Any plant of the genus Dendrobium.
desmoulins
diminuendo
diminuendo
adj
(music) describing a passage having this mark
noun
(metaphoric) The gradual dying away of something.
(music) A dynamic mark directing that a passage is to be played gradually more softly
dipneumona
discommune
disembogue
disembogue
verb
(of a river or waters) To pour out, to debouch; to flow out through a narrow opening into a larger space.
To come out into the open sea from a river etc.
disenamour
disenamour
verb
(transitive) To free from being in love; to cause to fall out of love.
dismounted
dismounted
adj
Having gotten off one's horse, or been removed from its usual mounting, as with a statue off its pedestal, a framed picture from a wall, or a chandelier hanging from a ceiling.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dismount
dispermous
dispermous
adj
(botany) Having only two seeds.
dromiceius
duodecimal
duodecimal
adj
(arithmetic) Of a number, expressed in base twelve.
noun
(arithmetic) A number system that uses twelve as its base.
duodecimos
duodecimos
noun
plural of duodecimo
elotherium
embolismus
embolismus
noun
Alternative form of embolism (“intercalated prayer for deliverance from evil”)
emporeutic
emporeutic
adj
Alternative form of emporetic
emulations
emulations
noun
plural of emulation
emulsoidal
emulsoidal
adj
Being or relating to an emulsoid.
emundation
emundation
noun
Cleaning; disinfection.
Rectification; purification, especially of crude drugs.
emuscation
emuscation
noun
(obsolete, rare) The removal of moss.
enamouring
enamouring
verb
present participle of enamour
encomiumia
endomysium
endomysium
noun
a layer of connective tissue which surrounds individual muscle fibers
epidermous
epiphloeum
epiphloeum
noun
(botany) A corky envelope or outer portion of bark, lying next beneath an epidermis.
episporium
eponychium
eponychium
noun
(anatomy) The thickened layer of skin adjoining fingernails and toenails, particularly at the base of the nail.
(zoology, veterinary medicine) The protective capsule that surrounds the hoof of foetuses and neonates of hoofed animals, which disappears soon after birth, but remnants of which remain as part of the permanent hoof.
equanimous
equanimous
adj
Calm and composed; of stable disposition.
equiatomic
equiatomic
adj
(physics, chemistry) Containing equal numbers of two or more atoms
equiformal
equiformal
adj
equiform
eriophorum
esquiredom
eucosmidae
eudaemonia
eudaemonic
eudaemonic
adj
Of or pertaining to a eudaemon.
That produces satisfied happiness and well-being.
eudaimonia
eudaimonia
noun
Alternative spelling of eudemonia
eudemonics
eudemonics
noun
Alternative form of eudaemonics
eudemonism
eudemonism
noun
Alternative form of eudaemonism
eudemonist
eudemonist
noun
Alternative form of eudaemonist
eudiometer
eudiometer
noun
A graduated glass tube, closed at one end, that is used for measuring the change in the volume of gases during a chemical reaction.
eudiometry
eudiometry
noun
(chemistry, now chiefly historical) The art or process of determining the constituents of a gaseous mixture by means of the eudiometer, or for ascertaining the purity of the air or the amount of oxygen in it.
euharmonic
euharmonic
adj
(rare) Pleasingly melodious or harmonious — applied especially to the euharmonic organ invented by Henry Ward Poole (1825-1890), in whose design mathematical principles of harmony were employed.
eumoiriety
eumolpides
eumolpique
euomphalid
euomphalid
noun
(zoology) Any extinct gastropod in the family Euomphalidae.
eupatorium
eupatorium
noun
(botany) Any of the genus Eupatorium of perennial herbs.
euphemious
euphorbium
euphorbium
noun
An acrid dull yellow or brown resin consisting of the concreted milky juice of several species of Euphorbia, formerly used as a purgative and emetic.
euthycomic
exhumation
exhumation
noun
The act of digging up that which has been buried.
eximiously
eximiously
adv
In an eximious way; with distinction, outstandingly.
exosporium
exosporium
noun
(botany) The outer layer of a pollen grain or spore; the exine.
exothecium
exothecium
noun
(botany) The outer coat of the anther.
fieldmouse
fieldmouse
noun
Alternative spelling of field mouse
fieulamort
figuresome
figuresome
adj
Characterised as possessing an attractive figure or shape
flamineous
flamineous
adj
Pertaining to a flamen; flaminical.
florentium
florentium
noun
(chemistry, disused nomenclature) Promethium.
foeniculum
foraminule
foraminule
noun
A very small foramen
formulised
formulised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of formulise
formuliser
formulized
formulized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of formulize