(surgery) The removal of one or both adrenal glands, usually advised for patients with tumours in those glands.
antidemocracy
antidemocracy
adj
Opposed to democracy.
noun
Opposition to democracy.
astrodynamics
astrodynamics
noun
The study of the motion of rockets and other spacecraft usually from Newton's laws of motion and Newton's law of universal gravitation.
autodecrement
autodecrement
noun
(computing) An automatic decrement.
verb
(computing) To decrement automatically.
brachydontism
carbodynamite
carbodynamite
noun
A form of dynamite in which charcoal is used as the absorbent
carcinomatoid
carcinomatoid
adj
(medicine) Having an appearance resembling that of carcinomata, often histopathologically.
catanadromous
catanadromous
adj
(zoology) Ascending and descending freshwater streams from and to the sea, as the salmon does; anadromous.
centrodesmose
centropomidae
chondromatous
chondromatous
adj
Having or relating to chondromata.
chondroseptum
chondrosteoma
chordacentrum
chordacentrum
noun
The centrum of a vertebra
circumdiction
circumduction
circumduction
noun
(Scotland, law) The act of circumducing.
(anatomy) The circular (or, more precisely, conical) movement of a body part, such as a ball-and-socket joint or the eye. It consists of a combination of flexion, extension, adduction, and abduction.
coastguardman
coastguardman
noun
(dated) A coastguard.
commensurated
commensurated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of commensurate
compartmented
compartmented
adj
Divided into compartments.
Having (a specified type of) compartments.
conductimeter
conductimeter
noun
Alternative form of conductometer
conductometer
conductometer
noun
(physics) Any device used to measure conductivity
confederatism
conglomerated
conglomerated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of conglomerate
contemporised
contemporised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of contemporise
contemporized
contemporized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of contemporize
contrabandism
contrabandism
noun
traffic in contraband goods; smuggling
counterdemand
counterdemand
noun
A demand made in response to another demand.
countermanded
countermanded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of countermand
cryptodynamic
delacrimation
democratising
democratising
verb
present participle of democratise
democratizing
democratizing
verb
present participle of democratize
densitometric
densitometric
adj
Obtained by use of a densitometer
Of or pertaining to densitometry
dermatopnagic
dermonecrotic
dermonecrotic
adj
Relating to dermonecrosis
dermoreaction
deromanticize
deromanticize
verb
(transitive) To strip of romance; to make realistic rather than wishfully ideal.
discomforting
discomforting
verb
present participle of discomfort
disconformity
disconformity
noun
(geology) A type of unconformity in which erosion or lack of deposition has occurred between two parallel sedimentary strata.
(religion) nonconformity
discriminator
discriminator
noun
(marketing) A feature of the seller's offering that differs from a competitor's offering and is important to the buyer in question.
(physics) Any of several electronic devices that convert some property of a signal into an amplitude whose value is proportional to the difference between the value of the input signal and that of a standard.
A person who discriminates or differentiates.
A test or variable, etc. that serves to distinguish between different things.
doctrinairism
doctrinairism
noun
doctrinaire attitudes generally
documentarian
documentarian
noun
(sometimes attributive, theology) Somebody who advocates the documentary hypothesis.
A person who cares about communication and documentation.
A person who writes software documentation.
A person whose profession is to create documentary films.
documentaries
documentaries
noun
plural of documentary
documentarily
documentarily
adv
By means of documents.
documentarist
documentarist
noun
A maker of documentaries.
dosimetrician
ecchondrotome
echinodermata
enchondromata
endosmometric
endosmometric
adj
Pertaining to, or designed for, the measurement of endosmotic action.
hydromagnetic
hydromagnetic
adj
Of or pertaining to hydromagnetics.
hydromantical
idiochromatin
idiochromatin
noun
The hereditary chromatin in the chromosomes.
inductothermy
intercombined
intercombined
verb
simple past tense and past participle of intercombine
intercommoned
intercommoned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of intercommon
intercommuned
intercommuned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of intercommune
intercompared
intercompared
verb
simple past tense and past participle of intercompare
introducement
introducement
noun
(obsolete) introduction
manchesterdom
matchboarding
matchboarding
noun
A type of softwood panelling formerly used for walls and ceilings.
microdiactine
misdirections
misdirections
noun
plural of misdirection
mitochondrial
mitochondrial
adj
(cytology) Of, or relating to mitochondria.
mitochondrion
mitochondrion
noun
(cytology) A spherical or ovoid organelle found in the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells and containing genetic material separate from that of the host; it is responsible for the conversion of food to usable energy in the form of ATP.
monocentridae
monotocardiac
monotocardian
monotocardian
noun
Any gastropod mollusc of the obsolete suborder Monotocardia (whose heart consists of one auricle and one ventricle), which is approximately equivalent to the modern Caenogastropoda
nondemocratic
nondemocratic
adj
Not based upon democratic principles
nonimbricated
nonimbricated
adj
Not imbricated.
omnicredulity
omnicredulity
noun
The quality of being omnicredulous.
pedometrician
pomacentridae
premedication
premedication
adj
Pre medication.
noun
(medicine) The administration of a drug (or mixture of drugs) prior to an anesthetic, especially to induce sedation; the drug so administered.
pseudocentrum
quartodeciman
quartodeciman
Noun
Any of a group of early Christians who began Easter on Nisan 14, the day Jesus was crucified according to the Gospel of JohnJohn 19:14, 31, 42, and the day before the beginning of Jewish Passover, which is Nisan 15.
Adjective
Of or pertaining to these people.
radioactinium
radioactinium
noun
(physics) The radioactive isotope of actinium, ²²⁷₈₉Ac, having a half-life of 21.7 years
recompensated
recompensated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of recompensate
redivorcement
semiconductor
semiconductor
noun
(physics) A substance with electrical properties intermediate between a good conductor and a good insulator.
semicoronated
semicoronated
adj
Alternative form of semicoronate
semirecondite
submucronated
submucronated
adj
Almost or imperfectly mucronated.
sursumduction
sursumduction
noun
(anatomy) Upward rotation of an eye.
tetradrachmon
thermodynamic
thermodynamic
adj
(physics) Of, or relating to thermodynamics.
Of, or relating to the conversion of heat into other forms of energy.