(medicine) Relating to or involving abiotrophy; relating to or involving the functional loss of an organ or cells not due to an injury.
acrotrophic
acrotrophic
adj
(biology, of an insect) Having nutritive cells at the top of the follicular tube
actinograph
actinograph
noun
A recording actinometer.
actinophore
actinophore
noun
(biology) A cartilaginous spine that supports the fin rays of fish
actinophrys
adiaphorist
adiaphorist
noun
One who believes in adiaphorism.
adiaphorite
adiaphorite
Noun
One who believes in adiaphorism; an adiaphorist.
aerophagist
aerophagist
noun
(medicine) A person who gulps in air.
albitophyre
allotrophic
allotrophic
adj
Changed or modified in nutritive power by the process of digestion.
Of or pertaining to an allotroph.
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)
anastrophia
antatrophic
anthotropic
anthropical
anthropical
adj
Alternative form of anthropic
anthropidae
anthropoids
anthropoids
noun
plural of anthropoid
antiphonary
antiphonary
adj
Pertaining to an antiphon or antiphony.
antiprophet
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.
apanthropia
apanthropia
noun
Alternative form of apanthropy
aparthrosis
aphrodistic
aphroditeum
aphroditous
aporhyolite
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).
archoptosis
archpontiff
argiphontes
artophorion
artophorion
noun
(Eastern Orthodoxy) The tabernacle on the high altar in an Eastern Orthodox church
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.
atrophiated
atrophiated
adj
(obsolete) Atrophied.
auditorship
auditorship
noun
The office or function of auditor.
augitophyre
austrophile
authorships
authorships
noun
plural of authorship
autographic
autographic
adj
Containing or relating to an autograph.
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.
autotrophic
autotrophic
adj
(biology) Relating to the production of organic compounds from carbon dioxide as a carbon source, using either light or reactions of inorganic chemical compounds, as a source of energy.
auxotrophic
auxotrophic
adj
(biology) Describing a strain of organism that requires a specific metabolic substance that the parent organism was able to synthesize by itself
baronetship
baronetship
noun
baronetcy
behypocrite
biographist
biographist
noun
(dated) A biographer.
brothership
brothership
noun
The state of being brothers; brotherhood.
cacotrophia
cacotrophia
noun
Alternative form of cacotrophy
cacotrophic
cacotrophic
adj
(medicine, obsolete) Exhibiting or relating to cacotrophy.
cardiopathy
cardiopathy
noun
(medicine) Any disease or disorder of the heart
cetomorphic
chalcotript
cheiroptera
chemotropic
chemotropic
adj
(biology) of, related to, or in response to chemotropism
chiroplasty
chiroplasty
noun
(surgery) plastic surgery to the hand
chiropodist
chiropodist
noun
A practitioner of chiropody
chiropteran
chiropteran
noun
(zoology) Any mammal, of the order Chiroptera, that has forelimbs modified to form wings; a bat
christopher
chromotypic
chromotypic
adj
Relating to chromotypes; produced by chromotypy
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
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.
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.
cormophytic
cormophytic
adj
Of or relating to cormophytes; having the character of a cormophyte.
craniopathy
craniopathy
noun
cranial disease
creatorship
creatorship
noun
State or condition of a creator.
creophagist
creophagist
noun
Alternative spelling of kreophagist
crotaphitic
crotaphitic
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the temple or temporal fossa.
cryptorchid
cryptorchid
noun
A male animal with one or two undescended testicles.
cryptorchis
cryptorchis
noun
(countable) Synonym of cryptorchid
(uncountable) Synonym of cryptorchidism
ctenophoric
ctenophoric
Adjective
Of or relating to the ctenophores.
curatorship
curatorship
noun
The rank or period of being a curator.
deplethoric
dermopathic
dermopathic
adj
dermatopathic
dermophytic
dermophytic
adj
Relating to dermophytes
diaphoretic
diaphoretic
adj
(pharmacology) Generating sweat or perspiration.
noun
(pharmacology) A product or agent which induces or promotes perspiration.
diastrophic
diastrophic
adj
Relating to diastrophism.
dictyophora
dioptograph
diphtheroid
diphtheroid
adj
Of, pertaining to or resembling diphtheria.
Of, pertaining to or resembling the diphtheria bacillus Corynebacterium diphtheriae.
noun
Any bacterium that can cause diphtheria
dittography
dittography
noun
An error produced thereby.
The accidental error of repeating a word, phrase or combination of letters by a scribe or copyist.
doctorships
doctorships
noun
plural of doctorship
dystrophies
dystrophies
noun
plural of dystrophy
echopractic
echopractic
adj
Having or relating to echopraxia.
ectomorphic
ectomorphic
adj
of or pertaining to an ectomorph
ectotrophic
ectotrophic
adj
(biology, of a parasite) That obtains nourishment from outside of its host
editorships
editorships
noun
plural of editorship
electorship
electorship
noun
The position or term of an elector.
endotrophic
endotrophic
adj
(biology, of some parasitic fungi) obtaining nourishment from within another organism
epistrophes
epistrophes
noun
plural of epistrophe
epistrophic
epitrochlea
epitrochlea
noun
(anatomy) A projection on the outer side of the distal end of the humerus; the external condyle.
epitrochoid
epitrochoid
noun
A geometric curve traced by a fixed point on one circle which rotates around the perimeter of another circle. Examples include the shape of the Wankel engine
erotopathic
erotopathic
adj
Relating to erotopathy.
erotophobia
erotophobia
noun
Fear of sex; negative attitudes towards sex
erythropsia
erythropsia
noun
An abnormality of vision causing objects to appear red.
erythropsin
euphoriants
euphoriants
noun
plural of euphoriant
euthytropic
exstrophies
exstrophies
noun
plural of exstrophy
factorships
factorships
noun
plural of factorship
factoryship
gastrophile
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.
graphotypic
graphotypic
adj
Of or relating to the graphotype process.
graptolitha
groupthinks
haptophoric
haptotropic
haptotropic
adj
(chemistry) Describing the movement of clusters of atoms between two ligands or other groups
Of or pertaining to haptotropism; moving when touched
harwichport
helicopters
helicopters
noun
plural of helicopter
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of helicopter
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
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
herophilist
herpetiform
herpetiform
adj
Resembling the symptoms of herpes.
heterophagi
heterophile
heterophile
adj
Able to react immunologically with material from another species.
noun
(immunology) A heterophilic antibody
heteropidae
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.
heteroptics
heteroptics
noun
false optics
heterotopia
heterotopia
noun
(ecology) The occurrence of an organism in a number of different habitats
(pathology) Normal tissue (or an organ) present at an abnormal part of the body
(philosophy, literary criticism) A space which is alien to what is normal within the society, variably presenting a utopian vision in physical form or serving to segregate subversive elements from the wider society.
Coordinate terms: utopia, topia
heterotopic
heterotopic
adj
(ecology) Occurring in different habitats.
(medicine) Occurring in an abnormal anatomical location.
heterotypic
heterotypic
adj
(genetics) Relating to the first nuclear division in meiosis.
Of or involving a different type or types.
hieropathic
hieropathic
adj
loving the clergy
hierophants
hierophants
noun
plural of hierophant
higginsport
hippocratea
hippocrates
hippocrates
Proper noun
name, notably borne by an Ancient Greek physician, circa 5th century BC, sometimes called the "father of medicine."