A muscoid fly belonging to the subsection Acalyptratae.
acatalepsia
acatalepsia
noun
Alternative form of acatalepsy
acataleptic
acataleptic
adj
Incapable of being comprehended; incomprehensible; inconceivable.
noun
An adherent of acatalepsy
acceptilate
acceptilate
verb
(transitive) To discharge a (claim) by acceptilation
acceptingly
acceptingly
adv
In a accepting manner; tolerantly.
accomplisht
accomplisht
adj
Obsolete form of accomplished.
verb
(obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of accomplish
acropetally
acropetally
adv
In an acropetal manner.
acropolitan
acropolitan
adj
Of or befitting an acropolis, especially in lofty glory and in the capacity to inspire awe; compare Acropolitan.
aeolotropic
aeolotropic
adj
(physics) Pertaining to aeolotropy; of a body or substance, having physical properties (e.g., electric conductivity, refractive index) that depend on the direction in which they are measured.
alethoscope
alethoscope
noun
An instrument for viewing pictures by means of a lens, so as to present them in their natural proportions and relations.
allocryptic
alloplastic
alloplastic
adj
(psychology) Involving a subject changing the environment or situation rather than him/herself.
(surgery) Related to an alloplast or to alloplasty
noun
(surgery) Any artificial material substituted for tissue grafts
allotrophic
allotrophic
adj
Changed or modified in nutritive power by the process of digestion.
Of or pertaining to an allotroph.
allotypical
allotypical
adj
(immunology, rare) Allotypic: of, due to, or pertaining to an allotype.
alpenstocks
alpenstocks
noun
plural of alpenstock
alphabetics
alphabetics
noun
(dated) The science of representing spoken sounds by letters.
alphatoluic
altarpieces
altarpieces
noun
plural of altarpiece
amphicytula
amphistylic
amphistylic
adj
(anatomy, of a skull) Having the mandibular arch articulated with the hyoid arch and the cranium, as in the cestraciont sharks.
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)
anaglyptics
anaglyptics
noun
(art) The art of carving or embossing in low relief
analeptical
analeptical
adj
Alternative form of analeptic (“restoring or stimulating health”)
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.
antechapels
antechapels
noun
plural of antechapel
anteopercle
antepaschal
antepaschal
adj
(religion) Relating to the time before the Passover, or before Easter.
antepaschel
anthropical
anthropical
adj
Alternative form of anthropic
anticapital
anticapital
adj
Tending to erode the preservation of capital.
anticomplex
antilocapra
antiplastic
antiplastic
adj
(medicine) Preventing or checking the process of healing, or granulation.
Diminishing plasticity.
Opposing the use of plastics, typically for environmental reasons.
noun
(medicine) Any substance that prevents the process of healing, or granulation.
A substance added to clay to make it less malleable.
antitypical
antitypical
adj
Of or pertaining to an antitype.
apathetical
apathetical
adj
Synonym of apathetic
aphetically
aphetically
adv
(astrology) In an aphetic way: pertaining to the apheta.
(linguistics) In an aphetic way: through aphesis.
aphlogistic
aphlogistic
adj
(archaic) flameless
apiculation
apicultural
apicultural
adj
(agriculture) relating to beekeeping
apicultures
apocalyptic
apocalyptic
adj
(nonstandard) Eggcorn of apoplectic.
Of or relating to an apocalypse (a disaster).
Of or relating to an apocalypse (a revelation), revelatory; prophetic.
Portending a future apocalypse (disaster, devastation, or doom).
noun
One who predicts apocalypse.
apodictical
apodictical
adj
(archaic) Apodictic; being clearly demonstrable; certain.
apologetics
apologetics
noun
The field of study concerned with the systematic defense of a position, or of religious or occult doctrines
apomictical
apoplectoid
apostatical
apostatical
adj
Apostate.
apostolical
apostolical
adj
(Christianity) apostolic
apotracheal
apotracheal
adj
Not associated with vascular tracheids
application
application
noun
(bureaucracy, law) A petition, entreaty, or other request, with the adposition for denoting the subject matter.
(computing) A computer program or the set of software that the end user perceives as a single entity as a tool for a well-defined purpose. (Also called: application program; application software.)
(obsolete) Compliance.
A kind of needlework; appliqué.
A verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school, course or similar.
Diligence; close thought or attention.
The act of applying as a means; the employment of means to accomplish an end; specific use.
The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense
The act of directing or referring something to a particular case, to discover or illustrate agreement or disagreement, fitness, or correspondence.
The act of requesting, claiming, or petitioning something.
The substance applied.
applicative
applicative
adj
(computing) Of a programming language: using successive functional transformations on data to arrive at a result.
Having practical application; applicable.
Involving the application of an operator on an operand.
noun
(grammar) A grammatical construct that casts a peripheral noun phrase as direct object.
applicators
applicators
noun
plural of applicator
applicatory
applicatory
adj
able to be applied or used, practical
archapostle
archplotter
archprelate
archprelate
noun
(ecclesiastical) An archbishop or other chief prelate.
aseptically
aseptically
adv
In an aseptic manner.
atypicality
atypicality
noun
The condition of being atypical
autocephaly
autocephaly
noun
(Christianity) The condition where a church's leaders have severed ties to a larger body and thus no longer report to a higher authority.
autopelagic
autoplastic
autoplastic
adj
(psychology) Involving a subject changing him/herself rather than the environment or situation.
Of or pertaining to autoplasty (type of lesion repair with healthy tissue).
bathukolpic
bathukolpic
adj
(rare) Deep-bosomed.
bathycolpic
bathycolpic
adj
Alternative form of bathukolpic
battlepiece
beneplacito
beneplacity
birthplaces
birthplaces
noun
plural of birthplace
blacktopped
blacktopped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blacktop
blastoporic
blastoporic
adj
(biology) Pertaining to a blastopore; blastoporal.
blepharitic
blepharitic
adj
Relating to blepharitis.
buphthalmic
buphthalmic
adj
Exhibiting, or relating to, buphthalmia.
cacoplastic
cacoplastic
adj
(pathology) Pertaining to, or causing, abnormal growth or formation.
calamopitys
callithumps
callithumps
noun
plural of callithump
callityping
calyptratae
calyptrogen
calyptrogen
noun
rootcap
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
campholytic
cantaloupes
cantaloupes
noun
plural of cantaloupe
capillament
capillament
noun
(anatomy) Any villous or hairy covering; a fine fibre or filament, as of the nerves.
(botany) A filament.
capillarity
capillarity
noun
The interaction between the surfaces of a solid and liquid in contact that distorts the normal geometry of the liquid surface; especially the rise or fall of a liquid in a fine tube.
capillation
capillation
noun
(obsolete) A capillary blood vessel.
capillitial
capillitial
adj
Relating to the capillitium.
capillitium
capillitium
noun
A mass of sterile fibers within a fruiting body interspersed among spores.
capitalised
capitalised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of capitalise
capitaliser
capitalises
capitalises
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of capitalise
capitalisms
capitalisms
noun
plural of capitalism
capitalists
capitalists
noun
plural of capitalist
capitalized
capitalized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of capitalize
capitalizer
capitalizer
noun
One who capitalizes.
capitalizes
capitalizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of capitalize
capitalness
capitalness
noun
The state or quality of being capital.
capitellate
capitellate
adj
(botany) Having a very small knob-like termination, or collected into minute capitula.
capitoulate
capitoulate
noun
(historical) The former districts of Toulouse, France, responsible for electing the capitouls.
(historical) The office or term of office of a capitoul.
Rule by capitouls, (specifically, historical) the former municipal government of Toulouse, France, under their direction.
capitularly
capitularly
adv
In the manner or form of an ecclesiastical chapter.
capitulated
capitulated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of capitulate
capitulates
capitulates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of capitulate
capitulator
capitulator
noun
A person who capitulates.
capiturlary
cappelenite
cappelenite
noun
(mineralogy) A rare mineral that is a mixed borosilicate and fluoride of yttrium, cerium and barium
cappelletti
cappelletti
noun
(cooking) A circular form of ravioli.
caprolactam
caprolactam
noun
(organic chemistry) A lactam (cyclic amide) manufactured from cyclohexanone and used in the manufacture of nylon.
capsulation
capsulation
noun
(medicine) The enclosing of (typically) a drug in a capsule
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
captionless
captionless
adj
Without a caption.
captivately
carpetlayer
carpetlayer
noun
A person who lays (cuts, shapes and fits) carpets.
carpologist
carpologist
noun
One who studies carpology.
caryopilite
caryopilite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic mineral containing arsenic, chlorine, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, silicon, and zinc.
catalepsies
catalepsies
noun
plural of catalepsy
cataleptics
cataleptics
noun
plural of cataleptic
cataleptize
cataleptize
verb
(transitive) To induce a state of catalepsy in.
cataleptoid
cataleptoid
adj
Resembling catalepsy.
cataphyllum
cataplastic
catapleiite
catapleiite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, sodium, and zirconium.
cataplexies
cataplexies
noun
plural of cataplexy
catapultier
catapultier
noun
The operator of a catapult.
catapulting
catapulting
verb
present participle of catapult
cataspilite
catchpolery
catchpoling
catchpolled
caterpillar
caterpillar
noun
(mathematics) A set of subtrees of a tree
A vehicle with a caterpillar track; a crawler
The larva of a butterfly or moth; leafworm
catoptrical
catoptrical
adj
Alternative form of catoptric
caulopteris
celtophobia
celtophobia
Noun
Hatred against Celtic peoples.
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.
cephalocyst
cephalomant
cephalothin
cephalothin
noun
(medicine) A semisynthetic antibiotic related to cephalosporin
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
ceroplastic
ceroplastic
adj
Modelled in wax.
Of or relating to such an art or process.
noun
(archaic) The art of modelling in wax.
chalcotript
chaptalized
chaptalized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chaptalize
chapultepec
chattelship
chattelship
noun
The condition of being a chattel.
cheoplastic
chiloplasty
chinaphthol
chinaphthol
noun
Synonym of quinaphthol (“when used as an antiseptic”)
chiroplasty
chiroplasty
noun
(surgery) plastic surgery to the hand
chloroplast
chloroplast
noun
(cytology) An organelle, found in the cells of green plants and in photosynthetic algae, where photosynthesis takes place, characterized by a high concentration of chlorophyll and two membranes.