An instrument like an endoscope, for use in abdominoscopy.
abdominoscopy
abdominoscopy
noun
(medicine) Examination of the abdomen to detect abdominal disease, using an endoscope.
abepithymia
absorptiometer
absorptiometer
noun
A instrument that computes the absorption rate by measuring the pressure of the gas; a colorimeter for liquids.
An instrument used to measure the amount of radiation or light absorbed.
absorptiometric
absorptiometric
adj
Of or pertaining to the measurement of absorption.
absumption
absumption
noun
(obsolete) Destruction or disintegration, especially a gradual one; wasting away.
accomplishable
accomplishable
adj
Capable of being accomplished; practicable.
adipofibroma
aichmophobia
aichmophobia
noun
The fear of needles and other pointed or sharp objects.
albuminiparous
albuminiparous
adj
Producing albumin.
albuminoscope
albuminurophobia
albuminurophobia
noun
A phobia of renal disease.
alphabetiform
alphabetiform
adj
Having the form of a developed alphabet or its letters, as opposed to crude pictographic symbols.
alphabetism
alphabetism
noun
An initialism: an abbreviation which is read letter by letter, such as UN.
Discrimination on the basis of the first letter of a name.
Excessive reliance upon the alphabet or alphabetic structures.
The ability to read an alphabet, a rudimentary form of literacy.
amathophobia
amathophobia
noun
Fear of dust.
ambassadorship
ambassadorship
noun
The post or office of ambassador.
ambassadorships
ambassadorships
noun
plural of ambassadorship
ambiopia
ambiparous
ambisporangiate
amblyaphia
amblycephalidae
amblyopia
amblyopia
noun
A disorder of visual development in which the brain partially or wholly ignores input from one or both eyes.
dimness or blurring of the eyesight due to a fault in transmission of signals to the brain from an otherwise healthy eye.
amblyopic
amblyopic
adj
of, relating to, or suffering from amblyopia
amblyopsidae
amblyopsis
amboceptoid
amboceptoid
noun
(obsolete) A hypothetical form of amboceptor that has undergone a degenerative change and lost its cytophil or complementophile groups.
americophobe
americophobe
Noun
Americanophobe
ampangabeite
ampangabeite
noun
(mineralogy) Synonym of samarskite
amphib
amphibali
amphibalus
amphibalus
noun
An ecclesiastical vestment like the chasuble.
amphibia
amphibia
noun
The amphibians.
amphibial
amphibial
adj
Archaic form of amphibian.
amphibian
amphibian
adj
(obsolete) Having two natures.
Capable of operating on both land and water amphibious.
Of or relating to the class Amphibia.
noun
A vehicle which can operate on land and water. See Wikipedia article on "Amphibious aircraft"
An animal of the Amphibia; any four-legged vertebrate that does not have amniotic eggs, living both on land and in water.
amphibians
amphibians
noun
plural of amphibian
amphibichnite
amphibiety
amphibiological
amphibiological
adj
Pertaining to amphibiology.
amphibiology
amphibiology
noun
The branch of science that deals with amphibious animals.
amphibion
amphibiontic
amphibiotic
amphibiotic
adj
Describing insects that initially live in water but live on land as adults
amphibiotica
amphibious
amphibious
adj
Capable of functioning on land or in water.
Occurring on both land and water.
amphibiously
amphibiously
adv
In an amphibious manner.
In the manner of an amphibian.
amphibiousness
amphibiousness
noun
The state or quality of being amphibious.
amphibium
amphibium
noun
(archaic) An amphibian.
amphiblastic
amphiblastic
adj
(biology) Segmenting unequally; said of telolecithal ova with complete segmentation.
amphiblastula
amphiblastula
noun
A larva of some sponges that has equal numbers of both flagellate and nonflagellate cells separated from each other on opposite sides of the blastula
amphiblestritis
amphibola
amphibole
amphibole
noun
(mineralogy) Any of a large group of structurally similar hydrated double silicate minerals, containing various combinations of sodium, calcium, magnesium, iron, and aluminium/aluminum
amphiboles
amphiboles
noun
plural of amphibole
amphibolia
amphibolia
noun
Ambiguity in writing; amphiboly.
amphibolic
amphibolic
adj
(geology) Of, resembling or containing the mineral amphibole.
Of, pertaining to or exhibiting amphiboly; ambiguous; equivocal.
amphibolies
amphibolies
noun
plural of amphiboly
amphiboliferous
amphiboliferous
adj
(mineralogy) Bearing amphibole.
amphiboline
amphibolite
amphibolite
noun
Any of a class of metamorphic rock composed mainly of amphibole with some quartz etc.
amphibolites
amphibolites
noun
plural of amphibolite
amphibolitic
amphibolitic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or composed of an amphibolite.
amphibological
amphibological
adj
(linguistics) Grammatically ambiguous.
(rare) of doubtful meaning, ambiguous, quibbling.
amphibologically
amphibologically
adv
In an amphibological manner.
amphibologies
amphibologies
noun
plural of amphibology
amphibologism
amphibology
amphibology
noun
(archaic) Amphiboly.
amphibolostylous
amphibolous
amphibolous
adj
(obsolete) ambiguous; doubtful
amphiboly
amphiboly
noun
(grammar) An ambiguous grammatical construction.
amphibrach
amphibrach
noun
(prosody) A metrical foot in ancient Greek or Latin consisting of two short syllables surrounding one long one (e.g. amāta).
(prosody) A metrical foot in modern prosody, consisting of three syllables, the middle one of which is stressed (e.g. Jamaica).
amphibrachic
amphibrachic
adj
Consisting of amphibrachs, metrical feet consisting of either a long syllable between two that are short, or an accented syllable between two that are not accented.
amphibrachs
amphibrachs
noun
plural of amphibrach
amphibryous
amphicribral
amphicribral
adj
(botany) In which the phloem surrounds the xylem
amphisbaena
amphisbaena
noun
(mythology) A mythical serpent having a head at each end of its body, able to move in either direction.
A member of a genus of lizards, native to the Americas, having extremities which are very similar.
amphisbaenae
amphisbaenas
amphisbaenas
noun
plural of amphisbaena
amphisbaenian
amphisbaenian
noun
(zoology) Any member of the Amphisbaenia, the clade of worm lizards.
amphisbaenic
amphisbaenic
adj
(mythology) Relating to an amphisbaena.
amphisbaenid
amphisbaenid
noun
(zoology) Any member of the Amphisbaenidae; a worm lizard.
amphisbaenidae
amphisbaenoid
amphisbaenoid
adj
(zoology) Resembling or relating to the lizards of the genus Amphisbaena.
amphisbaenous
amplifiable
amplifiable
adj
Capable of being amplified.
anabaptism
anabaptism
Noun
The doctrine of the Anabaptists.
anabaptisms
analphabetism
analphabetism
noun
Illiteracy, the inability to read and write.
anemobiagraph
antebaptismal
antiamboceptor
antiamboceptor
noun
Any substance that counters an amboceptor
antiparabema
antiparabemata
antipedobaptism
antipedobaptism
noun
Alternative form of antipaedobaptism
antirepublicanism
apometabolic
apometabolism
approximable
approximable
adj
(mathematics) Able to be approximated
aquopentamminecobaltic
aristorepublicanism
arteriophlebotomy
attemptability
attemptability
noun
The property of being attemptable.
automysophobia
automysophobia
noun
An abnormal fear of being dirty.
backstamping
bamalip
bankruptism
bankruptism
noun
(obsolete) bankruptcy
baphometic
baptism
baptism
noun
A Christian sacrament, by which one is received into a church and sometimes given a name, generally involving the candidate to be anointed with or submerged in water.
A similar ceremony of initiation, purification or naming.
baptismal
baptismal
adj
Of a name, conferred at baptism.
Of or relating to baptism.
noun
A baptismal font: a large basin used for baptism.
A baptismal name: a name given at baptism.
baptismally
baptismally
adv
In a baptismal way; through baptism.
baptisms
baptisms
noun
plural of baptism
baptizement
baptizement
noun
(archaic) baptism
basiophthalmite
basiophthalmous
basiparachromatin
basipterygium
basipterygium
noun
A cartilage at the base of the fins of some fish that develops into the metapterygium upon maturity.
basitemporal
basitemporal
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the base of the temporal region
bathmotropic
bathmotropic
adj
(physiology) That influences the response of tissue to stimuli, especially that of cardiac muscle
bathmotropism
bathmotropism
noun
Synonym of bathmotropy
batsmanship
batsmanship
noun
(cricket) A skilled or courteous display of skill as a batsman.
becompliment
bedimple
bedimple
verb
(transitive) To produce dimples in; to dimple.
bedimpled
bedimpled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bedimple
bedimples
bedimples
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedimple
bedimplies
bedimpling
bedimpling
verb
present participle of bedimple
beldamship
bellmanship
benzomorpholine
benzopyrylium
benzopyrylium
noun
(organic chemistry) An aromatic bicyclic ion or salt containing a benzene ring fused to a pyrylium ion
benzosulphimide
bepimple
bepimpled
bepimpled
adj
pimply; covered with pimples
bepimples
bepimpling
bepraisement
berycomorphi
bethumping
bethumping
verb
present participle of bethump
bewimple
bewimple
verb
(transitive) To cover with a wimple; veil.
bibliokleptomania
bibliokleptomania
noun
A mental disorder that produces a compulsion to steal books.
bibliokleptomaniac
bibliokleptomaniac
noun
Someone who suffers from bibliokleptomania.
bibliophilism
bibliophilism
noun
A love of books.
bibliopolism
bibliopolism
noun
(rare) bookselling
bicompact
bicomponent
bicomponent
adj
Having two components
bimorph
bimorph
noun
A cantilever that consists of two active layers: piezoelectric and metal.
bimorphemic
bimorphemic
adj
Consisting of, or relating to, two morphemes
Relating to bimorphemes
bimorphs
bimorphs
noun
plural of bimorph
biomicroscope
biomicroscope
noun
(biology) A microscope designed for examining the tissue of a living organism
biomicroscopies
biomicroscopy
biomicroscopy
noun
The examination of the eye using a slit lamp biomicroscope
The microscopic examination of biological tissue
biomorphic
biomorphic
adj
Having the appearance of a biomorph; representing a living organism rather than an artistic or pragmatic ideal.
biophagism
biophotometer
biophotometer
noun
Any photometer designed for use in biochemical analysis