(obsolete) Destruction or disintegration, especially a gradual one; wasting away.
aminoplast
amphictyon
amphictyon
noun
(Ancient Greece) One of the deputies from the confederated states of Ancient Greece to a congress or council. They considered both political and religious matters.
amphitryon
ampliation
ampliation
noun
(law, civil law) A postponement of the decision of a cause for further consideration or reargument.
enlargement; amplification
amputation
amputation
noun
surgical removal of all or part of a limb, etc.
the loss of a limb, etc. through trauma
antipodism
antipodism
noun
(topology) The relation between points on a sphere which are directly opposite each other; or the function which maps a point to its opposite point.
A form of foot juggling where the juggler lies on his or her back, usually on a sort of chair.
armipotent
armipotent
adj
(obsolete) Powerful in battle.
noun
(poetic, archaic) A powerful combatant.
assumption
assumption
noun
(logic) The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism.
(rhetoric) Assumptio.
A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven, celebrated on 15 August.
The act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself; the act of taking up or adopting.
The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; a supposition; an unwarrantable claim.
The taking of a person up into heaven.
The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition.
atropamine
atropinism
atropinism
noun
atropine poisoning
camptonite
camptonite
noun
(mineralogy) A lamprophyre containing plagioclase and feldspar.
compacting
compacting
verb
present participle of compact
compaction
compaction
noun
The process of compacting something, or something that has been compacted.
comparting
comparting
verb
present participle of compart
compatient
compatient
adj
(obsolete) suffering or enduring together
complaints
complaints
noun
plural of complaint
complicant
epistomian
himantopus
impanation
impanation
noun
(Christianity) The actual, substantial presence of the body of Christ with the bread and wine of the sacrament of the Lord's Supper — as opposed to transubstantiation.
imperation
imperation
noun
Synonym of empire
The action of governing or commanding; governance.
importance
importance
noun
Something of importance.
The quality or condition of being important or worthy of note.
personal status or standing.
significance or prominence.
importancy
importancy
noun
(obsolete) That which is important.
(obsolete) importance; significance
impuration
impuration
noun
(obsolete) The act of making impure; defilement; obscuration.
imputation
imputation
noun
(game theory) A distribution that is efficient and individually rational.
(genetics) The statistical inference of unobserved genotypes.
(statistics) The process of replacing missing data with substituted values.
(theology) A setting of something to the account of; the attribution of personal guilt or personal righteousness of another.
Charge or attribution of evil; censure; reproach; insinuation.
Opinion; intimation; hint.
That which has been imputed or charged.
The act of imputing or charging; attribution; ascription.
intemporal
lampoonist
lampoonist
noun
One who lampoons.
lymphation
magneoptic
magneoptic
adj
(archaic) magnetooptical
maintopman
maintopman
noun
(nautical) A sailor on duty on a maintop.
maintopmen
maintopmen
noun
plural of maintopman
matronship
matronship
noun
matronage
misappoint
monopathic
monopathic
adj
(medicine) Affecting only one organ or function.
monoptical
monoptical
adj
Alternative form of monoptic
morphactin
morphactin
noun
Any of a class of synthetic compounds that limit plant growth.
morphinate
morphinate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any salt of morphine
omniparent
omniparent
adj
That produces all things
noun
A universal parent; god
omniparity
omniparity
noun
Equality in every part; general equality.
pancosmist
pancosmist
noun
A believer in pancosmism.
panoramist
panoramist
noun
A person who creates panoramas.
pantomania
pantomimed
pantomimed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pantomime
pantomimes
pantomimes
noun
plural of pantomime
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pantomime
pantomimic
pantomimic
adj
Of or relating to pantomime.
pantomimus
papiamento
partimento
pathomania
pathomania
noun
(medicine, dated) moral insanity; psychopathy
pathonomia
patronymic
patronymic
adj
(by extension) Derived from one's ancestors.
Derived from one's father.
noun
(by extension) A name acquired from one's father's, grandfather's or earlier (male) ancestor's first name. Some cultures use a patronymic where other cultures use a surname or family name; other cultures (like Russia) use both a patronymic and a surname.
A name acquired from one's father.
pentatomic
pentatomic
adj
(chemistry) Having five atoms in each molecule.
(chemistry) Having five hydrogen atoms capable of substitution.
pentatomid
pentatomid
noun
(zoology) Any shield bug in the family Pentatomidae
peptonemia
permeation
permeation
noun
(medicine) The spreading of something (especially something malignant) through the body via blood vessels etc.
The movement of a fluid through a porous or permeable solid.
phantomist
phantomist
noun
(Christianity, archaic, derogatory) One who believes that Christ's corporeal body was an illusion.
phantomize
phantomize
verb
(transitive, dated, derogatory) To make phantom-like or spiritual, or transport into a ghostly realm.
(transitive, sciences) To remove (a goal in a model) from consideration by ensuring it is achieved in advance.
phonematic
phonematic
adj
Pertaining to phonemes.
piedmontal
piedmontal
adj
Relating to a piedmont.
plasmation
plasmation
noun
The act of forming or moulding.
plutomania
plutomania
noun
(obsolete) The delusion that one is wealthy.
A passion or craving for wealth; an obsession with money.
pockmantie
pointmaker
pointmaker
noun
(historical) A manufacturer of laces for fastening clothing.
portamenti
portamenti
noun
plural of portamento
postmedian
postmedian
adj
(anatomy) posterior to the median
preominate
preominate
verb
(obsolete, rare) To be a portent or omen of.
(obsolete, rare) To feel foreboding about; to prophesy.
proambient
provitamin
provitamin
noun
(biochemistry) Any biologically inactive compound that may be converted into a vitamin within an animal organism
ptolemaian
ptolemaian
Adjective
Ptolemaic
puritandom
putaminous
pyromantic
pyromantic
adj
Of or relating to pyromancy.
noun
A practitioner of pyromancy.
somnipathy
somnipathy
noun
(archaic) Sleep induced by hypnosis or similar.
A sleep disorder.
spermation
temptation
temptation
noun
Pressure applied to one's thinking designed to create wrong emotions which will eventually lead to wrong actions.
Something attractive, temptingor seductive; an inducement or enticement.
The act of tempting.
The condition of being tempted.
thamnophis
topinambou
trampoline
trampoline
noun
(programming) Any of a variety of looping or jumping instructions in specific programming languages.
(uncountable) A competitive sport in which athletes are judged on routines of tricks performed on a trampoline.
A gymnastic and recreational device consisting of a piece of taut, strong fabric or rubber stretched over a (usually steel) frame using many coiled springs as anchors.
verb
(intransitive) To jump as if on a trampoline.
(transitive, programming) To rewrite (computer code) to use trampoline instructions.
tripewoman
tripewoman
noun
(historical) A female seller of tripe.
tympanosis
typhomania
typhomania
noun
(medicine) A form of delirium common in typhoid fever.
upmountain
upmountain
adv
Higher up a mountain.
utopianism
utopianism
noun
The belief in a system for an ideal society, usually regarded as unrealistic.