A membership in a national academy of arts or sciences
adenemphraxis
adenohypersthenia
adenohypophyseal
adenohypophyseal
adj
Alternative form of adenohypophysial
adenohypophysial
adenohypophysial
adj
Relating to the adenohypophysis.
adenohypophysis
adenohypophysis
noun
(anatomy) The anterior lobe of the pituitary gland, producing and secreting several peptide hormones that regulate many physiological processes including stress, growth, and reproduction.
adenopharyngitis
adenophoreus
adenophorous
adenophorous
adj
(botany) Producing glands.
adenophyllous
adenophyllous
adj
(botany) Having glands on the leaves.
adenotyphus
adenylpyrophosphate
adenylpyrophosphate
noun
Synonym of adenosine triphosphate
adiaphanousness
adventureship
aldermanship
aldermanship
noun
The condition, position, or office of an alderman.
alisphenoid
alisphenoid
adj
(anatomy) Relating to a bone in the base of the skull, which in the adult is often consolidated with the sphenoid.
(anatomy) Relating to or forming the wing of the sphenoid bone.
noun
(anatomy) The greater wing of the sphenoid bone
alisphenoidal
alisphenoidal
adj
Alternative form of alisphenoid
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.
androcephalous
androcephalous
adj
Having a human head (upon an animal's body), like the Egyptian sphinx.
androsphinges
androsphinxes
androsphinxes
noun
plural of androsphinx
angiocardiographies
anthropomorphised
anthropomorphised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anthropomorphise
antipriesthood
apprehends
apprehends
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of apprehend
archdeaconship
archdeaconship
noun
The rank or office of an archdeacon.
arthroendoscopy
asphodeline
aspidobranchiate
bacteriorhodopsin
bacteriorhodopsin
noun
(biochemistry) Any of several related purple photosynthetic proteins, found in halobacteria, that act as proton pumps
basisphenoid
basisphenoid
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the base of the sphenoid bone, especially to a centre of ossification there in the embryo
noun
The basisphenoid bone
basisphenoidal
basisphenoidal
adj
Alternative form of basisphenoid
benzosulphimide
bisphenoid
blepharadenitis
blepharadenitis
noun
(pathology) inflammation of the meibomian glands
blepharoadenitis
blepharoadenitis
noun
Alternative form of blepharadenitis
blepharosyndesmitis
boustrophedon
boustrophedon
adj
(figuratively) Changing direction, going back and forth.
(historical, calligraphy, of writing) Written from right-to-left and left-to-right on alternate lines.
adv
(historical, calligraphy, of writing) In a fashion such that the reading direction changes from right-to-left to left-to-right with each new line.
noun
(historical, calligraphy, of writing) Writing that is right-to-left and left-to-right on alternate lines.
boustrophedonic
boustrophedonic
adj
Relating to the boustrophedon mode of writing.
calcaneoscaphoid
calcaneoscaphoid
adj
(anatomy) Synonym of calcaneonavicular
campshedding
campshedding
noun
piles and boards used to line the bank of a river
verb
present participle of campshed
candidateship
candidateship
noun
Candidacy.
chenopodiaceous
chenopodiaceous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to the family Chenopodiaceae (goosefoots) (now subfamily Chenopodioideae).
chenopodiales
chenopods
chenopods
noun
plural of chenopod
chondriosphere
chondroepiphysis
chondroepiphysis
noun
epiphyseal cartilage
chondropharyngeus
chondropterygious
chondroseptum
christadelphian
christadelphian
Noun
A member of a particular nontrinitarian Christian denomination founded in the mid-19th century.
Adjective
Pertaining to the Christadelphians.
christadelphianism
churchwardenship
churchwardenship
noun
The role or office of a churchwarden.
cnemidophorus
commandership
commandership
noun
The role of a commander.
comprehends
comprehends
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of comprehend
correspondentship
correspondentship
noun
The role or status of correspondent.
cuneoscaphoid
cyanephidrosis
dampishness
dampishness
noun
The quality of being moderately damp or moist.
daphnes
daphnes
noun
plural of daphne
dasystephana
dauphines
dauphines
noun
plural of dauphine
dauphiness
dauphiness
noun
The wife of a dauphin.
deaconship
deaconship
noun
The position or role of a deacon.
deanship
deanship
noun
The position or role of a dean.
deanships
deanships
noun
plural of deanship
deanthropomorphism
deemphasizing
deemphasizing
verb
present participle of deemphasize
defensorship
defensorship
noun
The state or business of a defensor.
dehydrosparteine
deiphontes
deipnosophism
deipnosophist
deipnosophist
noun
A master of the art of dining, particularly learned conversation in the manner of Athenaeus's characters.
deipnosophistic
delphinapterus
delphiniums
delphiniums
noun
plural of delphinium
delphinius
delphinus
demonographies
demonographies
noun
plural of demonography
demonship
demonship
noun
The state of a demon.
demonstratorship
demonstratorship
noun
A position as a demonstrator (at a university etc.).
dendrophagous
dendrophagous
adj
That feeds on the wood of trees
dendrophilous
dendrophilous
adj
Thriving in an environment with trees; living in or on trees.
denizenship
denizenship
noun
The status or quality of being a denizen.
dephasing
dephasing
noun
(quantum mechanics, medical imaging) A loss of the synchronization or coherence caused by a perturbation, upon which the system returns to its state before perturbation.
dephlegmedness
dephlegmedness
noun
(obsolete, nonce word) A state of being freed from water.
dephlogistication
dephlogistication
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) The process of dephlogisticating; removal of the phlogiston, or supposed ability to burn.
dephosphorization
dephosphorization
noun
(chemistry) The act of freeing from phosphorus.
dephysicalization
dephysicalization
noun
The act, process, or result of dephysicalizing.
deplenish
deplenish
verb
(transitive) To deprive of content; to deplete.
depolishing
depolishing
verb
present participle of depolish
deprehensible
deprehensible
adj
(obsolete) Capable of being caught or discovered.
deprehension
deprehension
noun
(obsolete) A catching in the act; discovery.
depressanth
depthlessness
depthlessness
noun
Absence of depth.
derencephalus
desophistication
desoxyephedrine
desoxyephedrine
Noun
methamphetamine
desoxymorphine
despatching
despatching
verb
present participle of despatch
desulphurating
desulphurating
verb
present participle of desulphurate
desulphuration
desulphuration
noun
The act or process of depriving of sulfur.
desulphurising
desulphurising
verb
present participle of desulphurise
desulphurization
desulphurization
noun
(Oxford British English) Alternative spelling of desulfurization
desulphurizing
desulphurizing
verb
present participle of desulphurize
dewanship
diaphanoscope
diaphanoscope
noun
A dark box constructed for viewing transparent pictures, with or without a lens.
diaphanousness
diaphanousness
noun
The quality of being diaphanous.
diaphones
diaphones
noun
plural of diaphone
diaphonies
diaphonies
noun
plural of diaphony
dictaphones
dictaphones
noun
plural of dictaphone
dictyosiphonaceae
dictyosiphonaceous
diencephalons
dihydrosphingosine
dihydrosphingosine
noun
(organic chemistry) sphinganine
dihydrostreptomycin
dihydrostreptomycin
Noun
A particular antibiotic.
dilettanteship
dilettanteship
noun
The role or status of a dilettante.
dilettantship
diosphenol
diosphenol
noun
(chemistry) any of a class of cyclic α-diketones which exist as enols
diphenylaminechlorarsine
diphenylaminechlorarsine
noun
(organic chemistry) Synonym of adamsite
diphenylchloroarsine
diphenyls
diphenyls
noun
plural of diphenyl
diphosgene
diphosgene
noun
(organic chemistry) The highly chlorinated ester trichloromethyl chloroformate that is used in organic synthesis, and was once used as a military poison
diphosgenes
diphosphothiamine
diphthongise
diphthongise
verb
Alternative spelling of diphthongize
diphthongised
diphthongised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of diphthongise
diplosphenal
diplosphene
dipolsphene
disphenoid
disphenoid
adj
(mineralogy) Of or pertaining to a crystal form bounded by eight scalene triangles arranged in pairs, constituting a tetragonal scalenohedron.
(mineralogy) Of or pertaining to a wedge-shaped crystal form of the tetragonal or orthorhombic system.
noun
(geometry) A non-regular tetrahedron whose four faces are congruent acute-angled triangles.
displenish
displenish
verb
(Scotland, transitive) To deprive or strip, as a house of furniture, or a barn of stock.
dispunishable
dispunishable
adj
(archaic) Without penal restraint; not punishable.
disulphonate
disulphonate
noun
Alternative form of disulfonate
disulphone
dneprodzerzhinsk
docentship
dodecaphonism
dodecaphonist
dodecaphonist
noun
(music) A practitioner or proponent of dodecaphony, i.e. use of the dodecaphonic musical scale, which has twelve tones per octave
dolphinfishes
dolphinfishes
noun
plural of dolphinfish
duennaship
duennaship
noun
The role or status of duenna.
duennaships
dumpishness
dumpishness
noun
Quality of being dumpish.
dynamometamorphism
dynamometamorphosed
dysphrenia
echinosphaeritidae
ectosphenoid
encephalitides
encephalitides
noun
plural of encephalitis
encephalodialysis
encephalomyocarditis
encephalomyocarditis
noun
(veterinary medicine) A viral disease afflicting pigs and some non-human primates, attacking muscle tissue and the central nervous system.