(botany) Having the ovules and seeds so curved, or bent down upon themselves, that the ends of the embryo are brought close together.
catechumenical
catechumenical
adj
Of or pertaining to catechumens.
chalicotherium
chilostomatous
chilostomatous
adj
(zoology) Of or pertaining to the Chilostoma.
cingulectomies
circumambulate
circumambulate
verb
(transitive) To walk around something in a circle, especially for a ritual purpose.
circumlittoral
circumlittoral
adj
Around, or bordering the shore.
Describing the part of the sea bottom immediately beyond the littoral.
circumlocution
circumlocution
noun
(countable) An instance of such usage; a roundabout expression, whether an inadvisable one or a necessary one.
(uncountable) Necessary use of a phrase to circumvent either a vocabulary fault (of speaker or listener) or a lexical gap, either monolingually or in translation.
(uncountable) Unnecessary use of extra words to express an idea, such as a pleonastic phrase (sometimes driven by an attempt at emphatic clarity) or a wordy substitution (the latter driven by euphemistic intent, pedagogic intent, or sometimes loquaciousness alone).
circumlocutory
circumlocutory
adj
Characterised by circumlocution; periphrastic; verbose.
circumscriptly
circumscriptly
adv
In a circumscript manner.
circumstantial
circumstantial
adj
(law) Suggesting guilt, but not proving it conclusively.
Abounding with minor circumstances; in great detail; particular.
Full of circumstance or pomp; ceremonial.
Pertaining to or dependent on circumstances, especially as opposed to essentials; incidental, not essential.
noun
(chiefly in the plural) Something incidental to the main subject, but of less importance.
circumtropical
circumtropical
adj
(distributed) throughout the tropics
circumundulate
circumundulate
verb
To flow around as waves or undulations
circumvallated
circumvallated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of circumvallate
circumventable
circumventable
adj
Capable of being circumvented.
circumvolution
circumvolution
noun
Anything winding or sinuous.
The act of revolution, rotation or gyration around an axis.
circumvolutory
circumvolutory
adj
Exhibiting or relating to circumvolution.
circumzenithal
circumzenithal
adj
Around the zenith.
clavicytherium
clavicytherium
noun
(music) A harpsichord in which the soundboard and strings are mounted vertically facing the player.
cleistothecium
cleistothecium
noun
(botany) A closed ascocarp, in some fungi, from which spores are released following decay or disintegration
colletotrichum
combustibility
combustibility
noun
The quality or state of being combustible
commensurately
commensurately
adv
In a commensurate manner; so as to be equal or proportionate.
With equal measure or extent.
commutableness
commutableness
noun
The quality of being commutable or interchangeable.
compulsatively
compulsatively
Adverb
By compulsion.
compulsatorily
compulsatorily
adv
In a compulsatory manner.
compunctiously
compunctiously
adv
With compunction.
compurgatorial
compurgatorial
adj
Relating to a compurgator or to compurgation.
computerizable
computerizable
adj
Able to be computerized.
consummatively
contemptuously
contemptuously
adv
In a disrespectful or discourteous manner; condescendingly.
conterminously
conterminously
adv
In a conterminous manner
contrastimulus
contrastimulus
noun
Synonym of counterstimulus
contumaciously
contumaciously
adv
In a contumacious manner.
contumeliously
contumeliously
adv
In a contumelious, insolent manner.
cosmotellurian
costopulmonary
costopulmonary
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the ribs and the lungs.
counterclaimed
counterclaimed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of counterclaim
counterexample
counterexample
noun
(logic) An example that counters a general rule; an exception to a general rule; a specific instance of the falsity of (and falsifiability of) any proposed universal applicability of a rule or statement.
counterformula
counterformula
noun
A formula that counters or goes against another formula.
counterimpulse
counterimpulse
noun
An impulse that runs counter to another impulse.
countermissile
cubometatarsal
culminatations
cumulativeness
cumulativeness
noun
The state or quality of being cumulative.
customableness
customableness
noun
(obsolete) Quality of being customable; conformity to custom.
cyclostomatous
cyclostomatous
adj
(zoology) Of or relating to the Cyclostomata, a group of agnathans that comprises the living jawless fishes: the lampreys and hagfishes.
cylindromatous
cylindromatous
adj
Of or relating to a cylindroma.
cytoblastemous
demioctangular
deuteronomical
diplobacterium
diplobacterium
noun
A bacterium composed of two adherent bacteria
discombobulate
discombobulate
verb
(transitive, humorous) To throw into a state of confusion; to befuddle or perplex.
educationalism
educationalism
noun
The belief in education as an approach or strategy.
electroimpulse
emasculatation
emotiomuscular
emotiovascular
empyreumatical
empyreumatical
adj
Alternative form of empyreumatic
emulsification
emulsification
noun
The process by which an emulsion is formed.
eudemonistical
excitomuscular
extracolumella
extramolecular
extramolecular
adj
(chemistry, physics) Not relating to a molecule
flavobacterium
flavobacterium
noun
Any of many Gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria, of the class Flavobacteriia ^([sic]), that occur in soil and water, and are mostly pigmented and photosynthetic.
gastropulmonic
gastropulmonic
adj
Synonym of gastropulmonary
gemuetlichkeit
hematochyluria
hemoleucocytic
homoeoteleutic
homoeoteleutic
adj
Relating to homoeoteleuton
humanistically
humanistically
adv
In a humanistic way.
hypotrachelium
hypotrachelium
noun
(architecture) A gorgerin
immaculateness
immaculateness
noun
The characteristic of being immaculate; spotlessness.
imperscrutable
imperscrutable
adj
(obsolete) Not capable of being searched out; inscrutable.
inconsumptible
inconsumptible
adj
(obsolete) inconsumable
interambulacra
interambulacra
noun
plural of interambulacrum
intermercurial
intermercurial
adj
(astronomy) Between Mercury and the Sun.
intermolecular
intermolecular
adj
(chemistry, physics) from one molecule to another; between molecules
intermunicipal
intermunicipal
adj
Between municipalities
interoperculum
interoperculum
noun
(anatomy) The posteroinferior opercular bone in fishes.
interscapilium
interscapilium
noun
Synonym of interscapulum
intramolecular
intramolecular
adj
(chemistry, physics) Between different parts of the same molecule.
labiotenaculum
leucocythaemia
leucocythaemia
noun
Alternative form of leucocythemia
leucocythaemic
leucocythaemic
adj
Alternative form of leucocythemic
leucocytometer
leucodermatous
limnanthaceous
lumbocolostomy
macrodactylous
macrodactylous
adj
Having long toes.
macroevolution
macroevolution
noun
Large-scale patterns or processes in the history of life, including the origins of novel organism designs, evolutionary trends, adaptive radiations and extinctions.
malacostracous
malacostracous
adj
(zoology) Belonging to the Malacostraca.
malcultivation
malfunctioning
malfunctioning
verb
present participle of malfunction
malinstruction
malinstruction
noun
Synonym of misinstruction
malpublication
mammatocumulus
manufacturable
manufacturable
adj
Capable of being manufactured.
noun
Something that can be manufactured.
manuscriptural
manuscriptural
adj
Of or relating to a manuscript.
matriculations
matriculations
noun
plural of matriculation
mccutchenville
megalactractus
melanotrichous
melastomaceous
melastomaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the order of which Melastoma is the type.
melianthaceous
meretriciously
meretriciously
adv
In a meretricious manner.
metafulminuric
metalinguistic
metalinguistic
adj
(linguistics) Treating words as words, rather than interacting with their meaning.
Pertaining to metalinguistics.
metallifacture
metallifacture
noun
The production and manufacture of metals.
meticulousness
meticulousness
noun
The state or characteristic of being meticulous.
microdactylous
microdactylous
adj
Exhibiting or relating to microdactyly.
microevolution
microevolution
noun
Small-scale changes in the history of life, such as changes in allele frequencies in a population (over a few generations); also known as change at or below the species level.
microphthalmus
microphthalmus
noun
A person with microphthalmia.
micropulsation
micropulsation
noun
A very small, change in the strength of the magnetic field of the Earth.
minicalculator
misarticulated
misarticulated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of misarticulate
miscalculating
miscalculating
verb
present participle of miscalculate
miscalculation
miscalculation
noun
An error in judgment.
An incorrect or mistaken calculation.
misconstruable
misconstruable
adj
Capable of being misconstrued.
mononucleotide
mononucleotide
noun
(genetics) A single nucleotide
mucoflocculent
mucoflocculent
adj
mucous and flocculent
mucosopurulent
mucosopurulent
adj
Alternative form of mucopurulent
multarticulate
multarticulate
adj
Having many articulations or joints.
multiarticular
multiarticular
adj
Having multiple joints.
multicarinated
multicarinated
adj
Alternative form of multicarinate
multicentrally
multicentrally
adv
With more than one centre.
multichambered
multichambered
adj
Having more than one chamber.
multichanneled
multicircuited
multicomponent
multicomponent
adj
Having, or affecting, multiple components
multiconductor
multiconductor
adj
Comprising more than one electrical conductor.
multicuspidate
multicuspidate
adj
Having more than one cusp.
multifactorial
multifactorial
adj
(genetics, of a trait) Involving multiple genetic and/or environmental factors
Involving, or controlled by multiple factors.
noun
(mathematics) A generalisation of a factorial in which each element to be multiplied differs from the next by an integer (e.g. n(n-3)(n-6)(n-9)...)