(medicine) A trepan having a conical shape so that injurious penetration of the brain is impossible.
abaptistum
abbotships
abbotships
noun
plural of abbotship
abiotrophy
abiotrophy
noun
(medicine) Premature degeneration of cells or tissues, especially with genetic causes; loss of function of organ or cell, not due to injury.
ablepharia
ablepharia
noun
(medicine) A congenital absence or reduction in size of eyelids.
ablepharon
ablepharon
noun
(medicine) ablepharia
ablepharus
ableptical
ableptical
adj
Alternative form of ableptic (“blind”)
aboveproof
abruptedly
abruptedly
adv
Abruptly; by a sudden interruption or transition.
abruptness
abruptness
noun
Suddenness; unceremonious haste or vehemence.
The state of being abrupt or broken
absorption
absorption
noun
(chemistry, physics) the imbibing or reception by molecular or chemical action, of radiant energy; the process of being neutrons being absorbed by the nucleus; interception.
(electrical engineering) The retaining of electrical energy for a short time after it has been introduced to the dielectric.
(meteorology) The process in which incident radiant energy is retained by a substance (such as an air mass) by conversion to some other form of energy (such as heat).
(obsolete) engulfing; swallowing up, as of bodies or land.
(physiology) in living organisms, the process by which the materials of growth and nutrition are absorbed and conveyed to the tissues and organs; taking in by various means, such as by osmosis.
Entire engrossment or occupation of the mind.
Mental assimilation.
assimilation; incorporation.
absorptive
absorptive
adj
Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe; absorbent.
noun
Any substance that absorbs.
absumption
absumption
noun
(obsolete) Destruction or disintegration, especially a gradual one; wasting away.
acalephoid
acalephoid
adj
Belonging to or resembling the Acalephae, or jellyfishes.
acanthopod
acanthopod
adj
Spiny-footed.
acarpelous
acarpelous
adj
Alternative spelling of acarpellous
acatalepsy
acatalepsy
noun
Incomprehensibility of things; the doctrine held by the ancient skeptic philosophers, that human knowledge never amounts to certainty, but only to probability.
acataposis
acceptable
acceptable
adj
Barely worthy, less than excellent; passable.
worthy, decent, sure of being accepted or received with at least moderate pleasure
acceptably
acceptably
adv
In an acceptable manner; in a manner to please or give satisfaction.
To an acceptable degree.
acceptance
acceptance
noun
(business, finance) An assent and engagement by the person on whom a bill of exchange is drawn, to pay it when due according to the terms of the acceptance; the bill of exchange itself when accepted.
(countable) An instance of that act.
(government, US) The act of an authorized representative of the government by which the government assents to ownership of existing and identified supplies, or approves specific services rendered, as partial or complete performance of a contract.
(horse racing, Australia, New Zealand, plural only) A list of horses accepted as starters in a race.
(law) An agreeing to the action, proposals, or terms of another by some act which results in the conclusion of a legally binding contract; the reception or taking of a thing bought as that for which it was bought, or as that agreed to be delivered, or the taking of possession of a thing as owner.
(optics) Synonym of etendue.
(uncountable) The act of accepting; the receiving of something offered, with acquiescence, approbation, or satisfaction; especially, favourable reception; approval.
Belief in something; agreement, assent.
The state of being accepted.
The usual or accepted meaning of a word or expression.
acceptancy
acceptancy
noun
(dated) acceptance
acceptavit
acceptedly
acceptedly
adv
In an accepted manner; admittedly.
acceptress
acceptress
noun
(rare) A female acceptor.
accipenser
accipenser
noun
Any sturgeon of the genus Acipenser.
accipitral
accipitral
adj
Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a falcon or hawk; hawklike
accipitres
accomplice
accomplice
noun
(law) An associate in the commission of a crime; a participator in an offense, whether a principal or an accessory.
(rare) A cooperator.
accomplish
accomplish
verb
(transitive) To complete, as time or distance.
(transitive) To execute fully; to fulfill; to complete successfully.
(transitive) To finish successfully.
(transitive, Philippines) to fill out a form.
(transitive, archaic) To equip or furnish thoroughly; hence, to complete in acquirements; to render accomplished; to polish.
(transitive, obsolete) To gain; to obtain.
acephalina
acephaline
acephaline
adj
Of or pertaining to the parasitic protozoans of the suborder Acephalina
acephalism
acephalism
noun
The congenital lack of a head.
acephalist
acephalist
noun
(obsolete) One who acknowledges no head or superior
acephalite
acephalite
Noun
A Paulician, a member of an early gnostic Christian heresy.
acephalous
acephalous
adj
(botany) Having the style spring from the base, instead of from the apex, as is the case in certain ovaries
(of a manuscript) Lacking the first portion of the text.
(prosody) Deficient in the beginning, as a line of poetry that is missing its expected opening syllable.
(rare) Without a beginning.
(social sciences, political science, sociology) A system of society without centralised state authority, where power is welded amongst groups of community entities e.g. clans. Without a leader or chief.
(zoology, applied to bivalve mollusks) Without a distinct head.
Having no head.
acetopyrin
achenocarp
achitophel
acidophile
acidophile
noun
A plant that thrives in relatively acid soil.
An organism that lives and thrives under acidic conditions; a form of extremophile.
acolapissa
acrography
acrography
noun
A method of relief etching on wood, metal, or stone by means of a coating of compressed chalk, invented by Louis Schonberg in 1841.
An organizing principle for written lists, based on initial glyphs.
Decorative plaster work of various styles used in middle eastern architecture.
acrophobia
acrophobia
noun
phobia or strong fear of being high above ground level
acrophonic
acrophonic
adj
Conforming to acrophony.
acropodium
acropodium
noun
(anatomy) The upper surface of the foot
(architecture) A plinth or pedestal bearing a statue
acropoleis
acropoleis
noun
plural of acropolis
acroscopic
acroscopic
adj
Toward or facing the apex.
acrospired
acrospired
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acrospire
actinocarp
actinopoda
acyanopsia
acyanopsia
noun
Alternative form of acyanopia
adaptation
adaptation
noun
(countable) A change that is made or undergone to suit a condition or environment.
(countable, authorship) An artistic work that has been adapted from a different medium.
(countable, evolutionary theory) An instance of an organism undergoing change, or the structure or behavior that is changed.
(sociology) The means by which social groups adapt to different social and physical environments.
(uncountable) The process of adapting an artistic work from a different medium.
(uncountable) The process of adapting something or becoming adapted to a situation; adjustment, modification.
(uncountable, evolutionary theory) The process of change that an organism undergoes to be better suited to its environment.
adaptative
adaptative
adj
Of or pertaining to adaptation; adaptive.
adaptional
adaptional
adj
(biology) Applied to the process by which an organism is fitted or adapted to its environment
Relating or pertaining to adaptation, or the action of adapting.
adaptitude
adaptitude
noun
Adaptedness; special aptitude.
adaptively
adaptively
adv
In an adaptive manner; with adaptation; in a fitting manner
adaptivity
adaptivity
Noun
The state or quality of being adaptive; capacity to adapt.
adaptorial
adaptorial
adj
Tending to adapt or fit; adaptive.
addlepated
addlepated
adj
Addled; confused; stupid; flustered.
adenopathy
adenopathy
noun
(pathology) Swelling or enlargement of the glands (especially the lymph nodes); any glandular disease.
adenophora
adenophore
adenophyma
adephagous
adephagous
adj
Relating to the Adephaga
greedy, gluttonous
adiaphonon
adiaphoral
adiaphoral
adj
Being or relating to an adiaphoron.
adiaphoron
adiaphoron
noun
(philosophy) A matter that is morally neutral.
(theology) Something neither forbidden nor commanded by scripture.
adipescent
adipescent
adj
(medicine) Developing fatty deposits.
adiphenine
adiphenine
Noun
An antispasmodic drug.
adipogenic
adipogenic
adj
(biology) That forms fat, or fatty tissue; lipogenic
adipolysis
adipolysis
noun
(anatomy, medicine) The process of converting fat into free fatty acids, especially by the action of enzymes.
adipolytic
adipolytic
adj
(biochemistry) That hydrolyses fat into free fatty acids, especially by the action of enzymes
adipometer
adipometer
noun
A calliper used to estimate the amount of internal fat by measuring the thickness of a fold of skin
adipopexia
adipopexia
noun
Alternative form of adipopexis
adipopexic
adipopexis
adipopexis
noun
(physiology) The storage of fat in tissue.
adiposuria
adiposuria
noun
Synonym of lipuria
adnephrine
adnexopexy
adoptative
adoptative
adj
(rare) adoptive
adoptional
adoptional
adj
Of or relating to adoption.
adoptively
adoptively
adv
In a adoptive manner; by adoption.
adposition
adposition
noun
(grammar) An element that combines syntactically with a phrase and indicates how that phrase should be interpreted in the surrounding context; a preposition or postposition.
adrianople
adscripted
adscripted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of adscript
adsorption
adsorption
noun
The adhesion of a liquid or gas on the surface of a solid material, forming a thin film on the surface.
adsorptive
adsorptive
adj
Pertaining to, tending toward, or characterized by adsorption.
noun
Any substance that adsorbs.
aeciospore
aeciospore
noun
(botany) A binucleate spore of a rust fungus, formed in a chainlike series in an aecium.
aedileship
aedileship
noun
(historical) The office of an aedile.
(historical) The period or duration of this office.
aegopodium
aegyptilla
aeolotropy
aeolotropy
noun
(physics) The phenomenon whereby the physical properties (e.g, electric conductivity, refractive index) of a body depend on the direction in which they are measured.
aerocolpos
aerocolpos
noun
(rare, medicine) Vaginal gas; air or gas trapped in the vagina.
aerography
aerography
noun
A branch of surrealist art in which a three-dimensional object is used as a stencil.
The production of weather charts.
aerophagia
aerophagia
noun
aerophagy
aerophilia
aerophilic
aerophilic
adj
(biology, especially of microorganisms) That thrive in the presence of molecular oxygen
aerophobia
aerophobia
noun
(medicine) A pathological aversion or sensitivity to air or the movement of air, especially as a symptom of rabies.
(rare, by extension or possibly from acrophobia) Fear of heights
(travel) Fear of flying
An aversion to fresh air, drafts or breezes.
aerophobic
aerophobic
adj
Disliking or avoiding air.
Having a fear of flying in aircraft.
aerophotos
aerophotos
noun
plural of aerophoto
aeroplaner
aeroplaner
noun
(archaic) An aeroplane pilot.
aeroplanes
aeroplanes
noun
plural of aeroplane
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aeroplane
aeroscepsy
aeroscepsy
noun
(zoology) The ability to perceive the state of the atmosphere.
aeroscopic
aeroscopic
adj
Relating to aeroscopy.
aerosphere
aerosphere
noun
(rare) atmosphere
aerosporin
aerotropic
aerotropic
adj
(biology) growing towards higher concentrations of oxygen
afterdrops
afterpains
afterpains
noun
plural of afterpain
afterpiece
afterpiece
noun
(nautical) The heel of a rudder.
(now chiefly historical) An additional work following the main work; especially, a minor entertainment performed after a play.
afterproof
agamospore
agapanthus
agapanthus
noun
Any member of the genus Agapanthus of flowering plants.