(anatomy) Relating to the abdomen and to the genitals.
acknowledgement
acknowledgement
noun
(most common British spelling, also sometimes used in the US) Alternative spelling of acknowledgment
acknowledgements
acknowledgements
noun
plural of acknowledgement
acknowledgment
acknowledgment
noun
(law) A formal statement or document recognizing the fulfillment or execution of a legal requirement or procedure.
(law) The act of a person admitting a child as their own.
(telecommunications, computing, networking) A response (ACK) sent by a receiver to indicate successful receipt of a transmission (See Wikipedia article on transmission).
A message from the addressee informing the originator that the originator's communication has been received and understood.
A recognition as genuine or valid; an avowing or admission in legal form.
A reward or other expression or token of gratitude.
An expression of gratitude for a benefit or an obligation.
The act of acknowledging
The act of recognizing in a particular character or relationship; recognition of existence, authority, truth, or genuineness.
acknowledgments
acknowledgments
noun
plural of acknowledgment
acromegalia
acromegalia
noun
(pathology) Alternative form of acromegaly.
acromegalic
acromegalic
adj
(pathology) Pertaining to or characteristic of acromegaly.
noun
(pathology) A person affected by acromegaly.
acromegalics
acromegalics
noun
plural of acromegalic
acromegalies
acromegalies
noun
plural of acromegaly
acromegaly
acromegaly
noun
(pathology) A chronic disease marked by enlargement of the bones of the extremities, face, and jaw that is caused by over-activity of the pituitary gland.
acromelalgia
acromelalgia
noun
(pathology) melalgia of the hands or feet
adelphogamy
adelphogamy
noun
A form of polyandry where a woman is married to two or more brothers.
Marriage between a brother and a sister.
adenomeningeal
adenophlegmon
adenophlegmon
noun
(obsolete, pathology) inflammation of a lymph gland
adrenalectomizing
adrenalectomizing
verb
present participle of adrenalectomize
agalmatolite
agalmatolite
noun
(mineralogy) A soft, compact stone, of a grayish, greenish, or yellowish color, carved into images by the Chinese, and hence called figure stone, and pagodite. It is probably a variety of pinite.
agammaglobulinemia
agammaglobulinemia
noun
(medicine) A condition in which gammaglobulins such as immunoglobulins are absent from the blood, or present only in low concentrations
agammaglobulinemic
agammaglobulinemic
adj
Relating to or exhibiting agammaglobulinemia.
noun
An individual with agammaglobulinemia.
agamogenetically
agamogenetically
adv
By means of agamogenesis.
ageometrical
agglomerant
agglomerant
adj
That causes agglomeration
agglomerate
agglomerate
adj
collected into a ball, heap, or mass
noun
(geology, volcanology) A mass of angular volcanic fragments united by heat; distinguished from conglomerate.
(meteorology) An ice cover of floe formed by the freezing together of various forms of ice.
A collection or mass.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To wind or collect into a ball; hence, to gather into a mass or anything like a mass.
agglomerated
agglomerated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of agglomerate
agglomerates
agglomerates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of agglomerate
agglomeratic
agglomeratic
adj
(geology) Of or relating to an agglomerate.
agglomerating
agglomerating
verb
present participle of agglomerate
agglomeration
agglomeration
noun
(geography) An extended city area comprising the built-up area of a central city and any suburbs linked by continuous urban area.
(geology) a mass of large volcanic fragments bonded under heat.
State of being collected in a mass; a mass; cluster.
The act or process of collecting in a mass; a heaping together.
agglomerations
agglomerations
noun
plural of agglomeration
agglomerative
agglomerative
adj
Having a tendency to agglomerate
agglomerator
agglomerator
noun
A device that agglomerates material.
aglaonema
aglaonema
noun
Any of the genus Aglaonema of tropical foliage plants.
agrochemical
agrochemical
adj
Relating to agrochemistry.
noun
(chemistry) A chemical compound, such as a hormone, fungicide, or insecticide, that improves the production of crops.
A compound or product derived from farmed plants.
albuminogenous
albuminogenous
adj
Forming albumen.
alemonger
alemonger
noun
(historical) A seller of ale.
algesiometer
algoesthesiometer
algometer
algometer
noun
An instrument for measuring pain-inducing stimuli, and the sensitivity to such stimuli.
algometric
algometric
Adjective
Relating to algometry.
algometrical
algometrical
adj
Relating to algometry.
algometrically
algometrically
adv
In terms of or by means of algometry.
algometries
algometry
algometry
noun
(medicine) The scientific measurement of responses to pain stimuli.
allagostemonous
allegorism
allegorism
noun
(theology) The belief that the primary value and significance of what is earthly and tangible is the way it points to the divine.
The use of allegory.
allogamies
allomerizing
almonage
alongshoreman
alongshoreman
noun
(archaic) Alternative form of longshoreman
alteregoism
alteregoism
noun
altruism as a result of the identification of others with oneself
amblygonite
amblygonite
noun
(mineralogy) A mineral, a mixed fluoride and aluminophosphate of sodium and lithium that is an important ore of lithium.
amblygonites
amblygonites
noun
plural of amblygonite
ameliorating
ameliorating
verb
present participle of ameliorate
ampelographist
ampelographist
noun
One who studies ampelography.
ampelography
ampelography
noun
(botany) The discipline within botany concerned with the taxonomy of cultivars in the grapevine genus, Vitis.
ampelograpny
amphibologies
amphibologies
noun
plural of amphibology
amphigenously
amphigenously
adv
In an amphigenous manner.
amygdalaceous
amygdalaceous
adj
(botany) Akin to, or derived from, the almond.
amygdalectomy
amygdalectomy
Noun
Surgical removal of the amygdala.
amygdaliferous
amygdaliferous
adj
almond-bearing
amygdalotome
amygdonitrile
amylocoagulase
amylogen
amylogen
noun
The water-soluble part of granulose.
amylogenesis
amylogenesis
noun
The formation of starch.
amylogenic
amylogenic
adj
Forming starch; applied specifically to leucoplasts.
Of or pertaining to amylogen.
amylogens
anemographically
anemographically
adv
By means of anemography.
anemologic
anemological
anemological
adj
Relating to anemology.
anemologies
anemology
anemology
noun
The study of the movements of the winds.
The wind movements in a particular region.
anemometrographically
angeldom
angeldom
noun
The world of angels.
angelinformal
angelomachy
angelomachy
noun
(rare) A battle between angels.
angiohemophilia
angiomegaly
angioneoplasm
angiospermal
angiospermal
adj
angiospermous
angleworm
angleworm
noun
(Northern US) An earthworm, used as or destined to be used as bait to catch fish.
angleworms
angleworms
noun
plural of angleworm
anglomane
angouleme
angulometer
angulometer
noun
An instrument for measuring exterior angles.
anomalogonatae
antigovernmental
antigovernmental
adj
Opposing a government.
antigovernmentally
antihemoglobin
antilegomena
antiparallelogram
antiparallelogram
noun
A quadrilateral in which the pairs of nonadjacent sides are congruent, but in which two opposite sides intersect and are therefore not parallel.
aplanogamete
aplanogamete
noun
A non-motile gamete found in certain lower algae.
apogalacteum
apolegamic
apophlegm
apophlegmatic
apophlegmatic
adj
(medicine) Designed to facilitate discharges of phlegm or mucus from the mouth or nostrils.
noun
(medicine) Any apophlegmatic medicine.
apophlegmatism
apophlegmatism
noun
(obsolete) An apophlegmatic medicine.
(obsolete) The action of apophlegmatics.
apophthegmatical
apophthegmatical
adj
Alternative form of apothegmatical
apothegmatical
apothegmatical
adj
Relating to, or in the manner of, an apothegm; sententious; pithy.
apothegmatically
apothegmatically
adv
In an apothegmatic way.
applemonger
applemonger
noun
(historical) A seller of apples.
archgomeral
archicleistogamous
archicleistogamy
argentometrically
argentometrically
adv
By means of argentometry.
argillomagnesian
aspergilliform
aspergilliform
adj
(botany) Resembling the aspergillum in form
astragalectomy
astragalectomy
noun
The surgical removal of the astragalus, or talus, in order to stabilize the ankle.
astrometeorological
astrometeorological
adj
Of or pertaining to astrometeorology.
astrometeorologist
astrometeorologist
noun
A scientist working in the field of astrometeorology.
astrometeorology
astrometeorology
noun
(astrology) The practice of using astrology for weather forecasting.
atmospherology
atmospherology
noun
The study of a planetary atmosphere.
avgolemonos
avgolemonos
noun
plural of avgolemono
balladmonger
balladmonger
noun
A seller or composer of ballads.
balladmongering
balladmongering
noun
The work of a balladmonger, selling or composing ballads.
beclamoring
beclamoring
verb
present participle of beclamor
beglamoring
beglamoring
verb
present participle of beglamor
beglamour
beglamour
verb
To bedazzle; to deceive as if by magic.
To make glamorous.
beglamoured
beglamoured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beglamour
beglamouring
beglamouring
verb
present participle of beglamour
bellowsmaking
bemoaningly
bemoaningly
adv
In a bemoaning manner.
bergamiol
bergamiol
noun
Synonym of linalyl acetate
bioclimatologies
biogeochemical
biogeochemical
adj
Of or pertaining to biogeochemistry
noun
A geochemical of biological origin
bismutoplagionite
blennophlogisma
bloomage
bloomingdale
boilermaking
boilermaking
noun
The manufacture of boilers.
boomslange
boomslange
noun
Dated form of boomslang.
bottlemaking
bottlemaking
noun
The manufacture of bottles.
bromgelatin
bromogelatin
bromogelatin
noun
(photography) A process for preparing dry plates with an emulsion of bromides and silver nitrate in gelatin.
camerlengo
camerlengo
noun
The cardinal who administers the Roman Catholic Church in the interregnum between Popes.
camerlengos
camerlengos
noun
plural of camerlengo
camerlingo
camerlingos
camouflage
camouflage
noun
(biology) Resemblance of an organism to its surroundings for avoiding detection.
(military) The use of natural or artificial material on personnel, objects, or tactical positions with the aim of confusing, misleading, or evading the enemy.
(textiles) A pattern on clothing consisting of irregularly shaped patches that are either greenish/brownish, brownish/whitish, or bluish/whitish, as used by ground combat forces.
A disguise or covering up.
Clothes made from camouflage fabric, for concealment in combat or hunting.
The act of disguising.
verb
To hide or disguise something by covering it up or changing the way it looks.
camouflageable
camouflageable
adj
Capable of being camouflaged.
camouflaged
camouflaged
adj
wearing, in, or treated with, camouflage; disguised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of camouflage
camouflager
camouflager
noun
A person skilled in the art of camouflage.
A person who camouflages things.
camouflagers
camouflagers
noun
plural of camouflager
camouflages
camouflages
noun
plural of camouflage
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of camouflage
campanologer
caprimulgiformes
carbohemoglobin
carboxyhemoglobin
carboxyhemoglobin
noun
(biochemistry) The stable complex of carbon monoxide with hemoglobin; it prevents the normal complexing with oxygen and thus leads to anoxia
cardiomegalia
cardiomegaly
cardiomegaly
noun
megalocardia
carmagnole
carmagnole
noun
(archaic) A bombastic report from the French armies.
(clothing, historical) A short jacket, fashionable during the French Revolution, with short skirts, a broad collar and lapels, and several rows of buttons.
(historical) A popular Red Republican song and dance, of the time of the first French Revolution.