(medicine) Examination of the abdomen to detect abdominal disease, using an endoscope.
abiologically
abiologically
adv
(biology) In an abiological manner.
abominability
aboriginality
aboriginality
noun
The distinctive culture of aboriginal peoples
The quality of being aboriginal.
The spiritual bonds between the aboriginal people and their place of heritage.
absorbability
absorbability
noun
The state or quality of being absorbable.
abstractively
abstractively
adv
(now rare) In an abstract manner; in the abstract.
abyssopelagic
abyssopelagic
adj
Of or pertaining to the depths of the ocean; of the open waters of the abyssal zone.
accendibility
accendibility
noun
Capacity for being kindled; inflammability.
acceptability
acceptability
noun
(military) Operation plan review criterion. The determination as to whether the contemplated course of action is worth the cost in manpower, materiel, and time involved; is consistent with the law of war; and is militarily and politically supportable. (JP 1-02 Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms)
The quality of being acceptable; acceptableness.
accessability
accessability
noun
Misspelling of accessibility.
accessaryship
accessaryship
noun
(law) The condition of being an accessary.
accessibility
accessibility
noun
(computing, web design) Features that increase software usability for users with certain impairments.
The quality of being accessible, or of admitting approach; receptiveness.
accidentality
accidentality
noun
The quality of being accidental; accidentalness.
accidentarily
acethydrazide
acethydrazide
noun
(organic chemistry) The hydrazide of acetic acid CH₃-CO-NH-NH₂
acetonylidene
acetonylidene
noun
(organic chemistry) The divalent radical CH₃-CO-CH= formally derived from acetone
acetylaniline
acetylbenzoic
acetylcholine
acetylcholine
noun
(biochemistry) A neurotransmitter in humans and other animals. It is an ester of acetic acid and choline with chemical formula CH₃COOCH₂CH₂N⁺(CH₃)₃.
acetylcyanide
acetylenation
acetylenation
noun
(organic chemistry) Conversion into, or reaction with an acetylene
acetylglycine
acetylglycine
noun
(organic chemistry) The N-acetyl derivative of glycine
acetylization
acetylization
noun
Synonym of acetylation
achievability
achievability
noun
The state or condition of being achievable.
achromaticity
achromaticity
noun
(optics) The state or quality of being achromatic.
acquiescently
acquiescently
adv
In an acquiescent manner.
acquiescingly
acquiescingly
adv
in an acquiescing manner
acquirability
acquirability
noun
(rare) The quality of being acquirable; attainableness.
acquisitively
acquisitively
adv
In an acquisitive manner; for the purpose of acquisition.
acrimoniously
acrimoniously
adv
In an acrimonious manner; with acrimony.
acrobatically
acrobatically
adv
In an acrobatic manner.
acrologically
acrologically
adv
In an acrologic manner
acronymically
acronymically
adv
In an acronymic way; in such a way as to form an acronym.
acroparalysis
acroparalysis
noun
Paralysis of the extremities.
acrylonitrile
acrylonitrile
noun
(organic chemistry) A toxic colourless liquid organic compound, CH₂=CH.CN, synthesized from propylene and ammonia; used as a monomer in the production of acrylic resins and synthetic rubber.
actinometricy
actinomycetal
actinomycetal
adj
Of or relating to the Actinomycetales, an order of Actinobacteria.
actinomycosis
actinomycosis
noun
(pathology) An infectious bacterial disease of cattle and swine, sometimes transmitted to man, characterized by the formation of painful abscesses in the mouth, lungs, or gastrointestinal tract, caused by Actinomyces israelii, Actinomyces gerencseriae, and Propionibacterium propionicum.
actinomycotic
actinomycotic
adj
Of or pertaining to actinomycosis.
actinomyxidia
actinotherapy
actinotherapy
noun
(medicine) The treatment of disease, especially skin disease, by exposure to ultraviolet light; radiotherapy.
actionability
actionability
noun
The characteristic of being actionable.
acyanoblepsia
acyanoblepsia
noun
Inability to see the colour blue.
additamentary
adenoidectomy
adenoidectomy
noun
(surgery) Surgical removal of the adenoids, or of adenoid growths in the nasopharynx; commonly performed along with tonsillectomy.
adiabatically
adiabatically
adv
(sciences) In an adiabatic way.
adiathermancy
adiathermancy
noun
(obsolete) A resistance to the flow of heat.
adjustability
adjustability
noun
The state or condition of being adjustable.
admissability
admissability
noun
The state or quality of being admissable or allowable.
admissibility
admissibility
noun
The state or quality of being admissible or allowable.
admonishingly
admonishingly
adv
In an admonishing manner.
adsorbability
adsorbability
noun
A measure of the degree to which a material is capable of adsorption.
adumbratively
adumbratively
adv
In an adumbrative manner
adversatively
adversatively
adv
In an adversative manner
aerodynamical
aerodynamical
adj
Synonym of aerodynamic
aerogenically
aerogenically
adv
By means of aerogenesis.
aerolithology
aerolithology
noun
The study of meteorites
aerophilately
aerophilately
noun
(philately) The study or collection of airmail stamps, cancellations, etc.
aerophysicist
aesthetically
aesthetically
adv
In an aesthetic manner; with a pleasing sensory effect.
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.
affirmatively
affirmatively
adv
In an affirming manner.
affrightfully
affrightfully
adv
(obsolete) frightfully
affrightingly
affrightingly
adv
(archaic) So as to frighten or terrify.
aggravatingly
aggravatingly
adv
In an aggravating manner.
aggregatively
aggregatively
adv
In an aggregative manner.
aglyphodontia
agonistically
agonistically
adv
In an agonistic manner
agrologically
agrologically
adv
In terms of agrology.
agronomically
agronomically
adv
With reference to agronomics
albuminimetry
albuminimetry
noun
The measurement of the quantity of albumen in a liquid.
albuminolysis
albuminometry
alcoholically
alcoholically
adv
In an alcoholic manner.
In the manner of an alcoholic.
algebraically
algebraically
adv
Using algebra.
algologically
algologically
adv
In terms of algology, the study of algae.
aliyahaliyahs
allegorically
allegorically
adv
In an allegorical manner.
allergenicity
allergenicity
noun
The property or degree of being allergenic.
alleviatingly
alleviatingly
adv
So as to alleviate.
allogenically
allogenically
adv
In an allogenic manner.
allopolyploid
allopolyploid
adj
(genetics) Having multiple complete sets of chromosomes derived from different species
allorrhythmic
allotriophagy
allotriophagy
noun
(rare) Having food cravings that are different from the expected or the norm
allotropicity
allotropicity
noun
The property of being allotropic.
allotypically
allotypically
adv
In an allotypical manner
alloxyproteic
allylthiourea
allylthiourea
noun
A particular organic carcinogen.
alternatingly
alternatingly
adv
In an alternating manner; taking turns.
alternatively
alternatively
adv
(conjunctive) Used to link a pair of possibilities
in an alternative way
alternativity
alternativity
noun
(mathematics) A term of magma used to describe identifiable properties in an algebraic structure.
A characteristic of something having alternative connotations, akin to the representation of choice between two or more possibilities.
The tendency to pursue an alternative, especially when the previous solution is less available or less desirable.
aluminography
aluminography
noun
The art or process of producing, and printing from, aluminium plates, after the manner of ordinary lithography.
aluminothermy
aluminothermy
noun
(inorganic chemistry) the production of a metal from its oxide by heating it with aluminium
amaryllideous
amaryllideous
adj
= amaryllidaceous
ambidexterity
ambidexterity
noun
Superior cleverness or adaptability.
The property of being equally skillful with each hand.
ambilaterally
ambilaterally
adv
In an ambilateral manner
ambisexuality
ambisexuality
noun
(countable) An instance of ambisexual behaviour.
(uncountable) The state of being ambisexual.
amethodically
amethodically
adv
In an amethodical manner.
amidoaldehyde
amidocyanogen
aminodiphenyl
aminophylline
aminophylline
noun
(pharmacology) A bronchodilator comprising theophylline and ethylenediamine in a 2:1 ratio.
amitriptyline
amitriptyline
noun
(pharmacology) An antidepressant drug; a tablet containing this drug.
amphictyonian
amphictyonies
amphictyonies
noun
plural of amphictyony
amphicyonidae
amphidiploidy
amphidiploidy
noun
The property of being amphidiploid.
amphigenously
amphigenously
adv
In an amphigenous manner.
amphikaryotic
amphiphithyra
amphiprostyle
amphiprostyle
adj
(architecture, chiefly historical, of a temple or edifice) Having columns at either end but not along the sides.
noun
(architecture, historical) An amphiprostyle temple or edifice.
amplificatory
amplificatory
adj
Serving to amplify or enlarge; amplificative.
amygdonitrile
anacromyodian
anaerobically
anaerobically
adv
In an anaerobic manner; in a way that does not require oxygen. Generally used of metabolic processes.
analysability
analysability
noun
Alternative form of analyzability
analyticities
analyticities
noun
plural of analyticity
analyzability
analyzability
noun
The ability to be analyzed.
anapestically
anapestically
adv
In an anapestic manner.
anaphorically
anaphorically
adv
In an anaphoric manner.
anaphylactoid
anaphylactoid
adj
Of, pertaining to, or resembling anaphylaxis
anaphylatoxin
anaphylatoxin
noun
(biochemistry) Any of several toxic substances that trigger anaphylaxis
anatripsology
anatripsology
noun
(medicine) The study or application of friction or rubbing as a remedy.
ancestorially
ancestorially
adv
In an ancestorial context.
anecdotically
anecdotically
adv
Synonym of anecdotally
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.
angiodiascopy
angiolymphoma
anhydrization
anhydromyelia
anisodactylic
anisophyllous
anisophyllous
adj
(botany) Having unequal leaves.
ankylocheilia
ankyloglossia
ankyloglossia
noun
(medicine) A congenital oral anomaly in which the lingual frenulum is unusually short and thick, decreasing mobility of the tongue and affecting eating, speech, etc.
ankylopoietic
ankyloproctia
ankylorrhinia
ankylurethria
ankylurethria
noun
(biology, medicine) Impaired patency of the urethra owing to any sort of fusion that either partially or completely obstructs its lumen (for example, stricture due to adhesions).
anniversalily
anniversarily
anniversarily
adv
(archaic) annually
answerability
answerability
noun
The state of being answerable.
antarctically
antarctically
adv
In an Antarctic manner or direction.
in a way similar to Antarctica; bitterly (cold)
antejudiciary
anterioyancer
anthocyanidin
anthocyanidin
noun
(organic chemistry) An aglycone of an anthocyanin.
anthophyllite
anthophyllite
noun
(mineralogy) A dark brown amphibole mineral; a mixed silicate of iron and magnesium.
antiautolysin
antiautolysin
noun
Any substance, especially an antibody, that counters the effects of an autolysin
anticatalytic
anticatalytic
adj
Inhibiting catalysis.
anticatalyzer
anticynically
anticytolysin
anticytotoxin
anticytotoxin
noun
Any substance, especially an antibody, that counteracts the effects of a cytotoxin