(chemistry) Describing a titration in which the titrant is an acid.
acrodontism
actinodrome
actinodrome
adj
Alternative form of actinodromous
adaptometer
adaptometer
noun
An optometric instrument that measures the minimum threshold of brightness that can be detected or how well the human eye can adapt to a recently darkened environment.
adarbitrium
adiantiform
adiathermal
adiathermal
adj
(thermodynamics) adiabatic; not involving transmission of heat
adiathermic
adiathermic
adj
impervious to heat
adjournment
adjournment
noun
(rhetoric) Ampliatio.
The state of being adjourned, or action of adjourning.
admarginate
admarginate
verb
(archaic) To write in the margin.
administerd
administerd
verb
(obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of administer
administers
administers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of administer
admiralties
admiralties
noun
plural of admiralty
admirations
admirations
noun
plural of admiration
adumbrating
adumbrating
verb
present participle of adumbrate
adumbration
adumbration
noun
(countable) A faint sketch; a brief representation, an outline.
(countable, philosophy, specifically phenomenology) The form of an object as seen by an observer.
(countable, uncountable, figuratively) A rough or symbolic representation; a vague indication of what is to come, a foreshadowing.
(specifically, heraldry) The outline of a charge (“image displayed on an escutcheon”), sometimes filled in with a darker shade than the field.
(uncountable) The state of being in shadow or shade; (countable) a shadow.
adumbrative
adumbrative
adj
Of or pertaining to adumbration
adventurism
adventurism
noun
(politics) The taking of excessive risks by a government in their political, economic or foreign affairs.
The behaviour of an adventurer; risk-taking.
afterwisdom
albedometer
albedometer
noun
An instrument used to measure the albedo of a surface
aldermanate
aldermanate
noun
The members of the aldermanate, collectively.
The office of an alderman; the municipal legislative body of a city or town.
aldermanity
aldermanity
noun
The condition of being an alderman.
aldermaston
amaranthoid
ambidextral
ambidextral
adj
Pertaining equally to the left and right sides.
ameliorated
ameliorated
adj
Having had problem(s) improved upon; having been the subject of amelioration.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ameliorate
amherstdale
amsterdamer
amsterdamer
Noun
A person from, or residing in, Amsterdam.
andranatomy
animadverts
animadverts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of animadvert
antecardium
antheridium
antheridium
noun
(botany, mycology) An organ producing male gametes called antherozoids, found in some algae, ferns, and bryophytes.
anticardium
anticardium
noun
(anatomy) The epigastrium, especially the part almost in front of the heart.
antidromous
antidromous
adj
(botany) Changing the direction in the spiral sequence of leaves on a stem.
aphroditeum
apodyterium
apodyterium
noun
(architecture, historical) The apartment at the entrance of the baths, or in the palestra, for getting undressed.
argentamide
aristodemus
armorplated
arthrodymic
athyroidism
athyroidism
noun
(pathology) The congenital absence of a thyroid gland or suppression of its function
atmidometer
atmidometer
noun
An instrument for measuring the evaporation from water, ice, or snow.
atmidometry
atmosphered
atmosphered
adj
(in combination) Having a specified kind of atmosphere.
attorneydom
attorneydom
noun
The realm or sphere of attorneys.
audiometers
audiometers
noun
plural of audiometer
audiometric
audiometric
adj
Measured using an audiometer
Of or pertaining to audiometry
auditoriums
auditoriums
noun
plural of auditorium
bandmasters
bandmasters
noun
plural of bandmaster
barnstormed
barnstormed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of barnstorm
bichromated
blastoderms
blastoderms
noun
plural of blastoderm
bloodstream
bloodstream
noun
The flow of blood through the circulatory system of an animal
bombardment
bombardment
noun
(physics) the incidence of an intense stream of high-energy particles directed at a substance
heavy artillery fire
the act of bombing, especially towns or cities
bromhydrate
bromhydrate
noun
hydrobromate
camphorated
camphorated
adj
Treated or impregnated with camphor.
camptodrome
cardiameter
cardiasthma
cardiectomy
cardiectomy
noun
The surgical removal of the cardia (the part of the esophagus that connects to the stomach).
cardiometer
cardiometry
cardiometry
noun
(medicine) measurement of the heart, as by percussion or auscultation
catadromous
catadromous
adj
(botany) Of a fern in which the first veins in a frond segment are produced towards the base of the frond.
(ichthyology, of a migratory fish) Living in fresh water as an adult, but breeding in the sea.
chondromata
comitragedy
comitragedy
noun
Alternative form of tragicomedy
commendator
commendator
noun
(obsolete) A cleric who held a commendam.
commodatary
commoderate
concordatum
cortemadera
corymbiated
corymbiated
adj
Having a corymb.
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.
crepidomata
cryptomonad
cryptomonad
noun
(biology) A flagellate of the order Cryptomonadales; most have chloroplasts.
dactylogram
dactylogram
Noun
a fingerprint.
damkjernite
dannemorite
dearomatize
dearomatize
verb
(organic chemistry) To remove the aromatic character from a compound
(organic chemistry) To remove the aromatic components from a petroleum product
debrominate
debrominate
verb
To remove bromine atoms, especially those added by a previous bromination
decemvirate
decemvirate
noun
A group of ten people, especially (politics) a council of ten men sharing office or power and particularly (historical) the groups of ten men who reformed and codified Roman law circa 450 BCE.
declamatory
declamatory
adj
Having the quality of a declamation.
Pretentiously lofty in style; bombastic.
decremental
decremental
adj
Pertaining to a decrement
decreasing
deformation
deformation
noun
A transformation; change of shape.
The act of deforming, or state of being deformed.
deformative
defraudment
defraudment
noun
(obsolete) Privation by fraud; defrauding
degerminate
degradement
degradement
noun
Deprivation of rank or office; degradation.
demarcating
demarcating
verb
present participle of demarcate
demarcation
demarcation
noun
A limit thus fixed, in full demarcation line.
Any strictly defined separation.
The act of marking off a boundary or setting a limit, notably by belligerents signing a treaty or ceasefire.
demarcators
demarcators
noun
plural of demarcator
demarcature
demarkation
demarkation
noun
Alternative spelling of demarcation
deminatured
deminatured
adj
Having half the nature of another.
democratian
democratise
democratise
verb
Alternative spelling of democratize (“to make democratic”)
democratism
democratism
noun
The principles or spirit of a democracy.
democratist
democratist
adj
Relating to, or supporting, democratism.
noun
A supporter of democracy, a democrat; specifically, an advocate of republican forms of government (originally as a supporter of the French Revolution).
democratize
democratize
verb
(transitive) To make democratic.
democritean
democritean
Adjective
Of or relating to Democritus, an ancient Greek philosopher noted for his atomic theory.
demodulator
demodulator
noun
Any device that demodulates a signal
demonastery
demonolater
demonolater
noun
One who worships demons.
demonolatry
demonolatry
noun
Worship of demons.
demonstrant
demonstrant
noun
A participant in a demonstration.
demonstrate
demonstrate
verb
(intransitive) to participate in or organize a demonstration.
(transitive) to show how to use (something).
(transitive) to show, display, or present; to prove or make evident
to show the steps taken to create a logical argument or equation.
denominator
denominator
noun
(arithmetic) The number or expression written below the line in a fraction (such as 2 in ½).
One who gives a name to something.
departement
departments
departments
noun
plural of department
depravement
depravement
noun
(archaic) Depravity; corruption.
deraignment
derailments
derailments
noun
plural of derailment
derangement
derangement
noun
(mathematics, combinatorics) A permutation of a set such that no element is in its previous position.
An act or instance of deranging.
The property of being deranged.
dermacentor
dermapteran
dermapteran
noun
Any of various insects of the order Dermaptera; earwig.
dermatalgia
dermatalgia
noun
(pathology) pain that is localised to the skin
dermathemia
dermatocele
dermatocyst
dermatogens
dermatogens
noun
plural of dermatogen
dermatology
dermatology
noun
(medicine) The study of the skin and its diseases.
dermatomere
dermatoptic
dermatotome
dermatotomy
dermatozoon
dermatozzoa
dermatrophy
dermatrophy
noun
atrophy (a thinning) of the skin
dermatropic
dermestidae
dermopathic
dermopathic
adj
dermatopathic
dermoplasty
dermoplasty
noun
(surgery) The use of skin grafts in plastic surgery.
dermopteran
dermopteran
noun
(entomology) Misspelling of dermapteran.
(entomology, obsolete) Any insect which has the anterior pair of wings coriaceous, and does not use them in flight.
(mammalogy) Any mammal in the order Dermoptera, the flying lemurs
dermutation
derotremata
derotremate
desagrement
desideratum
desideratum
noun
Something that is wished for, or considered desirable, particularly when thought to be essential.
desmarestia
determinacy
determinacy
noun
(mathematics) (game theory) The study of the circumstances under which a game has a winning strategy.
The ability to be completely determined in a definite way; the quality of being determinate.
determinant
determinant
adj
Serving to determine or limit; determinative.
noun
(biology) A substance that causes a cell to adopt a particular fate.
(genetics) Something that causes a nuclease to cut at a specified point
(linear algebra) A scalar that encodes certain characteristics of a given transformation matrix; the unique scalar function over square matrices which is distributive over matrix multiplication, multilinear in the rows and columns, and takes the value 1 for the unit matrix; abbreviated as: det.
A determining factor; an element that determines the nature of something.
determinate
determinate
adj
(biology) Of growth: ending once a genetically predetermined structure has formed.
(obsolete) Determined or resolved upon.
Conclusive; decisive; positive.
Distinct, clearly defined.
Fixed, set, unvarying.
Of determined purpose; resolute.
noun
(philosophy) A single state of a particular determinable attribute.
verb
(obsolete) To bring to an end; to determine.
detrainment
detrainment
noun
(meteorology) The diffusion of air from an organized current into the general atmosphere.
The act of detraining.
detrimental
detrimental
adj
Causing damage or harm.
deuterogamy
deuterogamy
noun
A second marriage, after the death of the first husband or wife; in distinction from bigamy, as defined in the old canon law.