(pharmacology) A drug or an agent that induces an abortion.
acetabuliform
acetabuliform
adj
(botany) Shaped like a saucer or shallow cup.
acetification
acetification
noun
The act of making acetous or sour; the process of converting, or of becoming converted, into vinegar.
acidification
acidification
noun
The act or process of making something sour (acidifying), or changing into an acid.
adenofibrosis
adenofibrosis
noun
(pathology) a benign nodular microscopic lesion of the prostate consisting of acinar tissue with increased stroma
(pathology) a nodular, benign breast lesion consisting of hyperplastic distorted lobules of acinar tissue with increased collagenous stroma
adipoceriform
adipoceriform
adj
(rare) Having the form or appearance of adipocere.
affectability
affectability
noun
The condition of being affectable.
affectibility
affectibility
noun
The quality or state of being affectible.
affectionally
affectionally
adv
In an affectional manner.
affectionless
affectionless
adj
(psychology) Incapable of empathy.
Without affection; unfeeling; emotionless.
affenpinscher
affenpinscher
Noun
A breed of toy dog bred in Western Europe.
affirmatively
affirmatively
adv
In an affirming manner.
afflictedness
afflictedness
noun
The state or quality of being afflicted.
afforestation
afforestation
noun
The act or process of creating a new forest where none had existed before, or reforestation of areas long deforested.
affranchising
affranchising
verb
present participle of affranchise
affreightment
affreightment
noun
(nautical) The act of hiring, or the contract for use of, a vessel, or some part of it, to convey cargo.
affrightfully
affrightfully
adv
(obsolete) frightfully
affrightingly
affrightingly
adv
(archaic) So as to frighten or terrify.
affrontedness
affrontedness
noun
The state or quality of being affronted.
africanderism
afrikanderdom
afrikanderism
aftercataract
aftercataract
noun
A medical condition of clouding of the posterior lens capsule implanted in the eye in cataract surgery.
afterlifetime
aftermarriage
afterplanting
afterpressure
afterripening
afterswarming
afterthoughts
afterthoughts
noun
plural of afterthought
aircraftwoman
aircraftwoman
noun
A female aircraftman.
alligatorfish
alligatorfish
noun
Aspidophoroides monopterygius, a bottom-dwelling marine fish in the family Agonidae, which is found along the coasts of the northwestern Atlantic.
alodification
alphabetiform
alphabetiform
adj
Having the form of a developed alphabet or its letters, as opposed to crude pictographic symbols.
aluminiferous
aluminiferous
adj
containing, or yielding aluminium or its ore or alum
aluminoferric
alveolariform
ambulacriform
ambulacriform
adj
(zoology) Having the form of ambulacra.
amelification
amidocaffeine
amidofluoride
ammocoetiform
amphipodiform
amphipodiform
adj
Resembling an amphipod
amplification
amplification
noun
(electronics) Gain.
(genetics) The using of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for isolating and exponentially amplifying a fragment or sequence of DNA.
(organic chemistry) A procedure used in the nomenclature of complex organic compounds in which the superatoms of a basic structure (a phane) are replaced by cyclic structures (amplificants).
(physics) The act, or result of independently increasing some quantity, especially voltage, power or current.
(translation studies) A translation technique that involves adding content that is not present in the source text to the target text, usually to improve the fluency of the translation.
The act, or result of amplifying, enlarging, extending or adding.
amplificative
amplificative
adj
amplificatory
amplificatory
amplificatory
adj
Serving to amplify or enlarge; amplificative.
anfractuosity
anfractuosity
noun
A winding channel or crevice, such as occur in the depths of the sea or in mountains.
One of the fissures (sulci) separating the convolutions of the brain, or, by analogy, in the mind.
angelinformal
anglification
antenniferous
antenniferous
adj
(zoology) Bearing or having antennae.
anteroflexion
anterofrontal
anterofrontal
adj
anterior and frontal
antheriferous
antheriferous
adj
(botany) Producing anthers, as plants.
(botany) Supporting anthers, as a part of a flower
antideflation
antideflation
adj
(economics) Preventing or countering deflation.
antifertility
antifertility
adj
That reduces fertility
contraceptive
antifeudalism
antifeudalism
noun
(politics) Opposition to a feudal system.
antifeudalist
antifeudalist
adj
Synonym of antifeudal
noun
Somebody opposed to feudalism.
antiflatulent
antiflatulent
adj
(pharmacology) Serving to prevent flatulence.
noun
(pharmacology) A drug with this function.
antiforeigner
antiforeigner
adj
Opposed to foreigners.
antipacifists
antipacifists
noun
plural of antipacifist
antireflexive
antireforming
antireforming
adj
Synonym of antireform
antireformist
antireformist
noun
(politics) An opponent of reform.
antisoporific
antisudorific
antisudorific
adj
(medicine) Preventing sweating.
noun
(medicine) Any agent that prevents sweating.
apoplectiform
apoplectiform
adj
(medicine) Of or resembling apoplexy.
aquifoliaceae
archflatterer
argentiferous
argentiferous
adj
(geology) Containing or producing silver.
argilliferous
argilliferous
adj
(geology) Producing clay; rich in argil.
artifactually
artifactually
adv
(medical imaging or laboratory testing) Apparently but not truly, with the appearance being due to artifacts; spuriously.
With reference to artifacts
artificership
artificership
noun
The state or business of an artificer.
artificialism
artificialism
noun
(psychology) The belief that anything that exists must have been made by a conscious entity, such as God or a human being
artificiality
artificiality
noun
(countable) Something artificial.
(uncountable) The quality of being artificial or produced unnaturally.
artificialize
artificialize
verb
(transitive) To render artificial.
aschaffenburg
asperifoliate
asperifoliate
adj
Alternative form of asperifolious
asperifolious
asperifolious
adj
(botany) Having rough leaves.
atmosphereful
autodiffusion
autodiffusion
noun
(physics) The diffusion of atoms or molecules among similar entities, especially in a solid
autoformation
autoinfection
autoinfection
noun
The infection of a primary host with a parasite, particularly a helminth, in such a way that the complete life cycle of the parasite happens in a single organism, without the involvement of another host.
backspacefile
balloonfishes
balloonfishes
noun
plural of balloonfish
balloonflower
ballyllumford
balsamiferous
balsamiferous
adj
That yields balsam
barefacedness
barefacedness
noun
The state or quality of being barefaced.
bashfulnesses
bashfulnesses
noun
plural of bashfulness
beatification
beatification
noun
The act of beatifying, or the state of being beatified; especially, in the Roman Catholic Church, the act or process of ascertaining and declaring that a deceased person is one of "the blessed," or has attained the second degree of sanctity, — usually a stage in the process of canonization.
beautifulness
beautifulness
noun
The quality of being beautiful; beauty.
bedfellowship
bedfellowship
noun
The state or role of being bedfellows.
befittingness
befittingness
noun
The state or quality of being befitting.
befuddlements
befuddlements
noun
plural of befuddlement
belieffulness
belieffulness
adj
(rare) The state or quality of being beliefful; faithfulness.
benefactrices
benefactrices
noun
plural of benefactrix
benefactrixes
beneficential
beneficential
adj
Relating to beneficence.
beneficiaries
beneficiaries
noun
plural of beneficiary
beneficiating
beneficiating
verb
present participle of beneficiate
beneficiation
beneficiation
noun
The reduction in size of particles of ore (or similar physical processing) before further processing to recover the metal
benzofluorene
benzofluorene
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of three isomeric polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in which a benzene ring is fused to a fluorene moiety
benzotrifuran
benzoylformic
bioscientific
bioscientific
adj
Relating to bioscience.
birefringence
birefringence
noun
(physics) The splitting of a ray of light into two parallel rays of perpendicular polarization by passage through an optically anisotropic medium; the property of a material that light passing through it is so split.
blanketflower
blanketflower
noun
Gaillardia; a plant of the genus Gaillardia.
blenniiformes
blindfoldedly
bloomfieldian
bloomfieldian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to (1887–1949), American linguist and pioneer of linguistic structuralism.
Noun
A supporter of Leonard Bloomfieldian's linguistic theories.
boldfacedness
borowolframic
bountifulness
bountifulness
noun
The characteristic of being bountiful.
brachiofacial
brachiofacial
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the arm and the face.
branchiferous
branchiferous
adj
(anatomy) Having gills; branchiate.
brazenfacedly
breakfastless
breakfastless
adj
Without breakfast.
breastfeeding
breastfeeding
noun
(countable) An instance (session) of such feeding activity.
(uncountable) The act or process of feeding a baby or young child milk from a lactating breast.
verb
present participle of breastfeed
brieflessness
brieflessness
noun
Absence of a legal brief.
brutification
buffalofishes
bulletproofed
bulletproofed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bulletproof
bumblebeefish
burglarproofs
butterfingers
butterfingers
noun
A tendency to drop things, or to be clumsy or uncoordinated.
One's fingers which tend to drop things, or are clumsy or uncoordinated.
Someone who tends to drop things; (more generally) someone who is clumsy or uncoordinated; a klutz.
butterflyfish
butterflyfish
noun
Any of a group of conspicuous tropical marine fish of the family Chaetodontidae; the bannerfish and coralfish are also included in this group. Butterflyfish are fairly small, mostly from 12 to 22 cm (c.7-9 in) in length.
butterflylike
butterflylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a butterfly.
calamiferious
calcariferous
calcariferous
adj
calciferous
calcification
calcification
noun
The process of change into a stony or calcareous substance by the deposition of lime salt; -- normally, as in the formation of bone and of teeth; abnormally, as in calcareous degeneration of tissue.
calcioferrite
calcioferrite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-sphenoidal mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, oxygen, and phosphorus.
calefactories
calefactories
noun
plural of calefactory
calorifacient
calorifacient
adj
(physiology, dated) Having or relating to the power of producing heat; applied to foods which, being rich in carbon, as the fats, are supposed to give rise to heat in the animal body by oxidation.
calorifically
calorifically
adv
In a calorific manner
calyciflorate
calyciflorous
calyciflorous
adj
(botany) calycifloral
campaniliform
campaniliform
adj
Alternative form of campaniform
candlesnuffer
candlesnuffer
noun
Alternative form of candle snuffer
capitelliform
caprification
caprification
noun
A process for ripening, or pollinating, figs by means of their being punctured artificially, in a manner designed to replicate the way they are pierced by certain insects, which was once thought to aid in their reproduction.
capsuliferous
capsuliferous
adj
(botany, anatomy) Bearing capsules
carbolfuchsin
carbolfuchsin
noun
A mixture of phenol and basic fuchsin, used in bacterial staining and as a topical antiseptic and antifungal.
carboniferous
carboniferous
adj
Containing or producing carbon.
carefulnesses
carefulnesses
noun
plural of carefulness
carnification
carnification
noun
The act or process of turning to flesh, or to a substance resembling flesh.