(anatomy) A term sometimes used for diarthrosis, and also for synarthrosis. Also called dearticulation.
(anatomy) An articulation, especially one that permits free motion in the joint; a hinge joint.
The act of dislocating a joint.
absolutistic
absolutistic
adj
Alternative form of absolutist
absolutistically
absolutistically
adv
In an absolutist manner.
accountabilities
accountabilities
noun
plural of accountability
accountability
accountability
noun
(military) The obligation imposed by law or regulation on an officer or other person for keeping accurate record of property, documents, or funds. The person having this obligation may or may not have actual possession of the property, documents, or funds. Accountability is concerned primarily with records, while responsibility is concerned primarily with custody, care, and safekeeping.
An open determination of one's responsibility for something and imposition of consequences.
Good-faith acceptance of one's responsibility for something and of its consequences.
The state of being accountable; liability to be called on to render an account or give an explanation; liability to be held responsible or answerable for something.
acetabuliferous
acetabuliferous
adj
Furnished with fleshy cups for adhering to bodies, as cuttlefish, etc.
acetabuliform
acetabuliform
adj
(botany) Shaped like a saucer or shallow cup.
achillobursitis
achillobursitis
noun
(pathology) inflammation of a bursa near the Achilles tendon
acinotubular
acinotubular
adj
(anatomy) Having both acini and tubules
actinobacillus
actinobacillus
noun
Any bacterium of the genus Actinobacillus.
acutilobate
antiscorbutical
antiscorbutical
adj
Archaic form of antiscorbutic.
antituberculosis
antituberculosis
adj
(pharmacology) Acting to combat or counteract tuberculosis
antituberculotic
antituberculotic
adj
(pharmacology) Countering tuberculosis.
noun
A drug used to counter tuberculosis.
antituberculous
antituberculous
adj
(pharmacology) Acting to combat or counteract tuberculosis.
aquintocubital
aquintocubital
adj
Alternative form of aquincubital
aquintocubitalism
aquopentamminecobaltic
arboricultural
arboricultural
adj
Of or pertaining to the care, planting and maintenance of trees.
arboriculture
arboriculture
noun
The branch of horticulture concerned with the planting, growth, and maintenance of trees.
arboriculturist
arboriculturist
noun
A person who practices arboriculture; a tree surgeon.
aristorepublicanism
autobiographical
autobiographical
adj
Of or relating to a person's life or an account of a person's life, as told by the subject.
autobiographically
autobiographically
adv
In an autobiographical manner.
autocombustible
autocombustible
adj
Capable of spontaneous combustion.
autoinoculable
autoinoculable
adj
Capable of autoinoculation
automobilistic
automobilistic
adj
(dated) Relating to automobiles.
autosymbolic
autosymbolical
autosymbolically
autotuberculin
bacterioagglutinin
bacterioagglutinin
noun
(medicine) An antibody which causes agglutination of bacteria.
bacteriofluorescin
baculiticone
balneotherapeutics
balneotherapeutics
noun
balneotherapy
basculation
basculation
noun
(geology) The tilting of a geological layer.
(medicine, archaic) The replacement of a retroverted uterus by swinging it into its place.
bathukolpic
bathukolpic
adj
(rare) Deep-bosomed.
bibliotherapeutic
bibliotherapeutic
adj
Relating to bibliotherapy.
bidactylous
bifunctional
bifunctional
adj
(chemistry, of a compound) Having two functional groups or binding sites.
(chemistry, of a reaction) Involving two functional groups or binding sites.
Having two functions.
biloculate
biloculate
adj
Having two loculi.
binocularity
binocularity
noun
Binocular vision.
binoculate
binoculate
adj
Having two eyes.
binomenclature
binucleolate
binucleolate
adj
(biology) Having two nucleoli.
bioaccumulation
bioaccumulation
noun
(biology) The process by which substances accumulate in the tissues of living organisms; used especially of toxic substances that accumulate via a food chain.
bioastronautical
bioastronautical
adj
Of or pertaining to bioastronautics.
biologicohumanistic
blepharoconjunctivitis
blepharoconjunctivitis
noun
(medicine) The combination of conjunctivitis and blepharitis.
bothriocephalus
boucicault
brachiocubital
brachiocubital
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the arm and to the elbow or forearm
brachistocephalous
branchiopulmonata
branchiopulmonate
bucoliast
calcareobituminous
calcareobituminous
adj
Consisting of, or containing, lime and bitumen.
carbunculation
carbunculation
noun
(rare) The blasting of something, by excessive heat or cold.
caudotibial
caudotibialis
ceratomandibular
chlamydobacteriaceous
circumambulation
circumambulation
noun
The act of walking around something in a circle, especially for a ritual purpose.
circumambulations
circumambulations
noun
plural of circumambulation
circumambulator
circumambulator
noun
Someone who walks around something.
circumambulatory
circumambulatory
adj
Designed especially for ritualistic circumambulation.
That is circumambulating.
circumorbital
circumorbital
adj
(anatomy) Around the eye.
noun
Any of the scales around a reptile's eye.
claustrophobia
claustrophobia
noun
The fear of closed, tight places.
claustrophobiac
claustrophobiac
noun
(uncommon) Alternative form of claustrophobic
claustrophobias
claustrophobias
noun
plural of claustrophobia
claustrophobic
claustrophobic
adj
(psychology) Suffering from claustrophobia; being scared of being enclosed in a confined space.
Cramped and confined, so as to induce claustrophobia.
noun
Someone with claustrophobia
coagulability
coagulability
noun
The ability to coagulate, of being coagulable
cobaltiferous
cobaltiferous
adj
Containing or yielding cobalt.
cogitabundly
colourability
colourability
noun
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of colorability
columbotitanate
commensurability
commensurability
noun
The quality of being commensurable or commensurate
communicability
communicability
noun
The quality of being communicable.
commutability
commutability
noun
The quality of being commutable.
computability
computability
noun
(computing theory) The property of being computable by purely mechanical means.
computerizable
computerizable
adj
Able to be computerized.
conduceability
confabulating
confabulating
verb
present participle of confabulate
confabulation
confabulation
noun
(psychology) A fabricated memory believed to be true.
A casual conversation; a chat.
confabulations
confabulations
noun
plural of confabulation
confusability
confusability
noun
The condition of being confusable.
confutability
confutability
noun
The state of being confutable or disprovable.
congeliturbate
congeliturbation
congeliturbation
noun
(geology) gelifraction
conjubilant
conjubilant
adj
(archaic) Shouting together for joy; rejoicing together.
connubiality
connubiality
noun
Something characteristic of the conjugal state; an expression of connubial tenderness.
The quality of being connubial.
constabularies
constabularies
noun
plural of constabularie
plural of constabulary
construability
construability
noun
The quality of being construable; ability to be construed.
consubstantial
consubstantial
adj
Of the same substance or essence.
consubstantialism
consubstantialism
noun
The doctrine of consubstantiation.
consubstantialist
consubstantialist
noun
One who believes in consubstantiation.
consubstantiality
consubstantiality
noun
The quality of being consubstantial.
consubstantially
consubstantially
adv
In a consubstantial manner; with identity of substance or nature.
continuable
continuable
adj
Able to be continued.
contrasuggestible
contrasuggestible
adj
Liable to respond to psychological suggestion by doing the opposite.
contributable
contributable
adj
Capable of being contributed.
contributional
contributional
adj
Pertaining to, or furnishing, a contribution.
contributorial
contributorial
adj
Of or relating to a contributor.
contubernial
contubernial
adj
Alternative form of contubernal
corbiculate
corbiculate
adj
Having corbiculae
noun
Any bee that has a corbicula (pollen basket)
countability
countability
noun
The quality of being countable.
counterbalancing
counterbalancing
noun
The act by which something is counterbalanced.
verb
present participle of counterbalance
counterestablishment
counterestablishment
noun
An establishment that opposes another establishment.
counterobligation
counterobligation
noun
A reciprocal obligation; something one is obliged to do in return.
cubitocarpal
cubitocarpal
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the cubit and carpus.
cubitodigital
cubitometacarpal
cubitopalmar
cubitoplantar
cubitoradial
cubitoradial
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the cubit and radius.
customizable
customizable
adj
Able to be customized.
dibothriocephalus
dipleurobranchiate
diplobacterium
diplobacterium
noun
A bacterium composed of two adherent bacteria
discoblastula
discoblastula
noun
A discoid blastula formed by cleavage of a meroblastic egg
discombobulate
discombobulate
verb
(transitive, humorous) To throw into a state of confusion; to befuddle or perplex.
discombobulated
discombobulated
adj
(informal) Broken, mixed up.
(informal) Confused, embarrassed, upset.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of discombobulate
discombobulates
discombobulates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discombobulate
discombobulating
discombobulating
adj
Confusing; tending to befuddle or perplex.
verb
present participle of discombobulate
discombobulation
discombobulation
noun
(humorous) An embarrassing feeling that leaves a person confused.
A confused or disorderly state.
discontinuable
discontinuable
adj
Capable of being discontinued.
discountable
discountable
adj
That can be discounted (in all senses).
doublehatching
dubiocrystalline
educationable
educationable
adj
(nonstandard) Able or fit to be educated.
elucubration
elucubration
noun
The act of elucubrating.
fibrocartilaginous
fibrocartilaginous
adj
Of or pertaining to fibrocartilage.
fibronucleated
fibroreticulate
flavobacterium
flavobacterium
noun
Any of many Gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria, of the class Flavobacteriia ^([sic]), that occur in soil and water, and are mostly pigmented and photosynthetic.
granuloblastic
granuloblastic
adj
Relating to granuloblasts
hepatoumbilical
heteroinoculable
humerocubital
humerocubital
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the humerus and cubit.
hypercoagulability
hypercoagulability
noun
coagulation of blood faster than normal; especially an abnormally increased coagulability
improcurability
incommensurability
incommensurability
noun
The state or characteristic of being incommensurable.
incommunicability
incommunicability
noun
The quality or state of being incommunicable.
incommutability
incommutability
noun
The quality or state of being incommutable.
incommutable
incommutable
adj
Not commutable
incommutableness
incommutably
incommutably
adv
In an incommutable manner.
incomputable
incomputable
adj
Not computable; that cannot be computed, calculated or estimated.