A calliper used to estimate the amount of internal fat by measuring the thickness of a fold of skin
amphiaster
amphiaster
noun
(biology) The achromatic figure, formed in mitotic cell division, consisting of two asters connected by a spindle-shaped bundle of rod-like fibres diverging from each aster.
amphibiety
amphidetic
amphidetic
adj
(biology, of the ligament of some bivalves) That extends in front of, and behind, the beak
amphistome
amphistome
noun
Any trematode of the genus Paramphistomum (previously Amphistoma)
amphithect
amphithere
amphithere
noun
(heraldry) A type of winged serpent
amphitrite
amphitrite
noun
Any polychaete worm of the genus Amphitrite.
amphoteric
amphoteric
adj
(chemistry) Having the characteristics of both an acid and a base, and capable of reacting as either; amphiprotic.
ampliative
ampliative
adj
That broadens conceptual knowledge by adding new information.
amplitudes
amplitudes
noun
plural of amplitude
amputative
amputative
adj
(surgery) That involves amputation
antipewism
antiprimer
apneumatic
apneumatic
adj
(medicine) Devoid of air; free from air, or effected by or with exclusion of air.
(rare) Of or pertaining to the nonexistence of soul or spirit; non-spiritual.
apopemptic
apopemptic
adj
Pertaining to departing; farewell, valedictory.
noun
(obsolete) A farewell or parting address.
aposematic
aposematic
adj
(zoology, of a coloration or marking) That serves as a warning to predators, as of toxicity, especially falsely.
apothecium
apothecium
noun
(lichenology & mycology) A type of fructification of some ascomycete fungi, forming cyst structures of various shapes. Often the fungal components of lichens have this sort of fertile structure.
armipotent
armipotent
adj
(obsolete) Powerful in battle.
noun
(poetic, archaic) A powerful combatant.
asepticism
asepticism
noun
(dated) freedom from sepsis; asepsis
aspermatic
aspermatic
adj
That does not produce sperm
assumptive
assumptive
adj
(heraldry, of arms, not comparable) Originally, being arms which a person had a right to assume, in consequence of an exploit; now, those assumed without sanction of the Heralds' College.
Forward or presumptuous.
Held as true or valid without evidence.
atropamine
attempting
attempting
verb
present participle of attempt
attemptive
attemptive
adj
(obsolete) Disposed to attempt; adventurous.
baphometic
bethumping
bethumping
verb
present participle of bethump
bitemporal
bitemporal
adj
Of, pertaining to, or joining the two temporal bones
bitterbump
campimeter
campimeter
noun
A device used to measure a person's field of vision
campimetry
campimetry
noun
perimetry
camptonite
camptonite
noun
(mineralogy) A lamprophyre containing plagioclase and feldspar.
capitellum
capitellum
noun
(botany, anatomy, arachnology) Synonym of capitulum
centiplume
chimneypot
chimneypot
noun
Alternative form of chimney pot
compactile
compatible
compatible
adj
Able to get along well.
Capable of easy interaction.
Consistent; congruous.
noun
Something that is compatible with something else.
compatient
compatient
adj
(obsolete) suffering or enduring together
competible
competible
adj
(obsolete) Compatible
competitor
competitor
noun
(obsolete) Partner, associate, one working with another toward a common goal.
A participant in a competition, especially in athletics.
A person or organization against whom one is competing.
completing
completing
verb
present participle of complete
completion
completion
noun
(American football) A forward pass that is successfully caught by the intended receiver.
(law) The conclusion of an act of conveyancing concerning the sale of a property.
(mathematics) The act of making a metric space complete by adding points.
(mathematics) The space resulting from such an act.
The act or state of being or making something complete; conclusion, accomplishment.
completive
completive
adj
Making complete.
noun
(grammar) A construction denoting completion.
complexity
complexity
noun
(countable) That which is and renders complex; intricacy; complication.
(uncountable) The state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement.
complicate
complicate
adj
(now rare, poetic) Complex, complicated.
(obsolete) Intertwined.
verb
(transitive) To involve in a convoluted matter.
(transitive) To make complex; to modify so as to make something intricate or difficult.
An expression of praise, congratulation, or respect.
Misspelling of complement.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To pay a compliment (to someone); to express a favourable opinion (of someone).
compositae
composited
composited
verb
simple past tense and past participle of composite
composites
composites
noun
plural of composite
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of composite
compotiers
compotiers
noun
plural of compotier
comptonite
conceptism
conceptism
noun
Alternative form of conceptismo
demimetope
demipriest
demipuppet
depictment
despotisms
despotisms
noun
plural of despotism
dimorphite
dimorphite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal orange mineral containing arsenic and sulfur.
dimplement
dimplement
noun
The state of being dimpled, or marked with gentle depressions.
diparentum
diplomates
diplomates
noun
plural of diplomate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of diplomate
diremption
diremption
noun
(rare) a ripping apart; a forceful sundering
distempers
distempers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of distemper
emancipate
emancipate
adj
Freed; set at liberty.
verb
To free from any controlling influence, especially from anything which exerts undue or evil influence
To set free from slavery or bondage; to give freedom to; to manumit
To set free, as a minor from a parent
emancipist
emancipist
noun
(Australia, historical) In penal colonies of early Australia, a convict who had been pardoned for good conduct; sometimes inclusively a convict whose sentence had completed, though one such was more usually called an expiree.
embioptera
embonpoint
embonpoint
adj
Plump, chubby, buxom.
noun
Plumpness, stoutness, especially when voluptuous.
emmetropia
emmetropia
noun
The condition of perfect vision, where images are correctly brought to a focus on the retina.
emmetropic
emmetropic
adj
Pertaining to emmetropia.
empathetic
empathetic
adj
Showing empathy for others, and recognizing their feelings; empathic.
empathized
empathized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of empathize
empathizes
empathizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of empathize
emphatical
emphatical
adj
emphatic
emphractic
emphractic
adj
(medicine) Having the quality of closing the pores of the skin.
empiricist
empiricist
noun
an advocate or supporter of empiricism
empiristic
empiristic
adj
(physics) Relating to, or resulting from, experience or experiment; following from empirical methods or data.
emplection
emplection
noun
Alternative form of emplecton
emplectite
emporeutic
emporeutic
adj
Alternative form of emporetic
ephemerist
ephemerist
noun
One who collects or studies ephemera.
One who keeps an ephemeris; a diarist.
One who studies the daily motions and positions of the planets.
ephraimite
ephraimite
Noun
An of the tribal patriarch a member of the tribe purportedly descended from him, or an inhabitant of the Northern Kingdom of Israel (930–720 B.C.), in which the tribe of Ephraim was preëminent.
epiblemata
epicentrum
epicyemate
epimeritic
epimetheus
epimetheus
Proper noun
Son of Iapetus and Clymene, brother to Atlas, Menoetius and Prometheus, of whom he ignored warnings to beware of any gifts from Zeus. He accepted Pandora as his wife, thereby bringing sorrow to the world; father to Pyrrha.
A moon of the planet Saturn.
epiphytism
epiphytism
noun
(botany) The quality or condition of being an epiphyte.
episematic
episematic
adj
(zoology, of a coloration or marking) That serves to assist individuals of the same species to identify each other.
episiotomy
episiotomy
noun
(medicine) A surgical incision through the perineum made to enlarge the vagina and assist childbirth.
episternum
episternum
noun
(anatomy) The upper segment of the sternum
(entomology) The anterior part of the pleuron of an insect.
epistomata
epistomian
epithalami
epithalamy
epithecium
epithecium
noun
(lichenology & mycology) An external layer over the fertile surface of some fungi, formed from extensions of the paraphyses.
epithelium
epithelium
noun
(anatomy) A membranous tissue composed of one or more layers of cells which forms the covering of most internal and external surfaces of the body and its organs: internally including the lining of vessels and other small cavities, and externally being the skin.
epithermal
epithermal
adj
(geology) Describing deposits of minerals formed from warm water at shallow depth
(physics) Describing neutrons of kinetic energy greater than that of thermal motion
epitimesis
epitomator
epitomator
noun
An epitomist
epitomical
epitomical
adj
epitomic
epitomised
epitomised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of epitomise
epitomiser
epitomiser
noun
Alternative form of epitomizer
epitomized
epitomized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of epitomize
epitomizer
epitomizer
noun
An epitomist.
epitomizes
epitomizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of epitomize
equipments
equipments
noun
(nonstandard) plural of equipment
eupatorium
eupatorium
noun
(botany) Any of the genus Eupatorium of perennial herbs.
exemptible
exemptible
adj
That may be exempted.
exemptions
exemptions
noun
plural of exemption
exotropism
expediment
expediment
noun
Obsolete form of expedient.
experiment
experiment
noun
(obsolete) Experience, practical familiarity with something.
A test under controlled conditions made to either demonstrate a known truth, examine the validity of a hypothesis, or determine the efficacy or likelihood of something previously untried.
verb
(intransitive) To conduct an experiment.
(transitive, obsolete) To experience; to feel; to perceive; to detect.
(transitive, obsolete) To test or ascertain by experiment; to try out; to make an experiment on.
geotropism
geotropism
noun
(biology) The movement of a plant in response to gravity (either downwards or upwards).
helipterum
hemipteral
hemipteral
adj
Of or pertaining to the Hemiptera order; hemipteran.
hemipteran
hemipteran
adj
Of or pertaining to the Hemiptera order; hemipterous
noun
A hemipter.
hemipteron
hemipteron
noun
Alternative form of hemipteran
hemitropal
hemitropal
adj
Of a crystal: having one part in reverse position with reference to the other part; twinned.
hemitropic
hemitropic
adj
(crystallography) hemitropal.
(mathematics) Invariant relative to a proper orthogonal group.
hemoptysis
hemoptysis
noun
(medicine) expectoration (coughing up) of blood from the respiratory system
hemotropic
hemotropic
adj
That is attracted to blood cells
hempstring
heptasemic
heptasemic
adj
(ancient prosody) containing seven morae or units of time.
heptatomic
heptatomic
adj
(chemistry) Composed of seven atoms
hermatypic
hermatypic
adj
(marine biology) Of a coral that is a species that builds coral reefs
hermitship
hermitship
noun
The state of being a hermit.
hetmanship
hetmanship
noun
The role or status of hetman.
hippometer
hippometer
noun
An instrument for measuring a horse's height in hands.
hippometry
hipsterism
hipsterism
noun
Something typical of a hipster.
hipness
homeotypic
homeotypic
adj
(genetics) Relating to the second nuclear division in meiosis
idempotent
idempotent
adj
(mathematics) (said of a binary operation) Such that all of the distinct elements it can operate on are idempotent (in the sense given just above).
(mathematics) (said of an algebraic structure) Having an idempotent operation (in the sense given above).
(mathematics) (said of an element of an algebraic structure with a binary operation, such as a group or semigroup) Such that, when it operates on itself, the result is equal to itself.
(mathematics, computing) (said of a function) Such that, when performed multiple times on the same subject, it has no further effect on its subject after the first time it is performed.
noun
(mathematics) An idempotent element.
(mathematics) An idempotent structure.
impackment
impactment
impactment
noun
impaction
impairment
impairment
noun
(accounting) A downward revaluation, a write-down.
A deterioration or weakening
A disability or handicap
The result of being impaired
an inefficient part or factor.
impalement
impalement
noun
(botany) (obsolete) In the sense of an enclosure, the calyx of a flower. In still older works, also spelt empalement (q.v.)
(heraldry) The joining of two coats of arms on one shield.
A space fenced in, such as by palings, possibly in the form of an enclosure or cup.
The act of torturing or executing someone by impaling them on a sharp stake.
impapyrate
imparities
imparities
noun
plural of imparity
impartable
impartable
adj
Capable of being imparted.
impartance
impartance
noun
impartation
impartible
impartible
adj
capable of being imparted or communicated; impartable.
not partible; not subject to partition; indivisible
impartment
impartment
noun
The act of imparting something, or the thing imparted; disclosure.
impatience
impatience
noun
The quality of being impatient; lacking patience; restlessness and intolerance of delays; anxiety and eagerness, especially to begin something.
impatiency
impatiency
noun
(obsolete) Impatience.
impediment
impediment
noun
(chiefly in the plural) Baggage, especially that of an army; impedimenta.
A disability, especially one affecting the hearing or speech.
A hindrance; that which impedes or obstructs progress.
impedition
impedition
noun
(obsolete) A hindrance; that which impedes.
impeditive
impeditive
adj
(archaic) Causing hindrance; impeding.
impenitent
impenitent
adj
Not penitent; specifically (Christianity), not repenting of one's sins; unrepentant.
noun
One who is not penitent.
imperation
imperation
noun
Synonym of empire
The action of governing or commanding; governance.
imperative
imperative
adj
(computing theory) Having semantics that incorporates mutable variables.
(grammar) Of, or relating to the imperative mood.
Essential; crucial; extremely important.
Expressing a command; authoritatively or absolutely directive.
noun
(countable) An essential action, a must: something which is imperative.
(countable, grammar) A verb in imperative mood.
(uncountable, grammar) The grammatical mood expressing an order (see jussive). In English, the imperative form of a verb is the same as that of the bare infinitive.
imperatory
imperatory
adj
(archaic) imperative
imperatrix
imperatrix
noun
(historical or archaic) female equivalent of imperator; empress
imperfects
imperfects
noun
plural of imperfect
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of imperfect
imperialty
imperialty
noun
People of imperial rank, plus their families, treated as a group.
The rank, status, power or authority of an imperial.
impetition
impetrable
impetrable
adj
(obsolete) Capable of being obtained or influenced by petition.