(art) A representation, in sculpture or on medals, of people expressing joy.
(politics) An oral vote taken without formal ballot and with much fanfare; typically an overwhelmingly affirmative vote.
A shout of approbation, favor, or assent; eager expression of approval; loud applause.
The act of winning an election to a post because there were no other candidates.
acclamatory
acclamatory
adj
Pertaining to, or expressing approval by, acclamation.
acclimation
acclimation
noun
(biology) The adaptation of an organism to its natural climatic environment.
The process of becoming, or the state of being, acclimated, or habituated to a new climate; acclimatization.
accomplisht
accomplisht
adj
Obsolete form of accomplished.
verb
(obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of accomplish
accumulator
accumulator
noun
(Britain) A wet-cell storage battery.
(UK, education, historical) One who takes two higher degrees simultaneously, to reduce their length of study.
(cryptography) A one way membership function.
(engineering, hydraulics) A container which stores hydraulic power for release, in the form of a pressurized fluid (often suspended within a larger tank of fluid under pressure).
(finance) A derivative contract under which the seller commits to sell shares of an underlying security at a certain strike price, which the buyer is obligated to buy.
(gambling) A collective bet on successive events, with both stake and winnings being carried forward to accumulate progressively.
(literally) One who, or that which, accumulates.
(manufacturing) A vessel containing pressurized hot water ready for release as steam.
(mechanics) A system of elastic springs for relieving the strain upon a rope, as in deep-sea dredging.
(programming) A register or variable used for holding the intermediate results of a computation or data transfer.
acoelomates
acoelomates
noun
plural of acoelomate
acrostolium
aeciotelium
algorithmic
algorithmic
adj
(mathematics, computing) Of, relating to, or being an algorithm.
allosematic
altocumulus
altocumulus
noun
(physics, meteorology) A fleecy cloud formation consisting of large whitish or greyish globular cloudlets with shaded portions, often grouped in flocks or rows. (Abbreviated Ac.)
amethodical
amethodical
adj
Not methodical; unsystematic.
amidoacetal
aminoacetal
amminolytic
ammonolitic
ammonolytic
amplication
amplication
noun
Misspelling of amplification.
amylopectin
amylopectin
noun
(biochemistry) A highly branched, insoluble form of starch (the soluble form being amylose)
anatomicals
ancylostoma
ancylostoma
noun
Any hookworm of the genus Ancylostoma.
ancylostome
ancylostome
noun
Alternative form of ancylostoma (“type of hookworm”)
anhemolytic
anomalistic
anomalistic
adj
(astronomy) Of or pertaining to an anomaly (angle of a body from its perihelion)
(linguistics) Pertaining to anomalism
anomalous
irregular
anticomplex
antinomical
antinomical
adj
Alternative form of antinomic
apomictical
ascomycetal
ascomycetal
adj
Relating to ascomycetes
atmoclastic
atmological
atmological
adj
Relating to atmology.
atomistical
automatical
automatical
adj
Archaic form of automatic.
autonomical
autonomical
adj
Alternative form of autonomic
axiomatical
axiomatical
adj
Of or pertaining to an axiom; having the nature of an axiom; characterized by axioms.
bioclimatic
bioclimatic
adj
(architecture) Focused on providing a comfortable microclimate.
Of or pertaining to the relationship between living things and climate.
biometrical
biometrical
adj
Of or pertaining to biometrics.
blastocheme
blastomeric
blastomeric
adj
Relating to blastomeres.
blastomyces
blastomycin
blastomycin
noun
A sterile material, produced from cultures of the fungus Blastomyces, once used for intradermal testing
bombastical
bombastical
adj
(archaic) bombastic
cacomistles
cacomistles
noun
plural of cacomistle
cajolements
cajolements
noun
plural of cajolement
calamopitys
calathiform
callistemon
calorimeter
calorimeter
noun
(physics) An apparatus for measuring the heat generated or absorbed by either a chemical reaction, change of phase or some other physical change.
calorimetry
calorimetry
noun
(physics) The science of measuring the heat absorbed or evolved during the course of a chemical reaction or change of state.
A wide headband that covers the ears, for wearing on cold days.
calorimotor
calorimotor
noun
A voltaic battery with a large surface of plate, producing powerful heating effects.
calumniator
calumniator
noun
A person who calumniates (slanders, or makes personal attacks upon, others).
camaldolite
campbellton
campbeltown
campholytic
cantonalism
cantonalism
noun
(historical, politics) A Spanish insurrectionary movement of the late 19th and early 20th century, aiming to divide the nation state into almost independent cantons.
caprolactam
caprolactam
noun
(organic chemistry) A lactam (cyclic amide) manufactured from cyclohexanone and used in the manufacture of nylon.
capsulotome
capsulotome
noun
(surgery) An instrument used to incise the capsule of the lens of the eye
capsulotomy
capsulotomy
noun
(surgery) incision into a capsule, especially into the lens of the eye when removing cataracts
catabolisms
catabolisms
noun
plural of catabolism
catholicism
catholicism
noun
Liberality of sentiment; breadth of view.
The state or quality of being catholic or universal; catholicity.
ceilometers
ceilometers
noun
plural of ceilometer
celiotomies
celiotomies
noun
plural of celiotomy
celtomaniac
centinormal
centinormal
adj
(chemistry) Having a concentration one hundredth that of a normal solution
centroplasm
centroplasm
noun
The substance of the centrosome
cephalomant
cephalotome
cephalotome
noun
(surgery) An instrument for cutting into the fetal head, to facilitate delivery.
cephalotomy
cephalotomy
noun
(medicine) craniotomy; usually applied to bisection of the fetal head with a saw
dissection or opening of the head
chilomastix
chilotomies
chiselmouth
chiselmouth
noun
A North American fish (Acrocheilus alutaceus)
chlorimeter
chlorimeter
noun
Alternative form of chlorometer
chlorimetry
chlorimetry
noun
Alternative form of chlorometry
chlorometer
chlorometer
noun
An instrument to test the bleaching power of chloride of lime.
chlorometry
chlorometry
noun
The process of testing the bleaching power of any combination of chlorine.
choliambist
choliambist
noun
One who writes in choliambic meter.
chromatical
chromatical
adj
(obsolete) chromatic
chromeplate
chromoblast
chromoblast
noun
An embryonic cell that develops into a pigment cell.
chromoplast
chromoplast
noun
(biology) Any plastid in which a pigment is synthesized or stored
circumlitio
clamatorial
clamatorial
adj
(zoology) Like or pertaining to the Clamatores.
clasmatosis
clasmatosis
noun
The fragmentation of cells to form pseudopodialike processes
clavicotomy
cleistogamy
cleistogamy
noun
(botany) The production of flowers which do not open and are self-fertilized in the bud.
cleptomania
cleptomania
noun
Dated form of kleptomania.
climatology
climatology
noun
The science that deals with climates, and investigates their phenomena and causes.
clinohumite
clinohumite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral composed of a mixed iron and magnesium silicate / fluoride
clinometers
clinometers
noun
plural of clinometer
clinometria
clinometric
clinometric
adj
Relating to the oblique crystalline forms, or to solids which have oblique angles between the axes.
Relating to, or measured by, a clinometer.
cliometrics
cliometrics
noun
The use of econometrics to study economic history.
cliseometer
clostridium
clostridium
noun
Any of several mostly anaerobic gram-positive bacteria, of the genus Clostridium, that are present in the soil and in the intestines of humans and animals and are capable of forming spores
clothmaking
clothmaking
noun
The art or trade of a clothmaker.
cobaltamine
coelelminth
coelomatous
coemptional
coemptional
adj
Relating to coemption.
coimplicant
coimplicate
colectomies
colectomies
noun
plural of colectomy
colemanites
colemanites
noun
plural of colemanite
coleoptilum
colitoxemia
collectivum
colletarium
colleterium
colleterium
noun
(zoology) An organ, in female insects, containing a cement to unite the ejected ova.
collimating
collimating
adj
That collimates, or employs collimation
verb
present participle of collimate
collimation
collimation
noun
aligning lenses along line of sight to minimize aberrations
the act of collimating or something collimated
collimators
collimators
noun
plural of collimator
collutorium
collutorium
noun
Synonym of mouth wash
cologarithm
cologarithm
noun
(mathematics) The logarithm of the reciprocal of a number (equal to the negative of the original logarithm)
colorimeter
colorimeter
noun
(analytical chemistry) An analytic instrument that estimates the concentration of a substance in a sample by measuring its color against the solution's complementary color.
Any of various instruments designed to determine the color of something, by comparison with standard colors or by spectroscopy.
colorimetry
colorimetry
noun
(analytical chemistry) Analysis involving the quantitative measurement of colour.
The science of measuring colours and assigning them numeric values.
colostomies
colostomies
noun
plural of colostomy
colpotomies
colpotomies
noun
plural of colpotomy
columellate
columellate
adj
Having, or resembling a columella
columnarity
columnarity
noun
The state or quality of being columnar.
columnating
columnating
verb
present participle of columnate
columnation
columnistic
columnistic
adj
Of or relating to a columnist.
combatively
combatively
adv
In a combative way.
combustible
combustible
adj
(figurative, dated) Easily kindled or excited; quick; fiery; irascible.
Confident; relaxed; not worried about someone or something.
In a state of comfort and content.
Providing physical comfort and ease; agreeable.
noun
(US) A stuffed or quilted coverlet for a bed; a comforter.
comfortably
comfortably
adv
Easily; without effort or difficulty.
In a comfortable manner.
comfortless
comfortless
adj
(of a person) Deprived of comfort; uncomforted.
(of a thing) Offering no comfort; uncomforting.
commaterial
commaterial
adj
(obsolete) Consisting of the same material.
commentable
commentable
adj
(computing) Capable of being marked with a comment.
(dated) Worthy of comment; remarkable.
commilitant
committable
committable
adj
Capable of being committed.
committedly
committedly
adv
In a committed manner; with commitment.
committible
committible
adj
Alternative form of committable
commolition
commolition
noun
(obsolete) the act of grinding together
commonality
commonality
noun
(telecommunications) A quality that applies to materiel or systems: (a) possessing like and interchangeable parts or characteristics enabling each to be utilized, or operated and maintained in common; (b) having interchangeable repair parts and/or components; (c) applying to consumable items interchangeably equivalent without adjustment.
Such a shared attribute or characteristic
The common people; the commonalty
The joint possession of a set of attributes or characteristics.
commotional
commotional
adj
Associated with commotion.
Often causing commotion.
commulation
commulative
communalist
communalist
noun
An advocate of communalism.
communality
communality
noun
(mathematics) A measure of variance in factor analysis.
The condition of being communal.
The extent to which something is communal.
compactable
compactable
Adjective
Capable of being compacted.
compactedly
compactedly
adv
In a compacted manner; close together.
compactible
compactible
adj
Capable of being compacted.
compatibles
compatibles
noun
plural of compatible
competently
competently
adv
In a competent manner.
competingly
competingly
adv
So as to compete.
compilation
compilation
noun
(countable) That which is compiled; especially, a book or document composed of materials gathering from other books or documents.
(countable, uncountable, computing) Translation of source code into object code by a compiler.
(uncountable) The act or process of compiling or gathering together from various sources.
compilatory
compilatory
adj
Of or pertaining to a compiler (person) or compilation
compilement
compilement
noun
The act or process of compiling; compilation.
complainant
complainant
noun
(law) An alleged victim in a criminal investigation or trial.
(law) The party that brings a civil lawsuit against another; the plaintiff.
One who makes complaint.
complaisant
complaisant
adj
(archaic) Polite; showing respect.
Compliant.
Willing to do what pleases others; obliging.
complecting
complecting
verb
present participle of complect
complection
complection
noun
Obsolete spelling of complexion.
complements
complements
noun
plural of complement
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of complement