A form of polyandry where a woman is married to two or more brothers.
Marriage between a brother and a sister.
aglyphodont
allophytoid
amblypodous
amphiploidy
amphiploidy
noun
(genetics) The condition of being amphiploid
ankylopodia
aphidolysin
applaudably
applaudably
adv
In a way that merits applause; admirably.
azodiphenyl
bipyramidal
bipyramidal
adj
Having the shape of a bipyramid
cardplayers
cardplayers
noun
plural of cardplayer
cardplaying
cardplaying
noun
The playing of card games.
cladophylls
cladophylls
noun
plural of cladophyll
colotyphoid
compactedly
compactedly
adv
In a compacted manner; close together.
condylopoda
copyholders
copyholders
noun
plural of copyholder
copyholding
copyholding
noun
tenure by copyhold
corruptedly
corruptedly
adv
(rare) In a corrupted manner.
cyclopaedia
cyclopaedia
noun
(archaic) An encyclopedia.
(archaic) The circle or compass of the arts and sciences (originally, of the seven so-called liberal arts and sciences); circle of human knowledge.
cyclopaedic
cyclopaedic
adj
Alternative form of cyclopedic
cyclopedias
cyclopedias
noun
plural of cyclopedia
cyclopedist
cyclopedist
noun
One who compiles or writes for a cyclopedia.
dactylopius
dactylopore
dactylopore
noun
(biology) A pore in the coenosteum of a hydrozoan, through which the dactylozooids protrude
deceptively
deceptively
adv
Actually but not apparently.
Apparently but not actually.
In a deceptive manner; misleadingly.
deepeningly
deepeningly
adv
In an increasingly deep way.
delphically
delphically
adv
In a Delphic or prophetic manner.
dependantly
dependently
dependently
adv
In a dependent manner.
dependingly
dependingly
adv
As having dependence.
deperditely
deperditely
adv
(archaic, rare) Hopelessly; despairingly; in the manner of one ruined.
dephycercal
deploringly
deploringly
adv
In a deploring manner.
deployments
deployments
noun
plural of deployment
depravingly
depravingly
adv
In a depraving manner.
dermoplasty
dermoplasty
noun
(surgery) The use of skin grafts in plastic surgery.
desperately
desperately
adv
In a desperate manner; without regard to danger or safety; recklessly.
extremely
despisingly
despisingly
adv
Contemptuously; with scorn.
diphenylene
diphenylene
noun
biphenylene
diphycercal
diphycercal
adj
(zoology) Describing a symmetric tail fin in which the vertebral column extends to the tip.
diplography
diplography
noun
double writing; the writing of something twice or in two forms
diplokaryon
diplokaryon
noun
A tetraploid cell nucleus
diplomyelia
diplomyelia
noun
A true duplication of the spinal cord in which there are two dural sacs with two pairs of anterior and posterior nerve roots.
dipropargyl
dipropargyl
noun
(organic chemistry) A pungent volatile liquid, produced artificially from certain allyl derivatives and isomeric with benzene.
dipterology
dipterology
noun
The scientific study of flies, the Diptera.
dipyramidal
dipyramidal
adj
Having the form of a dipyramid
disemployed
disemployed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disemploy
disparately
disparately
adv
In a disparate manner.
dispersedly
dispersedly
adv
In a dispersed manner; in a scattered way, here and there.
displacency
displacency
noun
(obsolete) Lack of complacency or gratification; envious displeasure; dislike.
displayable
displayable
adj
Capable of being displayed.
displicency
disposingly
disposingly
adv
So as to dispose of something.
doppelmayer
downplaying
downplaying
noun
The act by which something is downplayed, or made to seem less important.
verb
present participle of downplay
drapability
drapability
noun
The degree to which a fabric can be draped.
dropsically
dropsically
adv
In a dropsical manner.
dryophyllum
duplicately
duplicately
adv
In a duplicate manner
dysepulotic
dyspeptical
dyspeptical
adj
(archaic) dyspeptic
edaphically
edaphically
adv
In terms of soil conditions.
endolymphic
endolymphic
adj
Relating to the endolymph
endophyllum
epicondylar
epicondylar
adj
(anatomy) Pertaining to, or resembling, an epicondyle.
epicondylic
epicondylic
adj
Above a condyle
Relating to an epicondyle
epicycloids
epicycloids
noun
plural of epicycloid
erysipeloid
erysipeloid
adj
(medicine) Resembling erysipelas.
noun
(medicine, countable) A cutaneous cancer metastasis, most commonly associated with breast carcinoma, presenting as an erythematous patch or plaque that resembles erysipelas.
(pathology, usually uncountable) A mild cutaneous infection by Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae in humans that resembles erysipelas.
expandingly
expandingly
adv
With expansion; so as to expand.
expediently
expediently
adv
In an expedient manner
glycolipide
glycolipide
noun
Archaic form of glycolipid.
glycolipids
glycolipids
noun
plural of glycolipid
haphazardly
haphazardly
adv
In a haphazard manner; in a random, chaotic, and incomplete manner.
heptaploidy
heptaploidy
noun
The property of being heptaploid.
holectypoid
honeylipped
hydrophilic
hydrophilic
adj
(physics, chemistry) Having an affinity for water; able to absorb, or be wetted by water; water-loving.
hydrophilid
hydrophilid
noun
(zoology) any of the water beetles that belongs to the family Hydrophilidae
hydroplaned
hydroplaned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hydroplane
hydroplaner
hydroplanes
hydroplanes
noun
plural of hydroplane
hydropultic
hyperboloid
hyperboloid
noun
A particular surface in three-dimensional Euclidean space, the graph of a quadratic with all three variables squared and their coefficients not all of the same sign.
hyperdactyl
hyperlinked
hyperlinked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hyperlink
hyperploids
hyperploids
noun
plural of hyperploid
hyperploidy
hyperploidy
noun
The condition of being hyperploid.
hypochordal
hypochordal
adj
Relating to the hypochord
ventral to the spinal cord
hypoconulid
hypoconulid
noun
(dentistry) The distal cusp of a lower molar.
hypocycloid
hypocycloid
noun
(geometry) The locus of a point on the circumference of a circle that rolls without slipping inside the circumference of another circle.
hypodiploid
hypodiploid
adj
(genetics) Having fewer than the diploid number of chromosomes
impendingly
impendingly
adv
In an impending manner; forthcomingly; soon to come.
impressedly
impressedly
adv
In the manner of an impression or stamp.
imprudently
imprudently
adv
Without prudence; in an imprudent manner.
interplayed
interplayed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of interplay
isospondyli
ladyslipper
ladyslipper
noun
Alternative form of lady slipper
landspringy
lapidifying
lapidifying
verb
present participle of lapidify
lepidophyte
leptodactyl
leptodactyl
adj
(zoology) Having small or slender toes.
linyphiidae
lycoperdoid
lycopodiums
lycopodiums
noun
plural of lycopodium
lymphadenia
lymphadenia
noun
(medicine) Chronic inflammation and enlargement of the lymphatic glands, such as is found in Hodgkin's disease.
lymphoedema
lymphoedema
noun
Alternative spelling of lymphedema
lyophilised
lyophilised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of lyophilise
lyophilized
lyophilized
adj
freeze-dried
verb
simple past tense and past participle of lyophilize
methyldopas
misemployed
misemployed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of misemploy
nymphalidae
obpyramidal
opiniatedly
overproudly
oxysulphide
oxysulphide
noun
Alternative form of oxysulfide
pachydactyl
pachydermal
pachydermal
adj
Grainy.
paradidymal
paradisally
paraldehyde
paraldehyde
noun
(organic chemistry) A cyclic trimer of acetaldehyde once used as an antidepressant.
paralyzedly
pedanalysis
pelecyopoda
pellucidity
pellucidity
noun
Transparency; lucidity; clarity.
pelodytidae
pendulosity
pendulosity
Noun
The state or quality of being pendulous.
pendulously
pendulously
adv
In a pendulous manner.
pentadactyl
pentadactyl
adj
(anatomy) Having five digits on a limb.
pentaploidy
pentaploidy
noun
The condition of being pentaploid
pentylidene
perceivedly
perceivedly
adv
As perceived; apparently.
perduringly
perduringly
adv
enduringly; lastingly
perfectedly
perfervidly
perfervidly
adv
In a perfervid manner.
perforcedly
pericycloid
periodology
permittedly
permittedly
adv
In a permitted or permissive manner
perplexedly
perplexedly
adv
In a confused or puzzled manner.
perradially
persuadably
persuadably
adv
In such a way that one may be persuaded.
persuadedly
perturbedly
perturbedly
adv
In a perturbed manner.
pervadingly
pervadingly
adv
In a manner that pervades.
pervertedly
pervertedly
adv
In a perverted, twisted, or corrupt manner.
phallodynia
phallodynia
noun
pain in the penis
phenylamide
phenylamide
noun
(organic chemistry) Any N-phenyl derivative of an amide, especially any of a class of fungicides that have this structure
philadelphy
phlyctenoid
phlyctenoid
adj
Resembling a phlyctena.
phyllocarid
phyllocarid
noun
Any crustacean of the subclass Phyllocarida.
phylloclade
phylloclade
noun
(botany) A flattened stem, a type of cladode that has unlimited extension growth and resembles a leaf.