(obsolete) Destruction or disintegration, especially a gradual one; wasting away.
acanthopomatous
accouplement
accouplement
noun
(rare) That which couples, as a tie or brace
(rare) The act of coupling, or the state of being coupled; union
actinomorphous
actinomorphous
adj
(botany, of a flower) Having petals arranged in a radially symmetric pattern.
actinosphaerium
aeroperitoneum
aggroupment
aggroupment
noun
Arrangement in a group or in groups; grouping.
aluminotype
aluminotype
noun
A form of printing plate made of a sheet of aluminium.
amphithuron
amphithurons
amplitudinous
amputation
amputation
noun
surgical removal of all or part of a limb, etc.
the loss of a limb, etc. through trauma
amputational
amputational
adj
Of or relating to amputation.
amputations
amputations
noun
plural of amputation
anaptomorphus
angiospermatous
angiospermatous
adj
Alternative form of angiospermous
anophthalmus
anoplotherium
anoplotherium
noun
(zoology) Any member of the extinct ungulate genus Anoplotherium.
anteoperculum
anteposthumous
anthospermum
anthropomorphous
anthropomorphous
adj
Describing an animal or inanimate object using human characteristics; employing anthropomorphism.
Resembling a human being.
anthropomorphously
anthropomorphously
adv
In an anthropomorphous manner; in a manner resembling that of a human.
anthropophuism
anthropophuism
noun
The ascription of human nature to the gods.
antiopelmous
antiopelmous
adj
(zoology) Of birds: having a zygodactylous foot with one tendon to flex the third toe and another, trifurcate tendon to flex the first, second and fourth toes.
antiopium
antiopium
adj
Opposing the drug opium.
antiopiumist
antiopiumist
noun
(historical) One who opposes the use of the drug opium.
antiopiumite
antipneumococcic
antipneumococcic
adj
(immunology) Acting against pneumococcus.
antipopulism
antiunemployment
antiunemployment
adj
(politics) Opposing or countering unemployment.
aplostemonous
aplostemonous
adj
Alternative form of haplostemonous
apneumatosis
apneumatosis
noun
(medicine) atelectasis
aponeurotome
aponeurotomy
aponeurotomy
noun
(anatomy) dissection of aponeuroses
aposaturnium
aposaturnium
noun
(astronomy) Apoapsis around Saturn
aquopentamminecobaltic
argentoproteinum
argentoproteinum
noun
(archaic) silver proteinate
aristorepublicanism
assumption
assumption
noun
(logic) The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism.
(rhetoric) Assumptio.
A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven, celebrated on 15 August.
The act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself; the act of taking up or adopting.
The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; a supposition; an unwarrantable claim.
The taking of a person up into heaven.
The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition.
assumptionist
assumptions
assumptions
noun
plural of assumption
assumptiousness
assumptiousness
noun
The quality of being assumptious.
attroupement
autoanticomplement
autocamping
autocamping
verb
present participle of autocamp
autodecomposition
autodecomposition
noun
(chemistry) The spontaneous decomposition of a substance, especially in an explosive manner
autodepolymerization
autohypnotism
autohypnotism
noun
autohypnosis
automanipulation
automanipulative
autompne
autonephrectomy
autopneumatic
autopneumatic
adj
Acting or moving automatically by means of compressed air.
bismutoplagionite
branchiopulmonata
branchiopulmonate
bumptiousness
bumptiousness
noun
The state of being bumptious; conceitedness.
camponotus
cardiopneumatic
castanospermum
centropomus
chemotherapeuticness
chondroseptum
cicrumspections
circumpentagon
circumplication
circumposition
circumposition
noun
(chiefly technical) The act of positioning something around something else; or the state of being so positioned
(linguistics) A pair of adpositions that occur on either side of the complement
The act of circumposing.
circumscription
circumscription
noun
(taxonomy) The definition of what does and does not belong to a given taxon, from a particular taxonomic viewpoint or taxonomic system.
An electoral district; used often in texts treating electoral systems in Romance countries.
Anything that circumscribes or a circumscribed area.
The act of circumscribing or the quality of being circumscribed.
circumscriptions
circumscriptions
noun
plural of circumscription
circumspection
circumspection
noun
Attention to all the facts and circumstances of a case; consideration of all that is pertinent.
Caution, watchfulness, or vigilance fueled by such awareness.
circumspections
circumspections
noun
plural of circumspection
complaintful
complaintful
adj
(obsolete) Full of complaint.
complutensian
complutensian
Adjective
Of or relating to Complutum (now Alcala de Henares), a city near Madrid in Spain.
compsognathus
compunct
compunct
adj
(obsolete) Affected with compunction; remorseful.
compunction
compunction
noun
A pricking of conscience or a feeling of regret, especially one which is slight or fleeting.
compunctionary
compunctionless
compunctionless
adj
Without compunction.
compunctions
compunctions
noun
plural of compunction
compunctious
compunctious
adj
Exhibiting compunctions, scruples, feelings of guilt.
compunctiously
compunctiously
adv
With compunction.
compunctive
compunctive
adj
(obsolete) Sensitive with regard to wrongdoing; conscientious.
compurgation
compurgation
noun
(now chiefly historical) Acquitting someone from a formal charge or accusation following the sworn oaths of a number of other people; vindication.
computation
computation
noun
The act or process of computing; calculation; reckoning.
The result of computation; the amount computed.
computational
computational
adj
Of or relating to computation.
computationally
computationally
adv
In a computational manner
Using computation
computations
computations
noun
plural of computation
computativeness
computativeness
noun
The quality of being computative.
computerization
computerization
noun
The act of computerizing something, or something computerized.
computerizing
computerizing
verb
present participle of computerize
computernik
computernik
noun
(informal, dated) A computer enthusiast.
computerniks
computerniks
noun
plural of computernik
computing
computing
noun
(computer science) The use of a computer or computers.
(literally) The process or act of calculation.
The study of computers and computer programming.
verb
present participle of compute
conceptaculum
conceptaculum
noun
Obsolete form of conceptacle.
conceptualism
conceptualism
noun
(philosophy) A theory, intermediate between realism and nominalism, that the mind has the power of forming for itself general conceptions of individual or single objects; the doctrine that universals have an existence in the mind apart from any concrete embodiment.
The art movement towards conceptual art.
consumpt
consumpt
noun
(chiefly Scotland) The amount consumed; consumption.
(obsolete) Consumer; market.
verb
To consume.
consumpted
consumpted
adj
(archaic) Suffering from tuberculosis (consumption).
verb
simple past tense and past participle of consumpt
consumptible
consumption
consumption
noun
(pathology) The wasting away of the human body through disease.
(pathology, dated) Pulmonary tuberculosis and other diseases that cause wasting away, lung infection, etc.
The act of consuming or destroying.
The act of eating, drinking or using.
The amount consumed.
consumptional
consumptional
adj
Relating to consumption.
consumptions
consumptions
noun
plural of consumption
consumptive
consumptive
adj
(pathology) Relating to pulmonary tuberculosis.
Having a tendency to consume; dissipating; destructive; wasteful.
Of, or relating to consumption.
noun
A person suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis.
consumptively
consumptively
adv
In a consumptive manner.
consumptiveness
consumptiveness
noun
The state of being consumptive.
consumptives
consumptives
noun
plural of consumptive
consumptivity
consumptivity
noun
The quality or degree of being consumptive.
contemperature
contemperature
noun
(obsolete) The condition of being tempered; proportionate mixture.
contemplature
contemporaneous
contemporaneous
adj
Existing or created in the same period of time.
contemporaneously
contemporaneously
adv
In the same period of time.
contemporaneousness
contemporaneousness
noun
The state or characteristic of being contemporaneous.
contemptful
contemptful
adj
Full of contempt.
contemptuous
contemptuous
adj
Showing contempt; expressing disdain; showing a lack of respect.
contemptuously
contemptuously
adv
In a disrespectful or discourteous manner; condescendingly.
contemptuousness
contemptuousness
noun
The state of being contemptuous
costopneumopexy
costopulmonary
costopulmonary
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the ribs and the lungs.
cotemporaneous
cotemporaneous
adj
Living or existing at the same time; contemporaneous.
cotemporaneously
cotemporaneously
adv
During the same time period.
countercampaign
countercampaign
noun
A campaign that opposes another campaign.
countercampaigns
countercampaigns
noun
plural of countercampaign
countercompany
countercompetition
countercomplaint
countercomplaint
noun
A complaint raised in response to another complaint, and usually against the party that complained first
countercomplaints
countercomplaints
noun
plural of countercomplaint
countercompony
countercompony
noun
(heraldry) A checkerboard of two rows of squares in alternating tinctures
counterdevelopment
counterdevelopment
noun
A development that counteracts another development.
counterexample
counterexample
noun
(logic) An example that counters a general rule; an exception to a general rule; a specific instance of the falsity of (and falsifiability of) any proposed universal applicability of a rule or statement.
counterexamples
counterexamples
noun
plural of counterexample
counterimpulse
counterimpulse
noun
An impulse that runs counter to another impulse.
counterjumper
counterjumper
noun
(slang, derogatory, dated) A salesman in a shop; a shopman or clerk.
counterprogramming
counterprogramming
noun
Psychological programming carried out to combat the effects of earlier programming.
counterpronunciamento
counterrampant
counterstamp
counterstamp
noun
A countermark made with a stamp.
verb
To countermark with a stamp.
countersympathy
couplement
couplement
noun
(obsolete) union; combination; a coupling; a pair
couplements
couplements
noun
plural of couplement
crumpton
cryptonymous
cryptonymous
adj
Relating to, or published under, a cryptonym.
deplumation
deplumation
noun
(medicine) Loss of the eyelashes due to disease of the eyelids.
(metaphoric) The stripping of someone's symbol(s) of status and prestige; humiliation.
The stripping or falling off of plumes or feathers.
despumation
despumation
noun
Separation of scum or impurities from liquid; clarification.
The act of throwing up froth or scum.
deutonymph
deutonymph
noun
The third instar of a mite.
deutonymphal
deutonymphal
adj
Pertaining to deutonymphs
diphenylquinomethane
diplostemonous
diplostemonous
adj
(botany) Having twice as many stamens as petals in two whorls, the inner aligned with the petals.
(botany, uncommon) Having twice as many stamens as petals.
discircumspection
draughtswomanship
draughtswomanship
noun
draughtsmanship by a woman
duodenopancreatectomy
duodenopancreatectomy
noun
(surgery) excision of the pancreas and the head of the duodenum
ectonephridium
electropneumatic
electropneumatic
adj
electric and pneumatic
electropneumatically
electropneumatically
adv
By electric and pneumatic means.
emprosthotonus
emprosthotonus
noun
(medicine) A condition in which the body is bent sharply forward.
enantiomorphous
enantiomorphous
adj
Of or pertaining to enantiomorphs or enantiomorphism; enantiomorphic