the measurement of the chemical or actinic energy of light
the measurement of the heating power of electromagnetic radiation, especially that of solar radiation
actinophrys
adrenolytic
adrenolytic
adj
(biochemistry) That inhibits the production or function of adrenaline
allocryptic
amphoricity
amphoricity
noun
(rare) The quality of being amphoric.
amyotrophic
amyotrophic
adj
(medicine) Characterized by amyotrophy (atrophy of the muscles)
antipyrotic
antipyrotic
adj
(medicine) Effective against burns or pyrosis.
applicatory
applicatory
adj
able to be applied or used, practical
arcticology
aristocracy
aristocracy
noun
A class of people considered (not normally universally) superior to others
Government by such a class, or a state with such a government
The nobility, or the hereditary ruling class.
aromaticity
aromaticity
noun
(organic chemistry) The property of being aromatic, i.e. having at least one conjugated ring.
The property of having an aroma.
arthrodymic
arthrodynic
arthrodynic
adj
Of or relating to arthrodynia.
artiodactyl
artiodactyl
noun
(zoology) Any ungulate mammal with an even number of toes and belonging to the Artiodactyla, including pigs, sheep, deer, cattle, and most grazing animals. In contrast, horses have an odd number of toes and as such are not Artiodactyla, but Perissodactyla.
associatory
atrociously
atrociously
adv
in an atrocious manner
baroclinity
baroclinity
noun
The condition of being baroclinic.
behypocrite
benedictory
benedictory
adj
Giving thanks
Of, pertaining to, or in the form of a benediction
biorhythmic
biorhythmic
adj
Of or pertaining to biorhythms.
bostrychoid
bostrychoid
adj
(botany, of buds) arranged in a helical manner on the outside of a long, tapering, conical rachis
brachiotomy
bradycrotic
bradycrotic
adj
Having a slow pulse
buccinatory
buccinatory
adj
Relating to the buccinator muscle.
calcinatory
calcinatory
noun
A vessel used in calcination.
calorimetry
calorimetry
noun
(physics) The science of measuring the heat absorbed or evolved during the course of a chemical reaction or change of state.
A wide headband that covers the ears, for wearing on cold days.
carbostyril
carbostyril
noun
(organic chemistry) alpha-quinolone
cardiectomy
cardiectomy
noun
The surgical removal of the cardia (the part of the esophagus that connects to the stomach).
cardiometry
cardiometry
noun
(medicine) measurement of the heart, as by percussion or auscultation
cardiopathy
cardiopathy
noun
(medicine) Any disease or disorder of the heart
carnivority
carnivority
noun
The condition of being carnivorous
caryopilite
caryopilite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic mineral containing arsenic, chlorine, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, silicon, and zinc.
caryopteris
caryopteris
noun
Any Asian shrub of the genus Caryopteris
castigatory
castigatory
adj
Serving or tending to castigate.
noun
(obsolete) An instrument formerly used to punish and correct arrant scolds; the ducking stool or trebucket.
cavillatory
ceratohyoid
ceratohyoid
noun
A horny part of the hyoid bone that connects it to the epihyoid
chiroplasty
chiroplasty
noun
(surgery) plastic surgery to the hand
chlorimetry
chlorimetry
noun
Alternative form of chlorometry
chrismatory
chrismatory
noun
A globular ampulla or jar used to hold chrism.
Part of a church set aside for the rite of confirmation.
christology
christology
Noun
A field of study within Christian theology which is concerned with the nature of Jesus Christ, particularly with how the divine and human are related in his person.
A particular theory or viewpoint within the field of Christology, e.g. Chalcedonian Christology, Arian Christology, etc.
chromotypic
chromotypic
adj
Relating to chromotypes; produced by chromotypy
chrysolites
chrysolites
noun
plural of chrysolite
chrysolitic
chrysothrix
chrysotiles
chrysotiles
noun
plural of chrysotile
chytridiose
chytridiose
adj
Relating to chytridiosis
circulatory
circulatory
adj
Circular; going round.
Of or pertaining to a circulation, especially to the circulatory system.
noun
(chemistry) A vessel with two portions unequally exposed to heat, and with connecting pipes or passages, through which the fluid rises from the overheated portion, and descends from the relatively colder, maintaining a circulation.
clairvoyant
clairvoyant
adj
(computing) Relating to a form of parallel processing algorithm given advance information about the problem.
Able to foresee the future.
Able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses.
Of or relating to clairvoyance.
noun
A person able to foresee the future
A person able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
coauthority
colinearity
colinearity
noun
Alternative form of collinearity
colorimetry
colorimetry
noun
(analytical chemistry) Analysis involving the quantitative measurement of colour.
The science of measuring colours and assigning them numeric values.
columnarity
columnarity
noun
The state or quality of being columnar.
combinatory
combinatory
adj
Having the ability to combine; combinable, combinational or combining.
Of, relating to, or derived from a combination or combinations; combinative or combinatorial.
comitragedy
comitragedy
noun
Alternative form of tragicomedy
comminatory
comminatory
adj
Of or pertaining to commination.
communitary
competitory
competitory
adj
(dated) Acting in competition or rivalry.
compilatory
compilatory
adj
Of or pertaining to a compiler (person) or compilation
conflictory
conflictory
adj
(rare) conflicting
consularity
consularity
noun
The office or tenure of a consul; consulship.
contrariety
contrariety
noun
Opposition or contrariness; cross-purposes, marked contrast.
contrivancy
contrivancy
noun
Alternative form of contrivance
contrivedly
contrivedly
adv
In a contrived manner.
convertibly
convertibly
adv
in a convertible manner
cooruptibly
coplanarity
coplanarity
noun
(astronomy, of multiple planets or other orbiting bodies) The state or characteristic of orbiting a central celestial object within the same orbital plane.
(geometry, of at least two things, usually lines) The state or characteristic of being within the same plane.
copyrighted
copyrighted
adj
(law) Covered by a copyright, not public domain.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of copyright
copyrighter
copyrighter
noun
One who obtains the copyright on a work.
copywriters
copywriters
noun
plural of copywriter
copywriting
copywriting
verb
present participle of copywrite
coriamyrtin
coriamyrtin
noun
A neurotoxin obtained from berries of the shrub Coriaria myrtifolia
cormophytic
cormophytic
adj
Of or relating to cormophytes; having the character of a cormophyte.
corporality
corporality
noun
(obsolete) A confraternity; a guild.
(obsolete) The state of being or having a body (being corporal/corporeal); bodily existence.
corporosity
corporosity
noun
(US, slang, dated) One's body; hence, one's state of health.
corrivality
corrosivity
corrosivity
noun
Corrosiveness, especially when related to water.
corruptibly
corruptibly
adv
(obsolete) With corruption, in a way that corrupts.
In a corruptible way.
corybantian
corybantine
corybantine
adj
Synonym of corybantic
corybantish
corymbiated
corymbiated
adj
Having a corymb.
cosignatory
cosignatory
adj
signed or signing jointly
noun
Any of several people who sign a document together (especially a treaty)
cosignitary
countryfied
countryfied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of countryfy
countryside
countryside
noun
A rural landscape.
An area located outside of towns and cities; an area that is not urban or suburban; a rural area.
Such part of a larger area.
countrywide
countrywide
adj
Throughout a country; nationwide.
courtesying
courtesying
noun
gerund of courtesy: an act of curtseying.
verb
present participle of courtesy
craniectomy
craniectomy
noun
(surgery) The surgical procedure for removing a part of the skull, called a bone flap, to relieve intracranial pressure
craniometry
craniometry
noun
The practice of taking measurements of the skull.
craniopathy
craniopathy
noun
cranial disease
creationary
creationary
adj
Of or relating to creation.
criminatory
criminatory
adj
Relating to, or involving, crimination; accusing.
crithomancy
crithomancy
noun
Divination by interpreting food, usually bread and grain used in sacrifice.
crocodility
crocodility
noun
(logic, archaic) A sophistical mode of arguing.
crypteronia
cryptococci
cryptococci
noun
plural of cryptococcus
cryptodeist
cryptodiran
cryptodiran
Noun
Any member of the Cryptodira, the taxonomic suborder of Testudines that includes most living tortoises and turtles.
cryptogamia
cryptogamic
cryptogamic
adj
Of or pertaining to the cryptogams.
cryptogenic
cryptogenic
adj
(of a disease) Of uncertain cause.
(of an organism) Of uncertain origin, either introduced or native to its area.
(of epilepsy) Presumed but not proven to be caused by an abnormality in a particular part of the brain (contrasts with symptomatic and idiopathic).
cryptologic
cryptologic
Adjective
Of or relating to cryptology.
cryptomeria
cryptomeria
noun
A Japanese cedar, Cryptomeria japonica
cryptonymic
cryptonymic
adj
Of or pertaining to cryptonyms.
cryptorchid
cryptorchid
noun
A male animal with one or two undescended testicles.
cryptorchis
cryptorchis
noun
(countable) Synonym of cryptorchid
(uncountable) Synonym of cryptorchidism
cryptozoite
cryptozoite
noun
The exoerythrocytic stage of a malarial parasite
cryptozonia
crystalloid
crystalloid
adj
Crystal-like; transparent like crystal, or shaped like a crystal.
noun
(botany) One of the microscopic particles resembling crystals, consisting of protein matter, which occur in certain plant cells.
(chemistry) Any substance that can be crystallized from solution; a water-soluble crystalline substance that can diffuse through a semipermeable membrane, as opposed to a colloid which cannot.
customarily
customarily
adv
(frequency) Under normal circumstances, normally.
(manner) In the customary manner; as is custom
cyanometric
cyanometric
adj
Relating to cyanometry.
cybernation
cybernation
noun
A large online community that operates like a nation, or state.
The control of an industrial operation or task through processing of information with a computer.
cyclometric
cyclometric
adj
(mathematics) Of or pertaining to the inverse trigonometric functions: arcsine, arccosine, arctangent, arccotangent, arcsecant, and arccosecant.
cyprinodont
cyprinodont
noun
(zoology) Any of the Cyprinodontidae, a family of fishes including the killifishes or minnows.
cystiferous
cystigerous
cystocarpic
cystopteris
cystosyrinx
cytosporina
cytotropism
cytotropism
noun
The movement of cells in response to an external stimulus
declinatory
declinatory
adj
(law, obsolete or historical) Containing or involving a declination or refusal, as of submission to a charge or sentence.
decretorily
decretorily
adv
In a decretory or definitive manner; by decree.
decryptions
decryptions
noun
plural of decryption
deificatory
deificatory
adj
Serving to deify or make into a god.
dermophytic
dermophytic
adj
Relating to dermophytes
descriptory
descriptory
adj
(archaic) descriptive; serving to describe something
desiccatory
desiccatory
adj
Tending to desiccate.
dicrostonyx
dictyophora
discourtesy
discourtesy
noun
A rude act.
Lack of courtesy; rudeness.
discubitory
discubitory
adj
(obsolete, nonce word) leaning; fitted for a reclining posture
dislocatory
dislocatory
adj
Causing or relating to dislocation.
doctorially
doctrinally
doctrinally
adv
In a doctrinal manner; in terms of doctrine.
edificatory
edificatory
adj
Tending to edification.
electionary
elucidatory
elucidatory
adj
Serving to elucidate.
encryptions
encryptions
noun
plural of encryption
enunciatory
enunciatory
adj
Of or pertaining to enunciation.
eradicatory
eradicatory
adj
Serving to eradicate.
eriodictyon
erysichthon
euthytropic
exorbitancy
exorbitancy
noun
Alternative form of exorbitance
expiscatory
expiscatory
adj
(archaic) Tending to fish out; searching.
explicatory
explicatory
adj
Explanatory; serving to explain logically or in detail.
factorially
factorially
adv
(mathematics) According to a factorial series or ratio.
factorylike
factorylike
adj
Resembling a factory in any of various respects
factoryship
fibrocystic
fibrocystic
adj
(pathology) Having increased fibrosis together with increased cystic spaces.