(obsolete) Destruction or disintegration, especially a gradual one; wasting away.
acanthopomatous
actinomorphous
actinomorphous
adj
(botany, of a flower) Having petals arranged in a radially symmetric pattern.
actinosphaerium
amphithurons
amplitudinous
amputations
amputations
noun
plural of amputation
anaptomorphus
angiospermatous
angiospermatous
adj
Alternative form of angiospermous
anophthalmus
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.
antiopiumist
antiopiumist
noun
(historical) One who opposes the use of the drug opium.
antipopulism
aplostemonous
aplostemonous
adj
Alternative form of haplostemonous
apneumatosis
apneumatosis
noun
(medicine) atelectasis
aposaturnium
aposaturnium
noun
(astronomy) Apoapsis around Saturn
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.
autodecomposition
autodecomposition
noun
(chemistry) The spontaneous decomposition of a substance, especially in an explosive manner
autohypnotism
autohypnotism
noun
autohypnosis
bismutoplagionite
bumptiousness
bumptiousness
noun
The state of being bumptious; conceitedness.
camponotus
castanospermum
centropomus
chemotherapeuticness
chondroseptum
cicrumspections
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
complutensian
complutensian
Adjective
Of or relating to Complutum (now Alcala de Henares), a city near Madrid in Spain.
compsognathus
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.
computations
computations
noun
plural of computation
computativeness
computativeness
noun
The quality of being computative.
computerniks
computerniks
noun
plural of computernik
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.
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.
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.
countercampaigns
countercampaigns
noun
plural of countercampaign
countercomplaints
countercomplaints
noun
plural of countercomplaint
counterexamples
counterexamples
noun
plural of counterexample
counterimpulse
counterimpulse
noun
An impulse that runs counter to another impulse.
counterstamp
counterstamp
noun
A countermark made with a stamp.
verb
To countermark with a stamp.
countersympathy
couplements
couplements
noun
plural of couplement
cryptonymous
cryptonymous
adj
Relating to, or published under, a cryptonym.
despumation
despumation
noun
Separation of scum or impurities from liquid; clarification.
The act of throwing up froth or scum.
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
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
enantiomorphously
enantiomorphously
adv
enantiomorphically
enophthalmus
entomophagous
entomophagous
adj
feeding on insects; insectivorous
entomophilous
entomophilous
adj
Of, pertaining to, or pollinated by means of entomophily.
entomophthoraceous
entomophthorous
entomophytous
entomosporium
equitemporaneous
equitemporaneous
adj
(obsolete) Performed in equal periods of time; contemporaneous.
espousement
espousement
noun
The act of espousing; espousal.
euphemisation
exstemporaneous
extemporaneous
extemporaneous
adj
With inadequate preparation or without advance thought; offhand.
extemporaneously
extemporaneously
adv
In an extemporaneous manner; without prior preparation or planning.
extemporaneousness
extemporaneousness
noun
The degree or property of being extemporaneous.
gastropneumatic
gastropneumonic
gastropulmonary
gastropulmonary
adj
Relating to the stomach and the lungs
gastropulmonic
gastropulmonic
adj
Synonym of gastropulmonary
glomerulonephritis
glomerulonephritis
noun
(medicine) A form of nephritis characterized by inflammation of the glomeruli.
gumptionless
gumptionless
adj
Lacking gumption.
gumptions
gumptions
noun
plural of gumption
haplostemonous
haplostemonous
adj
(botany) Having a single series of stamens, equal in number to the proper number of petals and alternating with them.
helminthosporium
hemianatropous
hemianatropous
adj
(botany) Synonym of hemitropous
hepaticoduodenostomy
hepaticoduodenostomy
noun
(surgery) Synonym of hepatoduodenostomy
hepatoduodenostomy
hepatoduodenostomy
noun
(surgery) The formation of an opening from the liver into the duodenum.
himantopus
hydropneumatosis
hymenopterous
hymenopterous
adj
(entomology) Of the order Hymenoptera; hymenopteran.
hyperconstitutionalism
hyposternum
hyposternum
noun
(anatomy) The hypoplastron.
immunoelectrophoresis
immunoelectrophoresis
noun
A technique, using a combination of protein electrophoresis and an antigen-antibody interaction, to separate mixtures of proteins and identify them.
immunopathologist
immunopathologist
noun
One who studies immunopathology.
immunosuppressant
immunosuppressant
adj
(pharmacology) Capable of immunosuppression, immunosuppressive.
noun
(pharmacology) An immunosuppressive agent.
immunosuppressants
immunosuppressants
noun
plural of immunosuppressant
immunotherapies
immunotherapies
noun
plural of immunotherapy
impatientaceous
impecuniosity
impecuniosity
noun
The state of being impecunious; impecuniousness
impetiginous
impetiginous
adj
Of the nature of, or pertaining to, impetigo.
impetuousness
impetuousness
noun
(uncountable) The state or quality of being impetuous; making arbitrary decisions.
Result of being impetuous; arbitrary decisions.
implementiferous
implementiferous
adj
(archaeology) Yielding implements.
importunateness
importunateness
noun
Quality of being importunate.
importuners
importuners
noun
plural of importuner
importunes
importunes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of importune
importunities
importunities
noun
plural of importunity
impostumation
impoundments
impoundments
noun
plural of impoundment
imputations
imputations
noun
plural of imputation
incircumscription
incircumscription
noun
(nonce word) The quality of being incircumscriptible, or limitless.
incircumspection
incircumspection
noun
Lack of circumspection.
inconsumptible
inconsumptible
adj
(obsolete) inconsumable
inopportunism
intraparenchymatous
intraparenchymatous
adj
Within a parenchyma
leptomedusan
lymphangiomatous
lymphogranulomatosis
lymphogranulomatosis
noun
Hodgkin's lymphoma
lymphogranulomatous
lymphogranulomatous
adj
Relating to lymphogranulomatosis
magnetopause
magnetopause
noun
The boundary between the Earth's magnetosphere and the sun's plasma.
manipulations
manipulations
noun
plural of manipulation
manipulators
manipulators
noun
plural of manipulator
manuscription
manustupration
manustupration
noun
(obsolete) masturbation
marsupialization
marsupialization
noun
(surgery) The surgical technique of cutting a slit into a cyst and suturing its edges to form a continuous surface from the exterior to the interior of the cyst, allowing it to drain freely.
mechanotherapeutics
meganthropus
microencapsulate
microencapsulate
verb
(transitive) To embed by means of microencapsulation.
microencapsulation
microencapsulation
noun
(chemistry) A process in which tiny capsules of one substance are embedded in another so as to be released when force is applied
The encapsulation of small pieces of hazardous waste
micromanipulators
micromanipulators
noun
plural of micromanipulator
micropulsation
micropulsation
noun
A very small, change in the strength of the magnetic field of the Earth.