(surgery) Removal of the uterus via an incision made in the abdominal wall rather than via the vagina.
abdominohysterotomy
abdominohysterotomy
noun
(surgery) An incision of the uterus, done through a surgical hole in the abdomen.
absentmindedly
absentmindedly
adv
Alternative form of absent-mindedly
abstemiously
abstemiously
adv
Marked by abstinence or restraint, especially in relation to food or drink.
accustomedly
accustomedly
adv
In an accustomed manner.
achlamydeous
achlamydeous
adj
(botany) having no perianth
acrylamides
acrylamides
noun
plural of acrylamide
actinochemistry
actinochemistry
noun
The science of chemistry and actinism.
actinomyces
actinomyces
noun
A bacterium (species) of the genus Actinomyces.
actinomycese
actinomycesous
actinomycestal
actinomycetales
actinomycetous
actinomycetous
adj
Of or relating to actinomycetes.
adenocystoma
adenocystoma
noun
(pathology) An adenoma in which the neoplastic glandular epithelium forms cysts
adenocystomatous
adenomycosis
adenomyxosarcoma
adesmy
adesmy
noun
(botany) The division or defective coherence of an organ that is usually whole.
administratively
administratively
adv
In an administrative manner, or for purposes of administration.
admissively
admissively
adv
In an admissive manner; so as to admit.
adventuresomely
adventuresomely
adv
In an adventuresome manner.
aecidiomycetes
aepyornithiformes
aerenchymas
aerodynamicist
aerodynamicist
noun
A person who studies aerodynamics.
aerodynamics
aerodynamics
noun
The aerodynamic properties of a particular object (typically a car)
The science of the dynamics of bodies moving relative to gases, especially the interaction of moving objects with the atmosphere
aerothermodynamics
aerothermodynamics
noun
(physics) The scientific study of the thermodynamic properties of gases, especially when travelling at a high velocity.
aeschynomene
aeschynomenous
agamospermy
agamospermy
noun
(botany) The asexual production of embryos and seeds.
aimlessly
aimlessly
adv
Without an aim, purpose or direction; in an aimless manner.
alchemistry
alchemistry
noun
(obsolete) alchemy
alchymies
alchymies
noun
plural of alchymy
almsmoney
amaryllidaceous
amaryllidaceous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to the family Amaryllidaceae of herbaceous, perennial and bulbous flowering plants.
amaryllideous
amaryllideous
adj
= amaryllidaceous
amaryllises
amaryllises
noun
plural of amaryllis
amarynceus
amateurishly
amateurishly
adv
In an amateurish manner; without expertise or professionalism.
ambidextrously
ambidextrously
adv
In an ambidextrous manner.
ambisexuality
ambisexuality
noun
(countable) An instance of ambisexual behaviour.
(uncountable) The state of being ambisexual.
ambitionlessly
ambitionlessly
adv
Without ambition.
amblycephalus
amblygeusia
amblygonites
amblygonites
noun
plural of amblygonite
amblyopsidae
amblyoscope
amblyoscope
noun
A reflecting stereoscope used to evaluate binocular vision
amblystegite
ambystomidae
amesbury
amesbury
Proper noun
a town in southern Wiltshire, England.
amethyst
amethyst
adj
Having a colour similar to that of the gemstone
noun
(heraldry) The tincture purpure, when emblazoning the arms of the English nobility.
(uncountable) A purple colour.
A transparent purple variety of quartz, used as a gemstone.
amethystine
amethystine
adj
Like amethyst, especially in colour; violet-purple.
amethystlike
amethysts
amethysts
noun
plural of amethyst
aminopolypeptidase
aminopolypeptidase
noun
(biochemistry) The enzyme cytosol alanyl aminopeptidase.
aminopyrines
aminopyrines
noun
plural of aminopyrine
ammochryse
ammochryse
Noun
A soft, glossy yellow stone.
ammodytes
ammodytes
noun
plural of ammodyte
ammonolyses
ammonolyses
noun
plural of ammonolysis
amnesty
amnesty
noun
An act of the sovereign power granting oblivion, or a general pardon, for a past offense, as to subjects concerned in an insurrection.
Forgetfulness; cessation of remembrance of wrong; oblivion.
verb
To grant a pardon (to a group)
amnestying
amnestying
verb
present participle of amnesty
amoebocytes
amoebocytes
noun
plural of amoebocyte
amoyese
ampelosicyos
amphictyonies
amphictyonies
noun
plural of amphictyony
amphigenously
amphigenously
adv
In an amphigenous manner.
amphiprostyle
amphiprostyle
adj
(architecture, chiefly historical, of a temple or edifice) Having columns at either end but not along the sides.
noun
(architecture, historical) An amphiprostyle temple or edifice.
ampyces
ampycides
ampyxes
amusedly
amusedly
adv
In an amused manner
amusively
amusively
adv
In an amusive manner.
amyelencephalous
amyelous
amyelous
adj
(medicine) Lacking the spinal cord.
amygdalaceous
amygdalaceous
adj
(botany) Akin to, or derived from, the almond.
amygdalase
amygdalase
noun
(biochemistry) Either of two enzymes: beta-glucosidase and amygdalin beta-glucosidase.
amygdales
amygdales
noun
plural of amygdale
amygdaliferous
amygdaliferous
adj
almond-bearing
amygdules
amygdules
noun
plural of amygdule
amylaceous
amylaceous
adj
Pertaining to, or of the nature of, starch; starchy.
amylase
amylase
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a class of digestive enzymes, present in saliva and also contributed to the gut by the exocrine pancreas, that break down complex carbohydrates such as starch into simpler sugars such as glucose.
amylases
amylases
noun
plural of amylase
amylenes
amylenes
noun
plural of amylene
amyliferous
amylocellulose
amylocoagulase
amylodyspepsia
amylogenesis
amylogenesis
noun
The formation of starch.
amylogens
amyloidoses
amyloidoses
noun
plural of amyloidosis
amylopectins
amylopectins
noun
plural of amylopectin
amylophosphate
amylopsase
amylose
amylose
noun
(biochemistry) The soluble form of starch (the insoluble form being amylopectin) that is a linear polymer of glucose.
amyloses
amyloses
noun
plural of amylose
amylosynthesis
amyosthenia
amyosthenia
noun
(medicine) Myasthenia.
amyosthenic
amyosthenic
adj
Of or relating to amyosthenia.
noun
(medicine) A drug or agent that depresses muscular action.
anamnestically
anamnestically
adv
By means of anamnesis
anapterygotism
ancylostome
ancylostome
noun
Alternative form of ancylostoma (“type of hookworm”)
aneurismally
aneurysm
aneurysm
noun
(pathology) An abnormal blood-filled swelling of an artery or vein, resulting from a localized weakness in the wall of the vessel.
aneurysmal
aneurysmal
adj
Of, pertaining to, or causing aneurysms
aneurysmally
aneurysmally
adv
In an aneurysmal way.
aneurysmatic
aneurysmatic
adj
(medicine) Describing a blood vessel that has an aneurysm; aneurysmal
aneurysms
aneurysms
noun
plural of aneurysm
ankylomerism
anonymities
anonymities
noun
plural of anonymity
anonymousness
anonymousness
noun
The state or quality of being anonymous.
antechinomys
antiamylase
anticeremoniously
antidomestically
antihemolysin
antimaterialistically
antimechanistically
antiministerially
antimysticalness
antislaveryism
antislaveryism
noun
Opposition to slavery.
antisymmetric
antisymmetric
adj
(of a bilinear form) For which B(w,v) = -B(v,w).
(of a matrix) Whose transpose equals its negative (i.e., Mᵀ = −M);
(of a tensor) That changes sign when any two indices are interchanged (e.g., Tᵢⱼₖ = -Tⱼᵢₖ);
(set theory, order theory, of a binary relation R on a set S) Having the property that, for any two distinct elements of S, at least one is not related to the other via R; equivalently, having the property that, for any x, y ∈ S, if both xRy and yRx then x=y.
antisymmetrical
antisymmetrical
adj
(mathematics) antisymmetric
antisymmetry
antisymmetry
noun
(linguistics) A theory of syntactic linearization, proposing that hierarchical structure in natural language maps universally onto a particular surface linearization, namely specifier-head-complement branching order.
(mathematics) The condition of being antisymmetric.
antonymies
antonymies
noun
plural of antonymy
apemosyne
aphanomyces
aposematically
aposematically
adv
(ecology) In an aposematic manner.
apoxyomenos
apoxyomenos
noun
(art) A conventional subject of ancient Greek votive sculpture: an athlete caught in the familiar act of scraping sweat and dust from his body with a strigil.
apozymase
appendicocaecostomy
appendicostomy
appendicostomy
noun
(surgery) The creation of an opening into the vermiform appendix, typically via the navel
apterygiformes
archaeopterygiformes
archemastry
archichlamydeous
archichlamydeous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to the Archichlamydeae.
archicleistogamy
archimycetes
archmystagogue
archvestryman
argyranthemous
aristodemocracy
aristodemocracy
noun
A form of government in which power is shared between the people and the aristocracy.
armlessly
armlessly
adv
In an armless way; without arms.
armscye
armscye
noun
An opening in a garment for the attachment of a sleeve; an armhole.
armseye
arsmetry
arteriosympathectomy
arthrempyesis
arthroempyesis
ascomycetal
ascomycetal
adj
Relating to ascomycetes
ascomycete
ascomycete
noun
(mycology) Any fungus of the phylum Ascomycota, characterized by the production of a sac, or ascus, which contains non-motile spores.