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
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
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
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
aporrhaidae
atrophiated
atrophiated
adj
(obsolete) Atrophied.
auditorship
auditorship
noun
The office or function of auditor.
bardolphian
brachiopoda
brachiopode
brachiopods
brachiopods
noun
plural of brachiopod
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.
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.
chiropodial
chiropodies
chiropodist
chiropodist
noun
A practitioner of chiropody
chiropodous
chiropodous
adj
(zoology) Having feet that are adapted for grasping
chrysopidae
coeldership
comradeship
comradeship
noun
The company or friendship of others, or sharing a goal.
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.
cryptorchid
cryptorchid
noun
A male animal with one or two undescended testicles.
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.
deplethoric
dermopathic
dermopathic
adj
dermatopathic
dermophytic
dermophytic
adj
Relating to dermophytes
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
dimorphisms
dimorphisms
noun
plural of dimorphism
dioptograph
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
diplography
diplography
noun
double writing; the writing of something twice or in two forms
diplohedral
diplohedron
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.
discophoran
diskography
diskography
noun
(medicine) Alternative form of discography
dittography
dittography
noun
An error produced thereby.
The accidental error of repeating a word, phrase or combination of letters by a scribe or copyist.
doctorships
doctorships
noun
plural of doctorship
dromophobia
drosophilae
drosophilas
drosophilas
noun
plural of drosophila
dysmorphism
dysmorphism
noun
(anatomy) any malformation of the anatomy
dystrophies
dystrophies
noun
plural of dystrophy
editorships
editorships
noun
plural of editorship
endomorphic
endomorphic
adj
of or pertaining to an endomorph
endotrophic
endotrophic
adj
(biology, of some parasitic fungi) obtaining nourishment from within another organism
epitrochoid
epitrochoid
noun
A geometric curve traced by a fixed point on one circle which rotates around the perimeter of another circle. Examples include the shape of the Wankel engine
eriophyidae
foundership
foundership
noun
The condition of having founded something.
haemosporid
haloperidol
haloperidol
noun
(pharmacology) A synthetic antidepressant drug used chiefly in the treatment of psychotic conditions.
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.
hemipteroid
hemipteroid
noun
(zoology) A hemipteran or one of the closely related thrips and lice within the Exopterygota
heteropidae
heteroploid
heteroploid
adj
(biology) Having a chromosome number that is neither the haploid nor the diploid number normal in the species.
noun
(biology) An organism having a chromosome number that is neither the haploid nor the diploid number normal in the species.
hippodromes
hippodromes
noun
plural of hippodrome
hippodromic
hippodromic
adj
Relating to a hippodrome.
hippuritoid
hospodariat
hydnocarpic
hydratropic
hydropathic
hydropathic
adj
(chemistry) Relating to hydropathicity
Relating to hydropathy
noun
A temperance hotel offering hydropathy to guests.
hydroperiod
hydroperiod
noun
The period of time during which a wetland is covered by water.
hydrophidae
hydrophilic
hydrophilic
adj
(physics, chemistry) Having an affinity for water; able to absorb, or be wetted by water; water-loving.
hydrophilid
hydrophilid
noun
(zoology) any of the water beetles that belongs to the family Hydrophilidae
hydrophinae
hydrophobia
hydrophobia
noun
(pathology) An aversion to water, as a symptom of rabies; the disease of rabies itself.
(psychology, colloquial) A morbid fear of water; aquaphobia.
hydrophobic
hydrophobic
adj
(physics, chemistry) Lacking an affinity for water; unable to absorb or to be wetted by water.
Of, or having, hydrophobia (rabies).
hydrophoria
hydrophytic
hydrophytic
adj
Relating to hydrophytes.
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.
hydropultic
hydroscopic
hydroscopic
noun
Misspelling of hygroscopic.
hydrospiric
hydrotropic
hydrotropic
adj
(biology) exhibiting hydrotropism
hyperboloid
hyperboloid
noun
A particular surface in three-dimensional Euclidean space, the graph of a quadratic with all three variables squared and their coefficients not all of the same sign.
hyperditone
hyperploids
hyperploids
noun
plural of hyperploid
hyperploidy
hyperploidy
noun
The condition of being hyperploid.
hypertorrid
hypoadrenia
hypodermics
hypodermics
noun
plural of hypodermic
hypoidrosis
hypothyroid
hypothyroid
adj
Having hypothyroidism
of or pertaining to hypothyroidism
ideographic
ideographic
adj
Pertaining to an ideograph or ideography.
idiographic
idiographic
adj
(psychology) of or pertaining to individuals
Of or pertaining to idiography or to an idiograph
idiomorphic
idiomorphic
adj
idiomorphous; having a distinctive form
iodotherapy
iodotherapy
noun
(medicine) The therapeutic use of iodine or of iodides
iridiophore
isodiaphere
istiophorid
istiophorid
noun
(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Istiophoridae, the marlins.
nephrodinic
oophoridium
oophoridium
noun
(botany) The macrosporangium or case for the larger kind of spore in heterosporous flowerless plants.
ophiuroidea
orchidopexy
orchidopexy
noun
(surgery) Alternative form of orchiopexy
ornithopoda
ornithopods
ornithopods
noun
plural of ornithopod
orthopaedia
orthopaedia
noun
Alternative form of orthopedia
orthopaedic
orthopaedic
adj
Alternative spelling of orthopedic
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.
overpitched
overpitched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overpitch
overwhipped
overwhipped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overwhip
panhidrosis
panhidrosis
noun
Alternative form of panidrosis
parathyroid
parathyroid
adj
(anatomy) Pertaining to the parathyroid glands or their extracts.
(anatomy) Situated near the thyroid gland.
noun
A parathyroid gland.
A parathyroid hormone.
paratyphoid
paratyphoid
adj
Resembling typhoid.
noun
paratyphoid fever
pedatrophia
pedomorphic
pedomorphic
adj
Alternative spelling of paedomorphic
pedospheric
pedotrophic
pedotrophic
adj
Relating to pedotrophy
perchloride
perchloride
noun
(chemistry) A chloride having a higher proportion of chlorine than any other chloride of the same substance or series.
perichordal
perichordal
adj
Around the notochord.
phaeodarian
phaeodarian
noun
Any radiolarian of the class Phaeodarea
philodendra
philopterid
philopterid
noun
(entomology) Any of the family Philopteridae of lice.
photoperiod
photoperiod
noun
(biology) The normal duration of natural daylight experienced by an organism; daylength
phrenodynia
phronimidae
phryganeoid
phyllocarid
phyllocarid
noun
Any crustacean of the subclass Phyllocarida.
physeteroid
physeteroid
noun
(zoology) Any sperm whale (of the family Physeteridae)
phytorhodin
pitchforked
pitchforked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pitchfork
polyhedroid
polyhedroid
noun
(mathematics) polychoron
pondicherry
pondicherry
Proper noun
name of, a union territory in southern India.
name of, the capital of the union territory of Puducherry.
porphyrized
porphyrized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of porphyrize