(rare) The act of coupling, or the state of being coupled; union
acetomorphin
amperometric
amperometric
adj
(chemistry, physics) That involves measurement of an electric current during a process such as titration
amphicentric
amphigenetic
amphigenetic
adj
Relating to amphigenesis.
amphitheccia
amphithecial
amphithecium
amphotericin
amphotericin
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a group of amphoteric antibiotic and antifungal agents derived from Streptomyces bacteria.
amylopectins
amylopectins
noun
plural of amylopectin
antimephitic
antimephitic
adj
Countering mephitic gases.
antimetropic
antimetropic
adj
Relating to antimetropia
apogalacteum
apomecometer
apomecometer
noun
An instrument for measuring the heights of buildings etc.
apomecometry
apomecometry
noun
The art of measuring the distance of far-off objects.
apometabolic
apothegmatic
apothegmatic
Adjective
Relating to, or in the manner of, an apothegm; sententious; pithy.
appendectomy
appendectomy
noun
(surgery) The surgical procedure for the removal of the vermiform appendix.
approachment
approachment
noun
(archaic) approach
astigmoscope
atmospherics
atmospherics
noun
radio interference caused by pulses of electromagnetic radiation in the atmosphere as the result of lightning and other events (both natural and man-made)
attemperance
attemperance
noun
(obsolete) temperance; attemperament
becompliment
campanulatae
campanulated
campanulated
adj
Alternative form of campanulate (“bell-shaped”)
campbellites
campbelltown
campsheeting
campsheeting
noun
Alternative form of campshedding
camptonville
campylometer
capsulectomy
capsulectomy
noun
(surgery) The removal of a capsule, especially one that surrounds an implant
carpetbagism
carpetbagism
noun
Alternative form of carpetbaggism
carpetmaking
carpetmaking
noun
The manufacture of carpets.
carpetmonger
carpetmonger
noun
(obsolete) One fond of pleasure; a gallant.
One who deals in carpets; a buyer and seller of carpets.
cephalometer
cephalometer
noun
A device for positioning the head, and holding it steady, for an X-ray or surgery; a cephalostat.
An instrument for measuring the head.
cephalometry
cephalometry
noun
The measurement of the head, especially in order to study growth, development, and disease.
cephalomotor
chamaephytes
chamaephytes
noun
plural of chamaephyte
chapelmaster
chapelmaster
noun
A director of music in a chapel, the musical director of a court and/or major church's choir and/or orchestra; often also a composer.
chemiotropic
chemotherapy
chemotherapy
noun
(medicine) Any chemical treatment intended to be therapeutic with respect to a disease state.
(oncology, most common usage) chemical treatment to kill or halt the replication and/or spread of cancerous cells in a patient.
chemotrophic
chemotrophic
adj
Of or relating to chemotropism.
chemotropism
chemotropism
noun
(biology) The movement or growth of an organism in response to a chemical stimulus
chromeplated
cleptomaniac
cleptomaniac
noun
Alternative spelling of kleptomaniac
coemployment
colopexotomy
cometography
cometography
noun
A scientific description of comets.
companionate
companionate
adj
(now historical) Designating a proposed type of marriage (or other partnership) in which the partners plan to have no children and take on no legal obligations to one another.
Friendly, companionable.
Pertaining to a (chiefly romantic) relationship that emphasises companionship and mutual respect.
comparatives
comparatives
noun
plural of comparative
compartments
compartments
noun
plural of compartment
compaternity
compaternity
noun
(obsolete) The relationship of a godfather to a person.
compellation
compellation
noun
(archaic, rare) A name or title by which someone is addressed or identified; an appellation, a designation.
(archaic, rare) An act of addressing a person by a certain name or title.
(obsolete) An act of addressing or speaking to someone; also, the address or speech so made.
compellative
compellative
noun
(grammar) The name by which a person is addressed; an appellative.
compenetrate
compenetrate
verb
(transitive) To penetrate every part of; to permeate.
To penetrate mutually or reciprocally; to interpenetrate.
compensating
compensating
verb
present participle of compensate
compensation
compensation
noun
(finance) The extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors by the credits of which they are reciprocally creditors; the payment of a debt by a credit of equal amount.
(neuroscience) The ability of one part of the brain to overfunction in order to take over the function of a damaged part (e.g. following a stroke).
(real estate) An equivalent stipulated for in contracts for the sale of real estate, in which it is customary to provide that errors in description, etc., shall not avoid, but shall be the subject of compensation.
A recompense or reward for service.
Something which is regarded as an equivalent; something which compensates for loss.
The act or principle of compensating.
The relationship between air temperature outside a building and a calculated target temperature for provision of air or water to contained rooms or spaces for the purpose of efficient heating. In building control systems, the compensation curve is defined to a compensator for this purpose.
compensative
compensative
adj
that compensates for something; compensatory
noun
(obsolete) compensation
compensators
compensators
noun
plural of compensator
compensatory
compensatory
adj
(genetics) That compensates for a deleterious mutation
(of a payment) Intended to recompense someone who has experienced loss, suffering, or injury
Reducing or offsetting the unpleasant or unwelcome effects of something
competencies
competencies
noun
plural of competency
competitions
competitions
noun
plural of competition
competitress
competitress
noun
(archaic) A female competitor.
complacently
complacently
adv
In a complacent manner; overly calm and contented; not troubled.
complaintive
complaintive
adj
Tending to complain, characterized by complaining.
(obsolete) Of persons: accomplished; talented; experienced.
(obsolete) Of the nature of a ceremony that is not essential but accessory; ceremonial; ceremonious; formal.
Complementary.
Of the nature of a complement; completing.
complemented
complemented
verb
simple past tense and past participle of complement
complementer
complementer
noun
Something that serves as a complement to something else.
completement
completement
noun
(obsolete) Act of completing or perfecting; completion.
completeness
completeness
noun
(logic) The property of a logical theory that whenever a wff is valid then it must also be a theorem. Symbolically, letting T represent a theory within logic L, this can be represented as the property that whenever T vDash 𝜙 is true, then T⊢𝜙 must also be true, for any wff φ of logic L.
The state or condition of being complete.
completively
completively
adv
In a completive manner.
completories
completories
noun
plural of completory
complexation
complexation
noun
(chemistry) The formation of a complex
complexities
complexities
noun
plural of complexity
complicative
complicative
adj
Having a tendency to complicate.
complicities
complicities
noun
plural of complicity
complimental
complimental
adj
(obsolete) complimentary.
complimented
complimented
verb
simple past tense and past participle of compliment
complimenter
complimenter
noun
One given to complimenting; a flatterer.
One who compliments.
componential
componential
adj
Of, pertaining to, or comprising components
comportments
comportments
noun
plural of comportment
comprecation
comprecation
noun
(obsolete) The act of praying together.
compresbyter
compromitted
compromitted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of compromit
comptrollers
comptrollers
noun
plural of comptroller
compulsative
compulsative
adj
(obsolete) compulsatory; employing force or constraint
computerdoms
computereses
computerised
computerised
adj
Functioning upon or through the medium of computers; digital.
Having undergone computerisation.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of computerise
computerises
computerises
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of computerise
computerists
computerists
noun
plural of computerist
computerized
computerized
adj
American spelling and Oxford British English standard spelling of computerised.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of computerize
computerizes
computerizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of computerize
computerless
computerless
adj
Without a computer.
computerlike
computerlike
adj
Having some similarity to a computer.
computerniks
computerniks
noun
plural of computernik
comtemplated
comtemplates
consumptible
consumptives
consumptives
noun
plural of consumptive
contemperate
contemperate
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To temper; to moderate.
contemplable
contemplable
adj
Contemplatable
contemplamen
contemplance
contemplance
noun
(obsolete) contemplation
contemplated
contemplated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of contemplate
contemplates
contemplates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of contemplate
contemplator
contemplator
noun
One who contemplates
contemporary
contemporary
adj
From the same time period, coexistent in time; contemporaneous.
Modern, of the present age (shorthand for ‘contemporary with the present’).
noun
(dated) A rival newspaper or magazine.
Someone or something living at the same time, or of roughly the same age as another.
Something existing at the same time.
contemporise
contemporise
verb
Alternative form of contemporize
contemporize
contemporize
verb
(marketing) To modify, repackage, or present a well-known or traditional product or brand in a way that appeals to contemporary consumers.
To bring up to date; often specifically to set a historical narrative in a modern context
contemptible
contemptible
adj
Deserving contempt.
contemptibly
contemptibly
adv
In a contemptible manner.
contemptuous
contemptuous
adj
Showing contempt; expressing disdain; showing a lack of respect.
copperbottom
coppersmiths
coppersmiths
noun
plural of coppersmith
cosmopoietic
cosmopoietic
adj
Referring to the creation/formation of the universe or world.
cosmopolites
cosmopolites
noun
plural of cosmopolite
counterstamp
counterstamp
noun
A countermark made with a stamp.
verb
To countermark with a stamp.
crepitaculum
crepitaculum
noun
A clapper or noisemaker sometimes used in place of an altar bell.
crymotherapy
cryptamnesia
cryptamnesia
noun
Alternative form of cryptomnesia
cryptamnesic
cryptamnesic
adj
Alternative form of cryptomnesic
cryptomerias
cryptomerias
noun
plural of cryptomeria
cryptomerous
cryptomnesia
cryptomnesia
noun
(psychology) The phenomenon of the reappearance of a long-forgotten memory as if it were a new experience
cryptomnesic
cryptomnesic
adj
Relating to cryptomnesia.
decempartite
decempartite
adj
Having ten parts
decempennate
decemplicate
decemplicate
noun
The making of ten identical copies of something.
decipherment
decipherment
noun
Decryption.
The analysis of documents written in ancient languages, where the language is unknown, or knowledge of the language has been lost.
decompensate
decompensate
verb
(medicine, psychology, of a bodily organ or mental state) To deteriorate in function due to an inability to invoke normal defensive mechanisms that compensate for ailments and other stresses.
dermatoscopy
dermatoscopy
noun
(medicine) The examination of skin lesions with a dermatoscope—a magnifier (typically x10) with a light and a liquid medium between the instrument and the skin, thus illuminating the lesion without reflected light.
deutoplasmic
diaphemetric
diaphemetric
adj
(medicine, archaic) Relating to the measurement of tactile sensibility.
dichapetalum
displacement
displacement
noun
(chemistry) The process of extracting soluble substances from organic material and the like, whereby a quantity of saturated solvent is displaced, or removed, for another quantity of the solvent.
(fencing) Moving the target to avoid an attack; dodging.
(grammar) The capability of a communication system to refer to things that are not present (that existed or will exist at another time, or that exist at another location).
(physics) A vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component.
The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced; a putting out of place.
The quantity of a liquid displaced by a floating body, as water by a ship, the weight of the displaced liquid being equal to that of the displacing body.
dysphemistic
dysphemistic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or being a dysphemism.
ectomorphism
ectopatagium
ectropometer
emancipating
emancipating
verb
present participle of emancipate
emancipation
emancipation
noun
The act of setting free from the power of another, as from slavery, subjection, dependence, or controlling influence.
The state of being thus set free; liberation (used, for example, of slaves from bondage, of a person from prejudices, of the mind from superstition, of a nation from tyranny or subjugation).
emancipatist
emancipatist
noun
Alternative form of emancipist
emancipative
emancipative
adj
emancipatory
emancipators
emancipators
noun
plural of emancipator
emancipatory
emancipatory
adj
Of or pertaining to emancipation or to an emancipator.
empathically
empathically
adv
In an empathic manner.
empetraceous
empetraceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Empetraceae.
emphatically
emphatically
adv
(modal) Most definitely; truly.
(obsolete) Not really, but apparently.
In an emphatic manner; with emphasis.
empiercement
emplacements
emplacements
noun
plural of emplacement
empyreumatic
empyreumatic
adj
(obsolete, chemistry) Characteristic of empyreuma
encipherment
encipherment
noun
The act or process of enciphering; encryption
enoptromancy
enoptromancy
noun
Divination by means of a mirror or other reflective surfaces.