(biology) Non-germinal; unable to form a blastema or offspring.
abterminal
abterminal
adj
(anatomy, of an electrical current in a muscle) Away from the end and towards the centre
acclimated
acclimated
adj
accustomed, adapted or hardened to some environment
verb
(chiefly US) simple past tense and past participle of acclimate
acclimates
acclimates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acclimate
acetaminol
adamellite
adamellite
noun
(mineralogy) monzonite
admittable
admittable
adj
Able to be admitted.
admittedly
admittedly
adv
As is acknowledged to be true; by general admission; confessedly.
admittible
admittible
adj
Archaic spelling of admittable.
adterminal
adullamite
adullamite
Noun
An inhabitant of Adullam. Near this town there was a cave where David and his allies sought refuge from Saul.
A member of the anti-reform faction of the British Liberal Party in the 19th century.
albuminate
albuminate
noun
(chemistry) A compound of albumin and a base or acid
alchemists
alchemists
noun
plural of alchemist
alembicate
algometric
algometric
Adjective
Relating to algometry.
aliethmoid
alightment
alightment
noun
The act of alighting, or descending and settling.
alignments
alignments
noun
plural of alignment
alimentary
alimentary
adj
Nourishing; nutritious.
Of, or relating to food, nutrition or digestion.
alimenting
alimenting
verb
present participle of aliment
alimentive
alimentive
adj
Alternative form of alimentative
allometric
allometric
adj
(mathematics, of a population) That grows at a rate proportional to a power of another population
Of or pertaining to allometry
allotheism
allotheism
noun
Worship of a god or gods that are foreign to one's own land.
altimeters
altimeters
noun
plural of altimeter
ambivalent
ambivalent
adj
Alternately having one opinion or feeling, and then the opposite.
Simultaneously experiencing or expressing opposing or contradictory feelings, beliefs, or motivations.
ambulative
ambulative
adj
(archaic) walking
ameliorant
ameliorant
noun
A substance that helps plants grow by improving the physical condition of the soil.
Anything that improves something else.
ameliorate
ameliorate
verb
(intransitive) To become better; improve.
(transitive) To make better, or improve, something perceived to be in a negative condition.
ametabolia
ametabolic
ametabolic
adj
(entomology) Not undergoing metamorphosis
amityville
ampliative
ampliative
adj
That broadens conceptual knowledge by adding new information.
amplitudes
amplitudes
noun
plural of amplitude
analcimite
anglesmith
animatedly
animatedly
adv
In an animated manner; with animation.
antelabium
antemedial
antemedial
adj
(entomology) Situated before (i.e. closer to the head than) the middle of the thorax or wing.
antifemale
antifemale
adj
Averse to, or acting against, females.
noun
A genetic sequence that produces a non-feminine quality.
antiloemic
antimellin
armillated
assailment
assailment
noun
(now rare) The act of assailing.
assimilate
assimilate
noun
Something that is or has been assimilated.
verb
(intransitive) To be incorporated or absorbed into something.
(intransitive) To become similar.
(transitive) To absorb (a person or people) into a community or culture.
(transitive) To bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a resemblance between.
(transitive) To incorporate nutrients into the body, especially after digestion.
(transitive) To incorporate or absorb (knowledge) into the mind.
(transitive, rare, used with "to" or "with") To liken, compare to something similar.
assimulate
assimulate
verb
(obsolete) To assimilate.
(obsolete) To feign; to counterfeit; to simulate.
assoilment
assoilment
noun
Act of assoiling, or state of being assoiled; absolution; acquittal.
Act of soiling; defilement.
asterismal
asterismal
adj
(astrology) Relating to asterisms.
atelomitic
atterminal
automobile
automobile
adj
Self-moving; self-propelled.
noun
(US, Canada) A type of vehicle designed to move on the ground under its own stored power and intended to carry a driver, a small number of additional passengers, and a very limited amount of other load. A car or motorcar.
automolite
automolite
noun
(mineralogy) A form of gahnite.
autotelism
autotelism
noun
(art) In literature or art, the belief that a work, having been created, is a justification in and of itself. Poems with a unified rhetorical device to frame the poem in a singular idea.
The belief that an entity or event has within itself its own meaning or purpose.
axilemmata
belemnites
belemnites
noun
plural of belemnite
belemnitic
belemnitic
adj
Of or relating to belemnite.
beltmaking
beltmaking
noun
The manufacture of belts.
beminstrel
bestialism
bestialism
noun
bestiality (sexual intercourse between human and animal)
bestialness; quality of being bestial or subhuman
bewailment
bewailment
noun
The act of bewailing.
bilaminate
bilaminate
adj
Composed of two laminae
noun
A lamination of two laminae
bimaculate
bimaculate
adj
Having two spots or similar marks
bimestrial
bimestrial
adj
Occurring once every two months
bimetalism
bimetalism
noun
Alternative form of bimetallism
bimetallic
bimetallic
adj
More generally, consisting of two metals.
Pertaining to the use of gold and silver to create legal currency.
noun
Anything (especially a nanoparticle) composed of two metals
bitemporal
bitemporal
adj
Of, pertaining to, or joining the two temporal bones
bladesmith
bladesmith
noun
A maker of knives and swords.
blithemeat
blithesome
blithesome
adj
Happy or spriteful; carefree.
bolometric
bolometric
adj
Of or pertaining to bolometry
as measured using a bolometer
brambliest
brambliest
adj
superlative form of brambly: most brambly
bromellite
bromellite
noun
(mineralogy) A white oxide mineral containing beryllium.
bumblekite
buttermilk
buttermilk
noun
Cultured buttermilk, a fermented dairy product produced from cow's milk, with a characteristically sour taste.
The liquid left over after producing butter from full cream milk by the churning process, also called traditional buttermilk.
butylamine
butylamine
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of four isomeric aliphatic amines derived from butane
cacomistle
cacomistle
noun
The Bassariscus sumichrasti.
calamitean
calamities
calamities
noun
plural of calamity
calcimeter
calcimeter
noun
An apparatus that is used to estimate the amount of limestone (or similar calcium mineral) in a sample (often by measuring the carbonate content)
calumniate
calumniate
verb
(transitive) To levy a false charge against, especially of a vague offense, with the intent to damage someone's reputation or standing.
(transitive) To make hurtful untrue comments about.
cameralist
cameralist
noun
(economics) An economist who strongly emphasizes political factors in recommending economic policy.
A public administrative servant of continental rulers of the 17th and 18th centuries who was a mercantilist and advocated economic policies tending to strengthen the position of the ruler.
camletting
capitellum
capitellum
noun
(botany, anatomy, arachnology) Synonym of capitulum
carmeloite
catamenial
catamenial
adj
Of or relating to the menses or menstruation
ceilometer
ceilometer
noun
A device that measures the altitude of the cloud base, especially above an airfield.
celiectomy
celotomies
celotomies
noun
plural of celotomy
cementlike
cementlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of cement.
cemeterial
cemeterial
adj
Of or pertaining to a cemetery
centesimal
centesimal
adj
Describing a hundredth part
Divided into a hundred parts
centimolar
centimolar
adj
(chemistry) Of or relating to centimoles; one hundredth as concentrated as a molar solution.
centiplume
centralism
centralism
noun
A system that centralizes, especially an administration of some kind.
chattelism
chattelism
noun
The act or condition of holding chattels.
The state of being a chattel.
cheilotomy
cheilotomy
noun
(surgery) incision into the lip
chemolytic
chemolytic
adj
Of or relating to chemolysis.
chilostome
chilostome
noun
Alternative form of cheilostome
ciliectomy
clamehewit
cleidotomy
cleidotomy
noun
(obstetrics) Intentional fracturing of the clavicle of a fetus for the management of shoulder dystocia during vaginal delivery .
clematises
clematises
noun
plural of clematis
clementina
clementine
clementine
noun
A type of small, sweet orange, the result of a cross between a tangerine and Seville orange.
clementius
climactery
clinometer
clinometer
noun
An apparatus for measuring a vertical angle, a slope, or the height of a large object (e.g. a tree).
clinometry
clinometry
noun
(geology) The art or operation of measuring the inclination of strata.
closterium
coeliotomy
coeliotomy
noun
(surgery) A surgical procedure for making an incision in the abdominal wall to gain access into the abdominal cavity. Performed either as exploratory surgery, or as the first step in an abdominal operation.
coelomatic
coelomatic
adj
Alternative form of coelomic
colbertism
colemanite
colemanite
noun
(mineralogy) A white, grey or colorless mineral form of calcium borate; a principal source of boron.
collimated
collimated
adj
(physics, of a light beam) Composed of rays that are parallel, thus having a wavefront that is planar.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of collimate
collimates
collimates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of collimate
colometric
colometric
adj
(linguistics) Relating to colometry
colotomies
colotomies
noun
plural of colotomy
comestible
comestible
adj
Suitable to be eaten; edible.
noun
(chiefly in the plural) Anything that can be eaten; food.
compactile
compatible
compatible
adj
Able to get along well.
Capable of easy interaction.
Consistent; congruous.
noun
Something that is compatible with something else.
competible
competible
adj
(obsolete) Compatible
completing
completing
verb
present participle of complete
completion
completion
noun
(American football) A forward pass that is successfully caught by the intended receiver.
(law) The conclusion of an act of conveyancing concerning the sale of a property.
(mathematics) The act of making a metric space complete by adding points.
(mathematics) The space resulting from such an act.
The act or state of being or making something complete; conclusion, accomplishment.
completive
completive
adj
Making complete.
noun
(grammar) A construction denoting completion.
complexity
complexity
noun
(countable) That which is and renders complex; intricacy; complication.
(uncountable) The state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement.
complicate
complicate
adj
(now rare, poetic) Complex, complicated.
(obsolete) Intertwined.
verb
(transitive) To involve in a convoluted matter.
(transitive) To make complex; to modify so as to make something intricate or difficult.
An expression of praise, congratulation, or respect.
Misspelling of complement.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To pay a compliment (to someone); to express a favourable opinion (of someone).
cosmetical
cosmetical
adj
Alternative form of cosmetic
coterminal
coterminal
adj
(category theory) Describing an object in a category, such that there is precisely one morphism that maps that object to every object in the category.
(geometry, of two angles) Differing only by a whole number of complete circles.
(university education, of a student) Simultaneously studying towards two or more separate degrees.
Coterminous: having the same scope or range, or meeting at the ends.
noun
(aviation) One of a number of terminals or airports which are interchangeable for the purposes of ticketing.
cradletime
cromaltite
crumbliest
crumbliest
adj
superlative form of crumbly: most crumbly
culminated
culminated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of culminate
culminates
culminates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of culminate
cumulative
cumulative
adj
(finance) Having priority rights to receive a dividend that accrue until paid.
(law) (of evidence, witnesses, etc.) Intended to illustrate an argument that has already been demonstrated excessively.
(linguistics) Adding one statement to another.
Incorporating all current and previous data up to the present or at the time of measuring or collating.
That is formed by an accumulation of successive additions.
That tends to accumulate.
cyclesmith
dalmanites
decimalist
decimalist
noun
A person who supports the use of the decimal system for weights, money, etc.
declaimant
declaimant
Noun
A declaimer.
defailment
defailment
noun
(obsolete) Failure.
defilement
defilement
noun
(military) The protection of the interior walls of a fortification from enfilading fire, as by covering them, or by a high parapet on the exposed side.
The act of defiling.
The state of being defiled.
delaminate
delaminate
verb
(intransitive) To come apart into its component layers.
(transitive) To cause (something assembled by lamination) to come apart into the layers that make it up.
delimitate
delimitate
verb
To delimit, especially in the computing sense.
delimiters
delimiters
noun
plural of delimiter
delimiting
delimiting
adj
That serves to delimit.
noun
The act or point of something being delimited.
verb
present participle of delimit
delimitize
delirament
delirament
noun
(obsolete) A wandering of the mind; a crazy fancy.
delthyrium
delthyrium
noun
(zoology) The opening between the beak and the hinge in certain brachiopods, through which the pedicle passes.
demilegato
demiluster
demilustre
demitoilet
demolition
demolition
noun
The process of demolishing or destroying buildings or other structures.
dentaliums
derailment
derailment
noun
(psychiatry) A pattern of discourse (in speech or writing) that is a sequence of unrelated or only remotely related ideas.
(rail transport) The action of a locomotive or train leaving the rails along which it runs.