An Ancient Greek method of divination using barley meal, used for instance to reveal guilty parties; it entailed feeding a person or group barley meal, and judging those who felt no effects to be innocent, while judging those who felt indigestion to be guilty.
amphibiology
amphibiology
noun
The branch of science that deals with amphibious animals.
amphibiously
amphibiously
adv
In an amphibious manner.
In the manner of an amphibian.
amphicondyla
amphictyonic
amphictyonic
adj
(Ancient Greece) Of or relating to the amphictyons or their League or Council.
amphicyrtous
amphiplatyan
amphiplatyan
adj
(anatomy, of a vertebra) Having flat surfaces at both ends
amphipyrenin
amphithyrons
amphoriloquy
amphoriloquy
noun
(medicine) A condition where the voice is characterized by amphoric sound over the patient's lung cavity.
amygdophenin
berycomorphi
cephalodymia
chimneypiece
chimneypiece
noun
A mantelpiece.
chymotrypsin
chymotrypsin
noun
An endopeptidase enzyme that cleaves peptides at the carboxyl side of tyrosine, tryptophan, and phenylalanine amino acids.
chymotryptic
chymotryptic
adj
Of or pertaining to chymotrypsin
comicography
comicography
noun
A comprehensive list of comic books to which a particular person has contributed.
cryptarithms
cryptarithms
noun
plural of cryptarithm
cryptorchism
cryptorchism
noun
The failure of one or both testes to descend into the scrotum.
cumulophyric
cumulophyric
adj
(geology) Synonym of glomeroporphyritic
dyophysitism
dysphemistic
dysphemistic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or being a dysphemism.
emissaryship
emissaryship
noun
The status or office of an emissary.
emmeniopathy
empathically
empathically
adv
In an empathic manner.
emphatically
emphatically
adv
(modal) Most definitely; truly.
(obsolete) Not really, but apparently.
In an emphatic manner; with emphasis.
ephemerality
ephemerality
noun
(countable) Something that is ephemeral.
(uncountable) The state or condition of being ephemeral; transience.
epithermally
euphemiously
gametophytic
gametophytic
adj
(botany) Having the characteristics of a sporophyte.
(botany) Of or pertaining to a gametophyte plant.
grypotherium
gymnosophist
gymnosophist
noun
One of a school of ancient Indian ascetic philosophers, reported in antiquity, who wore little clothing; a mystic.
hemapophysis
hemapophysis
noun
(anatomy) The second element in each half of a hemal arch, corresponding to the sternal part of a rib.
hemiepilepsy
hemitriglyph
hemitriglyph
noun
(architecture) A portion of a triglyph, made incomplete by the sudden breaking off of the frieze.
hepaticotomy
hermoglyphic
homeotypical
homeotypical
adj
(biology) Of or resembling the usual type.
homopolarity
hyaloplasmic
hydromorphic
hydromorphic
adj
(soil science) Formed in the presence of an excess of water
Synonym of hydric (“requiring moisture”)
hydrophilism
hydrophytism
hydrophytism
noun
(botany) The adaptation of plants to habitats where water is abundant.
hydrotropism
hydrotropism
noun
(biology) The movement of a plant (or other organism) in response to water, either towards or away from water.
hylomorphism
hylomorphism
noun
(computer science) Composition of an anamorphism and a catamorphism.
(philosophy) The doctrine that every physical substance is the sum of its component matter and the form taken by that matter.
hylomorphist
hylomorphist
noun
One who believes in the doctrine of hylomorphism.
hymeniophore
hyperaeolism
hyperaeolism
noun
(linguistics, Hellenics) A hypercorrection or incorrect substitution of non-Aeolic Ancient Greek word forms and morphology to match those of Aeolic Greek.
hypercrinism
hyperemotive
hyperemotive
adj
hyperemotional
hyperendemic
hyperendemic
adj
(medicine) That has a high and continued incidence in an area
hyperkalemia
hyperkalemia
noun
(biology, medicine) The condition of having an abnormally high concentration of potassium ions in the blood (above the reference range).
hyperkalemic
hyperkalemic
adj
Having a high percentage of potassium in one's blood.
hyperlipemia
hyperlipemia
noun
Alternative form of hyperlipidemia
Hyperlipemia is a clinical condition characterized by the fatty infiltration of organs and subsequent organ dysfunction (usually liver and/or renal).
hyperlipemic
hyperlipemic
adj
Exhibiting or relating to hyperlipemia.
noun
A person who has hyperlipemia.
hypermagical
hypermagical
adj
Extremely magical.
hypermnesias
hypermnesias
noun
plural of hypermnesia
hypermnestic
hypermnestic
adj
Pertaining to hypermnesia; demonstrating or pertaining to a very high level of memory or recall.
hypermorphic
hypermorphic
adj
(genetics, of a mutation) causing an increase in otherwise normal gene function.
hyperovarism
hyperpyramid
hyperpyramid
noun
A higher-dimensional shape analogous to the three-dimensional pyramid.
hyperrealism
hyperrealism
noun
(music) A compositional style defined by Noah Creshevsky as "an electroacoustic musical language constructed from sounds that are found in our shared environment (realism), handled in ways that are somehow exaggerated or excessive (hyper)."
A style in art that attempts to reproduce highly realistic graphic representations
hyperthermia
hyperthermia
noun
(medicine) The therapeutic application of heat to a patient, especially as treatment to cancer.
(pathology) The condition of having an abnormally high body temperature caused by a failure of the heat-regulating mechanisms of the body to deal with the heat coming from the environment.
hyperthermic
hyperthermic
adj
Having a very high temperature
Relating to hyperthermia
hyphomycetic
hyphomycosis
hypoalonemia
hypobromites
hypobromites
noun
plural of hypobromite
hypocalcemia
hypocalcemia
noun
(biology, medicine) The condition of having an abnormally low concentration of calcium ions in the blood.
hypocalcemic
hypocalcemic
adj
Relating to, or exhibiting, hypocalcemia.
hypocleidium
hypocleidium
noun
(anatomy) A median process on the furculum of many birds, where it is connected with the sternum.
hypodermatic
hypodermatic
adj
Alternative form of hypodermic
hypodermises
hypodermosis
hypogastrium
hypogastrium
noun
An area of the human abdomen residing below the umbilicus.
hypoglycemia
hypoglycemia
noun
(pathology) A too low level of blood glucose.
hypoglycemic
hypoglycemic
adj
(pathology) Suffering from hypoglycemia.
Causing hypoglycemia.
noun
A sufferer of hypoglycemia.
hypognathism
hypognathism
noun
The property of being hypognathous.
hypogonadism
hypogonadism
noun
A defect of the reproductive system that results in lack of function of the gonads (ovaries or testes).
hypoinosemia
hypokalemias
hypokalemias
noun
plural of hypokalemia
hypokaliemia
hypolimnetic
hypolimnetic
adj
Relating to the hypolimnion.
hypometropia
hypomnematic
hypomochlion
hypomochlion
noun
fulcrum
hypomotility
hypomotility
noun
the condition of being hypomotile
hypomyotonia
hyponatremia
hyponatremia
noun
(medicine) An abnormally low concentration of sodium in blood plasma.
hypophyllium
hypoptyalism
hypopygidium
hypostomatic
hypostomatic
adj
(botany, of a leaf) Having stomata (mostly) on the underneath (foliar abaxial surface)
hypostomides
hypothalamic
hypothalamic
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the hypothalamus.
hypothermias
hypothermias
noun
plural of hypothermia
hypotympanic
hypotympanic
adj
Located below the middle ear
Relating to the hypotympanum
hypsiprymnus
hypsochromic
hypsochromic
adj
(physics) Of a change in the position of a spectral band, to a higher frequency.
hypsodontism
hypsometrist
idiomography
imperishably
imperishably
adv
In an imperishable manner.
kymographies
kymographies
noun
plural of kymography
lamprophyric
lamprophyric
adj
Of or relating to lamprophyre.
lophiomyidae
lophiomyinae
lymphadenoid
lymphadenoid
adj
Resembling a lymphatic gland or lymphatic tissue.
lymphangioma
lymphangioma
noun
(medicine) A benign tumour of the lymph vessel.
lymphangitic
lymphangitic
adj
Relating to lymphangitis.
lymphangitis
lymphangitis
noun
(pathology) Inflammation of the lymphatic channels, the result of infection at a site distal to the channel.
lymphectasia
lymphodermia
lymphomatoid
lymphomatoid
adj
Relating to, or characteristic of lymphomata
lymphopenial
lymphostasis
lymphostasis
noun
An obstruction to the normal flow of lymph
macrophysics
macrophysics
noun
(physics) The branch of physics that deals with those phenomena that can be directly observed.
mephitically
mephitically
adv
In a mephitic manner.
metaphysical
metaphysical
adj
Being an adherent of the philosophy of metaphysics.
Immaterial, supersensual, not physical (more properly, "beyond" that which is physical).
Of or pertaining to metaphysics.
metapophysis
metapophysis
noun
(anatomy) A tubercle projecting from the anterior articular processes of some vertebrae; a mammillary process.
metapsychics
metapsychics
noun
The study of psychic or metapsychic phenomena.
metapsychism
metapsychism
noun
The study of metapsychic phenomena.
metapsychist
metapsychist
noun
One who studies metapsychic phenomena.
metempsychic
metempsychic
adj
Alternative form of metempsychotic
microcephaly
microcephaly
noun
A neurological disorder in which the person affected has an abnormally small head due to a failure of brain growth.
microphysics
microphysics
noun
(physics) That branch of physics that deals with objects smaller than a molecule
mineragraphy
ministryship
ministryship
noun
The office of a minister.
monophyletic
monophyletic
adj
(biology) Deriving from a single clade (monophylum).
(biology) Of, pertaining to, or affecting a single phylum (or other taxon) of organisms.
(biology) congeneric
Descending from a single ancestral species and containing all descendants of that single ancestor, holophyletic.
Descending from a single ancestral species but not containing all descendants of that ancestor, paraphyletic.
monophysitic
monophysitic
Adjective
Of or pertaining to monophysitism.
monopsychism
monopsychism
noun
The doctrine that there is only one immortal soul or intellect with which all human beings are endowed.
monotriglyph
monotriglyph
noun
(architecture) A kind of intercolumniation in an entablature, in which only one triglyph and two metopes are introduced
musicography
musicography
noun
(obsolete) The art or science of writing music and of musical notation.
Writing on the subject of music.
mycetophilid
mycetophilid
noun
(zoology) Any fungus gnat in the family Mycetophilidae.
mycophagists
mycophagists
noun
plural of mycophagist
myelographic
myelographic
adj
Relating to myelography
myelopathies
myelopathies
noun
plural of myelopathy
myographical
myographical
adj
Of or relating to myography.
myopachynsis
myriophyllum
myrmecophile
myrmecophile
noun
An organism, especially an insect, that lives in close association with or shares a nest with a species of ant.
myrmecophily
myrmecophily
noun
The condition of being myrmecophilous
myrsiphyllum
mythopoetise
mythopoetize
mythopoetize
verb
(transitive) To render mythopoetic.
nonlymphatic
nonlymphatic
adj
Not lymphatic
nonsymphonic
nonsymphonic
adj
Not symphonic.
nymphiparous
nymphiparous
adj
(zoology) Producing nymphs.
nympholepsia
nympholepsia
noun
Alternative form of nympholepsy
nympholeptic
nympholeptic
adj
Of, or relating to, or having characteristics of an instance of nympholepsy.