(surgery) Extraction of peritoneal fluid from the abdomen for evaluation, using a trocar
abdominohysterectomy
abdominohysterectomy
noun
(surgery) Removal of the uterus via an incision made in the abdominal wall rather than via the vagina.
abdominoscope
abdominoscope
noun
An instrument like an endoscope, for use in abdominoscopy.
abdominovesical
abdominovesical
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the abdomen and the urinary bladder
abecedarians
abecedarians
noun
plural of abecedarian
aberrancies
aberrancies
noun
plural of aberrancy
abeyancies
abeyancies
noun
plural of abeyancy
abidances
abidances
noun
plural of abidance
abjections
abjections
noun
plural of abjection
abnormalcies
abnormalcies
noun
plural of abnormalcy
abreactions
abreactions
noun
plural of abreaction
abscessing
abscessing
verb
present participle of abscess
abscession
abscession
noun
(obsolete) An abscess.
(rare) A separating; a removal; a going away.
absorbancies
absorbancies
noun
plural of absorbancy
absorbefacient
absorbefacient
adj
(medicine) Inducing or increasing absorption (of a drug).
noun
(medicine) Any such medicine that induces absorption.
absorbencies
absorbencies
noun
plural of absorbency
abstinence
abstinence
noun
(business) Delay of spending to accrue capital.
(ecclesiastical) Abstention from certain foods on days of penitential observance.
(obsolete) Self-denial; abstaining; or forebearance of anything.
Specifically, the practice of abstaining from intoxicating/alcoholic beverages; total abstinence; teetotalism).
Specifically, the practice of abstaining from sexual intercourse, either permanently or until marriage.
The act or practice of abstaining, refraining from indulging a desire or appetite.
The practice of self-denial; self-restraint; forebearance from anything.
abstinences
abstinences
noun
plural of abstinence
abstinency
abstinency
noun
(rare) Alternative form of abstinence
abstractiveness
abstractiveness
noun
The property of being abstractive.
abyssobenthonic
academicians
academicians
noun
plural of academician
academicianship
academicianship
noun
A membership in a national academy of arts or sciences
academising
academising
verb
present participle of academise
acarines
acarines
noun
plural of acarine
accelerations
accelerations
noun
plural of acceleration
accension
accension
noun
(obsolete) The act of kindling or the state of being kindled; ignition.
accentuations
accentuations
noun
plural of accentuation
acceptancies
acceptations
acceptations
noun
plural of acceptation
acceptingness
acceptingness
noun
The ability or desire to accept.
accersition
accessariness
accessariness
noun
The state of being accessary.
accessibleness
accessibleness
noun
The property that someone or something can be accessed.
accessing
accessing
verb
present participle of access
accession
accession
noun
(Scotland) Complicity, concurrence or assent in some action.
(law) A mode of acquiring property, by which the owner of a corporeal substance which receives an addition by growth, or by labor, has a right to the part or thing added, or the improvement (provided the thing is not changed into a different species).
(law) The act by which one power becomes party to engagements already in force between other powers.
(medicine) The invasion, approach, or commencement of a disease; a fit or paroxysm.
A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined.
A group of plants of the same species collected at a single location, often held in genebanks.
Access; admittance.
Agreement.
Increase by something added; that which is added; augmentation from without.
The act of coming to or reaching a throne, an office, or dignity.
verb
(transitive) To make a record of (additions to a collection).
accessional
accessional
adj
(rare) Pertaining to accession; additional.
accessioned
accessioned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accession
accessioner
accessioner
noun
One who accessions.
accessioning
accessioning
verb
present participle of accession
accessions
accessions
noun
A collection of laboratory tests performed on a single sample.
plural of accession
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accession
accessoriness
accessoriness
noun
The state of being accessory, or connected subordinately.
accessorizing
accessorizing
verb
present participle of accessorize
accidencies
accidentalism
accidentalism
noun
A system of medicine based on belief that symptoms of disease are caused by external factors.
Accidental character or effect.
The belief that events happen by random chance, without cause or purpose.
The belief that outward appearance often contrasts with substance or essence (after Thomas Aquinas).
accidentalist
accidentalist
noun
An expert in accidents, especially those involving motor vehicles.
Someone who believes in accidentalism.
accidentalness
accidentalness
noun
The quality of being accidental; casualness.
accidentals
accidentals
noun
plural of accidental
accidents
accidents
noun
plural of accident
accipenser
accipenser
noun
Any sturgeon of the genus Acipenser.
accipitrines
accipitrines
noun
plural of accipitrine
accommodatingness
accommodativeness
accommodativeness
noun
The state or quality of being accommodative.
accompanies
accompanies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accompany
accompaniments
accompaniments
noun
plural of accompaniment
accomplishment
accomplishment
noun
(grammar, semantics) The lexical aspect (aktionsart) of verbs or predicates that change over time until a natural end point.
Something accomplished; an achievement.
That which completes, perfects, or equips thoroughly; acquirement; attainment; that which constitutes excellence of mind, or elegance of manners, acquired by education or training.
The act of accomplishing; completion; fulfilment.
accomplishments
accomplishments
noun
plural of accomplishment
accountabilities
accountabilities
noun
plural of accountability
accountancies
accountancies
noun
plural of accountancy
accreditations
accreditations
noun
plural of accreditation
accrescendi
accretions
accretions
noun
plural of accretion
accumulativeness
accumulativeness
noun
The state or qualities of being accumulative.
accusativeness
accusativeness
noun
(linguistics) The characteristics of the accusative case of a noun or pronoun.
The condition of tending to accuse.
acenesthesia
acenesthesia
noun
The loss of the perception of one's own body
acetanilides
acetanilides
noun
plural of acetanilide
acetanilids
acetanilids
noun
plural of acetanilid
acetaniside
acetanisidide
acetanisidide
noun
(organic chemistry) The amide N-(4-methoxyphenyl)acetamide related to paracetamol
acetanisidine
acetins
acetins
noun
plural of acetin
acetoarsenite
acetoarsenite
noun
(chemistry) Any mixed salt containing both acetate and arsenite anions
acetostearin
acetylations
acetylations
noun
plural of acetylation
acetylcholinesterase
acetylcholinesterase
noun
(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine into choline and acetic acid.
acetylrosaniline
achaemenides
achaemenids
achievements
achievements
noun
plural of achievement
achimenes
achimenes
noun
A Central American plant, of the genus Achimenes, having showy, trumpet-shaped flowers
achinese
achiness
achiness
noun
The property of being achy.
achinesses
achondrites
achondrites
noun
plural of achondrite
achrodextrinase
achroodextrinase
acidness
acidness
noun
acidity, sourness
acidnesses
acidulousness
acidulousness
noun
A state of or tendency toward being acidulous or somewhat sour or acid.
acinaceous
acinaceous
adj
(botany) Containing seeds or stones of grapes, or grains like them.
acinaces
acinaces
noun
(historical, ancient history) A short sword or saber.
acinose
acinose
adj
Consisting of acini, or minute granular concretions.
acipenser
acipenseres
acipenserid
acipenserid
noun
(ichthyology) Any member of the Acipenseridae (the true sturgeons)
acipenseridae
acipenserine
acipenserine
adj
Pertaining to sturgeons
acipenseroid
acipenseroid
noun
Synonym of chondrostean
acipenseroidei
acoenaesthesia
aconites
aconites
noun
plural of aconite
aconuresis
aconuresis
noun
(pathology) urinary incontinence (inability to control urination)
acquaintances
acquaintances
noun
plural of acquaintance
acquaintanceship
acquaintanceship
noun
(countable) A relationship as acquaintances.
(uncountable) The state of being acquainted.
acquaintanceships
acquaintanceships
noun
plural of acquaintanceship
acquaintedness
acquaintedness
noun
(rare) State of being acquainted; degree of acquaintance.
acquiescement
acquiescence
acquiescence
noun
(law) Inaction, passivity, or neglect to take legal action when it is called for in order to assert, preserve, or safeguard a right, and which inaction implies the abandonment of said right.
A silent or passive assent or submission, or a submission with apparent content, distinguished from avowed consent on the one hand, and on the other, from opposition or open discontent; quiet satisfaction.
acquiescences
acquiescences
noun
plural of acquiescence
acquiescency
acquiescency
noun
The quality of being acquiescent; acquiescence.
acquiescent
acquiescent
adj
resting satisfied or submissive; disposed tacitly to submit
willing to acquiesce, accept or agree to something without objection, protest or resistance
acquiescently
acquiescently
adv
In an acquiescent manner.
acquiescing
acquiescing
verb
present participle of acquiesce
acquiescingly
acquiescingly
adv
in an acquiescing manner
acquiesence
acquirements
acquirements
noun
plural of acquirement
acquisitiveness
acquisitiveness
noun
(phrenology) The faculty to which the phrenologists attribute the desire of acquiring and possessing.
The quality of being acquisitive; propensity to acquire property; desire of possession.
acquittances
acquittances
noun
plural of acquittance
acridines
acridines
noun
plural of acridine
acridness
acridness
noun
bitterness or acerbity
acridnesses
acriflavines
acriflavines
noun
plural of acriflavine
acrimonies
acrimonies
noun
plural of acrimony
acrimoniousness
acrimoniousness
noun
The quality of being acrimonious.
acroanesthesia
acroanesthesia
noun
Alternative form of acroanaesthesia
acrocentrics
acrocentrics
noun
plural of acrocentric
acroleins
acroleins
noun
plural of acrolein
acromiosternal
acroneurosis
acrophonies
acrophonies
noun
plural of acrophony
acrotrophoneurosis
actinides
actinides
noun
plural of actinide
actiniferous
actiniferous
adj
Containing or producing actinium
actinochemistry
actinochemistry
noun
The science of chemistry and actinism.
actinodermatitis
actinodermatitis
noun
actinic dermatitis
actinolites
actinolites
noun
plural of actinolite
actinometers
actinometers
noun
plural of actinometer
actinomyces
actinomyces
noun
A bacterium (species) of the genus Actinomyces.
actinomycese
actinomycesous
actinomycestal
actinomycetales
actinomycetous
actinomycetous
adj
Of or relating to actinomycetes.
actinoneuritis
actinopterous
actinopterygious
actinosome
actinosome
noun
(zoology) The entire body of a coelenterate.
actinosphaerium
actinostereoscopy
actinostome
actinostome
noun
(zoology) The mouth or anterior opening of a coelenterate animal.
actinotherapeutics
actinotherapeutics
noun
actinotherapy
actiones
actionless
actionless
adj
Lacking action; particularly with respect to entertainment, dull, boring.