A form of articulation that allows considerable change in position and spatial relationship between the articulated parts, and which bones move freely upon one another; diarthrosis.
abiotrophic
abiotrophic
adj
(medicine) Relating to or involving abiotrophy; relating to or involving the functional loss of an organ or cells not due to an injury.
achondrites
achondrites
noun
plural of achondrite
achondritic
achondritic
adj
(geology) Of or pertaining to achondrites, a type of stony meteorite.
achromatise
achromatise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of achromatize.
achromatism
achromatism
noun
(optics) The state or quality of being achromatic; achromaticity.
Achromatopia.
The state of being free of colors, not emitting or separating into colors.
achromatium
achromatize
achromatize
verb
(transitive) To deprive of colour; to make achromatic.
(transitive) To remove chromatic aberration from an optical system
acrocorinth
acrostichal
acrostichal
adj
(entomology, of bristles) Situated on the mesothorax of some dipteran flies
acrostichic
acrostichic
adj
Being or relating to an acrostic.
acrostichum
acrotrophic
acrotrophic
adj
(biology, of an insect) Having nutritive cells at the top of the follicular tube
actinograph
actinograph
noun
A recording actinometer.
actinophore
actinophore
noun
(biology) A cartilaginous spine that supports the fin rays of fish
actinophrys
adiaphorist
adiaphorist
noun
One who believes in adiaphorism.
adiaphorite
adiaphorite
Noun
One who believes in adiaphorism; an adiaphorist.
aerophagist
aerophagist
noun
(medicine) A person who gulps in air.
agonistarch
agonistarch
noun
(Ancient Greece) One who trained persons to compete in public games and contests.
ahistorical
ahistorical
adj
Lacking historical perspective or context.
airworthier
airworthier
adj
comparative form of airworthy: more airworthy
albitophyre
algorithmic
algorithmic
adj
(mathematics, computing) Of, relating to, or being an algorithm.
allochroite
allochroite
noun
(mineralogy) Garnet.
allotrophic
allotrophic
adj
Changed or modified in nutritive power by the process of digestion.
Of or pertaining to an allotroph.
amaranthoid
amphierotic
amphiprotic
amphiprotic
adj
(chemistry) Able to both donate and accept a proton, and thus able to react both as an acid and a base; amphoteric.
amphithuron
amphithyron
amphitropal
amphitropal
adj
(botany) Having the ovule inverted, but with the attachment near the middle of one side; half anatropous.
amphoricity
amphoricity
noun
(rare) The quality of being amphoric.
amyotrophia
amyotrophia
noun
Alternative form of amyotrophy
amyotrophic
amyotrophic
adj
(medicine) Characterized by amyotrophy (atrophy of the muscles)
anachronist
anachronist
noun
A person who has anachronistic views or habits
anarthrosis
anastrophia
anchoretish
anchoretism
anchoretism
noun
The practice or mode of life of an anchorite.
anchoritess
anchoritess
noun
A female anchorite; an anchoress.
anchoritish
anchoritism
anhydration
anhydration
noun
(chemistry) The formation of an anhydrate
annihilator
annihilator
noun
One who annihilates.
anorthitite
anorthosite
anorthosite
noun
(petrology) A phaneritic, intrusive igneous rock characterized by a predominance of plagioclase feldspar.
anotherkins
anotherkins
adj
(UK, regional, obsolete) Of another kind.
antatrophic
antheriform
antheriform
adj
Shaped like an anther.
antherozoid
antherozoid
noun
(botany) One of the mobile male reproductive bodies in the antheridia of cryptogams.
anthotropic
anthracosis
anthracosis
noun
(pneumology, pathology) A relatively mild pneumoconiosis caused by inhalation of coal.
anthracotic
anthracotic
adj
Relating to anthracosis.
anthratriol
anthropical
anthropical
adj
Alternative form of anthropic
anthropidae
anthropoids
anthropoids
noun
plural of anthropoid
anthroxanic
antichoicer
antichoicer
noun
Alternative form of anti-choicer.
anticrochet
antiheroine
antiheroine
noun
(literature, role-playing games) A female protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner, such as by criminal means, via cowardly actions, or for mercenary goals; a female antihero.
antiheroism
antiheroism
noun
(literature) The quality of being an antihero
antihormone
antihormone
noun
(biochemistry) Any material that counteracts the effects of a hormone
antimonarch
antiphonary
antiphonary
adj
Pertaining to an antiphon or antiphony.
antiprophet
antistrophe
antistrophe
noun
(rhetoric) The repetition of a word or phrase at the end of successive clauses
(rhetoric) The repetition of words in an inverse order.
In Greek choruses and dances, the returning of the chorus, exactly answering to a previous strophe or movement from right to left.
The lines of this part of the choral song.
The retort or turning of an adversary's plea against him.
antithyroid
antithyroid
adj
(biochemistry) Reducing the production or effects of thyroid hormones.
apanthropia
apanthropia
noun
Alternative form of apanthropy
aparthrosis
aphrodistic
aphroditeum
aphroditous
aporhyolite
apostrophia
apostrophic
apostrophic
adj
(orthography) Pertaining to the grammatical use of, or using, the apostrophe (the diacritical mark ').
(rhetoric) Pertaining to the rhetoric use of, or using, apostrophe (sudden, exclamatory dialogue).
archaeoceti
archaeolith
archicantor
archoptosis
archpontiff
archtraitor
archtraitor
noun
A chief or transcendent traitor.
archvisitor
argiphontes
arithmogram
arithmogram
noun
The number obtained by summing the numerical values of the letters of a word.
arteriolith
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.
arthrodiran
arthrodiran
noun
(zoology) Any of a group of extinct fish of the order Arthrodira.
arthrodymic
arthrodynia
arthrodynia
noun
(medicine) An affliction characterized by pain in or around a joint, not dependent upon structural disease.
arthrodynic
arthrodynic
adj
Of or relating to arthrodynia.
arthromeric
artophorion
artophorion
noun
(Eastern Orthodoxy) The tabernacle on the high altar in an Eastern Orthodox church
asphyxiator
asphyxiator
noun
One who or that which asphyxiates.
astraphobia
astraphobia
noun
An abnormal fear of thunder and lightning.
astrophobia
astrophobia
noun
A fear of stars and celestial space.
atheriogaea
atherogenic
atherogenic
adj
(medicine) that initiates or accelerates atherogenesis
atheromasia
atheromasia
noun
(pathology) The presence of atheroma
athyroidism
athyroidism
noun
(pathology) The congenital absence of a thyroid gland or suppression of its function
atmospheric
atmospheric
adj
(painting) Translucent or hazy.
Evoking a particular emotional or aesthetic quality.
Of, relating to, produced by, or coming from the atmosphere.
atrophiated
atrophiated
adj
(obsolete) Atrophied.
auditorship
auditorship
noun
The office or function of auditor.
augitophyre
austrophile
authorially
authorially
adv
as an author
authorising
authorising
verb
present participle of authorise
authorities
authorities
noun
The bodies that enforce law and order or provide a public service
The bodies that have political or administrative power and control in a particular sphere
plural of authority
authorizers
authorizers
noun
plural of authorizer
authorizing
authorizing
verb
present participle of authorize
authorships
authorships
noun
plural of authorship
autographic
autographic
adj
Containing or relating to an autograph.
automorphic
automorphic
adj
(geology) Describing a mineral, in an igneous rock, that is bounded by its own crystal face; euhedral, idiomorphic
(mathematics) Describing a number whose square ends in the number itself; circular
(mathematics) Of or pertaining to automorphy or an automorphism
Marked by automorphism, the ascription to others of one's own characteristics.
autotrophic
autotrophic
adj
(biology) Relating to the production of organic compounds from carbon dioxide as a carbon source, using either light or reactions of inorganic chemical compounds, as a source of energy.
auxotrophic
auxotrophic
adj
(biology) Describing a strain of organism that requires a specific metabolic substance that the parent organism was able to synthesize by itself
azoerythrin
baronetship
baronetship
noun
baronetcy
bathofloric
behaviorist
behaviorist
noun
One who studies behavior of humans or animals.
behypocrite
bichromated
bichromates
bichromates
noun
plural of bichromate
bichromatic
bichromatic
adj
(mathematics) Describing a graph with edges of two possible colours.
(physics) Describing a spectrometer (or similar instrument or system) capable of analysing two wavelengths at the same time.
biographist
biographist
noun
(dated) A biographer.
biorhythmic
biorhythmic
adj
Of or pertaining to biorhythms.
birdmouthed
birthstones
birthstones
noun
plural of birthstone
bloodthirst
bloodthirst
noun
An eagerness for bloodshed.
boilersmith
boilersmith
noun
One who builds or repairs boilers.
borderlight
bostrychoid
bostrychoid
adj
(botany, of buds) arranged in a helical manner on the outside of a long, tapering, conical rachis
botheration
botheration
intj
A mild expression of annoyance or exasperation: bother!
noun
(countable) A person or thing that causes bother, inconvenience, trouble, etc.
(countable) An act of bothering or annoying.
(uncountable) The state of being bothered; annoyance, vexation.
bothridiums
boththridia
brachiation
brachiation
noun
(zoology) Movement by swinging the arms from one hold to the next.
brachiators
brachiators
noun
plural of brachiator
brachiotomy
bribeworthy
brightworks
brightworks
noun
plural of brightwork
britishhood
brochantite
brochantite
noun
(mineralogy) A basic copper sulfate mineral
broncholith
broncholith
noun
(pathology) calcified or ossified material within the lumen of the bronchus
bronzesmith
bronzesmith
noun
A maker of bronze articles.
brookesmith
brothellike
brothellike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a brothel.
brotherlike
brotherlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a brother.
brothership
brothership
noun
The state of being brothers; brotherhood.
brownshirts
brownshirts
noun
plural of brownshirt
cachinnator
cachinnator
noun
One who laughs loudly and immoderately.
cacotrichia
cacotrophia
cacotrophia
noun
Alternative form of cacotrophy
cacotrophic
cacotrophic
adj
(medicine, obsolete) Exhibiting or relating to cacotrophy.
calathiform
cardiopathy
cardiopathy
noun
(medicine) Any disease or disorder of the heart
ceratohyoid
ceratohyoid
noun
A horny part of the hyoid bone that connects it to the epihyoid