An instrument like an endoscope, for use in abdominoscopy.
accompaniment
accompaniment
noun
(music) A part, usually performed by instruments, that gives support or adds to the background in music, or adds for ornamentation; also, the harmony of a figured bass.
That which accompanies; something that attends as a circumstance, or which is added to give greater completeness to the principal thing, or by way of ornament, or for the sake of symmetry.
acetaminophen
acetaminophen
noun
(Canada, US) A white crystalline compound used in medicine as an anodyne to relieve pain and reduce fever.
acetomorphine
acetomorphine
noun
heroin
adenemphraxis
albuminoscope
allophanamide
allophanamide
noun
(organic chemistry) biuret
alphanumerics
alphanumerics
noun
plural of alphanumeric
aminodiphenyl
aminophylline
aminophylline
noun
(pharmacology) A bronchodilator comprising theophylline and ethylenediamine in a 2:1 ratio.
aminothiophen
amitriptyline
amitriptyline
noun
(pharmacology) An antidepressant drug; a tablet containing this drug.
amphibichnite
amphictyonies
amphictyonies
noun
plural of amphictyony
amphicyonidae
amphigenously
amphigenously
adv
In an amphigenous manner.
amphipneustic
amphisbaenian
amphisbaenian
noun
(zoology) Any member of the Amphisbaenia, the clade of worm lizards.
amphisbaenoid
amphisbaenoid
adj
(zoology) Resembling or relating to the lizards of the genus Amphisbaena.
amphisbaenous
analphabetism
analphabetism
noun
Illiteracy, the inability to read and write.
anemobiagraph
angiemphraxis
angioneoplasm
angiospermous
angiospermous
adj
(botany) Having seeds enclosed in a pod or other pericarp.
anisometropia
anisometropia
noun
(ophthalmology) A condition in which the two eyes of an individual have different refractive power.
anisometropic
anisometropic
adj
Relating to anisometropia
anoplotherium
anoplotherium
noun
(zoology) Any member of the extinct ungulate genus Anoplotherium.
antebaptismal
antepenultima
antepenultima
noun
(poetry) The last syllable of a word except two
antiempirical
antiempirical
adj
Going against what is empirically true.
antiprelatism
antisepticism
antisepticism
noun
(medicine) The use of antiseptics.
appertainment
appertainment
noun
(obsolete) That which appertains or belongs to a person; an appurtenance; trappings.
apportionment
apportionment
noun
(US) The allocation of direct taxation according to the population of the various states.
(US) The distribution of members of the House of Representatives according to the population of the various states.
The act of apportioning or the state of being apportioned.
appropriament
appropriament
noun
(obsolete) What is especially one's own; peculiar qualification.
attemperation
attemperation
noun
(archaic) The act of attempering or regulating.
autopneumatic
autopneumatic
adj
Acting or moving automatically by means of compressed air.
benzopyrylium
benzopyrylium
noun
(organic chemistry) An aromatic bicyclic ion or salt containing a benzene ring fused to a pyrylium ion
bridgehampton
bumptiousness
bumptiousness
noun
The state of being bumptious; conceitedness.
campanulariae
centropomidae
cephalanthium
cephalanthium
noun
(botany) An anthodium.
ceruloplasmin
ceruloplasmin
noun
(biochemistry) A blue metalloprotein that contains copper; it acts as a ferroxidase in association with transferrin.
cerumniparous
chemisorption
chemisorption
noun
(chemistry) the process in which a substance is adsorbed on the surface of another by means of chemical rather than physical bonding
chemosorption
chromeplating
chromoprotein
chromoprotein
noun
(biochemistry) Any protein, such as haemoglobin, that has a metal-containing pigmented group such as haem.
cinematograph
cinematograph
noun
(historical) A camera that could develop its own film and served as its own projector.
verb
(rare) To employ the techniques of cinematography.
circumspangle
cnemapophysis
cnemidophorus
coemptionator
commandership
commandership
noun
The role of a commander.
companionable
companionable
adj
Having the characteristics of a worthy companion; friendly and sociable.
companionized
companionized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of companionize
companionless
companionless
adj
Without a companion; friendless, alone.
compartimenti
compartimento
compassionate
compassionate
adj
(obsolete) Inviting or asking for pity.
Given to someone as an exception because of a family emergency or a death in their family.
Having, feeling or showing compassion (to or toward someone).
verb
(transitive, archaic) To feel compassion (for someone or with regard to something); to regard (someone or something) with compassion.
compendiously
compendiously
adv
In a compendious manner.
compensations
compensations
noun
plural of compensation
competitioner
competitioner
noun
(India, historical) Synonym of competition wallah
complacencies
complacencies
noun
plural of complacency
complacential
complacential
adj
(obsolete) Marked by, or causing, complacence.
complementing
complementing
verb
present participle of complement
complementoid
complementoid
noun
(biochemistry, dated) An immunological complement that has lost its zymotoxic group, but which still has a receptor site for the hemolysin.
complexionary
complexionary
adj
Pertaining to the complexion, or to the care of it.
complexionist
complimentary
complimentary
adj
Free; provided at no charge.
In the nature of a compliment.
With respect to the closing of a letter, formal and professional.
complimenters
complimenters
noun
plural of complimenter
complimenting
complimenting
verb
present participle of compliment
complutensian
complutensian
Adjective
Of or relating to Complutum (now Alcala de Henares), a city near Madrid in Spain.
componentwise
componentwise
adj
In terms of components.
compositeness
compositeness
noun
The state or quality of being composite.
comprehending
comprehending
verb
present participle of comprehend
comprehension
comprehension
noun
(Christianity) The inclusion of nonconformists within the Church of England.
(logic) The totality of intensions, that is, attributes, characters, marks, properties, or qualities, that the object possesses, or else the totality of intensions that are pertinent to the context of a given discussion.
(programming) A compact syntax for generating a list in some functional programming languages.
Thorough understanding.
comprehensive
comprehensive
adj
Broadly or completely covering; including a large proportion of something.
noun
(Britain) A comprehensive school.
compressingly
compressingly
adv
So as to compress.
compressional
compressional
adj
The quality of compression
compromitment
computerizing
computerizing
verb
present participle of computerize
comtemplating
conceptualism
conceptualism
noun
(philosophy) A theory, intermediate between realism and nominalism, that the mind has the power of forming for itself general conceptions of individual or single objects; the doctrine that universals have an existence in the mind apart from any concrete embodiment.
The art movement towards conceptual art.
coniospermous
consumptively
consumptively
adv
In a consumptive manner.
contemplating
contemplating
verb
present participle of contemplate
contemplation
contemplation
noun
Holy meditation.
The act of contemplating; musing; being highly concentrated in thought
The act of looking forward to a future event
The state of being considered or planned.
contemplatist
contemplatist
noun
One who contemplates.
contemplative
contemplative
adj
(medicine, psychiatry) In a phase of mental activity in which one begins to recognize and acknowledge the maladaptiveness of someone's behavior (such as own's own, or that of a family member or friend); usually with reference to substance use.
Inclined to contemplate; introspective and thoughtful; meditative.
Pertaining to a religious contemplative, or a contemplative religious orders, especially the Roman Catholic varieties.
noun
Someone who has dedicated themselves to religious or philosophical contemplation.
contemporised
contemporised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of contemporise
contemporized
contemporized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of contemporize
copernicanism
copernicanism
Noun
Belief in, or advocacy of the heliocentric model of the heavens
craftsmenship
decomposition
decomposition
noun
A biological process through which organic material is reduced to e.g. compost.
The act of taking something apart, e.g. for analysis.
The splitting (of e.g. a matrix, an atom, or a compound) into constituent parts.
decompressing
decompressing
verb
present participle of decompress
decompression
decompression
noun
(medicine) The relief of pressure on a body part by surgery.
A mode of operation of some internal combustion engines which reduces the engine's compression ratio, making it easier to start but significantly increasing fuel consumption.
The process of decompressing.
The restoration to atmospheric pressure of a person who has spent time under higher pressure (such as a diver).
deemphasizing
deemphasizing
verb
present participle of deemphasize
deipnosophism
demidandiprat
demipectinate
demipronation
departmentize
departmentize
verb
Alternative form of departmentalize
dephlegmation
dephlegmation
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) The operation of separating water from spirits and acids, by evaporation or repeated distillation; concentration.
depiedmontize
deprogramming
deprogramming
noun
The removal of the programming instilled into a person by a religious, political, economic, or social group associated with the belief system.
verb
present participle of deprogram
present participle of deprogramme
dermatopnagic
desmopyknosis
diaphanometer
diaphanometer
noun
An instrument for measuring the transparency of a fluid.
diaphanometry
diphenylamine
diphenylamine
noun
(chemistry) an aromatic amine, (C₆H₅)₂NH, used in the manufacture of plastics, dyes, explosives, pesticides, fungicides and pharmaceuticals
dipicrylamine
discomplexion
discomplexion
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To change the complexion or hue of.
discompliance
discompliance
noun
(obsolete) Failure or refusal to comply.
disemployment
disemployment
noun
The state of being disemployed, or deprived of employment.
disparagement
disparagement
noun
The act of disparaging, of belittling.
dispeoplement
dispeoplement
noun
(archaic) Depopulation.
displacements
displacements
noun
plural of displacement
dissepimental
dissepimental
adj
Relating to a dissepiment.
distemperance
distemperance
noun
(obsolete) distemperature
distemperment
distemperment
noun
(obsolete) distempered state; distemperature
dodecaphonism
echinospermum
emancipations
emancipations
noun
plural of emancipation
emancipatress
emancipatress
noun
A female emancipator.
emetomorphine
empiricalness
empiricalness
noun
Quality of being empirical.
emplastration
emplastration
noun
(medicine, obsolete) The application of a plaster or salve.
(obsolete) Grafting by inoculation; budding.
enantiomorphy
enantiomorphy
noun
The condition of being enantiomorphic
encipherments
encipherments
noun
plural of encipherment
encyclopedism
encyclopedism
noun
Encyclopedic knowledge or learning.
endolymphatic
endolymphatic
adj
(anatomy) Pertaining to, or containing, endolymph.
entomophilous
entomophilous
adj
Of, pertaining to, or pollinated by means of entomophily.
entomosporium
epimandibular
epiphenomenal
epiphenomenal
adj
(philosophy, psychology) Of or pertaining to a mental process that occurs only as an incidental effect of electrical or chemical activity in the brain or nervous system.
Being of secondary consequence to a causal chain of processes, but playing no causal role in the process of interest.
epiphenomenon
epiphenomenon
noun
(pathology) A symptom that develops during the course of a disease that is not connected to the disease.
(philosophy, psychology) A mental process or state that is an incidental by-product of physiological events in the brain or nervous system.
An activity, process, or state that is the result of another; a by-product, a consequence.
episporangium
epistemonical
epitomisation
epitomisation
noun
Non-Oxford British English spelling of epitomization.
epitomization
epitomization
noun
The process or result of epitomizing.
ethmopalatine
ethmopalatine
adj
(anatomy) ethmoid and palatine
ethmosphenoid
ethmosphenoid
adj
(anatomy) Relating to, or joining the ethmoid and sphenoid bones.
ethylmorphine
ethylmorphine
noun
(pharmacology) A particular narcotic antitussive.
euphemisation
euphemization
excisemanship
excisemanship
noun
The state or business of an exciseman.
exemplariness
exemplariness
noun
The state or condition of being exemplary, serving as a shining example.
exendospermic
experimenters
experimenters
noun
plural of experimenter
experimenting
experimenting
noun
experimentation
verb
present participle of experiment
experimentist
experimentist
noun
An experimenter.
experimentize
experimentize
verb
(intransitive, archaic) To perform a scientific experiment.