The property of being adsorptive, of tending toward or being characterized by adsorption.
aepyornithidae
aerohydropathy
aerohydroplane
alectoropodous
alexandropolis
amphitheatered
amphitheatered
adj
Alternative form of amphitheatred
androcephalous
androcephalous
adj
Having a human head (upon an animal's body), like the Egyptian sphinx.
anoplotherioid
anthrapyridine
antidepressant
antidepressant
adj
(pharmacology) Preventing or counteracting depression.
noun
(pharmacology) An agent that prevents or counteracts depression.
antidepressive
antidepressive
adj
Counteracting depression.
noun
An antidepressant.
antidiphtheria
antidiphtheria
adj
Preventing diphtheria.
antidiphtheric
antidiphtheric
adj
Alternative form of anti-diphtheric
antidiphtherin
antidiphtherin
noun
(historical) A certain vaccine against diphtheria.
antilocapridae
antipeduncular
antipriesthood
antiproductive
antiprudential
antiprudential
adj
Lacking or opposing prudence; imprudent.
appendicularia
apprehendingly
apprehendingly
adv
With apprehension or understanding.
apprenticehood
apprenticehood
noun
(obsolete) apprenticeship
archdeaconship
archdeaconship
noun
The rank or office of an archdeacon.
archdepredator
archpriesthood
archpriesthood
noun
(ecclesiastical) The office of an archpriest.
aspidospermine
aspidospermine
noun
(medicine) An alkaloid, obtained from quebracho bark, that was once used as a respiratory stimulant and antispasmodic, and as an antipyretic in typhoid fever
asterospondyli
autotetraploid
autotetraploid
adj
(genetics) tetraploid because of the doubling of an ancestral chromosome
branchipodidae
brevicipitidae
bridegroomship
burglarproofed
camelopardalis
camelopardidae
campanularidae
capparidaceous
capparidaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the family Capparidaceae (preferred: Capparaceae) of capers and close relatives.
cardiemphraxia
cardiographies
cardiographies
noun
plural of cardiography
cardiopuncture
cardiopuncture
noun
(surgery) cardiocentesis
carphosiderite
carphosiderite
noun
(mineralogy) A basic, hydrated form of ferric sulfate
cephalochordal
cercopithecoid
cercopithecoid
noun
(zoology) Any species of the superfamily Cercopithecoidea (the Old World monkeys).
cheilodipterus
chlorophyllide
chlorophyllide
noun
(biochemistry) Any water-soluble breakdown product of chlorophyll formed by hydrolysis or enzyme action
chlorpropamide
chlorpropamide
noun
(medicine) A sulfonylurea antidiabetic drug
chondriosphere
chondroprotein
chondroprotein
noun
(biochemistry) Any glycoprotein found in cartilage
chromodiascope
cladophoraceae
clapperdudgeon
clapperdudgeon
noun
A beggar who would apply blood or sores to his body in order to gain attention and attract more alms
cleidoscapular
clypeastroidea
codirectorship
comprehendible
comprehendible
adj
(rare) comprehensible, understandable; able to be comprehended.
coppersidesman
coprecipitated
coprecipitated
adj
precipitated along with another substance
verb
simple past tense and past participle of coprecipitate
correspondence
correspondence
noun
(countable or uncountable) Postal or other written communications.
(countable) An agreement of situations or objects with an expected outcome.
(set theory, countable) A relation.
(theology, Swedenborgianism) A similarity between physical and spiritual things (e.g. light to wisdom, or warmth to love)
(uncountable) Newspaper or news stories.
(uncountable) Reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially conversation between persons by means of letters.
(uncountable, obsolete) Friendly discussion.
correspondency
correspondency
noun
(obsolete) Synonym of correspondence
correspondents
correspondents
noun
plural of correspondent
corundophilite
counterparadox
counterpendent
counterplotted
counterplotted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of counterplot
counterpointed
counterpointed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of counterpoint
counterreplied
cryptophagidae
ctenodipterini
cyanephidrosis
cyproheptadine
cyproheptadine
noun
(pharmacology) A particular antihistaminic, anticholinergic and antiserotonergic agent.
dacryopyorrhea
dactylographer
daguerreotyped
daguerreotyped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of daguerreotype
daguerreotyper
daguerreotyper
noun
One who takes daguerreotypes.
daguerreotypes
daguerreotypes
noun
plural of daguerreotype
daguerreotypic
decompensatory
decompensatory
adj
Relating to decompensation.
decompressions
decompressions
noun
plural of decompression
delphinapterus
delphocurarine
demonographies
demonographies
noun
plural of demonography
demultiplexers
demultiplexers
noun
plural of demultiplexer
departmentally
departmentally
adv
In a departmental manner; affecting departments
depersonalised
depersonalised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of depersonalise
depersonalized
depersonalized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of depersonalize
depersonalizes
depersonalizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of depersonalize
deplorableness
deplorableness
noun
The state or quality of being deplorable.
depolarisation
depolarisation
noun
Alternative spelling of depolarization
depolarization
depolarization
noun
(biology, medicine) An intracellular shift in electrical charge distribution, resulting in less negative charge inside the cell compared with outside; it is essential to the function of many cells, communication between cells, and the overall physiology of an organism.
(sociology) Reduction of political polarization.
depolymerizing
depolymerizing
adj
That depolymerizes
verb
present participle of depolymerize
depreciatingly
depreciatingly
adv
So as to disparage or belittle.
depreciatively
depreciatively
adv
In a depreciative manner.
depredationist
depressibility
depressingness
depressingness
noun
The state or quality of being depressing.
depressiveness
depressiveness
noun
The state of being depressive.
deprogrammings
deprogrammings
noun
plural of deprogramming
dermatatrophia
dermatoglyphic
dermatoglyphic
adj
Relating to the study and subject matter of dermatoglyphics.
dermatographia
dermatographia
noun
(pathology) A skin disorder in which the skin becomes raised and inflamed when stroked, scratched or rubbed.
dermatographic
dermatographic
adj
Relating to dermatography
dermatoplastic
dermatoplastic
adj
Of or relating to dermoplasty
dermatotherapy
dermatotherapy
noun
(medicine) treatment of a skin disease
dermophlebitis
descriptionist
descriptionist
adj
(philosophy) Regarding utterances as primarily descriptive rather than as rigidly specifying a particular thing or kind of thing.
Descriptivist.
noun
Synonym of descriptivist
desoxymorphine
despairfulness
despairfulness
noun
The quality of being despairful.
despairingness
despairingness
noun
The state or quality of being despairing.
despiritualize
despiritualize
verb
To remove the spiritual element from.
desulphurating
desulphurating
verb
present participle of desulphurate
desulphuration
desulphuration
noun
The act or process of depriving of sulfur.
desulphurising
desulphurising
verb
present participle of desulphurise
desulphurizing
desulphurizing
verb
present participle of desulphurize
deuteromorphic
developmentary
developmentary
adj
Pertaining to development; developmental.
diaheliotropic
diaheliotropic
adj
(botany) Relating or, or manifesting, diaheliotropism.
diaphanometric
dibenzopyrrole
didachographer
diffeomorphism
diffeomorphism
noun
(mathematics) A differentiable homeomorphism (with differentiable inverse) between differentiable manifolds.
diphtheriaphor
diphtherotoxin
diphtherotoxin
noun
An exotoxin secreted by Corynebacterium diphtheriae
diplobacterium
diplobacterium
noun
A bacterium composed of two adherent bacteria
diplonephridia
dipterocarpous
dipterological
dipterological
adj
Of or relating to dipterology, the scientific study of flies.
disappearances
disappearances
noun
plural of disappearance
disapprobative
disapprobative
adj
disapproving
disappropriate
disappropriate
adj
(law) Severed from the appropriation or possession of a spiritual corporation.
verb
To remove something that has been allocated to someone; often to reassign it elsewhere.
discerpibility
discerpibility
noun
Alternative form of discerptibility
discrepancries
disimprovement
disimprovement
noun
(informal, rare, influenced by the German noun Verschlimmbesserung) attempt to make something better while ending up worse than before.
Reduction from a better to a worse state.
disincorporate
disincorporate
adj
Separated from, or not included in, a corporation; disincorporated.
verb
(US) To revoke the charter of an incorporated town or city.
To deprive of corporate rights.
disparagements
disparagements
noun
plural of disparagement
dispensatories
dispensatories
noun
plural of dispensatory
dispensatorily
dispensatorily
adv
By way of dispensation.
dispersibility
dispersibility
noun
(countable) A measure of the relative extent to which something is dispersible
(uncountable) The condition of being dispersible
dispersiveness
dispersiveness
noun
The quality of being dispersive.
dispersonalize
dispersonalize
verb
(transitive) Synonym of depersonalize
dispiritedness
dispiritedness
noun
The state or condition of being dispirited.
displeasurable
displeasurable
adj
Causing displeasure; displeasing; offensive.
displeasurably
displeasurably
adv
In a displeasurable manner.
disprobabilize
disrespectable
disrespectable
adj
Not respectable.
disrespondency
disruptiveness
disruptiveness
noun
Quality or state of being disruptive.
distemperature
distemperature
noun
(now rare) A state of adverse or unhealthy atmospheric conditions.
(now rare) Unhealthy imbalance of bodily humours; a disorder.
diversisporous
dnepropetrovsk
dorsoposteriad
dorsoposterior
dorsoposterior
adj
(anatomy) dorsal and posterior
(of a fetus) Having its back oriented towards the back of its mother