(optics, physics) Absorbed radiation and incident radiation in a ratio format; a measurement that shows how well a surface absorbs radiation.
acanthopore
acanthopore
noun
(paleontology) A tubular spine in some bryozoans.
accipitrine
accipitrine
adj
(ornithology) Like or belonging to the Accipitres; raptorial; hawklike.
noun
A hawk or a hawk-like bird.
accompanier
accompanier
noun
Someone or something that accompanies.
acetopyrine
acetopyrine
noun
(medicine) An acetylsalicylate of antipyrine
achaenocarp
achaenocarp
noun
Any dry indehiscent fruit.
acipenseres
acipenserid
acipenserid
noun
(ichthyology) Any member of the Acipenseridae (the true sturgeons)
acrophonies
acrophonies
noun
plural of acrophony
acropolitan
acropolitan
adj
Of or befitting an acropolis, especially in lofty glory and in the capacity to inspire awe; compare Acropolitan.
acrospiring
acrospiring
verb
present participle of acrospire
actinograph
actinograph
noun
A recording actinometer.
actinophore
actinophore
noun
(biology) A cartilaginous spine that supports the fin rays of fish
actinophrys
actinopteri
acupuncture
acupuncture
noun
The insertion of needles into the (living) tissue of the body, especially for purposes of pain relief.
verb
(transitive) To treat with acupuncture.
adscription
adscription
noun
The state of being joined, bound or annexed
amphicrania
amphicrania
noun
(pathology) A headache affecting both sides of the head.
anapeiratic
anapeiratic
adj
Caused by prolonged exercise of a muscle.
anaphorical
anaphorical
adj
Synonym of anaphoric
anaplerotic
anaplerotic
adj
(biochemistry, of a reaction) Forming intermediates of a metabolic pathway (eg. the tricarboxylic acid cycle).
(medicine, dated) Filling up; promoting granulation of wounds or ulcers.
noun
A remedy which promotes such granulation.
anemotropic
anemotropic
adj
Exhibiting or relating to anemotropism.
angiocarpic
anisocarpic
anisotropic
anisotropic
adj
(physics, mathematics) Having properties that differ according to the direction of measurement; exhibiting anisotropy.
antatrophic
anteopercle
anteportico
anteportico
noun
An outer porch or vestibule.
antepyretic
antepyretic
Adjective
Preceding a fever
anthotropic
anthropical
anthropical
adj
Alternative form of anthropic
anticipator
anticipator
noun
A device in a thermostat that determines when to turn on or shut off the heating or cooling mechanism.
One who anticipates.
anticreeper
anticryptic
anticryptic
adj
Of or pertaining to camouflage used by a predator to provide stealth, as opposed to camouflage used by prey to hide.
antiempiric
antilocapra
antipharmic
antipharmic
adj
(medicine, obsolete) Serving as an antidote.
antipyretic
antipyretic
adj
(pharmacology) That reduces fever.
noun
(pharmacology) A medicine that reduces fever; a febrifuge.
antipyrotic
antipyrotic
adj
(medicine) Effective against burns or pyrosis.
antitryptic
antitryptic
adj
That inhibits the action of trypsin
apiocrinite
aponeurotic
aponeurotic
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to an aponeurosis.
apparencies
apparencies
noun
plural of apparency
appearanced
appearanced
adj
(in combination, rare) Having the specified kind of appearance.
appearances
appearances
noun
plural of appearance
apprenticed
apprenticed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of apprentice
apprentices
apprentices
noun
plural of apprentice
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of apprentice
approaching
approaching
adj
That approaches or approach.
adv
Nearly.
noun
The act of coming closer; an approach.
verb
present participle of approach
archonships
archonships
noun
plural of archonship
archpontiff
archpuritan
armipotence
armipotence
noun
Power in arms; military might.
ascriptions
ascriptions
noun
plural of ascription
asparaginic
asparaginic
adj
Synonym of aspartic
asporogenic
asporogenic
adj
Not producing (or produced by) spores
astropecten
astropecten
noun
(zoology) Any of the genus Astropecten of sea stars.
autocarpian
backpointer
becarpeting
becarpeting
verb
present participle of becarpet
branchiopod
branchiopod
noun
Any of the very many aquatic crustaceans of the class Branchiopoda, such as the fairy shrimps and water fleas.
branchiopoo
callipering
callipering
verb
present participle of calliper
calyptrogen
calyptrogen
noun
rootcap
campaigners
campaigners
noun
plural of campaigner
campaniform
campaniform
adj
In the shape of a bell
campestrian
campestrian
adj
Relating to open fields; growing in a field, or open ground.
campgrounds
campgrounds
noun
plural of campground
camphoronic
cancerdrops
candlepower
candlepower
noun
(dated) A unit of luminous intensity of a light source, equal to 0.981 candelas.
cannonproof
cannonproof
adj
impenetrable by cannonballs
caparisoned
caparisoned
adj
(of a horse or elephant) Having a richly ornamented harness.
Dressed in richly ornamented finery.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of caparison
capernaitic
capernoited
capernoitie
capernoitie
noun
(informal, Scotland) noddle (head)
capharnaism
capreomycin
capreomycin
noun
(pharmacology) A cyclic peptide antibiotic obtained from a bacterium Saccharothrix mutabilis capreolus, commonly grouped with the aminoglycosides, given in combination with other antibiotics for tuberculosis.
capricornid
capricornus
capricornus
Proper noun
A constellation of the zodiac supposedly shaped like a goat.
Capricorn.
caprigenous
caprigenous
adj
Resembling or originating from goats.
captainries
captainries
noun
plural of captainry
cardplaying
cardplaying
noun
The playing of card games.
carnaptious
carnaptious
adj
bad-tempered, quarrelsome, snappy
carpathians
carpathians
Proper noun
A large mountainous system in Central Europe, mainly in Transylvania (Romania) and the Polish (Silesian)-Slovak border region.
carpentaria
carpentered
carpentered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of carpenter
carpenteria
carpentries
carpentries
noun
plural of carpentry
carpetwoven
carpinteria
carpogenous
carpogonial
carpogonial
adj
Relating to a carpogonium.
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
cataphrenia
cataphrenic
centripetal
centripetal
adj
(neuroanatomy, of a nerve impulse) Directed towards the central nervous system; afferent.
Directed or moving towards a centre.
Of, relating to, or operated by centripetal force.
centroplasm
centroplasm
noun
The substance of the centrosome
cephaletron
cephaletron
noun
(zoology) The head of a crustacean.
ceratopsian
ceratopsian
adj
Of or belonging to the Ceratopsia suborder of dinosaurs.
noun
Any member of this suborder
chairperson
chairperson
noun
A chairman or chairwoman, someone who presides over a meeting, board, etc.
chantership
chantership
noun
The office or position of chanter; precentorship.
chaperonage
chaperonage
noun
The protection offered by a chaperon.
The state of being a chaperon.
chaperoning
chaperoning
noun
The act or process of a person being chaperoned.
verb
present participle of chaperone
charpentier
chiropteran
chiropteran
noun
(zoology) Any mammal, of the order Chiroptera, that has forelimbs modified to form wings; a bat
chlorophane
chlorophane
noun
(biology) The yellowish-green pigment in the inner segment of the cones of the retina.
(mineralogy) A variety of fluorspar, which, when heated, gives a striking emerald-green light.
choanephora
chromophane
chromophane
noun
(biology) Any of several colouring matters, red, green, yellow, etc., present in the inner segments in the cones of the retina, held in solution by fats, and slowly decolorized by light; distinct from the photochemical pigments of the rods of the retina.
chronograph
chronograph
noun
(obsolete) A chronogram.
A combination of a watch and a stopwatch.
A device which marks or records time or time intervals.
verb
(firearms) To make an accurate measurement of the speed of a projectile.
chrysophane
chrysophane
noun
(organic chemistry) A glucoside extracted from rhubarb as a bitter, yellow, crystalline powder, yielding chrysophanic acid on decomposition.
cinemograph
cinemograph
noun
(historical) An integrating anemometer.
coappearing
coappearing
verb
present participle of coappear
coapprehend
coleopteran
coleopteran
noun
(coleopterology) Any insect of the order Coleoptera; includes the beetles, weevils and fireflies
comparisons
comparisons
noun
plural of comparison
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.
compearance
compearance
noun
(Scotland, law) Appearance before a judge in court.
compendiary
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.
complainers
complainers
noun
plural of complainer
comportance
comportance
noun
(obsolete) behaviour; comport
compregnate
conspirator
conspirator
noun
One of a group that acts in harmony; a person who is part of a conspiracy.
Part of a group that agree to do an unlawful or unethical act.
conspurcate
conspurcate
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To pollute; to defile.
constuprate
constuprate
verb
(obsolete) To rape, violate.
contraplete
contraposed
contraposed
adj
(geology) Having a coastal region of hard rocks that is separated from the sea by a belt of overlapping softer deposits.
(logic) Forming a contraposition.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of contrapose
contraposit
contraprops
contraption
contraption
noun
(figuratively, derogatory or ironic) Any object.
A machine that is complicated and precarious.
contrapunto
contrapunto
noun
(music) counterpoint
contratempo
cooperating
cooperating
verb
present participle of cooperate
cooperation
cooperation
noun
(usually uncountable) The act of cooperating.
Active help from a person, organization, etc., such as an orderly sharing of space or resources.
Association for mutual benefit, such as for purposes of production or purchase.
coparcenary
coparcenary
noun
(law) Joint inheritance or ownership of property.
coparceners
coparceners
noun
plural of coparcener
coparenting
coparenting
verb
present participle of coparent
copartiment
copartnered
copartnered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of copartner
copatroness
copatroness
noun
A female copatron.
copenetrate
copernicans
coplanarity
coplanarity
noun
(astronomy, of multiple planets or other orbiting bodies) The state or characteristic of orbiting a central celestial object within the same orbital plane.
(geometry, of at least two things, usually lines) The state or characteristic of being within the same plane.
coprincipal
coprincipal
noun
One of a group of people who act jointly as principals (in various senses).
coprolagnia
coprolagnia
noun
coprophilia
coprophagan
coprophagan
noun
(zoology) Any of a number of beetles that feeds on dung.
coprostanol
coprostanol
noun
(organic chemistry) A stanol formed from the biohydrogenation of cholesterol
copyreading
copyreading
verb
present participle of copyread
cornucopiae
cornucopian
cornucopian
adj
in great abundance, very abundant
cornucopias
cornucopias
noun
plural of cornucopia
coronagraph
coronagraph
noun
(astronomy) A telescope that has an attachment which blocks out the direct light from the sun or other star, allowing examination of the corona and the detection of exoplanets
coronograph
coronograph
noun
(astronomy) A telescope, fitted with an attachment that blocks out direct rays from the sun, used to study and photograph the corona of the sun.
(astronomy) The attachment used in such a telescope.
corporation
corporation
noun
(historical) In Fascist Italy, a joint association of employers' and workers' representatives.
(slang, dated, humorous) A protruding belly (perhaps a play on the word corpulence).
A body corporate, created by law or under authority of law, having a continuous existence independent of the existences of its members, and powers and liabilities distinct from those of its members.
The municipal governing body of a borough or city.
coryphaenid
coryphaenid
noun
(zoology) Any dolphinfish in the family Coryphaenidae.