A muscoid fly belonging to the subsection Acalyptratae.
acceptingly
acceptingly
adv
In a accepting manner; tolerantly.
accipitrary
accipitrary
noun
(archaic) A falconer.
acetopyrine
acetopyrine
noun
(medicine) An acetylsalicylate of antipyrine
acropetally
acropetally
adv
In an acropetal manner.
actinophrys
actinoscopy
actinoscopy
noun
(medicine, archaic) Radiology; examination by means of an X-ray machine.
actuaryship
actuaryship
noun
The role or status of actuary.
adenotyphus
aerotherapy
aerotherapy
noun
(medicine) Any therapy that uses some form of air
aglyphodont
albitophyre
allelopathy
allelopathy
noun
The release by a plant of a toxin to suppress growth of nearby competing plants.
allelotropy
allocryptic
allophytoid
allotypical
allotypical
adj
(immunology, rare) Allotypic: of, due to, or pertaining to an allotype.
alogotrophy
alphabetary
alphabetary
adj
(obsolete) alphabetic; rudimentary
aluminotype
aluminotype
noun
A form of printing plate made of a sheet of aluminium.
ammotherapy
ampherotoky
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.
amphicyrtic
amphicytula
amphistylar
amphistylic
amphistylic
adj
(anatomy, of a skull) Having the mandibular arch articulated with the hyoid arch and the cranium, as in the cestraciont sharks.
amphithyron
amphoricity
amphoricity
noun
(rare) The quality of being amphoric.
ampollosity
ampullosity
ampullosity
noun
(rare, formal) turgidity of language; bombast
amylopectin
amylopectin
noun
(biochemistry) A highly branched, insoluble form of starch (the soluble form being amylose)
amyloplasts
amyloplasts
noun
plural of amyloplast
amyotrophia
amyotrophia
noun
Alternative form of amyotrophy
amyotrophic
amyotrophic
adj
(medicine) Characterized by amyotrophy (atrophy of the muscles)
anaemotropy
anaerophyte
anaerophyte
noun
Any plant that does not require a direct supply of air
anaglyptics
anaglyptics
noun
(art) The art of carving or embossing in low relief
anepithymia
angioplasty
angioplasty
noun
(surgery) The mechanical widening of a narrowed or totally obstructed blood vessel generally caused by atheroma.
angiotripsy
angiotripsy
noun
hemostasis by means of an angiotribe
antepyretic
antepyretic
Adjective
Preceding a fever
anteropygal
anthography
anthography
noun
(botany) The branch of botany that deals with the description of flowers.
anthroponym
anthroponym
noun
The name of a person, especially a surname.
anthypnotic
anthypnotic
adj
Alternative form of antihypnotic
anticryptic
anticryptic
adj
Of or pertaining to camouflage used by a predator to provide stealth, as opposed to camouflage used by prey to hide.
antileprosy
antileprosy
adj
(medicine) Countering leprosy.
antiphonary
antiphonary
adj
Pertaining to an antiphon or antiphony.
antipoverty
antipoverty
adj
(politics) that serves to alleviate poverty
antipyresis
antipyresis
noun
(medicine) The reduction of fever.
antipyretic
antipyretic
adj
(pharmacology) That reduces fever.
noun
(pharmacology) A medicine that reduces fever; a febrifuge.
antipyrines
antipyrines
noun
plural of antipyrine
antipyrotic
antipyrotic
adj
(medicine) Effective against burns or pyrosis.
antitrypsin
antitrypsin
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a class of serum proteins that inhibit trypsin and similar proteolytic enzymes
antitryptic
antitryptic
adj
That inhibits the action of trypsin
antityphoid
antityphoid
adj
(immunology) Countering typhoid fever.
antitypical
antitypical
adj
Of or pertaining to an antitype.
aortography
aortography
noun
(medicine) an arteriography of the aorta
aphetically
aphetically
adv
(astrology) In an aphetic way: pertaining to the apheta.
(linguistics) In an aphetic way: through aphesis.
apicoectomy
apicoectomy
noun
(surgery) An endodontic surgical procedure whereby a tooth's root tip is removed and a root end cavity is prepared and filled with a biocompatible material
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.
apocryphate
apocynthion
apocynthion
noun
(astronomy) The point in an orbit around the Moon that is most distant from that body.
apodyterium
apodyterium
noun
(architecture, historical) The apartment at the entrance of the baths, or in the palestra, for getting undressed.
apolytikion
apolytikion
noun
A troparion chanted at Orthodox Christian worship services, summarizing the feast being celebrated that day.
apometaboly
apophyllite
apophyllite
noun
(mineralogy) Any of several forms of a pale pink or green mineral being a mixed fluoride and silicate of potassium and calcium.
apophysitis
apophysitis
noun
(pathology) Inflammation of an apophysis, a bony tubercle.
aporhyolite
appellatory
appellatory
adj
Containing an appeal.
applicatory
applicatory
adj
able to be applied or used, practical
approbatory
approbatory
adj
Tending to approve or confirm
aptenodytes
apterygidae
archetypist
archetypist
noun
A proponent of the Jungian concept of archetypes.
arthropathy
arthropathy
noun
(pathology) Any of several diseases of a joint
arthrophyma
arthroscopy
arthroscopy
noun
the examination of the interior of a joint (such as the knee) using an arthroscope
aseptically
aseptically
adv
In an aseptic manner.
asphyxiated
asphyxiated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of asphyxiate
asphyxiates
asphyxiates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of asphyxiate
asphyxiator
asphyxiator
noun
One who or that which asphyxiates.
astrography
astrography
noun
The art of describing or delineating the stars; a description or mapping of the heavens.
astrophyton
astrophyton
noun
The giant basket star, an early Mesozoic invertebrate.
atypicality
atypicality
noun
The condition of being atypical
audiotypist
audiotypist
noun
Alternative form of audio typist
augitophyre
autantitypy
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.
autopsychic
autopsychic
adj
(psychology) Relating to the perception of one's own mind
autopticity
autopticity
noun
The condition of being autoptic; an autoptic event
autorrhaphy
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.
baptismally
baptismally
adv
In a baptismal way; through baptism.
basiotripsy
basipetally
basipetally
adv
In a basipetal manner.
bathycolpic
bathycolpic
adj
Alternative form of bathukolpic
bathyscaphe
bathyscaphe
noun
A self-propelled deep-sea diving submersible for exploring the ocean depths, consisting of a crew cabin similar to a bathysphere suspended below a float filled with a buoyant liquid such as petrol.
bathyscaphs
bathyscaphs
noun
plural of bathyscaph
bathysophic
bathysphere
bathysphere
noun
A spherical steel deep-diving chamber with perspex windows, in which persons are lowered to the depths by a cable to study the oceans and deep-sea life; the precursor to the bathyscaphe
beneplacity
bipartitely
bipartitely
adv
In a bipartite fashion; into two parts.
bipinnately
bipinnately
adv
In a bipinnate manner.
bradypeptic
bradypeptic
adj
(medicine, dated) Having abnormally slow digestion.
calamopitys
callityping
calyptratae
calyptrogen
calyptrogen
noun
rootcap
campholytic
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.
capitularly
capitularly
adv
In the manner or form of an ecclesiastical chapter.
capiturlary
capsulotomy
capsulotomy
noun
(surgery) incision into a capsule, especially into the lens of the eye when removing cataracts
captivately
cardiopathy
cardiopathy
noun
(medicine) Any disease or disorder of the heart
carpetlayer
carpetlayer
noun
A person who lays (cuts, shapes and fits) carpets.
cartography
cartography
noun
(countable, figuratively) An illustrative discussion of a topic.
(uncountable) The creation of charts and maps based on the layout of a territory's geography.
caryopilite
caryopilite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic mineral containing arsenic, chlorine, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, silicon, and zinc.
caryopteris
caryopteris
noun
Any Asian shrub of the genus Caryopteris
cataphyllum
catchpolery
cathography
cephalocyst
cephalotomy
cephalotomy
noun
(medicine) craniotomy; usually applied to bisection of the fetal head with a saw
dissection or opening of the head
ceratophrys
ceratophyta
ceratophyte
ceratophyte
noun
(zoology) a type of coral polyp, the internal axis of which has the appearance of wood or horn.
chamaephyte
chamaephyte
noun
(botany) Any low perennial plant whose buds overwinter just above soil level
chasmophyte
chasmophyte
noun
(botany) chomophyte
chiasmatype
chiasmatypy
chiloplasty
chiroplasty
chiroplasty
noun
(surgery) plastic surgery to the hand
colonopathy
colpoplasty
colpoplasty
noun
(surgery) plastic surgery to the vagina
compactedly
compactedly
adv
In a compacted manner; close together.
compilatory
compilatory
adj
Of or pertaining to a compiler (person) or compilation
compliantly
compliantly
adv
in a compliant manner
compotatory
compotatory
adj
Relating to compotation; drinking together.
copiability
copiability
noun
The quality of being copiable; ability to be copied.
coplanarity
coplanarity
noun
(astronomy, of multiple planets or other orbiting bodies) The state or characteristic of orbiting a central celestial object within the same orbital plane.
(geometry, of at least two things, usually lines) The state or characteristic of being within the same plane.
copycatting
copycatting
verb
present participle of copycat
corporality
corporality
noun
(obsolete) A confraternity; a guild.
(obsolete) The state of being or having a body (being corporal/corporeal); bodily existence.
corporately
corporately
adv
Acting as a corporate body.
In a corporate way.
cotemporary
cotemporary
adj
(now rare, nonstandard) Alternative form of contemporary
cotylophora
counterpaly
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.