(biology) The digestion of tissue by enzymes produced by the organism itself.
autodigestive
autodigestive
adj
Relating to, or carrying out, autodigestion.
bacillogenous
bacteriogenic
bacteriogenic
adj
Caused by bacteria
bacteriologic
bacteriologic
adj
bacteriological
bacteriophage
bacteriophage
noun
(microbiology, virology) A virus that specifically infects bacteria.
bacteriophagy
bacteriophagy
noun
The feeding on bacteria.
bactetiophage
balneological
balneological
adj
Of or pertaining to balneology
bandspreading
banqueteering
banqueteering
noun
The act of participating in banquets, particularly as a frequent activity (also used attributively).
verb
present participle of banqueteer
bantamweights
bantamweights
noun
plural of bantamweight
basibregmatic
basibregmatic
adj
(anatomy) Relating to, or connecting the basion and the bregma
basipterygial
basipterygial
adj
Of or pertaining to a basipterygium
basipterygium
basipterygium
noun
A cartilage at the base of the fins of some fish that develops into the metapterygium upon maturity.
basipterygoid
basipterygoid
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the base of the sphenoid bone
noun
(anatomy) The basipterygoid process
basketweaving
basketweaving
noun
(figurative) Any useless, unproductive, or lightweight activity.
The act of weaving baskets, as for example from grasses, wicker, or rope.
beaugregories
befittingness
befittingness
noun
The state or quality of being befitting.
beggiatoaceae
beglerbegship
beglerbegship
noun
The role or status of a beglerbeg.
beguilingness
beguilingness
noun
Quality of being beguiling.
beholdingness
beholdingness
noun
The state or quality of being beholden.
belligerences
belligerences
noun
plural of belligerence
belligerently
belligerently
adv
In a belligerent manner; with aggressive hostility.
bellowsmaking
beneficiating
beneficiating
verb
present participle of beneficiate
benightedness
benightedness
noun
The quality of being benighted.
benthopelagic
benthopelagic
adj
Both benthic and pelagic.
noun
Any such organism.
benzoglycolic
berginization
beseemingness
beseemingness
noun
The state or quality of being beseeming.
bessemerizing
bessemerizing
verb
present participle of bessemerize
bewilderingly
bewilderingly
adv
In a bewildering manner, or to a bewildering extent.
bibliogenesis
bibliogenesis
noun
The production of books or literature.
bibliographer
bibliographer
noun
A person who compiles bibliographies, or who studies bibliography.
bignoniaceous
bignoniaceous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to the flowering plant family Bignoniaceae.
bigwiggedness
biodegradable
biodegradable
adj
Capable of being decomposed by biological activity, especially by microorganisms.
noun
Any material that can be decomposed by biological activity.
bioecological
bioecological
adj
Relating to bioecology
bioenergetics
bioenergetics
noun
(biology, physics) The study of the energy transformations that take place in living organisms.
A form of physical therapy according to which physical movements are a means of releasing emotional stress.
biogeographer
biogeographer
noun
A person engaged in biogeography.
biogeographic
biogeographic
adj
Of or pertaining to biogeography, the study of the geographical arrangement of plants and animals
biospeleology
biospeleology
noun
(biology) The biology of organisms that live in caves
biotechnology
biotechnology
noun
The application of the principles and practices of engineering and technology to the life sciences.
The use of living organisms (especially microorganisms) in industrial, agricultural, medical and other technological applications.
birectangular
birectangular
adj
Containing two right angles.
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.
birminghamize
birminghamize
Verb
To make ersatz
bisglyoxaline
blackguardize
blackguardize
verb
To make blackguardly.
blanketmaking
blanketmaking
noun
The manufacture of blankets.
blastogenesis
blastogenesis
noun
(biology) Reproduction via budding.
(biology) The transformation of small lymphocytes into larger, undifferentiated cells that undergo mitosis.
blastogenetic
blastogenetic
adj
Relating to blastogenesis.
blennorrhagia
blennorrhagia
noun
Excessive blennorrhea, or mucous discharge, especially as seen in gonorrhea.
blennorrhagic
blennorrhagic
adj
(pathology) of or relating to blennorrhoea
blitzkrieging
bloodlettings
bloodlettings
noun
plural of bloodletting
bloodshedding
bloodshedding
noun
The act of shedding blood.
bluestockings
bluestockings
noun
plural of bluestocking
boardinghouse
boardinghouse
noun
Alternative spelling of boarding house
boraginaceous
boraginaceous
adj
(botany) Of, relating to, or resembling the Boraginaceae, a plant family which includes the borage, heliotrope, beggar's lice, and many pestiferous plants.
boroglyceride
boroglyceride
noun
(dated, medicine) A preparation made by warming boric acid with glycerine; once sued as an antiseptic
boroglycerine
bougainvillea
bougainvillea
noun
Any of several South American flowering shrubs or lianas, of the genus Bougainvillea, having three showy, colorful bracts attached below each group of three inconspicuous flowers.
bourgeoisitic
bourgeoisitic
adj
(rare) bourgeois
bourguignonne
branchiostege
branchiostege
noun
(anatomy) The branchiostegal membrane.
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
breechloading
breechloading
adj
Describing a breechloader gun: one that has ammunition loaded from the rear of the barrel rather than where it will exit.
breinigsville
bridesmaiding
bridesmaiding
noun
Acting as bridesmaid at a wedding.
verb
present participle of bridesmaid
bridgebuilder
bridgebuilder
noun
Alternative form of bridge-builder.
bridgehampton
brigadiership
brigadiership
noun
The role or position of a brigadier.
bronchiogenic
bronchiogenic
adj
Alternative form of bronchogenic
bronchoplegia
brongniardite
brongniardite
noun
(mineralogy) A lead-silver sulfantimonide with 26.2% silver, some of which is apparently diaphorite and some canfieldite.
browningesque
brugnatellite
brugnatellite
noun
(mineralogy) A yellowish mineral formed of a hydrated ferric and magnesium carbonate/hydroxide.
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.
cabinetmaking
cabinetmaking
noun
The art of the cabinetmaker
calcispongiae
calligraphers
calligraphers
noun
plural of calligrapher
cambiogenetic
cambridgeport
campephagidae
candlelighted
candlelighted
adj
candlelit
candlelighter
candlelighter
noun
A person who lights candles.
A spill used for lighting candles.
candlewasting
candlewasting
Adjective
Causing a waste of candles by studying late into the night.
candlewicking
cantilevering
cantilevering
noun
The motion or use of a cantilever.
verb
present participle of cantilever
caprimulgidae
capsuligerous
carbonigenous
carbonigenous
adj
Carboniferous.
carcinogenics
carcinogenics
noun
plural of carcinogenic
cardiganshire
cardiganshire
Proper noun
A maritime traditional county of Wales, bordered by Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire, Brecknockshire, Radnorshire, Montgomeryshire and Merionethshire.
cardiogenesis
cardiogenesis
noun
The development of the embryonic heart
cardiographer
cardiographer
noun
Synonym of cardiographist
cardiomegalia
caricographer
carpetbagging
carpetbagging
verb
present participle of carpetbag
carpetbaggism
carpetbaggism
noun
The practices of a carpetbagger
carriagesmith
cartilaginean
cartographies
cartographies
noun
plural of cartography
casehardening
casehardening
verb
present participle of caseharden
cassegrainian
cassegrainian
Adjective
Of or relating to (ca. 1629—1693), Catholic priest remembered as the probable inventor of the a folded two-mirror reflecting telescope.
castigatories
castigatories
noun
plural of castigatory
categorematic
categorematic
adj
(logic, of a word) Capable of being employed alone as a term.
categorically
categorically
adv
(modal) Absolutely, by all means; truly.
By the use of categories.
In a categorical manner.
catheterising
catheterising
verb
present participle of catheterise
catheterizing
catheterizing
verb
present participle of catheterize
cavillingness
cecidiologist
celidographer
centrifugally
centrifugally
adv
Away from a centre or axis.
In a centrifuge.
Using centrifugal force.
centrifugence
centrifugence
noun
The property or quality of being centrifugal.
cephaloplegia
cephaloplegic
ceramographic
cerographical
cerographical
adj
Synonym of cerographic
certificating
certificating
verb
present participle of certificate
challengingly
challengingly
adv
In a way or to an extent that challenges
changeability
changeability
noun
The quality of being changeable; changeableness.
chargeability
checkpointing
checkpointing
verb
present participle of checkpoint
checkweighman
checkweighman
noun
A person, elected by miners, whose task is to check what the mine owner's weighman states has been the amount of coal that has been mined; used especially if the miners' wages are related to production.
checkweighmen
checkweighmen
noun
plural of checkweighman
chemosurgical
chemosurgical
adj
Of or pertaining to chemosurgery.
chemurgically
chemurgically
adv
In terms of or by means of chemurgy.
chimopeelagic
chirographers
chirographers
noun
plural of chirographer
chitinogenous
chitinogenous
adj
(biology) That secretes chitin
chlorargyrite
chlorargyrite
noun
(mineralogy) The mineral form of silver chloride.
chloroguanide
chloroguanide
noun
Proguanil.
cholerigenous
cholerigenous
adj
Causing cholera.
chondrigenous
chondrigenous
adj
(physiology) Yielding chondrin.
choreographic
choreographic
adj
Balletic.
Of or pertaining to choreography.
chorographies
chorographies
noun
plural of chorography
christologies
chromeplating
chromogenesis
chromogenesis
noun
(biochemistry) The biosynthesis of pigments
chromogenetic
chromogenetic
adj
Of or relating to chromogenesis.
chronogenesis
chronogenesis
noun
(biology) The development of a group of organisms over time
chronogenetic
chronogenetic
adj
(biology) Relating to chronogenesis (or to chronological age)
cinematograph
cinematograph
noun
(historical) A camera that could develop its own film and served as its own projector.
verb
(rare) To employ the techniques of cinematography.
circumagitate
circumagitate
verb
(transitive) To agitate on all sides.
circumambages
circumambages
noun
Instances of indirectness or deviousness in speaking or writing: circumlocutions.