(medicine, countable) A cause of disease or of any particular case of a disease (but see pathology § Usage notes).
(medicine, uncountable) The study or investigation of the causes of disease; a scientific explanation for the origin of a disease.
The establishment of a cause, origin, or reason for something.
The study of causes or causation.
aglipayan
agriology
agriology
noun
The comparative study of primitive, illiterate or "savage" cultures.
aitiology
aitiology
noun
Alternative form of aetiology
albifying
albifying
verb
present participle of albify
amazingly
amazingly
adv
Difficult to believe; strange but true.
In an amazing manner; in a way that causes amazement; wonderfully.
To a wonder-inspiring extent.
amblingly
amblingly
adv
With an ambling walk.
amphilogy
amphilogy
noun
ambiguity of speech; equivocation
amusingly
amusingly
adv
In an amusing manner.
amygdalic
amygdalic
adj
(chemistry) Of or pertaining to almonds or amygdalin.
amygdalin
amygdalin
noun
(biochemistry) A glycoside of benzaldehyde and hydrogen cyanide found in bitter almonds, and in the kernels of some other fruit.
analysing
analysing
verb
present participle of analyse
analyzing
analyzing
verb
present participle of analyze
angiology
angiology
noun
The branch of anatomy dealing with blood vessels and lymphatics.
arylating
arylating
adj
(organic chemistry) That inserts aryl groups into molecules.
verb
present participle of arylate
atoningly
atoningly
adv
in an atoning manner
audiology
audiology
noun
An allied health profession pertaining to the assessment and rehabilitation of hearing and balance disorders.
The study of the auditory and vestibular systems, and associated disorders
balkingly
balkingly
adv
in a balking manner
barkingly
barkingly
adv
With barking sounds.
beamingly
beamingly
adv
In a beaming way, or while beaming.
beggingly
beggingly
adv
in a begging manner
beladying
beladying
verb
present participle of belady
belyingly
belyingly
adv
So as to belie.
bendingly
bendingly
adv
(chiefly obsolete) In a manner involving bending.
bicycling
bicycling
noun
The act of riding a bicycle.
verb
present participle of bicycle
bigotedly
bigotedly
adv
In a bigoted manner.
bindingly
bindingly
adv
In a binding manner.
blamingly
blamingly
adv
So as to blame.
blazingly
blazingly
adv
Extremely quickly.
With or like a blaze; bright and fiery.
bloodying
bloodying
verb
present participle of bloody
boilingly
boilingly
adv
in a boiling manner
boomingly
boomingly
adv
In a booming manner; loudly.
bracingly
bracingly
adv
In a bracing manner
bulgingly
bulgingly
adv
To a degree, or in a way, that causes bulging.
bumpingly
bumpingly
adv
In a bumping way; with bumps or jolts.
burgality
burningly
burningly
adv
in a burning manner
buzzingly
buzzingly
adv
While buzzing, or in a buzzing fashion
bywalking
caliology
caliology
noun
The study of birds' nests.
calmingly
calmingly
adv
In a calming manner.
cantingly
cantingly
adv
In a canting manner; with jargon or religious affectation.
cardialgy
cardialgy
noun
(medicine) Heartburn.
carkingly
carkingly
adv
(archaic) In a carking manner; so as to weary or distress.
carpingly
carpingly
adv
in a carping manner; with complaints.
chidingly
chidingly
adv
In a chiding manner.
chirology
chirology
noun
Palm reading.
The use of the manual alphabet; signing.
chokingly
chokingly
adv
While or as if choking, or in such a way as to cause one to choke.
clinology
clinology
noun
(medicine, obsolete) The study of the deterioration or retrogression of an organism after maturity, especially, the correspondance of the form or function of one organism that has deteriorated due to age with the undeteriorated mature stages of degraded organisms from the same group.
cloyingly
cloyingly
adv
In a cloying manner; with distasteful excess.
In an excessively sweet manner.
clyfaking
clyfaking
noun
(slang, obsolete) Pickpocketing.
coaxingly
coaxingly
adv
In a coaxing manner.
coglorify
collingly
complying
complying
verb
present participle of comply
condignly
condignly
adv
(especially of a punishment) appropriately
coniology
coniology
noun
Alternative form of koniology
coolingly
coolingly
adv
So as to grow cooler; losing warmth.
cravingly
cravingly
adv
With longing or craving.
crowingly
crowingly
adv
So as to crow; with jubilation or schadenfreude.
cunningly
cunningly
adv
With cunning, cleverly.
curiology
curlingly
curlingly
adv
With a curl or curls.
cuttingly
cuttingly
adv
In a cutting manner.
cyclizing
cyclizing
verb
present participle of cyclize
cymblings
cymblings
noun
plural of cymbling
cystalgia
cystalgia
noun
(medicine) Pain in the bladder.
cytologic
cytologic
adj
Of or relating to cytology.
damningly
damningly
adv
In a damning manner, or to an extent that is damning.
dancingly
dancingly
adv
In a dancing way; with dancelike movements.
dandyling
dandyling
noun
(archaic) A little or insignificant dandy; a contemptible fop.
darlingly
darlingly
adv
In a darling way.
dartingly
dartingly
adv
In a darting manner; rapidly.
dashingly
dashingly
adv
In a bold, spirited manner.
In a boldly chic, fashionable manner.
daubingly
daylights
daylights
noun
(slang, chiefly fighting) Eyes.
mental soundness, wits, consciousness.
plural of daylight
defyingly
defyingly
adv
With defiance.
denyingly
denyingly
adv
In a manner that denies.
deploying
deploying
verb
present participle of deploy
diabology
diabology
noun
The study of the Devil in religion.
dialysing
dialysing
verb
present participle of dialyse
dialyzing
dialyzing
verb
present participle of dialyze
digitally
digitally
adv
In a digital manner.
diglyphic
diligency
diligency
noun
(obsolete) diligence; care
dittology
dittology
noun
A double reading or interpretation of a text
doggishly
doggishly
adv
In a doggish manner.
dosiology
dosiology
noun
Alternative form of dosology
doughtily
doughtily
adv
In a doughty manner.
downlying
downlying
noun
(Scotland) The travail in childbirth.
The time of retiring to rest.
drivingly
drivingly
adv
(engineering) So as to drive.
So as to drive or motivate.
With forceful, inexorable motion.
droningly
droningly
adv
With a droning sound.
drygalski
dunghilly
dunghilly
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a dunghill.
echoingly
echoingly
adv
In an echoing way.
employing
employing
verb
present participle of employ
englishly
englishly
Adverb
In an English way.
englishry
englishry
Noun
the state or privilege of being an Englishman.
a body of English people, especially in Ireland.
ensuingly
ensuingly
adv
In an ensuing manner; subsequently.
envyingly
envyingly
adv
In an envying manner
evadingly
evadingly
adv
So as to evade; evasively.
exigently
exigently
adv
In an exigent manner.
eyeleting
eyeleting
verb
present participle of eyelet
faggingly
failingly
failingly
adv
In a failing manner.
fastingly
fawningly
fawningly
adv
In a fawning or sycophantic manner.
fearingly
fearingly
adv
With fear; fearfully.
feelingly
feelingly
adv
In a feeling manner.
feignedly
feignedly
adv
In a way that is feigned.
festilogy
festilogy
noun
A treatise on church festivals.
fidgetily
fidgetily
adv
In a fidgety manner.
figurally
figurally
adv
in a figural manner
figuredly
fillingly
fillingly
adv
(rare) In a manner that fills.
fishingly
fishingly
adv
In a manner that suggests fishing, such as groping in search of something, or seeking compliments.
fittingly
fittingly
adv
In a fitting manner
flamingly
flamingly
adv
In a flaming way; extremely obviously; outrageously.
With, or as if with, fire or flames.
flaringly
flaringly
adv
In a flaring manner.
flerrying
flightily
flightily
adv
In a flighty manner.
flowingly
flowingly
adv
In a flowing manner.
flurrying
flurrying
noun
A brief blast or shower, as of snow.
verb
present participle of flurry
flyweight
flyweight
noun
(figuratively, adjectival use) Small, light or unimportant.
(martial arts) A weight class in many combat sports; e.g. in professional boxing of a maximum of 112 pounds or 50.8 kilograms.
(mechanics) A weight that moves outward depending on centrifugal force.
foamingly
foamingly
adv
With foam.
foiningly
footingly
forcingly
forcingly
adv
In a forcing manner.
foreignly
foreignly
adv
In a foreign manner.
fossilogy
fossilogy
noun
(archaic) The science or study of fossils.
fragilely
fragilely
adv
In a fragile way or manner.
fragility
fragility
noun
(obsolete) Liability to error and sin; frailty.
The condition or quality of being fragile; brittleness; frangibility.
Weakness; feebleness.
frugality
frugality
noun
A sparing use; sparingness.
The quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift.
fulgidity
fulgidity
noun
(obsolete) splendour; resplendence; effulgence
gaddingly
gaddingly
adv
lazily; idly
gainfully
gainfully
adv
In a gainful manner; profitably.
gainyield
gallingly
gallingly
adv
In a galling manner
garrulity
garrulity
noun
The state or characteristic of being garrulous.
garyville
gasoliery
gaspingly
gaspingly
adv
With gasps.
gawkishly
gawkishly
adv
In a gawkish manner.
gaysville
geminally
geminally
adv
In a geminal manner
geniality
geniality
noun
The quality of being genial; friendly cheerfulness; warmth of disposition and manners.
genically
genically
adv
In a genic manner; on or relating to a gene.
genitally
genitally
adv
Concerning the genitals.
gentility
gentility
noun
(uncountable) The state of being elegant, genteel, having good breeding, or being socially superior.
The upper classes, the gentry.
genuinely
genuinely
adv
In a genuine manner; truthfully, truly.
geocyclic
geocyclic
adj
Circling the Earth periodically.
Of, pertaining to, or illustrating the revolutions of the Earth.