(medicine) The expansion of fibers extending from the superior pubic ligament to the posterior surface of the linea alba.
albuminuric
albuminuric
adj
showing the symptom albuminuria, i.e. having albumen in the urine
alcicornium
aleuromancy
aleuromancy
noun
divination using flour or related products such as dough or cakes and fortune cookies
ambulancing
ambulancing
verb
present participle of ambulance
ambulomancy
ambulomancy
noun
Any of various forms of divination that involve walking, often in circles.
ambuscading
ambuscading
verb
present participle of ambuscade
amentaceous
amentaceous
adj
(botany) Bearing, resembling, or consisting of an ament or aments.
anacleticum
anchtherium
androconium
androconium
noun
A specialised, glandular scale, on the forewings of some butterflies, that emits pheromones
animalculae
animalcular
animalcular
adj
Of, relating to, or resembling animalcules.
animalcules
animalcules
noun
plural of animalcule
animalculum
animalculum
noun
Synonym of animalcule
antecardium
anticardium
anticardium
noun
(anatomy) The epigastrium, especially the part almost in front of the heart.
antimusical
antimusical
adj
(music) Of or pertaining to antimusic.
(music) Opposing or countering music.
arachnidium
archegonium
archegonium
noun
(botany) A multicellular reproductive structure that contains a large, non-motile gamete (egg cell), and within which an embryo will develop.
arcocentrum
aulacomnium
austromancy
austromancy
noun
Soothsaying, or prediction of events, from observation of the winds or cloud formations.
autocamping
autocamping
verb
present participle of autocamp
autodynamic
autodynamic
adj
Supplying its own power.
autonomical
autonomical
adj
Alternative form of autonomic
avouchments
avouchments
noun
plural of avouchment
biacuminate
biacuminate
adj
(botany) Having points in two directions.
bimucronate
bimucronate
adj
(biology) Having two mucros
bucaramanga
bucaramanga
Proper noun
A city in northeastern Colombia.
californium
californium
noun
A strongly radioactive and highly fissile transuranic chemical element (symbol Cf) with an atomic number of 98.
callionymus
calmodulins
calmodulins
noun
plural of calmodulin
calumniated
calumniated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of calumniate
calumniates
calumniates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of calumniate
calumniator
calumniator
noun
A person who calumniates (slanders, or makes personal attacks upon, others).
camaldulian
campanulate
campanulate
adj
Shaped like a bell.
campanulous
campanulous
adj
Resembling a bell in shape or sound.
campgrounds
campgrounds
noun
plural of campground
candelabrum
candelabrum
noun
A candle holder.
carbolineum
carbolineum
noun
An oily, water-insoluble, flammable, dark brown coal tar mixture, formerly used to preserve wooden structures.
carborundum
carborundum
noun
Crystals of silicon carbide used as an abrasive.
carpogonium
carpogonium
noun
(biology) The female organ in the red algae (Rhodophyta), having an elongated process which is the receptive organ for the male gametes
cassumuniar
catechumens
catechumens
noun
plural of catechumen
causewayman
causewayman
noun
A man employed to build a causeway.
centumviral
centumviral
adj
Of or pertaining to the centumviri
ceraunogram
chaetangium
chauvinisms
chauvinisms
noun
plural of chauvinism
churchmanly
churchmanly
adj
Befitting a churchman.
churchwoman
churchwoman
noun
The female equivalent of a churchman.
circumflant
circumflant
adj
(obsolete) blowing around
circumlunar
circumlunar
adj
Surrounding, or travelling around the moon
circumrenal
circumrenal
adj
Around the kidney
circumstant
circumstant
adj
Standing or placed around; surrounding.
noun
(grammar) An adjunct.
clinandrium
clinandrium
noun
(botany) An area at the tip of the column of orchid flowers, beneath the anthers.
clinanthium
clinanthium
noun
(botany) The receptacle of the flowers in a composite plant; the clinium.
coatimundis
coatimundis
noun
plural of coatimundi
coenanthium
collunarium
columbanian
columnarian
columnarity
columnarity
noun
The state or quality of being columnar.
columnating
columnating
verb
present participle of columnate
columnation
comeuppance
comeuppance
noun
Retribution or outcome that is justly deserved.
commulation
communalise
communalise
verb
Alternative form of communalize
communalism
communalism
noun
(India) stoking conflict or discrimination based on religious identity
Any social system based around a community.
The communal ownership of property.
communalist
communalist
noun
An advocate of communalism.
communality
communality
noun
(mathematics) A measure of variance in factor analysis.
The condition of being communal.
The extent to which something is communal.
communalize
communalize
verb
(transitive) To develop into a set of community conventions.
(transitive) To take property into communal ownership.
(transitive) To transfer responsibility and power to the community level.
(transitive) To treat as happening to or belonging to one's own group; to make (something) the subject of empathic understanding.
communicant
communicant
adj
Communicating.
noun
(Christianity) A person who receives (or is allowed to receive) the elements (i.e., bread and wine) of the sacrament of Holy Communion. (Compare also these terms: communion, Communion, Lord's Supper, Mass, Eucharist, Divine Liturgy.)
One who communicates.
communicate
communicate
verb
(intransitive) To be connected with (another room, vessel etc.) by means of an opening or channel.
(intransitive) To express or convey ideas, either through verbal or nonverbal means; to have intercourse, to exchange information.
(intransitive, Christianity) To receive the bread and wine at a celebration of the Eucharist; to take part in Holy Communion.
(transitive) To impart or transmit (an intangible quantity, substance); to give a share of.
(transitive) To impart or transmit (information or knowledge) to someone; to make known, to tell.
(transitive) To pass on (a disease) to another person, animal etc.
(transitive, Christianity) To administer the Holy Communion to (someone).
(transitive, obsolete) To share (in); to have in common, to partake of.
communional
communitary
commutating
commutating
verb
present participle of commutate
commutation
commutation
noun
(US) The process or habit of journeying to and from work on a regular basis; commuting.
(electronics) The reversal of an electric current.
(formal or archaic) Substitution of one thing for another; interchange.
(law) The change to a lesser penalty or punishment by the State
(linguistics) Substitution, as a means of discriminating between phonemes.
(obsolete) A passing from one state to another; change; alteration; mutation.
(obsolete) The act of giving one thing for another; barter; exchange.
Specifically, the substitution of one kind of payment for another, especially a switch to monetary payment from obligations of labour.
computation
computation
noun
The act or process of computing; calculation; reckoning.
The result of computation; the amount computed.
concordatum
connumerate
connumerate
verb
(transitive) To count together.
consumables
consumables
noun
plural of consumable
consumating
consumation
consummated
consummated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of consummate
consummates
consummates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of consummate
consummator
consummator
noun
One who consummates.
contaminous
contumacies
contumacies
noun
plural of contumacy
contumacity
contumacity
noun
Alternative form of contumacy
coruminacan
cosmonautic
cosmonautic
adj
Of or related to cosmonauts or cosmonautics.
couchmaking
couchmaking
noun
The manufacture of couches.
countermaid
countermand
countermand
noun
An order to the contrary of a previous one.
verb
(figuratively) To counteract, to act against, to frustrate.
(obsolete) To maintain control of, to keep under command.
(obsolete) To oppose or revoke the command of (someone).
(obsolete) To prohibit (a course of action or behavior).
To cancel an order for (some specified goods).
To recall a person or unit with such an order.
To revoke (a former command); to cancel or rescind by giving an order contrary to one previously given.
countermark
countermark
noun
(farriery) An artificial cavity made in the teeth of horses that have outgrown their natural mark, to disguise their age.
A mark or token added to those already existing, as a security or proof.
verb
(transitive) To apply a countermark to.
countreeman
countrieman
cubomedusan
cubomedusan
adj
Of or pertaining to the cubomedusa
culminating
culminating
verb
present participle of culminate
culmination
culmination
noun
(US) A ceremony marking the completion of studies at an elementary school, middle school or junior high school, the term "graduation" being reserved for high school.
(astronomy) The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavenly body; passage across the meridian; transit.
Attainment or arrival at the highest pitch of glory, power, etc.
culminative
cumbernauld
cumbernauld
Proper noun
a town in council area, Scotland, a new town founded in the 1950s on the site of a village of the same name
cumulations
cumulations
noun
plural of cumulation
cuprammonia
curiomaniac
curiomaniac
noun
A person who is addicted to collecting curios.
currantworm
curtailment
curtailment
noun
The act of curtailing.
curuminacan
cyanuramide
cymophanous
cymophanous
adj
Having a wavy, floating light; opalescent; chatoyant.
daunomycins
daunomycins
noun
plural of daunomycin
debauchment
debauchment
noun
The act of debauching or corrupting; the act of seducing from virtue or duty.
diachaenium
dicoumarins
documentary
documentary
adj
(of a film, book etc) Presented objectively without the insertion of fictional matter.
Of, related to, or based on documents.
Which serves to document (record and:or illustrate) a subject.
noun
A film, TV program, publication etc. which presents a social, political, scientific or historical subject in a factual or informative manner.
enchymatous
encumbrance
encumbrance
noun
(law) One who is dependent on another.
(property law) An interest, right, burden, or liability attached to a title of land, such as a lien or mortgage.
Something that encumbers; a burden that must be carried.
verb
(law) To apply an encumbrance to (property, etc.).
endocardium
endocardium
noun
(anatomy, cardiology) A thin serous membrane that lines the interior of the heart.
endocranium
endocranium
noun
(anatomy) The layer between the dura mater and the skull
endostracum
euchromatin
euchromatin
noun
(genetics) uncoiled dispersed threads of chromosomal material that occurs during interphase; it stains lightly with basic dyes
eudaemonics
eudaemonics
noun
That part of ethics that deals with happiness; the science of happiness, contrasted with aretaics.
euramerican
explicandum
explicandum
noun
(logic) That which is to be explained or explicated
glucosamine
glucosamine
noun
(biochemistry) An amino derivative of glucose that is a component of polysaccharides such as chitin; it is marketed as a dietary supplement supposedly to reduce the symptoms of arthritis.
gymnocladus
herculaneum
herculaneum
Proper noun
a city in Italy which was entirely destroyed by the same eruption of Vesuvius that also turned Pompeii into a ruin
homonuclear
homonuclear
adj
(chemistry, of a molecule) Having atoms of only one element, especially having elements of only a single isotope.
(organic chemistry, of a reaction etc) Taking place within the same ring of a compound.
humectation
humectation
noun
A moistening.
illuminance
illuminance
noun
(physics) The luminous flux incident on unit area of a surface; measured in lux or lumens.
immaculance
immaculance
noun
immaculateness
impecuniary
impecuniary
adj
impecunious
importunacy
importunacy
noun
Constant demanding and pressure; importunity.
The quality of being importunate.
impuissance
impuissance
noun
Impotence, weakness.
incumbrance
incumbrance
noun
(law) an interest, right, burden, or liability attached to a title of land, such as a lien or mortgage.
A burden; a thing that must be carried.
incunabulum
incunabulum
noun
(chiefly in the plural) The cradle, birthplace, or origin of something.
(printing) A book, single sheet, or image that was printed before the year 1501 in Europe.
insectarium
insectarium
noun
A type of live insect zoo, or a museum or exhibit of live insects and similar arthropods.
intercampus
intercampus
adj
between universities or colleges
isocoumarin
isocoumarin
noun
(organic chemistry) An isomer of coumarin in which the orientation of the lactone is reversed