The insertion of needles into the (living) tissue of the body, especially for purposes of pain relief.
verb
(transitive) To treat with acupuncture.
adenotyphus
adstipulate
aftersupper
aggroupment
aggroupment
noun
Arrangement in a group or in groups; grouping.
alpetragius
aluminotype
aluminotype
noun
A form of printing plate made of a sheet of aluminium.
amateurship
amateurship
noun
The quality or character of an amateur.
amphipneust
antenuptial
antenuptial
adj
Occurring before marriage; prenuptial.
antependium
antependium
noun
(ecclesiastical) The hangings or screen in front of the altar; an altar cloth; the frontal.
antepenults
antepenults
noun
plural of antepenult
antipendium
aphroditeum
apicultures
apodyterium
apodyterium
noun
(architecture, historical) The apartment at the entrance of the baths, or in the palestra, for getting undressed.
aponeurotic
aponeurotic
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to an aponeurosis.
apopetalous
apopetalous
adj
(botany) Having distinct or free petals.
apoturmeric
apparatuses
apparatuses
noun
plural of apparatus
appetitious
appurtenant
appurtenant
adj
Ancillary or subsidiary.
Of or pertaining to an appurtenance.
noun
(law, nominalized, informal) An appurtenance.
An appendage or attachment.
aspermatous
aspermatous
adj
Alternative form of aspermous
asteropaeus
atropaceous
attapulgite
attapulgite
noun
(mineralogy) A clay mineral that is a constituent of fuller's earth and bentonite
augitophyre
auripigment
auripigment
noun
(archaic) Variant of orpiment
ausgespielt
austrophile
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.
autoceptive
autographed
autographed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of autograph
autographer
autographer
noun
Someone who writes an autograph
autopelagic
autophagies
autophagies
noun
plural of autophagy
autotherapy
autotherapy
noun
(medicine) Self-treatment of a medical condition.
(medicine) The spontaneous cure of a medical condition.
(medicine) Treament of a disease by administration of filtrates from the patient's own pathological secretions, such as the ingestion of discharge from wounds.
bankrupture
bankrupture
noun
(dated) bankruptcy
bicuspidate
bicuspidate
adj
Having two points or prominences (as teeth, leaves, fruit, etc.); bicuspid.
bipupillate
bipupillate
adj
(zoology) Having an eyespot on the wing, with two dots within it of a different colour, as in some butterflies.
bistipulate
buprestidae
buprestidan
buprestidan
noun
(zoology, chiefly in the plural, dated) Any of a number of jewel beetles of the family Buprestidae, usually with shiny metallic colours.
butterpaste
campanulate
campanulate
adj
Shaped like a bell.
cantaloupes
cantaloupes
noun
plural of cantaloupe
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.
capitulated
capitulated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of capitulate
capitulates
capitulates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of capitulate
capsulotome
capsulotome
noun
(surgery) An instrument used to incise the capsule of the lens of the eye
catapultier
catapultier
noun
The operator of a catapult.
caulopteris
champertous
champertous
adj
Having the quality of champerty; being an instance of champerty.
chapultepec
computative
computative
adj
calculating, shrewdly or selfishly reckoning
of or relating to computation, computational
conspurcate
conspurcate
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To pollute; to defile.
constuprate
constuprate
verb
(obsolete) To rape, violate.
copulatives
copulatives
noun
plural of copulative
corporature
corporature
noun
(obsolete) The state of being embodied; bodily existence.
counterapse
counterapse
noun
(architecture) An apse opposite another apse.
counterpace
counterpaly
counterpane
counterpane
noun
(dated) The topmost covering of a bed, often functioning as a blanket; a coverlet, bedspread.
counterpart
counterpart
noun
(law) A duplicate of a legal document.
(paleontology) Either half of a flattened fossil when the rock has split along the plane of the fossil.
Either of two parts that fit together, or complement one another.
One who or that which has corresponding functions or characteristics.
One who or that which resembles another.
verb
(transitive) To counterbalance.
counterplan
counterplan
noun
A plan set up in opposition to another plan.
verb
To set up a plan in opposition to another plan.
counterplay
counterplay
noun
(chess) A counterattack in a different part of the board.
(video games, sociology) A subversive style of gameplay in which a player attempts to overturn the usual rules and conventions of the game.
A game move made as a response.
verb
To counter; to contrast or contradict.
To make a counterplay; to play in response.
counterplea
counterplea
noun
(law) A plea made in opposition to another.
counterpray
crawthumper
crawthumper
noun
(Ireland, colloquial) An ostentatiously pious person.
crepitacula
crypturidae
cupellation
cupellation
noun
The assaying of precious metal in a cupel.
cyphonautes
cyphonautes
noun
(zoology) The larva of an ectoproct or bryozoan.
decapsulate
decapsulate
verb
(surgery, transitive) To remove a capsule (especially from the kidney).
dentiparous
dentiparous
adj
tooth-bearing
depasturage
depasturing
depasturing
verb
present participle of depasture
depauperate
depauperate
adj
(botany, of a plant etc) Having stunted growth
Having a limited biodiversity.
Impoverished.
verb
To impoverish.
To stunt the growth of.
deplumation
deplumation
noun
(medicine) Loss of the eyelashes due to disease of the eyelids.
(metaphoric) The stripping of someone's symbol(s) of status and prestige; humiliation.
The stripping or falling off of plumes or feathers.
depopulated
depopulated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of depopulate
depopulates
depopulates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of depopulate
depopulator
depopulator
noun
A person who depopulates an area, especially one who forcibly removes people from an estate.
deputations
deputations
noun
plural of deputation
desmatippus
despumating
despumating
verb
present participle of despumate
despumation
despumation
noun
Separation of scum or impurities from liquid; clarification.
The act of throwing up froth or scum.
deuteranope
deuteranope
noun
One who has deuteranopia.
deutoplasms
deutoplasms
noun
plural of deutoplasm
displuviate
disputative
disputative
adj
Tending to dispute.
disruptable
disruptable
adj
Capable of being disrupted.
dunderpates
dunderpates
noun
plural of dunderpate
duplicately
duplicately
adv
In a duplicate manner
duplicative
duplicative
adj
Of, related to, or being a duplicate.
duplicature
duplicature
noun
A doubling; a fold, as of a membrane.
ectocarpous
elephantous
elephantous
adj
(medicine, obsolete) Of or relating to elephantiasis.
empyreumata
encapsulate
encapsulate
verb
(networking) To enclose data in packets that can be transmitted using a given protocol.
(software, object-oriented programming) To enclose objects in a common interface in a way that makes them interchangeable, and guards their states from invalid changes.
(transitive) To enclose something in, or as if in, a capsule.
(transitive) To epitomize something by expressing it as a brief summary.
enrapturing
enrapturing
verb
present participle of enrapture
eoanthropus
ephthianura
ephthianure
epibaterium
epibaterius
epigastrium
epigastrium
noun
(anatomy) The upper middle region of the abdomen, between the umbilical and hypochondriac regions.
epignathous
epignathous
adj
(zoology) hook-billed; having the upper mandible longer than the lower one
epipetalous
epipetalous
adj
(botany) Borne on the petals or corolla.
epirotulian
epithalamus
epithalamus
noun
(anatomy, neuroanatomy) The dorsal posterior segment of the diencephalon; it includes the habenula, the stria medullaris and the pineal body.
epitympanum
epitympanum
noun
The upper part of the tympanic cavity (of the middle ear)
equipartile
equispatial
equispatial
adj
Occupying the same amount of space.
eucalypteol
eucalyptian
eucalyptole
eucalyptole
noun
Alternative form of eucalyptol
eucalyptols
eucalyptols
noun
plural of eucalyptol
eucatropine
eucatropine
noun
(pharmacology) Euphthalmine.
eupanorthus
euphoriants
euphoriants
noun
plural of euphoriant
euplectella
euplectella
noun
Any of the genus Euplectella of glassy sponges.
eurypterida
exculpating
exculpating
verb
present participle of exculpate
exculpation
exculpation
noun
That which exculpates; an excuse.
The act of exculpating from alleged fault or crime.
exculpative
exculpative
adj
Alternative form of exculpatory
exculpatory
exculpatory
adj
Tending to excuse or clear of wrongdoing.
expostulate
expostulate
verb
(intransitive) To protest or remonstrate; to reason earnestly with a person on some impropriety of conduct.
expulsatory
expulsatory
adj
expulsive; having the power to expel; serving to expel
expurgating
expurgating
verb
present participle of expurgate
expurgation
expurgation
noun
The act of expurgating, purging, or cleansing; purification from anything noxious, offensive, sinful, or erroneous.
expurgative
expurgators
expurgators
noun
plural of expurgator
expurgatory
expurgatory
adj
Serving to expurgate.
exsculptate
exstipulate
exstipulate
adj
(botany) Not bearing stipules.
extracampus
flapmouthed
foetiparous
foetiparous
adj
Alternative form of fetiparous
forcipulate
grapefruits
grapefruits
noun
plural of grapefruit
haruspicate
haruspicate
verb
To perform haruspication.
heautophany
hephaesteum
heptagynous
heptagynous
adj
(botany) Having seven pistils
heptamerous
heptamerous
adj
(botany) Comprising seven parts or members, as with seven petals on a flower.
heptandrous
heptandrous
adj
(botany) Having seven stamens.
heptangular
heptangular
adj
Having seven angles.
hexapterous
hexapterous
adj
(botany) Having six wing-like processes or extensions