(botany, of a flower) Having petals arranged in a radially symmetric pattern.
actinosphaerium
amphipneustic
antirepublicanism
antiscripturism
aristorepublicanism
autodecomposition
autodecomposition
noun
(chemistry) The spontaneous decomposition of a substance, especially in an explosive manner
camponotus
castanospermum
catechumenship
catechumenship
noun
The state or condition of a catechumen.
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
circumspectness
circumspectness
noun
the state or quality of being circumspect
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.
discircumspection
entomophthoraceous
epicentrums
gastropneumatic
gastropneumonic
gastropulmonic
gastropulmonic
adj
Synonym of gastropulmonary
hepaticoduodenostomy
hepaticoduodenostomy
noun
(surgery) Synonym of hepatoduodenostomy
hyperconstitutionalism
immunoelectrophoresis
immunoelectrophoresis
noun
A technique, using a combination of protein electrophoresis and an antigen-antibody interaction, to separate mixtures of proteins and identify them.
impatientaceous
impecuniosity
impecuniosity
noun
The state of being impecunious; impecuniousness
imputrescence
incircumscriptible
incircumscription
incircumscription
noun
(nonce word) The quality of being incircumscriptible, or limitless.
incircumspect
incircumspect
adj
Not circumspect; careless; reckless.
incircumspection
incircumspection
noun
Lack of circumspection.
incircumspectly
incircumspectly
adv
In an incircumspect manner.
incircumspectness
inconsumptible
inconsumptible
adj
(obsolete) inconsumable
intercampus
intercampus
adj
between universities or colleges
interscapilium
interscapilium
noun
Synonym of interscapulum
interscapulum
interscapulum
noun
(anatomy) The space between the shoulders.
intraparenchymatous
intraparenchymatous
adj
Within a parenchyma
manuscript
manuscript
adj
Handwritten, or by extension manually typewritten, as opposed to being mechanically reproduced.
noun
A book, composition or any other document, written by hand (or manually typewritten), not mechanically reproduced.
A single, original copy of a book, article, composition etc, written by hand or even printed, submitted as original for (copy-editing and) reproductive publication.
manuscriptal
manuscriptal
adj
(obsolete) Of or pertaining to manuscript.
manuscription
manuscripts
manuscripts
noun
plural of manuscript
manuscriptural
manuscriptural
adj
Of or relating to a manuscript.
mechanotherapeutics
metapneustic
metapneustic
adj
(zootomy) Having the respiratory apparatus in the anus.
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.
minicomputers
minicomputers
noun
plural of minicomputer
miscomputation
miscomputation
noun
A wrong or incorrect computation
The incorrect performance of a computation.
miscomputing
miscomputing
verb
present participle of miscompute
mispronouncement
mispronouncement
noun
Synonym of mispronunciation
mispronunciation
mispronunciation
noun
(countable) A mispronounced word or phrase.
(uncountable) The act of mispronouncing.
mispronunciations
mispronunciations
noun
plural of mispronunciation
mispunctuate
mispunctuate
verb
To punctuate incorrectly.
mispunctuated
mispunctuated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mispunctuate
mispunctuating
mispunctuating
verb
present participle of mispunctuate
mispunctuation
mispunctuation
noun
Incorrect or missing punctuation.
monotropaceous
monotropaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the family Monotropaceae, now usually subfamily Monotropoideae in family Ericaceae, of mostly non-photosynthetic plants.
mucoproteins
mucoproteins
noun
plural of mucoprotein
mucosopurulent
mucosopurulent
adj
Alternative form of mucopurulent
multidisciplinary
multidisciplinary
adj
Relating to multiple areas of study.
multidiscipline
multidiscipline
adj
Combining several disciplines; multidisciplinary.
multiplicands
multiplicands
noun
plural of multiplicand
multiplications
multiplications
noun
plural of multiplication
multipresence
multipresence
noun
Presence in multiple places simultaneously, a lesser form of omnipresence.
multiprocessing
multiprocessing
noun
Computation using more than one processor.
municipalist
municipalities
municipalities
noun
plural of municipality
muttonchops
muttonchops
noun
mutton-chop whiskers
plural of muttonchop
naphthylaminesulphonic
neuropharmacologist
neuropharmacologist
noun
A person involved in neuropharmacology.
neuroplasmatic
noncircumscriptive
noncircumspect
noncircumspectly
noncircumspectness
nonconsumption
nonconsumption
noun
The failure to consume
nonconsumptive
nonconsumptive
adj
Not suffering from consumption, or tuberculosis.
That does not consume a resource.
That is not consumed (eaten).
nonconsumptively
nonconsumptiveness
noncontemporaneous
noncontemporaneous
adj
Not contemporaneous.
noncontemporaneously
noncontemporaneousness
noncontemptuous
noncontemptuously
noncontemptuousness
nucleoplasmatic
nucleoplasmatic
adj
Relating to, or composed of nucleoplasm
overcircumspection
overconsumption
overconsumption
noun
Excessive consumption.
overconsumptions
pancratiums
pancratiums
noun
plural of pancratium
pancreaticoduodenostomy
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
penecontemporaneous
penecontemporaneous
adj
(geology, of a process) That occurs immediately after the deposition of a stratum.
pergamentaceous
pergamentaceous
adj
(biology, now chiefly botany) Reminiscent of parchment.
peritoneomuscular
photocombustion
photoluminescence
photoluminescence
noun
(physics) luminescence following the absorption of a photon.
photoluminescent
photoluminescent
adj
Exhibiting photoluminescence
photoluminescently
photoluminescents
pleurenchymatous
pneumaticness
pneumatics
pneumatics
noun
(theology, obsolete) The scientific study or knowledge of spiritual beings and their relations to God, angels, and human beings.
The branch of mechanics that deals with the mechanical properties of gases
pneumatochemistry
pneumatocyst
pneumatocyst
noun
(marine biology) A sac or other structure containing air and used for flotation by a marine organism, chiefly used in reference to those of kelps and siphonophores.