The art of measuring the distance of far-off objects.
appendectomy
appendectomy
noun
(surgery) The surgical procedure for the removal of the vermiform appendix.
berycomorphi
campylodrome
campylometer
capsulectomy
capsulectomy
noun
(surgery) The removal of a capsule, especially one that surrounds an implant
cephalodymia
cephalodymus
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.
cephalometry
cephalometry
noun
The measurement of the head, especially in order to study growth, development, and disease.
cephalophyma
ceramography
chamaephytes
chamaephytes
noun
plural of chamaephyte
chamecephaly
chemotherapy
chemotherapy
noun
(medicine) Any chemical treatment intended to be therapeutic with respect to a disease state.
(oncology, most common usage) chemical treatment to kill or halt the replication and/or spread of cancerous cells in a patient.
chimneypiece
chimneypiece
noun
A mantelpiece.
clanjamphrey
coemployment
colopexotomy
cometography
cometography
noun
A scientific description of comets.
compaternity
compaternity
noun
(obsolete) The relationship of a godfather to a person.
compellingly
compellingly
adv
In a compelling manner.
compensatory
compensatory
adj
(genetics) That compensates for a deleterious mutation
(of a payment) Intended to recompense someone who has experienced loss, suffering, or injury
Reducing or offsetting the unpleasant or unwelcome effects of something
complacently
complacently
adv
In a complacent manner; overly calm and contented; not troubled.
completively
completively
adv
In a completive manner.
complexively
compresbyter
compressedly
compressedly
adv
In a compressed manner.
compressibly
compressibly
adv
In a compressible way.
compulsively
compulsively
adv
In a compulsive manner; obsessively.
contemporary
contemporary
adj
From the same time period, coexistent in time; contemporaneous.
Modern, of the present age (shorthand for ‘contemporary with the present’).
noun
(dated) A rival newspaper or magazine.
Someone or something living at the same time, or of roughly the same age as another.
Something existing at the same time.
contemptibly
contemptibly
adv
In a contemptible manner.
copolymerism
copolymerize
copolymerize
verb
(chemistry) To polymerize so as to form a copolymer
copolymerous
crymotherapy
cryptamnesia
cryptamnesia
noun
Alternative form of cryptomnesia
cryptamnesic
cryptamnesic
adj
Alternative form of cryptomnesic
cryptomerias
cryptomerias
noun
plural of cryptomeria
cryptomerous
cryptomnesia
cryptomnesia
noun
(psychology) The phenomenon of the reappearance of a long-forgotten memory as if it were a new experience
cryptomnesic
cryptomnesic
adj
Relating to cryptomnesia.
cymbocephaly
cypripediums
cypripediums
noun
plural of cypripedium
cypselomorph
decompoundly
decompoundly
adv
In an decompound manner.
dermatoscopy
dermatoscopy
noun
(medicine) The examination of skin lesions with a dermatoscope—a magnifier (typically x10) with a light and a liquid medium between the instrument and the skin, thus illuminating the lesion without reflected light.
dysphemistic
dysphemistic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or being a dysphemism.
emancipatory
emancipatory
adj
Of or pertaining to emancipation or to an emancipator.
embryoscopic
embryoscopic
adj
Relating to embryoscopy.
empathically
empathically
adv
In an empathic manner.
emphatically
emphatically
adv
(modal) Most definitely; truly.
(obsolete) Not really, but apparently.
In an emphatic manner; with emphasis.
empyreumatic
empyreumatic
adj
(obsolete, chemistry) Characteristic of empyreuma
enoptromancy
enoptromancy
noun
Divination by means of a mirror or other reflective surfaces.
entotympanic
entotympanic
adj
Synonym of endotympanic
epicystotomy
epidemically
epidemically
adv
In the manner of an epidemic.
Regarding epidemics.
epitomically
epitomically
adv
In an epitomic manner.
gametophytic
gametophytic
adj
(botany) Having the characteristics of a sporophyte.
(botany) Of or pertaining to a gametophyte plant.
gymnospermic
gymnospermic
adj
(botany) Synonym of gymnospermous
hepaticotomy
hermoglyphic
homeotypical
homeotypical
adj
(biology) Of or resembling the usual type.
hypercomplex
hypercomplex
adj
(mathematics) Describing any of several types of higher-dimensional numbers having some characteristics of complex numbers.
noun
(mathematics) A hypercomplex number.
hypercrinism
hyperendemic
hyperendemic
adj
(medicine) That has a high and continued incidence in an area
hyperkalemic
hyperkalemic
adj
Having a high percentage of potassium in one's blood.
hyperlipemic
hyperlipemic
adj
Exhibiting or relating to hyperlipemia.
noun
A person who has hyperlipemia.
hypermagical
hypermagical
adj
Extremely magical.
hypermnestic
hypermnestic
adj
Pertaining to hypermnesia; demonstrating or pertaining to a very high level of memory or recall.
hypermorphic
hypermorphic
adj
(genetics, of a mutation) causing an increase in otherwise normal gene function.
hyperthermic
hyperthermic
adj
Having a very high temperature
Relating to hyperthermia
hyphomycetes
hyphomycetes
noun
plural of hyphomycete
hyphomycetic
hypocalcemia
hypocalcemia
noun
(biology, medicine) The condition of having an abnormally low concentration of calcium ions in the blood.
hypocalcemic
hypocalcemic
adj
Relating to, or exhibiting, hypocalcemia.
hypocleidium
hypocleidium
noun
(anatomy) A median process on the furculum of many birds, where it is connected with the sternum.
hypodermatic
hypodermatic
adj
Alternative form of hypodermic
hypoglycemia
hypoglycemia
noun
(pathology) A too low level of blood glucose.
hypoglycemic
hypoglycemic
adj
(pathology) Suffering from hypoglycemia.
Causing hypoglycemia.
noun
A sufferer of hypoglycemia.
hypolimnetic
hypolimnetic
adj
Relating to the hypolimnion.
hypomnematic
hyporchemata
impermanency
impermanency
noun
Alternative form of impermanence
impertinency
impertinency
noun
Absurdity; inappropriateness.
Insolence.
Irrelevancy; impertinence.
imprevalency
incompetency
incompetency
noun
The condition of being incompetent.
incompletely
incompletely
adv
In an incomplete manner.
To an incomplete degree.
incomposedly
intemperancy
intercompany
intercompany
adj
Between, or involving, different companies
lymphectasia
macrocephaly
macrocephaly
noun
(geography) The excessive concentration of population and development in a single centre, to the detriment of other areas.
(medicine) A condition in which the head is abnormally large.
megalopsychy
megalopsychy
noun
(obsolete, rare) Excessive self-confidence
mephitically
mephitically
adv
In a mephitic manner.
mesotympanic
mesotympanic
adj
Relating to the mesotympanum
Situated in the middle part of the middle ear
metaphysical
metaphysical
adj
Being an adherent of the philosophy of metaphysics.
Immaterial, supersensual, not physical (more properly, "beyond" that which is physical).
Of or pertaining to metaphysics.
metapsychics
metapsychics
noun
The study of psychic or metapsychic phenomena.
metapsychism
metapsychism
noun
The study of metapsychic phenomena.
metapsychist
metapsychist
noun
One who studies metapsychic phenomena.
metempsychic
metempsychic
adj
Alternative form of metempsychotic
meteoroscopy
meteoroscopy
noun
(archaic) The part of astronomy that deals with heavenly bodies, the distance of stars, etc.
microcephaly
microcephaly
noun
A neurological disorder in which the person affected has an abnormally small head due to a failure of brain growth.
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.
mycetophilid
mycetophilid
noun
(zoology) Any fungus gnat in the family Mycetophilidae.
myelographic
myelographic
adj
Relating to myelography
myeloplastic
myelopoietic
myelopoietic
adj
Of or pertaining to myelopoiesis.
myoporaceous
myoporaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Myoporaceae.
myrmecophaga
myrmecophile
myrmecophile
noun
An organism, especially an insect, that lives in close association with or shares a nest with a species of ant.
myrmecophily
myrmecophily
noun
The condition of being myrmecophilous
myrmecophyte
myrmecophyte
noun
A plant that lives in association with a colony of ants. The degree of association varies and is assumed to be symbiotic in some cases.
nymphaeaceae
nympholeptic
nympholeptic
adj
Of, or relating to, or having characteristics of an instance of nympholepsy.
omphalectomy
omphalectomy
noun
(surgery) The excision of the navel.
oophorectomy
oophorectomy
noun
(medicine) Surgical removal of one or both ovaries.
oxycephalism
oxycephalism
noun
Synonym of oxycephaly
pachydermata
pachydermial
pachydermial
adj
Alternative form of pachydermal
pachydermoid
pachydermoid
adj
Resembling pachydermia.
pachydermous
pachyhaemous
pachyhymenia
pachyhymenic
pancreectomy
pancreectomy
noun
(archaic, medicine) Alternative spelling of pancreatectomy
pancreozymin
pancreozymin
noun
(dated) cholecystokinin
papillectomy
papillectomy
noun
(surgery) A medical procedure involving the removal of a papilla.
parenchymous
parenchymous
adj
Alternative form of parenchymatous
periclymenus
perionychium
persymmetric
persymmetric
adj
(mathematics, of a square matrix) Such that the values on each line perpendicular to the main diagonal are the same for a given line.
(mathematics, of a square matrix, now more commonly) Symmetrical about the anti-diagonal.
phlegmaticly
phonemically
phonemically
adv
By means of, or in terms, of phonemes.
phrenicotomy
phycomycetes
phycomycetes
noun
plural of phycomycete
phylactolema
phytochemist
phytochemist
noun
A person involved in phytochemistry.
phytochromes
phytochromes
noun
plural of phytochrome
pinealectomy
pinealectomy
noun
(medicine, surgery) Surgical removal of the pineal gland.
pityocamptes
pleurenchyma
pleurenchyma
noun
(botany) A tissue consisting of long and slender tubular cells, of which wood is mainly composed.
pneodynamics
pneumaticity
pneumaticity
noun
(biology) The state of being pneumatic, or of having a cavity or cavities filled with air.
pneumatocyst
pneumatocyst
noun
(marine biology) A sac or other structure containing air and used for flotation by a marine organism, chiefly used in reference to those of kelps and siphonophores.
poecilonymic
poecilonymic
adj
That is a poecilonym to another word.
polycentrism
polycentrism
noun
(genetics) (of a chromosomes, etc) the existence of multiple central parts
a political or cultural system which contains many different centres, especially centres of authority or control
the existence of more than one culture in a particular country or region
polychromate
polychromate
adj
Composed of many colours
noun
(inorganic chemistry) A salt or ion composed of multiple chromate groups
polychromies
polychromies
noun
plural of polychromy
polychromize
polychromize
verb
Alternative form of polychromatize
polycythemia
polycythemia
noun
(pathology) A rare disorder in which the bone marrow produces an abnormally large amount of blood cells, often red blood cells.