Explanatory; serving to explain logically or in detail.
exploration
exploration
noun
(medicine) A physical examination of a patient.
The (pre-)mining process of finding and determining commercially viable ore deposits (after prospecting), also called mineral exploration.
The process of exploring.
The process of penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of (especially geographical) discovery.
explorative
explorative
adj
exploratory
exploringly
exploringly
adv
So as to explore.
felsophyric
fibrolipoma
fibrolipoma
noun
(pathology) A lipoma characterised by the presence of fibrous connective tissue
fibroplasia
fibroplasia
noun
The generation of fibrous tissue (especially in wound healing)
filmography
filmography
noun
A selective list of movie titles that share a similar characteristic such as the same genre, the same director, the same actor etc.
florigraphy
florigraphy
noun
Alternative form of floriography
floriparous
floripondio
floripondio
noun
The flowering plant Brugmansia arborea.
fluviograph
fluviograph
noun
(dated) An instrument for measuring and automatically recording the rise and fall of a river.
forcepslike
forcepslike
adj
Resembling a forceps.
forcipulata
forcipulate
foreflipper
foreflipper
noun
The forelimb of a sea lion, seal, turtle, etc.
foreglimpse
foreglimpse
noun
A glimpse or revelation of the future.
verb
To glimpse something in the future.
foretopsail
foretopsail
noun
(nautical) The sail draped from the foretopmast.
francophile
francophile
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Francophile
galloperdix
gastrophile
gorillaship
graphiology
graphiology
noun
The study of handwriting; graphology.
graphologic
graphologic
adj
graphological
graptolites
graptolites
noun
plural of graptolite
graptolitha
graptolitic
graptolitic
adj
Of or pertaining to graptolites; containing graptolites.
haliography
halomorphic
halomorphic
adj
Of soil: containing enough salt to affect plant growth.
haloperidol
haloperidol
noun
(pharmacology) A synthetic antidepressant drug used chiefly in the treatment of psychotic conditions.
harpoonlike
heliamphora
helicograph
helicograph
noun
An instrument for drawing spiral lines on a plane.
helicopters
helicopters
noun
plural of helicopter
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of helicopter
heliographs
heliographs
noun
plural of heliograph
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of heliograph
heliography
heliography
noun
(obsolete) Photography.
The art of making a heliograph.
The scientific study of the sun.
The system of signalling by heliograph.
heliosphere
heliosphere
noun
(astronomy) The region of space where interstellar medium is blown away by solar wind; the boundary, heliopause, is often considered the edge of the Solar System.
heliotroper
heliotroper
noun
The person at a geodetic station who has charge of the heliotrope.
heliotropes
heliotropes
noun
plural of heliotrope
heliotropic
heliotropic
adj
exhibiting heliotropism
heliotropin
heliotropin
noun
piperonal
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.
hermoupolis
herophilist
heterophile
heterophile
adj
Able to react immunologically with material from another species.
noun
(immunology) A heterophilic antibody
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.
hieroglyphs
hieroglyphs
noun
plural of hieroglyph
hieroglyphy
hieroglyphy
noun
The use of hieroglyphics.
holocryptic
holocryptic
adj
Wholly or completely concealing; incapable of being deciphered.
holographic
holographic
adj
(uncommon) Handwritten by a single writer.
In the form of a hologram or holograph.
holomorphic
holomorphic
adj
(complex analysis, of a complex function) Complex-differentiable on an open set around every point in its domain.
Having holohedral symmetry.
holophrasis
holophrasis
noun
(linguistics) The use of a single word to convey a complex idea.
horripilant
horripilate
horripilate
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To bristle in fear or horror; to have goose bumps or goose pimples.
hospitalary
hospitalary
adj
(rare) Hospitable; of or relating to a hostel or hospitallers.
(rare, non-native speakers' English) Of or relating to a hospital.
hospitaller
hospitaller
noun
A member of any of several religious orders that cared for the sick in hospitals.
A person who attends visitors in a religious institution.
hostlership
hostlership
noun
The role or status of a hostler.
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
hydropultic
hylomorphic
hylomorphic
adj
Pertaining to hylomorphism.
hyperbolism
hyperbolism
noun
(countable) An instance of hyperbole
(countable, geometry) A blow-up of a curve at a point.
(uncountable) The use of hyperbole
hyperbolist
hyperbolist
noun
One who uses hyperbole; an exaggerator.
hyperbolize
hyperbolize
verb
(intransitive, now rare) To exaggerate, use hyperbole.
(transitive, now rare) To represent or talk about with hyperbole.
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.
hypercholia
hypermotile
hypermotile
adj
Abnormally or excessively motile.
hyperploids
hyperploids
noun
plural of hyperploid
hyperploidy
hyperploidy
noun
The condition of being hyperploid.
hypochloric
hypochloric
adj
Misspelling of hypochlorous.
hypolocrian
hypsiliform
imperiously
imperiously
adv
In a way that brooks no refusal; commandingly.
In an imperious manner; in the style of an emperor.
implementor
implementor
noun
Alternative spelling of implementer
implicatory
implicatory
adj
Relating to implication.
imploration
imploration
noun
The action of imploring; begging, beseeching.
imploratory
imploratory
adj
supplicatory; entreating
imploringly
imploringly
adv
Beseechingly; in a manner that beseeches or implores.
impopularly
importantly
importantly
adv
(sentence adverb) Used to mark a statement as having importance.
In an important manner.
importunely
importunely
adv
(obsolete) In an importune manner.
improvingly
improvingly
adv
In a manner that tends to improve (especially, (dated), to educate or morally better a person).
incorporeal
incorporeal
adj
(law) Relating to an asset that does not have a material form; such as a patent.
Having no material form or physical substance.
incorruptly
incorruptly
adv
Without corruption.
inculpatory
inculpatory
adj
that causes someone to be blamed for something
inopercular
inopercular
adj
inoperculate
inspectoral
inspectoral
adj
Alternative form of inspectorial
insultproof
insultproof
adj
Resistant to insults.
intercouple
intercouple
adj
Between couples.
verb
(transitive) To couple (separate items) together.
intercupola
interlooped
interlopers
interlopers
noun
plural of interloper
interloping
interloping
noun
(historical) Illegal Indian trade within the area over which the Hudson's Bay Company held a trade monopoly.
An act of intrusion or encroachment.
verb
present participle of interlope
interpolant
interpolant
noun
(mathematics) A function used to generate interpolation
A point interpolated between others
interpolary
interpolary
adj
(mathematics) Relating to, or by means of interpolation
interpolate
interpolate
verb
(computing) During the course of processing some data, and in response to a directive in that data, to fetch data from a different source and process it in-line along with the original data.
(mathematics) To estimate the value of a function between two tabulated points.
(transitive, intransitive) To introduce (something) between other things; especially to insert (possibly spurious) words into a text.
interpolish
interpolity
interpolity
adj
Between polities.
interportal
intersporal
intersporal
adj
Between spores
iridoplegia
iridoplegia
noun
(medicine) paralysis of the sphincter of the iris
isopleurous
isopropanol
isopropanol
noun
(organic chemistry) The aliphatic alcohol 2-propanol; isopropyl alcohol
isopropenyl
isopropenyl
noun
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) The univalent hydrocarbon radical derived from isoprene CH₂=C(CH₃)-
kiloparsecs
kiloparsecs
noun
plural of kiloparsec
laeotropism
lagomorphic
lagomorphic
adj
Characteristic of the taxonomic order Lagomorpha.
Shaped like a hare.
lampworking
lampworking
verb
present participle of lampwork
laparostict
lapeirousia
lapilliform
lapilliform
adj
Having the form of small stones.
larviparous
larviparous
adj
(zoology) Depositing living larvae, instead of eggs; said of certain insects.
leopardskin
leopardskin
noun
(uncountable, attributive) A design, especially on fabric, similar to the markings of a leopard.
Such a skin forming a simple article of clothing.
The skin or pelt of a leopard.
lepidoptera
lepidoptera
noun
plural of lepidopteron
lepidosiren
lepidosiren
noun
(zoology) A lungfish.
leprologist
leprologist
noun
A student of leprology, a doctor or researcher specialized in the diagnosis and treatment of leprosy.
leprosarium
leprosarium
noun
An isolated building or community used to house lepers, usually in permanent quarantine from the rest of society.
leproseries
leproseries
noun
plural of leproserie
plural of leprosery
leptocardia
leptocardii
leptokurtic
leptokurtic
adj
(statistics) Of a distribution: having kurtosis greater than that of a normal distribution; equivalently, having positive excess kurtosis.
leptorrhine
leptorrhine
adj
(anatomy) Having a small, narrow nose or (of animals) a slender snout.
leptorrhiny
leptorrhiny
noun
(anatomy) The state of having a leptorrhine nose or skull.
leptospirae
leptospirae
noun
plural of leptospira
leptospiral
leptospiral
adj
Relating to bacteria of the genus Leptospira, or to leptospirosis
leptospiras
leptospires
leptospires
noun
plural of leptospire
leucopyrite
leucopyrite
noun
(mineralogy) löllingite.
lichenopora
lichnophora
lignography
lipocardiac
lipochromic
lipofibroma
lipofibroma
noun
(pathology) A benign fibroma characterised by ectopic fatty tissue in the dermis
lipographic
lipoprotein
lipoprotein
noun
Any of a large group of complexes of protein and lipid with many biochemical functions.
liposarcoma
liposarcoma
noun
(pathology) Any malignant tumour that originates in adipose tissue
lipotrophic
lipotrophic
adj
Misspelling of lipotropic.
lipotropies
lipotropins
lipotropins
noun
plural of lipotropin
lipotropism
lithocarpus
lithographs
lithographs
noun
plural of lithograph
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lithograph
lithography
lithography
noun
The process of printing an image by drawing the image with a water-repellent material onto a hard, flat surface (typically metal), then copying the surface by applying water and ink (or the equivalent) to it and pressing another material against it.
lithosphere
lithosphere
noun
(geology) The rigid, mechanically strong, outer layer of the Earth; divided into twelve major plates.
lithotripsy
lithotripsy
noun
(surgery) A treatment, typically using ultrasound shock waves or crushing with a surgical instrument, by which a kidney stone or similar calculus is broken into particles small enough to be voided or washed out.
locutorship
logographic
logographic
adj
Of, related to, or composed of logographs.
logogriphic
loimography
loupcervier
luminophore
luminophore
noun
(chemistry, physics) That part of a molecule that is responsible for a given emission band when it undergoes luminescence.
luteotropic
luteotropic
adj
That stimulates the corpus luteum
luteotropin
luteotropin
noun
(biochemistry) Prolactin; a peptide gonadotrophic hormone secreted by the pituitary gland that stimulates growth of the mammary glands and lactation in females.