An Ancient Greek method of divination using barley meal, used for instance to reveal guilty parties; it entailed feeding a person or group barley meal, and judging those who felt no effects to be innocent, while judging those who felt indigestion to be guilty.
aluminaphone
amphicoelian
amphicoelian
adj
amphicoelous
amphicondyla
anemophilous
anemophilous
adj
(botany) Pollinated by the wind.
anglophilism
anophthalmia
anophthalmia
noun
(teratology) The congenital absence of one or both eyes
anophthalmos
anophthalmos
noun
anophthalmia
anophthalmus
cephalomancy
cephalomancy
noun
Divination by the study of the skull or head of a donkey or goat. Sometimes described as the roasting of an ass's head on hot coals.
cephalomenia
championless
championless
adj
Without a champion.
championlike
championlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a champion.
conocephalum
deutonymphal
deutonymphal
adj
Pertaining to deutonymphs
encephalomas
endophragmal
endophragmal
adj
(zoology) Of or pertaining to the endophragma.
enophthalmos
enophthalmos
noun
The posterior displacement of the eyeball within the orbit due to changes in the volume of the orbit (bone) relative to its contents (the eyeball and orbital fat), or loss of function of the orbitalis muscle.
enophthalmus
epithalamion
epithalamion
noun
Alternative form of epithalamium
germanophile
germanophile
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Germanophile
hamptonville
hemiplankton
hippomelanin
hippomelanin
noun
A black pigment found in tumours of horses.
hipposelinum
histoplasmin
histoplasmin
noun
(immunology) An extract of the fungus Histoplasma capsulatum used in immunological tests for histoplasmosis
homalopsinae
hypoalonemia
hypolimnetic
hypolimnetic
adj
Relating to the hypolimnion.
hypomochlion
hypomochlion
noun
fulcrum
iconophilism
iconophilism
noun
A love of icons, or religious images.
lamprophonia
lamprophonic
lamprophonic
adj
pertaining to loudness and clarity of vocal enunciation
limnophilous
limnophilous
adj
Loving or having an affinity towards lakes.
lithospermon
lophiomyinae
lymphadenoid
lymphadenoid
adj
Resembling a lymphatic gland or lymphatic tissue.
lymphadenoma
lymphadenoma
noun
(biology, medicine, archaic) Any malignant lymphatic tumor, including lymphosarcoma or lymphadenocarcinoma.
(biology, medicine, archaic) Any pseudoleukaemia, especially Hodgkin's disease.
(biology, medicine, modern sense) A benign tumor (neoplasm) of lymphatic tissue.
lymphadenome
lymphangioma
lymphangioma
noun
(medicine) A benign tumour of the lymph vessel.
lymphogenous
lymphogenous
adj
Characterised by the production or spread of lymphocytes or lymphatic vessels
lymphopenial
megalophonic
melanopathia
melanophores
melanophores
noun
plural of melanophore
mesocephalon
mesocephalon
noun
(anatomy) The pons Varolii.
metallophone
metallophone
noun
Any musical instrument consisting of tuned metal bars which are struck to make sound.
metaphonical
metaphonical
adj
Alternative form of metaphonic
minihospital
monadelphian
monadelphian
adj
(botany) Obsolete form of monadelphous.
monadelphous
monadelphous
adj
(botany) Having all its stamens within a flower fused together at least partly by the filaments.
monodelphian
monodelphian
Noun
One of the Monodelphia.
monodelphous
monodelphous
adj
(botany) Describing stamens that have filaments united into a single tubelike group
(zoology) Of or relating to the Monodelphia.
monophyletic
monophyletic
adj
(biology) Deriving from a single clade (monophylum).
(biology) Of, pertaining to, or affecting a single phylum (or other taxon) of organisms.
(biology) congeneric
Descending from a single ancestral species and containing all descendants of that single ancestor, holophyletic.
Descending from a single ancestral species but not containing all descendants of that ancestor, paraphyletic.
monophyllous
monophyllous
adj
(botany) Having a single leaf, or a leaf consisting of only one piece.
monosulphide
monosulphide
noun
Alternative spelling of monosulfide
monosulphone
monotriglyph
monotriglyph
noun
(architecture) A kind of intercolumniation in an entablature, in which only one triglyph and two metopes are introduced
necrophilism
necrophilism
noun
(rare) Necrophilia.
negrophilism
negrophilism
noun
(now offensive) A liking for black people.
nephelometer
nephelometer
noun
(analytical chemistry) An instrument for measuring various aspects of the suspended particles in a fluid; especially in a colloid.
nephelometry
nephelometry
noun
(analytical chemistry) The measurement of the concentration of a solution, suspension or dispersion based upon its light-scattering properties.
(immunology) A technique used to determine the levels of antibodies or antigens in a suspension, based on its light-scattering properties.
nephromegaly
nephromegaly
noun
(pathology) The process whereby a kidney or both kidneys become enlarged.
nomophyllous
nonblasphemy
nonephemeral
nonephemeral
adj
Not ephemeral.
nonlymphatic
nonlymphatic
adj
Not lymphatic
nympholepsia
nympholepsia
noun
Alternative form of nympholepsy
nympholeptic
nympholeptic
adj
Of, or relating to, or having characteristics of an instance of nympholepsy.
phaeomelanin
phaeomelanin
noun
Alternative spelling of pheomelanin
phalangiform
phalangiform
adj
(biology) Resembling a phalanx.
phenomenally
phenomenally
adv
In a manner that is extraordinary or amazing.
In terms of phenomena.
phenomenical
phenomenical
adj
Of or pertaining to phenomena.
phentolamine
phentolamine
noun
(pharmacology) A synthetic compound used as a vasodilator, especially in certain cases of hypertension.
philharmonic
philharmonic
adj
(music) Appreciative of music, but especially to its performance; devoted to music.
noun
(music) A full-size symphony orchestra.
phlebangioma
phonemically
phonemically
adv
By means of, or in terms, of phonemes.
pneumonolith
policemanish
polychroming
polychroming
verb
present participle of polychrome
polyharmonic
polyharmonic
adj
(mathematics) Consisting of multiple harmonics
polymorphean
polymorphean
adj
(rare) polymorphous
premonarchal
prothalamion
prothalamion
noun
(literary) A song or poem in honour of a bride and bridegroom about to be married.
protonymphal
protonymphal
adj
Relating to a protonymph
simpletonish
simpletonish
adj
Like a simpleton; dim-witted.
sulphonalism
sulphonamide
sulphonamide
noun
(British spelling, pharmacology) Alternative spelling of sulfonamide
sulphonamido
sulphonamine
symblepharon
symblepharon
noun
(medicine) A partial or complete adhesion of the eyelid to the eyeball.