(chiefly US) Alternative spelling of archaeologist
archicleistogamous
archicleistogamy
archigonocyte
architypographer
archmystagogue
archostegnosis
argeiphontes
argiphontes
argyranthemous
argyranthous
argyrythrose
arithmogram
arithmogram
noun
The number obtained by summing the numerical values of the letters of a word.
arithmograph
arithmography
arithmography
noun
(linguistics) The encoding of words as numbers
A formal presentation of the properties of numbers.
arteriograph
arteriograph
noun
An instrument used in arteriography to measure the severity of arteriosclerosis
arteriographic
arteriographic
adj
(medicine) Relating to arteriography.
arteriography
arteriography
noun
(medicine, dated) description of the arteries
radiography of an artery
arteriorrhagia
arthogram
arthrogastra
arthrogastran
arthrogenous
arthrogenous
adj
(anatomy) Originating from a joint
arthrography
arthrography
noun
(dated, uncountable, medicine) The scientific description of joints
(medicine) An arthrogram
arthrogryposis
arthrogryposis
noun
(countable, teratology) The permanent fixation of a joint in a contracted position.
(uncountable, teratology) A congenital disorder in which the joints are so fixed because of lack of muscle development.
arthrology
arthrology
noun
(anatomy) The branch of anatomy dealing with the joints
arthromeningitis
arthroneuralgia
arthropathology
arthrophlogosis
arthrorrhagia
arthrosterigma
artophagous
artophagous
adj
(rare) bread-eating
astragaloscaphoid
astragaloscaphoid
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the knucklebone and scaphoid bone.
astrochronological
astrochronological
adj
Relating to astrochronology.
astrograph
astrograph
noun
(astronomy) A telescope designed and used for astronomical photography.
astrographer
astrographic
astrographic
adj
astrometric
astrography
astrography
noun
The art of describing or delineating the stars; a description or mapping of the heavens.
astrolithology
astrolithology
noun
The science of aerolites.
astrophotographer
astrophotographer
noun
(astronomy, photography) A person, especially an astronomer, who takes photographs of the stars
astrophotographic
astrophotographic
adj
Of or pertaining to astrophotography.
astrophotography
astrophotography
noun
(astronomy, photography) A specialized kind of photography, composed of concepts and techniques that pertain to the production of photographic images of astronomical objects.
astrotheology
astrotheology
noun
Theology founded on observation or knowledge of the celestial bodies.
athenagoras
atheriogaea
atheriogaean
atherogenesis
atherogenesis
noun
(pathology) The formation of atheromas, especially on the walls of the arteries
atherogenic
atherogenic
adj
(medicine) that initiates or accelerates atherogenesis
athrogenic
athrong
athrong
adj
Thronged; crowded.
athrough
atmograph
atmospherology
atmospherology
noun
The study of a planetary atmosphere.
atrophying
atrophying
verb
present participle of atrophy
attenborough
attenborough
Proper noun
A village in Broxtowe borough, Nottinghamshire, England.
augitophyre
autarchoglossa
authoring
authoring
noun
The process of creating the content of a document or other content item, i.e., writing or composition.
The result of this process; a writing or composition.
verb
present participle of author
authorising
authorising
verb
present participle of authorise
authorizing
authorizing
verb
present participle of authorize
authorling
authorling
noun
A young or insignificant author.
autobiographal
autobiographal
adj
(archaic) autobiographical
autobiographer
autobiographer
noun
One who writes his or her own life or biography.
autobiographers
autobiographers
noun
plural of autobiographer
autobiographic
autobiographic
Adjective
Of or relating to a person's life or an account of a person's life, as told by the subject.
autobiographical
autobiographical
adj
Of or relating to a person's life or an account of a person's life, as told by the subject.
autobiographically
autobiographically
adv
In an autobiographical manner.
autobiographies
autobiographies
noun
plural of autobiography
autobiographist
autobiographist
noun
An autobiographer.
autobiography
autobiography
noun
(countable) A self-written biography; the story of one's own life.
(uncountable) Biographies of this kind regarded as a literary genre.
autochanger
autochanger
noun
(computing) An automatic tape loader, for switching automatically between several computer backup tapes.
A device for playing multiple music media of a certain kind (gramophone records, compact discs, etc.) in a predetermined sequence without user intervention.
autochronograph
autochronograph
noun
(rare, archaic) An instrument for the instantaneous self-recording or printing of time.
autocoprophagous
autocoprophagous
adj
That eats its own excrement.
autoepigraph
autograph
autograph
adj
(art) Made by the artist himself or herself; authentic.
Written in the author’s own handwriting.
noun
A manuscript in the author’s handwriting.
A person’s own handwriting, especially the signature of a famous or admired person.
verb
(transitive) To sign, or write one’s name or signature on a book etc
(transitive) To write something in one's own handwriting
autographal
autographal
adj
(obsolete) autographic
autographed
autographed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of autograph
autographer
autographer
noun
Someone who writes an autograph
autographic
autographic
adj
Containing or relating to an autograph.
autographical
autographical
adj
Relating to an autograph, or one's own handwriting.
Relating to, or used in, the process of autography.
autographically
autographically
adv
By means of autography.
autographies
autographies
noun
plural of autography
autographing
autographing
noun
The signing of an autograph.
verb
present participle of autograph
autographism
autographism
noun
(dated, pathology) A skin condition in which wheals can be raised on the skin by tracing over it
autographist
autographist
noun
(dated, pathology) A person who has autographism.
autographometer
autographometer
noun
(obsolete) An instrument on wheels for recording the topography and height changes of any route over which it is drawn or propelled.
autographs
autographs
noun
plural of autograph
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of autograph
autography
autography
noun
(countable, rare) An autobiography.
A process in lithography by which a writing or drawing is transferred from paper to stone.
Writing in one's own handwriting.
autohemorrhage
autolithograph
autolithograph
noun
A drawing produced by autolithography
verb
To print by means of autolithography
autolithographer
autolithographic
autolithographic
adj
Related to autolithographs or to autolithography
autolithography
autolithography
noun
autography (form of lithography)
automatograph
automatograph
noun
(obsolete or historical) An instrument for recording involuntary movements of a human subject.
autopathography
autopathography
noun
A piece of writing about one's own illness.
autophotograph
autophytograph
autophytography
autoradiograph
autoradiograph
noun
(photography) A photograph image produced by placing a film in contact with a specimen containing (or treated with) radioactive material; an autoradiogram
verb
(transitive) To subject to autoradiography.
autoradiographic
autoradiographic
adj
Of or pertaining to an autoradiograph, a radiographic image produced by the decay of a radioactive substance
autoradiography
autoradiography
noun
The process of making autoradiographs.
autotelegraph
autotelegraph
noun
Synonym of telautograph
autothaumaturgist
autothaumaturgist
noun
One who pretends to be notable or mysterious.
autotypography
autotypography
noun
(archaic) A process by which drawings executed on gelatin are impressed into a soft metal plate, from which further prints can be made.
azygobranchiata
azygobranchiate
bacteriopathology
bacteriophage
bacteriophage
noun
(microbiology, virology) A virus that specifically infects bacteria.
bacteriophages
bacteriophages
noun
plural of bacteriophage
bacteriophagia
bacteriophagic
bacteriophagic
adj
Of or pertaining to a bacteriophage.
bacteriophagous
bacteriophagous
adj
Pertaining to the predation and consumption of bacterium.
bacteriophagy
bacteriophagy
noun
The feeding on bacteria.
ballistocardiograph
ballistocardiograph
noun
An instrument which measures ballistic forces on the heart, producing a graphical representation of repetitive motions of the human body arising from the sudden ejection of blood into the great vessels with each heartbeat.
ballistocardiographic
ballistocardiographic
adj
Relating to ballistocardiography
ballistocardiography
ballistocardiography
noun
The science of the preparation and diagnostic interpretation of ballistocardiograms.
barometrograph
barometrograph
noun
A form of barometer capable of recording the variations of atmospheric pressure onto paper.
barometrography
barothermogram
barothermograph
barothermograph
noun
An instrument for recording both pressure and temperature, as of the atmosphere.
barothermohygrogram
barothermohygrograph
barothermohygrograph
noun
A device for measuring atmospheric pressure, temperature, and humidity.
bathyorographical
bathyorographical
adj
Of, embodying, or pertaining to elevation heights and pelagic depths.
bathythermogram
bathythermograph
bathythermograph
noun
A small torpedo-shaped device that holds a temperature sensor and a transducer to detect changes in hydrostatic pressure.
batrachophagous
batrachophagous
adj
Feeding on frogs.
bedlingtonshire
bethorning
betrothing
betrothing
verb
present participle of betroth
betrough
bewrought
bewrought
adj
(obsolete) embroidered
bigothero
biogeochemistry
biogeochemistry
noun
(biology, geology, chemistry, ecology) The scientific study of biological, geological and chemical processes in the natural environment and especially of their mutual relationships
biographist
biographist
noun
(dated) A biographer.
biostratigraphy
biostratigraphy
noun
(biology, geology) The study of the stratigraphic distribution of fossils.
blephariglottis
bloodthirsting
bloodthirsting
adj
Alternative form of bloodthirsty
blowtorching
blowtorching
verb
present participle of blowtorch
boatwright
boatwright
noun
A maker of boats, especially of traditional wooden construction.
boltuprightness
bookwright
bookwright
noun
A writer of books; an author.
borderlight
boresight
boresight
noun
The optical axis of a directional antenna.
borgerhout
boroughlet
boroughmaster
boroughmaster
noun
The mayor, governor, or bailiff of a borough.
bothering
bothering
noun
The action of troubling or disturbing someone
verb
present participle of bother
brachygnathous
brachygnathous
adj
Relating to brachygnathia
branchiostegal
branchiostegal
adj
(zoology) Of or pertaining to the operculum that covers the gill slits of fish
noun
A branchiostegal ray.
branchiostegan
branchiostege
branchiostege
noun
(anatomy) The branchiostegal membrane.
branchiostegidae
branchiostegite
branchiostegite
noun
The lateral or dorsolateral part of a crustaceal carapace that extends over the gills