(geology) A mass of igneous rock deep in the crust with no known bottom; a large batholith.
acantholysis
acantholysis
noun
(medicine) The loss of intercellular connections, resulting in loss of cohesion between keratinocytes, seen in diseases such as pemphigus vulgaris.
acetmethylanilide
acetoxyphthalide
acetylcholine
acetylcholine
noun
(biochemistry) A neurotransmitter in humans and other animals. It is an ester of acetic acid and choline with chemical formula CH₃COOCH₂CH₂N⁺(CH₃)₃.
acetylcholinesterase
acetylcholinesterase
noun
(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine into choline and acetic acid.
acetylcholinic
acetylcholinic
adj
(biochemistry) Of or relating to acetylcholine.
acetylhydrazine
acetylhydrazine
noun
(organic chemistry) The acylhydrazine of acetic acid CH₃CO-NH-NH₂
acetylmethylcarbinol
acetylmethylcarbinol
noun
(organic chemistry) acetoin
acetylphenylhydrazine
acheilary
achievability
achievability
noun
The state or condition of being achievable.
achilary
achillodynia
achillodynia
noun
(pathology) pain due to achillobursitis
achingly
achingly
adv
In an aching manner; sorely.
achlorhydria
achlorhydria
noun
(medicine) The absence of hydrochloric acid in the stomach
achlorhydric
achlorhydric
adj
(pathology) Of or pertaining to achlorhydria
achromatically
achromatically
adv
In an achromatic manner.
achromatolysis
achromatolysis
noun
(cytology) dissolution of achromatin
achylia
achylia
noun
(pathology) The lack or reduced production of gastric juices in any part of the digestive tract.
acronichally
acrophonically
acrophonically
adv
In an acrophonic way.
adenohypophysial
adenohypophysial
adj
Relating to the adenohypophysis.
adhesively
adhesively
adv
In an adhesive manner; by adhesion.
admonishingly
admonishingly
adv
In an admonishing manner.
aerolithology
aerolithology
noun
The study of meteorites
aerophilately
aerophilately
noun
(philately) The study or collection of airmail stamps, cancellations, etc.
aerophysical
aerophysical
adj
Relating to aerophysics.
aesthetically
aesthetically
adv
In an aesthetic manner; with a pleasing sensory effect.
aesthiology
aesthophysiology
aesthophysiology
noun
The science of sensation in relation to the actions of the nerves.
aetiophyllin
affrightedly
affrightedly
adv
(archaic, poetic) with fright
affrightfully
affrightfully
adv
(obsolete) frightfully
affrightingly
affrightingly
adv
(archaic) So as to frighten or terrify.
aglyphodontia
aguishly
aguishly
adv
(now rare) In an aguish manner; as though suffering from ague.
airtightly
airtightly
adv
Sealed in an airtight manner.
albitophyre
alchemically
alchemically
adv
By means of, or in terms of, alchemy.
alchemistry
alchemistry
noun
(obsolete) alchemy
alchimy
alchimy
noun
Obsolete form of alchemy.
alchymies
alchymies
noun
plural of alchymy
alcoholically
alcoholically
adv
In an alcoholic manner.
In the manner of an alcoholic.
alcoholicity
alcoholicity
noun
A measure of the alcoholic content of something
alcoholysis
alcoholysis
noun
(organic chemistry) Solvolysis using an alcohol.
alcoholytic
alcoholytic
adj
Relating to alcoholysis
aldehydic
aldehydic
adj
(organic chemistry) Of, relating to, or being an aldehyde; having the character of an aldehyde.
aldehydine
alethiology
alethiology
noun
(logic) The branch of logic dealing with truth and error.
algorithmically
algorithmically
adv
Using an algorithm.
alimentotherapy
aliyah
aliyah
noun
(Judaism, countable) The calling up of someone to the bimah for the reading of the Torah.
(countable) One of the major waves of immigration of Jews to Israel.
(uncountable) The immigration of Jews to Israel.
verb
(intransitive, rare) To make aliyah, to immigrate to Israel.
aliyahaliyahs
aliyahs
aliyoth
allicholly
allochirally
allopathetically
allopathically
allopathically
adv
By allopathic methods.
allophonically
allophonically
adv
In an allophonic manner.
allophylian
allophylian
Adjective
Allophylic
allophylic
allophylic
adj
Belonging or relating to another tribe
allophytoid
allopsychic
allopsychic
adj
(psychology) Relating to the relationship between the mind and the outside world
allorhythmia
allorhythmia
noun
(pathology) An irregular pattern of the heartbeat
allorrhyhmia
allorrhythmic
allothigenetically
allotriophagy
allotriophagy
noun
(rare) Having food cravings that are different from the expected or the norm
allylthiourea
allylthiourea
noun
A particular organic carcinogen.
almightily
almightily
adv
In a way or manner that is almighty.
almighty
almighty
adj
(by extension) Having very great power, influence, etc.
(slang) Great; extreme; terrible.
(sometimes postpositive) Unlimited in might; omnipotent; all-powerful
adv
(slang, colloquial) Extremely; thoroughly.
alphabetically
alphabetically
adv
(manner) In an alphabetical manner.
(sequence) Arranged in the order of the alphabet.
alphamerically
alphanumerically
alphanumerically
adv
In a manner that is in numeric / numerical, then alphabetic / alphabetical, order.
In an alphanumeric / alphanumerical manner; using alphanumeric / alphanumerical characters.
alphitomancy
alphitomancy
noun
An Ancient Greek method of divination using barley meal, used for instance to reveal guilty parties; it entailed feeding a person or group barley meal, and judging those who felt no effects to be innocent, while judging those who felt indigestion to be guilty.
alrighty
alrighty
intj
(informal) Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent.
aluminography
aluminography
noun
The art or process of producing, and printing from, aluminium plates, after the manner of ordinary lithography.
aluminothermy
aluminothermy
noun
(inorganic chemistry) the production of a metal from its oxide by heating it with aluminium
alumohydrocalcite
alumohydrocalcite
noun
(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing aluminum, calcium, carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.
alymphia
amateurishly
amateurishly
adv
In an amateurish manner; without expertise or professionalism.
amblyaphia
amblycephalidae
amblychromatic
amethodically
amethodically
adv
In an amethodical manner.
amethystlike
amidoaldehyde
aminobenzaldehyde
aminodiphenyl
aminophylline
aminophylline
noun
(pharmacology) A bronchodilator comprising theophylline and ethylenediamine in a 2:1 ratio.
amphibiology
amphibiology
noun
The branch of science that deals with amphibious animals.
amphibiously
amphibiously
adv
In an amphibious manner.
In the manner of an amphibian.
amphibologically
amphibologically
adv
In an amphibological manner.
amphibology
amphibology
noun
(archaic) Amphiboly.
amphibolostylous
amphiboly
amphiboly
noun
(grammar) An ambiguous grammatical construction.
amphicondyla
amphicondylous
amphicytula
amphidiploidy
amphidiploidy
noun
The property of being amphidiploid.
amphigenously
amphigenously
adv
In an amphigenous manner.
amphilogy
amphilogy
noun
ambiguity of speech; equivocation
amphimictically
amphimictically
adv
By means of amphimixis.
amphiplatyan
amphiplatyan
adj
(anatomy, of a vertebra) Having flat surfaces at both ends
amphiploidy
amphiploidy
noun
(genetics) The condition of being amphiploid
amphiprostylar
amphiprostylar
adj
amphiprostyle
amphiprostyle
amphiprostyle
adj
(architecture, chiefly historical, of a temple or edifice) Having columns at either end but not along the sides.
noun
(architecture, historical) An amphiprostyle temple or edifice.
amphistylar
amphistylic
amphistylic
adj
(anatomy, of a skull) Having the mandibular arch articulated with the hyoid arch and the cranium, as in the cestraciont sharks.
amphistyly
amphitheatrically
amphitheatrically
adv
With some apparent characteristics of an amphitheatre.
ampholytic
ampholytic
adj
(chemistry, of an electrolyte) amphoteric
amphoriloquy
amphoriloquy
noun
(medicine) A condition where the voice is characterized by amphoric sound over the patient's lung cavity.
amyelencephalia
amyelencephalic
amygdalolith
amygdalothripsis
amylohydrolysis
amylohydrolytic
amylophagia
amylophagia
noun
(pathology) the pathologic desire to eat excessive starch, starchlike or carbohydrate-rich foods
amylophosphoric
amylosynthesis
anachronically
anachronically
adv
In an anachronic manner.
anachronistically
anachronistically
adv
In an anachronistic manner; in the manner of an anachronism.
anacoluthically
anacoluthically
adv
In an anacoluthic manner.
anaesthesiology
anaesthesiology
noun
(British spelling, medicine) Alternative spelling of anesthesiology
anaesthetically
anaesthetically
adv
Alternative form of anesthetically
anaglyphic
anaglyphic
adj
Relating to anaglyphs.
noun
Work with chased or embossed relief.
anaglyphical
anaglyphical
adj
Alternative form of anaglyphic
anaglyphics
anaglyphics
noun
plural of anaglyphic
anaglyptographic
anaglyptographic
adj
Relating to anaglyptography.
anaphorically
anaphorically
adv
In an anaphoric manner.
anaphylactic
anaphylactic
adj
Pertaining to anaphylaxis.
anaphylactically
anaphylactically
adv
In an anaphylactic manner
anaphylactin
anaphylactogenic
anaphylactogenic
adj
That tends to cause anaphylaxis.
anaphylactoid
anaphylactoid
adj
Of, pertaining to, or resembling anaphylaxis
anaphylatoxin
anaphylatoxin
noun
(biochemistry) Any of several toxic substances that trigger anaphylaxis
anaphylaxis
anaphylaxis
noun
A severe and rapid systemic allergic reaction to an allergen, causing a constriction of the trachea, preventing breathing; anaphylactic shock.
Extreme sensitivity to a substance such as a foreign protein or drug.
anapophysial
anarchically
anarchically
adv
In an anarchic manner; in the manner of anarchy.
anarchosyndicalism
anarchosyndicalism
noun
Alternative form of anarcho-syndicalism
anarchosyndicalist
anarchosyndicalist
noun
Alternative spelling of anarcho-syndicalist
anathematically
anathematically
adv
In an anathematic manner.
anatomicophysiologic
anatomicophysiological
anatomicophysiological
adj
Relating to anatomy and physiology.
anchoritically
anchoritically
adv
In the manner of an anchorite; reclusively.
anchylosing
anchylosing
verb
present participle of anchylose
anchylosis
anchylosis
noun
(anatomy, medicine) Alternative spelling of ankylosis
anchylotic
anchylotic
adj
Of or pertaining to anchylosis.
anemographically
anemographically
adv
By means of anemography.
anemometrographically
anemophily
anemophily
noun
(botany) A form of pollination whereby pollen is distributed by wind.