(medicine) A congenital absence or reduction in size of eyelids.
absorptional
absorptional
adj
Relating to absorption.
absorptively
absorptively
adv
In an absorptive way.
aelurophobia
aelurophobia
noun
Alternative spelling of ailurophobia
ailurophobe
ailurophobe
noun
A person with an irrational fear or hatred of felines.
ailurophobes
ailurophobes
noun
plural of ailurophobe
ailurophobia
ailurophobia
noun
An irrational fear or hatred of cats or other felines.
ailurophobic
ailurophobic
adj
Having or relating to a fear or hatred of cats.
albitophyre
albopruinose
albuminiparous
albuminiparous
adj
Producing albumin.
albuminurophobia
albuminurophobia
noun
A phobia of renal disease.
alphabetarian
alphabetarian
noun
A novice or ignoramus.
One who is learning the alphabet; an abecedarian.
alphabetiform
alphabetiform
adj
Having the form of a developed alphabet or its letters, as opposed to crude pictographic symbols.
alphabetiser
alphabetiser
noun
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of alphabetizer.
alphabetizer
alphabetizer
noun
One who, or that which, alphabetizes.
alphabetizers
alphabetizers
noun
plural of alphabetizer
amphiblestritis
amphiboliferous
amphiboliferous
adj
(mineralogy) Bearing amphibole.
amphicribral
amphicribral
adj
(botany) In which the phloem surrounds the xylem
anthrohopobiological
anthropobiologist
anthropobiologist
noun
bioanthropologist
anthropobiology
anthropobiology
noun
bioanthropology
antiportable
antirepublican
antirepublican
adj
(politics) Opposing the formation of a republic.
noun
(politics) One who opposes the formation of a republic.
antirepublicanism
apportionable
apportionable
adj
Capable of being apportioned.
appraisable
appraisable
adj
Capable of being appraised.
appreciable
appreciable
adj
(sometimes) Synonym of detectable.
(usually) Both detectable and at least modestly substantial: large enough to be estimated and to be of practical relevance.
appreciably
appreciably
adv
In an appreciable manner; to a large extent; considerably.
apprehensibility
apprehensibility
noun
The quality of being apprehensible.
apprehensible
apprehensible
adj
Which can be apprehended (usually in the sense of being understood).
apprehensibly
apprehensibly
adv
Such that it can be apprehended; understandably.
approachability
approachability
noun
The characteristic of being approachable; the ability to be approached.
appropriable
appropriable
adj
(law) Able to be appropriated.
approvability
approximable
approximable
adj
(mathematics) Able to be approximated
arabophil
archpublican
aristorepublicanism
arteriophlebotomy
ashurbanipal
assurbanipal
autobiographal
autobiographal
adj
(archaic) autobiographical
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.
bachelorship
bachelorship
noun
The state of being a bachelor.
bacillariophyta
bacilliparous
bacteriochlorophyll
bacteriochlorophyll
noun
(biology) A photosynthetic pigment occurring in various phototrophic bacteria, related to the chlorophylls.
bacteriopathology
bacterioscopical
bacterioscopical
adj
bacterioscopic
bacterioscopically
bacterioscopically
adv
By means of bacterioscopy.
balaenopteridae
balanophorin
balanopreputial
balanopreputial
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the glans penis and the foreskin
ballistocardiograph
ballistocardiograph
noun
An instrument which measures ballistic forces on the heart, producing a graphical representation of repetitive motions of the human body arising from the sudden ejection of blood into the great vessels with each heartbeat.
ballistocardiographic
ballistocardiographic
adj
Relating to ballistocardiography
ballistocardiography
ballistocardiography
noun
The science of the preparation and diagnostic interpretation of ballistocardiograms.
balneotherapeutics
balneotherapeutics
noun
balneotherapy
balneotherapia
balneotherapia
noun
Obsolete form of balneotherapy.
bankruptlike
bankruptlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bankrupt.
baralipton
bardolphian
barkpeeling
baroscopical
baroscopical
adj
Alternative form of baroscopic
barytophyllite
basicytoparaplastin
basiparaplastin
basipterygial
basipterygial
adj
Of or pertaining to a basipterygium
basitemporal
basitemporal
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the base of the temporal region
bathyorographical
bathyorographical
adj
Of, embodying, or pertaining to elevation heights and pelagic depths.
bellerophontidae
belonosphaerite
benzophenanthroline
bepillared
bepillared
adj
Furnished with pillars.
bibliograph
bibliograph
noun
Archaic form of bibliographer.
bibliographer
bibliographer
noun
A person who compiles bibliographies, or who studies bibliography.
bibliographers
bibliographers
noun
plural of bibliographer
bibliographic
bibliographic
adj
Of or pertaining to bibliography.
bibliographical
bibliographical
adj
bibliographic
bibliographically
bibliographically
adv
Concerning bibliography.
bibliographies
bibliographies
noun
plural of bibliography
bibliographize
bibliographize
verb
(transitive) To compile a bibliography of.
bibliography
bibliography
noun
A list of books or documents relevant to a particular subject or author.
A section of a written work containing citations, not quotations, to all the books referred to in the work.
The study of the history of books in terms of their classification, printing and publication.
bibliopolar
bibliopolar
adj
(nonce word, obsolete) Concerned with bookselling.
bibliotherapeutic
bibliotherapeutic
adj
Relating to bibliotherapy.
bibliotherapies
bibliotherapies
noun
plural of bibliotherapy
bibliotherapist
bibliotherapist
noun
A therapist who provides bibliotherapy.
bibliotherapy
bibliotherapy
noun
A nonpharmacological therapy using reading materials to meet people’s therapeutic or developmental needs.
bicapsular
bicapsular
adj
Having two capsules; having a double capsule.
bicarpellary
bicarpellary
adj
Having two carpels
bicarpellate
bicarpellate
adj
(botany) Having two carpels.
bicorporal
bicorporal
adj
Having two bodies
bicorporeal
bicorporeal
adj
(astrology) Synonym of mutable (“being one of the signs Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius and Pisces, associated with adaptability, flexibility and sympathy”)
(medicine) Synonym of bicornuate
biliprasin
biliprasin
noun
(biochemistry) A dark green pigment found in small quantities in human gallstones.
biobibliographer
biobibliographer
noun
The author of a biobibliography.
biobibliographic
biobibliographical
biobibliographical
adj
Of or relating to a biobibliography.
biobibliographies
biobibliographies
noun
plural of biobibliography
biobibliography
biobibliography
noun
A bibliography that also contains a short biography of the author
biogeographical
biogeographical
adj
Of or pertaining to biogeography.
biogeographically
biogeographically
adv
In a biogeographic manner
With regard to biogeography
biographical
biographical
adj
of or relating to an account of a person's life
biographically
biographically
adv
In the form of a biography.
biparental
biparental
adj
Having two parents.
biparentally
biparentally
adv
In a biparental manner
biparietal
biparietal
adj
(anatomy) Between the two parietal bones
bipartible
bipartible
adj
Capable of being divided into two parts.
bipartile
bipartile
adj
divisible into two parts
bipartitely
bipartitely
adv
In a bipartite fashion; into two parts.
bipersonal
bipersonal
adj
Relating to, or consisting of, two persons.
biplanar
biplanar
adj
(anatomy, of the foot) Both frontal and sagittal
(mathematics) Between two tangent planes
bipolar
bipolar
adj
(physics) Relating to a bipole.
(politics) Of or relating to an international system in which two states wield most of the cultural, economic, and political influence.
Involving or having both extremes or poles at the same time.
Relating to both polar regions.
Relating to or having bipolar disorder.
noun
(countable) A bipolar cell.
(uncountable) Ellipsis of bipolar disorder.
bipolarities
bipolarities
noun
plural of bipolarity
bipolarity
bipolarity
noun
The state of being bipolar.
bipolarization
bipolarization
noun
(politics) polarization into two opposing factions
bipolarize
bipolarize
verb
To make bipolar
bipolarized
bipolarized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bipolarize
bipolarizes
bipolarizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bipolarize
bipolarizing
bipolarizing
verb
present participle of bipolarize
bipropellant
bipropellant
noun
A propellant composed of two components (typically a fuel and an oxidizer) that react together in the combustion chamber
bipyramidal
bipyramidal
adj
Having the shape of a bipyramid
birdclapper
birthplace
birthplace
noun
(by extension) The location where something was created or devised.
The location where a person was born.
birthplaces
birthplaces
noun
plural of birthplace
bistipular
bitemporal
bitemporal
adj
Of, pertaining to, or joining the two temporal bones
blackprint
blastophoric
blastophoric
adj
Relating to the blastophore.
blastophthoria
blastophthoria
noun
Degeneration of the germ cells as a result of poisoning by syphilis, lead, alcohol, opium, etc.
blastophthoric
blastoporic
blastoporic
adj
(biology) Pertaining to a blastopore; blastoporal.
blastoporphyritic
blastospheric
blastospheric
adj
(embryology) blastular
blepharadenitis
blepharadenitis
noun
(pathology) inflammation of the meibomian glands
blepharanthracosis
blepharelcosis
blephariglottis
blepharism
blepharitic
blepharitic
adj
Relating to blepharitis.
blepharitis
blepharoadenitis
blepharoadenitis
noun
Alternative form of blepharadenitis
blepharocarcinoma
blepharoceridae
blepharochalasis
blepharochalasis
noun
An inflammation of the eyelid, characterized by exacerbations and remissions of eyelid edema, which results in a stretching and subsequent atrophy of the eyelid tissue resulting in redundant folds over the lid margins.
blepharochromidrosis
blepharoconjunctivitis
blepharoconjunctivitis
noun
(medicine) The combination of conjunctivitis and blepharitis.
blepharodiastasis
blepharodyschroia
blepharohematidrosis
blepharolithiasis
blepharoncosis
blepharophimosis
blepharophimosis
noun
(medicine) A condition involving bilateral ptosis with reduced eyelid size, vertically and horizontally, a flat nasal bridge, and hypoplastic orbital rim.