(anatomy) Relating to the abdomen and to the bladder.
abovementioned
abovementioned
adj
(literary) mentioned above
acanthocladous
acanthocladous
adj
(botany) describing a plant which has spiny branches
acanthomeridae
accommodations
accommodations
noun
plural of accommodation
accreditations
accreditations
noun
plural of accreditation
accustomedness
accustomedness
noun
Habituation; the quality of being used to something.
acetophenetide
acetophenetide
noun
(organic chemistry) The N-acetyl derivative of a phenetidine
acetotoluidine
acetylfluoride
acetylperoxide
acidosteophyte
acidosteophyte
noun
(medicine) A sharp or needle-shaped osteophyte.
acknowledgment
acknowledgment
noun
(law) A formal statement or document recognizing the fulfillment or execution of a legal requirement or procedure.
(law) The act of a person admitting a child as their own.
(telecommunications, computing, networking) A response (ACK) sent by a receiver to indicate successful receipt of a transmission (See Wikipedia article on transmission).
A message from the addressee informing the originator that the originator's communication has been received and understood.
A recognition as genuine or valid; an avowing or admission in legal form.
A reward or other expression or token of gratitude.
An expression of gratitude for a benefit or an obligation.
The act of acknowledging
The act of recognizing in a particular character or relationship; recognition of existence, authority, truth, or genuineness.
acleistocardia
acleistocardia
noun
(pathology) The inability of the foramen ovale of the heart to close properly
acrodermatitis
acrodermatitis
noun
(pathology) dermatitis that affects the hands and feet
acromiodeltoid
actinocrinidae
adaptationally
adaptationally
adv
In terms of, or by means of, adaptation.
adarticulation
adarticulation
noun
arthrodia
adenoacanthoma
adenoacanthoma
noun
(pathology) An adenocarcinoma characterised by the presence of squamous cells
adenodiastasis
adenodiastasis
noun
(pathology) The ectopia of a gland
adenologaditis
adenophthalmia
adenosarcomata
adenosarcomata
noun
plural of adenosarcoma
adenostemonous
adiathermanous
adiposogenital
adiposogenital
adj
Pertaining to adipose (fatty tissue) and to the genitals
adminiculation
adminiculation
noun
(law) proof; corroboration
administration
administration
noun
(countable) A body that administers; a body of administrators.
(countable, government, politics) The executive part of government; the persons collectively who are entrusted with the execution of laws and the superintendence of public affairs; the chief magistrate and his cabinet or council; or the council, or ministry, alone, as in Great Britain.
(government, politics) The country's government under the rule of a particular leader.
(uncountable) The act of administering, or tendering something to another; dispensation.
(uncountable) The act of administering; government of public affairs; the service rendered, or duties assumed, in conducting affairs; the conducting of any office or employment; direction.
(uncountable, business) Management.
(uncountable, law, UK) An arrangement whereby an insolvent company can continue trading under supervision.
administrators
administrators
noun
plural of administrator
adminstrations
adoptabilities
adoptabilities
noun
plural of adoptability
adrenocortical
adrenocortical
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the adrenal cortex.
adscititiously
adscititiously
adv
In an adscititious way.
adscriptitious
adsorptiveness
adsorptiveness
noun
The property of being adsorptive, of tending toward or being characterized by adsorption.
adulterousness
adulterousness
noun
A state of being adulterous.
advantageously
advantageously
adv
In a manner which provides an advantage; in an advantageous manner.
adventitiously
adventitiously
adv
in an adventitious manner; sporadically.
adventuresomes
adversifoliate
adversifoliate
adj
(botany) Having leaves placed opposite each other on a stem.
aecidiomycetes
aepyornithidae
aerodynamicist
aerodynamicist
noun
A person who studies aerodynamics.
aerohydropathy
aerosiderolite
aerosiderolite
noun
A meteorite containing both stone and iron.
aforementioned
aforementioned
adj
Previously mentioned.
noun
(uncountable) The one or ones mentioned previously.
afterknowledge
afterknowledge
noun
Knowledge acquired later, or after the event.
afterthoughted
afterthoughted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of afterthought
agathodaemonic
agathodaemonic
adj
Relating to an agathodaemon.
airconditioned
airconditioned
adj
Alternative spelling of air-conditioned
alectoropodous
allodification
allodification
noun
Conversion to the allodial system.
allotriodontia
ambidextrously
ambidextrously
adv
In an ambidextrous manner.
aminopeptidase
aminopeptidase
noun
(biochemistry) Any of several enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of the peptide bond of the terminal amino acid at the amino end of a polypeptide or protein
anallantoidean
anametadromous
anarthropodous
ancistrocladus
andromedotoxin
andromedotoxin
noun
One of the grayanotoxins; grayanotoxin I.
angiohydrotomy
anisodactylous
anisodactylous
adj
(zoology) Characterized by unequal toes, three turned forward and one backward, as in most passerine birds.
ankylodactylia
anoplotherioid
antaphrodisiac
antaphrodisiac
adj
Capable of reducing the sex drive.
noun
A medicinal substance capable of reducing (inhibiting or eliminating) the sex drive/libido.
antherozooidal
antidemocratic
antidemocratic
adj
Opposed to the tenets of democracy.
antidetonating
antidicomarian
antidictionary
antidictionary
noun
(computational linguistics) The set of all words of minimal length that never appear in a particular string.
antidogmatical
antidromically
antidromically
adv
(neurology) In an antidromic manner.
antilocapridae
antimedication
antimethodical
antimodernness
antimoniureted
antiodontalgic
antiodontalgic
adj
(rare) Countering toothache.
noun
(rare) A remedy for toothache.
antiorthodoxly
antipriesthood
antiproductive
antisacerdotal
antisacerdotal
adj
Hostile to priests or the priesthood.
antispasmodics
antispasmodics
noun
plural of antispasmodic
antistadholder
aphydrotropism
apodeictically
apodeictically
adv
In an apodeictic manner.
appendectomies
appendectomies
noun
plural of appendectomy
appendicectomy
appendicectomy
noun
(surgery) the surgical procedure for the removal of the vermiform appendix
appendicostomy
appendicostomy
noun
(surgery) The creation of an opening into the vermiform appendix, typically via the navel
apprenticehood
apprenticehood
noun
(obsolete) apprenticeship
archaeocyathid
archaeocyathid
noun
Any marine organism (probably sponges) of the taxon Archaeocyatha
archdepredator
archidiaconate
archidiaconate
noun
archdeaconry
archmediocrity
archpriesthood
archpriesthood
noun
(ecclesiastical) The office of an archpriest.
arrondissement
arrondissement
noun
(Quebec) A borough, a submunicipal administrative division
An administrative division in some French- or Dutch-speaking countries
artiodactylous
artiodactylous
adj
(zoology) even-toed; of ungulates, having the weight borne about equally by the third and fourth toes
associatedness
associatedness
noun
The state or quality of being associated.
asterospondyli
astrodiagnosis
astrodiagnosis
noun
The use of astrology to diagnose illness.
atlantodidymus
atlantomastoid
atlantomastoid
adj
Relating to the atlas (bone) and mastoid (process)
aulostomatidae
autoconduction
autodecrements
autodecrements
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of autodecrement
autodiagnostic
autodiagnostic
adj
Relating to, or carrying out, autodiagnosis; self-diagnosing.
autoheterodyne
autoheterodyne
noun
(dated, electronics) autodyne
autopolyploidy
autopolyploidy
noun
The property of being autopolyploid.
autoradiograph
autoradiograph
noun
(photography) A photograph image produced by placing a film in contact with a specimen containing (or treated with) radioactive material; an autoradiogram
verb
(transitive) To subject to autoradiography.
autosensitized
autotetraploid
autotetraploid
adj
(genetics) tetraploid because of the doubling of an ancestral chromosome
azoxytoluidine
basidiogenetic
basidiomycetes
basidiomycetes
noun
plural of basidiomycete
bastardisation
bastardisation
noun
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of bastardization.
bastardization
bastardization
noun
(by extension) The combining of separate races in marriage or breeding; miscegenation.
(more generally) The creation of an inferior copy or version; corruption, degradation, or debasement.
Activities involving harassment, abuse or humiliation used as a way of initiating a person into a group.
Any change or neologism in language that is viewed as a degradation.
The creation of offspring from two different species; cross-breeding.
The making of a bastard or bastards; Having children out of wedlock or destroying the legitimacy of children's paternity.
batrachoididae
batrachophidia
bdellostomidae
belostomatidae
benedictionale
benedictionary
benedictionary
noun
A collected series of benedictions.
biodegradation
biodegradation
noun
The decomposition of any material by microorganisms.
blastodermatic
bloodguiltless
bloodguiltless
adj
Free from bloodguilt.
bloodthirstier
bloodthirstier
adj
comparative form of bloodthirsty: more bloodthirsty
bloodthirstily
bloodthirstily
adv
In a bloodthirsty manner.
bloodthirsting
bloodthirsting
adj
Alternative form of bloodthirsty
bodenbenderite
bothriocidaris
bowdlerisation
bowdlerisation
noun
The action or instance of bowdlerising; the omission or removal of material considered vulgar or indecent.
bowdlerization
bowdlerization
noun
The action or instance of bowdlerizing; the omission or removal of material considered vulgar or indecent.
branchiostomid
branchiostomid
noun
(zoology) Any lancelet of the family Branchiostomidae.
bronchadenitis
bronchodilator
bronchodilator
noun
(medicine) Any drug used to dilate and relax the bronchial passages and ease the flow of air to the lungs
bronchotyphoid
bunoselenodont
bunoselenodont
adj
(zoology) Having teeth whose inner cusps have the form of blunt cones and the outer ones of longitudinal crescents
calotermitidae
carbacidometer
carbacidometer
noun
A instrument used to measure the concentration of carbon dioxide in the air
cardioarterial
cardioarterial
adj
Relating to the heart and the arteries
cardiocentesis
cardiocentesis
noun
(surgery) incision or puncture into the heart
cardiomotility
cardiomotility
noun
motility (movement) of the heart
cardiomyopathy
cardiomyopathy
noun
(pathology) The deterioration of the myocardium.
cardiopuncture
cardiopuncture
noun
(surgery) cardiocentesis
cardiotoxicity
cardiotoxicity
noun
The state or condition of being cardiotoxic.
carphosiderite
carphosiderite
noun
(mineralogy) A basic, hydrated form of ferric sulfate
catacromyodian
catadioptrical
catadioptrical
adj
catadioptric
centrechinoida
centrodorsally
centrodorsally
adv
In a centrodorsal manner.
ceratodontidae
cercopithecoid
cercopithecoid
noun
(zoology) Any species of the superfamily Cercopithecoidea (the Old World monkeys).
chaetodontidae
chalcosiderite
chalcosiderite
noun
(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing copper, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, and phosphorus.
chalicotheriid
chalicotheriid
noun
(zoology) Any mammal in the family Chalicotheriidae.