(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.
aminopterin
aminopterin
noun
(pharmacology) A 4-amino analog of folic acid used as a chemotherapy drug.
amphierotic
amphiprotic
amphiprotic
adj
(chemistry) Able to both donate and accept a proton, and thus able to react both as an acid and a base; amphoteric.
amphithuron
amphithyron
amphitropal
amphitropal
adj
(botany) Having the ovule inverted, but with the attachment near the middle of one side; half anatropous.
amphoricity
amphoricity
noun
(rare) The quality of being amphoric.
amyotrophia
amyotrophia
noun
Alternative form of amyotrophy
amyotrophic
amyotrophic
adj
(medicine) Characterized by amyotrophy (atrophy of the muscles)
anemotropic
anemotropic
adj
Exhibiting or relating to anemotropism.
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.
apotropaism
apotropaism
noun
(religion, mysticism) The use of ritual or other magical means (including charms and/or incantations) to avert evil or bad luck.
apoturmeric
approximant
approximant
noun
(mathematics) An approximation to the solution of a function, series, etc.
(phonetics) A consonant sound made by slightly narrowing the vocal tract, while still allowing a smooth flow of air. Liquids and glides are approximants.
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.
atmospheric
atmospheric
adj
(painting) Translucent or hazy.
Evoking a particular emotional or aesthetic quality.
Of, relating to, produced by, or coming from the atmosphere.
automorphic
automorphic
adj
(geology) Describing a mineral, in an igneous rock, that is bounded by its own crystal face; euhedral, idiomorphic
(mathematics) Describing a number whose square ends in the number itself; circular
(mathematics) Of or pertaining to automorphy or an automorphism
Marked by automorphism, the ascription to others of one's own characteristics.
autotropism
autotropism
noun
The tendency of plant organs to grow in a straight line unless influenced by external stimuli.
azeotropism
azeotropism
noun
azeotropy
bonapartism
bonapartism
Noun
The practices and ideology of
cetomorphic
chemotropic
chemotropic
adj
(biology) of, related to, or in response to chemotropism
chromotypic
chromotypic
adj
Relating to chromotypes; produced by chromotypy
comparatist
comparatist
noun
a person who carries out a comparative study, especially of language and literary works
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.
comparition
compatriots
compatriots
noun
plural of compatriot
competitors
competitors
noun
plural of competitor
competitory
competitory
adj
(dated) Acting in competition or rivalry.
competitrix
competitrix
noun
(rare) A female competitor.
compilatory
compilatory
adj
Of or pertaining to a compiler (person) or compilation
complicator
complicator
noun
One who or that which complicates.
compositors
compositors
noun
plural of compositor
compositure
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.
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.
coopersmith
copartiment
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.
copromoting
copromoting
verb
present participle of copromote
cormophytic
cormophytic
adj
Of or relating to cormophytes; having the character of a cormophyte.
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
crepidomata
cryptogamia
cryptogamic
cryptogamic
adj
Of or pertaining to the cryptogams.
cryptomeria
cryptomeria
noun
A Japanese cedar, Cryptomeria japonica
cryptonymic
cryptonymic
adj
Of or pertaining to cryptonyms.
cytotropism
cytotropism
noun
The movement of cells in response to an external stimulus
dermatoptic
dermatropic
dermopathic
dermopathic
adj
dermatopathic
dermophytic
dermophytic
adj
Relating to dermophytes
dermotropic
dermotropic
adj
Synonym of dermatotropic
desmotropic
diopsimeter
dioptometer
dioptometer
noun
An instrument used to measure ocular refraction, in order to prescribe corrective lenses.
dioptometry
dioptomiter
disportment
disportment
noun
(obsolete) Act of disporting; diversion; play.
dromotropic
dromotropic
adj
(physiology) Affecting the conductivity of cardiac muscle, used of the influence of cardiac nerves.
ectomorphic
ectomorphic
adj
of or pertaining to an ectomorph
electropism
emancipator
emancipator
noun
A person who emancipates.
emmetropism
epitomatory
eremopteris
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.
gamotropism
geomorphist
geotropisms
geotropisms
noun
plural of geotropism
hemiatrophy
hemiatrophy
noun
(pathology) atrophy that affects only one half of the body
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
hemotrophic
hemotrophic
adj
That obtains nutrition from blood
herpetiform
herpetiform
adj
Resembling the symptoms of herpes.
hippometric
homeporting
homeporting
verb
present participle of homeport
hypermotile
hypermotile
adj
Abnormally or excessively motile.
hypobromite
hypobromite
noun
(inorganic chemistry) any salt or ester of hypobromous acid
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)
imparkation
impartation
impartation
noun
the act of imparting something, or the thing imparted
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.
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.
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.
impetratory
impetratory
adj
(obsolete) Containing or expressing entreaty.
impignorate
impignorate
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To pledge or pawn.
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
importances
importances
noun
plural of importance
importantly
importantly
adv
(sentence adverb) Used to mark a statement as having importance.
In an important manner.
importation
importation
noun
(linguistics) The use of a term which consists of formally foreign elements.
(logic) The logical law (P→(Q→R))⇒((P∧Q)→R).
That which is imported; commodities or wares introduced into a country from abroad.
The act or an instance of carrying or conveying, especially into some system, place, area or country.
The act or an instance of importing.
importunacy
importunacy
noun
Constant demanding and pressure; importunity.
The quality of being importunate.
importunate
importunate
adj
(of a demand) Persistent or pressing, often annoyingly so.
(of a person) Given to importunate demands, greedily or thoughtlessly demanding.
verb
(rare) To importune, or to obtain by importunity.
importunely
importunely
adv
(obsolete) In an importune manner.
importuners
importuners
noun
plural of importuner
importuning
importuning
noun
The act by which somebody is importuned; pleading harassment.
verb
present participle of importune
importunite
importunity
importunity
noun
(obsolete) An inappropriate or unsuitable time; unseasonableness.
A constant and insistent demanding.
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
imprecation
imprecation
noun
The act of imprecating, or invoking evil upon someone; a prayer that a curse or calamity may befall someone.
imprecators
imprecators
noun
plural of imprecator
imprecatory
imprecatory
adj
That imprecates or invokes evil.
impregnator
impregnator
noun
One who impregnates.
improbation
improbation
noun
(law, Scotland) The act by which falsehood and forgery are proved; an action brought for the purpose of having some instrument declared false or forged.
disapproval
improbative
improbative
adj
Implying, or tending to, improbation; disapproving.
improbatory
improbities
improbities
noun
plural of improbity
improcreant
impropriate
impropriate
adj
Of ecclesiastical property: placed under the control or management of a layperson.
verb
(transitive) In ecclesiastical law, to place (ecclesiastical property) under control or management of a layperson.
(transitive, obsolete) To appropriate for private use.
impropriety
impropriety
noun
(countable) An improper act.
(uncountable) The condition of being improper.
Improper language.
improvement
improvement
noun
(Patent Laws): A useful addition to, or modification of, a machine, manufacture, or composition.
(in the plural) Valuable additions or betterments, for example buildings, clearings, drains, fences, etc., on premises.
Increase; growth; progress; advance.
Something which is improved
The act of improving; advancement or growth; a bettering
The act of making profitable use or application of anything, or the state of being profitably employed; practical application, for example of a doctrine, principle, or theory, stated in a discourse.
The state of being improved; betterment; advance
improvident
improvident
adj
failing to provide for the future; reckless
incautious; prone to rashness
improvisate
improvisate
adj
unpremeditated; impromptu
verb
To improvise; to extemporize.
isometropia
isometropia
noun
(medicine) The normal condition of having equal refractive power in each eye
katamorphic
laeotropism
lipotropism
machiasport
macrophytic
macrophytic
adj
Relating to macrophytes.
madreporite
madreporite
noun
(archaic, paleontology) A fossil stony coral, or a deposit composed of the same.
(zoology) A calcareous opening in the body of echinoderms which connects the water vascular system to the environment.
malapropist
malapropist
noun
One who utters malapropisms.
maleruption
maleruption
noun
(dentistry) The abnormal eruption of a tooth.
mammotropin
mammotropin
Noun
Prolactin; a peptide gonadotrophic hormone secreted by the pituitary gland that stimulates growth of the mammary glands and lactation in females.
mancipatory
mancipatory
adj
Of or pertaining to mancipation.
manipulator
manipulator
noun
A device which can be used to move, arrange or operate something.
A puppeteer, especially one controlling marionettes.