(art) A representation, in sculpture or on medals, of people expressing joy.
(politics) An oral vote taken without formal ballot and with much fanfare; typically an overwhelmingly affirmative vote.
A shout of approbation, favor, or assent; eager expression of approval; loud applause.
The act of winning an election to a post because there were no other candidates.
acclamatory
acclamatory
adj
Pertaining to, or expressing approval by, acclamation.
acclimating
acclimating
verb
present participle of acclimate
acclimation
acclimation
noun
(biology) The adaptation of an organism to its natural climatic environment.
The process of becoming, or the state of being, acclimated, or habituated to a new climate; acclimatization.
acclimatise
acclimatise
verb
Non-Oxford British English and New Zealand standard spelling of acclimatize.
acclimatize
acclimatize
verb
(intransitive) To get used to a new climate.
(transitive) To make used to a new climate or one that is different from that which is natural; to inure or habituate to other circumstances; to adapt to the peculiarities of a foreign or strange climate.
acclimature
acclimature
noun
(rare) The act of acclimating, or the state of being acclimated.
accomplisht
accomplisht
adj
Obsolete form of accomplished.
verb
(obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of accomplish
accumulated
accumulated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accumulate
accumulates
accumulates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accumulate
accumulativ
accumulator
accumulator
noun
(Britain) A wet-cell storage battery.
(UK, education, historical) One who takes two higher degrees simultaneously, to reduce their length of study.
(cryptography) A one way membership function.
(engineering, hydraulics) A container which stores hydraulic power for release, in the form of a pressurized fluid (often suspended within a larger tank of fluid under pressure).
(finance) A derivative contract under which the seller commits to sell shares of an underlying security at a certain strike price, which the buyer is obligated to buy.
(gambling) A collective bet on successive events, with both stake and winnings being carried forward to accumulate progressively.
(literally) One who, or that which, accumulates.
(manufacturing) A vessel containing pressurized hot water ready for release as steam.
(mechanics) A system of elastic springs for relieving the strain upon a rope, as in deep-sea dredging.
(programming) A register or variable used for holding the intermediate results of a computation or data transfer.
(mathematics, computing) Of, relating to, or being an algorithm.
allosematic
almacenista
alticamelus
altocumulus
altocumulus
noun
(physics, meteorology) A fleecy cloud formation consisting of large whitish or greyish globular cloudlets with shaded portions, often grouped in flocks or rows. (Abbreviated Ac.)
amethodical
amethodical
adj
Not methodical; unsystematic.
amicability
amicability
noun
The state or quality of being amicable or friendly.
amidoacetal
aminoacetal
amminolytic
ammonolitic
ammonolytic
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)
anacleticum
analemmatic
analemmatic
adj
Relating to an analemma.
anatomicals
ancylostoma
ancylostoma
noun
Any hookworm of the genus Ancylostoma.
ancylostome
ancylostome
noun
Alternative form of ancylostoma (“type of hookworm”)
anhemolytic
animalistic
animalistic
adj
In the behaviour of an animal savage; untamed.
In the manner of and/or resembling an animal;
Of or pertaining to animalism.
animastical
anomalistic
anomalistic
adj
(astronomy) Of or pertaining to an anomaly (angle of a body from its perihelion)
(linguistics) Pertaining to anomalism
anomalous
irregular
anticomplex
antimedical
antimedical
adj
Inconsistent with the principles of medical science.
antimusical
antimusical
adj
(music) Of or pertaining to antimusic.
(music) Opposing or countering music.
antinomical
antinomical
adj
Alternative form of antinomic
apomictical
archambault
arhythmical
arhythmical
adj
Arrhythmic, having no rhythm.
arrythmical
ascomycetal
ascomycetal
adj
Relating to ascomycetes
asthmatical
asthmatical
adj
Dated form of asthmatic.
athleticism
athleticism
noun
A show of athletic prowess.
The state of being an athlete, or of taking part in athletic events.
atmoclastic
atmological
atmological
adj
Relating to atmology.
atomistical
automatical
automatical
adj
Archaic form of automatic.
autonomical
autonomical
adj
Alternative form of autonomic
axiomatical
axiomatical
adj
Of or pertaining to an axiom; having the nature of an axiom; characterized by axioms.
balancement
balancement
noun
The act or result of balancing or adjusting; equipoise.
bimaculated
bimaculated
adj
Alternative form of bimaculate
bimetallics
bimetallics
noun
plural of bimetallic
bioclimatic
bioclimatic
adj
(architecture) Focused on providing a comfortable microclimate.
Of or pertaining to the relationship between living things and climate.
biometrical
biometrical
adj
Of or pertaining to biometrics.
blacksmiths
blacksmiths
noun
plural of blacksmith
blastematic
blastematic
adj
(biology) Connected with, or proceeding from, the blastema; blastemal.
blastocheme
blastomeric
blastomeric
adj
Relating to blastomeres.
blastomyces
blastomycin
blastomycin
noun
A sterile material, produced from cultures of the fungus Blastomyces, once used for intradermal testing
bombastical
bombastical
adj
(archaic) bombastic
buphthalmic
buphthalmic
adj
Exhibiting, or relating to, buphthalmia.
cacomistles
cacomistles
noun
plural of cacomistle
cajolements
cajolements
noun
plural of cajolement
calamistral
calamistrum
calamistrum
noun
(zoology) A comb-like structure on the metatarsus of the hind legs of certain spiders (Ciniflonidae), used to curl certain fibres in the construction of their webs.
calamopitys
calathidium
calathiform
callistemon
callithumps
callithumps
noun
plural of callithump
calorimeter
calorimeter
noun
(physics) An apparatus for measuring the heat generated or absorbed by either a chemical reaction, change of phase or some other physical change.
calorimetry
calorimetry
noun
(physics) The science of measuring the heat absorbed or evolved during the course of a chemical reaction or change of state.
A wide headband that covers the ears, for wearing on cold days.
calorimotor
calorimotor
noun
A voltaic battery with a large surface of plate, producing powerful heating effects.
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).
camaldolite
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
cantonalism
cantonalism
noun
(historical, politics) A Spanish insurrectionary movement of the late 19th and early 20th century, aiming to divide the nation state into almost independent cantons.
capillament
capillament
noun
(anatomy) Any villous or hairy covering; a fine fibre or filament, as of the nerves.
(botany) A filament.
capillitium
capillitium
noun
A mass of sterile fibers within a fruiting body interspersed among spores.
capitalisms
capitalisms
noun
plural of capitalism
caprolactam
caprolactam
noun
(organic chemistry) A lactam (cyclic amide) manufactured from cyclohexanone and used in the manufacture of nylon.
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
carmelitess
catabolisms
catabolisms
noun
plural of catabolism
cataclasmic
cataclysmal
cataclysmal
adj
As destructive as a cataclysm.
cataclysmic
cataclysmic
adj
Of or pertaining to a cataclysm; causing great destruction or upheaval; catastrophic.
catacylsmic
cataphyllum
catechismal
catechismal
adj
Of or pertaining to a catechism; having the form of questions and answers; catechical.
catholicism
catholicism
noun
Liberality of sentiment; breadth of view.
The state or quality of being catholic or universal; catholicity.
celtomaniac
centinormal
centinormal
adj
(chemistry) Having a concentration one hundredth that of a normal solution
centralisms
centralisms
noun
plural of centralism
centroplasm
centroplasm
noun
The substance of the centrosome
centumviral
centumviral
adj
Of or pertaining to the centumviri
cephalomant
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
chilomastix
choliambist
choliambist
noun
One who writes in choliambic meter.
chromatical
chromatical
adj
(obsolete) chromatic
chromeplate
chromoblast
chromoblast
noun
An embryonic cell that develops into a pigment cell.
chromoplast
chromoplast
noun
(biology) Any plastid in which a pigment is synthesized or stored
cinematical
cinematical
adj
Of or pertaining to the cinema; cinematic.
circumflant
circumflant
adj
(obsolete) blowing around
clamatorial
clamatorial
adj
(zoology) Like or pertaining to the Clamatores.
clasmatosis
clasmatosis
noun
The fragmentation of cells to form pseudopodialike processes
clavicotomy
cleistogamy
cleistogamy
noun
(botany) The production of flowers which do not open and are self-fertilized in the bud.
cleptomania
cleptomania
noun
Dated form of kleptomania.
climacteric
climacteric
adj
(medicine) Relating to a period of physiological change during middle age; especially, menopausal.
Climactic.
Critical or crucial; decisive.
Pertaining to any of several supposedly critical years of a person's life.
noun
(medicine) The period of life that leads up to and follows the end of menstruation in women; the menopause.
A critical stage or decisive point; a turning point.
A period in human life in which some great change is supposed to take place, calculated in different ways by different authorities (often identified as every seventh or ninth year).
climactical
climactical
adj
climactic
climatizing
climatizing
verb
present participle of climatize
climatology
climatology
noun
The science that deals with climates, and investigates their phenomena and causes.
clinanthium
clinanthium
noun
(botany) The receptacle of the flowers in a composite plant; the clinium.
clinometria
clothmaking
clothmaking
noun
The art or trade of a clothmaker.
cobaltamine
coelomatous
coemptional
coemptional
adj
Relating to coemption.
coimplicant
coimplicate
colemanites
colemanites
noun
plural of colemanite
colitoxemia
colletarium
collimating
collimating
adj
That collimates, or employs collimation
verb
present participle of collimate
collimation
collimation
noun
aligning lenses along line of sight to minimize aberrations