The belief that certain religious doctrines or ceremonies are indifferent, i.e. do not matter.
adiaphorist
adiaphorist
noun
One who believes in adiaphorism.
adiaphorous
adiaphorous
adj
neither harmful nor beneficial
admonishers
admonishers
noun
plural of admonisher
androsphinx
androsphinx
noun
A sphinx with the head of a man.
anthropoids
anthropoids
noun
plural of anthropoid
aphrodesiac
aphrodisiac
aphrodisiac
adj
Arousing or intensifying sexual desire.
noun
Something, generally a food or drug, having such an effect.
aphrodisian
aphrodisian
Adjective
Pertaining to Aphrodite or Venus.
aphrodision
aphrodistic
aphroditous
archdiocese
archdiocese
noun
(Christianity) An area administered by an archbishop; the ecclesiastical hierarchy of this area, also under the archbishop.
arthrodesis
arthrodesis
noun
(medicine, surgery) The surgical fusion of a joint between two or more bones so that the joint can no longer move; artificial ankylosis.
athyroidism
athyroidism
noun
(pathology) The congenital absence of a thyroid gland or suppression of its function
auditorship
auditorship
noun
The office or function of auditor.
beshrouding
beshrouding
verb
present participle of beshroud
bichlorides
bichlorides
noun
plural of bichloride
bloodthirst
bloodthirst
noun
An eagerness for bloodshed.
bostrychoid
bostrychoid
adj
(botany, of buds) arranged in a helical manner on the outside of a long, tapering, conical rachis
bothridiums
brachiopods
brachiopods
noun
plural of brachiopod
britishhood
chemisorbed
chemisorbed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chemisorb
chironomids
chironomids
noun
plural of chironomid
chiropodies
chiropodist
chiropodist
noun
A practitioner of chiropody
chiropodous
chiropodous
adj
(zoology) Having feet that are adapted for grasping
chondrinous
chondrostei
choroiditis
choroiditis
noun
(pathology) Inflammation of the choroid.
christendom
chrysoidine
chrysoidine
noun
A yellow-orange crystalline dye, C₆H₅N₂.C₆H₃(NH₂)₂.
Any of a group of dyestuffs resembling chrysoidine.
chrysomelid
chrysomelid
noun
Any leaf beetle of the family Chrysomelidae
chrysopidae
chylidrosis
chytridiose
chytridiose
adj
Relating to chytridiosis
citharoedus
clavichords
clavichords
noun
plural of clavichord
coeldership
comradeship
comradeship
noun
The company or friendship of others, or sharing a goal.
demolishers
demolishers
noun
plural of demolisher
dervishhood
diachoresis
diachoresis
noun
(medicine, archaic) The excretion or passage of feces.
diachronies
diachronies
noun
plural of diachrony
diaphorases
diaphorases
noun
plural of diaphorase
diaphoreses
diaphoreses
noun
plural of diaphoresis
diaphoresis
diaphoresis
noun
(physiology, medicine) Excessive sweating; excessive perspiration (more than would be expected in response to a given stimulus; especially when profuse as a symptom of disease or a side effect of a drug).
(physiology, medicine) The formation and excretion of sweat; sweating; perspiration; and (sometimes, more particularly):
diarthroses
diarthroses
noun
plural of diarthrosis
diarthrosis
diarthrosis
noun
(anatomy) A joint that can move freely in various planes
diastrophic
diastrophic
adj
Relating to diastrophism.
diathermous
diathermous
Adjective
Freely permeable by radiant heat.
dichromasia
dichromates
dichromates
noun
plural of dichromate
dichroscope
dichroscope
noun
An instrument for examining the dichroism of crystals.
dimorphisms
dimorphisms
noun
plural of dimorphism
dinornithes
discography
discography
noun
(medicine) radiography of the spine after injection of a contrast medium into a disc.
Complete collection of the releases of a musical act.
List of all of the releases of a certain musical act, usually with release dates, and often with other information about the releases.
discoherent
discoherent
adj
(archaic) incoherent
discophoran
disenshroud
disenshroud
verb
(transitive) To divest of a shroud; to unveil.
disenthrone
disenthrone
verb
To move (someone or something) from a desirable location or place of honour.
To remove (someone) from their position as monarch; to deprive of a position of supremacy.
disharmonic
disharmonic
adj
(Australianist linguistics) Of or relating to a generation that is an odd number of generations distant from a particular person.
Not harmonic.
dishonorary
dishonorary
adj
Causing dishonour; tending to disgrace.
dishonorers
dishonorers
noun
plural of dishonorer
dishonoring
dishonoring
verb
present participle of dishonor
dishonoured
dishonoured
adj
Disgraced, defiled, treated with dishonour.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dishonour
dishonourer
dishonourer
noun
One who dishonours.
diskography
diskography
noun
(medicine) Alternative form of discography
disthroning
disthroning
verb
present participle of disthrone
dithyrambos
doctorships
doctorships
noun
plural of doctorship
dolichosaur
dolichosaur
noun
Any extinct squamate reptile of the genus Dolichosaurus
dorsetshire
dorsetshire
Proper noun
Dorset.
dorsibranch
downhillers
downhillers
noun
plural of downhiller
downrushing
downrushing
verb
present participle of downrush
dragomanish
dragomanish
adj
(archaic) Resembling or relating to a dragoman.
dronishness
dronishness
noun
The quality of being dronish.
drosophilae
drosophilas
drosophilas
noun
plural of drosophila
droughtiest
droughtiest
adj
superlative form of droughty: most droughty
drouthiness
drouthiness
noun
(Scotland, US) droughtiness
dysmorphism
dysmorphism
noun
(anatomy) any malformation of the anatomy
dystrophies
dystrophies
noun
plural of dystrophy
echinoderes
echinoderms
echinoderms
noun
plural of echinoderm
echinodorus
editorships
editorships
noun
plural of editorship
enshrouding
enshrouding
noun
The process or situation of something being enshrouded; a covering.
verb
present participle of enshroud
enthronised
enthronised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of enthronise
fingerholds
fingerholds
noun
plural of fingerhold
foresighted
foresighted
adj
Having foresight; foreseeing; provident.
foundership
foundership
noun
The condition of having founded something.
goldsmithry
goldsmithry
noun
Archaic form of goldsmithery.
haemosporid
handistroke
harbourside
harbourside
adj
Located on or near a harbour.
noun
(British spelling) An area (especially a residential area) near a harbour (often in the form of converted warehouses etc)
harpsichord
harpsichord
noun
(music) A musical instrument with a keyboard that produces sound through a mechanical process. When the performer presses a key, a corresponding plectrum plucks a tuned string. Harpsichords originated in late medieval Europe and is one of the most important instruments used to perform Baroque music.
heiresshood
heiresshood
noun
The quality of being an heiress.
hemorrhoids
hemorrhoids
noun
plural of hemorrhoid
hemosiderin
hemosiderin
noun
(biochemistry) An abnormal microscopic pigment, formed of granules of a complex of iron hydroxides, protein and polysaccharides, that forms in tissues of patients having an excess of iron
hendrickson
hippodromes
hippodromes
noun
plural of hippodrome
hirundinous
hirundinous
adj
hirundine
historiated
historiated
adj
Adorned with decorative pictures that tell a story.
holohedrism
holohedrism
noun
The property of being holohedral.
hoodwinkers
hoodwinkers
noun
plural of hoodwinker
horsehaired
horseradish
horseradish
noun
(countable) A plant of the mustard family, Armoracia rusticana.
(uncountable) A pungent condiment made from the root of the plant.
horsfordite
hospodariat
houseminder
houseminder
noun
A person employed to look after another person's house while the usual occupants are absent.
houseridden
hydrobiosis
hydrocharis
hydrocystic
hydrogenise
hydrogenise
verb
(transitive, British spelling, dated) Alternative spelling of hydrogenize
hydrologies
hydrologies
noun
plural of hydrology
hydrologist
hydrologist
noun
Someone who is skilled in or practises hydrology.
hydrolysing
hydrolysing
verb
present participle of hydrolyse
hydroponics
hydroponics
noun
The cultivation of plants in a nutrient solution rather than in the soil.
hydroponist
hydroponist
noun
A person who cultivates plants using hydroponics.
hydrorachis
hydroscopic
hydroscopic
noun
Misspelling of hygroscopic.
hydrosorbic
hydrospiric
hydrostatic
hydrostatic
adj
(physics) Of or relating to hydrostatics.
Of or relating to fluids, especially to the pressure that they exert or transmit.
hyperploids
hyperploids
noun
plural of hyperploid
hypodermics
hypodermics
noun
plural of hypodermic
hypoidrosis
hysteroidal
icosaheddra
icosahedral
icosahedral
adj
of, relating to, or having the shape of an icosahedron
icosahedron
icosahedron
noun
(geometry) A polyhedron with twenty faces.
(geometry, specifically) A regular icosahedron: one of the Platonic solids, all of whose faces are regular (equilateral) triangles
incornished
iridorhexis
ischidrosis
ischidrosis
noun
anhidrosis
isodiaphere
isorhodeose
istiophorid
istiophorid
noun
(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Istiophoridae, the marlins.
machairodus
merohedrism
merohedrism
noun
(crystallography) merohedry
monohybrids
monohybrids
noun
plural of monohybrid
mouchardism
mouchardism
noun
(historical) The activity of police spies in France.
orchardists
orchardists
noun
plural of orchardist
ornithopods
ornithopods
noun
plural of ornithopod
orthodoxies
orthodoxies
noun
plural of orthodoxy
orthodoxism
orthodoxism
noun
(religion) Strict orthodoxy.
orthodoxist
orthodoxist
noun
An advocate of a rigid orthodoxy
orthopedics
orthopedics
noun
(medicine) The branch of medicine that deals with the prevention or correction of disorders of the bones and associated muscles and joints
orthopedist
orthopedist
noun
(medicine) A surgeon who specializes in orthopedics.
overshading
overshading
verb
present participle of overshade
oxfordshire
oxfordshire
Proper noun
A midland county of England bordered by Buckinghamshire, Gloucestershire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Warwickshire and Northamptonshire.