(biology) The growth of an organism either towards, or away from a region of higher oxygen content.
almonership
almonership
noun
The rank or office of an almoner.
amidopyrine
amidopyrine
noun
(medicine) Synonym of aminophenazone
aminopterin
aminopterin
noun
(pharmacology) A 4-amino analog of folic acid used as a chemotherapy drug.
aminopurine
aminopurine
noun
(organic chemistry) Any amino derivative of a purine
aminopyrine
aminopyrine
noun
aminophenazone
amphichrome
amphierotic
amphigories
amphigories
noun
plural of amphigory
anemotropic
anemotropic
adj
Exhibiting or relating to anemotropism.
angiosperms
angiosperms
noun
plural of angiosperm
antiemperor
antiemperor
noun
(politics) One who declares himself emperor in opposition to a reigning emperor.
aphroditeum
apodyterium
apodyterium
noun
(architecture, historical) The apartment at the entrance of the baths, or in the palestra, for getting undressed.
apomorphine
apomorphine
noun
(pharmacology) A crystalline morphine derivative that is a dopamine agonist, used as an emetic and is injected subcutaneously in the form of its hydrochloride C₁₇H₁₇NO₂·HCl·1/2H₂O to treat episodes of immobility associated with advanced Parkinson's disease.
aporrhiegma
apoturmeric
approximate
approximate
adj
Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.
Nearing correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate.
verb
(transitive) To carry or advance near; to cause to approach.
(transitive) To come near to; to approach.
(transitive, intransitive) To estimate.
armipotence
armipotence
noun
Power in arms; military might.
aspersorium
aspersorium
noun
A basin that holds holy water with which worshippers sprinkle themselves.
atmospheric
atmospheric
adj
(painting) Translucent or hazy.
Evoking a particular emotional or aesthetic quality.
Of, relating to, produced by, or coming from the atmosphere.
azeotropism
azeotropism
noun
azeotropy
azoospermia
azoospermia
noun
(medicine) The absence of live sperm in the semen.
bimorphemic
bimorphemic
adj
Consisting of, or relating to, two morphemes
Relating to bimorphemes
biopolymers
biopolymers
noun
plural of biopolymer
bipenniform
bipenniform
adj
Resembling a feather on both sides
bipennate
cacospermia
capreomycin
capreomycin
noun
(pharmacology) A cyclic peptide antibiotic obtained from a bacterium Saccharothrix mutabilis capreolus, commonly grouped with the aminoglycosides, given in combination with other antibiotics for tuberculosis.
cecomorphic
cetomorphic
cheirospasm
cheirospasm
noun
(pathology) Any spasm of the muscles of the hand
chemotropic
chemotropic
adj
(biology) of, related to, or in response to chemotropism
chromophile
chromophile
noun
(cytology) Any cell that can be easily stained.
cinemograph
cinemograph
noun
(historical) An integrating anemometer.
comparative
comparative
adj
(obsolete) Comparable; bearing comparison.
Approximated by comparison; relative.
Of or relating to comparison.
Using comparison as a method of study, or founded on something using it.
noun
(chiefly in the plural) Data used to make a comparison.
(grammar) A construction showing a relative quality, in English usually formed by adding more or appending -er. For example, the comparative of green is greener; of evil, more evil.
(grammar) A word in the comparative form.
(obsolete) An equal; a rival; a compeer.
(obsolete) One who makes comparisons; one who affects wit.
compendiary
competitors
competitors
noun
plural of competitor
competitory
competitory
adj
(dated) Acting in competition or rivalry.
competitrix
competitrix
noun
(rare) A female competitor.
complainers
complainers
noun
plural of complainer
compositure
compressing
compressing
verb
present participle of compress
compression
compression
noun
(astronomy) The deviation of a heavenly body from a spherical form.
(automotive) The cycle of an internal combustion engine during which the fuel and air mixture is compressed.
(computing) The process by which data is compressed.
(music) The electronic process by which any sound's gain is automatically controlled.
An increase in density; the act of compressing, or the state of being compressed; compaction.
compressive
compressive
adj
That compresses
comprisable
comprisable
adj
Able to be contained or classified.
comprizable
compromised
compromised
adj
Having been compromised.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of compromise
compromiser
compromiser
noun
One who compromises; especially, one who compromises readily
compromises
compromises
noun
plural of compromise
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of compromise
computerise
computerise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of computerize.
computerist
computerist
noun
(dated) A computer user.
computerite
computerize
computerize
verb
(transitive, computing) To convert a manual function or system into a computer system.
(transitive, computing) To enter data into such a system.
(transitive, computing) To equip with a computer or a computer system.
computernik
computernik
noun
(informal, dated) A computer enthusiast.
comradeship
comradeship
noun
The company or friendship of others, or sharing a goal.
coopersmith
copartiment
copolymeric
copolymeric
adj
(organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to a copolymer
coppersmith
coppersmith
noun
A South Asian barbet, Psilopogon haemacephala, with crimson forehead and throat, best known for its metronomic call that has been likened to a coppersmith striking metal with a hammer.
A person who forges things out of copper.
creophagism
crepidomata
cryptomeria
cryptomeria
noun
A Japanese cedar, Cryptomeria japonica
cypraeiform
cypseliform
cypseliform
adj
(zoology) Like or belonging to the swifts (Cypselidae, now known as the Apodidae.)
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.
dermatoptic
dermatropic
dermopathic
dermopathic
adj
dermatopathic
dermophytic
dermophytic
adj
Relating to dermophytes
dermotropic
dermotropic
adj
Synonym of dermatotropic
desmotropic
diamorphine
diamorphine
noun
(pharmacology) The BAN name for the drug heroin.
dimercaprol
dimercaprol
noun
(organic chemistry) The mercaptan 2,3-dimercaptopropanol used as an antidote to arsenic poisoning.
diopsimeter
dioptometer
dioptometer
noun
An instrument used to measure ocular refraction, in order to prescribe corrective lenses.
dioptometry
dioptomiter
disemprison
disportment
disportment
noun
(obsolete) Act of disporting; diversion; play.
drepaniform
drepaniform
adj
sickle-shaped
ectomorphic
ectomorphic
adj
of or pertaining to an ectomorph
electropism
emancipator
emancipator
noun
A person who emancipates.
embroscopic
emmetropism
emperorship
emperorship
noun
The rank or office of an emperor.
empoririums
endomorphic
endomorphic
adj
of or pertaining to an endomorph
endospermic
endospermic
adj
of, or relating to the endosperm
endosporium
endosporium
noun
An endospore.
An intine.
epembryonic
epimorphism
epimorphism
noun
(category theory) A morphism p such that for any other pair of morphisms f and g, if f∘p=g∘p, then f = g.
epitomatory
eremopteris
europeanism
europeanism
Noun
A word or phrase only used in Europe, or having a special meaning there.
Proper noun
The norms and values common to the people of Europe.
A position that supports European political and economic integration.
exomorphism
exomorphism
noun
(geology) A change in a rock that happens when igneous material intrudes upon it.
exoperidium
exoperidium
noun
The outer layer of a two-layered peridium
expromissor
expromissor
noun
(law) The new debtor introduced by expromission.
extemporise
extemporise
verb
(intransitive) To do something in a makeshift way.
(intransitive) To do something, particularly to perform or speak, without prior planning or thought; to act in an impromptu manner; to improvise.
(transitive) To make or create ex tempore.
(transitive, music) To compose extemporaneously or improvise.
extemporize
extemporize
verb
(intransitive) To perform or speak without prior planning or thought; to act in an impromptu manner; to improvise.
(transitive) To adapt, improvise, or devise action or speech in an impromptu or spontaneous manner.
foreglimpse
foreglimpse
noun
A glimpse or revelation of the future.
verb
To glimpse something in the future.
foremanship
foremanship
noun
The position of a foreman.
forepromise
forepromise
noun
A promise made in advance
verb
(transitive) To promise beforehand or in advance
gemmiparous
gemmiparous
adj
(biology) That reproduces by means of buds (gemmae).
geographism
geographism
noun
The theory that events are influenced by geographical conditions, rather than by people.
geomorphist
geotropisms
geotropisms
noun
plural of geotropism
germiparous
haemosporid
heliamphora
hemeralopia
hemeralopia
noun
(medicine) The inability to see clearly in bright light; day blindness.
(medicine, archaic) Night blindness.
hemeralopic
hemeralopic
adj
(medicine) Unable to see clearly in bright light; day-blind; suffering from hemeralopia.
hemiatrophy
hemiatrophy
noun
(pathology) atrophy that affects only one half of the body
hemimorphic
hemimorphic
adj
(crystallography) Having the two ends (of an axis) modified with unlike planes.
hemiprotein
hemiprotein
noun
(biochemistry) An insoluble proteid substance formed when albumin is heated for some time with dilute sulphuric acid, and apparently identical with antialbumid and dyspeptone.
hemipteroid
hemipteroid
noun
(zoology) A hemipteran or one of the closely related thrips and lice within the Exopterygota
hemipterous
hemipterous
adj
Of or pertaining to the Hemiptera order; hemipteran
hemitropism
hemitropous
hemitropous
adj
(botany, of an ovule) Having the raphe terminating about halfway between the chalaza and the orifice; amphitropous
Turned half round; half inverted.
hemoproctia
hemoprotein
hemoprotein
noun
Alternative spelling of hemeprotein
hemospermia
hemotrophic
hemotrophic
adj
That obtains nutrition from blood
hermoupolis
herpetiform
herpetiform
adj
Resembling the symptoms of herpes.
hippodromes
hippodromes
noun
plural of hippodrome
hippometric
homeporting
homeporting
verb
present participle of homeport
homospories
hormephobia
hyperbolism
hyperbolism
noun
(countable) An instance of hyperbole
(countable, geometry) A blow-up of a curve at a point.
(uncountable) The use of hyperbole
hypercosmic
hypercosmic
adj
(rare) Extraordinarily cosmic; that which truly transcends the very cosmos; supercosmic.
hypermotile
hypermotile
adj
Abnormally or excessively motile.
hypernomian
hyperoxemia
hyperoxemia
noun
(pathology) A high level of oxygen in the blood, typically as a result of hyperoxia
hypersomnia
hypersomnia
noun
(medicine, pathology) Excessive sleepiness.
hypobromite
hypobromite
noun
(inorganic chemistry) any salt or ester of hypobromous acid
hypodermics
hypodermics
noun
plural of hypodermic
hypothermia
hypothermia
noun
(pathology) Abnormally low body temperature; specifically, below 35 degrees Celsius for humans.
hypothermic
hypothermic
adj
Affected by hypothermia; having an abnormally low body temperature.
hypsometric
hypsometric
adj
Of or pertaining to hypsometry (measuring elevation relative to sea level)
impatronize
impatronize
verb
(archaic, transitive) To make lord or master.
impedometer
imperatorin
imperatorin
noun
(organic chemistry) A furocoumarin isolated from Urena lobata, Angelica archangelica, and various other plants.
imperforata
imperforate
imperforate
adj
(medicine) Synonym of atretic
Not perforated, as:
noun
(philately) A postage stamp that has not been perforated.
imperiously
imperiously
adv
In a way that brooks no refusal; commandingly.
In an imperious manner; in the style of an emperor.
impermeator
impermeator
noun
A device in a steam engine for forcing lubricating oil uniformly into the cylinder.
impersonate
impersonate
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To manifest in corporeal form; to personify.
(transitive) To pretend to be (a different person); to assume the identity of.
(transitive, computing) To operate with the permissions of a different user account.
impersonify
impersonize
impersonize
verb
(archaic, transitive) To manifest in corporeal form; to personify.
impetration
impetration
noun
(obsolete) The act of impetrating, or obtaining by petition or entreaty.
(obsolete, UK, law) The obtaining of benefice from Rome by solicitation, which benefice belonged to the disposal of the king or other lay patron of the realm.