An instrument like an endoscope, for use in abdominoscopy.
abdominoscopy
abdominoscopy
noun
(medicine) Examination of the abdomen to detect abdominal disease, using an endoscope.
acanthopodous
acanthopodous
adj
Having spiny peduncles.
acipenseridae
adaptableness
adaptableness
noun
The state or quality of being adaptable; adaptability.
adenemphraxis
adenophyllous
adenophyllous
adj
(botany) Having glands on the leaves.
adstipulating
adstipulation
adventureship
aleksandropol
alisphenoidal
alisphenoidal
adj
Alternative form of alisphenoid
amphisbaenoid
amphisbaenoid
adj
(zoology) Resembling or relating to the lizards of the genus Amphisbaena.
amplitudinous
anaphrodisiac
anaphrodisiac
adj
Antaphrodisiac (capable of reducing the sex drive).
noun
An antaphrodisiac (substance which reduces the sex drive).
anaphroditous
andromorphous
andromorphous
adj
Having the outward appearance of a male
andropetalous
androsphinges
androsphinxes
androsphinxes
noun
plural of androsphinx
angiodiascopy
antispasmodic
antispasmodic
adj
(pharmacology) Referring to something that suppresses spasms, generally a drug.
noun
(pharmacology) A drug that suppresses spasms.
antispreading
baldpatedness
bandspreading
bespottedness
bloodripeness
bloodspilling
boardsmanship
boardsmanship
noun
Alternative form of boardmanship
boustrophedon
boustrophedon
adj
(figuratively) Changing direction, going back and forth.
(historical, calligraphy, of writing) Written from right-to-left and left-to-right on alternate lines.
adv
(historical, calligraphy, of writing) In a fashion such that the reading direction changes from right-to-left to left-to-right with each new line.
noun
(historical, calligraphy, of writing) Writing that is right-to-left and left-to-right on alternate lines.
candidateship
candidateship
noun
Candidacy.
chenopodiales
chondroplasty
chondroplasty
noun
surgery to reshape the cartilage
chondroseptum
cladosiphonic
cnemidophorus
coadaptations
coadaptations
noun
plural of coadaptation
commandership
commandership
noun
The role of a commander.
compactedness
compactedness
noun
The state or quality of being compacted.
compendiously
compendiously
adv
In a compendious manner.
completedness
completedness
noun
The quality of being completed.
complexedness
complexedness
noun
The state or quality of being complexed.
conductorship
conductorship
noun
The position of conductor of an orchestra.
condylopodous
contemporised
contemporised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of contemporise
coproductions
coproductions
noun
plural of coproduction
corespondency
corespondents
corespondents
noun
plural of corespondent
correspondent
correspondent
adj
(with to or with) Conforming; obedient.
Corresponding; suitable; adapted; congruous.
noun
A journalist who sends reports back to a newspaper or radio or television station from a distant or overseas location.
Someone who communicates with another person, or a publication, by writing.
Someone who or something which corresponds.
corresponding
corresponding
adj
that have a similar relationship
noun
A correspondence; the situation where things correspond or match.
verb
present participle of correspond
corruptedness
corruptedness
noun
The state of being corrupted.
counterpoised
counterpoised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of counterpoise
cuneoscaphoid
custodianship
custodianship
noun
The office, or the duty of a custodian.
cyclospondyli
cyprinodontes
decapitations
decapitations
noun
plural of decapitation
decapsulation
decapsulation
noun
The act or process of decapsulating.
deceptiveness
deceptiveness
noun
the state or quality of being deceptive
decompensated
decompensated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of decompensate
decompensates
decompensates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decompensate
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
deipnosophist
deipnosophist
noun
A master of the art of dining, particularly learned conversation in the manner of Athenaeus's characters.
dendrophagous
dendrophagous
adj
That feeds on the wood of trees
dendrophilous
dendrophilous
adj
Thriving in an environment with trees; living in or on trees.
departisanize
depasturation
depersonalise
depersonalise
verb
Alternative spelling of depersonalize
depersonalize
depersonalize
verb
(psychiatry, intransitive) To suffer an episode of depersonalization.
(transitive) To present (something) as an impersonal object.
(transitive) To remove a sense of personal identity or individual character from something; to anonymize.
depopulations
depopulations
noun
plural of depopulation
depreciations
depreciations
noun
plural of depreciation
deprehensible
deprehensible
adj
(obsolete) Capable of being caught or discovered.
depressionary
depressionary
adj
(economics) Characteristic of a depression
depthlessness
depthlessness
noun
Absence of depth.
deputationist
derencephalus
dermanaplasty
desmoneoplasm
desmopyknosis
desperateness
desperateness
noun
The state or quality of being desperate.
despoliations
despoliations
noun
plural of despoliation
despondencies
despondencies
noun
plural of despondency
developedness
developedness
noun
The quality of being developed.
diapensiaceae
diaphanoscope
diaphanoscope
noun
A dark box constructed for viewing transparent pictures, with or without a lens.
diaphanoscopy
diaphanoscopy
noun
Examination by means of a diaphanoscope.
diencephalons
dilapidations
dilapidations
noun
plural of dilapidation
dilettantship
diphthongised
diphthongised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of diphthongise
diplospondyli
dipsomaniacal
dipsomaniacal
adj
pertaining to or suffering from dipsomania.
disacceptance
disacceptance
noun
The act or concept of not accepting.
disappearance
disappearance
noun
The action of disappearing or vanishing.
disappendancy
disappointing
disappointing
adj
Causing disappointment.
verb
present participle of disappoint
disciplinable
disciplinable
adj
(obsolete) Relating to discipline; disciplinary.
For which one is liable to be disciplined or punished.
That can be instructed (by discipline); able to be taught.
discomplexion
discomplexion
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To change the complexion or hue of.
discompliance
discompliance
noun
(obsolete) Failure or refusal to comply.
discoplacenta
discrepancies
discrepancies
noun
plural of discrepancy
discrepencies
disemployment
disemployment
noun
The state of being disemployed, or deprived of employment.
disoccupation
disoccupation
noun
The state of being unemployed; lack of occupation.
disparagement
disparagement
noun
The act of disparaging, of belittling.
disparagingly
disparagingly
adv
Insultingly
disparateness
disparateness
noun
the degree to which a thing is disparate
dispassionate
dispassionate
adj
not showing, and not affected by, emotion, bias, or prejudice
dispendiously
dispensations
dispensations
noun
plural of dispensation
dispensatress
dispeoplement
dispeoplement
noun
(archaic) Depopulation.
dispersedness
dispersedness
noun
The state or quality of being dispersed.
dispiritingly
dispiritingly
adv
In a dispiriting manner.
displacements
displacements
noun
plural of displacement
displeasingly
displeasingly
adv
In a displeasing manner.
displeasuring
displeasuring
verb
present participle of displeasure
dispositional
dispositional
adj
Of, pertaining to, or arising from disposition (in any sense)
dispositioned
dispositioned
adj
(in combination) Having a specified kind of disposition.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disposition
dispossessing
dispossessing
verb
present participle of dispossess
dispossession
dispossession
noun
The act of dispossessing someone of something.
The casting out of an evil spirit that has possessed someone; exorcism.
dispraisingly
dispraisingly
adv
By way of dispraise.
disproportion
disproportion
noun
Lack of suitableness, adequacy, or due proportion to an end or use; unsuitableness.
The state of being out of proportion; an abnormal or improper ratio; an imbalance.
the disproportion of the length of a building to its height
verb
(transitive) To make unsuitable in quantity, form, or fitness; to violate symmetry in; to mismatch.
dispunishable
dispunishable
adj
(archaic) Without penal restraint; not punishable.
disquiparancy
disreputation
disreputation
noun
(archaic) Loss or lack of reputation or good name; dishonour; disrepute.
disruptionist
disruptionist
noun
A proponent of disruptionism.
dissepimental
dissepimental
adj
Relating to a dissepiment.
distemperance
distemperance
noun
(obsolete) distemperature
distemperment
distemperment
noun
(obsolete) distempered state; distemperature
dodecaphonism
dodecaphonist
dodecaphonist
noun
(music) A practitioner or proponent of dodecaphony, i.e. use of the dodecaphonic musical scale, which has twelve tones per octave
dolphinfishes
dolphinfishes
noun
plural of dolphinfish
draftsmanship
draftsmanship
noun
the art or craft of a draftsman
the skill of drawing
dropsicalness
dysadaptation
dysadaptation
noun
Failure of, or impairment in adaptation.
eavesdropping
eavesdropping
noun
(telecommunications) The interception of electronic communication.
(zoology) The act of one organism listening for another's calls, so as to exploit them.
Listening secretly to the private conversations of others.
verb
present participle of eavesdrop
encyclopedias
encyclopedias
noun
plural of encyclopedia
encyclopedism
encyclopedism
noun
Encyclopedic knowledge or learning.
encyclopedist
encyclopedist
noun
A member of a group of French authors who collaborated in the 18th century in the production of the Encyclopédie, under the direction of Denis Diderot.
A person helping to write an encyclopedia.
endoparasitic
endoparasitic
adj
Of or pertaining to endoparasites.
endopeptidase
endopeptidase
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a group of enzymes, such as trypsin, chymotrypsin, pepsin and elastase, which catalyze the splitting of polypeptide chains away from the ends
endophlebitis
endophlebitis
noun
Inflammation of the inner coat of a vein.
endoplastular
endosiphonate
endosiphuncle
endosporously
ensepulchered
ensepulchered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ensepulcher
epanadiplosis
epanadiplosis
noun
(rhetoric) A figure of speech by which the same word is used both at the beginning and at the end of a sentence.
epichondrosis
epicondylitis
epicondylitis
noun
(medicine) General inflammation of the elbow or knee.