(medicine) Relating to or involving abiotrophy; relating to or involving the functional loss of an organ or cells not due to an injury.
abiotrophy
abiotrophy
noun
(medicine) Premature degeneration of cells or tissues, especially with genetic causes; loss of function of organ or cell, not due to injury.
absenteeship
absenteeship
noun
(rare) Absenteeism, in particular related to landowners.
acanthocephali
acanthophis
acanthopteri
acanthopteri
noun
(zoology) A group of teleostean fishes having spiny fins. See Acanthopterygii.
acanthopterygian
acanthopterygian
adj
(zoology) Similar to an acanthopterygian.
noun
(zoology) Any fish of the superorder Acanthopterygii.
acanthopterygii
acataphasia
acataphasia
noun
(pathology) A loss of the ability to express oneself using organized syntax
accomplishment
accomplishment
noun
(grammar, semantics) The lexical aspect (aktionsart) of verbs or predicates that change over time until a natural end point.
Something accomplished; an achievement.
That which completes, perfects, or equips thoroughly; acquirement; attainment; that which constitutes excellence of mind, or elegance of manners, acquired by education or training.
The act of accomplishing; completion; fulfilment.
accomplishments
accomplishments
noun
plural of accomplishment
accomplisht
accomplisht
adj
Obsolete form of accomplished.
verb
(obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of accomplish
accountantship
accountantship
noun
The office or employment of an accountant.
acephalist
acephalist
noun
(obsolete) One who acknowledges no head or superior
acephalite
acephalite
Noun
A Paulician, a member of an early gnostic Christian heresy.
acetaminophen
acetaminophen
noun
(Canada, US) A white crystalline compound used in medicine as an anodyne to relieve pain and reduce fever.
acetnaphthalide
acetoamidophenol
acetomorphin
acetomorphine
acetomorphine
noun
heroin
acetophenetide
acetophenetide
noun
(organic chemistry) The N-acetyl derivative of a phenetidine
acetophenetidin
acetophenetidin
noun
phenacetin
acetophenetidine
acetophenin
acetophenine
acetoxyphthalide
acetphenetid
acetphenetidin
acetylphenylhydrazine
achitophel
achondroplastic
achondroplastic
adj
(teratology) Of, related to, or suffering from achondroplasia.
achromatophil
achromatophil
noun
(cytology) A cell (or tissue) that is not readily coloured by stains
achromatophile
achromatophile
adj
Being or relating to an achromatophil.
achromatophilia
achromatophilia
noun
(cytology) The condition of being an achromatophil
achromatophilic
achromatopia
achromatopia
noun
defective ability to see colours
achromatopsia
achromatopsia
noun
achromatopia
acidosteophyte
acidosteophyte
noun
(medicine) A sharp or needle-shaped osteophyte.
acousticophobia
acousticophobia
noun
Fear of noise.
acquaintanceship
acquaintanceship
noun
(countable) A relationship as acquaintances.
(uncountable) The state of being acquainted.
acquaintanceships
acquaintanceships
noun
plural of acquaintanceship
acroparesthesia
acroparesthesia
noun
(medicine) severe pain in the extremities
acrophonetic
acrophonetic
adj
Of or pertaining to acrophony.
acrotrophic
acrotrophic
adj
(biology, of an insect) Having nutritive cells at the top of the follicular tube
acrotrophoneurosis
actinautographic
actinautographic
adj
(obsolete, photography) That produces a developable impression on light-sensitive material without contact
actinautography
actinautography
noun
(obsolete, photography) The production of an actinautographic image
actiniomorpha
actinograph
actinograph
noun
A recording actinometer.
actinographic
actinography
actinography
noun
measurement with an actinograph
actinomorphic
actinomorphic
adj
(botany, of a flower) Having its petals arranged in a radially symmetric fashion.
actinomorphous
actinomorphous
adj
(botany, of a flower) Having petals arranged in a radially symmetric pattern.
actinomorphy
actinomorphy
noun
The condition of being actinomorphic.
actinophone
actinophone
noun
An apparatus for the production of sound by the action of the actinic, or ultraviolet, rays.
actinophonic
actinophonic
adj
Relating to the production of sound by means of the actinic, or ultraviolet, rays.
actinophore
actinophore
noun
(biology) A cartilaginous spine that supports the fin rays of fish
actinophorous
actinophorous
adj
(biology) Having straight projecting spines
actinophryan
actinophrys
actinosphaerium
actinotherapeutic
actinotherapeutic
adj
Relating to actinotherapy.
actinotherapeutics
actinotherapeutics
noun
actinotherapy
actinotherapy
actinotherapy
noun
(medicine) The treatment of disease, especially skin disease, by exposure to ultraviolet light; radiotherapy.
actorship
actorship
noun
The state or quality associated with being an actor.
actuaryship
actuaryship
noun
The role or status of actuary.
adelpholite
adenemphractic
adenohypersthenia
adenopharyngitis
adenophthalmia
adenotyphoid
adeptship
adeptship
noun
The role or status of an adept.
adiaphoretic
adiaphorist
adiaphorist
noun
One who believes in adiaphorism.
adiaphoristic
adiaphoristic
adj
(theology) Theologically indifferent.
adiaphorite
adiaphorite
Noun
One who believes in adiaphorism; an adiaphorist.
adjutantship
adjutantship
noun
The role or status of adjutant.
administratorship
administratorship
noun
The position or role of an administrator.
adrenocorticotrophic
adrenocorticotrophic
adj
Alternative form of adrenocorticotropic
adrenocorticotrophin
adrenocorticotrophin
noun
(biochemistry) adrenocorticotropic hormone
adrenotrophin
adventureship
advocateship
advocateship
noun
(now rare) The office or function of an advocate; advocacy.
aeipathy
aepyornithidae
aepyornithiformes
aerophagist
aerophagist
noun
(medicine) A person who gulps in air.
aerophilatelic
aerophilatelic
adj
Of or relating to aerophilately.
aerophilatelist
aerophilatelist
noun
One who practices aerophilately; a collector of airmail stamps.
aerophilately
aerophilately
noun
(philately) The study or collection of airmail stamps, cancellations, etc.
aerophysicist
aerotherapeutics
aerotherapeutics
noun
The treatment of disease by the use of air or other gases.
aesthophysiology
aesthophysiology
noun
The science of sensation in relation to the actions of the nerves.
aethrioscope
aethrioscope
noun
(meteorology) A device for measuring temperature variations due to different atmospheric conditions, such as cloud or clear skies.
aetiophyllin
africanthropus
aftership
agaphite
agentship
agentship
noun
(countable) The office or position of an agent.
(uncountable) A means of effecting something; agency.
aghorapanthi
aglyphodontia
agrostographic
agrostographical
agrostographies
ahithophel
aitchpiece
albitophyre
alethopteis
alethopteroid
algophilist
algophilist
noun
A person who is subject to algophilia; one who derives sexual pleasure from feeling pain.
alimentotherapy
aliphatic
aliphatic
adj
(organic chemistry) Of a class of organic compounds in which the carbon atoms are arranged in an open chain.
noun
(chiefly in the plural) A petroleum fraction containing no aromatic compounds
A compound of this type.
allelopathic
allelopathic
adj
relating to an allelopathy
allodelphite
allomorphite
allopathetic
allopathetic
adj
Involving or based on allopathy; allopathic.
allopathetically
allopathic
allopathic
adj
Of or pertaining to allopathy.
allopathically
allopathically
adv
By allopathic methods.
allopathies
allopathies
noun
plural of allopathy
allopathist
allopathist
noun
A practitioner of allopathy
allophite
allophytoid
allothimorph
allothimorphic
allotriomorphic
allotriomorphic
adj
(chemistry) allotropic
(geology) xenomorphic
allotriophagia
allotriophagy
allotriophagy
noun
(rare) Having food cravings that are different from the expected or the norm
allotrophic
allotrophic
adj
Changed or modified in nutritive power by the process of digestion.
Of or pertaining to an allotroph.
alopathic
alphabetarian
alphabetarian
noun
A novice or ignoramus.
One who is learning the alphabet; an abecedarian.
alphabetic
alphabetic
adj
Of or relating to an alphabet, especially the characters A to Z, both uppercase and lowercase.
alphabetical
alphabetical
adj
(obsolete) literal
According to the sequence of the letters of the alphabet.
Pertaining to, furnished with, or expressed by letters of the alphabet.
alphabetically
alphabetically
adv
(manner) In an alphabetical manner.
(sequence) Arranged in the order of the alphabet.
alphabetics
alphabetics
noun
(dated) The science of representing spoken sounds by letters.
alphabetiform
alphabetiform
adj
Having the form of a developed alphabet or its letters, as opposed to crude pictographic symbols.
alphabeting
alphabeting
verb
present participle of alphabet
alphabetisation
alphabetisation
noun
The act or process of arranging in alphabetical order.
alphabetise
alphabetise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of alphabetize.
alphabetised
alphabetised
adj
(Britain) Arranged in alphabetical order.
verb
(Britain) simple past tense and past participle of alphabetise
alphabetiser
alphabetiser
noun
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of alphabetizer.
alphabetising
alphabetising
verb
present participle of alphabetise
alphabetism
alphabetism
noun
An initialism: an abbreviation which is read letter by letter, such as UN.
Discrimination on the basis of the first letter of a name.
Excessive reliance upon the alphabet or alphabetic structures.
The ability to read an alphabet, a rudimentary form of literacy.
alphabetist
alphabetist
noun
Someone who practices alphabetism, discrimination on the basis of the first letter of a name.
alphabetization
alphabetization
noun
Alternative form of alphabetisation
alphabetize
alphabetize
verb
(US, Canada) To arrange words or items in order of the first (and then subsequent) letters as they occur in the alphabet.
alphabetized
alphabetized
adj
(Canada, US) Arranged in alphabetical order.
Alternative spelling of alphabetised
verb
(Canada, US) simple past tense and past participle of alphabetize
alphabetizer
alphabetizer
noun
One who, or that which, alphabetizes.
alphabetizers
alphabetizers
noun
plural of alphabetizer
alphabetizes
alphabetizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of alphabetize