(obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of accomplish
achromatope
achromatope
noun
A person who has achromatopia.
acromphalus
acromphalus
noun
(pathology) An abnormal protrusion of the navel that sometimes leads to umbilical hernia
adelphogamy
adelphogamy
noun
A form of polyandry where a woman is married to two or more brothers.
Marriage between a brother and a sister.
adiamorphic
adiaphorism
adiaphorism
noun
The belief that certain religious doctrines or ceremonies are indifferent, i.e. do not matter.
aetomorphae
agomphiasis
agomphiasis
noun
Looseness of the teeth.
allelomorph
allelomorph
noun
(genetics, obsolete) Synonym of allele
allomorphic
allomorphic
adj
Pertaining to allomorphism or to allomorphs.
almonership
almonership
noun
The rank or office of an almoner.
amadelphous
amadelphous
adj
Outgoing; gregarious.
amidophenol
aminophenol
aminophenol
noun
(organic chemistry) Any amino derivative of a phenol
(organic chemistry) Any of three isomeric amino derivatives of phenol; hydroxyaniline
ammophilous
ammophilous
adj
Thriving in a sandy environment.
ammotherapy
amorphinism
amorphinism
noun
withdrawal symptoms from morphine
amorphously
amorphously
adv
In an amorphous manner.
ampherotoky
amphibiotic
amphibiotic
adj
Describing insects that initially live in water but live on land as adults
amphibolies
amphibolies
noun
plural of amphiboly
amphiboline
amphibolite
amphibolite
noun
Any of a class of metamorphic rock composed mainly of amphibole with some quartz etc.
amphibology
amphibology
noun
(archaic) Amphiboly.
amphibolous
amphibolous
adj
(obsolete) ambiguous; doubtful
amphibryous
amphichroic
amphichroic
adj
(chemistry) Exhibiting or producing two colours, as substances which may change red litmus to blue and blue litmus to red.
amphichrome
amphichromy
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.
amphidromia
amphidromia
noun
An ancient Greek postnatal festive ceremony.
amphidromic
amphidromic
adj
Alternative form of amphidromical
Alternative form of amphidromous
Relating to a tidal node
amphierotic
amphigamous
amphigamous
adj
(botany) Having an entirely cellular structure and no distinct sexual organs.
amphigenous
amphigenous
adj
(botany) Increasing in size by growth on all sides, as in the lichens.
(psychology, obsolete) Relating to a form of inversion where the desired partner may be either male or female, i.e. bisexuality.
amphigonium
amphigonous
amphigonous
adj
(biology) Relating to both parents.
amphigories
amphigories
noun
plural of amphigory
amphigouris
amphikaryon
amphilochus
amphilogism
amphimorula
amphioxidae
amphioxides
amphioxuses
amphioxuses
noun
plural of amphioxus
amphiphloic
amphiphloic
adj
(botany) Of stems in which the phloem is both external and internal to the xylem.
amphiploids
amphiploids
noun
plural of amphiploid
amphiploidy
amphiploidy
noun
(genetics) The condition of being amphiploid
amphipodous
amphipodous
adj
(zoology) Of or pertaining to the Amphipoda.
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.
amphistomum
amphithuron
amphithyron
amphitokous
amphitropal
amphitropal
adj
(botany) Having the ovule inverted, but with the attachment near the middle of one side; half anatropous.
amphivorous
amphizoidae
amphodelite
amphogenous
amphophilic
amphophilic
adj
(cytology) That can be stained with either an acidic or a basic dye.
amphoricity
amphoricity
noun
(rare) The quality of being amphoric.
amphoriskoi
amphoriskos
amylophagia
amylophagia
noun
(pathology) the pathologic desire to eat excessive starch, starchlike or carbohydrate-rich foods
amyotrophia
amyotrophia
noun
Alternative form of amyotrophy
amyotrophic
amyotrophic
adj
(medicine) Characterized by amyotrophy (atrophy of the muscles)
anamorphism
anamorphism
noun
(computer science) a generalization of the list-producing unfolds known from functional programming to arbitrary abstract data types that can be described as final coalgebras
anamorphose
anamorphose
verb
(transitive) To distort (an image) by anamorphosis.
anamorphote
anamorphous
anamorphous
adj
distorted, deformed
androphorum
androphorum
noun
(botany) A stalk-like extension of the center of a flower from which emerge the stamens.
anemographs
anemographs
noun
plural of anemograph
anemography
anemography
noun
A scientific description of the winds.
The art of recording the direction and force of the wind, as by means of an anemograph.
anguimorpha
anomphalous
anthroponym
anthroponym
noun
The name of a person, especially a surname.
antisophism
aphanomyces
aphroditeum
apomorphine
apomorphine
noun
(pharmacology) A crystalline morphine derivative that is a dopamine agonist, used as an emetic and is injected subcutaneously in the form of its hydrochloride C₁₇H₁₇NO₂·HCl·1/2H₂O to treat episodes of immobility associated with advanced Parkinson's disease.
apophthegms
apophthegms
noun
plural of apophthegm
aporrhiegma
archemperor
archoplasma
aromatophor
arthrophyma
ascophyllum
ataxophemia
ataxophemia
noun
Defective coordination of words in speech; atactic aphasia; incoherence.
atmosphered
atmosphered
adj
(in combination) Having a specified kind of atmosphere.
atmospheres
atmospheres
noun
plural of atmosphere
atmospheric
atmospheric
adj
(painting) Translucent or hazy.
Evoking a particular emotional or aesthetic quality.
Of, relating to, produced by, or coming from the atmosphere.
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.
blasphemous
blasphemous
adj
Lacking piety or respect for the sacred. Resembling blasphemy.
boatmanship
boatmanship
noun
The art of managing a boat.
bondmanship
bondmanship
noun
The state of being a bondman.
bromcamphor
buphthalmos
buphthalmos
noun
(medicine) Abnormal enlargement of the eyeball.
cacemphaton
cacomorphia
calomorphic
calophyllum
cameography
campholytic
camphorated
camphorated
adj
Treated or impregnated with camphor.
camphorates
camphorates
noun
plural of camphorate
camphoronic
camphorweed
camphorweed
noun
Any of the genus Pluchea of flowering plants in the Asteraceae family.
camphorwood
camphorwood
noun
The wood of Cinnamomum camphora, an evergreen tree whose leaves have a smell of camphor when crushed.
cecomorphae
cephalodium
cephalodium
noun
A small gall-like structure found in some lichens that contain cyanobacterial symbionts.
cephalogram
cephalogram
noun
An X-ray of the craniofacial area.
cephalomant
cephalomere
cephalomere
noun
(zoology) One of the somites (arthromeres) which make up the head of arthropods.
cephalosome
cephalosome
noun
(zoology) The anterior region or head of insects and other arthropods.
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
champerator
champertous
champertous
adj
Having the quality of champerty; being an instance of champerty.
champignons
champignons
noun
plural of champignon
championess
championess
noun
(archaic) A female champion.
championing
championing
noun
The act of one who champions something; fervent support.
verb
present participle of champion
championize
championize
verb
(transitive, archaic) To champion.
champollion
chasmophyte
chasmophyte
noun
(botany) chomophyte
cheirospasm
cheirospasm
noun
(pathology) Any spasm of the muscles of the hand
chlamyphore
chlamyphore
noun
(zoology, dated) A small South American armadillo (Chlamyphorus truncatus and Chlamyphorus retusus, now Calyptophractus retusus), covered with a leathery shell.
chromaphore
chromascope
chromascope
noun
An instrument for showing the optical effects of colour.
chromatrope
chromatrope
noun
An instrument for exhibiting certain chromatic effects of light by means of rapidly rotating disks of various colours.
chromeplate
chromograph
chromograph
noun
(obsolete) chromolithograph
chromophage
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.
chromoplasm
chromoplasm
noun
Alternative form of chromatoplasm
chromoplast
chromoplast
noun
(biology) Any plastid in which a pigment is synthesized or stored
cinemograph
cinemograph
noun
(historical) An integrating anemometer.
cochampions
cochampions
noun
plural of cochampion
colpenchyma
comprachico
comprachico
noun
(folklore) A person who deliberately mutilates a growing child in order to induce freakish physical traits.
comradeship
comradeship
noun
The company or friendship of others, or sharing a goal.
coracomorph
cosmography
cosmography
noun
The creation of maps of the universe.
The study of the size and geometry of the universe and changes in those with cosmic time.
cosmopathic
creophagism
cymographic
cymographic
adj
Of or relating to the cymograph.
cymophanous
cymophanous
adj
Having a wavy, floating light; opalescent; chatoyant.
cyphomandra
demographer
demographer
noun
a person who studies demography
demographic
demographic
adj
Of or pertaining to demography.
noun
(chiefly in the plural) A demographic criterion: a characteristic used to classify people for statistical purposes, such as age, race, or gender.
A demographic group: a collection of people sharing a value for a certain demographic criterion.
An individual person's characteristic, encoded for the purposes of statistical analysis.
demonograph
dermatrophy
dermatrophy
noun
atrophy (a thinning) of the skin
dermography
dermography
noun
A change in skin coloration in response to an irritating stimulus, such as scratching.
dermopathic
dermopathic
adj
dermatopathic
desmography
desmography
noun
The description of ligaments; a treatise describing ligaments