The belief that certain religious doctrines or ceremonies are indifferent, i.e. do not matter.
adiaphorist
adiaphorist
noun
One who believes in adiaphorism.
adiaphorite
adiaphorite
Noun
One who believes in adiaphorism; an adiaphorist.
adiaphorous
adiaphorous
adj
neither harmful nor beneficial
adipocerite
adipocerous
adipocerous
adj
Like adipocere.
adoperation
adpromissor
adpromissor
noun
A surety.
adscription
adscription
noun
The state of being joined, bound or annexed
adsorptions
adsorptions
noun
plural of adsorption
adspiration
airdropping
airdropping
verb
present participle of airdrop
amidocapric
amidopyrine
amidopyrine
noun
(medicine) Synonym of aminophenazone
amphidromia
amphidromia
noun
An ancient Greek postnatal festive ceremony.
amphidromic
amphidromic
adj
Alternative form of amphidromical
Alternative form of amphidromous
Relating to a tidal node
androlepsia
androphobia
androphobia
noun
Fear of or aversion to men.
androsphinx
androsphinx
noun
A sphinx with the head of a man.
anthropidae
anthropoids
anthropoids
noun
plural of anthropoid
antitorpedo
antitorpedo
adj
(military) Acting against torpedos.
aphoruridae
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
aphroditeum
aphroditous
apioceridae
aplodiorite
apodyterium
apodyterium
noun
(architecture, historical) The apartment at the entrance of the baths, or in the palestra, for getting undressed.
aporrhaidae
apportioned
apportioned
adj
Assigned as somebody's portion; allotted.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of apportion
arabidopsis
arabidopsis
noun
Any cress (or related plant) of the genus Arabidopsis
argiopoidea
arpeggiando
arpeggiando
adv
(music) (To be played) in the style of a harp.
noun
(music) A passage to be played in the style of a harp.
atrophiated
atrophiated
adj
(obsolete) Atrophied.
auditorship
auditorship
noun
The office or function of auditor.
avoirdupois
avoirdupois
noun
(chiefly humorous) Weight; heaviness.
(historical) The official system of weights used in the UK between 1856 and 1963. It had been the customary system in London since 1300.
(historical) The official system of weights used in the USA between 1866 and 1959.
(obsolete) Merchandise.
bardolphian
basidiocarp
basidiocarp
noun
(mycology) A mushroom which has basidia.
bipolarized
bipolarized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bipolarize
brachiopoda
brachiopode
brachiopods
brachiopods
noun
plural of brachiopod
bradypodoid
branchiopod
branchiopod
noun
Any of the very many aquatic crustaceans of the class Branchiopoda, such as the fairy shrimps and water fleas.
calliphorid
calliphorid
noun
(zoology) Any fly in the family Calliphoridae.
caparisoned
caparisoned
adj
(of a horse or elephant) Having a richly ornamented harness.
Dressed in richly ornamented finery.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of caparison
capernoited
capricornid
cardiograph
cardiograph
noun
(cardiology) an instrument which, placed in contact with the chest, graphically registers the comparative duration and intensity of the heart's movements
cardiopathy
cardiopathy
noun
(medicine) Any disease or disorder of the heart
cardiophobe
cardiophobe
noun
A person who has cardiophobia.
cardioscope
cardioscope
noun
(surgery) An instrument used to inspect the interior of the living heart.
cardiospasm
cardiospasm
noun
achalasia of the cardia (part of the esophagus)
carpopodite
carpopodite
noun
The fifth joint of the endopodite of a crustacean (between the meropodite and the propodite)
caryopsides
chiropodial
chiropodies
chiropodist
chiropodist
noun
A practitioner of chiropody
chiropodous
chiropodous
adj
(zoology) Having feet that are adapted for grasping
chrysopidae
cirropodous
cirropodous
adj
relating to, or characteristic of the cirripeds
codespairer
coeldership
compendiary
compromised
compromised
adj
Having been compromised.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of compromise
comradeship
comradeship
noun
The company or friendship of others, or sharing a goal.
conscripted
conscripted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of conscript
copperfield
copresident
copresident
noun
Someone who serves as president together within someone else.
coproducing
coproducing
verb
present participle of coproduce
copyreading
copyreading
verb
present participle of copyread
copyrighted
copyrighted
adj
(law) Covered by a copyright, not public domain.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of copyright
coryphaenid
coryphaenid
noun
(zoology) Any dolphinfish in the family Coryphaenidae.
crepidomata
crossopodia
cryptodeist
cryptodiran
cryptodiran
Noun
Any member of the Cryptodira, the taxonomic suborder of Testudines that includes most living tortoises and turtles.
cryptorchid
cryptorchid
noun
A male animal with one or two undescended testicles.
cypridinoid
cyprinodont
cyprinodont
noun
(zoology) Any of the Cyprinodontidae, a family of fishes including the killifishes or minnows.
cyprinoidea
decapitator
decapitator
noun
One who decapitates.
decopperize
decryptions
decryptions
noun
plural of decryption
delomorphic
delomorphic
adj
delomorphous
demographic
demographic
adj
Of or pertaining to demography.
noun
(chiefly in the plural) A demographic criterion: a characteristic used to classify people for statistical purposes, such as age, race, or gender.
A demographic group: a collection of people sharing a value for a certain demographic criterion.
An individual person's characteristic, encoded for the purposes of statistical analysis.
dendrophile
dendrophile
noun
One who loves trees.
dentiparous
dentiparous
adj
tooth-bearing
departition
departition
noun
(obsolete) departure
(obsolete) separation
verb
(transitive) to remove the partitions from; to merge back into a single unit
deperdition
deperdition
noun
(archaic) Loss; destruction
depersonize
deplethoric
deploration
deploration
noun
The act of deploring or lamenting; lamentation.
deploringly
deploringly
adv
In a deploring manner.
depolarised
depolarised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of depolarise
depolariser
depolariser
noun
Alternative spelling of depolarizer
depolarized
depolarized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of depolarize
depolarizer
depolarizer
noun
(chemistry) Any substance added to the electrolyte of a battery that produces hydrogen in order to combine with the liberated hydrogen and prevent the build-up of pressure.
depolarizes
depolarizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of depolarize
deportation
deportation
noun
The act of deporting or exiling, or the state of being deported; banishment; transportation.
depravation
depravation
noun
Change for the worse; deterioration; morbid perversion.
Detraction; depreciation.
The act of depraving, or making anything bad; the act of corrupting.
The state of being depraved or degenerated; degeneracy; depravity.
deprecation
deprecation
noun
(countable) A praying against evil; prayer that an evil may be removed or prevented; strong expression of disapprobation.
(countable) An imprecation or curse.
(uncountable) The act of deprecating.
Entreaty for pardon; petitioning.
depreciator
depreciator
noun
(economics) One who depreciates.
depredation
depredation
noun
A raid or predatory attack.
An act of consuming agricultural resources (crops, livestock), especially as plunder.
depressions
depressions
noun
plural of depression
deprevation
deprivation
deprivation
noun
(countable) The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving; the act of deposing or divesting of some dignity.
(countable) The taking away from a clergyman of his benefice, or other spiritual promotion or dignity.
(followed by “of”) lack
(uncountable) The state of being deprived
dermatoptic
dermatropic
dermopathic
dermopathic
adj
dermatopathic
dermophytic
dermophytic
adj
Relating to dermophytes
dermotropic
dermotropic
adj
Synonym of dermatotropic
description
description
noun
(linguistics) A descriptive linguistic survey.
(linguistics) The act or practice of recording and describing actual language usage in a given speech community, as opposed to prescription, i.e. laying down norms of language usage.
(taxonomy) A scientific documentation of a taxon for the purpose of introducing it to science.
A set of characteristics by which someone or something can be recognized.
A sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species.
The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.
descriptors
descriptors
noun
plural of descriptor
descriptory
descriptory
adj
(archaic) descriptive; serving to describe something
desmotropic
desorptions
desorptions
noun
plural of desorption
desperation
desperation
noun
A state of despair, or utter hopelessness; abandonment of hope.
Reckless fury.
Short for bladder desperation.
The act of despairing or becoming desperate; a giving up of hope.
dexiotropic
dexiotropic
adj
Having the form of a right-handed spiral
diageotropy
diamorphine
diamorphine
noun
(pharmacology) The BAN name for the drug heroin.
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):
diaphoretic
diaphoretic
adj
(pharmacology) Generating sweat or perspiration.
noun
(pharmacology) A product or agent which induces or promotes perspiration.
diastrophic
diastrophic
adj
Relating to diastrophism.
dichroscope
dichroscope
noun
An instrument for examining the dichroism of crystals.
dictyophora
dilapidator
dilapidator
noun
One who dilapidates; a person causing dilapidation.
dimercaprol
dimercaprol
noun
(organic chemistry) The mercaptan 2,3-dimercaptopropanol used as an antidote to arsenic poisoning.
dimorphisms
dimorphisms
noun
plural of dimorphism
diopsimeter
dioptograph
dioptometer
dioptometer
noun
An instrument used to measure ocular refraction, in order to prescribe corrective lenses.
dioptometry
dioptomiter
dipartition
dipartition
noun
Synonym of bipartition
diphtheroid
diphtheroid
adj
Of, pertaining to or resembling diphtheria.
Of, pertaining to or resembling the diphtheria bacillus Corynebacterium diphtheriae.
noun
Any bacterium that can cause diphtheria
diplocardia
diplocarpon
diplography
diplography
noun
double writing; the writing of something twice or in two forms
diplohedral
diplohedron
diplokaryon
diplokaryon
noun
A tetraploid cell nucleus
diploneural
diploneural
adj
(anatomy) Furnished with two nerves that origin at different points.
dipropargyl
dipropargyl
noun
(organic chemistry) A pungent volatile liquid, produced artificially from certain allyl derivatives and isomeric with benzene.
diprotodont
diprotodont
noun
(biology) Any marsupial of the order Diprotodontia
dipsosaurus
dipterocarp
dipterocarp
noun
any member of the family Dipterocarpaceae of tropical rainforest trees having two-winged fruits