The belief that certain religious doctrines or ceremonies are indifferent, i.e. do not matter.
adiaphorist
adiaphorist
noun
One who believes in adiaphorism.
adiaphorous
adiaphorous
adj
neither harmful nor beneficial
aerophagist
aerophagist
noun
(medicine) A person who gulps in air.
aerophilous
aerophilous
adj
(biology, of unicellular organisms) Living in an aerobic environment
Synonym of aerophilic
aerophysics
aerophysics
noun
(physics) The physics of the design and construction of aerodynamic devices
almonership
almonership
noun
The rank or office of an almoner.
amorphinism
amorphinism
noun
withdrawal symptoms from morphine
amphibryous
amphigories
amphigories
noun
plural of amphigory
amphigouris
amphivorous
amphoriskoi
amphoriskos
anamorphism
anamorphism
noun
(computer science) a generalization of the list-producing unfolds known from functional programming to arbitrary abstract data types that can be described as final coalgebras
anastrophia
androsphinx
androsphinx
noun
A sphinx with the head of a man.
anosphrasia
anosphresia
anthropoids
anthropoids
noun
plural of anthropoid
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.
aparthrosis
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
aphroditous
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).
archbishops
archbishops
noun
plural of archbishop
archesporia
archesporia
noun
plural of archesporium
archonships
archonships
noun
plural of archonship
archoptosis
argiphontes
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.
atmospheric
atmospheric
adj
(painting) Translucent or hazy.
Evoking a particular emotional or aesthetic quality.
Of, relating to, produced by, or coming from the atmosphere.
auditorship
auditorship
noun
The office or function of auditor.
austrophile
authorships
authorships
noun
plural of authorship
baronetship
baronetship
noun
baronetcy
biographees
biographees
noun
plural of biographee
biographers
biographers
noun
plural of biographer
biographies
biographies
noun
plural of biography
biographist
biographist
noun
(dated) A biographer.
boroughship
brachiopods
brachiopods
noun
plural of brachiopod
brothership
brothership
noun
The state of being brothers; brotherhood.
censorships
censorships
noun
plural of censorship
cerophilous
chairperson
chairperson
noun
A chairman or chairwoman, someone who presides over a meeting, board, etc.
cheirosophy
cheirosophy
noun
Alternative form of chirosophy
cheirospasm
cheirospasm
noun
(pathology) Any spasm of the muscles of the hand
chiroplasty
chiroplasty
noun
(surgery) plastic surgery to the hand
chiropodies
chiropodist
chiropodist
noun
A practitioner of chiropody
chiropodous
chiropodous
adj
(zoology) Having feet that are adapted for grasping
chiropraxis
christopher
chrysopidae
chrysopoeia
chrysopoeia
noun
(alchemy) Transmutation into gold.
cistophoric
cistophoric
adj
Relating to, or composed of cistophoruses
cistophorus
cistophorus
noun
an Asiatic coin, worth about four drachmas, on which was stamped a cista
cobblership
cobblership
noun
The realm or sphere of cobblers (shoe repairers).
coeldership
comradeship
comradeship
noun
The company or friendship of others, or sharing a goal.
consortship
consortship
noun
The condition of a consort; fellowship; partnership.
coopersmith
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.
copublisher
copublisher
noun
A joint publisher; one of several publishers releasing a publication together.
coronership
coronership
noun
The role or office of coroner.
creatorship
creatorship
noun
State or condition of a creator.
creophagism
creophagist
creophagist
noun
Alternative spelling of kreophagist
cryospheric
cryospheric
adj
Of or pertaining to the cryosphere.
cryptorchis
cryptorchis
noun
(countable) Synonym of cryptorchid
(uncountable) Synonym of cryptorchidism
curatorship
curatorship
noun
The rank or period of being a curator.
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):
diastrophic
diastrophic
adj
Relating to diastrophism.
dichroscope
dichroscope
noun
An instrument for examining the dichroism of crystals.
dimorphisms
dimorphisms
noun
plural of dimorphism
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
doctorships
doctorships
noun
plural of doctorship
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
electorship
electorship
noun
The position or term of an elector.
emperorship
emperorship
noun
The rank or office of an emperor.
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.
epistrophes
epistrophes
noun
plural of epistrophe
epistrophic
erythropsia
erythropsia
noun
An abnormality of vision causing objects to appear red.
erythropsin
euphoriants
euphoriants
noun
plural of euphoriant
exomorphism
exomorphism
noun
(geology) A change in a rock that happens when igneous material intrudes upon it.
exstrophies
exstrophies
noun
plural of exstrophy
factorships
factorships
noun
plural of factorship
factoryship
felsophyric
foremanship
foremanship
noun
The position of a foreman.
foundership
foundership
noun
The condition of having founded something.
gastrophile
geographics
geographics
noun
The graphical elements of geography
geographies
geographies
noun
plural of geography
geographism
geographism
noun
The theory that events are influenced by geographical conditions, rather than by people.
geomorphist
geostrophic
geostrophic
adj
(meteorology) Relating to or arising from the deflective force exerted on the atmosphere due to the rotation of the earth.
(meteorology) Relating to the balance, in the atmosphere, between the horizontal Coriolis forces and the horizontal pressure forces.
gorillaship
groupthinks
haemosporid
harpagornis
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.
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
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.
heliotropes
heliotropes
noun
plural of heliotrope
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.
hemospermia
hermoupolis
heroineship
heroineship
noun
The status or character of a heroine.
herophilist
hesperornis
heteroptics
heteroptics
noun
false optics
hieroglyphs
hieroglyphs
noun
plural of hieroglyph
hierophants
hierophants
noun
plural of hierophant
higginsport
hippocrases
hippocrates
hippocrates
Proper noun
name, notably borne by an Ancient Greek physician, circa 5th century BC, sometimes called the "father of medicine."
hippocurius
hippodromes
hippodromes
noun
plural of hippodrome
hippogriffs
hippogriffs
noun
plural of hippogriff
hippotigris
hippotragus
histography
histography
noun
(biology) The process of describing or creating pictures of biological tissues and cells.
histotrophy
histotrophy
noun
A form of matrotrophy exhibited by some live-bearing sharks and rays, in which the developing embryo receives additional nutrition from its mother in the form of uterine secretions called histotroph
histotropic
histotropic
adj
(zoology) Relating to the period of development of a larva within the stomach of a mammal.
holophrasis
holophrasis
noun
(linguistics) The use of a single word to convey a complex idea.
homospories
horoscopies
horoscopist
horoscopist
noun
One versed in horoscopy; an astrologer.
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.