(chemistry, archaic) An instrument or apparatus in which water is separated by evaporation or distillation; the part of a distilling apparatus in which the separation of the vapours is effected.
dephlegmatory
dephlegmatory
adj
Pertaining to, or producing, dephlegmation.
dermatoglyphic
dermatoglyphic
adj
Relating to the study and subject matter of dermatoglyphics.
dermatoglyphics
dermatoglyphics
noun
The patterns of loops, arches and whorls on the skin of the fingers and feet.
The study of such patterns.
dermatograph
dermatograph
noun
(pathology) A wheal made by dermatographia.
A kind of pencil for making marks on a person's skin.
dermatographia
dermatographia
noun
(pathology) A skin disorder in which the skin becomes raised and inflamed when stroked, scratched or rubbed.
dermatographic
dermatographic
adj
Relating to dermatography
dermatographism
dermatographism
noun
(pathology) dermatographia (skin disorder)
dermatography
dermatography
noun
The anatomical description of the skin.
dermatopathology
dermatopathology
noun
The study of cutaneous diseases at a microscopic level.
dermatophagus
epidemiographist
epidemiographist
noun
One who studies epidemiography.
ergatandromorph
ergatandromorph
noun
(biology) An andromorph ant that is also a worker
ergatandromorphic
godmothership
godmothership
noun
The role or status of a godmother.
hyperpigmented
hyperpigmented
adj
Afflicted with hyperpigmentation.
medicotopographic
microphotographed
microphotographed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of microphotograph
parathyroidectomizing
parathyroidectomizing
verb
present participle of parathyroidectomize
parthenogonidium
phagodynamometer
phagodynamometer
noun
An instrument that measures the force required to crush a given food in masticating.
premidnight
premidnight
adj
Before midnight.
radiocinematograph
radiocinematograph
noun
(medicine, historical) An X-ray machine with a camera, able to record moving pictures of the internal organs.
radiometallography
radiometallography
noun
the determination of the structure of metals and alloys by means of X-rays
radiometeorograph
radiometeorograph
noun
A remote meteorograph that transmits its readings by radio
stepgrandmother
stepgrandmother
noun
The mother of one's stepmother or stepfather.
The stepmother of one's father or mother and the wife of one's grandfather, usually a woman that one's grandfather marries after the divorce of one's grandparents or the death of one's grandmother.
