(music) The performer in music who takes the accompanying part.
accomplisht
accomplisht
adj
Obsolete form of accomplished.
verb
(obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of accomplish
achromatope
achromatope
noun
A person who has achromatopia.
amboceptoid
amboceptoid
noun
(obsolete) A hypothetical form of amboceptor that has undergone a degenerative change and lost its cytophil or complementophile groups.
amphibiotic
amphibiotic
adj
Describing insects that initially live in water but live on land as adults
amphictyons
amphictyons
noun
plural of amphictyon
amphictyony
amphictyony
noun
A religious foundation or co-operative shared between Greek city states during the classical period, typically to support the temple or cult of a deity shared by the city states. Also used academically to refer to similar arrangements in non-Greek cultures.
amphicyrtic
amphicytula
amphierotic
amphimictic
amphimictic
adj
Relating to amphimixis.
amphipathic
amphipathic
adj
(biochemistry) Of the surface(s) on a protein, particularly an alpha helix, where one surface of the alpha helix has hydrophilic amino acids and the opposite face has hydrophobic (or lipophilic) amino acids.
(chemistry) Describing a molecule, such as a detergent, which has both hydrophobic and hydrophilic groups.
amphiprotic
amphiprotic
adj
(chemistry) Able to both donate and accept a proton, and thus able to react both as an acid and a base; amphoteric.
amphistylic
amphistylic
adj
(anatomy, of a skull) Having the mandibular arch articulated with the hyoid arch and the cranium, as in the cestraciont sharks.
amphithecia
amphitricha
amphoricity
amphoricity
noun
(rare) The quality of being amphoric.
amplication
amplication
noun
Misspelling of amplification.
amplicative
amplificate
amplificate
verb
(obsolete or nonstandard) To amplify.
amylopectin
amylopectin
noun
(biochemistry) A highly branched, insoluble form of starch (the soluble form being amylose)
amyotrophic
amyotrophic
adj
(medicine) Characterized by amyotrophy (atrophy of the muscles)
anacamptics
anacamptics
noun
The science of reflected light; catoptrics.
The science of reflected sounds.
anemotropic
anemotropic
adj
Exhibiting or relating to anemotropism.
anticomplex
antiempiric
antipharmic
antipharmic
adj
(medicine, obsolete) Serving as an antidote.
apicoectomy
apicoectomy
noun
(surgery) An endodontic surgical procedure whereby a tooth's root tip is removed and a root end cavity is prepared and filled with a biocompatible material
apomictical
apostematic
apoturmeric
appeachment
appeachment
noun
(obsolete) accusation
archprimate
archprimate
noun
The chief primate of a Christian church.
archtempter
armipotence
armipotence
noun
Power in arms; military might.
atmospheric
atmospheric
adj
(painting) Translucent or hazy.
Evoking a particular emotional or aesthetic quality.
Of, relating to, produced by, or coming from the atmosphere.
autocamping
autocamping
verb
present participle of autocamp
automorphic
automorphic
adj
(geology) Describing a mineral, in an igneous rock, that is bounded by its own crystal face; euhedral, idiomorphic
(mathematics) Describing a number whose square ends in the number itself; circular
(mathematics) Of or pertaining to automorphy or an automorphism
Marked by automorphism, the ascription to others of one's own characteristics.
autopotamic
backstamped
buphthalmic
buphthalmic
adj
Exhibiting, or relating to, buphthalmia.
cacemphaton
calamopitys
callithumps
callithumps
noun
plural of callithump
campanistic
campanistic
adj
Relating to the study of bells.
campanulate
campanulate
adj
Shaped like a bell.
campbellite
campbellite
Noun
A member of any of various religious groups historically descended from the nineteenth-century Restoration Movement.
Adjective
Of or pertaining to any of these groups.
campbellton
campbeltown
campestrian
campestrian
adj
Relating to open fields; growing in a field, or open ground.
campholytic
camphorated
camphorated
adj
Treated or impregnated with camphor.
camphorates
camphorates
noun
plural of camphorate
camptodrome
camptosorus
capillament
capillament
noun
(anatomy) Any villous or hairy covering; a fine fibre or filament, as of the nerves.
(botany) A filament.
capillitium
capillitium
noun
A mass of sterile fibers within a fruiting body interspersed among spores.
capitalisms
capitalisms
noun
plural of capitalism
caprolactam
caprolactam
noun
(organic chemistry) A lactam (cyclic amide) manufactured from cyclohexanone and used in the manufacture of nylon.
capsulotome
capsulotome
noun
(surgery) An instrument used to incise the capsule of the lens of the eye
capsulotomy
capsulotomy
noun
(surgery) incision into a capsule, especially into the lens of the eye when removing cataracts
carpetmaker
carpetmaker
noun
One who manufactures carpets.
cataphyllum
catawampous
centroplasm
centroplasm
noun
The substance of the centrosome
cephalomant
cephalotome
cephalotome
noun
(surgery) An instrument for cutting into the fetal head, to facilitate delivery.
cephalotomy
cephalotomy
noun
(medicine) craniotomy; usually applied to bisection of the fetal head with a saw
dissection or opening of the head
chamaephyte
chamaephyte
noun
(botany) Any low perennial plant whose buds overwinter just above soil level
champerator
champerties
champerties
noun
plural of champerty
champertous
champertous
adj
Having the quality of champerty; being an instance of champerty.
chasmophyte
chasmophyte
noun
(botany) chomophyte
chiasmatype
chiasmatypy
chromatrope
chromatrope
noun
An instrument for exhibiting certain chromatic effects of light by means of rapidly rotating disks of various colours.
chromeplate
chromoplast
chromoplast
noun
(biology) Any plastid in which a pigment is synthesized or stored
cleptomania
cleptomania
noun
Dated form of kleptomania.
coemptional
coemptional
adj
Relating to coemption.
coimplicant
coimplicate
compactable
compactable
Adjective
Capable of being compacted.
compactedly
compactedly
adv
In a compacted manner; close together.
compactible
compactible
adj
Capable of being compacted.
compactions
compactions
noun
plural of compaction
compactness
compactness
noun
The state of being compact.
compaginate
compaginate
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To unite or hold together.
comparatist
comparatist
noun
a person who carries out a comparative study, especially of language and literary works
comparative
comparative
adj
(obsolete) Comparable; bearing comparison.
Approximated by comparison; relative.
Of or relating to comparison.
Using comparison as a method of study, or founded on something using it.
noun
(chiefly in the plural) Data used to make a comparison.
(grammar) A construction showing a relative quality, in English usually formed by adding more or appending -er. For example, the comparative of green is greener; of evil, more evil.
(grammar) A word in the comparative form.
(obsolete) An equal; a rival; a compeer.
(obsolete) One who makes comparisons; one who affects wit.
comparators
comparators
noun
plural of comparator
comparition
compartment
compartment
noun
(anatomy) A region in the body, delimited by a biological membrane.
(biochemistry) Part of a protein that serves a specific function.
(heraldry) A mound (often of grass) beneath the shield in a coat of arms on which the supporters stand.
A room, or section, or chamber
One of the parts into which an area is subdivided.
verb
(transitive) To arrange in separate compartments.
compassment
compatibles
compatibles
noun
plural of compatible
compatience
compatriots
compatriots
noun
plural of compatriot
compendiate
compendiate
verb
(obsolete) To sum or collect together.
compensated
compensated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of compensate
compensates
compensates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of compensate
compensator
compensator
noun
(literally) A party or thing which compensates, pays or otherwise provides a compensation
(nautical) One of several small magnets placed in the binnacle to neutralize the effect of the ship's metal on the compass
A building control device used to deliver the compensation relationship or curve between the air temperature outside a building and the temperature of water or air provided to spaces or zones within the building for purposes of heating or cooling.
Any device used to compensate for something, notably to achieve a better balance.
compilation
compilation
noun
(countable) That which is compiled; especially, a book or document composed of materials gathering from other books or documents.
(countable, uncountable, computing) Translation of source code into object code by a compiler.
(uncountable) The act or process of compiling or gathering together from various sources.
compilatory
compilatory
adj
Of or pertaining to a compiler (person) or compilation
complainant
complainant
noun
(law) An alleged victim in a criminal investigation or trial.
(law) The party that brings a civil lawsuit against another; the plaintiff.
One who makes complaint.
complaisant
complaisant
adj
(archaic) Polite; showing respect.
Compliant.
Willing to do what pleases others; obliging.
completable
completable
adj
(mathematics, of a partial algebra) That can be expanded to a total algebra
That can be completed.
compliantly
compliantly
adv
in a compliant manner
complicated
complicated
adj
(biology) Folded longitudinally (as in the wings of certain insects).
Difficult or convoluted.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of complicate
complicates
complicates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of complicate
complicator
complicator
noun
One who or that which complicates.
componental
componental
adj
Having or relating to components.
comportable
comportable
adj
(obsolete) Consistent; suitable.
comportance
comportance
noun
(obsolete) behaviour; comport
compotation
compotation
noun
(archaic) The social act of drinking together.
compotatory
compotatory
adj
Relating to compotation; drinking together.
compregnate
compurgator
compurgator
noun
(historical, law) An ‘oath-helper’ in Anglo-Saxon or Germanic law who testified to the character of an accused person.
(now historical, law) A character witness in canon law who swore an oath that the accused was innocent.
computation
computation
noun
The act or process of computing; calculation; reckoning.
The result of computation; the amount computed.
computative
computative
adj
calculating, shrewdly or selfishly reckoning
of or relating to computation, computational
comtemplate
contemplant
contemplant
adj
(archaic) Given to contemplation; meditative.
noun
(archaic) One who contemplates.
contemplate
contemplate
verb
To consider as a possibility.
To look at on all sides or in all its aspects; to view or consider with continued attention; to regard with deliberate care; to meditate on; to study, ponder, or consider.
contratempo
copartiment
corporatism
corporatism
noun
(derogatory, possibly nonstandard) The influence or effects of large business corporations.
The principle or practice of corporate action; (in later use chiefly) specifically, a political ideology which advocates for government and social organization by collective interest groups.
cosmopathic
cotemporane
cotemporary
cotemporary
adj
(now rare, nonstandard) Alternative form of contemporary
crackpotism
crawthumper
crawthumper
noun
(Ireland, colloquial) An ostentatiously pious person.
crepidomata
cryptarithm
cryptarithm
noun
Synonym of alphametic (“type of puzzle”)
cryptogamia
cryptogamic
cryptogamic
adj
Of or pertaining to the cryptogams.
cryptograms
cryptograms
noun
plural of cryptogram
cryptomeria
cryptomeria
noun
A Japanese cedar, Cryptomeria japonica
cryptomonad
cryptomonad
noun
(biology) A flagellate of the order Cryptomonadales; most have chloroplasts.
cryptostoma
cumaphytism
cymaphytism
cytoplasmic
cytoplasmic
adj
(cytology) Of or pertaining to cytoplasm.
decampments
decampments
noun
plural of decampment
decempedate
demiplacate
dermatoptic
dermatropic
dermopathic
dermopathic
adj
dermatopathic
diplomatics
diplomatics
noun
The science of authenticating, dating, and interpreting old official documents.
diprismatic
diprismatic
adj
Doubly prismatic.
ectoplasmic
ectoplasmic
adj
(parapsychology) Relating to, or having the properties or appearance of, ectoplasm.
emancipated
emancipated
adj
Something which has been set free.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of emancipate
emancipates
emancipates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of emancipate
emancipator
emancipator
noun
A person who emancipates.
emparchment
empetraceae
emplacement
emplacement
noun
(geology) The inclusion of igneous rock in older rocks, or the development or localization of an ore body in older rocks. The latter is referred to as ore deposition.
A place where a thing is located; the act of placing something somewhere.