The belief that certain religious doctrines or ceremonies are indifferent, i.e. do not matter.
adpromissor
adpromissor
noun
A surety.
aerotropism
aerotropism
noun
(biology) The growth of an organism either towards, or away from a region of higher oxygen content.
allotropism
allotropism
noun
(chemistry) The ability (of an element) to exist in more than one physical form without change of state.
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
angiosperms
angiosperms
noun
plural of angiosperm
apotropaism
apotropaism
noun
(religion, mysticism) The use of ritual or other magical means (including charms and/or incantations) to avert evil or bad luck.
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.
autotropism
autotropism
noun
The tendency of plant organs to grow in a straight line unless influenced by external stimuli.
azeotropism
azeotropism
noun
azeotropy
azoospermia
azoospermia
noun
(medicine) The absence of live sperm in the semen.
biopolymers
biopolymers
noun
plural of biopolymer
bonapartism
bonapartism
Noun
The practices and ideology of
cacospermia
capsuliform
capsuliform
adj
Having the form of a capsule
cardiospasm
cardiospasm
noun
achalasia of the cardia (part of the esophagus)
cheirospasm
cheirospasm
noun
(pathology) Any spasm of the muscles of the hand
comparatist
comparatist
noun
a person who carries out a comparative study, especially of language and literary works
comparisons
comparisons
noun
plural of comparison
compatriots
compatriots
noun
plural of compatriot
competitors
competitors
noun
plural of competitor
complainers
complainers
noun
plural of complainer
compositors
compositors
noun
plural of compositor
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.
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
compulsitor
compulsitor
noun
(law, Scotland) That which compels.
computerise
computerise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of computerize.
computerist
computerist
noun
(dated) A computer user.
comradeship
comradeship
noun
The company or friendship of others, or sharing a goal.
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.
corporalism
corporatism
corporatism
noun
(derogatory, possibly nonstandard) The influence or effects of large business corporations.
The principle or practice of corporate action; (in later use chiefly) specifically, a political ideology which advocates for government and social organization by collective interest groups.
crackpotism
creophagism
cypseliform
cypseliform
adj
(zoology) Like or belonging to the swifts (Cypselidae, now known as the Apodidae.)
cytotropism
cytotropism
noun
The movement of cells in response to an external stimulus
desmotropic
dimorphisms
dimorphisms
noun
plural of dimorphism
diopsimeter
disemprison
disimprison
disimprison
verb
(transitive) To free or release from a state of imprisonment.
disportment
disportment
noun
(obsolete) Act of disporting; diversion; play.
dysmorphism
dysmorphism
noun
(anatomy) any malformation of the anatomy
dysprosiums
electropism
embroscopic
emmetropism
emperorship
emperorship
noun
The rank or office of an emperor.
empoririums
endospermic
endospermic
adj
of, or relating to the endosperm
endosporium
endosporium
noun
An endospore.
An intine.
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.
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.
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.
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
gamotropism
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
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
hippodromes
hippodromes
noun
plural of hippodrome
homospories
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.
hypersomnia
hypersomnia
noun
(medicine, pathology) Excessive sleepiness.
hypocorisms
hypocorisms
noun
plural of hypocorism
hypocrinism
hypodermics
hypodermics
noun
plural of hypodermic
hypsiliform
hypsometric
hypsometric
adj
Of or pertaining to hypsometry (measuring elevation relative to sea level)
imperiously
imperiously
adv
In a way that brooks no refusal; commandingly.
In an imperious manner; in the style of an emperor.
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.
imponderous
imponderous
adj
(obsolete) imponderable
importances
importances
noun
plural of importance
importuners
importuners
noun
plural of importuner
imposterous
imposterous
adj
(obsolete) fraudulent; pretending to be someone else
impostorism
impostorism
noun
(psychology) The feeling of being an impostor.
imposturism
imposturous
imposturous
adj
Alternative spelling of imposterous
imprecators
imprecators
noun
plural of imprecator
imprecision
imprecision
noun
A lack of precision or exactness; poor accuracy.
impresarios
impresarios
noun
plural of impresario
impressario
impressions
impressions
noun
plural of impression
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of impression
imprevision
imprisoning
imprisoning
verb
present participle of imprison
improbities
improbities
noun
plural of improbity
improvisate
improvisate
adj
unpremeditated; impromptu
verb
To improvise; to extemporize.
improvisers
improvisers
noun
plural of improviser
improvising
improvising
noun
improvisation
verb
present participle of improvise
improvision
improvision
noun
(obsolete) the lack of provision, a failure to provide something
the act of improvising, or something improvised; improvisation
improvisors
improvisors
noun
plural of improvisor
incomposure
isometropia
isometropia
noun
(medicine) The normal condition of having equal refractive power in each eye
isomorphism
isomorphism
noun
(biology) the similarity in form of organisms, which may be due to convergent evolution or shared genetic background, e.g. an algae species in which the haploid and diploid life stages are indistinguishable based on morphology.
(category theory) A morphism which has a two-sided inverse; the composition of the morphism and such an inverse yields either one of two identity morphisms (depending on the order of composition).
(chemistry) the similarity in the crystal structures of similar chemical compounds
(computer science) a one-to-one correspondence between all the elements of two sets, e.g. the instances of two classes, or the records in two datasets
(group algebra) A bijection f such that both f and its inverse f⁻¹ are homomorphisms, that is, structure-preserving mappings.
(sociology) the similarity in the structure or processes of different organizations
Similarity of form
isomorphous
isomorphous
adj
Of, relating to, or exhibiting isomorphism.
isopicramic
isopodiform
laeotropism
leprosarium
leprosarium
noun
An isolated building or community used to house lepers, usually in permanent quarantine from the rest of society.
liposarcoma
liposarcoma
noun
(pathology) Any malignant tumour that originates in adipose tissue
lipotropism
machiasport
macroplasia
macroplasia
noun
(medicine) Excessive development of part of the body
macroscopic
macroscopic
adj
(physics) Having an appreciable mass.
Visible to the unassisted eye.
macrosporic
macrosporic
adj
Of or pertaining to macrospores.
mailpersons
mailpersons
noun
plural of mailperson
malapropish
malapropish
adj
Relating to, or inclined toward, malapropism.
malapropism
malapropism
noun
(countable) An instance of this; malaprop.
(uncountable) The blundering use of an absurdly inappropriate word or expression in place of a similar-sounding one.
malapropist
malapropist
noun
One who utters malapropisms.
mentorships
mentorships
noun
plural of mentorship
merotropism
mesepimeron
mesepimeron
noun
The epimeron of the mesothorax of an insect
mesomorphic
mesomorphic
adj
(chemistry, physics) Of or pertaining to phases of matter intermediate between solid and liquid; of or pertaining to liquid crystals.
Of or pertaining to a mesomorph.
mesonephric
mesonephric
adj
Of or pertaining to the mesonephros.
mesonephroi
mesonephroi
noun
plural of mesonephros
mesospheric
mesospheric
adj
Of or pertaining to the mesosphere.
mesosporium
mesotrophic
mesotrophic
adj
(biology) describing organisms that inhabit such water
(geography, of a body of water) providing intermediate (right) level of nutrients and minerals, nor eutrophic (too high), nor oligotrophic (too low level).
metaphorist
metaphorist
noun
One who makes metaphors.
metropoleis
metropoleis
noun
(rare) plural of metropolis
In the sense of any large, busy city, especially as the main city in an area or country or as distinguished from surrounding rural areas: