(biochemistry) A blue metalloprotein that contains copper; it acts as a ferroxidase in association with transferrin.
chrysosplenium
circumambulations
circumambulations
noun
plural of circumambulation
circumclusion
circumclusion
noun
(dated) An acupressure technique in which the pin is passed beneath the vessel, the wire loop placed over its point, and the ends brought over the artery and made fast.
The act of enclosing on all sides.
circumlocutionist
circumlocutionist
noun
One who uses circumlocutions.
circumlocutions
circumlocutions
noun
plural of circumlocution
circumtonsillar
circumtonsillar
adj
Surrounding the tonsil.
clamorousness
clamorousness
noun
The state or quality of being clamorous.
claromontanus
coharmoniously
columniferous
columniferous
adj
(botany) Bearing columns.
commensurability
commensurability
noun
The quality of being commensurable or commensurate
commensurable
commensurable
adj
(mathematics) (of two or more numbers) Divisible by the same number ᵂᴾ
Able to be measured using a common standard.
Related in size or scale; commensurate or proportionate.
commensurableness
commensurableness
noun
The state or quality of being commensurable.
commensurably
commensurably
adv
In a commensurable manner; so as to be commensurable.
commensurately
commensurately
adv
In a commensurate manner; so as to be equal or proportionate.
With equal measure or extent.
communaliser
compulsoriness
compulsoriness
noun
The state or quality of being compulsory.
contemporaneously
contemporaneously
adv
In the same period of time.
conterminously
conterminously
adv
In a conterminous manner
contrastimulant
contrastimulant
adj
(pharmacology) That reverses the effect of a stimulant.
noun
(pharmacology) Any agent that counteracts a stimulant.
contrastimulation
contrastimulation
noun
Synonym of counterstimulation
contrastimulus
contrastimulus
noun
Synonym of counterstimulus
cosmotellurian
costopulmonary
costopulmonary
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the ribs and the lungs.
cotemporaneously
cotemporaneously
adv
During the same time period.
coterminously
coterminously
adv
In a coterminous manner; ending together.
counterclaims
counterclaims
noun
plural of counterclaim
countercomplaints
countercomplaints
noun
plural of countercomplaint
counterestablishment
counterestablishment
noun
An establishment that opposes another establishment.
counterexamples
counterexamples
noun
plural of counterexample
counterimpulse
counterimpulse
noun
An impulse that runs counter to another impulse.
countermissile
countersmile
countersmile
noun
A smile in response to another person's smile.
counterstimulate
counterstimulate
verb
(transitive) To stimulate in an opposite manner or direction.
counterstimulation
counterstimulation
noun
Any treatment for pain based on distraction.
Stimulation in an opposite manner or direction.
counterstimulus
counterstimulus
noun
Any stimulus that causes counterstimulation
criminously
criminously
adv
In a criminous manner.
crystalloluminescence
culteranismo
culteranismo
noun
(literature) A literary style during the Baroque period of Spain, characterized by a very ornamental, ostentatious vocabulary and a message that is complicated by a sea of metaphors and complex syntactical order.
cylindromatous
cylindromatous
adj
Of or relating to a cylindroma.
cylindrosporium
dendrocalamus
dorsicolumn
electroluminescence
electroluminescence
noun
(physics) The generation of light by the application of an alternating current to a semiconductor or phosphor, or by an electric discharge through a gas.
electroluminescent
electroluminescent
adj
having the quality of electroluminescence
excrementitiously
excrementitiously
adv
In an excrementitious manner.
gastropulmonic
gastropulmonic
adj
Synonym of gastropulmonary
graminicolous
graminicolous
adj
That lives on grass
gumpoldskirchner
homalocenchrus
hyperconstitutionalism
hypermiraculousness
immunoelectrophoresis
immunoelectrophoresis
noun
A technique, using a combination of protein electrophoresis and an antigen-antibody interaction, to separate mixtures of proteins and identify them.
immunofluorescence
immunofluorescence
noun
a technique that uses a fluorochrome to indicate a specific antigen-antibody reaction
immunofluorescent
immunofluorescent
adj
Of, pertaining to, or using immunofluorescence.
incommensurability
incommensurability
noun
The state or characteristic of being incommensurable.
incommensurable
incommensurable
adj
(mathematics, of two integers) having no common integer divisor except 1.
(mathematics, of two real numbers) having a ratio that is not expressible as a fraction of two integers.
Not able to be measured by the same standards as another term in the context.
noun
An incommensurable value or quantity; an irrational number.
incommensurableness
incommensurableness
noun
(rare) Incommensurability.
incommensurably
incommensurably
adv
In an incommensurable manner; immeasurably.
incommensurately
incommensurately
adv
In an incommensurate manner; in a manner not in proportion with something else.
industrochemical
intercommissural
intercommissural
adj
Between commissures
intercostohumeral
jurisdictionalism
jurisdictionalism
noun
(politics) A policy of affirming a laical jurisdiction over an ecclesiastical one.
lamellicornous
laminariaceous
laminariaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Laminariaceae.
lomentariaceous
lomentariaceous
adj
(biology) Belonging to the family of seaweeds Lomentariaceae.
lunchrooms
lunchrooms
noun
plural of lunchroom
macrencephalous
macrencephalous
adj
macrencephalic
macrolinguistic
macrolinguistic
adj
Pertaining to macrolinguistics.
macrolinguistically
macrolinguistics
macrolinguistics
noun
The study of language (rather than individual languages)
macronucleus
macronucleus
noun
(biology) The larger of the two nuclei present in ciliate protozoans; it controls the nonreproductive functions of the cell.
malconstruction
malconstruction
noun
Synonym of misconstruction
malinstruction
malinstruction
noun
Synonym of misinstruction
matriclinous
matriclinous
adj
Alternative form of matroclinous
matriculations
matriculations
noun
plural of matriculation
matroclinous
matroclinous
adj
Having mostly maternally inherited characteristics.
mcconnellsburg
mechanicocorpuscular
mechanicocorpuscular
adj
(historical) Being or relating to a materialist theory of living organisms that described them in terms of mechanics and corpuscles.
melanochroous
melanochroous
adj
melanochroic; dark-complexioned
melanotrichous
membranaceously
membranaceously
adv
In a membranaceous manner.
membranocalcareous
membranocartilaginous
membranocartilaginous
adj
Composed of, or relating to, membrane and cartilage.
mercurialisation
micrencephalous
micrencephalous
adj
Having a small brain.
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
micronucleus
micronucleus
noun
(biology) A small nucleus.
(biology) The smaller of the nuclei of a ciliate protozoan (that contains genetic material)
micropublishing
micropublishing
noun
Publishing on a small scale, or for a niche audience.
The publishing of microform publications.
micropulsation
micropulsation
noun
A very small, change in the strength of the magnetic field of the Earth.
microsublimation
minicalculators
miraculousness
miraculousness
noun
The state of being miraculous.
misarticulation
misarticulation
noun
Incorrect articulation.
misconstruable
misconstruable
adj
Capable of being misconstrued.
misconstrual
misconstrual
noun
A misinterpretation of the meaning of something.
monocultures
monocultures
noun
plural of monoculture
mononuclears
mononuclears
noun
plural of mononuclear
monopersulfuric
monopersulphuric
mucosogranular
mucosopurulent
mucosopurulent
adj
Alternative form of mucopurulent
mucronulatous
multiprocessing
multiprocessing
noun
Computation using more than one processor.
musculomembranous
musculomembranous
adj
(anatomy) Consisting of muscle and membrane.
musculophrenic
musculophrenic
adj
(anatomy) Pertaining to the muscles and the diaphragm.
musculotegumentary
musculotegumentary
adj
Of or relating to muscle and tegument.
narcostimulant
nemoricolous
nervomuscular
nervomuscular
adj
(physiology) Of or pertaining to both nerves and muscles.
neuromuscular
neuromuscular
adj
(anatomy) Pertaining to the voluntary or reflexive control of muscles by nerves.
neuromusculature
neuromusculature
noun
All the muscles and associated nerves of the body
neuropharmacologist
neuropharmacologist
noun
A person involved in neuropharmacology.
neuroplasmatic
neuroplasmic
neuroplasmic
adj
Relating to neuroplasm.
nomenclatures
nomenclatures
noun
plural of nomenclature
nomenclaturist
nomenclaturist
noun
One who studies or contributes to a system of nomenclature.