The funnel-shaped opening of a nephridium into the body cavity.
nephrostomes
nephrostomes
noun
plural of nephrostome
nephrostomial
nephrostomous
nephrostomy
nephrostomy
noun
(surgery) The creation of a nephrostome
nephrotomies
nephrotomies
noun
plural of nephrotomy
nephrotomise
neurohypnotism
neurohypnotism
noun
(archaic) hypnotism
neuropharmacologist
neuropharmacologist
noun
A person involved in neuropharmacology.
neuroplasmatic
neurotropism
neurotropism
noun
(biology) An affinity for nervous tissue
nomenclatorship
nonatmospheric
nonatmospheric
adj
Not atmospheric.
nonatmospherical
nonatmospherically
noncircumscriptive
noncircumspect
noncircumspectly
noncircumspectness
noncompensatory
noncompensatory
adj
Not compensatory
noncompressibility
noncompressibility
noun
The condition of being noncompressible
noncontemporaneous
noncontemporaneous
adj
Not contemporaneous.
noncontemporaneously
noncontemporaneousness
noncontemporaries
noncontemporaries
noun
plural of noncontemporary
nonimperativeness
nonimperialistic
nonimperialistic
adj
Not imperialistic.
nonimperialistically
nonimpressionability
nonimpressionist
nonimpressionist
adj
Not of or pertaining to the impressionist movement in art.
nonimpressionistic
nonmetamorphoses
nonmetamorphosis
nonmetamorphous
nonpermissibility
nonpreferentialism
nonpresumptive
nonpresumptively
nonprimitiveness
nonrepresentationalism
nonrepresentationalism
noun
(art) A nonrepresentational approach to art.
(philosophy) A philosophical approach denying that something is representational.
nonresumption
nonresumption
noun
Failure to resume something.
nonsupplementary
nonsupplementary
adj
Not supplementary.
nonsympathizer
nonsympathizer
noun
One who is unsympathetic.
nontemperateness
nontemporariness
nonthermoplastic
northamptonshire
northamptonshire
Proper noun
An midland county of England. County town Northampton, bordered by Leicestershire, Rutland, Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Warwickshire.
nostrummongership
omnipresent
omnipresent
adj
Being everywhere simultaneously.
omnipresently
omnipresently
adv
In an omnipresent manner.
omnirepresentative
omnirepresentativeness
omniscriptive
omphalomesenteric
omphalomesenteric
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the umbilicus and mesentery.
oophorosalpingectomy
oophorosalpingectomy
noun
(surgery) Removal of one or both ovaries and the corresponding Fallopian tubes
operationalism
operationalism
noun
(sciences) A philosophy that attempts to define all scientific concepts in terms of specified operations or procedures of observation and measurement.
operationism
operationism
noun
(philosophy) The doctrine that the meaning of a term consists of the operation(s) performed in defining it
ophthalmoneuritis
opsonometry
orpiments
orpiments
noun
plural of orpiment
ovariosalpingectomy
ovariosalpingectomy
noun
Surgical removal of the ovaries and Fallopian tubes.
overassumption
overbumptiousness
overcircumspection
overcompensate
overcompensate
verb
(intransitive) To do an excessive amount in one area in an effort to overcome a perceived lack in another area.
(transitive) To provide with excessive pay or reward for work performed.
overcompensated
overcompensated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overcompensate
overcompensates
overcompensates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overcompensate
overcompensating
overcompensating
verb
present participle of overcompensate
overcompensation
overcompensation
noun
An excess amount provided in one area in an effort to overcome a perceived lack in another area.
Excessive pay or reward provided for work performed.
overcompensations
overcompensations
noun
plural of overcompensation
overcompensators
overcompensators
noun
plural of overcompensator
overcompensatory
overcompensatory
adj
Tending to overcompensate; providing excessive compensation.
overcompetitiveness
overcompetitiveness
noun
The quality of being overcompetitive.
overconsumption
overconsumption
noun
Excessive consumption.
overconsumptions
overemphaticalness
overemphaticness
overemptiness
overimpressionability
overpayments
overpayments
noun
plural of overpayment
overperemptoriness
overpresumption
overpresumption
noun
Excessive presumption.
overpresumptiveness
overpresumptuousness
overprominentness
overpromptness
overpunishment
overpunishment
noun
Excessive punishment.
oversimplification
oversimplification
noun
An explanation that excludes important information for the sake of brevity, or of making the explanation or presentation easy to understand.
The process of making such an explanation.
oversimplifications
oversimplifications
noun
plural of oversimplification
palmerston
pancreaticoduodenostomy
pancreaticogastrostomy
pancreaticogastrostomy
noun
(surgery) The formation of a connection between the pancreas and the stomach.
pancreatoenterostomy
pancreatotomies
pancreatotomies
noun
plural of pancreatotomy
panhysterectomy
panhysterectomy
noun
(surgery) An operation in which the entire uterus is removed, including the cervix
panstereorama
panstereorama
noun
(archaic) A model of a town or country, in relief, executed in wood, cork, pasteboard, or similar.
parameterizations
parameterizations
noun
plural of parameterization
paramountness
paramountness
noun
The quality of being paramount.
parastemon
parastemonal
parenchymatous
parenchymatous
adj
(anatomy, zoology) Consisting or or pertaining to parenchyma; parenchymal.
(botany) Consisting of or relating to the cellular tissue making up the softer parts of leaves, pulp of fruits, bark and pith of stems, etc.
(medicine) Affecting the parenchyma.
parenchymatously
parenchymatously
adv
In a parenchymatous manner
parthenosperm
passionometer
patrimonies
patrimonies
noun
plural of patrimony
penecontemporaneous
penecontemporaneous
adj
(geology, of a process) That occurs immediately after the deposition of a stratum.
pentamerous
pentamerous
adj
(botany) In five parts; made up of five parts.
pentaspermous
pentaspermous
adj
(botany) Containing five seeds.
perambulations
perambulations
noun
plural of perambulation
perceptionalism
perceptionism
perceptionism
noun
(philosophy) The philosophy that reality is based on our sense of perception
peremptoriness
peremptoriness
noun
The quality of being peremptory
perfectionism
perfectionism
noun
(philosophy) A belief that spiritual perfection may be achieved during life, or that it should be striven for.
An unwillingness to settle for anything less than perfection.
pergamentaceous
pergamentaceous
adj
(biology, now chiefly botany) Reminiscent of parchment.
pericardiomediastinitis
pericementoclasia
periligamentous
periligamentous
adj
Around a ligament.
perineostomy
peritoneomuscular
peritoneums
peritoneums
noun
plural of peritoneum
peritonism
peritonism
noun
(pathology) Any condition having the symptoms of peritonitis but without the inflammation of the peritoneum
permeations
permeations
noun
plural of permeation
permistion
permutationist
permutationists
permutations
permutations
noun
plural of permutation
petromyzontes
petroselinum
phantasmagories
phantasmagories
noun
plural of phantasmagory
pharmacogenetics
pharmacogenetics
noun
(pharmacology, genetics) The study of genetic variation that gives rise to differing responses to drugs.
pharmacokinetics
pharmacokinetics
noun
(pharmacology) A branch of pharmacology concerned with the rate at which drugs are absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and eliminated by the body.
(pharmacology) The particular rates at which drugs are absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and eliminated by the body.
pharyngectomies
philotherianism
phoenicopteriformes
phosphomonoesterase
phosphomonoesterase
noun
(biochemistry) A phosphoric monoester hydrolase; an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of O-P bonds by nucleophilic attack of phosphorus by cysteine residues or coordinated metal ions.
photodensitometer
photodensitometer
noun
A densitometer used in photodensitometry
photoimpression
photoisomerization
photoisomerization
noun
(chemistry) The formation of isomers via photoexcitation
photomorphogenesis
photomorphogenesis
noun
(biology) the regulatory effect of light on the growth, development and differentiation of plant cells, tissues and organs
photosynthometer
phrenomagnetism
phrenomagnetism
noun
The power of exciting the organs of the brain by magnetic or mesmeric influence.
phrontisterium
phylogerontism
pinkertonism
pleurenchymatous
plutonometamorphism
pneumarthrosis
pneumatochemistry
pneumatophorous
pneumatorrhachis
pneumatotherapeutics
pneumoenteritis
pneumogastric
pneumogastric
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the lungs and the stomach
(anatomy) vagus (attributive)
noun
(anatomy) The pneumogastric nerve; one of the tenth pair of cranial nerves which are distributed to the pharynx, esophagus, larynx, lungs, heart, stomach, liver, and spleen, and, in fishes and many amphibia, to the branchial apparatus and also to the sides of the body.